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Has no ancestors but 10 descendants in this family tree.
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Name |
Henry Albert Bjorkman |
Birth |
15 Jan 1877 |
København, Hovedstaden, Kongeriget Danmark |
Gender |
Male |
Initiatory (LDS) |
19 Dec 1900 |
LOGAN |
FamilySearch ID |
KWCZ-FVN |
Death |
9 Mar 1961 |
Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, United States |
Burial |
13 Mar 1961 |
Grace Cemetery, Caribou, Idaho, United States |
Person ID |
I126163 |
mytree |
Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
Family |
Karen Sophia Hansen, b. 5 Feb 1880, Newton, Cache, Utah, United States d. 6 Sep 1962, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 82 years) |
Marriage |
19 Dec 1900 |
Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
Children |
| 1. Lorena Bjorkman, b. 3 Oct 1901, Newton, Cache, Utah, United States d. 4 Aug 1986, Idaho, United States (Age 84 years) |
| 2. Leonard Henry Bjorkman, b. 6 Oct 1903, Newton, Cache, Utah, United States d. 3 Dec 1993, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age 90 years) |
| 3. Eleda Bjorkman, b. 22 Nov 1905, Newton, Cache, Utah, United States d. 14 Jun 1978, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States (Age 72 years) |
| 4. Flora Bjorkman, b. 13 Nov 1907, Newton, Cache, Utah, United States d. 27 Jun 2003, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 95 years) |
| 5. Francis Bjorkman, b. 18 Feb 1910, Newton, Cache, Utah, United States d. 13 Feb 1997, Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, United States (Age 86 years) |
| 6. Arnold Bjorkman, b. 13 Feb 1914, Newton, Cache, Utah, United States d. 26 Dec 1985, Emmett, Gem, Idaho, United States (Age 71 years) |
| 7. Albert Milton Bjorkman, b. 15 Jan 1916, Central, Caribou, Idaho, United States d. 24 Mar 1994, Emmett, Gem, Idaho, United States (Age 78 years) |
| 8. Naomi Bjorkman, b. 24 Nov 1918, Central, Caribou, Idaho, United States d. 30 Mar 2006, Grace, Caribou, Idaho, United States (Age 87 years) |
| 9. Norman Allen Bjorkman, b. 5 Feb 1922, Central, Caribou, Idaho, United States d. 7 Jun 2017, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States (Age 95 years) |
| 10. Jesse Harold Bjorkman, b. 2 Aug 1925, Central, Caribou, Idaho, United States d. 22 Dec 2014, West Valley City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 89 years) |
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Family ID |
F10608 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
3 Sep 2024 |
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Event Map |
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| Birth - 15 Jan 1877 - København, Hovedstaden, Kongeriget Danmark |
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| Initiatory (LDS) - 19 Dec 1900 - LOGAN |
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| Marriage - 19 Dec 1900 - Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
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| Death - 9 Mar 1961 - Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, United States |
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| Burial - 13 Mar 1961 - Grace Cemetery, Caribou, Idaho, United States |
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Notes |
- My mother writes in her book of remembrance that she gave to all of he r c hildren and grandchildren about her grandfather Bjorkman.
" Several times a year we would go to grace, Idaho to visit my grandma a n d grandpa Bjorkman. Grandpa had come from Denmark when he was about six te en and he still had a strong accent. He was rounded out and when he sa t d own there was not much of a lap left for me to sit on. He used a magn ifyi ng glass to read which fascinated me. Grandma was a little lady an d had l ong hair that she braided and wrapped around her head. One time s he too k her braids out so I could see how long it was. She could actuall y sit o n her hair it was so long. IN their basement they had shelves an d shelve s of books. I liked to go down and choose a book to read while w e were vi siting. My Aunt Rena (Lorena) lived with them and I thought sh e was the b est cookie maker in the whole world. We would look into the c ookie jar an d to our delight always find homemade cookies that seemed t o be waiting j ust for us to eat. Grandpa and Grandma had a little woode n fridge and th e iceman would regularly deliver a big chunk of ice to pu t into it to kee p their food cold."
I am grateful for this small entry in my mother's book of remembrance.
These are my great grandparents that I never met, but were sealed in t h e temple on the same day that I was sealed in the temple, but 89 year s ea rlier. They were sealed in the Logan Temple I was sealed in the Sal t Lak e Temple. I am sure they were happy that day.
I am their Great Granddaughter, Valerie Ward Smith
Here are a few more memories from my mother, as I talked to her about h e r Grandfather and Grandmother Bjorkman .
Karen Sophia Hansen (S long O F long I a) Bjorkman, this is how I rememb e r her name being said.
My Grandpa and Grandma Bjorkman both passed away while my husband, Spenc e r was on his mission. Karen Sophia Hanson’s mother was born into royal t y in Denmark., Anne Margarethe Sorensen. My grandmother was a tiny litt l e lady. She wore her hair in a braid and then put it up on top of her h ea d. One time when I was there, I felt like I was one of the lucky grand chi ldren. She asked if I would like her to unbraid her hair for me. Sh e unbr aided it and combed it out and tucked it under and sat on it. He r hair wa s grey at that time. She was a true grandma. Their daughter Lor ena (Rena ) lived with them. She never married. The awesome thing about R ena is tha t she was such a good cook and she would always have homemad e cookies i n the cookie jar. The other thing we liked to do when we wer e there was g o downstairs and see all the bookcases and books. I could a lways go fin d a book that I could read. I would usually do that while m y mom and da d visited. That would be my entertainment while they visited . We would g o maybe once a month or so. It would be quite an event. The y lived in Gra ce Idaho. We didn’t really play there. Lots of times we wo uld just sit an d listen to everyone visit, but we also had permission t o go downstairs a nd find a book or go in the kitchen and have some cooki es .
About their house, I think they had 2 homes, one an older one and th e n a newer one. The way they kept their food cold was they had the icem a n come and deliver ice and they would put it in a cooler. It was a bro w n cooler a little bigger than the coolers they make now. It had woode n do ors that were like a mini refrigerator size. I was fascinated to wat ch th e iceman when he came to bring the ice. They had a big clock that y ou cou ld always hear ticking in the house. It was very ornate and ha d a loud ti ck. I could hear it tick all the while I visited. They also h ad a lot o f books in their front room. It always smelled like fresh bake d cookies .
To me Grandma was rather somber, quiet and serious. That's why I thoug h t it was so neat for her to do her hair for me because she always seem e d so predictable and serious to me. She was always really a nice lady a n d so kind to me. Grandma’s house was always very clean. It was always t id y. She was neat and tidy to look at and neat and tidy to go into her h ome . It was just really nice.
She always wore a dress. I never saw her in slacks. She always had a cu t e little cotton patterned dress on. They would have a waistline and a s tr aight skirt that always went past her knees. The top might have some p lea ts or little bits of lace. and these cute shoes that were kind of for mal , you slipped them on and they had little square heels .
My dad always said that she would make their butter and ice cream in a c o ntainer and store it underground in a root cellar to keep it cool. Sh e wo uld also make cottage cheese and other dairy products .
I came home from college to go to their funerals. We stayed all nigh t a t their house when Grandpa passed away, they passed away about a yea r apa rt from each other.
Grandpa came back to grandma after he passed and told her what he want e d at his funeral. He told her who he wanted to speak and what he wante d f or the whole funeral. I heard her telling this to my father when we w er e staying overnight.
It was a pretty ride over to Grace, at least an hour. It is past Downy . I t is a really pretty place. Grace is by Soda Springs. Soda Springs i s a r eal place and there really is a spring that gurgles water that is c arbona ted.
n that same era of time that Grandma let her hair down for me, I woul d g o sit on Grandpa’s lap and he was so heavy and such a big man that wh en h e sat down his lap would go clear to his knees. He would say come an d si t on my lap and I would think well there isn’t enough room. He alway s wor e a suit with a pocket watch and was pretty formal .
My Grandpa Bjorkman used to be a bishop and there was no time limit on t h e meeting or sermons. My dad used to go to church all day long. They wo ul d stay at church for hours. Grandpa was the bishop for a long time an d h e would preach really really long sermons. There wasn’t a time limi t to t he church sermons. He was a busy person going to meetings all th e time. H e got used to getting dressed up and stayed dressed up all th e time.
He still had his Danish accent. A really strong Danish accent. You ha d t o listen carefully to understand him. They were a quiet, refined an d rese rved family. Polite conversation was the normal atmosphere, inform ational , kind and careful.
He was sponsored by a church man from Newton to come to the US. The ma n g ot them 3 train tickets to come to Newton, Henry, Walter and Victor . Gran dpa worked in the canyons to get wood to supply Cache Valley Schoo ls wit h heat. He met Grandma at a dance in 1901 they got married. She wa s a pos t office mistress in Newton. He had come to Central in Idaho an d homestea ded a farm of 160 acres of sage brush 1898. In 1910 Grandpa se rved a miss ion to Denmark and left, when he came back home, my dad, Arno ld, was th e first child born after he got home .
They went broke on their potato crop. They never sold a sack of potato e s but fed them to the pigs. Wheat sold for 18 cents a bushel and potato e s for 10 cents a hundred. They were low so they just fed them to the pi gs . Arnold and Albert worked really hard on the farm and did a lot of wo r k for their dad, my grandpa. The depression was hard on the family. Gra nd pa went to work for a machinery company. He worked for 50 - 100 cent s a d ay.
Grandpa’s mom came to Logan from Denmark. Her name was Marie. She live d i n a house really close to the Logan temple. It is a little green 2 st or y house now. She did a ton of temple names. Her husband didn’t com e - Got tfred- because he was a connoisseur of wine and cigars for the ki ng and h e wouldn’t/couldn’t leave his job. Marie and her daughter are bu ried in t he Logan cemetery. Her daughter’s name Allie/Otte.
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