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Show I June Birthday Will Be the 88th For Mrs. Mathilda Erickson ' I i ' -1 ( . ' I . MRS MATHILDA OLSEN ERICKSON She is the mother of 7 children, four of them still living. They are George Erickson, Grantsville; Norman Nor-man Erickson, Delta; Muriel Wel-ton, Wel-ton, Fresno, Calif., and Ann Lyons, Salt Lake City. She has 20 grandchildren, grand-children, and 16 greatgrandchild- ' ren. Recently, a grandson, Nathan, Erickson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Erickson, returned from the North- ! . . western states mission field. Another An-other one, Duaine Erickson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Erickson, left Salt Lake Feb. 23, also to serve in the Northwestern state. Mrs. Erickson has lived an active and alert life, until this past year. In Jan., 1948, she fell while going down stairs, and broke her hip. She is now able to walk a little, with someone's aid. She lives at a nursing home at 1134 Browning Ave., Salt Lake City, where she enjoys company and visits from her family and friends. Nearly 72 years have passed since Mrs. Mathilda Olson Erickson landed land-ed in the United States. She was 16 years old then, and with a sis-ter.Annie, sis-ter.Annie, 2 years, older, made the trip from their home in Sweden. After a voyage of 18 days, the sisters arrived in New York City, knowing no English not even words to make known what they would like to eat. However with the help of several kindly people, they were placed on a train for Utah, and travelled directly to Grantsville. Mrs. Erickson was born June 5, 1861, at Gern county, Sweden, a daughter of John and Miakisa Olson. Ol-son. The family was converted to the LDS church, and first the two daughters came to Utah, followed soon after by the parents and two spns. While the daughters lived at Grantsville, the parents lived in Salt Lake City, and the sons worked work-ed there, one with the police force and the other with the railroad. Mrs. Erickson is only one of her immediate family still living. Her sister, Annie, died several years ago. In Grantsville she lived with a Swedish family, doing housework, and soon learned the ways of her newly adopted country, and the language. She was married August 17, 1882 in the Endowment House, to E. G. Erickson, of Grantsville. He too, has been converted in Sweden, and return there in later years as a missionary. The couple made their home in Grantsville, and in 1884 served on the first Old Folks Sociable commit tee. Mr. Erickson raised sheep and for a number of years had them on Soldiers Summit. For several years, as young people, they lived in southern Idaho, but returned a-gain a-gain to Grantsville. In the fall of 1911 Mr. Erickson and two sons came to Delta, where he farmed on the North Tract. In 1916 Mrs. Erickson and another son came, and for several years thereafter the family summered on the farm, and spent the winters in Grantsville. Mr. Erickson died in Grantsville April 1925.Mrs. Erickson continued living in Grantsville until the last several years, when she moved to Salt. Lake. Mrs. Erickson has been a diligent worker in church activities. She has been a Relief Society member for 60 years, and was a R. S. teacher tea-cher for many years. A major interest inter-est in her life was to see that her children had plenty to eat and wear. She kept the family table well filled with good foods, and supplied the family with many pair of stockings and mittens all knit by herself. |
