 1895 - 1987 (92 years) Has no ancestors but 5 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Gunhild Malvina Christine Anderson |
| Birth |
7 Apr 1895 |
Norrköping, Östergötland, Östergötland, Konungariket Sverige  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
22 Jul 1949 |
LOGAN |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWC2-6FJ |
| Death |
19 Apr 1987 |
Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I126497 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Family |
Frans Oscar Anderson, b. 13 Oct 1889, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States d. 11 Jul 1987, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 97 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Jun 1911 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Dean Oscar Anderson, b. 24 Jul 1912, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 24 Feb 1995, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 82 years) |
| | 2. Dorothy Ione Anderson, b. 11 Jan 1915, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States d. 2 Nov 2004, Layton, Davis, Utah, United States (Age 89 years) |
| > | 3. John Donald Anderson, b. 10 Feb 1917, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States d. 9 Nov 2008, Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States (Age 91 years) |
| | 4. Margaret Christine Anderson, b. 4 Oct 1920, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States d. 16 Aug 2007 (Age 86 years) |
| | 5. Bonnie Elaine Anderson, b. 2 Jun 1923, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States d. 21 Aug 2013 (Age 90 years) |
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| Family ID |
F10686 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
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 | Birth - 7 Apr 1895 - Norrköping, Östergötland, Östergötland, Konungariket Sverige |
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 | Marriage - 20 Jun 1911 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 22 Jul 1949 - LOGAN |
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 | Death - 19 Apr 1987 - Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - - Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- Life History of Gunhild Christine Anderson
1895 - 1987
This history is in the words of her husband Oscar because of a stroke th a t took Christine's speech.
Christine was born in Norrkoping Sweden on April 7, 1895. She was the ol d est of three girls.
During her time in Sweden her father owned a bakery. I understand he w a s a good man, being leader of a society to stop drinking. Her mother w a s sick most of Christine's young life, dyeing at the age of 34 of lun g di sease. It was necessary for Christine to help raise the younger chil dre n so she didn't have much chance to play.
She was baptized at eight years of age. Her parents were converts to t h e L. D. S. Church. The missionaries were holding meetings in the same a pa rtment building that her family lived in. One teacher and several stud ent s gave Christine a bad time in school because she was a Mormon. Man y time s the Mormon missionaries would walk Christine to school to ward o ff trou ble from other students.
In 1908 when Christine was twelve years old her mother died. Her fathe r s ent her to America to live with her aunt. (her mother's sister) Sinc e thi s aunt was not yet married she had no place for Christine to live , so i t was necessary for her to work for different families. She worke d for Br igham Young's grand daughter, having to work harder than any oth er plac e she worked. She worked for a Catholic family for two years, the y wante d to adopt her but she wanted to be a Mormon. She also worked fo r Bisho p Spolding, a Catholic bishop. This was her first job in Americ a having m et Bishop Spolding through Apostle Penrose in England.
On the way from Sweden to America she was stopped at Liverpool England b e cause of bad eyes. She was given the choice to either go home or on t o Am erica. She wanted to go on to America, but it was necessary she sta y at L iverpool until her eyes got better. Apostle Penrose, head of the B ritis h Mission, had her stay at his home during this time. Many times th ey wou ld bring home a Swedish sailor to talk to Christine, as they coul d not un derstand Swedish and she could not understand English.
Christine graduated from grade school in Sweden. The catholic family s h e was living with sent her to two years of high school in Salt Lake .
During her early teen years she danced with a group from Salt Lake at La g oon. She was a good dancer. She also sang in the choir in the Scandinav ia n church, held each Friday night.
After marriage she never worked outside the home, but was always busy . I f anyone needed help she was there. During the flu epidemic of 1918 s he h elped many people.
She was work director in the Relief Society for twenty or twenty five ye a rs. She will be remembered for her beautiful handwork. In 1928 she p u t a cutwork tablecloth in the fair at Missoula Montana. It was sent t o th e world's fair in Chicago. She received a gold certificate. Many art icle s were displayed at fairs and also at the Mormon handicraft store i n Sal t Lake. At one time she wanted to put a pair of cutwork pillow case s in t he fair, and she was turned down. They said the work was too perfe ct an d had to be done by a machine.
Christine was the first person in Richmond to get a pacemaker.
Although Christine is unable to tell us, by her actions we know she lov e s and appreciates her children and anyone stopping to visit.
This history was told to Joyce Murray in July 1980 when she was eighty f i ve years old. She passed away on April 19, 1987 at the age of ninety t w o after living the last fifteen years of her life unable to speak becau s e of a stroke that she suffered.
Some other details of her early life and her voyage to America as tol d t o me are that the school where she attended in Sweden and the Luthere n ch urch and graveyard were all on the same plot of ground and that afte r he r mother died she could see her mother's grave from her seat in th e class room and when the teacher caught her looking out the window the t eacher w ould hit her hands with a ruler for punishment. Also some of th e other sc hool children would put dirt on her lunch and the teacher woul d make he r eat it anyway. On the boat from Sweden to England as they wer e crossin g the North sea the storms sprayed saltwater into her eyes caus ing the in fection in her eyes. While in England since she could not spea k English s he wore a sign on the front of her clothes that said who sh e was and wher e she was going and on her back that said who she was an d where she had c ome from. When she was finally allowed to come to Ameri ca she was accompa nied by some missionaries who were coming home. The sh ip docked in Canad a and then she traveled by train to Salt Lake. She wa s the only member o f her family to come to America.
Whenever we went to visit grandma and grandpa, grandma always had the be s t fresh baked goodies I ever tasted. She must of had some of the talen t s of her father. I remember well the many fancy cutworks that she mad e fo r her grandchildren. I can still hear the old telephone that was i n the f ront hall that you had to turn a crank to signal the operator tha t you wa nted to make a call. I don't think they even had phone numbers t hen. The y just called the operator by name and said something like " ple ase rin g ______ _______ for me" and the operator would ring the other pa rty an d connect them together. My mother says that when they went to th e place s to build schools that there would not be housing available an d that the y would live the whole summer in a tent at the construction si te.
Written April 29, 2000 by Bruce Sparrow (grandson)
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