 1833 - 1890 (56 years) Submit Photo / Document
Has 42 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Anna Sophia Hegglund |
| Birth |
9 Oct 1833 |
Ryssby, Kronoberg, Småland, Konungariket Sverige  |
| Christening |
13 Oct 1833 |
Ryssby, Kronoberg, Småland, Konungariket Sverige |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
7 Jun 1862 |
EHOUS |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWJ4-LLL |
| Death |
8 Jul 1890 |
Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
Meadow Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States |
| Person ID |
I5559 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Jonas Gustaf Anderson Hegglund, b. 17 Aug 1803, Ryssby, Kronoberg, Småland, Konungariket Sverige d. 15 Aug 1876, Högsrum, Kalmar, Konungariket Sverige (Age 72 years) |
| Mother |
Anna Sophia Jonasdotter, b. 27 Apr 1801, Hultsby, Ryssby, Kalmar, Konungariket Sverige d. 14 Nov 1885, Högsrum, Kalmar, Konungariket Sverige (Age 84 years) |
| Marriage |
1828 |
Högsrum, Kalmar, Konungariket Sverige |
| Family ID |
F3873 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Elias August Beckstrand, b. 20 Oct 1832, Villstad, Jönköping, Konungariket Sverige d. 26 Feb 1910, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 77 years) |
| Marriage |
24 Jan 1862 |
Millard, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| + | 1. Anna Judith Beckstrand, b. 21 Nov 1862, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 21 Nov 1939, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 77 years) |
| + | 2. John August Beckstrand, b. 19 Mar 1865, Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States d. 16 Apr 1951, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 86 years) |
| + | 3. Albertina Sofia Beckstrand, b. 4 Mar 1867, Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States d. 10 Oct 1959, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 92 years) |
| + | 4. Joseph Conrad Beckstrand, b. 10 Mar 1870, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States d. 18 Jan 1935, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 64 years) |
| | 5. Ida Christine Beckstrand, b. 3 Apr 1872, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States d. 6 May 1875, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 3 years) |
| | 6. Mary Elisabeth Beckstrand, b. 12 Aug 1874, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States d. 11 May 1875, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 0 years) |
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| Family ID |
F3421 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Nov 2024 |
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 | Birth - 9 Oct 1833 - Ryssby, Kronoberg, Småland, Konungariket Sverige |
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| Christening - 13 Oct 1833 - Ryssby, Kronoberg, Småland, Konungariket Sverige |
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 | Marriage - 24 Jan 1862 - Millard, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 7 Jun 1862 - EHOUS |
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 | Death - 8 Jul 1890 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - - Meadow Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- Pioneer
Samuel A. Woolley Company (1861) Age at departure: 27
338 individuals and 61 wagons were in the company when it began its jour n ey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha).
Annie Sophia Haglund Beckstrand
Arrived in Utah 1861
Written by Alta B. Fisher
Hillcrest Camp DUP
ANNA SOPHIA HAGLUND BECKSTRAND
My grandmother was born on the ninth of October in 1833, in Stora Brask e t Bgsaby Lamer, Sweden. She was the daughter of Jonas GustafHaglund an d A nna Sofia Aberg. She was the second child of a family of five.
When she was about two years old the family moved from Kalmer to the Isl a nd of Oland, a small island not far from Kalmer, where they rented a sm al l house and a few acres of land. Here they raised garden stuff, grain , an d feed, and had a cow, a pig, and some chickens. Later on, the landl ord t ook part of the land at different times until there was nothing lef t. Thi s left the family without any way of making a living except by dai ly labo r on the landlord's farm. A famine broke out at this time which e xtende d over most of Sweden. It became so bad that they gathered roots t o mix w ith flour. This made the bread very bitter. Her father left for h is wor k without any breakfast, and the children were left crying for bre ad. Th e landlord found how things were and from that time on they fare d better.
As soon as grandmother was old enough, she left home and went to the ci t y of Kalmer to work. I don't know how many people she worked for, bu t I h ave never forgotten two families I have heard about. One for thei r kindne ss, and the other for their cruelties. There were many like th e latter. A fter the girls did the washing they would have to take it t o the sea shor e and rinse it. Platforms were built over the water and gr eat troughs wer e made to rinse the clothes in. They had to do this in su mmer as well a s in winter.
One day the queen rode by and when she saw it she commanded her coachm a n to stop. She said that this must cease, and commanded that houses sho ul d be built, that they should at least be under shelter.
When she was twenty-one years old she became engaged to a young man, a s a ilor by trade. His trips lasted sometimes three and six months. He want e d to be married, but for some reason grandmother couldn't make up her m in d. Finally, after they had been engaged four years she told him when h e r eturned from his trip they would be married. He left his money with h er t o get the things they would need, but she didn't spend it. While h e was o n this trip, two Mormon missionaries came. When she heard their m essage s he was converted and was baptized. The people she worked for wer e so bitt erly opposed to this that she had to leave. In her next place , she foun d kind people to work for.
She was very much surprised when her sweetheart returned to find tha t h e hated this new religion so much that she must choose between it an d him . Her religion meant more to her than anything on earth, but he sti ll ha d hopes that she would change her mind. So this went on for about t hree y ears. When he realized she could not do this, he told her that h e wishe d he could see her drowned rather than see her do as she was doin g. Thi s was their final separation.
She was planning to go with the saints to Utah, so she went home to se e h er people. She felt sure that they would see the truth as she saw it , bu t when she reached home and realized how they felt, she was almost h ear t broken. Her oldest sister would have nothing to do with her. She ac cuse d her of bringing disgrace on them all, and her father hoped he woul d nev er see her again. This was the last time she ever saw any of her pe ople . Her father must have changed some, for before she sailed for Ameri ca sh e received a letter from him saying. "My girl, if you are sure you r relig ion is true, stay with it."
Grandmother's younger sister, Mary, was the only one of the family who w r ote to her, so it was through her she learned of the death of her fath e r and mother. The older sister never changed in her belief, and alway s th ought mother had disgraced the family. Later, she came to New York a nd ma rried.
Just before grandmother sailed, she and grandfather met. He had joined t h e Church a few years previous, and so being on the same ship they beca m e very dear friends. They were not in the same company crossing the pla in s, but the two campanies were so close, that many times the young folk s w ould get together for evening sports.
They arrived in Salt Lake in the latter part of September 1861. Grandmot h er went to work for Joseph Horne's family, and grandfather went to wor k f or a Mr. Crisman. On January 24, 1862, they were married, and in Jun e o f the same year they were sealed in the Old Endowment house. They bou gh t a lot and built a log room on west North Temple.
Grandmother was a faithful worker in the Church all of her life. For ma n y years she was a Relief Society teacher, and also acted as treasure r i n that organization. She had many friends. Father has told that he ne ve r knew her to have enemies. She was very careful not to use any slang . Sh e died as she had lived, a true Latter Day Saint, on July 8, 1890, a t th e age of 57.
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