OUR RELIC HOME IS A WONDERFUL RESEARCH CENTER

 

Mr. and Mrs John Waldemar

For many years the Mt. Pleasant Rellic Home has been  seen as a  place where relics from pioneer times are housed.  This is correct.  However,  most recently, the public has shown more and more interest in the Relic Home as a family research facility.   This was one of the main goals of the original board members of the Mt. Pleasant Pioneer Historical Society; to preserve history as well as artifacts.  Within our collection we have hundreds of family group sheets which were begun by the first descendants of the original pioneers.  These family group sheets were entered into a giant ledger which is approx. 18'' by 36'' . 

                                                See image  below (just one half page)

The first recordings were started in the year 1909, which is  the same year the Pioneer Monument was erected in front of the Carnegie Library and the original Pioneer Historical Society was formed. This was all a part of the 50 year celebration of the pioneer settlement in Mt. Pleasant.

The picture above is just one half of a family group sheet. Family histories are also abundant within the walls of the Relic Home.    These histories are in the form of family books as well as  individual histories in folders.  Photos of those original pioneers as well as  following generations also adorn the walls of the Relic Home.
We have a photo copy machine on site so that anyone wanting copies can get them.

 It is a delight for many who come to visit and find, very unexpectedly, histories and photos that they never knew existed before. 

Because we are a small home and space is limited, we have been encouraging the donation of histories rather than artifacts. However, we still accept artifacts that are truly unique; something that we don't already have.

Simpson Family 

With modern technology via the internet, we can share histories and photos with others around the world.  We have developed this blog with more specialized links such as Hamilton School Photos and Mt. Pleasant Tombstones.  There are also links to the David R. Gunderson Collection, Lee R. Christensen Collection, Alice Hafen's Photos From the Past and Hilda's Scrapbook. The links to these specialzed pages can be found listed under our header above.  We encourage everyone to check in daily to find something new.  We keep our content diverse so that there will be something for everyone.  Even scrapbookers will find some of our victorian pictures and postcards a treasure that they can use in their own scrapbooking.  We encourage the sharing of these materials in their original form as we believe our Pioneers would have us do.  Anyone wanting to donate to our cause can do so at the Relic Home or contacting us at  pandk@cut.net .

We would love to hear your comments and also help you share  or discover YOUR FAMILY HISTORY !!!!

                                                   

               

                                                                                              

   Hamilton School photos.

Mt. Pleasant Tombstones. 

. 

HOME OF NIELS CHRISTENSEN AND WIFE MELVINA JOHANSEN (from our archives)

 

THE PARLEY CHRISTIAN MADSEN FAMILY ~~ Shared by Ardith Madsen Renning Milner

 

The Parley Christian Madsen Family 
              ~ shared by  Ardith Madsen Renning Milner

Large group photo is the Parley Madsen family in the mid-fifties.  Middle row is all of Parley and Rosina's children and center is Parley and Rosina.

Left to right:  Thelma Madsen Hair, Ardith Madsen Renning, Olive Madsen Bray, Rosina and Parley, Jay Madsen, Margaret Madsen, Myrl Madsen and Clark Madsen.  Standing behind each family member is their spouse and in front Parley and Rosina's grandchildren at that point.

The following note has been added May 9, 2011:Middle row, second person from right, looking at the photo, should be listed as Myrl Madsen Rasband.

 Middle row, third person from right, looking at the photo, should be listed as Margaret Madsen Jensen. 

The Lars Madsen family  - wife, Bodil/Bodel Nielsen Madsen, and children - Mads, Niels Peter, Anders (Andrew), Ann Margarethe, Jacobine, Niels and Lars Christian, came to the United States from their home in Holbaek, Denmark as members of the Latter Day Saints.


The family came in two groups - most of the children first, followed by Lars, Bodil and their youngest son, 
Lars Christian in 1856.  The oldest son, Mads, followed the others after collecting payments for the sale of the family’s farm in Denmark.


Unfortunately, Lars Madsen, husband and father, lost his life north of  Devil’s Gate Wyoming during November of 1856 and did not reach Utah.  Lars, Bodil, and Lars Christian were members of the William B. Hodgett  Company in 1856.  After the death of Lars, Bodil and young Christian, who was about eight years old, continued on to Utah.


After reuniting with her children, Bodil and most of the others eventually settled in Mt. Pleasant, Utah.  Members of the family married, had families and prospered.  Lars Christian married Hannah Poulson Lindstrom.  Born to them in Mt. Pleasant in 1881 was Parley Christian Madsen.  Hilda Electa Madsen Longsdorf born in 1877 in Mt. Pleasant to Andrew and Joanne E. Widergreen Andersen Madsen was, of course, Parley Christian’s cousin.  Hilda wrote, “The History of Mt. Pleasant.”


In 1909, Parley married Rosina Abigail Clark of Mt. Pleasant.  She was born in 1880.  Rosina (Sina) was the daughter of Ferdinand Clark (Klerk) and Hannah Christena Christensen also settlers of Mt. Pleasant.  Parley and Rosina’s family consisted of:  Jay, Olive, Clark, Ardith, Thelma, Margaret and Myrl. The children were raised for the most part in Springville. 


Parley was employed by the U.S. Forrest Service in 1906 and worked in Wyoming and Utah,  He retired after thirty-five years of service.  Rosina was an organist and soloist and while living in Mt. Pleasant, she and her father sang at gatherings and funerals.   In her later years in Springville, she enjoyed  church, handiwork, TV, and visiting with friends and family.


The fourth child, Ardith Bodel Madsen Renning, born in 1914, was my mother.  She graduated from Springville High School in 1931 and entered the LDS School of Nursing in Salt Lake.  After receiving her RN, she was employed by United Air Lines, flying from Salt Lake City to Oakland, California.  (Having an RN was a requirement of the airlines in the 30’s.)  In California Ardith  met and married, October 22, 1937, my father, Albert Weldon Renning of Collingswood, New Jersey.  He had been sent to San Francisco by the insurance company he was employed by in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Ardith had to retire after marrying as this was a regulation of United Airlines then.  It was determined that she had flown some 500, 000 miles for United.  


The Rennings relocated to Collingswood, New Jersey, residing in South Jersey until their deaths, Albert in 1970 and Ardith in 1991.  Two daughters were born to this union and reside in Southern New Jersey near their families and grandchildren.


Parley Christian Madsen died in Provo, Utah in October 1957.  Rosina Abigail Clark Madsen died in April,  1979 in Heber, Utah.  Parley and Rosina have one living daughter as of this date in 2011.  The family is survived by many members who reside in Utah, California, Colorado and New Jersey.

Ardith Madsen Renning Milner

Parley and Rosina as a very young couple

Ardith B. Madsen in her United Airlines uniform


also see:http://mtpleasantpioneer.blogspot.com/2011/04/ardeth-madsen-shared-by-ardith-madsen.html

  Parley Christian Madsen (son of Christian Madsen and Hannah Poulson Lindstrom) .

Parley Christian, Rosina Abigail Clark Madsen, Olive Madsen Bray.  Back row:   Clark Christian Madsen and Jay Madsen.

 Rosina Abigail Clark Madsen was born on Oct. 24, 1880 in Mt. Pleasant,  Utah.

She was the daughter of Ferdinand Clark (or Klerk) born in 1859 in Jutland,  Denmark and his wife, Hannah Christena Christensen.  Hannah was born in Mt.  Pleasant on April 27, 1862.  Her father was James Christian Christensen.   Hannah married Ferdinand Clark on October 1, 1879 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah.

Rosina Abigail Clark married Parley Christian Madsen (son of Lars Christian  Madsen  and Hannah Poulson Lindstrom and great grandson of Lars Madsen and Bodil  Nielsen Madsen).  Rosina and Parley were married in Mt. Pleasant on June 30,  1909. 

Lars and Bodil  Madsen were  "Pioneers of the Month, Sept. 2010."

Parley and Rosina raised their children:  Jay, Olive, Clark, Ardith,  Thelma, Margaret and Myrle for the most part, that I know of, in Springville,  Utah.  Myrle is the only surviving child and resides in St. George, Utah.   Parley was a forest ranger and Rosina (Sina) a homemaker.

It appears to me that the Clark Furniture and Hardware Company of Mt.  Pleasant was managed (and perhaps owned by Ferdinand Clark). This information  comes to me from a paper written by Ruth Louise Clark Reynolds.

Ardith Madsen Renning Milner
Publish Post

NEW INTERESTING DISCOVERIES AROUND THE WORLD ~~~Shared by Larry Staker

 

MOUNT PLEASANT HISTORY (pages 54 - 58)

 

MT. PLEASANT CITY NEWSLETTER APRIL 2025

 

Elite Theatre ~~~Kinema Theatre Burns Down

 

Alice Hafen took the photo from the parking lot of the Mt. Pleasant 1st and 4th Ward.

The Elite Theater was built in 1913.

In the late 1920s, L.C. and Nada Lund changed the name of the movie house to Star Theater.  Their son, Truxton, later took over the family business and changed the name Kinema. 

The theater, which was considered fireproof when it was built, burned down in 1990.

 Did you Know?  Kinema  is  the British Version of Cinema.    and there are or were hundreds of Kinema's across the United States and world. 

The word ‘cinema’ comes from ‘Kinema’-toscope and is derived from the Greek word kinema-matos meaning the science of pure motion.

  ..And I always thought that it was a cute expression of    "Kinna Ma Go to the Movies?"

Our Relic Home on the far left.

December 25th, 1912 the Elite Theatre, now the Star, presented their first show. Prior to this, some show places had been operat­ing, among them the one on State Street, conducted by C. Purring­ton.  History of Mt. Pleasant, Hilda Madsen Longsdorf p. 197 

CARRIE HAFEN (Letter from Department of Nurse Registration)

CARRIE HAFEN 

HOME OF DANIEL IVO CHRISTENSEN AND HIS WIFE MARY DELLA TIDWELL ~~~(from our archives)

 

UNKNOWN YEAR ~ UNKNOWN TEACHER ~ UNKNOWN STUDENTS ~~~ FROM THE BETTE MILLAR COLLECTIONS

 

Unknown Year ~ Unknown Teacher ~ Unknown Students

Bette Millar is on the middle row ~ second from the left.

Hamilton Class
Unknown Year ~ Marsden Allred, Teacher ~ Unknown Students
Bette Millar is on back row ~ 3rd from the left 

Niels Christensen and wife Karen Johansdatter Home ~~~ Researched, compiled and Edited by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

 

TIDWELL, ZABRISKIE AND BRISTOL PICTURES SHARED BY PAT SAGERS

 

Ane Marie Sophie Clausen Bristol

Alma and Margaret Tidwell Zabriskie

Margaret Zabriskie Bristol

Alma and 

John and Jane Smith Tidwell

Margaret & CC Bristol

CANDACE ISABELLE WILCOX IVIE

 

Name: CANDACE ISABELLE WILCOX IVIE

Birth: 1/1/1871 MT. PLEASANT, UT

Death: 12/14/1947 BNTFL, UT

Relations

Father: Joseph Wilcox Mother: Candace Blanchard Rowe

Burial Information

Burial: 12/17/1947 Bountiful City Cemetery, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States

Grave Location: B-E-48-6

Headstone Transcription:

Headstone Material:

Headstone Condition:

Date Inspected:

Stone Carver:

information taken from below:

http://www.namesinstone.com/ViewMap.aspx?deceasedId=372835

Details For Marriage ID#246502
Groom Last Name:	IVIE
Groom First Name:	Justin T.
Groom Residence:	Mt. Pleasant
Bride Last Name:	WILCOX
Bride First Name:	Belle C.
Bride Residence:	Mt. Pleasant
Place:	Manti
Date:	17 Apr 1895
County of Record:	Sanpete
State:	Utah
Volume:	3
Page:

The above information can be found:  http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/westernStatesRecordDetail.cfm?recordID=246502

Halleen Marjorie Ivie front
Candace Isabelle Wilcox Ivie (right)
Justin Thomas Ivie (left)