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Nephi David Beckstrand

Nephi David Beckstrand

Male 1878 - 1957  (78 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has 24 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Nephi David Beckstrand 
    Birth 1 Nov 1878  Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Initiatory (LDS) 1 Jun 1910  SLAKE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID KWCP-XJZ 
    Death 10 May 1957  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 14 May 1957  Meadow Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID i5101  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father Elias August Beckstrand,   b. 20 Oct 1832, Villstad, Jönköping, Konungariket Sverige Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1910, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Henrietta Cecelia Nilsdotter,   b. 17 Apr 1851, Burlöv, Skåne, Konungariket Sverige Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1923, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 7 Jun 1869  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3581  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nephi David Beckstrand,   b. 1 Nov 1878, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1957, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jun 1910  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Austin N Beckstrand,   b. 29 May 1914, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 2005 (Age 91 years)
     2. Evan A Beckstrand,   b. 16 Nov 1917, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 2007, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
     3. Lucile Beckstrand,   b. 11 Feb 1923, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1931 (Age 8 years)
    Family ID F3103  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 Nov 1878 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 1 Jun 1910 - SLAKE Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Jun 1910 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 May 1957 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 14 May 1957 - Meadow Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Beckstrand, Nephi D b1878 - Adams, Mary b1882
    Beckstrand, Nephi D b1878 - Adams, Mary b1882

  • Notes 
    • Grandpa always had a soft heart when it came to his horses. He hesitat e d to cinch the saddle up too tight because he didn't want to hurt them . O ne day when I was about 5, he put me on a horse, and I had only ridde n ha lf a block when the saddle slipped to the side of the horse's belly . I wa s riding like an Indian at war! Dad came running and rescued me be for e I could fall to the ground.

      When Grandpa Nephi Beckstrand went deer hunting back in the 1920’s it w a s an

      adventure as well as a pioneer like test of stamina. The friday before o p ening day he, and

      my dad and his brother Austin would begin packing up the hay wagon wit h b ottled venison jars

      of fruit and bedding. The bedding consisted of camp quilts made by my gr a ndma from Levi

      coveralls sewn together on an old treadle type sewing machine with som e b atting in between.

      My grandma said the quilts were cold as ice when he crawled under them f r ozen solid by

      morning. The last thing he put into the wagon was his rifle an old rus t y 30-40 Craig with a

      missing rear sight. After the packing done they would hitch up the tea m o f horses (Babe &

      Maud) and head out for the mouth of Dry Creek Canyon. After arriving th e y set up an old army

      tent that smelled like an old musty canvas. After an hour or two of swap p ing stories with the

      other hunters in camp, they would turn in around 11:00 P.M.

      In order to get to the top of the mountain on horseback by daylight th e y would have to be

      up and riding by 3:00 A.M. In spite of his broken down rifle, grandpa w a s always able to

      harvest a nice buck. After field dressing the deer, they headed back do w n the mountain, broke

      camp, and arrived back home in Meadow, Utah well after dark. In spit e o f this seemingly

      strenuous ordeal, my grandpa loved hunting and being in the mountains a n d took me often

      when I was young.