Saturday, June 26, 2010

Rosenlof Family from Sweden ~ submitted by Betty Gunderson Woodbury



  The Rosenlof Family Picture was taken soon after they arrived in the Salt Lake Valley from Sweden in 1860. They sailed on the "Wm Tapscott" from Liverpool 11 May 1860, arriving in New York 16 June 1860. They finally settled at Mt Pleasant in the fall of 1860. The family of five included Nils Pehrsson Rosenlof 1826-1908, Anna Marie Rosengren Rosenlof 1835-1875 and their three children Olaf 1854-1932, Janne (John) 1857-1922 and Emma Amalie1860-1861. Five more children were born in Mt Pleasant, Martin Albert 1862-1947, Helma Emogine 1865-1869, Mary Annie 1867-1940, Niels Frank 1870-1941 and Fritz 1875-1937

Two years later my Great Grandmother Kirsti Louisa Rosengren Beckstrom immigrated to Mt Pleasant through the encouragement of her half-sister, Anna Marie Rosengren Rosenlof. Louisa arrived just three weeks before her sister's 4th child Martin Albert was born 22 Oct 1862. She lived with her sister and helped with the children until she married Andrew Beckstrom , 28 Oct 1863. He arrived from Sweden in 1859 with the 8th Handcart Co. They had 11 children, 8 grew to adulthood. (Their picture is included.)




Andrew and Louise Beckstrom


4 comments:

  1. Wonderful. It helps me with a brick wall with Anna's sister.
    Thank You !
    Tim Rosenlof

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  2. This is such a treasure, I am beyond words. I am a direct descendant of Nils and Anna Marie via Olaf, Abner, Keith, and Robert is my father. My grandfather, Keith, married Laura Elverda Jolley from Moroni. They moved the family to Long Beach/Lakewood CA so Keith could take a job at Douglas Aircraft. I am still here.. : ) We visited my Great Grandparent's farm (Abner Hans and Inez Dorsey) in MT. Pleasant when I was around 12 yrs old, and I remember it fondly. I would be immeasurably grateful for any family history, pictures, etc., from Mt. Pleasant.

    Thank you so much -
    Ronald Keith Rosenlof
    r.rosenlof at ezcommunities.com
    or
    ezcom.keith at gmail

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  3. Descendant of Nils and Anna Marie via.. John, Ervin, Eugene, Tim (Me). Most of my family went to St. Anthony, Idaho. From there, Our family ended up in Long Beach.

    Tim Rosenlof
    sparky@xmission.com

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  4. Wow, This is interesting.. my parents were divorced when I was young so I don't know anything about my dads side of the family.. His name was Eugene Rosenlof born 1920 and he was from Mt Pleasant and he lived in Las Vegas most of his life and died in 1990.. My name is William Rosenlof. My moms name was Joy Ann Blackham

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