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1	!Birth: Lunde, Odense, Denmark Parish Reg (312305 Book 13). LDS Ordinances: Baptism from Certificates, family records and Mink Creek Ward Record Film #7503. Logan Temple Film #178135. Marriage: Johannah Elizabeth Christensen 10 Nov 1904 Logan, Cache, Utah. SS: 11 Oct 1905 Logan Temple. Death: 1 Sep 1961 Death Certificate State of Idaho File #3779. !Birth: Lunde, Odense, Denmark Parish Reg (312305 Book 13). LDS Ordinances: Baptism from Certificates, family records and Mink Creek Ward Record Film #7503. Logan Temple Film #178135. Marriage: Johannah Elizabeth Christensen 10 Nov 1904 Logan, Cache, Utah. SS: 11 Oct 1905 Logan Temple. Death: 1 Sep 1961 Death Certificate State of Idaho File #3779. !Birth: Lunde, Odense, Denmark Parish Reg (312305 Book 13). LDS Ordinances: Baptism from Certificates, family records and Mink Creek Ward Record Film #7503. Logan Temple Film #178135. Marriage: Johannah Elizabeth Christensen 10 Nov 1904 Logan, Cache, Utah. SS: 11 Oct 1905 Logan Temple. Death: 1 Sep 1961 Death Certificate State of Idaho File #3779. !Birth: Lunde, Odense, Denmark Parish Reg (312305 Book 13). LDS Ordinances: Baptism from Certificates, family records and Mink Creek Ward Record Film #7503. Logan Temple Film #178135. Marriage: Johannah Elizabeth Christensen 10 Nov 1904 Logan, Cache, Utah. SS: 11 Oct 1905 Logan Temple. Death: 1 Sep 1961 Death Certificate State of Idaho File #3779. BRIEF HISTORY OF MY PARENT John Micarl Hansen & Johannah Elizabeth Christensen Hansen by Gene A. Hansen - March 1979 In the small village of Taastrup, Odense, Denmark was born a baby boy on August 9, 1876. He was named John Micarl Hansen. His parents were Hans HendrickHansen and Anne Cathrine Mikkelsen. In 1884 a very important thing took place in the lives of his parents. This was the time when they were taught the gospel and were baptized. Shortly there after his parents decided that they should emigrate to Utah to be with the rest of the saints. Selling all their belongings and their home the day finally came when they would sail for the United States. John was only 8 years old when he left Denmark along with his parents , two younger brothers, Andrew and Hans and his younger sister Olga. It took them six weeks for them to make the trip to New York City and then on to Utah be train. On June 29,1884 they arrived in Smithfield, Utah. They remained in Smithfield and Hans Hendrick worked on a farm west of Smithfield for a short period of time. On August 8, 1884 John was baptized a member of the Church by his father and on March 26, 1885, Hans Hendrick took his wife and the family to the Logan Temple where they were all sealed together as a family. In the latter part of March 1885, they moved to Mink Creek, Idaho where they took up a homestead. Life was very hard for them where they began with nothing but the land itself. They worked hard to build a house and to till the ground., Beginning as they did it was a hard struggle for them. As a young man, John went away from home to work as a sheepherder. He has herded bands of sheep through out most of Southern Idaho. He would spend months at a time with his sheep and grew to love these animals very much. He had many experiences while he was alone in the mountains. On one occasion he remembers being in an area where he was without water and he became so thirsty that he placed a stone in his mouth to he lp relieve his thrist. Being alone as much as he was with the sheep he was able to cook some good meals for himself. He had a great love for the mountains and enjoyed being with his sheep. Because he had to work at a very young age, he didn't have the opportunity of a formal education, but learn mostly on his own. He learn to keep good records of all his business dealings and had a very keen mind about remembering things. He also was fluent in the Danish language and learn English at a very young age .It was when he was out in the Lost River area of Idaho herding sheep that he returned to Mink Creek and where he met his young bride, Johannah Elizabeth Christensen. She was the daughter of Steffen and Thomine Christensen. They lived in Bear Creek which was just over the mountains of Mink Creek. After a short courtship they were married at Preston, Idaho, November 10, 1904. It was at Christmas time of that year that his young bride knited him two pairs of stockings. He rode his horse 20 miles to get them and show to everyone what his 17 year old bride had made. On October 10, 1905 they were able to go to the Logan Temple where they were sealed for all time and for eternity. It was a few years later that they bought the old homestead from Hans Hendrick and moved into the old log home that they had built. It was a real struggle for this young couple as they started their little family. They shared the trials and work together as they planted and harvested their crops. As the children were born they also were expected to help with the work when they became old enough to work. John continued to have his small herd of sheep along with other livestock. He always had a good garden and a fine orchard. Every year he would take the fruit and would sell it to the people throughout the valley. As little as they had, they were always willing to help others. Many times they would have friends and other relatives into their home for meals and shared what they had wit h them. Mother as an excellent cook and found herself cooking for everyone when they came to visit, which sometimes lasted several days at a time. She could bake the best bread, and would always have plenty of food for everyone. John was always willing to help his neighbors with their crops and in return they would help him with is crops. John and Hannah started to build a new home once, down near the creek and a beautiful spot near the orchard, but things got bad and could not finish it. They later tore it down and used some of the lumber to build onto the old log house, which still stands today. John and Hannah were the parents of five sons, Homer, Jed, Harvey, Duke, Gene and three daughters, Leona, Ruby and Afton. Leona being the oldest and Gene the youngest. All the children were born in the old log home. They loved their children and were kind to them. Very seldom if ever did John ever spank his children. Although they didn't attend church to often, they always encouraged to go. John and his family always had family prayer and a blessing on the food. He was an honest tithe payer and helped in building the Mink Creek chapel. He was an honest and good man. Hannah was a good women, one who was used to hard work. She was always in the home caring for the children. Her specialty was preparing good home cooked meals. As World War II came upon the country, John was forced to sell the old homestead because he was unable to take care of it. Homer had health problems and Harvey and Duke were in the service, and Gene was rather young to be of much help on the farm. It was then that their son Jed bought the old place, and John and Hannah moved to Preston. In November 1954, John and Hannah celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Shortly thereafter, John became ill and remained ill for several years. He died in Preston, Idaho, September 1, 1961 at the age of 85. He was buried in the Preston cemetery. His dear wife Hannah is still living at the age of 92 at the time of this writing. She now living in the Preston Rest Home. Their oldest son, Homer who never married has always been with his parents He also is living with his mother at the rest home. They have shared the blessing and happiness of sending their son Harvey on a church mission to the Texas Louisiana Mission. They also have been blessed by having seven children married and sealed in the temple. They have had the sorrow but still proud of having three of their sons, Harvey, Duke and Gene serve their country in the armed forces. Two of their children have passed away, Jed in 1961 and Ruby in 1975. A posterity they can be proud of. At the time of this writing they had 34 grandchildren, 88 great grand children and 6 great great grand children. How blessed we are to have parents such as this. May God always be with them and our family. John Micarl Hansen was born 9 Aug 1876 in Taastrup, Lunde, Odense, Denmark parish reg. [312305], page 10 #7 Bk 13. Christened, 4 Sep 1876, Lunde, Odense, parish reg. [312305] p 10 #7 birth #2. He was baptized on 9 Aug 1884 in Logan, Utah by Geo Hyde. He was confirmed on 9 Aug 1884, Logan, Utah by Sharp. Endowed, Logan Temple, 10 Oct 1805, Logan Film #178053. Sealed to his parents 26 Mar 1885, Logan Temple Logan Film #178053. !Birth: Lunde, Odense, Denmark Parish Reg (312305 Book 13). LDS Ordinances: Baptism from Certificates, family records and Mink Creek Ward Record Film #7503. Logan Temple Film #178135. Marriage: Johannah Elizabeth Christensen 10 Nov 1904 Logan, Cache, Utah. SS: 11 Oct 1905 Logan Temple. Death: 1 Sep 1961 Death Certificate State of Idaho File #3779.	Hansen, John Micarl (I19)
2	!Birth: Lunde, Odense, Denmark Parish Reg (312305 Book 13). LDS Ordinances: Baptism from Certificates, family records and Mink Creek Ward Record Film #7503. Logan Temple Film #178135. Marriage: Johannah Elizabeth Christensen 10 Nov 1904 Logan, Cache, Utah. SS: 11 Oct 1905 Logan Temple. Death: 1 Sep 1961 Death Certificate State of Idaho File #3779. !Birth: Lunde, Odense, Denmark Parish Reg (312305 Book 13). LDS Ordinances: Baptism from Certificates, family records and Mink Creek Ward Record Film #7503. Logan Temple Film #178135. Marriage: Johannah Elizabeth Christensen 10 Nov 1904 Logan, Cache, Utah. SS: 11 Oct 1905 Logan Temple. Death: 1 Sep 1961 Death Certificate State of Idaho File #3779. !Birth: Lunde, Odense, Denmark Parish Reg (312305 Book 13). LDS Ordinances: Baptism from Certificates, family records and Mink Creek Ward Record Film #7503. Logan Temple Film #178135. Marriage: Johannah Elizabeth Christensen 10 Nov 1904 Logan, Cache, Utah. SS: 11 Oct 1905 Logan Temple. Death: 1 Sep 1961 Death Certificate State of Idaho File #3779. !Birth: Lunde, Odense, Denmark Parish Reg (312305 Book 13). LDS Ordinances: Baptism from Certificates, family records and Mink Creek Ward Record Film #7503. Logan Temple Film #178135. Marriage: Johannah Elizabeth Christensen 10 Nov 1904 Logan, Cache, Utah. SS: 11 Oct 1905 Logan Temple. Death: 1 Sep 1961 Death Certificate State of Idaho File #3779. !Birth: Lunde, Odense, Denmark Parish Reg (312305 Book 13). LDS Ordinances: Baptism from Certificates, family records and Mink Creek Ward Record Film #7503. Logan Temple Film #178135. Marriage: Johannah Elizabeth Christensen 10 Nov 1904 Logan, Cache, Utah. SS: 11 Oct 1905 Logan Temple. Death: 1 Sep 1961 Death Certificate State of Idaho File #3779.	Hansen, John Micarl (I19)
3	!Birth: Lunde, Odense, Denmark Parish Reg (312305 Book 13). LDS Ordinances: Baptism from Certificates, family records and Mink Creek Ward Record Film #7503. Logan Temple Film #178135. Marriage: Johannah Elizabeth Christensen 10 Nov 1904 Logan, Cache, Utah. SS: 11 Oct 1905 Logan Temple. Death: 1 Sep 1961 Death Certificate State of Idaho File #3779. !Birth: Lunde, Odense, Denmark Parish Reg (312305 Book 13). LDS Ordinances: Baptism from Certificates, family records and Mink Creek Ward Record Film #7503. Logan Temple Film #178135. Marriage: Johannah Elizabeth Christensen 10 Nov 1904 Logan, Cache, Utah. SS: 11 Oct 1905 Logan Temple. Death: 1 Sep 1961 Death Certificate State of Idaho File #3779. !Birth: Lunde, Odense, Denmark Parish Reg (312305 Book 13). LDS Ordinances: Baptism from Certificates, family records and Mink Creek Ward Record Film #7503. Logan Temple Film #178135. Marriage: Johannah Elizabeth Christensen 10 Nov 1904 Logan, Cache, Utah. SS: 11 Oct 1905 Logan Temple. Death: 1 Sep 1961 Death Certificate State of Idaho File #3779. !Birth: Lunde, Odense, Denmark Parish Reg (312305 Book 13). LDS Ordinances: Baptism from Certificates, family records and Mink Creek Ward Record Film #7503. Logan Temple Film #178135. Marriage: Johannah Elizabeth Christensen 10 Nov 1904 Logan, Cache, Utah. SS: 11 Oct 1905 Logan Temple. Death: 1 Sep 1961 Death Certificate State of Idaho File #3779. !Birth: Lunde, Odense, Denmark Parish Reg (312305 Book 13). LDS Ordinances: Baptism from Certificates, family records and Mink Creek Ward Record Film #7503. Logan Temple Film #178135. Marriage: Johannah Elizabeth Christensen 10 Nov 1904 Logan, Cache, Utah. SS: 11 Oct 1905 Logan Temple. Death: 1 Sep 1961 Death Certificate State of Idaho File #3779.	Hansen, John Micarl (I19)
4	!Sources. Birth: FHL film #50457 Orte Odense Denmark parish record. Hans Hendrik was the son of unmarried Marie Hansen of Frobjerg Mark (in Orte) Father reported to be Ole Hansen. Christening: FHL film #50457 Orte Odense Denmark parish record. Hans Hendrik was born Hans Hendrik Olsen Hans ID# will print out as a possible record problem. Yes, he was born two years before parent's marriage. Marriage #1: FHL film #50282 Lumby Odense Denmark parish records 1854-1885 Marriage #2: Ancestral File 4.13 Death: Death and burial verified with the Mink Creek Cemetery Research by Valerie Hansen, Feb 1994 L.D.S. temple ordinances verified by Colleen and Halvor Hansen, March 1994 Endowment: Logan Temple film #178052 Baptism: Hans Hanrick did not join the Church and come to America with the rest of his family. When Ole returned to Denmark on a mission in 1883, he had the pleasure of baptizing his oldest son and Hans family. !BIRTH: Parish Registers of Orte, 1852, p 21, #25 (FHL film 050957). MARRIAGE: DEATH: BAPTISM: Smithfield LDS Ward Records, Early to 1919, p 58 (FHL film 025611). ENDOWMENT: Logan Temple, Book A, p 45, #1598 (FHL film 178052). SEALING:Hans to parents-Logan Temple, Book A, p 943, (FHL film 178087). Hans to Anne Cathrine- Hans children to him- !NECESSARY EXPLANATIONS: -The birthplace of Hans is listed in the early Smithfield LDS Ward records as Frybierg and elsewhere as Fryling, all of which are misspellings of Frobjerg, which is where his mother lived at the time of his christening. Marie came here on November 1, 1852, from Lumby Parish where Hans was born; it is assumed that Marie had gone from Frobjerg back to her hometown to a relative or friend's home to have her first baby since she was not married yet. RESEARCH NOTES: 1. Parish records of Orte, Odense, p 21, #25 (FHL film 050957): "Born 13 October 1852, Hans Hendrick Olsen, christened in the church 28 Nov- ember. Mother, unmarried woman Marie Hansen of Frobjerg Mark and the desig- nated father of the child Ole Hansen of Alleso. Witnesses: Miss Kirstine Marie Hansen of Alleso, Bachelor Hendrik Hansen of Alleso, Bachelor Rasmus Hansen of Stige, Cottager Niels Jorgensen of Annerup." 2. Parish records of Lumby, Odense, p 13, last entry of 1852 (film 050282): "13 October 1852, born Hans Henrik Olsen. 28 November 1852, christened in Orte Parish. Parents: unmarried woman Marie Hansen of Frobjerg Mark. Father acknowledged to be Bachelor Ole Hansen of Alleso." Note: no names of wit- nesses are recorded as the actual christening took place in Orte Parish. This child was born in Lumby but soon afterwards the mother moved to Orte where the christening took place. Subsequently the Orte minister notified the minister of Lumby of the christening. "Notification received from Skydebjerg Praestergaard the 8 December 1852 by Schive." Skydebjerg is the main parish of the clerical district which includes Orte as an a nnex parish. "The mother worked 10 months prior to the birth for Jacob Hansen of Thaarup" 3. A visit to the Mink Creek Cemetery on 7-4-1988 found the grave of Hans on the west end of the north side of cemetery. There is a substantial head- stone marking the grave. !BIRTH: Parish Registers of Orte, 1852, p 21, #25 (FHL film 050957). MARRIAGE: DEATH: BAPTISM: Smithfield LDS Ward Records, Early to 1919, p 58 (FHL film 025611). ENDOWMENT: Logan Temple, Book A, p 45, #1598 (FHL film 178052). SEALING:Hans to parents-Logan Temple, Book A, p 943, (FHL film 178087). Hans to Anne Cathrine- Hans children to him- !NECESSARY EXPLANATIONS: -The birthplace of Hans is listed in the early Smithfield LDS Ward records as Frybierg and elsewhere as Fryling, all of which are misspellings of Frobjerg, which is where his mother lived at the time of his christening. Marie came here on November 1, 1852, from Lumby Parish where Hans was born; it is assumed that Marie had gone from Frobjerg back to her hometown to a relative or friend's home to have her first baby since she was not married yet. RESEARCH NOTES: 1. Parish records of Orte, Odense, p 21, #25 (FHL film 050957): "Born 13 October 1852, Hans Hendrick Olsen, christened in the church 28 Nov- ember. Mother, unmarried woman Marie Hansen of Frobjerg Mark and the desig- nated father of the child Ole Hansen of Alleso. Witnesses: Miss Kirstine Marie Hansen of Alleso, Bachelor Hendrik Hansen of Alleso, Bachelor Rasmus Hansen of Stige, Cottager Niels Jorgensen of Annerup." 2. Parish records of Lumby, Odense, p 13, last entry of 1852 (film 050282): "13 October 1852, born Hans Henrik Olsen. 28 November 1852, christened in Orte Parish. Parents: unmarried woman Marie Hansen of Frobjerg Mark. Father acknowledged to be Bachelor Ole Hansen of Alleso." Note: no names of wit- nesses are recorded as the actual christening took place in Orte Parish. This child was born in Lumby but soon afterwards the mother moved to Orte where the christening took place. Subsequently the Orte minister notified the minister of Lumby of the christening. "Notification received from Skydebjerg Praestergaard the 8 December 1852 by Schive." Skydebjerg is the main parish of the clerical district which includes Orte as an a nnex parish. "The mother worked 10 months prior to the birth for Jacob Hansen of Thaarup" 3. A visit to the Mink Creek Cemetery on 7-4-1988 found the grave of Hans on the west end of the north side of cemetery. There is a substantial head- stone marking the grave. !Sources. Birth: FHL film #50457 Orte Odense Denmark parish record. Hans Hendrik was the son of unmarried Marie Hansen of Frobjerg Mark (in Orte) Father reported to be Ole Hansen. Christening: FHL film #50457 Orte Odense Denmark parish record. Hans Hendrik was born Hans Hendrik Olsen Hans ID# will print out as a possible record problem. Yes, he was born two years before parent's marriage. Marriage #1: FHL film #50282 Lumby Odense Denmark parish records 1854-1885 Marriage #2: Ancestral File 4.13 Death: Death and burial verified with the Mink Creek Cemetery Research by Valerie Hansen, Feb 1994 L.D.S. temple ordinances verified by Colleen and Halvor Hansen, March 1994 Endowment: Logan Temple film #178052 Baptism: Hans Hanrick did not join the Church and come to America with the rest of his family. When Ole returned to Denmark on a mission in 1883, he had the pleasure of baptizing his oldest son and Hans family. !Sources. Birth: FHL film #50457 Orte Odense Denmark parish record. Hans Hendrik was the son of unmarried Marie Hansen of Frobjerg Mark (in Orte) Father reported to be Ole Hansen. Christening: FHL film #50457 Orte Odense Denmark parish record. Hans Hendrik was born Hans Hendrik Olsen Hans ID# will print out as a possible record problem. Yes, he was born two years before parent's marriage. Marriage #1: FHL film #50282 Lumby Odense Denmark parish records 1854-1885 Marriage #2: Ancestral File 4.13 Death: Death and burial verified with the Mink Creek Cemetery Research by Valerie Hansen, Feb 1994 L.D.S. temple ordinances verified by Colleen and Halvor Hansen, March 1994 Endowment: Logan Temple film #178052 Baptism: Hans Hanrick did not join the Church and come to America with the rest of his family. When Ole returned to Denmark on a mission in 1883, he had the pleasure of baptizing his oldest son and Hans family.	Hansen, Hans Hendrik (I54)
5	Alternate names: Niels Peter Johansen Woodland, Peter Woodland	Nielsen, Niels Peter Johansen Jr. (I123313)
6	Book "Mormon Historical Studies" http://mormonpolygamydocuments.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/JS1001.pdf Marriage Source states that marriage occurred on 6 February 1852, not 16th. Women of the Nauvoo Relief Society states 16th Feb 1852. Added Territory. Not a state until 1896. Attached indexed source says the Place was Graham, Arizona Territory. (FamilySearch.org Last Changed: June 10th, 2023)	Family: Jonathan Taylor Packer / Maria Laverna Champlin (F20558)
7	Brigadier General	Packer, Leon Claron (I80256)
8	Certified Marriage Certificate issued by Adams County, Illinois and returned by David Evans, L.D.S. minister of the gospel who performed the marriage. In January 1840, David Evans lived in Payson Township, Adams Co., IL ["Bishop David Evans and his Family" (Provo, UT: J. Grant Stevenson, 1972), page 12, available online at https://archive.org]. (FamilySearch.org Last Changed: December 5th, 2017)	Family: Jonathan Taylor Packer / Angelina Avilda Champlin (F20557)
9	HISTORY OF MARTHA ELIZABETH COMISH She was the daughter of Robert Nephi Comish and Emma Jane Howland. She blessed by John Doney Nov.4, 1075. She was named for her two grandmothers, Elizabeth Comish and Martha Diane Howland. But the family and later on her friends all called her "Maggie", so when she was baptiz:ed she added Maggie to her name. She was baptized by James Hurd, June 3, 1884 and confirmed by L.L. Hatch June 3, 1884. She attended school at Cove, Cache Co., Utah. She was a very pretty girl. She had large dark brown eyes and hair and a very complexion. She had a jovial dispositon and was a great tease. She used to like to talk to the Indians. So many of them used to camp close to our place and used to give her strings of beads and other trinkets. Her sister Hattie was a real coward of the Indians and would run and hide when she would seem an Indian coming. One day the two girls had been to Franklin do some shopping for their mother and after they started home, Maggie spied a band of Indians going along the road toward their home so she commenced whipping the horse they were riding so to catch up with them. Her sister begged and coaxed her not to, In fact, she had to promise her nearly everything she owned to her to go slow until the Indians passed their home. These two sisters were about the same size and they used to always dress alike and were asked many times they were twins. They were good pals and spent many happy hours together. When Maggie was about l8 years old she had poor health. She used to faint often so her mother took her to the temple for a Health Blessing. They carried her into the temple, she was baptized for her health and given a blessing, she was able to walk and had good health after that. Maggie was married to Peter G. Whitehead Dec. 16, 1896 at the Logan Temple. They lived at Franklin Idaho for a little over a year and then they bought them a nice farm and home about a mile north of Franklin. On the 10th of Feb. 1898 they were bl essed with a little girl and they named her Margaret Emma after her two grandmothers, but she too wa nicknamed and called"Gretta". On the 24th of April, 1899 they had another little girl born to them which they named Phyllis and Dec. 5, 1900 they were blessed with another baby girl which they named Maggie. She was so proud of her little girls and was a wonderful wife and mother and they had a very happy home but due complications which set in after the confinement of her last baby died on Dec. 20 1900 at Franklin, Idaho and was buried in the Franklin Cemetary. Her three little girls lived with her mother for seven years until he married again. Her children Margaret Emma (Gretta) Whitehead married Lester William Corbridge on Nov. 8, 1916, Phyllis Whitehead married Dee Day Kingsford Dec. 8, 1920, and Maggie C. Whitehead married William Reed Jamison, Feb. 25, 1925.	Comish, Martha Elizabeth (I4779)
10	Jonathan Taylor Packer did not move to Arizona until after 1877. He lived in Bryce and Pima. Standard for President's Office. (FamilySearch.org Last Changed: May 20th, 2023)	Family: Jonathan Taylor Packer / Christiana Petrina Sundby (F20560)
11	On the document "Missouri Marriages, 1805-2002" it states that Jonathan and Sarah were married on 12 October 1837. It also shows that the person who married them recorded the event on 17 May 1838. (FamilySearch.org Last Changed: July 22nd, 2020)	Family: Jonathan Taylor Packer / Sarah Ewell (F20553)
12	When Hans Hendrick and family came to America, they changed their surname from OLSON to HANSEN. Hans Henrdick and Anna Kathrine sealed in the Logan Temple, Film #178135. also recorded on film #178052. Endowments of John, Andrew, Olga, Han Peter and Julie, Logan Temple Film #178053. Line 141 from GEDCOM File: BIRTH PLACE Frobjerg, Orte, Allese, Odense, Denmark Other Source: AFN:2021-VV, 11/10/01. LIFE STORY OF HANS HENDRICK AND ANNA KATHRINE MIKKELSEN [A more detail account of life as it was for grandma & grandpa Hansen written by Joan Lish] Hans Hendrick was born 13 Oct 1852 in Frobjerg, Denmark to Ole and Marie Hansen. Han's home was a little cottage consisting of 4 rooms, I room for the family, a stable for the cow, a sty for the pig, and a barn for the hay. Hans helped with the care of the animals and worked in the fields. He spent a lot of time working on the farm of his grandfather Nielson. Hans was 15 years old when his father Ole joined the Church. This made it very hard for the family. The neighbors trying to teach them a lesson ridiculed them so much and left them without employment and nearly starving. Hans felt a little ashamed to think his parents.had joined a church that was so unpopular. Hans chose to stay in Denmark while his parents joined the Latter-Day-Saints in America. Hans received employment with Mikkel Hansen, who was a well to do farmer. He married his daughter Anna Kathrine Mikkelsen. Anna was barn 16 April 1855. Anna was I a little gal 5' 3", light complexed, blue eyes and blond hair, where Hans was 5' 7", dark brown hair and brown eyes. In 1883 Han's father, Ole Hansen, came back to his native land as a missionary for his Church. When he saw Hans, they embraced each other with tears of joy and Ole had the joy of baptizing Hans and Anna Kathrine, 13 Jan 1884. Hans was confirmed by H. J. Brown, 14 Jan 1884 and Anna was confirmed by Ole Hansen, 14 Jan 1884. At this time John their oldest son was baptized 9 Aug 1884. Hans and A nna started a tradition in their family to baptize all their children on their 8th birthday a date they would never forget. By this time Johannes was born 8 Jun 1874 and died 21 Jul I874. John, 9 Aug 1876, Andrew, 7 Sep 1878, Olga, 7 Dec 1880, and Hans Peter, 16 Sep 1883. As Hans and Anna prepared to come to America, Anna took ill and the use of her limbs became impaired. The neighbors taunted her, saying this had happened to her because she had joined those awful Mormons. Anna's parents and other members of the family were very much displeased and fought against her joining the church and most of all coming to America. At the end, her family disowned her. Such a very sad experience and Anna never heard from her parents and family again. Sigrid, a cousin in Denmark said, Grandma's parents were well off in Denmark. Hans was very spiritually strong and was dedicated to the Church of Jesus Christ of LDS. They sold all they had except what they needed for the trip. Ole and Marie helped financially. Danish or coin spent for steamship: 297.00 for Hans, 297.00 for Anna,148 for John, 50 for Andrew, 50 for Olga, and 10 for Hans Peter all total $852.00. Danish crowns $0.268 in U.S. money about 27 cents in. U.S. Aarhus Emigration record dated June 9, 1884. Sat. June 14,1884 the steamship Arizona sailed from Liverpool, with 531 Saints, including 25 returning missionaries in charge of Ephraim H. Nye. Hans and Anna had quite an experience coming to America. Hans was sea sick and Hans Peter bawled all the way coming over. Hans, Anna and family arrived in Smithfield, Utah June .29 1884. Ole and Marie must of taken Hans & Anna around to the different lands they could homestead. Can you imagine seeing Mink Creek nestled in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains(15 miles north east of Preston, Idaho) rolling hills and mountain streams running through the valleys. It was probably fall with the gorgeous colors of red, yellow and green. Most delightful was finding nearly all Scandi navians speaking Danish, praying and singing Danish. Families scattered for a distance of ten miles up and down the streams, with exception of narrow strips of bottom Iands along the creek. The farms are situated on the sloped of mountains. Hans and Anna could see dry farmimg, dairying, lumbering, sheep, cattle ranching and poultry raising. You, could almost hear them say this looks like the Swiss Alps. They have a general store and blacksmith shop. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints is there and a ward is completely organized. They meet in a log meeting house 24 X 18 feet dirt roof and slabs were used for benches. In a grove of trees a large clearing about fifty feet square, here the people would gather in the summer time to celebrate the holidays. On one side there was a platform about three feet high were the fiddler would sit and play for dances. The seats were made.of slabs held up with pegs legs. They would dance in the opening on the ground. The settlers danced mostly square dances. The parents would teach their children how to dance. The children played games such as foot and an half, baseball, gathering nuts in May, prisoner base, hide and go seek, leap frog and some horse racing. The celebration wasn't with out something to eat, each family brought something and put it on the same long table and each helped himself. Frequently there were basket lunch socials which was fun for the ladies if the right person bought her lunch. It seemed like that by 1885 Mink Creek was just now prepared for families. May 17, 1884 the Logan Temple was dedicated. June 1, 1884 the Oneida Stake of the Mormon Church which included Mink Creek, Franklin, and the northern part of Cache Valley was organized. The gold rush men were gone. The trappers and traders left the streams almost free from fur bearing animals. The herds of buffalo were gone from the valley, also, the great herds of elk and deer were gone. The grizzly bear had been killed in great numbers, so.that few were seen by the settlers. After the battle.with the Indians at Bear River the Indians learned that the settlers were there permanently and after respected the White man. There was a saw mill that was operated with water power that sawed 1000 feet of lumber each twelve hours. The settlers were able to receive a little money from the sale of butter, eggs and vegetables which were sold to the Smith Tie Contract Company and the men who drove cattle over the Lander Trail going east. Seven irrigation ditches were made by 1882. A railroad close by since 1878. The school district was established in 1882. A weekly mail delivery was made to the community. A North Star Woolen Mill that Apostle Snow had dedicated to all because it was said that it was not right that there should be just one rich man in the community or even 3 or 4. There were sego lilies that could be dug and the roots eaten and roots looked like onion sets that could be dried. You had to know which ones were OK and which were poison. There were acres of delicious wild strawberries, chockcherries, service berries, and in the canyons were very choice wild rasberries, thimble berries, currents, huckleberies, goose- berries and elderberries, all really made delicious jelly and fruit. The country had enough wild game, deer, elk, bear and moose for the settlers food. Also wild chickens, prairie chickens, wild ducks and wild geese. These things made the place almost a garden of Eden for the early families. March 26, 1885 Hans and Anna were married in the Logan Temple and also their children John, Andrew, Olga and Hans Peter were sealed to them for time and throughout eternity. This same month they moved all their belongings to Mink Creek, Idaho to homestead (the farm where Burnell Baird lives). Hans built a log home 14' x 16' with a dirt floor and dirt roof. The cracks of the home were plastered with clay and chaff. They mixed the chaff with the clay to make it hold together. The dirt roof was made with poles or strong willows laid across the rafters then a good layer of straw was put over the willow than dirt on the straw. The home had a stove, homemade furniture, straw-filled mattresses adorned the beds. No electricity only coal oil lamps and homemade candles. Water was carried in from a nearby spring. They had the advantage of plenty of good water even in the latter part of the summer when other mountain streams get very low the main feeder of Mink Creek has an unusually large spring gushing out from under a high rock at the foot of the higher mountains. That spring was a very busy time for Anna and Hans and family in addition to building their home they had to cultivate the land and sow their seeds. They started out with sheep and cows. The women sheared the sheep and Anna took care of the wool. She washed it, carded it, spun it, knitted and made it into clothing for her family. John age 9 and Andrew age 7, I'm sure they worked hard in the fields. I suppose Hans was disappointed when he found out how extremely hard it was to irrigate rolling hills. I can imagine John and Andrew enjoying the sport of fishing. They used the tall thin birch willows for poles, which were found in the near by swampy places. They made their line out of thread twisted and braided together. They didn't get fish leaders like they get today. They'd braid little thin wire and twist.the hook on this end. There was so many fish then that they'd try to beat each other to the hook to get it. The people would catch grasshoppers, angleworm, and crabs for bait. There were lots.of crab in little rock shelves in the creek. Broken up made very good bait.. Probably Hans taught his boys to trap animals and snare wild game. They had to fence their hay stacks in or the rabbits would come and eat their hay. The hay stacks were fenced with brush and willows and a hole was made where the rabbit could go in. A wire with a loop on it was set and the rabbit would stick his head through the loop an	Hansen, Hans Hendrik (I54)
13	Whitehead, Peter Green, Bishop of the Franklin Ward, Franklin Stake, Idaho, from 1923 to 1929, was born Sept. 7, 1874, in Franklin, the son of William Whitehead and Margaret Green. He was baptized Dec. 6, 1883, ordained a Seventy April 18, 1905, by Seymour B. Young, filled a mission to the Southern States in 1905-1907, and was ordained a High Priest March 2, 1923, by Melvin J. Ballard. He was sustained as Bishop July 29, 1923. (Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4 vols. [Salt Lake Cit 468.) HISTORY OF PETER GREEN WITEHEAD Peter Green Whitehead was born September 7, 1874 in Franklin, Idaho, the son of William and Margaret Green Whitehead. When he was two years old, two Indian bucks came to his home and picked him up and put him on their horse and rode off with him. His mother and father were frantic with worry not knowing how he would be treated by the Indians. So they organized a group of men to go and see if the Indians would release him for food. They said they would, so they took potatoes, flour, wheat, meat and sugar. The Indians were so pleased to see all the food that they released him. The Indian camp was just a little ways from his home down in the river bottom. The Whitehead home is still standing where he was born. Besides the home in which he was born, there was a little log cabin on the lot where his mother’s sister (Aunt Alice) and grandmother Green lived. He seemed to be a favorite of the elderly ladies. They would protect him from the abuse of the older children, and when his mother chastised him, they would hide him under their bed. They fed him on the choice food they could obtain in those days of poverty. As he grew a little older he drove cows to the pasture on the rocky bench across Spring Creek. Here he played, fished, and learned to swim. He was very young when he was taught to work on his mother’s farm. He showed great ability at driving horses and doing farm work. His father died when he was but seven years of age. And soon after he would go to the canyon to get wood out for winter fuel for the two families. Almost from the day of his father’s death, he assumed a great deal of the responsibility of supporting his mother during his remaining years. He was always spiritual minded. He attended Sunday School where his father took great interest in teaching the children of the ward how to sing, pray and live. When he was old enough to take girls out, he courted them by taking them to dances, sleigh riding in t he winter and to the mountains in the summer. He met and courted Martha Elizabeth (Maggie) Comish. They were married in the Logan Temple, Dec. 16 1896. To this union, three were born: Margaret Emma (Greta) born Feb. 10 1898, Phyllis, born April 24, 1899 and Maggie, Dec. 5, 1900. When Maggie was fifteen days old her mother died and was buried Dec. 23, 1900 in the Franklin Cemetery. He kept the children together by placing them with their grandmother, Emma Comish, who cared for them while he fulfilled a two year mission and until he remarried again. Bishop L.L. Hatch called him to fill a mission to the Southern States. The following is a faith promoting incident that happened while he was on his mission. When I was on a mission to the Southern States, during conference on North Carolina, Pres. John A. Barrett and I were visiting the saints and elders of that conference. We stopped in Half-Moon to hold a meeting. A family who before had been very bitter toward the elders asked us to stay all night. After supper we were shown to our rooms. Towards morning Pres. Barrett became very ill. When morning came he felt so weak he said he would be unable to continue the journey, so he asked me to administer to him which I did. We had an appointment to fill some 12 miles from Half-Moon. On the way I became very ill. Pres. Barrett administered to me and through the help of the Lord we were able to fill our appointment. The following day we went to Jacksonville where we separated. Pres. Barrett going to another conference and I to the city of Kingston where I had labored before. I began to get worse until I was very weak and my tongue became paralyzed. I asked my companion to administer to me. The missionaries and the family where we were staying said I had been poisoned and could not live, but, if I did recover my bowls would never heal. The elders kept administering and giving me medicine and in two weeks I was made whole. Before the illness I weighed 195 pounds and when I recovered I weighed 120 pounds. When I went to pay the doctor he was very surprised to see me because he didn’t think I would recover. I t was through the power of God and the administering of the elders that I am here today enjoying good health. He returned July 24, 1907 after having filled an honorable mission of 27 months. He married another splendid woman,, Martha Ella Morrison on Dec. 18. 1907 in the Salt Lake Temple. To this union six children were born: Martha Vanona, born Oct. 23, 1908; Peter Golden, born July 17, 1910; Joseph William, born June 3, 1912; Elma, born March 31, 1914; DeIsta, born Oct. 4, 1915 and drowned July 14, 1917; and Adele, born June 14, 1917. He was again left without a wife and mother to his children. Martha Ella, died Oct. 22, 1918 of influenza and was buried Oct. 24, 19918 in the Franklin Cemetery. Yet he kept his family together until Jan. 2, 1923 when he married Jessie Elizabeth Merrill in the Logan Temple. She had been a fond mother to the children by both his former wives. She was blessed with a beautiful daughter, Elizabeth (Betty). She was born March 29, 1926 in Preston, Idaho. Since Jessie and he were married, his oldest son, Golden was killed in a accident on Cub River hill, June 9, 1923. His second and only remaining son, Joseph was taken from them through a heart ailment, March 26, 1936 leaving his wife, Selma Mockie. He was married Aug. 15, 1934. Jessie’s only child, Betty, in whom they took great pride, grew to young woman hood to the age of 15. While returning from Logan where her mother had taken her and a number of friends for an outing, their car was struck by a speeding truck, Betty and two of the other children were killed. She died Jut 18, 1941. Just as they were recovering from this last shock, came the tragedy depriving Jessie of her husband. He was walking along the east side of the highway driving some calves. As he raised up from picking up a rock to throw at the calves, he was struck by the rear of an oil tanker. The oil tanker passed another truck, but, as it completed the pass the back wheels skidded in the gravel on the east shoulder of the highway. The impact threw him some 12 feet. He suffered a fractured skull an other head injuries. He passed away four days later in the Preston Hospital, Oct. 4, 1945 and was buried Oct. 8, in the Franklin Cemetery. He was educated in the Franklin schools and was a farmer by trade. H was President of the William Whitehead Family Organization. He was ordained to the office of High Priest March 2, 1925 by Apostle Melvin J. Ballard. He served as Bishop of the Franklin Ward for seven years. He was one who was always willing and able to make and have peace in the ward and in his home. He used sound judgment. His honesty and integrity was beyond question. He was a hard worker and a leader in the community, was always improving the land and as President Rawlings said at his funeral services, he saw him leveling with a big machine down on the river trying to improve the land and said to him “Pete, haven’t you lived long enough to know better than this? You have built up your own farm and now you are still trying to improve the land.” He said, “Well, I don’t want to live when I can’t be of some benefit to my country.” While he was Bishop, many people went to him for recommends to go to the temple, and they were impressed with what he said and the council he gave them. His work will follow him and they are many. When he would speak or offer prayer, there was something in his tone of voice which impressed people. He was always thoughtful of people in need and was always helping someone. He was a real friend of everyone and always took time to visit and be sociable with the people he met. He was a real kind and loving father and husband, but he meant what he said. He taught his children the principles of the gospel and to keep the commandments of the Lord, and to keep thei r bodies pure and clean. He always had family prayer morning and night in the home. He enjoyed clean sports and entertainment. He liked canyon gatherings, also traveling and seeing different places. He said there is no such thing as half brothers and sisters. So his children grew to love each other as if they were all from the same mother. That love and devotion is still with his family. All are united and willing to help each other out when they need help. He was the father of 10 children and has 25 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren at the time of this writing. He was a fine built man weighing over two hundred pounds. He was 5 foot 10 inches tall and had dark hair and dark gray eyes. He was good looking and held his age. Everyone said he looked much younger than he was. He died at the age of 71. Impressive services were held for him Oct 8, 1945 in the Franklin Ward. The chapel and recreation were filled to capacity with relatives and friends. The floral offerings were many, showing the great esteem in which he and his family were held.. His six daughters and their families were all present except two grandsons that were in the service of their country.	Whitehead, Peter Green (I4783)

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!Birth: Lunde, Odense, Denmark Parish Reg (312305 Book 13). LDS Ordinances: Baptism from Certificates, family records and Mink Creek Ward Record Film #7503. Logan Temple Film #178135. Marriage: Johannah Elizabeth Christensen 10 Nov 1904 Logan, Cache, Utah. SS: 11 Oct 1905 Logan Temple. Death: 1 Sep 1961 Death Certificate State of Idaho File #3779.

!Birth: Lunde, Odense, Denmark Parish Reg (312305 Book 13). LDS Ordinances: Baptism from Certificates, family records and Mink Creek Ward Record Film #7503. Logan Temple Film #178135. Marriage: Johannah Elizabeth Christensen 10 Nov 1904 Logan, Cache, Utah. SS: 11 Oct 1905 Logan Temple. Death: 1 Sep 1961 Death Certificate State of Idaho File #3779.

!Birth: Lunde, Odense, Denmark Parish Reg (312305 Book 13). LDS Ordinances: Baptism from Certificates, family records and Mink Creek Ward Record Film #7503. Logan Temple Film #178135. Marriage: Johannah Elizabeth Christensen 10 Nov 1904 Logan, Cache, Utah. SS: 11 Oct 1905 Logan Temple. Death: 1 Sep 1961 Death Certificate State of Idaho File #3779.

!Birth: Lunde, Odense, Denmark Parish Reg (312305 Book 13). LDS Ordinances: Baptism from Certificates, family records and Mink Creek Ward Record Film #7503. Logan Temple Film #178135. Marriage: Johannah Elizabeth Christensen 10 Nov 1904 Logan, Cache, Utah. SS: 11 Oct 1905 Logan Temple. Death: 1 Sep 1961 Death Certificate State of Idaho File #3779.

BRIEF HISTORY OF MY PARENT John Micarl Hansen & Johannah Elizabeth Christensen Hansen by Gene A. Hansen - March 1979 In the small village of Taastrup, Odense, Denmark was born a baby boy on August 9, 1876. He was named John Micarl Hansen. His parents were Hans HendrickHansen and Anne Cathrine Mikkelsen. In 1884 a very important thing took place in the lives of his parents. This was the time when they were taught the gospel and were baptized. Shortly there after his parents decided that they should emigrate to Utah to be with the rest of the saints. Selling all their belongings and their home the day finally came when they would sail for the United States. John was only 8 years old when he left Denmark along with his parents , two younger brothers, Andrew and Hans and his younger sister Olga. It took them six weeks for them to make the trip to New York City and then on to Utah be train. On June 29,1884 they arrived in Smithfield, Utah. They remained in Smithfield and Hans Hendrick worked on a farm west of Smithfield for a short period of time. On August 8, 1884 John was baptized a member of the Church by his father and on March 26, 1885, Hans Hendrick took his wife and the family to the Logan Temple where they were all sealed together as a family. In the latter part of March 1885, they moved to Mink Creek, Idaho where they took up a homestead. Life was very hard for them where they began with nothing but the land itself. They worked hard to build a house and to till the ground., Beginning as they did it was a hard struggle for them. As a young man, John went away from home to work as a sheepherder. He has herded bands of sheep through out most of Southern Idaho. He would spend months at a time with his sheep and grew to love these animals very much. He had many experiences while he was alone in the mountains. On one occasion he remembers being in an area where he was without water and he became so thirsty that he placed a stone in his mouth to he lp relieve his thrist. Being alone as much as he was with the sheep he was able to cook some good meals for himself. He had a great love for the mountains and enjoyed being with his sheep. Because he had to work at a very young age, he didn't have the opportunity of a formal education, but learn mostly on his own. He learn to keep good records of all his business dealings and had a very keen mind about remembering things. He also was fluent in the Danish language and learn English at a very young age .It was when he was out in the Lost River area of Idaho herding sheep that he returned to Mink Creek and where he met his young bride, Johannah Elizabeth Christensen. She was the daughter of Steffen and Thomine Christensen. They lived in Bear Creek which was just over the mountains of Mink Creek. After a short courtship they were married at Preston, Idaho, November 10, 1904. It was at Christmas time of that year that his young bride knited him two pairs of stockings. He rode his horse 20 miles to get them and show to everyone what his 17 year old bride had made. On October 10, 1905 they were able to go to the Logan Temple where they were sealed for all time and for eternity. It was a few years later that they bought the old homestead from Hans Hendrick and moved into the old log home that they had built. It was a real struggle for this young couple as they started their little family. They shared the trials and work together as they planted and harvested their crops. As the children were born they also were expected to help with the work when they became old enough to work. John continued to have his small herd of sheep along with other livestock. He always had a good garden and a fine orchard. Every year he would take the fruit and would sell it to the people throughout the valley. As little as they had, they were always willing to help others. Many times they would have friends and other relatives into their home for meals and shared what they had wit h them. Mother as an excellent cook and found herself cooking for everyone when they came to visit, which sometimes lasted several days at a time. She could bake the best bread, and would always have plenty of food for everyone. John was always willing to help his neighbors with their crops and in return they would help him with is crops. John and Hannah started to build a new home once, down near the creek and a beautiful spot near the orchard, but things got bad and could not finish it. They later tore it down and used some of the lumber to build onto the old log house, which still stands today. John and Hannah were the parents of five sons, Homer, Jed, Harvey, Duke, Gene and three daughters, Leona, Ruby and Afton. Leona being the oldest and Gene the youngest. All the children were born in the old log home. They loved their children and were kind to them. Very seldom if ever did John ever spank his children. Although they didn't attend church to often, they always encouraged to go. John and his family always had family prayer and a blessing on the food. He was an honest tithe payer and helped in building the Mink Creek chapel. He was an honest and good man. Hannah was a good women, one who was used to hard work. She was always in the home caring for the children. Her specialty was preparing good home cooked meals. As World War II came upon the country, John was forced to sell the old homestead because he was unable to take care of it. Homer had health problems and Harvey and Duke were in the service, and Gene was rather young to be of much help on the farm. It was then that their son Jed bought the old place, and John and Hannah moved to Preston. In November 1954, John and Hannah celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Shortly thereafter, John became ill and remained ill for several years. He died in Preston, Idaho, September 1, 1961 at the age of 85. He was buried in the Preston cemetery. His dear wife Hannah is still living at the age of 92 at the time of this writing. She now living in the Preston Rest Home. Their oldest son, Homer who never married has always been with his parents He also is living with his mother at the rest home. They have shared the blessing and happiness of sending their son Harvey on a church mission to the Texas Louisiana Mission. They also have been blessed by having seven children married and sealed in the temple. They have had the sorrow but still proud of having three of their sons, Harvey, Duke and Gene serve their country in the armed forces. Two of their children have passed away, Jed in 1961 and Ruby in 1975. A posterity they can be proud of. At the time of this writing they had 34 grandchildren, 88 great grand children and 6 great great grand children. How blessed we are to have parents such as this. May God always be with them and our family. John Micarl Hansen was born 9 Aug 1876 in Taastrup, Lunde, Odense, Denmark parish reg. [312305], page 10 #7 Bk 13. Christened, 4 Sep 1876, Lunde, Odense, parish reg. [312305] p 10 #7 birth #2. He was baptized on 9 Aug 1884 in Logan, Utah by Geo Hyde. He was confirmed on 9 Aug 1884, Logan, Utah by Sharp. Endowed, Logan Temple, 10 Oct 1805, Logan Film #178053. Sealed to his parents 26 Mar 1885, Logan Temple Logan Film #178053.

!Birth: Lunde, Odense, Denmark Parish Reg (312305 Book 13). LDS Ordinances: Baptism from Certificates, family records and Mink Creek Ward Record Film #7503. Logan Temple Film #178135. Marriage: Johannah Elizabeth Christensen 10 Nov 1904 Logan, Cache, Utah. SS: 11 Oct 1905 Logan Temple. Death: 1 Sep 1961 Death Certificate State of Idaho File #3779.

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!Sources. Birth: FHL film #50457 Orte Odense Denmark parish record. Hans Hendrik was the son of unmarried Marie Hansen of Frobjerg Mark (in Orte) Father reported to be Ole Hansen. Christening: FHL film #50457 Orte Odense Denmark parish record. Hans Hendrik was born Hans Hendrik Olsen Hans ID# will print out as a possible record problem. Yes, he was born two years before parent's marriage. Marriage #1: FHL film #50282 Lumby Odense Denmark parish records 1854-1885 Marriage #2: Ancestral File 4.13 Death: Death and burial verified with the Mink Creek Cemetery Research by Valerie Hansen, Feb 1994 L.D.S. temple ordinances verified by Colleen and Halvor Hansen, March 1994 Endowment: Logan Temple film #178052 Baptism: Hans Hanrick did not join the Church and come to America with the rest of his family. When Ole returned to Denmark on a mission in 1883, he had the pleasure of baptizing his oldest son and Hans family.

!BIRTH: Parish Registers of Orte, 1852, p 21, #25 (FHL film 050957). MARRIAGE: DEATH: BAPTISM: Smithfield LDS Ward Records, Early to 1919, p 58 (FHL film 025611). ENDOWMENT: Logan Temple, Book A, p 45, #1598 (FHL film 178052). SEALING:Hans to parents-Logan Temple, Book A, p 943, (FHL film 178087). Hans to Anne Cathrine- Hans children to him- !NECESSARY EXPLANATIONS: -The birthplace of Hans is listed in the early Smithfield LDS Ward records as Frybierg and elsewhere as Fryling, all of which are misspellings of Frobjerg, which is where his mother lived at the time of his christening. Marie came here on November 1, 1852, from Lumby Parish where Hans was born; it is assumed that Marie had gone from Frobjerg back to her hometown to a relative or friend's home to have her first baby since she was not married yet. RESEARCH NOTES: 1. Parish records of Orte, Odense, p 21, #25 (FHL film 050957): "Born 13 October 1852, Hans Hendrick Olsen, christened in the church 28 Nov- ember. Mother, unmarried woman Marie Hansen of Frobjerg Mark and the desig- nated father of the child Ole Hansen of Alleso. Witnesses: Miss Kirstine Marie Hansen of Alleso, Bachelor Hendrik Hansen of Alleso, Bachelor Rasmus Hansen of Stige, Cottager Niels Jorgensen of Annerup." 2. Parish records of Lumby, Odense, p 13, last entry of 1852 (film 050282): "13 October 1852, born Hans Henrik Olsen. 28 November 1852, christened in Orte Parish. Parents: unmarried woman Marie Hansen of Frobjerg Mark. Father acknowledged to be Bachelor Ole Hansen of Alleso." Note: no names of wit- nesses are recorded as the actual christening took place in Orte Parish. This child was born in Lumby but soon afterwards the mother moved to Orte where the christening took place. Subsequently the Orte minister notified the minister of Lumby of the christening. "Notification received from Skydebjerg Praestergaard the 8 December 1852 by Schive." Skydebjerg is the main parish of the clerical district which includes Orte as an a nnex parish. "The mother worked 10 months prior to the birth for Jacob Hansen of Thaarup" 3. A visit to the Mink Creek Cemetery on 7-4-1988 found the grave of Hans on the west end of the north side of cemetery. There is a substantial head- stone marking the grave.

!BIRTH: Parish Registers of Orte, 1852, p 21, #25 (FHL film 050957). MARRIAGE: DEATH: BAPTISM: Smithfield LDS Ward Records, Early to 1919, p 58 (FHL film 025611). ENDOWMENT: Logan Temple, Book A, p 45, #1598 (FHL film 178052). SEALING:Hans to parents-Logan Temple, Book A, p 943, (FHL film 178087). Hans to Anne Cathrine- Hans children to him- !NECESSARY EXPLANATIONS: -The birthplace of Hans is listed in the early Smithfield LDS Ward records as Frybierg and elsewhere as Fryling, all of which are misspellings of Frobjerg, which is where his mother lived at the time of his christening. Marie came here on November 1, 1852, from Lumby Parish where Hans was born; it is assumed that Marie had gone from Frobjerg back to her hometown to a relative or friend's home to have her first baby since she was not married yet. RESEARCH NOTES: 1. Parish records of Orte, Odense, p 21, #25 (FHL film 050957): "Born 13 October 1852, Hans Hendrick Olsen, christened in the church 28 Nov- ember. Mother, unmarried woman Marie Hansen of Frobjerg Mark and the desig- nated father of the child Ole Hansen of Alleso. Witnesses: Miss Kirstine Marie Hansen of Alleso, Bachelor Hendrik Hansen of Alleso, Bachelor Rasmus Hansen of Stige, Cottager Niels Jorgensen of Annerup." 2. Parish records of Lumby, Odense, p 13, last entry of 1852 (film 050282): "13 October 1852, born Hans Henrik Olsen. 28 November 1852, christened in Orte Parish. Parents: unmarried woman Marie Hansen of Frobjerg Mark. Father acknowledged to be Bachelor Ole Hansen of Alleso." Note: no names of wit- nesses are recorded as the actual christening took place in Orte Parish. This child was born in Lumby but soon afterwards the mother moved to Orte where the christening took place. Subsequently the Orte minister notified the minister of Lumby of the christening. "Notification received from Skydebjerg Praestergaard the 8 December 1852 by Schive." Skydebjerg is the main parish of the clerical district which includes Orte as an a nnex parish. "The mother worked 10 months prior to the birth for Jacob Hansen of Thaarup" 3. A visit to the Mink Creek Cemetery on 7-4-1988 found the grave of Hans on the west end of the north side of cemetery. There is a substantial head- stone marking the grave.

!Sources. Birth: FHL film #50457 Orte Odense Denmark parish record. Hans Hendrik was the son of unmarried Marie Hansen of Frobjerg Mark (in Orte) Father reported to be Ole Hansen. Christening: FHL film #50457 Orte Odense Denmark parish record. Hans Hendrik was born Hans Hendrik Olsen Hans ID# will print out as a possible record problem. Yes, he was born two years before parent's marriage. Marriage #1: FHL film #50282 Lumby Odense Denmark parish records 1854-1885 Marriage #2: Ancestral File 4.13 Death: Death and burial verified with the Mink Creek Cemetery Research by Valerie Hansen, Feb 1994 L.D.S. temple ordinances verified by Colleen and Halvor Hansen, March 1994 Endowment: Logan Temple film #178052 Baptism: Hans Hanrick did not join the Church and come to America with the rest of his family. When Ole returned to Denmark on a mission in 1883, he had the pleasure of baptizing his oldest son and Hans family.

!Sources. Birth: FHL film #50457 Orte Odense Denmark parish record. Hans Hendrik was the son of unmarried Marie Hansen of Frobjerg Mark (in Orte) Father reported to be Ole Hansen. Christening: FHL film #50457 Orte Odense Denmark parish record. Hans Hendrik was born Hans Hendrik Olsen Hans ID# will print out as a possible record problem. Yes, he was born two years before parent's marriage. Marriage #1: FHL film #50282 Lumby Odense Denmark parish records 1854-1885 Marriage #2: Ancestral File 4.13 Death: Death and burial verified with the Mink Creek Cemetery Research by Valerie Hansen, Feb 1994 L.D.S. temple ordinances verified by Colleen and Halvor Hansen, March 1994 Endowment: Logan Temple film #178052 Baptism: Hans Hanrick did not join the Church and come to America with the rest of his family. When Ole returned to Denmark on a mission in 1883, he had the pleasure of baptizing his oldest son and Hans family.

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HISTORY OF MARTHA ELIZABETH COMISH She was the daughter of Robert Nephi Comish and Emma Jane Howland. She blessed by John Doney Nov.4, 1075. She was named for her two grandmothers, Elizabeth Comish and Martha Diane Howland. But the family and later on her friends all called her "Maggie", so when she was baptiz:ed she added Maggie to her name. She was baptized by James Hurd, June 3, 1884 and confirmed by L.L. Hatch June 3, 1884. She attended school at Cove, Cache Co., Utah. She was a very pretty girl. She had large dark brown eyes and hair and a very complexion. She had a jovial dispositon and was a great tease. She used to like to talk to the Indians. So many of them used to camp close to our place and used to give her strings of beads and other trinkets. Her sister Hattie was a real coward of the Indians and would run and hide when she would seem an Indian coming. One day the two girls had been to Franklin do some shopping for their mother and after they started home, Maggie spied a band of Indians going along the road toward their home so she commenced whipping the horse they were riding so to catch up with them. Her sister begged and coaxed her not to, In fact, she had to promise her nearly everything she owned to her to go slow until the Indians passed their home. These two sisters were about the same size and they used to always dress alike and were asked many times they were twins. They were good pals and spent many happy hours together. When Maggie was about l8 years old she had poor health. She used to faint often so her mother took her to the temple for a Health Blessing. They carried her into the temple, she was baptized for her health and given a blessing, she was able to walk and had good health after that. Maggie was married to Peter G. Whitehead Dec. 16, 1896 at the Logan Temple. They lived at Franklin Idaho for a little over a year and then they bought them a nice farm and home about a mile north of Franklin. On the 10th of Feb. 1898 they were bl essed with a little girl and they named her Margaret Emma after her two grandmothers, but she too wa nicknamed and called"Gretta". On the 24th of April, 1899 they had another little girl born to them which they named Phyllis and Dec. 5, 1900 they were blessed with another baby girl which they named Maggie. She was so proud of her little girls and was a wonderful wife and mother and they had a very happy home but due complications which set in after the confinement of her last baby died on Dec. 20 1900 at Franklin, Idaho and was buried in the Franklin Cemetary. Her three little girls lived with her mother for seven years until he married again. Her children Margaret Emma (Gretta) Whitehead married Lester William Corbridge on Nov. 8, 1916, Phyllis Whitehead married Dee Day Kingsford Dec. 8, 1920, and Maggie C. Whitehead married William Reed Jamison, Feb. 25, 1925.

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When Hans Hendrick and family came to America, they changed their surname from OLSON to HANSEN. Hans Henrdick and Anna Kathrine sealed in the Logan Temple, Film #178135. also recorded on film #178052. Endowments of John, Andrew, Olga, Han Peter and Julie, Logan Temple Film #178053. Line 141 from GEDCOM File: BIRTH PLACE Frobjerg, Orte, Allese, Odense, Denmark Other Source: AFN:2021-VV, 11/10/01. LIFE STORY OF HANS HENDRICK AND ANNA KATHRINE MIKKELSEN [A more detail account of life as it was for grandma & grandpa Hansen written by Joan Lish] Hans Hendrick was born 13 Oct 1852 in Frobjerg, Denmark to Ole and Marie Hansen. Han's home was a little cottage consisting of 4 rooms, I room for the family, a stable for the cow, a sty for the pig, and a barn for the hay. Hans helped with the care of the animals and worked in the fields. He spent a lot of time working on the farm of his grandfather Nielson. Hans was 15 years old when his father Ole joined the Church. This made it very hard for the family. The neighbors trying to teach them a lesson ridiculed them so much and left them without employment and nearly starving. Hans felt a little ashamed to think his parents.had joined a church that was so unpopular. Hans chose to stay in Denmark while his parents joined the Latter-Day-Saints in America. Hans received employment with Mikkel Hansen, who was a well to do farmer. He married his daughter Anna Kathrine Mikkelsen. Anna was barn 16 April 1855. Anna was I a little gal 5' 3", light complexed, blue eyes and blond hair, where Hans was 5' 7", dark brown hair and brown eyes. In 1883 Han's father, Ole Hansen, came back to his native land as a missionary for his Church. When he saw Hans, they embraced each other with tears of joy and Ole had the joy of baptizing Hans and Anna Kathrine, 13 Jan 1884. Hans was confirmed by H. J. Brown, 14 Jan 1884 and Anna was confirmed by Ole Hansen, 14 Jan 1884. At this time John their oldest son was baptized 9 Aug 1884. Hans and A nna started a tradition in their family to baptize all their children on their 8th birthday a date they would never forget. By this time Johannes was born 8 Jun 1874 and died 21 Jul I874. John, 9 Aug 1876, Andrew, 7 Sep 1878, Olga, 7 Dec 1880, and Hans Peter, 16 Sep 1883. As Hans and Anna prepared to come to America, Anna took ill and the use of her limbs became impaired. The neighbors taunted her, saying this had happened to her because she had joined those awful Mormons. Anna's parents and other members of the family were very much displeased and fought against her joining the church and most of all coming to America. At the end, her family disowned her. Such a very sad experience and Anna never heard from her parents and family again. Sigrid, a cousin in Denmark said, Grandma's parents were well off in Denmark. Hans was very spiritually strong and was dedicated to the Church of Jesus Christ of LDS. They sold all they had except what they needed for the trip. Ole and Marie helped financially. Danish or coin spent for steamship: 297.00 for Hans, 297.00 for Anna,148 for John, 50 for Andrew, 50 for Olga, and 10 for Hans Peter all total $852.00. Danish crowns $0.268 in U.S. money about 27 cents in. U.S. Aarhus Emigration record dated June 9, 1884. Sat. June 14,1884 the steamship Arizona sailed from Liverpool, with 531 Saints, including 25 returning missionaries in charge of Ephraim H. Nye. Hans and Anna had quite an experience coming to America. Hans was sea sick and Hans Peter bawled all the way coming over. Hans, Anna and family arrived in Smithfield, Utah June .29 1884. Ole and Marie must of taken Hans & Anna around to the different lands they could homestead. Can you imagine seeing Mink Creek nestled in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains(15 miles north east of Preston, Idaho) rolling hills and mountain streams running through the valleys. It was probably fall with the gorgeous colors of red, yellow and green. Most delightful was finding nearly all Scandi navians speaking Danish, praying and singing Danish. Families scattered for a distance of ten miles up and down the streams, with exception of narrow strips of bottom Iands along the creek. The farms are situated on the sloped of mountains. Hans and Anna could see dry farmimg, dairying, lumbering, sheep, cattle ranching and poultry raising. You, could almost hear them say this looks like the Swiss Alps. They have a general store and blacksmith shop. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints is there and a ward is completely organized. They meet in a log meeting house 24 X 18 feet dirt roof and slabs were used for benches. In a grove of trees a large clearing about fifty feet square, here the people would gather in the summer time to celebrate the holidays. On one side there was a platform about three feet high were the fiddler would sit and play for dances. The seats were made.of slabs held up with pegs legs. They would dance in the opening on the ground. The settlers danced mostly square dances. The parents would teach their children how to dance. The children played games such as foot and an half, baseball, gathering nuts in May, prisoner base, hide and go seek, leap frog and some horse racing. The celebration wasn't with out something to eat, each family brought something and put it on the same long table and each helped himself. Frequently there were basket lunch socials which was fun for the ladies if the right person bought her lunch. It seemed like that by 1885 Mink Creek was just now prepared for families. May 17, 1884 the Logan Temple was dedicated. June 1, 1884 the Oneida Stake of the Mormon Church which included Mink Creek, Franklin, and the northern part of Cache Valley was organized. The gold rush men were gone. The trappers and traders left the streams almost free from fur bearing animals. The herds of buffalo were gone from the valley, also, the great herds of elk and deer were gone. The grizzly bear had been killed in great numbers, so.that few were seen by the settlers. After the battle.with the Indians at Bear River the Indians learned that the settlers were there permanently and after respected the White man. There was a saw mill that was operated with water power that sawed 1000 feet of lumber each twelve hours. The settlers were able to receive a little money from the sale of butter, eggs and vegetables which were sold to the Smith Tie Contract Company and the men who drove cattle over the Lander Trail going east. Seven irrigation ditches were made by 1882. A railroad close by since 1878. The school district was established in 1882. A weekly mail delivery was made to the community. A North Star Woolen Mill that Apostle Snow had dedicated to all because it was said that it was not right that there should be just one rich man in the community or even 3 or 4. There were sego lilies that could be dug and the roots eaten and roots looked like onion sets that could be dried. You had to know which ones were OK and which were poison. There were acres of delicious wild strawberries, chockcherries, service berries, and in the canyons were very choice wild rasberries, thimble berries, currents, huckleberies, goose- berries and elderberries, all really made delicious jelly and fruit. The country had enough wild game, deer, elk, bear and moose for the settlers food. Also wild chickens, prairie chickens, wild ducks and wild geese. These things made the place almost a garden of Eden for the early families. March 26, 1885 Hans and Anna were married in the Logan Temple and also their children John, Andrew, Olga and Hans Peter were sealed to them for time and throughout eternity. This same month they moved all their belongings to Mink Creek, Idaho to homestead (the farm where Burnell Baird lives). Hans built a log home 14' x 16' with a dirt floor and dirt roof. The cracks of the home were plastered with clay and chaff. They mixed the chaff with the clay to make it hold together. The dirt roof was made with poles or strong willows laid across the rafters then a good layer of straw was put over the willow than dirt on the straw. The home had a stove, homemade furniture, straw-filled mattresses adorned the beds. No electricity only coal oil lamps and homemade candles. Water was carried in from a nearby spring. They had the advantage of plenty of good water even in the latter part of the summer when other mountain streams get very low the main feeder of Mink Creek has an unusually large spring gushing out from under a high rock at the foot of the higher mountains. That spring was a very busy time for Anna and Hans and family in addition to building their home they had to cultivate the land and sow their seeds. They started out with sheep and cows. The women sheared the sheep and Anna took care of the wool. She washed it, carded it, spun it, knitted and made it into clothing for her family. John age 9 and Andrew age 7, I'm sure they worked hard in the fields. I suppose Hans was disappointed when he found out how extremely hard it was to irrigate rolling hills. I can imagine John and Andrew enjoying the sport of fishing. They used the tall thin birch willows for poles, which were found in the near by swampy places. They made their line out of thread twisted and braided together. They didn't get fish leaders like they get today. They'd braid little thin wire and twist.the hook on this end. There was so many fish then that they'd try to beat each other to the hook to get it. The people would catch grasshoppers, angleworm, and crabs for bait. There were lots.of crab in little rock shelves in the creek. Broken up made very good bait.. Probably Hans taught his boys to trap animals and snare wild game. They had to fence their hay stacks in or the rabbits would come and eat their hay. The hay stacks were fenced with brush and willows and a hole was made where the rabbit could go in. A wire with a loop on it was set and the rabbit would stick his head through the loop an

Hansen, Hans Hendrik (I54)

Whitehead, Peter Green, Bishop of the Franklin Ward, Franklin Stake, Idaho, from 1923 to 1929, was born Sept. 7, 1874, in Franklin, the son of William Whitehead and Margaret Green. He was baptized Dec. 6, 1883, ordained a Seventy April 18, 1905, by Seymour B. Young, filled a mission to the Southern States in 1905-1907, and was ordained a High Priest March 2, 1923, by Melvin J. Ballard. He was sustained as Bishop July 29, 1923.
(Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4 vols. [Salt Lake Cit 468.)

HISTORY OF PETER GREEN WITEHEAD Peter Green Whitehead was born September 7, 1874 in Franklin, Idaho, the son of William and Margaret Green Whitehead. When he was two years old, two Indian bucks came to his home and picked him up and put him on their horse and rode off with him. His mother and father were frantic with worry not knowing how he would be treated by the Indians. So they organized a group of men to go and see if the Indians would release him for food. They said they would, so they took potatoes, flour, wheat, meat and sugar. The Indians were so pleased to see all the food that they released him. The Indian camp was just a little ways from his home down in the river bottom. The Whitehead home is still standing where he was born. Besides the home in which he was born, there was a little log cabin on the lot where his mother’s sister (Aunt Alice) and grandmother Green lived. He seemed to be a favorite of the elderly ladies. They would protect him from the abuse of the older children, and when his mother chastised him, they would hide him under their bed. They fed him on the choice food they could obtain in those days of poverty. As he grew a little older he drove cows to the pasture on the rocky bench across Spring Creek. Here he played, fished, and learned to swim. He was very young when he was taught to work on his mother’s farm. He showed great ability at driving horses and doing farm work. His father died when he was but seven years of age. And soon after he would go to the canyon to get wood out for winter fuel for the two families. Almost from the day of his father’s death, he assumed a great deal of the responsibility of supporting his mother during his remaining years. He was always spiritual minded. He attended Sunday School where his father took great interest in teaching the children of the ward how to sing, pray and live. When he was old enough to take girls out, he courted them by taking them to dances, sleigh riding in t he winter and to the mountains in the summer. He met and courted Martha Elizabeth (Maggie) Comish. They were married in the Logan Temple, Dec. 16 1896. To this union, three were born: Margaret Emma (Greta) born Feb. 10 1898, Phyllis, born April 24, 1899 and Maggie, Dec. 5, 1900. When Maggie was fifteen days old her mother died and was buried Dec. 23, 1900 in the Franklin Cemetery. He kept the children together by placing them with their grandmother, Emma Comish, who cared for them while he fulfilled a two year mission and until he remarried again. Bishop L.L. Hatch called him to fill a mission to the Southern States. The following is a faith promoting incident that happened while he was on his mission. When I was on a mission to the Southern States, during conference on North Carolina, Pres. John A. Barrett and I were visiting the saints and elders of that conference. We stopped in Half-Moon to hold a meeting. A family who before had been very bitter toward the elders asked us to stay all night. After supper we were shown to our rooms. Towards morning Pres. Barrett became very ill. When morning came he felt so weak he said he would be unable to continue the journey, so he asked me to administer to him which I did. We had an appointment to fill some 12 miles from Half-Moon. On the way I became very ill. Pres. Barrett administered to me and through the help of the Lord we were able to fill our appointment. The following day we went to Jacksonville where we separated. Pres. Barrett going to another conference and I to the city of Kingston where I had labored before. I began to get worse until I was very weak and my tongue became paralyzed. I asked my companion to administer to me. The missionaries and the family where we were staying said I had been poisoned and could not live, but, if I did recover my bowls would never heal. The elders kept administering and giving me medicine and in two weeks I was made whole. Before the illness I weighed 195 pounds and when I recovered I weighed 120 pounds. When I went to pay the doctor he was very surprised to see me because he didn’t think I would recover. I t was through the power of God and the administering of the elders that I am here today enjoying good health. He returned July 24, 1907 after having filled an honorable mission of 27 months. He married another splendid woman,, Martha Ella Morrison on Dec. 18. 1907 in the Salt Lake Temple. To this union six children were born: Martha Vanona, born Oct. 23, 1908; Peter Golden, born July 17, 1910; Joseph William, born June 3, 1912; Elma, born March 31, 1914; DeIsta, born Oct. 4, 1915 and drowned July 14, 1917; and Adele, born June 14, 1917. He was again left without a wife and mother to his children. Martha Ella, died Oct. 22, 1918 of influenza and was buried Oct. 24, 19918 in the Franklin Cemetery. Yet he kept his family together until Jan. 2, 1923 when he married Jessie Elizabeth Merrill in the Logan Temple. She had been a fond mother to the children by both his former wives. She was blessed with a beautiful daughter, Elizabeth (Betty). She was born March 29, 1926 in Preston, Idaho. Since Jessie and he were married, his oldest son, Golden was killed in a accident on Cub River hill, June 9, 1923. His second and only remaining son, Joseph was taken from them through a heart ailment, March 26, 1936 leaving his wife, Selma Mockie. He was married Aug. 15, 1934. Jessie’s only child, Betty, in whom they took great pride, grew to young woman hood to the age of 15. While returning from Logan where her mother had taken her and a number of friends for an outing, their car was struck by a speeding truck, Betty and two of the other children were killed. She died Jut 18, 1941. Just as they were recovering from this last shock, came the tragedy depriving Jessie of her husband. He was walking along the east side of the highway driving some calves. As he raised up from picking up a rock to throw at the calves, he was struck by the rear of an oil tanker. The oil tanker passed another truck, but, as it completed the pass the back wheels skidded in the gravel on the east shoulder of the highway. The impact threw him some 12 feet. He suffered a fractured skull an other head injuries. He passed away four days later in the Preston Hospital, Oct. 4, 1945 and was buried Oct. 8, in the Franklin Cemetery. He was educated in the Franklin schools and was a farmer by trade. H was President of the William Whitehead Family Organization. He was ordained to the office of High Priest March 2, 1925 by Apostle Melvin J. Ballard. He served as Bishop of the Franklin Ward for seven years. He was one who was always willing and able to make and have peace in the ward and in his home. He used sound judgment. His honesty and integrity was beyond question. He was a hard worker and a leader in the community, was always improving the land and as President Rawlings said at his funeral services, he saw him leveling with a big machine down on the river trying to improve the land and said to him “Pete, haven’t you lived long enough to know better than this? You have built up your own farm and now you are still trying to improve the land.” He said, “Well, I don’t want to live when I can’t be of some benefit to my country.” While he was Bishop, many people went to him for recommends to go to the temple, and they were impressed with what he said and the council he gave them. His work will follow him and they are many. When he would speak or offer prayer, there was something in his tone of voice which impressed people. He was always thoughtful of people in need and was always helping someone. He was a real friend of everyone and always took time to visit and be sociable with the people he met. He was a real kind and loving father and husband, but he meant what he said. He taught his children the principles of the gospel and to keep the commandments of the Lord, and to keep thei r bodies pure and clean. He always had family prayer morning and night in the home. He enjoyed clean sports and entertainment. He liked canyon gatherings, also traveling and seeing different places. He said there is no such thing as half brothers and sisters. So his children grew to love each other as if they were all from the same mother. That love and devotion is still with his family. All are united and willing to help each other out when they need help. He was the father of 10 children and has 25 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren at the time of this writing. He was a fine built man weighing over two hundred pounds. He was 5 foot 10 inches tall and had dark hair and dark gray eyes. He was good looking and held his age. Everyone said he looked much younger than he was. He died at the age of 71. Impressive services were held for him Oct 8, 1945 in the Franklin Ward. The chapel and recreation were filled to capacity with relatives and friends. The floral offerings were many, showing the great esteem in which he and his family were held.. His six daughters and their families were all present except two grandsons that were in the service of their country.

Whitehead, Peter Green (I4783)

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