 1862 - 1939 (77 years)
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| Name |
Anna Judith Beckstrand |
| Birth |
21 Nov 1862 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
7 May 1879 |
SGEOR |
| Census |
1900 |
Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States |
| Census |
1910 |
Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWZZ-62L |
| Death |
21 Nov 1939 |
Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
24 Nov 1939 |
Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States |
| Person ID |
I4933 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Elias August Beckstrand, b. 20 Oct 1832, Villstad, Jönköping, Konungariket Sverige d. 26 Feb 1910, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 77 years) |
| Mother |
Anna Sophia Hegglund, b. 9 Oct 1833, Ryssby, Kronoberg, Småland, Konungariket Sverige d. 8 Jul 1890, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage |
24 Jan 1862 |
Millard, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F3421 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
James Duncan, Jr, b. 26 Feb 1857, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 11 Jul 1905, Clear Lake, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage |
7 May 1879 |
St. George, Washington, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| + | 1. Anna Jennett Duncan, b. 21 Aug 1880, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States d. 23 Mar 1917, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 36 years) |
| | 2. James Elias Duncan, b. 17 Nov 1882, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States d. 17 Nov 1882, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 0 years) |
| + | 3. Elmer J Duncan, b. 8 Mar 1884, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States d. 19 Mar 1963, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 79 years) |
| + | 4. James Alonzo Duncan, b. 28 Oct 1886, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States d. 1 Dec 1971, Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States (Age 85 years) |
| + | 5. Flora B Duncan, b. 6 Apr 1891, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States d. 3 Sep 1964, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States (Age 73 years) |
| + | 6. Lois Emma Duncan, b. 11 Jan 1894, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States d. 18 Mar 1981, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States (Age 87 years) |
| + | 7. Leah Hegglund Duncan, b. 12 Oct 1898, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States d. 23 Mar 1982, American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 83 years) |
| + | 8. Naomi Duncan, b. 5 Jan 1901, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States d. 15 Jun 1978, Midvale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 77 years) |
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| Family ID |
F3394 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 21 Nov 1862 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 7 May 1879 - SGEOR |
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 | Marriage - 7 May 1879 - St. George, Washington, Utah, United States |
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 | Census - 1900 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States |
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| Census - 1910 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States |
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| Death - 21 Nov 1939 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States |
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| Burial - 24 Nov 1939 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- Anna Judith Duncan was a woman of great strength and faith. Anna was bo r n 21 November 1862, in a little house on the north west corner of Temp l e Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, a daughter of Elias August and Anna S op hia Hegglund Beckstrand. She was the first of six children born to thi s f amily, two of whom died in infancy .
Her parents had emigrated from Sweden to Salt Lake City. The family mov e d to and lived for a time at Deseret, Millard County. Here Anna's broth e r and sister, John August and Albertina, were born .
They then moved to Meadow (also in Millard County) where they were som e o f the early settlers. Her father, Elias, married a second wife in 186 9 an d so Anna Judith grew up in a polygamist family. Being the oldest i n th e family, she had plenty of dishes to wash and babies to tend. She a lso h elped with the chores on the farm and learned to work and make th e most o f her time. The family spoke the Swedish language in their home , but whe n the children started to attend school, Elias announced that t hey woul d now have to change and speak only the English language. He ha d a littl e difficulty mastering English and couldn't say "Judith" and s o he calle d her "Udith." This was shortened to "Udy" and that name she k ept through out her life. She was called "Aunt Udy" by practically everyo ne in Meadow .
On 7 May 1879, at the age of seventeen, she married James Duncan in th e S t. George Temple. James and Anna Judith moved into a small, three-bed roo m house in Meadow. They were the parents of eight children: Anna Jean nett e (1880), James Elias (1882-died at birth), Elmer (1884), James Alon zo (1 886), Flora (1891), Lois Emma (1894), Leah (1898) and Naomi (1901 ) .
When the first three children were very small, James was called to ser v e a two-year mission in Georgia leaving Udy with the full care of the f am ily. She raised a good garden and canned and dried fruits and vegetabl es . She also raised chickens, a few pigs and had several cows to milk wh ic h helped with the food for the family. She sold eggs for ten to twelv e ce nts a dozen and sent milk to the creamery which brought in a small c hec k each month. After his mission, James and several other men from Mea do w pursued the occupation of freighting through southern Utah and Nevad a . The trips sometimes lasted 5-6 weeks. In 1905 James was tragically ki ll ed on on of the trips.
Udy was left with six children to raise, ranging in age from ninetee n t o four years. The task of playing the role of both father and mothe r wa s not an easy one, but Udy did not shirk her responsibilities. Her d aught er, Anna, passed away (22 March 1916)) at the age of thirty-five. N ow, i n addition to caring for her own family, Udy helped to raise her tw o gran dsons, Herman and James Lynn.
Anna Judith was an active member of the church. She served as an offic e r in most of the auxiliary organizations. She was a teacher in Sunday S ch ool, Primary and was president of the Young Women's Mutual Improvemen t As sociation for fifteen years. She also served in the Relief Society p resid ency and was a member of the Stake Sunday School Board. For many ye ars sh e helped prepared the dead for burial. She also worked on the sewi ng comm ittee, helping to make the burial clothes. She was a very good se amstres s and took in sewing to help with the family expenses .
Udy raised her family strong in the LDS faith. Her seven living childr e n were all married in the temple. She sent her son, Alonzo, on a missi o n to England. She tried to teach her children to be thrifty, especiall y w ith their time. She knew the true meaning of work. She wanted her chi ldre n to appreciate the blessings they would receive when they learned t o giv e of themselves and help others. Anna Judith was an exceptionally g ood mo ther and grandmother. She was strict but kind .
During the last years of her life, she spent a great deal of her time do i ng temple work, primarily in the Manti Temple. She died on her seventy- se venth birthday, 21 November 1939, in Meadow, Utah.
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