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Niels born 4 Nov 1809 Malmo Sweden |
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| Louisa born 4 April 1810 Opmana Scona Sweden ??? see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Sweden |
This Couple with their family suffered many hardships crossing the plains during early pioneer days with the Noah T. Guyman Company.
Name on ship register is listed as "Nils Wedergren"Jacob F. Secrist/Noah T. Guymon Company (1855)
Age at Departure: 45
Head of Household
- Traveled with :
- Lovisa Lundberg Anderson (Age: 45)
- Johanne Elizabeth Widergren Anderson (Age: 14)
- Christian W. Widergren (Age: 11)
- source: https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/16501/niels-christian-widergren-anderson
The following are snippets from History of Mount Pleasant by Hilda Madsen Longsdorf recognizing the contributions of Niels Widergren Anderson and others to the settling and development of Mount Pleasant.
September 1858: September 14th, the
committee returned to Fort Ephraim and notified the petitioners who at once
called a meeting, where the letter from President Young was presented and the
contents noted. The advice given was favorably received. At this meeting, James
R. Ivie, Joseph Clement, and Isaac Allred were appointed as a committee to wait
upon the surveyor at Manti and get him to survey town lots and farming land on
Pleasant Creek. This committee with surveyor Albert Petty, of Manti, then
visited the present site of Mount Pleasant and selected and surveyed a site
where the fort was to be built, which was about one and one-half miles east of
the former site of Hambleton, together with a number of city lots and about
1300 acres of choice farm land in twenty acre lots. Upon their return to Fort
Ephraim, about the middle of October, a meeting was called, and later the
settlers drew by number for the land and lots which were pointed out to them by
the committee the following spring. January 10, 1859, the petitioners again
called a meeting for the purpose of organizing and making preparations for
moving to the new quarters. This meeting was held in the school house. After
discussion of some length, James R. Ivie Sr. was chosen their president and
Reddick Allred was chosen bishop. Later, however, Reddick Allred, not being
sure he would move north with the party in the spring, declined to accept the
position.
About the middle of February, Mads Madsen, Peter
Madsen, Andrew Madsen, Niels Madsen, Christian Madsen, George Frandsen, Rasmus
Frandsen, Christian Jensen 1st, Mortin Rasmussen, Peter Monsen, James Larsen
Sr., Niels Johansen 1st, Alma Allred, Peter Johansen, Niels Widergren Anderson,
Christian Widergren Anderson, Mickel Christensen, Soren Jacobsen, James C.
Meiling, and Hans Y. Simpson moved north until they were just west of where the
settlement was to be located. Longsdorf, History of Mt. Pleasant p. 31
Niels built One of the first homes in the community
Building Homes on City Lots
The people had been told by President
Brigham Young not to build on city lots until they had a house in the fort.
During the early months of the year 1861, many other families who now had the
houses, moved out of the fort into their homes on their city lots. The houses
thus vacated were immediately filled with other settlers. As soon as possible,
fences were built, some rock, some adobe, some poles, some woven of birch and
other willows. Listed as among the first houses built outside the fort this
year, was one built by Hans C. H. Beck, which is thought to be the first adobe
house, and was built on his city lot, southwest corner, intersection of First
South and Second East. One by W. S. Seeley, State Street
between First and Second South, one by
Mads Madsen, northeast corner of intersection, Second North on State Street,
one by Niels Widergren Anderson,
southeast corner, intersection of First South and Second West, and one by ………..
Christensen, northeast corner of intersection, Third South and Third West, and
a log house by James Lemmon, and a house built by Amasa Tucker, northeast
corner, intersection of First South and Third East.
History of Mt. Pleasant , Hilda Madsen Longsdorf pp 68,69
Sunday, October 28,
a call was made for the people to move south to the St. George country, in
order to settle that part and also for the purpose of raising cotton. Those
called were Joseph Clemens, Moses M. Sanders, Christian Widergren Anderson,
Yeppe Iverson, Niels Widergren Anderson, N. C. Sandberg, James Lemmon, Andrew
Jensen, Peter Iverson, Oke Sandberg, and Amos Moss. Longsdorf: page 76
This same year (1876) a
late and up-to-date Sugar Cane press,
commonly known as a molasses mill, was purchased in Salt Lake City and brought to Mt. Pleasant by Niels Widergren Anderson, C. W. Anderson, and Andrew Madsen. It had three iron rollers for grinding the cane. This was a great improvement over the older type mills used. The mill was placed on Sixth South and Third East. Niels Johansen (Weaver) and Andrew Christensen run it for years and later purchased it. John Knudsen Sr. and others assisted in operating it. Sugar cane was extensively raised in Mt. Pleasant, as well as in Spring City, which was marketed in Mt. Pleasant.
commonly known as a molasses mill, was purchased in Salt Lake City and brought to Mt. Pleasant by Niels Widergren Anderson, C. W. Anderson, and Andrew Madsen. It had three iron rollers for grinding the cane. This was a great improvement over the older type mills used. The mill was placed on Sixth South and Third East. Niels Johansen (Weaver) and Andrew Christensen run it for years and later purchased it. John Knudsen Sr. and others assisted in operating it. Sugar cane was extensively raised in Mt. Pleasant, as well as in Spring City, which was marketed in Mt. Pleasant.
Longsdorf: p 141
Later Niels Widergren Anderson imported a later,
up-to-date model which was placed in the old Tannery
lot, Sixth South and Third West. For some time it was run by Weaver Niels
Johansen and Andrew Christensen, who later purchased it.
Longsdorf p. 288
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