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Show Mrs. Mary Christiansen Call- ! ed by Death i j Airs. Mary Christiansen, 82, died . at her home here Sunday of ail- : ments incident to age. j She was born in Swedsn. November Novem-ber 17, 1851, and came to Utah in 1861. as a convert of the L. D. S. church, with her parents, Paul and Kirstie Paulson Anderson. She had four sisters, two older than she, Cecilia and Inger, and two younger, Carolina and Anna. When she was about three years of age her parents heard and accepted ac-cepted the Gospel as it was preached by the Latter-day Saint missionaries. missionar-ies. When she was ten years of age. the family began the long and difficult dif-ficult journey to Utah. They sailed on the German ship, Alexander Hambolt, and were nine weeks crossing cros-sing the ocean. Because of the hardships of the voyage, the youngest young-est sister died immediately after they landed in New York. As the Civil War was raging at this time it was not possible to obtain ob-tain transportation from New York to Missouri in the regular way but they were forced to ride in one of the cattle cars. After reaching Florence, Nebraska, Nebras-ka, they were required to wait about six weeks for Captain John Mur-dock's Mur-dock's company to come from Utah. The parents and four daughters walked the entire distance across the plains, except when the smaller children could 'trudge no longer. Then the mother would slip them up on the rear of one of the wagons for a short rest. The company arrived in Salt Lake September 17, 1862. For the first two years the family lived at Mill-Creek Mill-Creek in Salt Lake. They then made their home in Provo for som time, and in 1866 moved to Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove. Mrs. Christiansen and her sisters assisted their mother with the work incident to pioneer lif e such as making mak-ing candles, making soap, washing and carding wool, weaving cloth for dresses and other clothing. At the age of fifteen she was hired to do housework for a family m Provo. Besides her other tasks, some of her time was occupied m weaving blankets. In 1871 she was married in the Salt Lake endowment house to William Christiansen. Eight children child-ren were bom to them and six are now living. Pleasant Grove has 'been her home for the past sixty-years. sixty-years. Her husband died in February, Feb-ruary, 1908. For many years she was a visiting teacher in the Relief Society organization organ-ization and was always willing and ready to assist others in times of sickness and trouble. She was also an active temple worker, Because of advanced age and failing fail-ing health she has been almort wholly confined to her home durine recent years. Surviving are the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Soren Mork. Orem: Alma, Martin S., and Owen Christiansen. Mrs. Alma Radmall and Mrs. Hans Williamson. Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove: thirty-eight grandchildren grandchild-ren and fourteen grsat-grandchikl-ren. Funeral services were conducted Thursday at 2 p. m. in the L. D. S. Tabernacle, with burial in the Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove city cemetery. |