| OCR Text |
Show Former Pioneer Resident Observes 100th Birthday Mrs. Johanna Hansen, a former resident of Mt, Pleasant, observed her one hundredth birthday last Thursday at the home of her son, J. D. Hansen, 1383 West Ninth S. in Salt Lake City. For the last seventeen sev-enteen years Mrs. Hansena has lived with he: only daughter, Mrs. A. O. Nyborg at St. Anthony, Idaho, who Cd.me with her to Salt Lake for the celebration and will visit there for two weeks. Mrs. Hansen is almost completely deaf and talks very little, lit-tle, though her mind is active, remembering re-membering experiences of early days, among them, the death of her father as he crossed the plains. He died from starvation just before be-fore he reached the end of his journey, jour-ney, her history discloses. He I leaded for bread and as it was given him he sank to unconsciousness. unconscious-ness. Johanna, a 15-year-old sturdy Danish girl, endured this great sorrow sor-row with her nine brothers and sis ters in 1854. Later, she and her husband, Jarres Hansen were called by Brig-ham Brig-ham Young to help settle central Utah. She remained on her Mt. Pleasant Pleas-ant farm for six years after her husband died 39 years ago. Her eldest daughter was the first person per-son to die in Mt. Pleasant. Mrs. Hansen miraculously escaped es-caped death four years ago when her clothing caught fire and entirely en-tirely burned off. She was only slightly injured. She as born in Halse, Denmark, September 22nd, 1838, and christened christen-ed Johanna Maria Larsen Dom-gaard. Dom-gaard. Ten children were born to ner, six cf whom are living, and all attended the banquet in her honor Thu sday night, along with 45 grand children, 109 great grandchildren and 26 great great grandchildren. The sons and daughters are James Hansen of Richfield; Joseph Hansen Han-sen cf Price; Christian Hansen of M'.. Emmons; John D. and Louis Hansen of Salt Lake and Mrs. Nyborg. Ny-borg. Mrs. Hansen, though her eyes are worn f;dm much rug making, an occupation which has brought her some recognition in Idaho, has never worn glasses. A rug made by her twenty-five years ago lies in the living room of Mrs. J. D. Hansen's Han-sen's home. |
