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LIFE STORY OF OLEF NEILSON (NILSSON) and KJERSTI (CHASTY) PERSDOTTER EKDAHL ~~~ Pioneers of the Month ~ May 2024 ~ Written by Norma Neilson Kotter

 

The life story was written By Norma Neilson Kotter, granddaughter of Olef and Mary Neilson.

Olef Neilson (Nilsson) was born ,

5 February 1834 in Southern Sweden, the son of Nils and Kjersti Ekdahl (Pehrsdatter) Nilsson. He was born in Halmstad Malmohus, Skane, Sweden. Another source says he was born at Stroo. (Norma writes that she found out from the Genealogical Library that Sweden is divided into provinces, counties, then cities and towns, parishes and sometimes even the farm where they lived may be listed as the birthplace. In the case of the birthplace of Olef Neilson, Halmstad is the town, Malmohus is the county and Skane is the province. They told her that Stroo may be either the farm or the parish.)

 Kjersti was born 7, September 1829

Nils and Kjersti had another little son, Per, born August 18, 1863 in Sirekopinge, which is just a few miles southwest of Halmstad. That family moved from Stroo to Sirokopinge in 1862 and lived there until 1864, at number 9 (which was their address). It says they had a little croft, which is a piece of land or small farm which they rented or leased. In April 1864, Nils, Kjersti and their two little boys emigrated to America. They sailed from England on April 28th, 1864 on the ship "Monarch of the Sea". The passenger list shows Nils, age 30, Kjersti, his wife, age 35, Olef, age 3 and Per, age (8 months). The passenger list shows that Per died on the voyage on May 19th. They arrived in Sanpete County, territory Utah. Nils farmed some land there and Olef worked with him and as he grew older, got some land and some sheep of his own. Nils and Kjersti had five more children, all born in Mt. Pleasant; territory Utah. 

Nils was born July 17, 1865; 

Hulda Christine on May 20, 1872, 

and John on October 6, 1876. 

We have listed James and Blenda but we have no dates of birth or death on them. There may also have been another son, Andrew.

BI CENTENNIAL GRADS ~~~ 1976

 

BOOK OF MORMON EVIDENCE FOUND IN SAUDI ARABIA ~~~ Shared by Larry Staker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Mri2mBMj4 

A HOUSE OF THE LORD IN MANTI

 

MT. PLEASANT FIRST WARD RELIEF SOCIETY ~ Circa 1978

 

CLAUDIA ANN HANSEN ........Shared by Duane Hansen

 Happy Birthday!

to my sweet sister Claudia Ann.

R.I.P. (1957-2002)

It won't be long until we can be together again with Mom & Dad

Obituary shared by Kathy Hafen 

WEST VALLEY CITY <! > - Claudia Ann Hansen, age 45, of West Valley City, passed away at her home.

She was born April 15, 1957 in Mt. Pleasant to Preston P. and Barbara V. Carl-son Hansen. Her father passed a-way when she was three. Her mother was her best friend, and whom she took care of for many years, passed away in 1997. Claudia attended and graduated from North Sanpete High School and attended Utah Technical College where she studied accounting. She worked for the Salt Lake City Police Department more than 20 years as an accountant. She had many hobbies including, attending musicals, the Utah Jazz, flowers, collecting family stories and gift cards. She was a wonderful seamstress and made her own clothes. She loved her "Lil' Red Toy" Toyota truck. Claudia held several offices in the American Business Womens Association over the years.

Claudia is survived by her companions dog, Otis; cats, Tootsie, Dollie; brother, Duane (Carole) Hansen, NC; uncles and aunts, Francis Carlson, Mt. Pleasant, John (Loel), Magna, C. Bud (Sophie), Midvale, LaRae (Dean) Dyches, Moroni, JoAnn Lea (Elmo) Winward, Mt. Pleasant; nephew, Patrick (Julie) Hansen; and nieces, Emily (Don-nie) Shelton, Alice Hansen. Claudia was preceded in death by her parents.

Services were held  Tues. July 2, 2002, 1 p.m., Magleby-

MANTI TEMPLE STAIRCASE (From our Archives)

 

The Manti Utah Temple  has some of the most unique spiral staircases in the world. In the two west corner towers there are freestanding spiral staircases without central supports. If you attend this temple, ask a worker to see the staircases and they will take you to see them. They have incredible craftsmanship. When they restored the temple for the centennial they found something like 2 creaks in the one staircase and none in the other, despite being heavily used by temple workers and used by patrons to access several sealing rooms in the towers. The seams between pieces of wood on the railings are also extremely difficult to find.

I said that these were some of the most unique staircases in the world. That is because there are only a few free standing spiral staircases that lack central supports in the world. I believe there are only eight in the U.S. with two being in the Supreme Court Building (those are elliptical). So the Manti Temple spiral staircases are really special.

One of the staircases goes up clockwise and the other counterclockwise. They really are an impressive sight and a great asset of the Manti Temple.

More on Temple Staircases by Scott: THE TRUMPET STONE
 Spiral Staircase

More photos of the Manti Temple:  Manti Temple
L.D.S. Temples

Alice Hafen Recipes

No directions on back side 
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Statue of Liberty Struck by Lightning ~~~ Shared by Larry Staker

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REMEMBER RASTUS AND PEP?

 

Rastus and Pep

Just to refresh your memories............. "Rastus, Pep and Victory" A 65  Year Old Tradition
Rastus was a little black doll who sat on the piano at the old Overland Hotel situated just north of the northwest corner of 1st South and State  Street in Mt. Pleasant.  Rastus was a conversation for all the guests of the hotel for many years, and the children in Mt. Pleasant enjoyed walking past the hotel window and looking at Rastus sitting on the piano.  We don't know for sure just how many years Rastus occupied his place in the hotel.


Several years later, in 1913, Manti High School's basketball team came to Mt. Pleasant in a horse-drawn wagon for a game at North Sanpete High School.  They stayed at the hotel that night.  When they left the next morning, they stole the black doll and took it to Manti.


At the next game, when North Sanpete went to Manti to play, the Manti boyse held Rastus  out over the court dangling from a fishing pole.  The Sanpete boys tried to recover the doll, but to no avail.  But at the end of the game, some of the Sanpete boys grabbed Rastus and ran from the gymn with him.  Miss Ryan, an English teacher at NSH had a large fur muff.  The boys quickly handed the doll to Miss Ryan and ran on.  Miss Ryan hid Rastus in her muff and walked calmly toward her buggy as the Manti boys ran in pursuit of the doll.


As the rivalry went on, each school tried to steal Rastus from the one who had successfully got away with him.  Finally to foster good sportsmanship between the schools, it was decided that at each basketball game from then on, the doll would go to the winner until the next game.


In 1938, Rastus seemed to be in jeopardy of losing his home in Mt. Pleasant.  The student body officers and cheerleaders decided North Sanpete really needed some pep, so they purchased another black doll which they named "Pep".  At a pep assembly they held a wedding ceremony and Rastus married Pep.


Things went on pretty well for a long time, but in 1953, North Sanpete fell into a slump.  The school experienced a losing streak, so again the cheerleaders of North Sanpete and the Pep Club came to the rescue.  They purchased a small, black baby doll.   In the assembly they announced that Pep was dead at North Sanpete, so the student body followed the casket out to the football field where they were going to bury Pep ~~~ but they heard a loud clatter from the casket, and they decided Pep wasn't dead at all.  When they opened the lid, Pep jumped out ~~ and she had a baby in her arms ~~ She and  Rastus named the child "Victory".  North Sanpete really needed Victory!


Together, the three dolls were a trophy for each game between the two schools.


Finally, tragedy hit the family!  There were new superintend-ants in both North and South Sanpete School Districts.  Before anyone knew what was happening, the dolls were gone and a new tradition was to replace the dolls that both schools had loved for so many years.


When they were discontinued, Rastus had been a trophy for 65 years (he was the original doll, and so was several years older than that), Pep for 40  years, and Victory for 25 years.  It was with a great sorrow that the students and townspeople alike were told that the dolls were to be used no more.  The original dolls disappeared.  No one seems to know where they went.  They were in Manti's trophy case at the time the decision was made, and no one saw them again.


A Victory symbol trophy was designed to replace the tradition, and supposedly ordered to be made in Salt Lake.  However, it was never done.  Eventually, two "cabbage patch" dolls were purchased, christened Sandy and Pete, and used in their first trophy game on January 24, 1997.

(Not surprisingly)  there are other versions of this story !!!

JAMES MONSEN'S MEMORIES OF Olive, Her Husband John Frank Pritchett and the 1930 Mine Disaster (From our archives)

 

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Mt. Pleasant Pyramid 1930-02-07