OCR Text |
Show Pisassr Of ItewlQn . Obsrves B'r&day Marinus Petersen Sr., the oldest resident of Newton and an early pioneer of Utah, quietly observed his ninetieth birthday at his home Wednesday. Mr. Petersen was born March IS, 1852 at Ortost-v.:::, .. Gyland, Denmark. He was the son of Peter Jensen and Kristine Mag-rete Mag-rete Sorensen Jensen. In conformity con-formity with the practice of Denmark at that time his name became Petersen, which means the son of Peter. Tn 1S77 Vi -inineri the LDS church, and four years later, along with his sister, Christense lie emigrated to this country He first lived in Montana, where he worked on the grade for the Utah-Northern Railroad (now the Oregon Short Line). During the winter of 1882 he did some freighting between Missoula, Montana and the Flat Head Reservation. Res-ervation. He says that much of the time when they were driving, driv-ing, the temperature was 52 degrees below zero, but that it did not seem as cold as it has "been in Cache Valley this winter. win-ter. In 1385 he returned to Utah Mere he married Elena Saunders, Saund-ers, who he had met on the boat coming over from Denmark. Their first two years of married life were spent in Salt Lake City, but in 1885 they came to Newton, where he has lived ever since. In 1S89 his first wife died, and ten years later he married Zina Hansen of Newton. From 1903 to 1905 he served as a missionary for the LDS church in Denmark. Mr. Petersen has six living children, Marinus Petersen Jr., Of Huntington Park, California; Mrs. David A. Burgoyne. of Logan; Lo-gan; Mrs. Kenneth D. Benson of Newton; Francis M. Petersen of Denver, Colorado; Miss Marene Petersen of Boulder City, Nevada; and Ray K. Petersen, who is serving in the army at Fort Ord, California. He has 13 grandchildren grandchild-ren and 5 great grandchildren. |