The Diaries of Samuel Gudmundson (1831 – 1901)

Born in Norway Immigrated to Utah Served three Missions in Norway Died in Springville, Utah

Compiled by Holly Gudmundson LaStar Richins

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Table of Contents

Forward and Acknowledgments …………………………………………… iv

Chapter 1 First Mission Diary 1860 – 1861 …………………………. 1

Chapter 2 Diary in America 1861 – 1867 …………………………….. 19

Chapter 3 Second Mission to Norway 1867-1869 …………………… 27

Chapter 4 Back in America 1869 – 1881 …………………………….. 57

Chapter 5 In Springville 1882 – 1890 ……………………………….. 69

Chapter 6 Diary 1891 – 1900 ………………………………………… 89

Appendix

A – First Pages of Samuel Gudmundson’s 1860 Diary ……………………. 123

B – Family information written in Samuel Gudmundson’s Diary …………. 124

C – Picture Family Group Sheet …………………………………………… 129

D – Letter written by Amalia ………………………………………………. 130

E – Mission Certificate …………………………………………………….. 131

F – Memorandum …………………………………………………………… 132

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Forward and Acknowledgements

This is to express thanks to all those who participated in putting this book together. Holly Gudmundson did the majority of typing into the computer from badly copied versions of previous typings and also reading from poorly copied pages of the diaries. In her own words she said, “Chapter one (1860) was transcribed on an old manual typewriter by an unknown person. It must have been a very old typewriter and have gone through a number of carbon copies since when I got it; the letters were only a third visible in some parts. Still, with a little pondering and the help of the Lord, I was able to decipher the message in an understandable manner. Interestingly, when I went back later to read the worst parts of the manuscript, I couldn't make out anything. Just a further confirmation that the Lord is interested in the dissemination of Samuel Gudmundson's diaries.” Holly also asked a relative, Dale Hope, to translate some of the pages from Norwegian to English. He wrote, “I am sorry I could not read more of the text, but the travel log tells of a faithful member of the Church visiting different cities and saints in Norway. Your ancestor must have been quite the man. I wonder how he got the money and the time to travel back to Norway.” After finishing her task of typing it all in, Holly found that her Aunt Barbara Gudmundson Lindberg had done the last section of the diary 1891-1900. Holly felt Barbara had done a better job and asked me to include it instead of her own hard work. So the last section was transcribed by Barbara Gudmundson Lindberg. From Barbara’s own written words in 1995 she says, “The typewritten copy of Samuel Gudmundson diary beginning in the year 1891 was transcribed by me from a copy of his original handwritten diary now in the possession of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint, Historical Department. I have taken the liberty of making some spelling and punctuation corrections in order to make the manuscript more readable. I feel that grandfather Gudmundson would want us to understand what he has written, rather than be distracted by how he wrote it. I noticed that he corrected himself as he became more proficient in the English language over the approximate ten year period of the Diary.”

I have added the pictures and formatted the typed pages for the final copy. We hope you enjoy the writings of our Ancestor, Samuel Gudmundson – born in Norway, joining the church and coming America to Zion and becoming a missionary several times back to Norway.

LaStar Richins

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iv Chapter 1 Samuel Gudmundson's 1st Mission Diary1 1860 - 1861

Thursday the 1st of November(1860) I was set free from Christiania2 town hall. I had been sitting there for six days on water and bread and one day on the ordinary prisoner’s food, in all seven days, because I had obeyed the Lord’s order to baptize people for forgiveness of sins.

Friday the 2nd C. Dorius left for Drammen. From there he will go to Riso and also visit Kongsberg, Skien, and Brevig on the same trip.

Saturday the 3rd F. Dorius left for Hedemark where he stayed a fortnight among the Saints and our friends and there he held many good meetings.

Sunday the 4th very good meetings both in the morning and in the afternoon in Salen (the meeting room in Oslo, or Christiania, as it was then called.)

Samuel Gudmundson Sunday the 11th, the same. Thursday the 15th Abt 38 years old some of the Brothers began to sing again and we had a 1831-1901 new teacher by the name of Johnsen. He was from Bergen and we were to pay him 5 Spesidaler (a six-dollar Norwegian coin used until 1873 worth about one American dollar).

Sunday the 18th, good meetings in the Salen. Brother F. Dorius had returned from Hedemark and the Saints were delighted to hear his remarks.

Sunday the 25th, we had a district meeting in Salen and many of the Saints from Christiania, Aker, and Strømmen were gathered there. Some of them were excluded from the Church, among them Brother Helland. When his matter was taken up for consideration, he became very brutal and insulted the whole assembly and asked /told/ us to go to hell and then ran out of the room. Some of the brethren that hadn’t already gotten a parish, got one, and some others got a bigger one. After the proceedings we used the time to bear testimony to the Saints and the foreigners [investigators?].

1 Samuel Gudmundson was baptized by Johan Johansen at Fredericton, Norway 1 Oct 1854. About a year after his baptism he was called to serve a mission in Norway. He served from 1855-1861, three of those years he was President of the Brevig Conference. 2 The first recorded settlement was called Oslo made in the 11th century by Harald III Hardrada, but after a fire in 1624, it was entirely replanned by the Danish king Christian IV and renamed Christiania from 1624 to 1924. Following Norway's separation from Denmark (1814) and then Sweden (1905), the city reverted in 1925 to its original Norwegian name of Oslo. - 1 - Chapter 1 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s First Mission Diary 1860 -1861

In the week between the 25th and December 2nd, first Brother F. Dorius and myself and later Brother E. Larsen and myself were occupied with the year’s accounts and we handed them over on the 13th of December.

(December 12th) In the evening, President Carl Dorius came back from his trip to the west coast and came first to Sister Granberg where were gathered some Brothers and Sisters to celebrate Sister Martha Vismans birthday. Sister Wensberg was there too and little Thomas and Massi.

Monday the 17th. Brothers Dorius, Vinge, and Larsen and I were invited to Brother Jacobsen’s to dinner and amused ourselves with singing until late in the evening.

Tuesday, Dec. 18th we were invited to dinner at Brother Christophersen’s in Nygaden. I spent the evening in the council.

Wednesday the 19th we were invited to dinner at Brother G. Sorensen’s in Munkedamsveien and we were delighted to be there. We ate the evening meal at Brother R. Christiansen’s in Fjordingen. I spent the evening in prayer meeting. A few were indignant and ran to the door.

Thursday morning we breakfasted at C. Christiansen’s in Enerhaugen and afterwards I went to Weihe with a new fiddle. In the afternoon we went to Brother Andersen’s in Theatergaden and blessed a newborn boy. From there we went to Jordhoy where we were invited to the evening meal. It was Brother Jordhøy’s birthday. On my way home in the evening I fell on the city square and injured my wrist very badly. Brother Carl Dorius and I went from Jordhøy to Brother Johnsen’s where we stayed until 11:30 at night and talked with the sisters Marie and Caroline.

Friday the 21st. I could hardly sleep this night because my wrist ached so badly. I breakfasted at Brother K. Halvorsen’s. At 7:00 o’clock in the morning Brother F. Dorius and I left Christiania on the steamship “Vidar” and arrived the same day at Fredriksværn where we lodged in town. This day my wrist was aching much.

Saturday the 22nd, we left Fredriksværn on board steamship for Langesund where Brother Dorius and I separated. He was going to Risøer. I talked to Elias and his family in Langesund. I walked from there to Brevig where I spoke with Brynhildsen and his family, then I drove from there to Skien and for that transportation I had to pay four /?/. I found lodging at Hans Jorgensen’s at Blegebakken. His daughter was in the Church. The husband and the wife especially had belief in the gospel.

Sunday the 24th in the afternoon Br. Pedersen and I visited the Sisters Aulie who lived at Brekkejordet. We spoke with both sisters and their father. He was a good man. I blessed a child (girl) that belonged to Sister Grethe Aulie. Brother Pedersen and I stayed at Christiansen’s and H. Hansen at Hans Sorensen’s Christmas evening.

Tuesday the 25th, the first day of Christmas, we had a meeting at Øen at Brother Christensen’s.

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Wednesday the 26th, we had two meetings in the town: at Blegebakken where Hansen and I preached and at Øen where J. Pedersen preached.

Thursday the 27th I left Skien and on that day I walked to Ulefos. I had a sled and much of the way I went sledding as it was hilly. I lodged at Tron Persen’s. Strong cold.

Friday the 28th, I went from Ulefos to home. I walked to Nordbø in Bø, took from there a ride to Næs at Sillejordstrand, and from there I got a ride with Hoff, the clerk in Wahl’s country store, to my home, where I arrived at 11:30 at night. Asbjørn Øiene was at my parents’, since he also had come home for the Christmas holidays to visit his parents.

Saturday the 29th I stayed at home the whole day. Sunday the 30th, the same.

Monday the 31st I wrote a letter to Brother C. Dorius in Christiania. On this day, New Years Eve, my sister, Gunhild, turned eight years old.

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Tuesday January 1st. I spent New Year’s Day at home the whole day. l-r: Mari, Gunhild, Gudmund Saamundssen Knudt and Saamund Øiene came in the Parents and sister of Samuel Gudmundson afternoon and stayed until night.

Wednesday the 2nd (or the second New Year’s day) I went in the afternoon to Øiene, where there was supposed to be a party in the evening. Svend and Gunhild were there on a visit. In the evening I was at a ball in Opgaarden and there were many people assembled there. There was a lot to eat and drink. My brother Ole was a musician there.

Thursday the 3rd I spent at home.

Friday the 4th I wrote a letter to Br. F. Dorius in Risøer and in the afternoon I accompanied my father to Udsund and Spjosod where we were well treated. My father’s errands to Udsund were to get papers from Rasmus that would permit him to bring grain from the town and to make a deal to run the farm Udsund in 1861. On our way home we met Captain Ullfers in Midsund and he invited us to go with him to his home. We were also well treated there and sat talking a long time and afterwards we drove home.

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Saturday the 5th I spent at home the whole day. Sunday the 6th I walked over to Øiene with Ole and stayed there for a long time.

Monday the 7th I took a roundtrip to Nøsterud, from there to Nordgarden and in both places was well treated. From there I went to Lauve and talked for a long time with Tov and Guro and Anne Gunnildskaas who was also there. From there I went to Opgaarden; from there to Lundevald where there was only Ole alone at home. The other one visited Rasmus and Daardi in Fjaagesund.

Tuesday January the 8th I left Holtan with my brother Ole and Aslak Nordbo. They both went to Porsgrunn to fetch grain. Asbjørn Øiene was in our company too. He had been home for Christmas. He was a schoolteacher and worked on an island named Askoen near Lyngør. We drove that day to Nordbø in Bø. We also went the wrong way: we went on Olav “Ole” Gudmundson the Bo river to Oterholt, but we should have gone ashore at Samuel’s brother Harpsto in Bø.

Wednesday the 9th we drove to Fjærstrand in Soum and lodged there for the night.

Thursday the 10th we drove to Solum, talked to Aslak there and took leave of Olaf and Aslak Nordbø and Asbjørn Øiene as they were going to Porsgrund and I to Skien. That night I lodged with Hans Sorensøn in Blegebakken.

Friday the 11th, I visited the Saints. Olaf and Aslak arrived on this day from Porsgrund with a load. I lodged in the town.

Saturday the 12th they left the town with their load on their way home. I got a letter from Brother Dorius in Risøer and there was also inside a letter from Zion to Brother Carl Dorius from his wife and also one from Eldste Madsen in Aarhuus in Jylland. They were both uplifting and interesting for me to read.

Monday the 14th I walked to Porsgrund to visit Hans Hansen and his wife. I stayed there overnight and lodged with Hansen’s landlord. That same night I had such a toothache that I could not sleep all night.

Tuesday I walked back to Skien. During the night I had a strong toothache.

Wednesday the 16th I visited the Saints during the day. In the evening we had a prayer meeting which was good.

Thursday the 17th in the evening I had a strong toothache. I sent for Eldste H. Hansen of Blegebakken and let him and Brother Christensen anoint me in the name of the Lord, and in the evening the toothache left me and I have been almost free from it.

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Friday the 18th I visited the Saints in town, in Bakken, and the sisters Aulie in Kleven. On that day I was free from the toothache; it was only that my teeth were a little sore. That night I slept on the sofa in the sitting room at Brother Christensens and that was much more comfortable than sleeping in the room where his wife and children slept because in their room there was very unhealthy air.

Skien Saturday the 19th in the morning I walked from Skien to Porsgrund on the skis that Brother Hansen the evening before had bought for me, and for them I had paid 24 sh. I arrived at Porsgrund about 12 o’clock and dined with the shoemaker’s wife, Sister Hansen. Hansen was in Brevig on work. I walked from Porsgrund at once and arrived in Brevig in the afternoon. On the way, not far from Brevig, I met shoemaker Hansen and I. Pedersen who were walking to Porsgrund and Skien. Brother Pedersen had visited the Saints in Brevig, Lengesund and Landgangen. I spoke with Brynild and his wife in Brevig "Myllerguten" and thereafter I walked to Langesund where I was took in Targjei Augundsson by Brother Hans Olsen3 and his wife. His wife was a good sister, and blood sister of the famous fiddler Myllerguten.4

Langesund Sunday the 20th, in the morning when we were sitting in the house of H. Olsen, a man came in from Soueherred, who was walking around selling religious books. He was a member of the religious lay movement founded by Hans Nielsen Hauge (about 1800) and when we talked to him about gospel principles he admitted several things. He promised to come to the meeting in the afternoon, but he didn’t come. In the afternoon we had a good little meeting in the same house. Halvor Knudsen from Brevig who was director for the ward came to Langesund in the afternoon to lead the meeting. I gave witness (bore my testimony) which was uplifting for the few Saints and the foreigners (investigators?) that were present. I also visited Brother Elias the same day. His wife had recently given birth to a child.

Helle Monday the 21st I left Langesund on my skis in very unpleasant weather. It was snowing heavily that day and it was blowing so that the roads were very heavy to force. I walked three miles that day to a place called Helle, a half mile from Kragerø, where I lodged at a widow’s with many children. I talked to them about the gospel and they were not contradictory. There were also many farmers there in the evening. The farmers had been in the town to get grain. This winter the farmers in the south of Norway had to get a lot of grain from the towns because of the crop failure after the very rainy summer in 1860. These people knew Brother Torgjornsen, who now is in Zion, very well.

3 Hans Olsen becomes the father-in-law of Samuel Gudmundson when he marries his second wife Inger Auntine Olsen 4 Targjei Augundsson (1801- November 21, 1872), better known as Myllarguten (meaning the Millerboy), is arguably the most acknowledged Norwegian folk musician to this day, and by far the most legendary. - 5 - Chapter 1 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s First Mission Diary 1860 -1861

Kragerø Tuesday the 22nd I crossed some water, went over a hill, crossed more water, hiked around a mountain on the ice and arrived at Kragerø. Before I went on shore, I visited with a tobaccoman who made tobacco. Tobacco is something that people nowadays put in their mouth and nose, or they cause it to burn in something that people call a pipe which they put in their mouth, suck on and then comes smoke from the pipe in their mouth. After a while of holding the smoke in their mouth, they blow it out. After I had left my skis with this man, named Monsen, I went to a man named Bentsen, a man who for payment demands money from people, but he was not at home.

I drifted in the streets and came to a woman who sold food to people and I bought food and ate very well and that cost me 12 /?/ Afterwards I returned to the “money demanding man” and now he was at home. The thing I had to talk with him about was to demand some money for Torgjornsen who earlier had been an administrative official (sheriff) in Sandahl. I talked with the man for a while and he said that he would do what he could and he thought that he could give me some money in March.

After I left this man, I went to the tobaccoman and got my skis, carried them on my shoulders, entered the water and went around the town on the ice, crossed an open channel, turned to an island and entered a house and asked for the way as I was not quite sure. Then I went down to the ice again, went around a mountain and along the ice until I reached the shore where there were two roads. I stood there for a few moments not knowing whether I should take the road to the right or to the left. I chose the left and that was the right choice. Then I reached a farm called Eiet. I entered the house, bought some milk and drank it, borrowed a hammer and knocked a wedge in my ski because the ribbon was loose. From there I crossed a lake, went through a little forest, then again I was on a lake that had many detours, and I thought that I would never again reach people. It was dark, there was forest around me and sometimes I thought that the forest was full of wolves. I was going on the skis at top speed and then it began to roar and rumble and I thought, “Now the wolves are coming.” I kept going forward and there I met the big head of a monster with glowing eyes in it. But as I came forward a little I saw that it was the grinding mill on Jernnaes and then I was glad and entered the house. Everybody there was white from head to foot. I almost thought they were dead people who had come back to life. But as I began to talk to them I soon saw that they were real people. I asked the first one I met if he wasn’t from Risøer and he said “yes.” “Ah,” I thought, “Now you shall have company to Risøer, and I also would have company but not before the next day.” Then I asked the chief of the white people of the mill if I could spend the night there, but he said that he had too many people already. He had a schoolteacher and schoolchildren and he had so many people, but he was a very kind man. Then he showed me where I could ask for housing. So I went to a house called Slaatemyra. As I stood by the door I asked if I could stay there overnight. The housewife wanted to know who I was. I said I was a traveler from East Norway. She told me to sit down and wait until her husband came home. But if I had sat there and waited, I would have sat there and waited until the next day.

But then I got some milk and a little bread and then I went to bed in a bed that was as cold as snow that comes blowing in the air. When I had slept, I arose, ate a little, and went down to the mill that I thought was the head of a monster. One of the white people was to take care of my skis. I followed one of the white people to Risøer and all the way from Jernaes to Risøer we walked on the sea. Sometime later on we ended up between two mountains. From there we went - 6 - Chapter 1 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s First Mission Diary 1860 -1861 on the inside of a mountain and then to the dock in Risøer. I hurried to Brother Christoffer Johnsen’s and there I got warm. They were good people. Then I sent for Brother Dorius and then I had a good laugh. I hadn’t had a good laugh for a long time.

Wednesday the 23rd I was with the Saints in the house of Brother Chr. Johnsen in prayer meeting, and I spoke to the Saints. Brother F. Dorius and I lodged at Sister Knudtsaune’s in Tangen.

Thursday the 24th I had dinner at Brother Chr. Johnsen’s. In the evening we were invited to Brother Rolf Bentsen’s. We spent all evening there and were happy in his house. While we were sitting there one of his brothers-in-law by the name of Torjus Torvildsen Nibe came by on a visit. His wife was one of the Saints but he himself didn’t like the gospel. When F. Dorius and I had eaten a good supper we went to Kronen where we lodged that night.

Risøer Saturday the 26th we visited the Saints. We had dinner at Brother Niels Johan Pedersen’s.

Sunday the 27th we stayed in Kronen in the morning. A little after noon Brother N. Isaksen came from town with a letter to Brother F. Dorius and also a letter to C. D. and I. Rolfsen, instruction from the President I. Van Cott to the emigrants, a letter from F. D.’s wife in Zion to her husband and last a letter from Brother Niels Torjussen in Christiansand to C. Dorius and this he sent to his brother, F. D. The instruction about the emigration brought worried thoughts to my mind, as I did not know yet how to pay for the emigration for me or "my Mary"5 and it brought deep thoughts in my mind as I had got permission from the apostles Arnesen Lyman and Charles C. Riin and President I.Van Cott to emigrate. I trust in the Lord who has fate in his hand and rules everything for the best of them who love him and so I think he also will do the best for me.

In the afternoon we had a good meeting for many Saints and foreigners in the Sahlen (hall in Oslo or Christiania). I preached first and then Dorius and the leader of the ward, N. Isaksen, said some words. Dorius and I were invited to Chr. Johnsen’s and afterwards we met the Saints in Sahlen about 6:30 p.m. We had a nice time with songs. The instructions to the emigrants were read aloud and a list was set up of the people who helped to pay for the meeting room. Afterwards more of the Saints, Brother Dorius and I met at Sister Kaune’s in Tangen where we had dinner and had a nice time singing until late in the evening. Dorius and I lodged there until the next day.

Monday the 28th we had dinner at Sister Kaune’s in Tangen. In the morning Brother Dorius had a long discussion with this sister about the proper use of the Sabbath. He was a little sectarian and thought it was a sin to make food for oneself on Sunday. I spent the night in Kronen.

Tuesday the 29th in the morning Brother Dorius wrote to I. Pedersen and asked him to come to Risøer. Wednesday the 30th we walked around and visited the Saints in town. I had meant to leave for Jernaes that day following the millers, but the wind and the sea were too

5 This is Ellen Maria Mork who becomes Samuel Gudmundson’s first wife in May 1861 while coming across to America on the "Monarch of the Sea". - 7 - Chapter 1 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s First Mission Diary 1860 -1861 strong and I could not go. At the prayer meeting in the evening were a bookseller and a telegrapher.

Thursday the 31st after having bought some small books at Brother Isaksen’s I left Risøer. Dorius followed me about half a mile from Risøer and we took leave of each other near some water as I could walk on the ice. It was with agitated feelings that I went from Brother Dorius as we had had a good time the eight days we had been together in Risøer. But we were happy with the hope that we would meet in Christiania by the time of emigration which we thought would take place the first of April. On shore I cut a walking stick of rewan that would be my companion on my way to Langesund and Skien.

I hiked that day to a farm brokland in Gjerstad, and there I overnighted, but I have seldom seen so dirty a people who call themselves Christian. They swore and took God’s name in vain almost for each word they spoke, but when I told them who I was and preached a little to them, for the sake of appearances they talked a little less. I could not sleep that night for fear and disgust with this naughty people. This happened a little more than two miles from Risøer.

Friday the 1st of February I hiked from Brokland to Dørdahl in Bamble. On my way I visited several places, preached the gospel and sold some of the small books. I also visited a daughter of Brother Torbjørnsen in Zion and gave her greetings from her father. She lived in Sandviksdahl near the church. I delivered some small books there. In Dørdahl I also preached the gospel to the people there. There was also a teacher from the ambulatory school. The wife in the house was most susceptible to the truth, but the husband promised that he and his family would keep away from Mormonism.

Saturday the 2nd in the morning before I left the house I gave the teacher some small books. On that day I hiked to Langesund and on the way I sold some small books. I found lodging with Brother Hans Olsen.

Langesund Sunday the 3rd, Brother I. Pedersen delivered to me a letter from Brother C. Dorius in Christiania and one from my beloved Mary in Christiania. Good news. Brother Carl (Dorius) said that there was hope of getting help with my emigration. Mary wrote about how she and others had spent Christmas: she and Sister Caroline Larsen had visited several of Mary’s relatives and they had enjoyed themselves singing and making music as Mary could play the guitar. In this way many people had enjoyed themselves who did not know the gospel.

About 3 o’clock in the afternoon Brother Pedersen and I had a meeting in Brother Hans Olsen’s house on Skar /?/ where most of the Saints and two girls were present. We both bore our testimonies and I felt blessed. Langesund has eight Saints. In the evening some of the brethren and I were assembled at Brother Hansen’s in Vaterland /?/ where I gave a lesson about paying tithing, about the use of some food, of coffee and tobacco, and of fasting.

Monday, the 4th in the morning I visited Brother John on Rikebonene where I spoke a long time with a man from Gjerstad about the gospel. This man had almost been blinded when a blasting shot hit him in the face. He had therefore been in Riks Hospital in Christiania to try to save a little of his eyesight, and he had spent almost all his capital, and he was now walking around with a letter appealing for help to redeem his house. He was very agitated by hearing the gospel and promised to learn more about it. I also talked about the gospel to two of Wright’s - 8 - Chapter 1 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s First Mission Diary 1860 -1861 hired girls. They believed it greatly and I think that they in due time will receive it. In the evening we had a meeting for the Saints and I gave a lesson on paying tithing. I released the Saints from paying the tithing that they should have paid up until now, but admonished them to pay what they earned from now on. I also told them about some other things.

Tuesday the 5th, I left. I wrote a letter to C. Dorius and "my Mary" in Christiania. Pedersen left Langesund for Risøer. He pulled his baggage on a toboggan. I also left in the morning for Brevig. In the evening I had a meeting at Niels Wilhelmsen Sæthre’s. Some foreigners and I had a good feeling. I stayed there until morning.

Wednesday the 6th, I left Brevig in the morning and arrived at Skien in the afternoon. I found some of the Saints in tempting circumstances: two of the sisters, Christine Oulie and Ingder Wansdatter on Bakken, had declared that they were willing to be thrown out of the church. I visited with them and others in the evening and talked with them about the things they were wondering about. It was specifically polygamy. They were a little satisfied. We should have had a prayer meeting at Christensen’s where I lodged, but only Brother Hansen and Sister Marie Nielsen were there so there was no prayer meeting.

Skien Thursday the 7th I registered the members’ names in the protocol. In the evening I met a man from Kvideseid. His name was Halvor Staaland and he knew a lot about my work as a missionary. He talked a long time with me about religion. I think the man was honest. He had become addicted to alcohol.

On this day I took a trip up to Mela and on the way up to Petersberg I was agitated in my feelings thinking on the fact that some 12-13 years back I had been plowing and harrowing the fields here as a pupil of the agricultural school and at that time I did not know anything about the gospel that now does so much good for so many hearts here in Scandanivia.

Friday the 8th I walked to Solum to my brother’s to borrow some money from him for my journey to Telemark and back. He said he would come to Skien the next Sunday and promised to bring me the money. I dined there and walked back to town.

Saturday the 9th I wrote a letter to Brother Gustaf Jensen who was there on a mission… in the conference held in Christiania October 19, 1860. I also sent some lines to Sister Staalesen in Stavanger at whose home I was lodging and who had been very kind to me when I was traveling around and visited the communions as a president for the Norwegian mission. In the town in the evening I talked with my brother Aslak from Solum. He was quickly fetching the food for Easter.

Sunday the 10th in the morning I walked to Solum and as I had gone a little ways from the road in the forest to pray, my brother[Aslak] came walking to meet me and he heard me pray there. What feelings he had in his heart by hearing this blessedness, I don’t know. I followed him to Solum where I dined and afterwards talked with a student about the gospel and delivered him “an invitation to the Lord’s empire.” After dinner I walked back to the town to Sister Simonsen’s on Klaven. Her husband was not yet one of the Saints. I was invited to come and enjoy a refreshment with them. Her brother and the brother’s wife were there too. In the evening we had a good meeting where four to five foreigners were present. While I was - 9 - Chapter 1 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s First Mission Diary 1860 -1861 preaching, a cable came from J. Pedersen in Risøer that I had to be in Langesund on Tuesday evening and that it was urgent.

Monday the 11th I walked from Skien in the morning and arrived in Langesund in the afternoon. By chance I got a ride for a bit of the way (1/2 mile) for 12 sh. None of the Saints knew the reason for my presence and I myself didn’t know why the cable had called me.

Tuesday and Wednesday the 12th and 13th. No order or news arrived and I was waiting with longing and agitated feelings. I thought it had to be something about the emigration or the emigration itself. I had a splendid meeting that evening for many brothers and friends. In Langesund it looked like the church would increase.

Thursday the 14th Brother J. Pedersen from Risøer arrived and the reason why I was called to come was cleared up.

Langesund His father had caused a riot because of his deceased son, A. Peder's, clothes and effects that he claimed the right to. A letter had been sent to Br. C. Dorius in Christiania from Brother I. A. Jensen in Fredrekstad telling about the angry old man’s behavior, how he had come down to Fredrekstad from Srpsborg and abused the saints in public, for, as he said, they had held back his son’s clothes. He promised to punish us with the law and so on. He had laid down a demand to the chief of police in Srpsborg against several of the brethren, including me, and also against his son Jens, whom he accused of brutality. But that was not correct. The letter from Jensen together with some vague remarks from Brother Dorius requesting him to go home to his parents and reconcile with them were sent to Br. J. Pedersen and he was so sad about this that he cabled me to meet him in Langesund to give him further advice.

We conferred with each other and the result was that we wrote to the old man a meek letter to comfort his agitated feelings. We promised that J. Pedersen would come to him and come to terms with him and compensate the old man for his claim. I for my part was glad to hear that Brother I. A. Jensen in Fredrekstad on his own had walked to Spr.borg in order to come to terms with the old man. It succeeded after much effort and the help of God and by paying the old man 8 Sp. and giving him those of A. Pedersen’s clothes that could be obtained, and by promising that J. Pedersen would come home and ask for forgiveness for his offence against his parents. J. Pedersen had, however, to go back to Risøer to clear up his affairs before he left for Spr.borg and his parents.

Friday the 15th I walked from Langesund to Skien. There was a little snow on the ground to walk in on that day. On the same day I settled my affairs so that I could go to my family and my parents in Tellemarken the next day. I visited brothers on Kleven at Siversen and Aulie and talked with them about learning and they felt satisfied.

Saturday the 16th I walked on foot from Skien to Ulefos on the ice along Nordjo and that was easy for me. I took a drive from Ulefos to Lundeferet and walked from there on foot to Straengen where I arrived about 7:00 o’clock. Living there was an old man by the name of Baalman who knew my parents very well and he asked me to give them his regards. His son, who now was the host, and I talked about the gospel and I gave him a little book. I also took a drive from there to Fjaagesund where I arrived about 11:00 in the evening. I overnighted there.

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Sunday the 17th I walked to Rasmus T. as I had heard that Ole Lundevald was there on his way to town. Both Ole and Rasmus had already left when I arrived. From there I left for a ride up the water about ¾ mile. From there I went on the ice to Sojosod where I arrived at 11:00 o’clock. I had dinner there and left for Udsund where I talked with Rasmus about a commission I had had for him. I would try to find a place in Christiania where he could learn to be a tanner. I walked to Holtan to my parents and there I found two letters for me from Christiania: one from Brother C. Dorius and the other from My Lover Mary. In the letter from Brother C. Dorius was a little letter from Brother C. Fjeld in Zion and this letter had good comments. I found everything all right at home.

Holtan i Hvidesøe There had recently been some weddings as Hoye Opsund and Anne Borgejordet had been married. Gudmund Opsund was married to Sigrid Borgejordet. Both are daughters of Thormod Knudsen and are my cousins. They said they would have liked to see me at their wedding.

Tuesday the 19th I was at home the whole day and I made an axe handle.

Wednesday the 20th I was also at home. I felt happy at home by my parents and brothers and sisters. They were all so kind and good to me, as good as they could be. My father was working at timbersledge which Olaf was going to use to drive timber on Udsund-uplands. My brother Olaf made himself a pair of new shoes this week.

Thursday the 21st and Friday the 22nd. I was cutting some knife handles. It was my intention to take them with me to Christiania and put blades in them and later on take them with me to America.

Saturday the 23rd. Either this day or the day before I visited Knut and Sigrid in Øiene. They lived well in regards to earthly things. The people in the country had great need and hunger in common. 1859 and 1860 had been years of poor harvest.

Sunday the 24th. Olaf and I walked north to Haugen and Nordboen ? to Gunder and Liv, she was my Mother’s sister. Aslak, Olaf, and Anne Nordbø were also at home. As regards my journey to America, I took leave of them and wished hard that the Lord would bless them and save them. From Nordbø we walked to Lundevald where we also were wished welcome and well treated. Saamund Kirkevoldlen and his wife, Marken, also were there and also Knudt Dahlen and Gudmund Fjaagesund. We talked a lot about the gospel and I gave them evidence (that the gospel is true) until late evening and afterwards we went home. Monday the 25th I stayed home the whole day.

Tuesday the 26th Saamund Øiene and I walked to Listul in Dahlan to visit Stoale and Haeme. They were old and weak but otherwise they lived well. We stayed in Listul until the next day, the 27th, and that day I said goodbye to them. They were much moved in connection with my journey and I wished for myself that the Lord would bless these people who had always lived a peaceful and good life and had been very charitable to the poor. We went home, each to his home.

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Friday the 1st of March in the afternoon I went to Louve to visit Thov and Guro. I preached and read a long time about the gospel. From there I went to Lundevald and from there to the city hall where there was to be a meeting. There were many people assembled to listen to a hypocritical preacher. On our way home from the meeting I was angry at Svend Runningen because he had written remarks in one of my books because he did not like them. I reprimanded him for that.

Saturday the 2nd I visited Thormod Borgejordet. Two of his daughters, Gunhild and Haege, were at home. The others of his children were married, dead, or had moved away. Saamund Øiene also came there. We had dinner with them and afterwards I said goodbye to Thormod and his family where I in the days of my childhood had had so many happy hours with my relatives and comrades.

Farm in Norway where Samuel Gudmundson grew up

Sunday the 3rd This was the last Sunday I was at home. Gunder Nordbø came by on a visit. He had dinner. My mind was filled with strange thoughts considering that I so soon had to leave both parents, brothers and sister, friends and my home country. I tried to uplift myself with music, but my feelings were excited.

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Monday the 4th Now the time had come to take leave of parents and brothers and sister. It was hard but it had to be done. I had a good talk with my father and mother in the sleeping room. Their hearts were weak and their wish was to meet me in Zion. My dearest wish to the Lord was that he would let them live long enough to have their wish fulfilled. O my Lord, let this happen, I beg you in the name of Jesus. Amen.

I got a sheepskin blanket and a bedsheet of wool for my journey, and they will be good for me to use. My father, mother, brother Knudt and little sister Gunhild stood by the corner of the house, as I went south, looking after me. Several times I had to turn around and look at them. It was a bright and lovely day. It was as if all nature were smiling. I also had the hope that I would see my parents and brothers and sister once more in this life.

My brother Olav was to follow me to the town (Skien) and take cargo home to Wahl. He was ahead of me and I stopped at Gudmund and Haege Opsund’s to take leave of them. We drove from Midsund to Spjosod where we took leave of them. We were treated well by Eric and Gunhild. From there we drove on the ice to Rorhelle where we met Saamund Øiene. He also was to go to the town after cargo for Wahl. Mikkel Sundet was also on his way to the town for grain for his father. From there on we were four horses together, Olaf and I, Saamund Øiene, Mikkel Sundet, and Ole Hurrung (Bratsberg). We drove to Faret and lodged there. Saamund Øiene had by exchange acquired a wild (angry) horse and the horse bit him in the evening when he gave him something to eat.

Tuesday the 5th we drove to Kringlefedt, rested and ate there. Saamund Øiene exchanged the evil horse there. From there we rode to Munken, rested there and from there to Skien where we arrived at 3:30 in the afternoon. Olaf, Saamund, and Middel lodged at Ingeborg Bekman’s. I also lodged there that night to be together with them. Saamund Øiene and Mikkel were in good spirits and made much fun that evening.

Wednesday the 6th they finished their work and drove from town about 12:30. I accompanied them all day and I went with them on Nordsøe by Fjerstranden. It was difficult to take leave of my brother Olaf and Saamund Øiene but it had to be done. I gave Olaf a watchkey of gold to remember me by…He and Saamund promised to come to America. We talked much about this and about other things that were good and useful to live after. My brother said that he had no desire to stay here in Norway and my deepest wish was that he would join me and the Lord’s people in the valley of the mountains. We now had to take leave and they drove up the ice and I returned to the town much excited in my soul.

Thursday the 7th in the morning I stayed at home at Brother Christensen’s. In the afternoon I went to Solum to my brother Aslak’s and I found him working in the forge. He had been at the agricultural school at Mela and worked now as an agronomist at Torston Wetergreen for 60 Spd a year. Brother A. made me a knifeblade when I was there and promised to make me some more later on. The blades I wished to take with me to America. He promised me also to weld steel and iron with burned borax and clean it over the welded steel and iron which had to be “redheated” and afterwards one could weld it. The hardenwater was made by adding (for 2 shillings) salt water, or (for 2 shillings) ammonium chloride or (for 2 shillings) alum to a bucket of water. I had dinner with Aslak and afterwards went to town and lodged at Brother Christensen’s.

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Friday the 8th I stayed in town all day. Saturday the 9th I also stayed in town and visited some of the brethren that in the “marked” time had been tormented by bad spirits.

Sunday the 10th it snowed almost all day. My brother Aslak came to town with some knife blades for me. Hansen and I had dinner at Sister Marie Nielsen’s and my brother Aslak at Christensen’s. After sitting for a while I accompanied Aslak over Klosterfield to the forest. I talked with him for a long time, explained why I would like to go to America, and gave him several principles. He said that he too would like to go to America and that if our parents, Olaf, Knut, and Gunhild went, he would not stay back. (A brother, name illegible), Bjorn and Halvor would do it. They were in Christiania. We could not know. But I could not believe that Halvor would stay back if father, mother and most of my brothers went.

It made more sense that Bjorn had no desire to emigrate as he surely had hopes of being a great sculptor. He had recently sought a fellowship “on” 150 Sp. He wished to go abroad to be educated. He hoped to Aslak Gudmundson get the fellowship as several people had promised him Brother of Samuel and he was well recommended in the papers. I begged Aslak to do what was right before God, then took leave in the forest and the forest soon hid us from each other. We could not hold the tears back. I wished honestly to the Lord that the light of the spirit would fall over my brother so that he could understand the gospel.

Sunday evening we had a meeting at Christensen’s and I preached to some strangers about the first principles of the gospel. Most of them were pupils from Mela Agricultural School.

Monday the 11th I wrote a letter to Br. F. Dorius in Ch.sand. I visited Sisters and Brothers and called Sister Grethe Julie to council in the evening. Sister Julie did not come to the 8:00 evening council. She and Sister Christensen were excluded from the blessing of the Lord’s kingdom as I understood that that was the thing to do to meet the claims of justice. I took leave of brother and "eldste" Hans Hansen there in the evening and also of the Sisters Marie Nilsen and Lina in the evening.

Tuesday in the morning of the 12th I left with the steamship “Trefik” from Skien to Langesund.

Langesund Wednesday the 13th I went to Brevig. Brother Isaksen had work on the farm and had moved in a new house near the “sea” and he had frie house. Was in Brevig that day. There was bad weather.

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Sunday the 17th I again was expecting a letter from home, but did not get any. I decided this day to go to Christiania on the steamship “Nadenaes” although I had at first thought to take a trip to Krogerøe because of N. Torgjørssen’s money. I planned to do that when I left for Kjøbenhavn. I took leave of the Saints and left Langesund at 5:00 in the afternoon and arrived the same day in Fredriksvaern. I lodged on shore.

Monday the 18th it blew up a storm so that we could not leave Fredriksvarn. The storm continued both Monday and Tuesday. “Nedenaes” left Tuesday in the afternoon, but I “would not follow” although I had saved for the trip to Christiania. I could not get any money back.

Wednesday the 20th I left with the steamship “Nor” from Fredricksvarn to Christiania where I arrived about 5:00 in the afternoon. Brothers F. Dorius and A. Larsen from Mandahl and his wife were also on board and headed for Christiania. Prayermeeting in the afternoon where Bro. F. Dorius and I talked to the Saints.

Sunday the 24th there was a good meeting in the Sahlen. The two Dorius brothers and I preached most of the time. Tuesday evening a good council in the Sahlen.

Thursday I went by train to Strømmen and had a meeting with Bro. Holmsen in the morning. I talked with Brother Kjus about lending me 50 Spd. for my emigration. He could not promise to lend it to me as he did not have cash. I returned by train after I had had a good meeting.

Easter Sunday the 31st of March. We had good meetings in the Sahlen in the morning and in the afternoon. There were many “foreigners.” Easter Monday (April 1) the same. I preached in the morning.

Tuesday the 2nd of April there was a good council meeting in the evening. Eldest K. Halvorsen stood in front of the council and confessed his violation of drunkenness. During the winter he had dirtied himself with drunkenness. He confessed in a meek spirit and got forgiveness on the condition that he would renew his covenant of baptism.

Friday the 5th Brother Dorius, some of the brethren who had worked with Brother Knudt Halvorsen and I along with Brother Halvorsen himself assembled in the Sahlen in extraordinarie council on account of some conflicts that had arisen between K. Halvorsen and his people. Brother C. Dorius led the proceedings. There were long and tiresome debates on both sides but at last we came to a compromise.

Sunday the 7th good and ? meetings in the Sahlen. During this week as well as a long time before, the emigrants were busy with preparations for the journey and I had much to do. There had been many obstacles and there were yet many that made it difficult for me. The worst thing was to get enough money for the journey.

Sunday the 14th good meetings in the Sahlen. Some others and I preached in the morning.

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Tuesday the 16th in the council some of the brethren gave some money to pay a debt I had incurred as the government had taken from me some of the money I was going to demand for Brother Rasmussen in Aker.

Wednesday the 17th prayer meeting in the evening and here I preached for the last time to the Saints in Christiania. If it is the Lord’s will that I come back from Zion to this country, He is the only one who can make it happen.

Thursday the 18th Brother Jacob Bernt Rolfsen and I left Christiania at 7 oclock for Krogerø to try to get some claims for Torbjørnsen. I arrived at Krogerø about 7:30. Brother Jacob Rolfsen went home to Risøer. I spoke a little with the lawyer that evening, but we did not come to any agreement.

Friday the 19th I visited some Sisters on Skokøen where I stayed for some hours and talked with them about the gospel and the journey to Zion and their intention was to go next spring. After the visit to these people, I returned to the town and came to an agreement with the lawyer. I sold the claims for about half what they were worth. I got cash on the place. (135 Spd.)

The 20th I left Krogerø on the ship "Moss" for Langesund. Gunder Ugland was also on board on his way to Zion. Near Fredriksvarn we met the steamship “Exelaensen Toll” with emigrants from Christiania and my “coming” wife, Maria Morck, was also there. We sailed from there directly to Kjøbenhavn, called at Gøtheborg and arrived at Kjøbenhavn on the 21st in the afternoon. Brother Van Cot was at that time president of the Scandinavian Mission and he had rented a room on Nørebro for the emigrants. At our arrival in Kjøbenhavn the police told us that we could not leave from there to go to America without passports. I was therefore allotted to go back to Christiania and get passports for those who didn’t have any.

On our way back we had a terrible storm and were against the wind and that delayed us about a day. The storm broke down the bulwark on the ship. At the arrival in Christiania about 10:00 in the evening I met Thea Vittenborg in Contraskjaeret and she could hardly believe her eyes that I was back in Christiania and therefore she stood for a moment looking at me before she dared to come over to me. That night I lodged at the office of the Brothers Dorius, talked with Orstad and several of the Saints. The next day I was busy asking for recommendations for the emigrants who didn’t have passports, but I could not get any. I therefore got to see the chief of police.

He gave me a recommendation that was sufficient for all the emigrants without passports and I was happy to return to Kjøbenhavn. Immediately after my arrival in Kjøbenhavn the emigrants left for England by way of Hamburg. President Van Cot accompanied us on the way. We all arrived happily at Grimsby and from there we went by rail to Liverpool.

From there we left with the sailing ship “Monarch of the Sea”6 on the 16th of May and several of the emigrants and I were married by Brother Van Cot.

We had lovely weather all the time except for a few stormy days in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

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The ship landed us happily in New York the 24th of June after about five weeks of sailing. The emigrants were “parked” in Castleestate and from there we went by train over New York State, Cleveland, Chicago, Grimsy, ?, Hambel, St. Joseph and from there by steamer to Florence.

As we arrived there we met a lot of oxen wagons and drivers that had come from Salt Monarch of the Sea Lake City to bring the poor Samuel Gudmundson and Ellen Marie Mork were married home to Zion and a lot of the on this ship while traveling to America emigrants were transported home. The rest went with their own transportation. My wife and I went with Knud Halvorsen’s transport, and as he had two teams I took my place as driver for one of them.

We left Florendze in the middle of July and had a man named Harley as our captain. The first days we drove very slowly and had plenty of grass the whole time. We soon came to the Plat river where the apostles O. Pratt and Erastus Snow came to fetch us and follow the emigrants. There were lots of trains until we arrived in Salt Lake City. We followed the Plat river for several weeks and after leaving the Plat river we had more uneven terrain to drive over. Now we began to see snow on the mountains and we now began to climb the Rocky Mountains. It was very cold.

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Narrative of the trip on the Monarch of the Sea

On Thursday, May 9, 1861, a company of 565 Scandinavian Saints ( 373 Danish, 128 Swedish and 6-l Norwegian ) sailed from Copenagen by steamer "Waldemar." Pres. John Van Cott, who accompanied them to England, joined the emigrants at Kiel. Elders Hans Olin Hansen, Niels Wilhelmsen, Jens Nielsen, Gustaf A. Ohlson, Saamund Gudmundsen, Carl W. J. Hecker, Anders Frantzen and others returned home or emigrated with this company, after having labored faithfully as missionaries in the Scandinavian Mission. After a successful voyage the company arrived at Kiel in the morning of May 10th, and were at once forwarded by special train to Altona, where they arrived about noon. In Altona the company was divided in two parts, of which one (about 200 Saints) immediately boarded the steamer "Brittania" and departed for Hull, England, about 3 p. m. the same day. They arrived at Hull May 12th. The second division (169 souls), having been quartered in a large hall over night, left Hamburg May 11, 1861, at about 3p.m. by steamer "Eugenia," which, after a pleasant voyage, arrived at Grimsby, England, on the morning of May 13th. The captain of this vessel treated the emigrants with all due respect and kindness, while the Opposite was the case on the steamer "Brittania." The two companies joined together again at Grimsby, where they were comfortably cared for until the morning of May 14th, when they proceeded by special train to Liverpool, arriving, in that city about 2 p.m. Two hours later they were placed on board the ship "The Monarch of the Sea," the largest vessel that had carried Latter-day Saint emigrants across the Atlantic up to that date. This company of Saints was also until then the largest to cross the Ocean on one ship. On May 16th, the company was organized by Presidents Amasa M. Lyman, Chas. C. Rich and Geo. Q. Cannon, who appointed Elder Jabez Woodard from Switzerland, president, with Hans Olin Hansen and Niels Wilhelmsen as his counselors. At 11 a. m. the great vessel lifted anchor, and, amid great cheers of parting friends, the ship left the wharf and began its long voyage. Later the large company was divided into districts, the Scandinavian in seven and the English and Germans into three or four, each under a president. The names of these presidents were: Edward Read, John J. P. Wallace, Horace Pegg. Peter Nielsen, Saamund Gudmundsen, Gustaf A. Ohlson, Aaron G. Oman, Lars C. Geertsen, Johan Fagerberg and Rasmus Nielsen; the latter also acted as marshal for the Scandinavians. Elias L. T. Harrison was appointed chief secretary, while Lars C. Geertsen was chosen to act as clerk for the Scandinavians. The emigrants were kindly treated by both officers and crew on shipboard and the provisions were good and sufficient. Some inconvenience was experienced in getting the food cooked on the ranges, on account of the great number of pots and kettles to be served in the kitchen, and on this account each family could only cook five times each week. The sick were treated to wine and beer; the adults received boiled sago and the children had milk. On the voyage from Copenhagen to New York nine persons, most of whom were children, died; 14 couples were married and four births took place on board. Of the marriages 11couples were Scandinavians. Among them were Anders Frantzen of the Aarhus Conference and Maren Mortensen of the Copenhagen Conference. Saamund Gudmundsen and Ellen Maria Mork of the Brevig Conference, and Carl W. J. Hecker and Karen Marie Madsen of the Vendsyssel Conference. The weather was favorable most of the time during the voyage; the ship, however, had to battle against the wind a couple of days. Large icebergs were passed among which was one judged to tower 200 feet high above water. On June 19th the "Monarch of the Sea" arrived in New York, where the company was met by Elders Jones and Williams and lodged at Castle Garden. Apostle Erastus Snow, who also happened to be in New York at the time, spoke to the Scandinavians in the Danish language.

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On Sunday the 22nd of September I arrived in the Scandinavian Company of the Saints, guided by Capt. A.D. Wooly to Great Salt Lake City, the biggest “forrest” and the Lord’s Zion in these last days. After having rested about an hour on the bench at the end of the emigration camp, and washed and cleaned up a little, we drove in good order into the town Sunday afternoon. Many people received us in the camp in the middle of the town to see and talk to us. We recognized many of them from the old country and many of them we had spent many hours with. The company soon broke up and was scattered in four directions. Brother Wederborg had rented a room for me by a man called Brother Hamer and I soon moved in there. Brother H. O. Magdeby who had been on a mission in Norway soon got work for me by a master joiner by name Traveler here in the town and by Him I began to work the 30th. The first work I did there were two tables. I stayed by Brother Hamer about 10 or 11 days but I had to move from there because I had no living room or cooking stove and so I moved to Brother Ole Gaarder's.

The 4th of October at his place Peter Halvorsen and I planned to live the whole winter. The 6th, 7th, and 8th the General “Halfyear” Conference was held in town in the big tabernacle on temple hill. That was the first day I saw living prophets and they were Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Daniel W. Wilsson. I also saw several of the twelve apostles in the church and also saw a big assembly of Saints that I never before had seen. Saturday the 13th of October my wife and I and several Norwegians, Danes, and Swedes were baptized for the forgiveness of sins and the renewal of our covenants in the baptismal font on Brother Brigham Young’s block.

Wednesday the 16th I and others from our boarding house were in Danish meetings in the 2nd ward and the apostle Erastus Snow gave a very good speech for the Scandinavians there in two languages. That was only a few days before we were to go to Cotten Country.

Monday in the evening, the 21st of October I drove to a camp in the “westtown.” I with Gaarger's train in order to get firewood. I drove along all the night and did not get firewood until 8:00 in the morning. There I met Anders Rasmussen and a man Ross from Denmark. On that day I got very sick We left the camp at 3:00 and arrived in the city the next morning, the 22nd at 3:30. The rest of the week I had a bad cold.

Wednesday evening the 30th I was in a Danish meeting and got the laying on of hands of the president for the Danish, P. Iversen. A Swedish brother by the name of Niels Larsen baptized me and my wife.

1862

The 18th of May 1862 Brother Halvorsen and I with our families moved from Gaarder’s house in 2nd ward to old Tailer’s house in the 14th ward, near the Tabernacle. For the apartment we had to pay $8.00 a month. I was in Weber Valley and inspected that valley to see if I could find a place that I could make my own for the time being. On my way I visited Odin

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Hansen in South Weber and I had the opportunity there to attend a Mormonish ? meeting. I did not like to waste my time among apostate Mormons.

The 29th day of the month of July in the year 1862 about 5:00 in the morning by sunrise my wife gave birth to my son and we named him Samuel Thomas. Thursday the 4th of September we took him to the schoolhouse in the 14th ward and got him blessed by the Church elders after I had blessed him first myself.

1863

Saturday the 7th of March my wife and I were in the Endowment House (the Lord’s house of gift) and got our gifts (endowments). That was a day we never will forget, and it is my wish that I never will give away the promises we gave the Lord and never forget the keys and signs that we got so that we could come to the Celestial glory. We washed us all over our bodies the evening before so that we could come into the Lord’s house clean.

In the week between the 9th and the 14th I stood guard for Brother Brigham together with several hundred of the citizens as it was “doubtful” that the soldiers from Camp Douglas would come to arrest Brigham and several of the church’s leaders. This Endowment House In Salt Lake City, Utah where was a time of excitement. Samuel Gudmundson and Ellen Marie Mork Received their endowments on 7 March 1863 In the fall of 1863 I moved with my family to North Bend7 in Sanpete County to find me a home there. I found my wife and children and Sister Brokmann in good condition at Brother Fred Christensen’s. They had come 14 days previously. I also stayed at Bro. Fred Christensen’s some months and from there I moved to Andrew Pedersen’s and lived in a lodging house that winter. I sold a fiddle to William Christensen for a couple of parts and through the winter and spring I built a house on my own there, the first house I could call my own.

1864

In the spring in May I moved into my house and felt as independent as the king in his palace. My family now consisted of myself, wife and child, Sister Brokmann and Janna

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Johannessen whom I had brought with me from Salt Lake City. Janna was 11 years old when I got her from her mother, Gurine Christoffersen in the camp who was later on married to Brother Johannessen from Christiania.

That same fall I moved to North Bend, other emigrants from Norway also came there. Lars Larsen, Niels Pedersen and Lars Andersen, Andrew Christensen and his wife, Anne from Tronhjem, as she usually was called, also moved to North Bend that same fall.

In the spring I planted potatoes and several other things in my share and had good luck with them. This spring the Indians began to be unfriendly but not so much that they killed or stole as they later on did.

This summer the work with our new meetinghouse under the direction of Larsen, Jones, the brother of Jonas Jones. The stone was driven from the stone quarry and some timber was out in the Canyon

Dorthea Mork, the daughter of my wife’s brother, came from Norway this year. In the fall, we drove to ? to bring her with us to Sanpete, but Engelstad who lived here in town had brought her with him in his train and drove around Salt Creek so we evades on our way as we drove through Spanish Fork Canyon. She had been staying at Rasmus Johannessen’s as he had been her leader from Norway. As we arrived at home she had already been there a day. My wife was very happy to see her again.

This fall the Indians had been very unfriendly, had killed several people and stolen cattle in other settlements.

We terminated this winter happily and quietly in our new home. I had then got a new floor in it. I had then a cow and a calf and six sheep. For them I had driven hay from Thistle Valley with Faerinerlys oxen train.

1865

In the spring the Indians were so unfriendly that ours and several other small settlements were in danger of attack.

During the summer several of the inhabitants in our town were killed, including our shepherd, Jens Larsen, David Jones, Thomas James and a whole family of man, wife and four children. They had moved to Thistle Valley from Spanish Fork. They were all brought to town to be buried. At that time there were seven bodies in our old meetinghouse at one time as Jens Larsen was brought there at the same time. I was helping with the work of doing the coffins.

In the spring I moved from my new house and share which I had sold to Sisilia Romero for five acres of land in the part next to the town. I got a cow in exchange. On the land or construction site stood a lodge house built by Ransom Stevens. I bought this house and paid for it with 30 bushels of wheat. I moved in this house at once.

Dorthea went back to Provo this summer to Bishop Johannessen and later on married his son, John. This spring I was called to go on a mission but I was released on account of

21 Chapter 2 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s Diary in America 1861-1867 ordinarie conditions and the unfriendly times we then had with the Indians. Brother Svend Larsen in Mt. Pleasant was called to go in my place. The winter was quiet.

In the spring the attacks from the Indians began again. This summer we got help from several settlements in Utah and Salt Lake Counties. Several companies of brethren were camping in the different settlements through Sanpete and Sevier County. The small settlements were ordered by Bro. Young to move to the bigger ones through the summer to be safe. In this way we moved to Mt Pleasant, Springtown to Fort Ephraim, Wither to Moroni and so on. In the fall everybody moved back to his home.

A company of soldiers of our brothers from Salt lake City were stationed in our town Farview on the North side of the bridge near the mettinghouse. The brethren from the different settlements who had had to move out worked in company and in this way they succeeded in their work and got a very good harvest.

1866

The winter of 1866 I worked on Chiney's flour mill with Bro. Hans Gulbrandsen under the direction of B. Borsenell from Salt Creek. The mill was almost built new from roof to cellar.

1867

In the April Conference I was again called to go on a mission to the old land [Norway] and I felt this time that I had to do it. This mission didn’t come unexpected both for my wife and I had been warned by dreams but nevertheless it felt unpleasant both for myself and for my wife because of the economic affairs at home. But at the same time I knew it was the Lords work and the Lords wish, and from the time I got the warning my work was to get ready to go.

As the missionaries had to be in Salt Lake City in the middle of May I had a busy time to prepare for my departure. I bought lot from Brother Lars Larsen almost in the middle of the town and moved my house in order that my family could be safer against attack from the Indians. During three weeks I did so much that I could move in with my family and have it quite comfortable there.

After I had taken care of my property as good as I could and rented my farm to brother L Larsen, I felt my home the 11th of May. Brother Andrew Petersen from North Bend drove me and my family to Mt. Pleasant. My family now consisted of myself, wife and three children: Samuel, Emma, and Amalie.

To separate from my wife and children was about the hardest moment I have experienced in my life, as none of us knew if we would meet again in this life or not and had it not been for the sake of the gospel and the building of the Lord's empire on the earth, such a step would have been impossible for me to do. With a heavy heart and tears in my eyes I turned away from my wife and children who sat in the wagon with crying eyes to separate from husband, father, and provider for at least two years.

I went this day to Uintah with John Sanders who should go to City. John Belby and one of Monres’ sons were in our company.

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Sunday May 12th we drove through Salt Creek Canyon beyond Salt Creek and Cheneys Herdground and stayed that night by a buyer.

Monday the 13th was my 36th birthday. We passed Willard Creek and Goshen and drove through to Povo and there overnighted together with a buyer of cattle. It had been wram and clear weather for many days.

Tuesday the 14th we camped 21 miles outside Jordon. Wednesday the 15th we drove to Salt Lake City and stayed by Weggeland in the 2nd Ward.

Tuesday the 16th visited many acquaintances in the city and spoke with and took leave of Brighan Young in his office.

Friday the 17th, I was at Historians office and got my appointment and together with several others I got ordained for my Brigham Young mission by Apostle John Taylor.

Saturday the 18th we visited several friends. Sunday the 19th I spoke in the Tabernacle in the afternoon meeting together Brother Larsen from Spring town.

Monday the 20th again visited friends and together with Brother Lauritz Larsen from Spring City, Sanpete Co. bought supplies and camping furnishings. The journey with mule trains through the mountains and the level country. (sic) John Taylor Tuesday the 21st I from Salt Lake City with Tullers and Brothers Torien and Brother Louritz Larsen the brothers Lee and Holst who were sent as missionaries from Zion. We camped by Emigration Canyon.

Wednesday 22nd we drove to the foot of the little mounntain and camped there that night. Our 9 wagons were heavy loaded with flour, barley and oats at the post station. The road was bad

Thursday the 23rd stopped by Dreer Fester. His wife and children were at that time lived in Parleys Canyon and worked for the Overland Company in his trade (tanner)… I played fiiddle for some families. I had it pleasant that evening and night and the next day.

Friday the 24th Camped that evening at Parleys Fork. Had driven through snow and mud and several times we were sticking in the mud and had to unload. Camped that night by soldiers and Joseph’s camp. Saturday the 25th camped by Kimbals Station. A little rain.

Sunday the 26th drove to Weber camped in the twon and got some more cor5n. Bad road that day. I and Brother Larsen took our quarter in Brother George Parks wagon. Monday

23 Chapter 2 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s Diary in America 1861-1867 the 27th drove through several settlements in Weber and camped in Echo Canyon, by the soldiers. It rained and we had bad road that day. Tuesday the 28th also camped in Echo Canyon.

Wednesday the 29th drove out of Echo Canyon over range of hills and camped by Yellow Creek and overtook Kimbel’s Train. There were about 21 missionaries.

Thursday the 30th rested that day. That day and the day before hard cold and a little snow. Friday the 31st drove to Bear River. Saturday the 1st of June drove from Bear River to the top of Quaking Aspen Ridge

Sunday the 2nd drove from there about 1 ½ miles and camped on Prairie near Fort Bridger. This afternoon we were organized as a company to travel over the prairies. There were 30 wagons total, about two nem per wagon. We were well-armed to protect ourselves against thed Indians who might be very troublesome. 113 miles from the city.

Monday the 3rd passed Fort Bridger at about 10 - 11 miles and drove in all about 21 miles and camped by Blackford.

Tuesday the 4th camped near Hamsfork. Passed by some rare ruins of Sandhills that from a great distance looked like some big buildings. Wednesday the 5th near Green River, 180 miles from Salt Lake City. Camped on the west side.

Thursday the 6th ferried over the River and followed the road on the other side on the route that is called Bitter Creek Route. That night we pitched camp without water. Brother Holst and I stood guard for half of the night and Brother Larsen and another man who didn’t belong to the church, the other half of the night. Friday the 7th drove over some high mesas beyond a Mormon station up near Bitter Creek. Very cold and cloudy weather. Saturday the 8th rain and snow almost the whole day.

Sunday the 9th the weather wasn’t so bad. We camped by Bitter Water. Monday the 10th good weather, had passed several post stations and heard about Indian attacks and battle by Sharps Oxtrain, a Danish by name Jensen had been killed and four horses stolen. Tuesday the 11th left station in Bitter Creek named Lacklee, 266 miles from Salt Lake City.

Wednesday the 12th we drove downhill almost all day Camped by a Merchant Satation. Have had bad water for several days.

Thursday the 13th drove to Duck Lake where we camped for lunch. From there we drove to Waskey past the place where the Indians had attacked Sharp’s ox train and saw the grave of the Danish coachman. Friday the 14th we overtook Sharp’s ox train, camped with them for dinner by Sulfer Spring 300 miles from (Salt Lake) City, and travelled on further over the chain of mountains that divide the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The water now followed us instead of going against us. We also passed that place where the Indians some days earlier had robbed the post, shot a man, and had burned the station down and one herdground was burned down. Good grass and water.

Saturday the 15th. We drove over Paine Butte and passed by some stations which had been burned down by Indians, and that day we reached North Platt.

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Sunday the 16th We crossed the Platt on a ferry and continued to Pas Creek where we camped for the night. We some antelopes on the prairie. Monday the 17th we went through Snake Pass by Fort Holeck and Elk Mountain and camped by Medicine bowl. The company shot an elk and an antelope that day.

Tuesday the 18th we crossed Medicine Bow and also a lot of other rivers and camped that day by Casper Creek. Wednesday the 19th drove to Big Laramie. Thursday the 20th we built a raft on which we floated the wagons across and after we got everything over on the other side, we continued our journey from there the next morning.

Friday the 21st we rode over the so-called Black Hills down to Pale Creek to Fort Sanders. Saturday the 22nd good roads and good grass.

Sunday the 23rd moved along Pale Creek and passed by workers who were working on the new W. P. Railway (Ry). Monday the 24th we met several trains going west. Tuesday the 25th we met many who were working on the new railway over the level country. Had that night a false alarm of Indians.

Wednesday the 26th we came to Julesburg where the new railway had reached to and that was about 400 miles from Omaha. We met several trains with both soldiers and emigrants for Utah. Thursday the 27th we left Julesburg on the new railway and arrived in Omaha the 28th in the morning at 8:30. We lodged at Farnham hotel until Saturday morning the 30th and passed over Missouri River by steam ferry on our way to Council Bluffs and from there by train to Chicago.

Monday July 1st drove through Iowa also all the night until Tuesday the 2nd we arrived in Chicago at 5:30. From there we left by train at 9:00 in the morning for Detroit. We arrived in Detroit in the evening and passed over the river by steam ferry into Canada. We went by English train from Detroit to Niagara Falls where we arrived Wednesday the 3rd in the morning. As we had to wait there until 1:00 in the afternoon. Brother Lauritz Larsen and I walked up to the falls and looked at them at close range. From the Indians who sat beside the road we bought some trinkets and took them with us to Norway and Denmark. At 1:00 we left Niagara by railway and

Niagara Falls

25 Chapter 2 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s Diary in America 1861-1867 arrived in New York the next morning, the 4th of July and lodged in Van Dykes hotel. We stayed in this town until Saturday the 6th of July and we left the town by the steamship “Denmark” about 3:00 in the afternoon.

The names of the brethren that left on this steamship to Europe were: Robert Dye, Henry Woodmansy, Zebulon Jacobs, Henry C. Jacobs, Erastus R. Egan, Alonzo Hyde, John F. Hardy, Edward Butterfield, A. W. Brown, Platte Lyman, Henry J. McCollagh, Orson C. Holbrook, N. B. Baldwin, J.H.Lee, J.W Lee, Lauritz Larsen, Henry Moore, and John Mau, and myself.

Thursday the 18th of July, we arrived happily aboard the Denmark to Liverpool after twelve days over the Atlantic Ocean. The Sunday before we had a meeting on board. A first class passenger had asked for the meeting and we got the captain’s permission to hold it. Robert Day bore a good testimony.

Friday the 19th we all went to 42 Islington which was the European Mission Office. Brother Franklin D. Richards came at once to us and followed us to a little hotel where they took good care of us.

We stayed in Liverpool until the 23rd and during this time almost all the English brethren were set apart for their missions. I also attended a meeting in Liverpool during my stay there.

Tuesday the 23rd Brother L Larsen and I left Liverpool by train to go to Hull and this same evening we left Hull on the steamship “Zebra” and the weather was good on our trip to Hamburg.

Thursday the 25th in the afternoon we arrived in Hamburg and stopped overnight there. The next day in the afternoon we arrived by rail at Kiel (North Germany) and from Kiel to Korsøer by steamship and again from Korsøer, Denmark, by rail to Copenhagen where we arrived on Saturday the 29th at 10:00 A.M

Samuel Gudmundsen’s mission at this point really begins in Denmark.

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JULY 1867

Saturday the 27th , this afternoon Brother Widerborg took me and Brother Larsen out in the town and bought us new clothes from tip to toe so that we could go without shame in any circle, and not sully the reputation of the church.

Sunday the 28th we were at a meeting of the Saints in Copenhagen and Bro. Larsen and myself spoke to the Saints.

Copenhagen, Denmark - 1895

Monday and Tuesday, the 29th and 30th we visited some of the Saints in Copenhagen. In the evening of the 29th Brother Jens Nielsen and Anne Marie Pedersen…at Brother Daw’s where some other Saints were too. Wednesday the 31st of July I left with Brother M. Pedersen from Kjos and arrived at Moss, Norway, the 1st of August in the afternoon and here Brother Pedersen

8 During this mission, Samuel Gudmundson was a traveling elder and later president of the Christiania Conference, Norway.

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AUGUST 1867

On Friday the 2nd I had the opportunity of meeting many of the Saints in Christiana that I had known before and also many others that had joined the church while I was in Zion. Brother Westre had information in song this evening.

Saturday evening Bro. Christensen and I went to Drammen with the steamship “Pluggen,” a trip for fun. At 2:00 and 5:00 in the afternoon we visited Hans Olsen.

Monday the 5th we left Drammen with the steamship “Kong Brage” for Christiania and there we arrived at 6:00 in the evening. And from there we went to Aker to see Bro. C.C.A.C. and Bro. Skanke and Sis. Otterbek. Visited Bro. Chr. Andersen and his family. We went back to Christiania and were very tired.

Tues., Wed., Thurs., and Friday went around and visited the Saints in Christiania. Some of them lived in the city and some in the country. Wednesday the 7th, in the afternoon a Bro. M. Petersen arrived from Fredrikstad to Christiania on a short visit and then went back to Kjobenhavn (Copenhagen).

Friday afternoon about 12:00 at night Brother Christensen went on board the steamship “Viven” to travel to Denmark. Bro. M. Petersen, Skanke, and Sis. Otterbek and myself escorted him on board. That same evening Bro. A. Westre had informed /?/ the chorus in music and song in the meeting room. Saturday went around and visited the Saints in Christiania Ward.

Sunday the 11th attended a meeting in Christiania. Bro. Neilsen, Fredrikshald and Bro. M. Pedersen from Kjobenhavn (Copenhagen) and I spoke to the Saints. I felt quite free to encourage and teach the Saints. Bro. Westre had a concert with song and chorus in the meeting room… The song and the music were very good. We had a nice time.

Monday the 12th, Tuesday the 13th, Wednesday the 14th, Thursday the 15th together with Bro. Skanke and Bro. Pedersen we visited the old and new Saints in Christiania. We were very happy in doing this and the Saints felt uplifted.

Friday the 16th the chorus had song training in the meeting room. Bro. M. Pedersen went on board the steamship “Pr. Louise” to go to Kjobenhavn (Copenhagen) I and some of the others of the Saints accompanied him on board in the night and took heartfelt or sincere farewell of him.

Saturday the 17th I left with the steamship “Halden” and arrived at Fr. Stad about 3:00 in the afternoon. Bro. John Larsen met me “quay” and accompanied me to the meeting house. Between Moss and Fr. Stad I was very seasick and therefore when I came to the meeting house I went to bed and rested a little. Afterwards I went to Carl Hansen’s and had supper.

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Sunday the 18th we had a very good meeting in the hall where mostly of the Saints and some few of our friends were assembled. Brother Larsen and myself gave a good testimony of the truth.

Monday the 19th we went to Trondahlen to visit the Saint’s there. Tuesday the 20th to Ole Pedersen’s where I wrote a letter to Hans Carlson in Utah for him about help for his emigration. Also visited Sister Hoken next door. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday we spent visiting the saints in Frstad?

Saturday Bro John Larsen and myself took Steam both to Frohold where we arrived about 4 o’clock in the afternoon. We went from the boat [to] the…meeting hall and from there to N. Horby’s where I found things about the same as they were 7 years ago.

Sunday the 25th we had a tolerably good meeting in our little hall where about all the Saints were assembled of some few hearers. Monday 26th visited some Saints in town. Tuesday 27th we did visit the Saints in Trotedahlen. Weather very fine for a good many days, namely dry and very favorable for the harvest.

Wednesday 28th Br. Larsen and myself went around in the town of Frohold and visited some of the Saints there. Although the gospel has been preached there for about fourteen years, we then very few, according to the number of inhabitants…

Thursday 29th Br. Larsen and myself visited a “Shornoker” by the name of Johan Hansen. He was a man of but very little faith and his acts were not altogether according to the requirements of the gospel.

Friday Bro. Larsen and myself went with the Steamer “Holden” from Frohold to Frastad where we arrived about 9:00 in the morning, went up to Sister Aak where we had some refreshments and then took the little Steamer “Trip” to Larpsburg where we arrived about 12:00. We went first to chimney sweeper M. Jensen where we took dinner. Brother Jensen has got a very fine house and family but they are troubled with some traditions.

Saturday 31st Br. Larsen and myself went on foot from Larpsburg to Frdstad on the east side of the river Glommen and got to Brother Ole Pedersen’s about 11 o”clock. We stopped for dinner there after which we went to Sister Aak’s and from there to the assembly room. Visited the same day some of our brethren and sisters.

SEPTEMBER 1867

Sunday the 1st we had a very good meeting in the assembly room where pretty near all of the Saints were gathered together, also those from Larpsburg. I felt very free to speak to the Saints and show them their duties. We had two meetings that day with very good weather and good turn out.

Monday 2nd took steamer “Holden” for Christiania (Oslo). Brother Larsen accompanied me to the harbour. There is a young good man who arrived in Christiania at half past four o’clock. No body did infect me at that time. I visited Bro. Tailor Jacobsen and found his wife very sick. (Can’t make sense out of paragraph.)

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Tuesday 3rd in the forenoon I visited Bro. Jacobsen again. His wife was very sick. I took dinner to cooper O. Pedersen. Mrs. Frank and Emma Pedersen were now both of them baptized. In the afternoon the Pedersen family and myself took a boat to Ladegaardsoin where Bro. Lellanke and Br. Hansen were with the school children for recreation that day. They all went home very well satisfied at a late hour. Had council meeting in the hall that night.

Wednesday 4th visited Saints and friends in Svun. Sister Jacobsen still very sick. I did not feel very well myself. Took dinner to Br. Eikstrum’s mother. Eikstrum was also some sick.

Thursday 8th visited Sister Jacobsen which I found in the same condition as she had been for several days. I also visited Bro. Ole Pedersen’s house and my wife’s brother Casper Mork and sister Hulda. It was very fine and favorable weather for the harvest.

Friday the 6th entered in the Steamer “Vaalfold” to go to Langesund where I arrived after a good deal of suffering on the sea about 5:30. The brethren C. Christensen and Samuelsen received me on Rotfron where the Steamer stopped. This was the first time I saw Bro. Samuelsen. Brother Christensen had just that day arrived at Langesund from Jylland in Denmark where he had been to visit his relatives. He had a little present for me containing a title, or little box with writing tools. We had Br. Elias Sorensen and family who were located very near.

Saturday 7th rained all day before and all last night. Br. Christensen left Langesund with the steamer. Sunday 8th had meeting on one of the islands in Langesund’s bay where most of the Brethern belonging to the branch were gathered and also… and Brother Samuelsen and myself spoke and felt very well… Weather very fine and favorable.

Monday 9th Br. Samuelsen and myself embarked in one of the small steamships for Brevig, Porsgrund and Skien. We stopped in Brevig to visit Br. B. Saaksin, H. Kundsand and some friends and went from Brevig again about 2:30 to Porsgrund where we visited one family after which we took the steamer “Vaalfold” to Skien. Several of the passengers from Brevig to Skien knew us from old times. I took lodging at Mrs.? for that night. Two of my brothers, Olaf and Aslak, visited me there that night.

Tuesday 10th slept in Skien and visited some few amongst which were my two brothers: Olaf at Jens… and Aslak at Mr. Halvorsen, Folkum. I amused myself very well in looking over the country and saw places I had been acquainted with from childhood.

Wednesday the 11th I embarked on the steamer “Aarlman Aall” to Ulefos and on the road passed up the “Wathergates” which leads into the North Sea. When I arrived at “Kirkeboen” my Father was on the bridge waiting for me.

The steamer went now up Sunkelen which it not do seven years ago, or the last time I was there. My father lived now in Opsund on a piece of ground that he had bought about three years ago and built houses on it. He was located and lived very well. My mother I found at home very well and she felt very glad to seem me again after about seven years’ absence.

Thursday 12th I was at home all day looking around my Father’s Farm which now was enlarged with another that he bought from Gudmund Opsund. My sister Gunhild came home from Kvideseid where she had been reading for the priest, preparing for her confirmation.

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During the time from the 11th to the 28th of September I enjoyed myself a good deal in staying around home and enjoying the company of my parents and my sister. Gunhild felt very happy in my company. Some of the first days after I got home I helped my father in carrying in the barn a little hay, barley, and ray (?) which yet was in the field when I got home. I also helped Father and Gunhild in carrying home burnwood (firewood) from the forest which I took pleasure in many times.

At this time I also visited a good many of all my relatives of which I can name my Uncle Knudt Oian and his family. (Saamund was also at his father’s house), Thormod Borgyords__, Torjus Lundvald , Harls Norgaarden, Ole Nordgaarden, Ole Opgaarden, Aslak Bjornsen, Dyrloge, and others in the neighborhood of my father. Gunhild Gudmundson Only sister of Samuel Gudmundson Saturday the 28th I left my father’s house again and embarked on the steamer “St. Olaf” to go to Strengen and then further on my trip to the ? cities on my mission apointed of Br. Christiansen.

I arrived at Skien at a late hour. Kap. Ulfors and Irgens were in my company. I greeted many people who came on the steamer… they were on their way to Skien to draw their pay for timber to the merchant.

Sunday the 29th I passed the time in company with my two brothers, Olaf and Aslak and a friend of theirs by the name of Aslak Jorgensen from Kvideseid. Aslak without /?/ came to Folkum while we were there, a daughter of an Olaf Holtan in Solum. I slept with my brother Olaf at Christiansen’s through the night.

Monday morning 30th I went to Porsgrund in company with my brother, Olaf. He went in the business of “sendsmanden.” I visited there Ole Pedersen and his wife who is a member of the church. Through /For/ the night I stopped at a hotel for which Ole Pedersen paid my expenses.

OCTOBER 1867

Friday morning the 1st of October I went to Langesund with the steamer “Brevig” and put up at Bro. Elias Sorensen’s. There were some excitement in Langesund on account of a Prussian Gunship that had laid up there for some few days. This gunboat was out on practice with a whole lot of young cadets on board.

Wednesday 2nd I visited the few Saints there were in Langesund and also some friends. I was also with Brother Sorensen and his daughter on board in the Prussian warship where they had a dance.

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Thursday 3rd late at night, the steamer “Foldin” came from Christiania and Brother Samuelsen was on board. Friday morning the 4th about 5:00 Bro. Samuelsen and myself embarked on the steamer “Foldin” to go to Krageros where we arrived about 6:30 in the morning. We put up at Sister Haraldsen’s.

Sunday the 6th we had a little meeting at Mrs. Asbjorn Moaas “fra” Lilleyard where the few Saints were gathered. Bro. Samuelsen and myself embarked on the steamer “Mop” for Risoer where we arrived about 8:00 in the afternoon. We stayed at Brother Thurnell’s who together with his wife were very warmhearted saints. Brother Halvor Olsen was also there at our arrival.

Monday the 7th Br. Halvor Samuelsen and myself took a trip to Kipe to watch a sister there, Gidok Rolfsen’s sister. We found a very hospitable people in administering to our wants. Tuesday I went back again to Risoer. In the evening I blessed Brother Thurnell’s little girl.

Wednesday 8th went with the steamer “Arendal” to Arendal, stayed at Bro. A. Olsen’s (Seltmayer). He is a good young boy but his parents are apostates to the gospel. Br. Samuelsen and myself put up our night quarters at Sister Krogh’s. She had a young daughter in the church.

We stopped there til Sunday morning the 12th. We had a meeting from 9:00 to 11:00 in which we ordained Brother A. Olsen to Elder and put him in as president of that little branch. At the close of the meeting Brother Olsen’s father came in very mad and full of devils and with a disposition to work against the kingdom. I embarked on the steamer “Bergen” for Stavanger where I arrived Tuesday morning the 13th.

Tuesday the 13th weather very favorable on the road. Brother Samuelsen was to go back to Risoer, Krogera and Langesund after which he an… from President Christensen to go to Christiania. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th I spent the time in visiting the few Saints in the town.

I was very glad to (see) Brother A. Larsen again whom I had not seen since he left S L City in the spring of 1864 to go back to Norway to try to bring the rest of his family that he left, up to Zion; but the poor man found out that it was not such an easy matter as he thought when he left Zion. I found his family, his wife, four daughters and a son, namely: Helene, Andrea, Hanna, Lina, and Jens, very sociable and made them a visit about every day.

Sunday 20th I attended meeting in the hired hall where the most of the Saints of Stavanger branch were assembled with the exception of those that live in ?, Saunes and Skudesnos. Brother Jonas Johansen was the traveling Elder and Priest for the branch and a Br. Setter Olsen was his assistant, both temporal and in the ministry. They were both very good boys in my opinion. After meeting I went with Br. Larsen to his home again where I also had been for dinner the same day and had a very pleasant evening in company with Larsen and his family amusing ourselves in music and dancing.

Monday 21st I went round to some few of the Saints visiting them, but most of the time I spent in remaining to my lodging with Bro. Peder Olsen. This young man had picked up the shoemaker heads in order to make his living and sustain the missionaries that were laboring in this vicinity. He was namely making what they call morning shoes ?

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Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, nothing of note happened. Weather very rough and rainy. I was a good deal troubled by (rheumatism?) in consequence of this. Friday and Saturday, 25th and 26th, nothing remarkable transpired.

Sunday 27th a great mass of people from the county had come to town to attend market. I attended meeting in the hall at the appointed hour. Not very many attended but most of the brethren. I tried to instruct the brethren in the best way. The very rough and stormy weather kept the brethren and sisters from the country back so we did not get so big a congregation as we expected. I spent the evening with Brother Larsen and his family and also in P. Olsen’s room where I bore testimony to some few people.

Monday 28th a great jumble of people in the streets and very stormy and muddy. Brother Iversen from Skuderneshavn arrived in town in the afternoon. He found me at Bro. A. Larsen’s. We had a very good time there that evening in conversing, playing on instruments, and taking refreshments for which we were thankful to our Heavenly Father.

Tuesday and Wednesday, 29th and 30th kept company with Brother Iversen almost all the while. Thursday 31st went with Brother Iversen to Skudesneshavn on a little “Skoite.” Good wind and pretty heavy rolling of the sea. When we got to Bro. Iversen’s house I felt very sick and Sister Iversen made a very good bed for me on the sofa and after having taken some very good refreshments I laid down and rested myself for a little while. Brother Hans Iversen is a very good man, has got a good wife, and two very good boys.

NOVEMBER 1867

Friday and Saturday the 1st and 2nd of November I spent the time in Brother Iversen’s house. He carried on the shoemaker trade with two hands in the shop besides himself. Sunday and Monday the 3rd and 4th also at the same place. In regards to the eating and drinking part, I lived very well for they paid the greatest attention to my hospitality wants.

Tuesday the 5th I got the chance with a man by the name of Lars Christiansen to go back to Stovanger on a “Skjoite” and arrived in Stovanger with very favorable wind about 1:00. The first house I slept in was at Br. A. Larsen’s and as I got there his son Jens had just some few minutes before I came there, jumped down a stair and broke his“tiebone” /thighbone or tailbone/. I felt sorry for the boy and wished in my heart to God that he might be well again. The doctor came and attended to the boy. Received a letter from my wife. She and children all well.

Wednesday 6th I prepared myself to leave Stavanger with the new boat little steamer, “Olaf Kyrre” from Mandahl, but on account of very heavy storm, I did not go with it as it did not arrive in Stavanger beforehand. Thursday night the 7th as it still was very stormy I preferred to wait for another, bigger steamer which did not come before.

Saturday night the 9th. During this time from Wednesday the 6th to Saturday the 9th I had lodging in the same house where Bro. A. Larsen lived and as he as well as his wife and children were very kind to me and attended to my hospitality wants I had a very good opportunity to make acquaintance with them again and present some of the principles of the gospel to them. The children seemed very friendly to the gospel but their mother could not consent with it very well as she for about 11 or 12 years had been in the church and gone back again. I talked a good deal with her and her children and felt in my heart that God would bless them and save them - 33 - Chapter 3 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s Second Mission to Norway 1867-1869 amongst his children. They are obedient to his commandments, when he will slay the wicked and the ungodly. About 6:00 I said goodbye to Larsen’s family and Larsen, I. Johansen, P. Olsen and Larsen’s man Knudsen who was very friendly to me accompanied me to the harbour and I embarked on the steamer “Hakon Jarl” for Christiansand where I arrived Sunday the 10th in the evening.

Sunday 10th After I went ashore I met a man whom I had been appointed /?/ with for some 10 or 12 years ago and who had also been in the church for a short time. I knew him but he did not recognize me and when I told him who I was he became seemingly glad. He first went with me to Mr. Baker Salvesen where I put up for the night and after that to Br. Th. Tonnessen and his mother whom I had not seen for seven or eight years. I had a good talk with them in Br. Tonnessen’s house. His wife I did not know as he was married the second time. I had a great deal of talk with some strangers(investigators) in Mr. Salvesen’s house about Mormonism which kept me awake until about 12:00 at night.

Monday 11th went from Christiansand with the steamer “Otteven” to Arendahl where I arrived about 6:00. I got lodging that night at Mr. Arent in Colbjornsaigen. His wife was in the gospel.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday I spent with Br. A. Olsen, where I had my lodging, in visiting the few Saints around and making up the statistical account for the last quarter to send it to Pres. Christensen in Christiania.

Sunday 17th we had a little good meeting in Br. Johan Olsen’s house in Colbjornsaigen. Monday morning 18th about 7:00 I went from Arendahl with the steamer “Arendahl” and came to Risoer about 10:00 in the forenoon. I went to Bro. Thurnell. Bro. Halvor Olsen visited us in the evening.

[The next section is translated from Norwegian] From Monday morning 18th to Monday morning 25th, I … myself in Rüster … Brother Johan A. Thurnell, Aarsagen? My stay there was horrible? … … … Brother Wederberg … … … … 30 to 60 … … … skipper … … … … … not Johannes Larsen. I met 62 … of the Widerborg Friday 22nd. During my stay in Risøer … I very glad and satisfied because of the kind acceptance (greeting) I got from the Saints there. A girl by the name of Anarea? Pedersen there had the … … Brother Tuurnet?, had for the Gospel.

At 10 o’clock in the morning? I traveled from Risør with … Chrisdahl toLanges… I arrived … at 2 0’clock. In the afternoon at the Sørensen’s house I found a…. letter from Brother Christensen in Christiania (Oslo) there … to me to Christiania. I went one day … and … with …. … there were in Langesund.

Tuesday, the 26th, I went from Langesund to Brevig (Brevik) in order to visit Bradrine? B. Isaksen Halvor Knudsen and little Oluf Andersen (…) I had a long conversation with the brethren and went back there often to Langesund … … Olaf’s from Brevig … again to Langesund in the evenings and Brother grene? In Langesund… … Brother Elias Sørensen I have made nail…? In front of … in Grenene together with … … … Brother Oluf to Borg … … … … … …the main … in Christiansand?

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Wednesday 27th afternoon? I went from Langesund with Dannfrokebel… in Vestfold… … … … I … Brother Christensen … … and it was wonderful to see each other again. Brother A. E. Skanke was traveling from Tour to Trondheim and Brother Samuelsen was … in his… … A.Frassus…. … to Christiansania to 23rd December to … among the Saints in Christiania … … time I … friendly … … For the sacrament … … … … first … time I was… … to help.

D… near Christiania, 1867 … … …Ropp… ? and Regan?. … … … … … to …. In Copenhagen.. Afterwards this was done… … from Selekat with Brother Christensen .. … … the Saints … and from Landels, I … time we had many friendly moments together. Every Friday evening held a choir practice.. … from Salem in number 17 4 … … … … I am very happy… … … … music and I love them. I … … … brought home in Zion friendly “Wieb and Carl”? … … … together and both … … … … the Saints in Christiania… … stay in Christiania … … … … .. boring? Brother Bjørn … … work .. B. lumberjack Barek in Eugenia Establishment. He was in … … … from Copenhagen to Norway in order to … R… … … … … … … … … .. … … …from where he … … … sent off to Horten in order to … … … … … .. .. … ….. … … …. … ….. … … … …to his … He took from there to Christiania … where my Brother Halvor was and… … … … … … lumberjack. …. … Christiania with a work? … with the poor. Unsuccessful … .. .. … daily their offerings, … with prayer … … … … … The Saints .. … of this pestilence and … of their children died. … died a couple of … … … Brother P. Christensen.

Christine Otterbekk? Christen … … … … … … … Skanke fast … … from my … … I and … of … Brother Skanke’s … … … this … … … very … … … ….Christiansensen’s… had to get engaged. ON the 24th of December… … …I left Christiania … … for Fredrikstad… … …

DECEMBER 1867

On account of the fog that was so heavy on the sea the Steamboat had to lay up for the night between Moss and Frdstad. There were a good many passengers on board and some of them took the land route from Moss to Frdstad. Amongst the passengers was a great deal of talk because all got disappointed in getting to their homes for Christmas night. I did not like it myself very well because I was scarce of money and had no grub along.

Christmas, the 25th, a little after daylight the fog went away just enough for the steamboat to carry us to Fredrikstad where we arrived about 12:00 o’clock. The steamboat “Oslo” where Brother Samuelsen was on board had the same misfortune and both the steamships got in to town at the same time. Brother John Larsen and some more of the brethren were on the landing to receive us and Brothers Samuelsen, Larsen and myself went with Brother Carl Hansen to his home and got a good hearty dinner. About three o’clock in the afternoon we had a meeting in the hall.

Sunday between Christmas and New Year’s we had a very good meeting at Bro. Ole Pedersen’s house a little above town on the east side of the river. Several strangers were assembled there and were very attentive.

NEW YEAR’S DAY 1868

We had a meeting in the hall. Some few strangers were present. Monday before New Year’s Brothers Larsen, Samuelsen and myself went to Larpsburg to visit Brother Jensen’s - 35 - Chapter 3 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s Second Mission to Norway 1867-1869 family, himself, his wife and three children. One of them, the oldest daughter, about 14, was baptized.

Tuesday we went back to Fredrikstad again. Wednesday the 2nd of January Brother John Larsen and Samuelsen went to Fredrikshald to pay a little visit to the Saints there. Until Sunday the 5th nothing remarkable transpired. Sunday the 5th had a meeting in the hall as usual. I then spoke to the Saints about their duties, more especially to preach the doctrines to strangers.

Wednesday the 8th in the evening I received a letter from Pres. Christensen in Christiania which also contained a letter from his brother, William, dated “Fairview, October 28, 1867,” which also reported that my family at that time was all right with the exception of some sore eye sickness. This was a general complaint of that time in our place. Prayer meeting in the hall at night.

Thursday, 9th, in the evening Brothers Larsen and S… came back from Fredrikshald, also visiting the few saints in Sarpsborg on the road to Fredrikstad. Sunday the 12th meeting in the hall at three o’clock in the evening.

Monday 13th Bro. Samuelsen and Larsen started for Moss in the morning. Samuelsen on his way to Christiania and Larsen on a mission to Moss. They got to Moss that evening. Samuelsen got very tired and sick that night, but got well enough again in the morning to continue his journey to Christiania.

I remained in Fredrikstad through this week. Nothing remarkable transpired. The weather was not quite so cold as it had been for some time. Most of the saints in Fredrikstad and all over in the land had to live on small rates (rations?) on account of the scarcity of work and high prices on provisions.

Saturday the 18th Bro. Larsen came back from his trip to Moss. He had visited the few saints there. His health was a little better than when he started. Sunday the 19th we had a meeting in the … as usual. The weather was very mild and fine. Monday the 20th Bro Larsen and myself, went around and visited some of the saints. Tuesday 21st we started for Larpsborg where we arrived in good time before night. I found the few saints there all right.

Wednesday Bro. Larsen and myself started for Fredrikshald where we arrived a little before night. On the road we stopped for dinner at a house by the name of Guslund. As we got to Fredrikshald a family there had just come out from the hospital. They had for some longer time suffered from the small pox. I received a letter from President Christensen at Mr. Haorbys House.

Thursday the 23rd of January, 1868, (Fredrikshald) Brother Larsen and myself went around and visited the saints in the town and found a pretty good spirit amongst them, but most of the saints were living in a good deal of poverty and scarcely could get half enough to eat and clothe themselves with.

Friday Bro. Larsen and myself paid a visit to the few saints in Thistedalen. These saints were laboring under the same difficulties. Sunday we had a pretty good meeting in the hall where there also were some few strangers.

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Tuesday the 28th we had a little good meeting in Tastedalen. The saints felt very much cheered up after it. Wednesday the 29th prayer meeting in the hall in the town where I also occupied…instructing the saints which also Bro. Larsen had done. After meeting I ordained Bro. Rehnstrom to a Priest and Bro. Larsen baptized a man by the name of Jonas Halvorsen.

Thursday the 30th Bro. Larsen and myself had a long conversation with Bro. Peter Nielsen, the President of the branch, after which Bro. Nielsen felt more interested in fulfilling his duties and being responsible for the hall in which we hold our meetings. (On account of some feelings between Bro. Samuelsen and himself which were raised between them previous to my coming there, he had felt to shrink from his duties and be released from the presidency of the branch.)

Friday the 31st in the morning I started for Larpsborg. Brother John Larsen walked with me a little outside the town where I said goodbye to him as he was appointed to stay in that town and attend a meeting there on Sunday the 2nd of February, after which he would start on a mission to Holland and adjacent districts. I got to Larpsborg in good time before night. I stopped there til the next morning.

FEBRUARY 1868

Saturday the 1st of February I went that day to Fredrikstad. Sunday the 2nd we had council meeting in the forenoon about 10 o’clock where I counseled the brethren to pay tithing and strive to live inside their income and not to make debts where it could be avoided. I told them that it would be good to be loose from such things, if help sometimes should come from Zion to help to gather the poor from Babylon. The brethren who were present there felt well for these instructions. In the afternoon we had meeting again where I gave some of the young brethren an opportunity to bear their testimonies. A pretty good turnout of the saints.

In the week up to the 9th I visited the saints in Fredrikstad. Sunday a meeting in the hall as usual. Tuesday I started for Lalberg in Ousaen. On the road I visited old Bro. Niels Puijulsrod and his wife. They were very glad to see and hear from their old friends at home in Utah who had received the gospel about the same time as they had.

Thursday the 13th. I had a little meeting in Solberg in the old man’s house about 7:00 at night where I bore my testimony to the few assembled people.

Friday the 14th I started for Frstad again, but on the way I called on old Brother Niels Pujulsrod. The old woman and her daughter made up a good meal for dinner for me. I stopped and talked with the old woman a little while.

Sunday, the 16th, we had a very good meeting in our hall. In the evening I got a letter from President Christensen in Christiania wherein was enclosed a letter from Ole Hansen Euge in Utah about collecting 100 Spd from Ole Oblabsen for him. I received also a letter from John Larsen in Holland. He found that field to be a pretty good one to labor in. The people had been acquainted with the gospel for about 10-11 years through Brother Lars Larsen and Anders Larsen.

Monday the 17th. I went around visiting the Saints. Tuesday the 18th I wrote a letter to Bro. Christensen in Christiania and sent him the letter from Bro. Ole Hansen Euje to Bro. - 37 - Chapter 3 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s Second Mission to Norway 1867-1869

Jokobsen. Wednesday the 19th very beautiful weather. Prayer meeting in the evening. Thursday the 20th very rough and foggy weather.

Friday the 21st stormy and rainy. Mostly ice and no snow on the ground and had been so for quite a long time. When I got home (to the hall where I had my night quarters), there was a letter to me from Pres. Christensen from Christiania wherein also was enclosed a letter from C. Dorius in Fort Ephraim that Bro. Christensen sent me to read. Saturday the 22nd, mild weather.

Sunday the 23rd meeting in the hall in the afternoon (very few of the saints and only one stranger). I expected Bro. John Larsen to be home from his mission to Holland on this day, but he did not come. Monday the 24th, I went around visiting the saints in the branch. Full spring weather.

Tuesday 25th, I wrote a letter to Bro. Christensen in Christiania. When I got to Carl Hansen to dinner, Bro. Larsen had arrived there coming from Moss and Solberg. By the looks of him he seemed to enjoy better health now than he did when he started. He had some hope that the mission he had this time would result in some good in due time.

Wednesday the 26th. Prayer meeting in the evening. I received two letters, one from my brother Knud wherein also was enclosed one from my sister Gunhild, and one from Brother Ole Jorgensen in Salt Lake City wherein also was enclosed one to Bro. Anders Prigebretsen’s mother bringing the message that her son Anders Prigebretsen had died in Salt Lake City, January 6, 1868.

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Bros. Larsen and myself, labored some with the statistical report for 1st quarter of 1868.

MARCH 1868

Sunday the 1st, we had council meeting in the hall in the forenoon. On account of the bad and rainy weather, a good many of our brethren did not attend the meeting. In the afternoon we had a preaching meeting with some few strangers /investigators or non-members/. Brother Larsen and myself bore testimony of the gospel.

About 8:00 o’clock I received a letter through Bro. Christensen in Christiania, from my wife that she had been confined with a son January the 25th 1868. For this message I felt very glad and thankful to my Heavenly Father, that after some sickness and trials in my family, all was restored to health and peace again.

Monday the 2nd, Brother Larsen and myself visited the saints around in the branch. The weather was very fine and mild and I felt a great deal of satisfaction and joy after having received such good news from my family in the Mountain Home.

Tuesday the 3rd we went with the little steamer, “NoKKent” to Sarpsborg to visit Bro. Jensen and the few saints there. As Bro. Jensen had not been down to Fredrikstad to meeting for about five weeks we thought that perhaps something wrong might be the matter with him, and when we got to his house we found that he had been sick for about two weeks of inflammation in the lungs. We stopped at his house over night and they were glad to see us.

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Wednesday the 4th very strong weather and it snowed some. We went down the river with the little steamer again to Bro. Ole Pedersen’s. In the evening I attended prayer meeting. Thursday, Friday and Saturday the 5th, 6th, and 7th we visited the saints around.

Sunday the 8th we had a pretty good meeting in the hall in the afternoon at 3:00 In the evening I got a letter from Pres. Christensen and also enclosed one to Bro. Larsen from Bro. Samuelsen, and both letters contained the unpleasant news that Bro. Samuelsen had not got the money to his emigration that was promised him by a man in Provo (Ole Sveen) through Brother Berg. Samuelsen’s plan was to go as far as to the States with his intended wife’s parents, Elias Sorensen in Langesund, with a ship that should leave the first of April. Brother Samuelsen wanted Bro.Larsen to emigrate with him for the sake of good company, and Brother Larsen went to Christiania Monday the 8th to see Bro. Christensen and Samuelsen in regard to this matter.

Tuesday and Wednesday I went around to visit the saints as my appointment was to leave them for a while.

Thursday the 12th, in the morning, about 8:00, I embarked on the steamer “Fredrikstad” for Christiania. Pretty nice weather in the forenoon. On account of ice, the steamer was not able to go farther than to a place called “Sterline” about 1 ¾ miles from Christiania. At this place a great many drivers, horses and sleighs had assembled from Christiana to bring the passengers to the above-named place from the steamboat, and as the captain of the steamboat would not allow any of the drivers to come on board, a “hard and bloody fight got up.” Another man and myself hired one horse and sleigh to Christiania where we arrived about 6:00 in the evening. President Christensen was at home. In the evening we had prayer meeting at Bro. Isaksen’s; Bros. Samuelsen and Larsen had prayer meeting at Chr. Olsen’s house ?

Friday the 20th Christen and myself decided that Bro. Larsen would get 20 dollars as a loan from the Samuelsen’s money and go with him to Chenarika.

Saturday the 21st Brothers Samuelsen and Larsen went to Drobak late in the night and from that place to go on the steamboat Bro. Samuelsen to Langesund and Bro. Larsen to Fratav to make preparations for his long journey to Amerika. Sunday good meetings in the hall in Christiania.

Tuesday the 24th President Christensen went by steamship to Fredrikstad. During this week we went around visiting the saints. Sunday the 29th had good meetings in the hall. Monday the 20th Brother Sokanke arrived by steamboat from his mission in the Northern Countries about 9:00 at night. The same night…in the hall.

Tuesday the 31st in the morning…Bro. B. Jensen arrived in Christiania. Bro. B. Jensen being released from his mission in the Northern Countries, he came to Christiania in the hope of being able to emigrate this year. The rest of this week we spent in visiting the saints. President Christensen also got back to Christiania from his trip to Fredrikstad.

APRIL 1868

Sunday the 5th of April a good meeting in the hall as there was as good a portion of brethren. Tuesday the 7th Br. Christensen and I left Christiania, the former to go to Copenhagen - 39 - Chapter 3 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s Second Mission to Norway 1867-1869 for Conferences which are to be held there through the 12th of April, and the latter to go to Tolar Mission.

Wednesday the 8th, late in the evening I received a telegram from Bro. Christensen in Copenhagen that none would emigrate unless they had means enough to buy their own way ? to go from the ? of the railroad. There however came very unexpected as many so they thought there would be a chance to go to Zion with the church ?. Thursday, the 9th, good weather in the forenoon. Good Friday, the 10th also.

Saturday the 11th, I started for Drammen in the forenoon at 10:00 with the stage called “Diligence” and arrived in Drammen about 4:30 in the afternoon. This was the first time I went on this road since I got back to Norway. Brother Magleby received me at the state (?) on and went with me to Bro. Hans Olsen on Stromen’s where I got my lodguy (?)

Sunday the 12th which was Easter Sunday, a meeting was held in the Hall during the forenoon from about 10:00 to 12:00. Reports were given from the several officers in the district about the Canditears (?) of the branch and tithing delivered. I occupied a portion of the … in addressing the saints. In the afternoon from about 3:00 to 5:00 we had a large and good meeting.

Monday the 13th, we had a very good meeting in a place called Sunbjerget where Bro. Magleby and I myself addressed the congregation. After the meeting was dismissed, a man tried to oppose the principles taught by us, but did not prosper. On this day I also visited Bro. Johannes Olsen in Guldbogher. His wife was sick in bed…

Wednesday I went back to Christiania in company with Br. A. Christiansen on the Steamboat “Drammen.” Thursday, the 16th, I received a telegram from P. Widorborg concerning the emigration that all would be fetched up to Zion from the ter… of the railroad who had means enough to go to that place. This inspired again the saints with new hope.

The 17th, I sent a dispatch to Bro. Christensen to Langesund, where he had arrived the same morning from Copenhagen. As Bro. Christensen left Copenhagen before their…got to Bro. Widerborg, Bro. Christensen did not become acquainted with it there. I also visited some of the saints and wrote several letters and sent to the branches concerning the emigrations. Saturday the 18th I visited some saints in the forenoon and in the afternoon Bro. Christensen arrived from Langesund with the Steamer “Moss” in excellent spirits.

Sunday the 19th good meetings in the Hall both forenoon and afternoon. During the week from the 19th to the 25th Bro. Christensen, Bro. Skanke, and myself were very busy in assisting the saints, and making preparations for the emigrations. Hulda Mork received a letter with money from her husband, Christian, in Chicago and made preparations to leave this place about the 28th.

Wednesday the 28th I was on board the ships, “Victoria” and “R…” to visit and bid farewell to Sister Hulda Mork with her three children and also Sister Olsen with her two children and Sister Vina Andersen, all of whom were gone to emigrate to the States to their husbands, friends, and relatives, in the good hope that they thereof in the States might be able to make means to gather them to Zion under the Lord’s direction. I felt in my heart to ask God to bless - 40 - Chapter 3 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s Second Mission to Norway 1867-1869 these Sisters with their children that they might be gathered in the bosom of the Church and not be lost in Babylon.

Thursday the 30th I wrote a letter to Brother Lourits Larsen in Randers, Denmark, who was my traveling companion from Zion to Denmark in the year 1867.

MAY 1868

Friday the 1st in the morning the ship “Benearkte” sailed for Quebec where Sister Hulda Mork with her three children were.

Saturday the 2nd Brother Christensen embarked on the steamer “Drammen” to go to that town and present at a district meeting on the third of May. I wrote two letters, one to Brother A. Larsen in Stavanger enquiring for the brethren, J. Johansen and P. Olsen, and the other letter to Brother C. Hansen in Fredrikstad. The foregoing night I visited my brothers, Bjorn and Halvor. I also received a letter from my brother, Knud, on the 1st of May saying that he was engaged on a ship from Skeen as Second Mahes /?/ (Styrmand) and was ready to sail from Langesund into the Baltic Sea about the 29th of April.

Sunday the 3rd, we had good meetings both forenoon and afternoon. I visited Bro. Ole Pedersen (cooper) in the evening. The weather was very th Halvor Gudmundson nice. Monday the 4 nothing remarkable Samuel's brother transpired.

Tuesday the 5th in the evening Bro. Christensen…returned from Drammen where he had been to district meeting and council meeting at night.

Wednesday the 6th, Bro. Chrt. C. Skanke and myself attended a funeral…Halvorsen on Fruarer lokken. He had been in church two times, I believe. His wife and children were filled with sorrow for the loss of their husband and father. Brother Christensen and myself went from the graveyard to Campens or Uderghern to visit our friends and saints.

Thursday the 7th, I dined at Bro. Jacob Olsen’s in Luher’s Big Building. In the afternoon, Brother Christensen and myself visited Johan Evensen and some more saints by the foothills of Ekeberg and also Brother Iversen’s (Styrmand) family on the top of Ekeberg.. They were a nice, pure, and good family, and had, through trials, been faithful for about 13 years.

We went from there a little further out in the country to an old family, only husband and wife, by the name of Ole Bryneldsen, Bro. Christy’s stepfather, who received us with great joy and hospitality. After having been there about an hour or so, cheering them and giving them our best wishes and blessings, we struck through the wood down to the new road, a little south of a place called Bekketaget and went on this road to Bro. Hans Fisker’s. We found them still in the - 41 - Chapter 3 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s Second Mission to Norway 1867-1869

Church. They were in it about 13 years, but they were in a very poor condition in regard to temporal things. After cheering them up a little, we went to Baker O. Pedersen’s where we had supper.

Friday (Bededay) 8th, we had a good meeting in the hall during the forenoon. In the afternoon I attended a meeting…to Church. Some of the saints would not and some of the saints could not attend the meetings in the hall. Saturday the 9th, I visited some of the saints. Sunday the 10th good meetings in the hall forenoon and afternoon. Suppered at Baker Pedersen’s. Sister Frank was some sick.

Monday the 11th, this day makes one year since I left my family (a wife and three children) at Mt. Pleasant, Utah, in America for to go to Norway on a mission.

Tuesday, the 12th, I went off in visiting some of the saints in company with Bro. Christensen. Council meeting in the hall at night. Wednesday the 13th of May was a very pleasant day. On this day I completed my thirty seventh year. Brothers C. C. A., Skanke, Brother P. Andersen from Hadeland had dinner at Bro. Baker O. Pedersen’s.

Thursday the 14th, Bro. C. C. A. was busy in making the emigration list ready to be sent to Pr. Widerborg in Copenhagen. Prayer meeting in the hall at night. Friday the 15th, Bro. C. C. A. C. was also busy in making the emigration list which was to be mailed on this day. 150 persons including Bro. C. C. A. C. were on the list this year.

Saturday the 16th, Br. C. C. A. and myself visited some of our brethren and sisters… After dinner, we together with Bro. Andersen went along in his district to visit the saints /two lines in Norwegian/. We arrived at home about 9:00 at night. A telegram from Pr. C. W. in Copenhagen had come. The emigrants from Norway were to be in Liverpool the 2nd of June.

Sunday the 17th, the Constitution Day of Norway. Good meeting in the forenoon. Bro. C.C.A. and I were in Ladegaardsoin in the afternoon together with some of the saints for recreation at night. People celebrated the day by fireworks and grand parties. Very fine weather and had been so for a long time. Fields, gardens, and the wood now looked green and beautiful.

Monday the 18th. C.C.A.C. and I were busy in regulating matters and things before emigration. Tuesday the 19th, engaged with the same work. Council meeting at night where some of the presidents for districts in the branch were released on account of emigration, and others put in again. Wednesday the 20th, Pr. C.C.A.C. made up the accounts in the books and fixed it in a way to leave it to me.

Thursday the 21st Bro. C. and myself took a trip into Aker to visit the saints there, namely, Bro. Andersen in Aker and Bro. Sokangaard. Sister S. Rangaard had just been confined with a boy, which Bro. C.C.A. blessed. We also administered to Sister S. Rangaard as she was very weak. The weather had been clear and dry for some time so much so that the green grass on the fields began to burn off. Friday and Saturday the 22nd and 23rd we were busy in preparing for emigration. Sunday the 24th, good meetings in the hall and well attended.

During this week from the 24th to the 29th Bro. Christensen and myself were very busy in preparing for emigration and making contracts for passage from here to Liverpool. The hall was - 42 - Chapter 3 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s Second Mission to Norway 1867-1869 pretty near crowded with emigrants who had come there and from other parts of the country to join the emigration this year.

Thursday evening the 28th, the saints met together in the Hall to bid farewell to each other and the Hall was crowded as could be with saints and also some few strangers. President C.C.A.C. was released from the presidency and I put in to the presidency for Christiania Conference by unanimous vote.

Friday the 29th, the emigrants (about 57 in number) left Christiania with the English steamer “Oder” about 5:00 o’clock in the afternoon to go to Liverpool via Christiansand and Hull. A great many people had assembled by the landing, amongst whom also were a goodly portion of the saints to bid farewell to their friends and relatives.

I also had the pleasure of accompanying the saints to Christiansand where we arrived about 8:00 o’clock Saturday morning under very favorable circumstances. A good spirit, joy and satisfaction, prevailed amongst the company. The steamer stopped at Christiansand from 8:00 in the morning until half past 12 during which time some of the emigrants were in the town to buy some few articles. Bro. C.C.A.C. and myself visited Mr. Ellingsin and then we went on board again with Bro. Christiansen to say farewell to the saints which I did and then went ashore again. Seeing the steamer leaving with the precious crowd of saints and Bro. C.C.A.C. as their leader, my feelings were … and I felt to say in my heart, The Lord bless and protect them on their way to Zion.

After having parted with the lovely people of the Lord I went in the town hunting for lodging for a couple of days while I was working on the steamers to go to Chrendahl. I went in to Mr. Baker Soloefen where I first had put my trunk when I was in town with Br. Christensen, but when he learned that I was a Mormon, he said he was not willing to let me stay there with him and thus be a cause to build up Mormonism. I left this man and hunted another lodging.

Sunday the 31st I visited Bro. Tonnesen and also Scoerin Salvesen and his wife and some of their relatives with whom I was acquainted for several years and who also had been members of the Church.

JUNE 1868

Monday I left Christiansaad with the steamer “Otheren” for Arendal. I found the saints there all right. I stopped there Monday afternoon and night and conversed with the saints and left for Christiania. (Left) Thursday morning about 4 o’clock with the steamer “Feldin.” (Arrived) in Christiania about 7 o’clock at night. I wrote to Bro. Rehnstrom in Fr.shol answer to his wish to come to Christiania. Monday the 15th, I also wrote to Brother A. Paulsen in the Northland and gave instructions concerning the Book accounts.

Tuesday the 16th, I wrote letters to Brother Gronn in Nordland and also to Sister Ingeborg in reply to her letter to Brother C.C.A.C. concerning her emigration. I also wrote a letter to Brother A. Amundsen in Krogero. I also wrote a letter to Brother Lars Johnsen in Stavanger. I ? concerning Book accounts.

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Saturday the 20th, I visited some saints in Sangene. Sunday the 21st, good meetings in the afternoon. I spoke to the saints to refresh (them) in their duties. Monday the 22nd, I wrote letters to B. Jensen in Drammen, C. O. Magleby in Fredrikstad and Brother Halvor in Presoer to make reforms amongst themselves and the saints where they were called to work, to cheer up the good saints and cut off the dead branches.

Thursday the 23rd, the weather had been very dry and warm for a long time and complaints were frequently heard that the prospect of getting a good and fruitful summer was already destroyed in consequence of this dry weather. The grass was burning off and the crops shrinking. I wrote a letter to Brother Elias Olsen Loiker in Hedemarken and told him that I expected to come there about next Sunday.

Wednesday the 24th, wrote a good deal in the record book of the Conference (Mission). I also wrote a letter to Br. Alfsen in Krogero, answering his letter with 4…(quarterly?) tithing and week (weekly ?) money.

Thursday the 25th, I received a letter from a Marvina Molde who had bought Sister Ingelev Olsdatter’s farm, with…in payment. I also received a letter from Sister Heline Johnsen Buckvold in Lillehammer with a request to have the Stars (Der Stern?) sent to her. She sent three Speisedollar in money.

Friday the 26th, I received a letter from C. O. Magleby in Fredrikstad as an answer to my letter of instruction to him and the saints generally. I also received a letter from Forslander Aekestrom in Fredrikshold. I wrote a letter to Br. Aekenstrom in Fredrikshold as an answer to his above-named letter to me. In the afternoon the president of the branch, Janos Johannesen and Cooper Ole Pedersen, old Sister Pedersen and her two daughters, Sister Frank and Emma and myself took a walk out in the country to Brother Andersen in Aker. After having walked around in the woods a portion of the time, we went in to Brother Chr. Andersen where we were received with kindness and hospitality. (With) Brother Andersen in our company we walked to town again at a late hour very refreshed by the trip. The weather was very good and nice after a couple of days of refreshing rain.

Saturday the 27th, in the morning about 8 o’clock I took a train for Fredriksvold, from there to Hamar and Hademarken with the steamer, “Skekladner” where I arrived about 2 or 3 o’clock in the afternoon. While I was waiting for the railroad in Hamar to go to Larkin, I took a trip on foot to old Hamar Gaard, about one English mile from the town, to look at the several- hundred-year-old ruins of an old Catholic church, destroyed by the Swedish in the fifteenth century. About 6:30 in the afternoon I (went) from Hamer to Loken Station where Brother Elias Olsen met me and I went with him to his home.

Sunday the 28th, we went to a place called Korslein, about 4 English miles from Brother Elias Olsen, to hold a meeting. We had a very good meeting there and not a few people were assembled. About seven or eight of our brethren and sisters were present and I addressed the assembled people with great freedom and felt very good. After the meeting, I was attended with great hospitality by the servants of the house. - 44 - Chapter 3 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s Second Mission to Norway 1867-1869

Overnight I stopped at a place called Skogsrud where the man and wife were baptized and they served me with great kindness and hospitality. I felt that several good people lived in this neighborhood and that some of them would embrace the gospel in due time.

Monday the 29th, Brother Evan Olsen to Brother Elias Olsen Bjornholdt as I was not very well acquainted with the road. The weather was warm and clear and had been for several days. About three o’clock I started from Brother Elias Olsen’s home to the railroad station, Lonhold, and took the rail to Hamar. From there I went on foot to Furnbjergat where I (came in time) to cross over the water with him and a girl in a little boat to Nes. As soon as a came ashore, I started for Onset and got there by sundown in order to talk a little with the old man, Halvor. He had two children in Zion, a son and a daughter. From there I went on foot to Petronelle in Breskeby.

JULY 1868

The 1st of July I stopped all day in Breskeby, Haulien and Harngour and talked with all acquaintances there. Brother Lars Larsen and myself had been in these places on our missions 8, 9, 10 and 11 years ago. I went that day to old Mr. Jens Gundersen in Seinejen and his wife, a sister of Lars Frantzen in Spring town. Brother Mathias Olsen and his wife, Karen, lived in the neighborhood.

July 2nd, I went that day to Keolkkergaarden, from there (on board) the steamboat “Skiladner” to Eidavold and from there (by) rail to Christiania where I arrived about 5 o’clock in the afternoon. Weather very hot and had been so for some time.

Friday the 3rd, I stopped (two) hours in the office. Saturday I went to Drammen on the steamboat. I found Borre Jensen there all right.

Sunday the 5th I had district meeting there and a goodly portion of the saints were present both forenoon and afternoon. In the afternoon there were several strangers also present. The night between Saturday and Sunday the Lord sent a good portion of refreshing rain that made the earth look new again after the long warm and dry weather.

Monday the 6th Bro. B. Jensen and myself visited the saints. Wednesday the 8th, we went to…in Roken about 21/4 mile walk from Drammen in very hot weather. I found some very good saints there. The husband, wife and two daughters were baptized. We stopped there that night and I went to Christiana the next day.

Thursday the 9th, I went on a little steamer by the name of “Juno” and Borre Jensen went on foot back to Drammen. Friday the 10th, I wrote letters to my wife in Zion, to Pres. Widerborg in Copenhagen, and Bro. B. Jensen in Drammen.

Saturday the 11th, I wrote a long letter to Bro. A. Palsens in Trontheim with … concerning the… and book accounts. I also wrote letters to Bro. Magleby in Fredrikstad and Bro. Retrustram in Fredrikshold and let them know that I had in mind to visit those branches in the week between the 19th and the 26th. Sunday the 12th, we had some good meetings in the Hall. The weather was most awfully warm.

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Thursday, I received a letter from my Bro. Knudt from London.. He then expected to sail to Fredrikstad. In the evening there was council meeting. The sisters also attended. I laid the financial matters before the saints and made a call for a donation to pay the house rent.

Wednesday the 15th, I wrote two letters, one to Bro. Dorius in Zion and one to Bro. B. Jensen in Drammen.

Thursday the 16th, I wrote a lengthy letter to Bro. Lars. Larsen in North Bend. I also wrote a letter to the Brethren Alfsen and S…in K…

Friday the 17th I received a letter from the traveling Elder in Mond… Mission Brother C. D. Fjelsted stating that he with the consent of Pres. Widerborg intended to pay a visit to Norway and wished me to (oversee?) a conference about the 16th of August.

Saturday the 18th I embarked on the steamer “Oslo” for Fredrikstad. I left Christiania in company with Bro. Rusto and arrived in Fredrikstad about two in the afternoon with fine weather. Sunday the 19th we had a good meeting in Fredrikstad and there was a pretty good turnout of the saints and also some few strangers.

Monday the 20th Bro. C. O. Magleby and myself went to Bro. O. Pedersen’s to breakfast and after that I went to Sarpsborg to visit Bro. H. Jensen and his family. Bro. Jensen tried to take my likeness (picture). He took three plates but none were very good. In the evening I went down to Fredrikstad.

Tuesday morning the 21st, Bro. Magleby and myself went to Fredrikshold on the steamer “Oslo” where we had a meeting that evening. Brother Jon A. Retrustram had arranged lodging for me.

Wednesday the 22nd I went back to Fredrikstad to look for my brother, Knudt, who was supposed to come there from London. Thursday the 23rd, my brother had not arrived from England and I embarked on the steamer “Fredrikstad”. I went back to Christiania where I arrived about 3 o’clock in the afternoon.

Friday the 24th, I wrote a letter to Bro. Fjelsted in Kjoblhavn (Copenhagen). Saturday I wrote a letter to Bro. Nelsen (in) Kadesud.

Sunday good meeting in the Hall in the forenoon. I addressed the saints for some Knudt Gudmundsen time. Monday the 27th I wrote a letter to Bro. Samuel's brother Lars Pedersen in Cache Valley.

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Tuesday I wrote a letter to my brother, Olaf. In the afternoon my brother Knudt arrived on board the steamer “Halden” from Fredrikstad. He being a seaman for about 6 years and being in America for about seven years, I had not seen him before now for a long time.

Wednesday the 29th I spent the time together with my two brothers, Bjorn and Knudt. Knudt stopped with me in the office. Thursday 30th my brothers stopped at my residence.

Friday 31st my brother Knudt left for Fredrikstad in the morning with the steamer. Bjorn, Halvor, and myself went with him to the harbour. I received a letter from C.C.A.C. from New York.

AUGUST 1868

Saturday the 1st of August I wrote letters to Trondhjem, Arendahl, and Krogero concerning the Conference that is to be held here in Christiania the 16th of August.

Sunday 2nd had pretty good meetings. In the forenoon I read the letter from C.C.A.C. from New York. Monday 3rd I wrote a letter to Bro. Bjerkan in Copenhagen. Saturday the 8th, I wrote letters to Rehustran (Fredrikshold) and Mayling (Fredrikstad).

Sunday the 9th had good meetings in the Hall. In the evening I with the Brethren, C. Andersen and Andreasen and Cooper Pedersen’s folks and others took a trip on Sadegaardeven.

Monday the 10th, I wrote some letters to Stavanger (L. Johnsen) and Trondhjem to A. Paulsen. Thursday the 13th Bro. C. I. Fjelsted arrived from Gotheborg. Friday the 14th and Saturday the 15th Bro. Fjelsted and myself went around visiting some of the saints.

Sunday the 16th we had a conference. A large assembly of both saints and strangers were present. The Hall was decorated in the best style with flowers and green leaves. Thursday the 20th I wrote a letter to Trondhjem to Bro. A. Paulsen.

Friday the 21st Bro. Fjelsted and myself and also Bro. J. Johansen and Bro. A. Olsen, from Arendahl, were all at Bro. Cooper Ole Pedersen’s in Vaterland to dinner.

Saturday the 22nd Brother Fjelsted, Bro. C. Andersen in Aker and his wife, Bro. A. Olsen, Brother A. Olsen and myself took the steamer to Drammen where we arrived about noon and were received with gladness by Bro. B. Jensen and the saints there.

Sunday the 23rd about three o’clock in the afternoon we had a large good meeting. Monday the 24th Bro. Fjelsted and myself took the steamer for Fredrikstad. The weather had been rainy for a couple of days.

Tuesday the 25th we had a meeting in Fredrikstad and most of the saints were assembled.

Wednesday the 26th I went to Fredrikshold on the steamer. When we arrived there Bro. Fjelsted left us to go to Goteborg that night because of the change (connection?) with the steamer. Myself together with the brethren had a meeting there that night.

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I stopped over in Fredrikshold the 27th and visited the saints in Tistedahlen with Bro. C. O. Magleby. Friday the 28th I went back to Christiania on the steamer “Oslo.” This day was a little stormy. Saturday the 29nd there was nice weather.

Sunday good meetings in the Hall and good turn out. Also very fine weather. Monday the 31st I wrote letters to my wife, to Pr. Widerborg in Copenhagen, and to Bro. G. Torgersen on the Northland.

SEPTEMBER 1868

Tuesday the 1st of September I wrote a letter to Bro. Dan Weggeland in S.L.City. Wrote a letter to to Bro. A. Paulsen in Trondhjem.

Sunday Meetings in the Hall. Monday the 14th wrote letters to Magleby, A. Olsen in Arendahl that day.

OCTOBER 1868

I stopped at home a little more than a week in which Bjorn and myself visited several places and talked with a good many old acquaintances amongst which was old Foged Florentz, 93 ½ years old. I left home the 10th of October and went to Skien. My brother Aslak and myself were on a visit to Holton Sondig /?/

Samuel Gudmundson's family home in Norway during winter

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Monday the 11th I went to Langesund. I stopped in Langesund from Monday the 12th to Friday the 16th in which time I enjoyed myself very much.

Friday the 16th in the forenoon I went from Langesund with the steamer “Ivan” to Krogera and got there about 11 o’clock I appointed Brother Hans C. Nielsen there to be President for that quarter of the Langesund Branch and also to have charge of the book accounts.

In Arendahl where I stopped from the 14th to the 20th I enjoyed myself very much. I stopped at Brother Olsen’s house, had a good meeting on Sunday the 18th, and visited the Saints.

In Christiania, the 21st and 22nd, I wrote letters to Bro. Rustad in Drammen, Helene Johnsen Buchvold.

Friday the 23rd I wrote to my wife. 24th wrote letters to Br. Paulsen in Trondhjem and to Br. O. P. Olsen in Fredrikstad and …hold The 24th wrote to P. Nielsen, in Hadeland, and Br. Jensen, in Drammen.

Christiania, Tuesday 27th. We had a good counsel meeting in the hall at night, where I instructed the brethren in regard to their duties. –Wrote some letters also.

Wednesday 28th wrote a letter to a sister by the name of Elisabeth Andersen being close by the town of ?.

Thursday 29th. wrote letters to Br. Grown ? Norland of Broder Samuelsens in Provo, Amerika. This day it snowd a little, the second time this season. Friday 30th I wrote letters to Bro: Fjeldsted in Danmark, and Bro. Elias Olsen in Laiten, Hedemarken

Saturday 31st I take a trip to Hadeland to visit the saints in that country. I had a driver to take me to Haridahlen ? from where I took it at foot… the mountain to Hakedahlwork. On this trip a foot I got my feet very wet. Broder Nielsen met me at the Station Bjorgesother with Horse and Slaie (sleigh) and we drove to Elverod where I found some good saints.

NOVEMBER 1868

Sunday the 1st. We had two good meetings there, and I felt well (enough) to talk to the people. With Brother Nielsen I (went around) and visited the saints in their homes and went back to Christiania Wednesday the 4th to pray (to) God to bless the saints in Hadelands Green.

Saturday the 7th I wrote letters to Paulsen, (in) Troud and N. Christensen, (in) Stovanger. Sunday 8th we had two good meetings in the Hall. Monday 9th wrote letters to Br: O. Polsen, (in) Frdstad and C. O. Magleby, (in) Frohald.

Friday 13th I embarked in the Steamer Halden for Feldrekosod (?) where I arrived about 2 in the afternoon. Bro: Magleby met on the shore and we went to the new meeting room at Mr. Nikollsen, the wife and her daughters being very kind and friendly to us.

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Sunday 15th had a good meeting. Monday 16. Magleby and myself visited Brothers Niels Lund, H. Simondsen and Skousen. Had a good conversation with some of the brethren in our meeting room. Tuesday 17th visited some other saints also Sister Aok and her children.

Wednesday about 9. took Steamer for Mass. And visited there Sister Wildbery and her children. Her husband was away in the country to work some where, and as he was opposed to the gospel, I had then a good chance to talk with the sister and her children about the gospel, which was a feast to them, because a brother could hardly or very seldom enter into that house. I stopped there over night, and was treated kindly and with hospitality and before I left I asked God to bless the house and Sister Wildbery with her children.

Thursday 19th I took Steamer for Christiania where I arrived about 4:00. …When I got home there was letter to me from my wife and children… and all from Utah, and from Sister Marie Olsen in Chicago. Also from Bro: Wisterbey in Trondhjem.

Saturday 21. I sent letters to my parents and brothers and sister with four portraits of myself. To my brother Aslak with one portrait. And a letter to Bro. A. Larsen in Stovauyer.

Sunday 22nd had two good meetings in the Hall. Monday 23. was to Lagene to dine. Tuesday a good counsel meeting. Wednesday wrote letters to B. Isaksen and H. C. Nielsen in Kragera. Sunday 29th had a good meeting in the Hall.

DECEMBER 1868

This week, from 29 up to 5th of Decbr. I received letters from the branches with statistical accounts for the 1st Quarter of the year. Weather had been very mild and pleasant for some time.

Saturday 5th I took with … where District meeting opened for Sunday 6th. Two good meetings were kept during the day and many strangers were present. I found the traveling Elder B. Jensen having been very diligent and discharging his duties. We visited several of our brethren with their families and

Tuesday the 8th I went with Deligeusen to Christiania again. Weather some cold and clear. During this week I worked at the tithing lists and Quarter accounts.

Sunday good meetings in the hall. Brother Magleby, travel. Elder from Fr. came here on a visit from his mission to Holland. He left for Broban and Mass. Wednesday morning. Wednesday 16th I sent a letter to Br. Jesse N. (L) with a note on 50…and the Quarter.

Thursday 17th I wrote letters to my wife, to Br. Brown, concerning his brother’s death in Fredrikston, to Bro. Wisterberg in Nowson and Bro. A. Paulsen in Trov ?. The weather had been foggy and rainy for some days. Also wrote a letter to ? in Denmark.

Friday wrote letters to Bro. Torgersen in Nordland and to Fyvogher Groam. Also wrote letters to Bro. Christensen in Stovanger and Bro. A. Rudstad in ? .

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Saturday 19th wrote a letter to the president of ? branch, Isaksen. Sunday 20th good meetings in the Hall and several strangers(investigators?) present.

Monday 21st wrote letters to M. Jensen (in) Larfesborg, P. Nielsen (in) Hadiland, A. Olsen, (in) Arendal and the ? and ? in Rusaer.

Tuesday 22nd in the counsel meeting Bro: Johannsen was released from his ? as president of the branch of Christiania, and appointed a mission for ? joint districts. Brother Chr. Andersen from Aker was put in as president for the branch.

Wednesday 23rd Bro: Johannsen went on his mission to Hedemarken. I wrote letters to Bro. Jensen, and Br. Jesse N. Smith as answer to his letter with a Power of Attorney from Olsen in Salt Lake City to collect some money for him or legacy after his deceased parents. Thursday wrote letters to Str: Sofie Badresen in Chicago and O. P. Olsen in Fredrikstad.

The first Christmas days we had a very good meeting in the hall. Sunday 26th we had good meeting in the forenoon and the choir had a concert in the evening. From 26th to 31st I visited several of the saints.

1869

New Year’s Day We had good meetings. Sunday 3rd of January good meetings in the forenoon and in the evening. The children’s choir had a concert assisted by a string band of four or three to the great satisfaction of the assembled people.

Monday and Tuesday 4th and 5th wrote letters to Bro. Elias Olsen, Jensen and President Jesse N. Smith, Copenhagen.

Tuesday and Wednesday 5th and 6th I visited the saints. Was to Bro. Kay’s Wednesday night and was treated with good supper and music.

Thursday 7th I visited Lady H. Campen. Friday 8th wrote letters to Magleby, (in) Frostead Bro: Paulsen. Saturday 9th wrote letter to Bro. H. Olsen in Risden. Sunday 10th had good meetings in the Hall.

Monday visited the saints. Tuesday 12th Bro. P. Jensen came from Drammen at ?’s request, and I ot (ought) to talk with him concerning matters, things I found out that he was in possession of the apostate spirit. Wednesday 13th I visited some of the saints.

Thursday 14th I wrote a letter Br. Jesse N. Smith stating to him the standing of Jensen. This way I also received a letter from Pr. Smith stating that Bro. Bjerken had … from the office. She had made a draft on Br. Smiths account for … He had persuaded a young girl to accompany him. We had a good prayer meeting in the hall, and three persons were baptized by Br. A. Isaksen.

Friday the 15th I wrote letters to Bro. Johannsen, Br. A. Paulsen and ? . Saturday, I wrote letters to A. Paulsen in ? giving him some counsel as I understood some of the brethren - 51 - Chapter 3 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s Second Mission to Norway 1867-1869

(held bad) feelings for him because they thought he was in transgression with a sister. Also wrote a letter to Br. Westerberg in Nauvoo.

Sunday 17th good…. Monday 18th visited Bro: Anderson in Aker. Tuesday wrote letters to Christensen in S., A. Olsen in ? .

Thursday 21st wrote letters to my brother Aslak in ?. The foregoing day wrote letters to Frostov and Hold. Saturday 23rd wrote letter to Br. Johannsen. Also wrote to Pr. Smith.

Sunday Morning I took ? for b ? where I arrived about 2:00. in the afternoon. The meeting commenced about 2:00. After (the) public meeting I had a little counsel meeting with the brethren. Jensen was released from his mission. Brother Johannes Olsen was appointed president for the branch and Bro. Wigre as clerk and book agent for the same branch.

I stopped in ? til Thursday morning when Bro. Rudstad and myself took the Delegenser for Christiania again. Tuesday night counsel meeting in the Hall. Rudstad was appointed a mission in the 13th District until his work commenced again.

Wednesday visited some saints. Thursday 28. wrote letters for Bro. Johannsen, Hedemarker, and Jesse Smith, Copenhagen. Also sent a letter to my wife.

Saturday wrote letters to Bro. Paulsen as an answer to his other where he confessed that he had transgressed with a Sister in ? Wrote to Bro: W ? and appointed him to (be) president for the branch of ? and gave him authority to baptize Bro: Paulsen and the sister he had deceived. Wrote to Brother N.C. Christensen in ? . .

Sunday 31st had a tolerably good meeting in the Hall.

FEBRUARY 1869

Monday 1st of February wrote letters to B: Jensen in ? and appointed him a mission to ? and ? also wrote letter to Bro: Peder Nielsen, (in) Hadeland. This day it rains and has done so for several days. (The) weather is very mild at this time (of) year.

Tuesday 2nd I wrote a letter to Broder A. Larsen in Arendahl. This day is always the set day for the Fair to commence in Christiania. A great many people were assembled in Christiania at this time to celebrate the fair. In such times as these almost “any kind of bricks are done in order to make (some) money.”

Friday 5th wrote a letter to Broder B. Jensen in Drammen and sent him one ? to assist him on the road to his mission in Langesund and Avendahl (Arendahl?).

Saturday I dined at Mrs. Wall’s and went with her four daughters to ? that night. Sunday we had very good meetings in the Hall.

Tuesday I wrote a very long letter to Bro. C.C.A.C. in Zion. Wednesday the 10th I was invited to Mrs. Hansen’s Campe to dinner. I was received with kindness (from) Str. (Sister) Iversen and Mr. Hansen and Wife and was treated with great hospitality.

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Thursday the 11th I wrote a letter to Bro. Johansen in Hedemar and sent him one ? to assist him on his mission.

Friday 12th wrote a letter to President Smith asking him to give his mind (opinion) on the question proposed (by) some saints that wanted to migrate to the States and in this way make a start on the road to Zion.

Saturday 13th wrote letters to Bro. O. Svendsen in ? and B. Isaksen, Brevig. Sunday good meeting in the afternoon. I took a visit to Syprian, one of my wife’s brothers. ? went along with me.

The 15, 16, and 17. I worked at the shop ? accounts end ? it to Brother Smith the 18th. The 19th Friday I wrote letters to B. Jensen in Langesund, J. Johansen, Noss, and O. J. Olsen in Fredrickstad. Sunday 21. a good meeting in the Hall.

Tuesday 23. I wrote letters to Brother Wisterberg and Paulsen in ? and released Bro: Paulsen from his mission in ? and called him to Christiania. Wednesday and Thursday 24th and 25th I wrote a letter to O. P. Olsen and also to my Wife home in Zion and Bro. Th. Samundsen in Provo

Saturday the 27th I started from Christiania to Hedeland with a farmer that had been to town with a load of Potatoes to sell. We started out of town about 1 o’clock in the morning but we had not come farther than about middleway before we were overtaken (by) a Snowstorm there (which) almost made it impossible for us to travel. When we reached Stryken I took night lodging there but my Company ? . MARCH 1869

Sunday morning I walked (on) foot through heavy snowdrifts and (with the) help of a Horse and Sleigh I got to Kjonven where I was well received. I have had two excellent good meetings on Hadeland, one at Kjov and one at ? I enjoyed myself in Bro. P. Nielsen’s and the good saints’ company and left for Drammen by the Randsfjord and Drammens railroad and got there Friday night the 5th.

Saturday 6th I visited some saints, held two good meetings Sunday 7th and went for Christiania by Delegensen Monday 8th. Monday 8th I returned from my trip to Hadeland and Drammen.

Tuesday 9th wrote letters to Bro: Johannesen, Lillehammer, and Bro. Westerberg, Wednesday 10th wrote letters to Job Olsen, in Drammen, B. Jensen, Langesund, and to Sister Elisabeth Andersen ? Thursday 11th wrote letters to Fjeld in Lehi, Utah and to Bro. N. C. Christensen, Stovanger. Friday 12th wrote a letter to Pr: N. Smith with an exchange from Pr. ? , in Langesund. Saturday 13th I wrote letters to Bro. C. J. Fjeld in Zion and to my brother Ole in Marken.

Sunday good meetings in the Hall. Monday 15th I wrote a letter to Pres. J. N. Smith. Tuesday 16th wrote letters to Lundewall for a sister Olivia Fjeldner, to Sister Marie Olsen in Chicago and to Jesse N. Smith and sent 223 money, for O. T. 170, for Marie Olsen 53. - 53 - Chapter 3 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s Second Mission to Norway 1867-1869

Wednesday 17th wrote letter to B. Jensen and E. Sorensen, in Langesund. Thursday 18th I visited some of the saints in Town.

Friday 19th attended a funeral to (of) Bro. Jansen on Rodelokken after (for) one of his children about one year old. Was at Mrs. Wolls to teach her daughters in the English language where I had been several times through the winter on the same business.

Saturday 20th wrote a letter to Bro. C. V. Magleby instructing about the book account. In the afternoon I visited some of the saints. Tuesday wrote a letter to Pres. Jesse N. Smith.

Wednesday the 24th I was all the day in the bed sweating to work a cold out of my body that I had caught on a trip to Hadeland and Drammen.

Thursday and Friday good meetings. Friday I was to Bro. Skrooder O. Jakobsen and he with wife and daughter and myself took a carridge trip to San ? .

th Saturday 27 wrote a letter to my brother Bjorn Gudmundson Bjorn and lent him of the Book M: (Book of Samuel's brother Mormon?) to (for) his journey to Christiania as a good job of work was to be got for him here.

APRIL 1869

During the week from the 28th to the 3rd of April it was Easter and we had good lively meetings in the hall with many friends to attend (attending) meetings.

The second ? in we had a concert—commenced about 6 o’clock with the children’s choir, our meeting choir and the string band to sing and play. A general good satisfactory feeling prevailed among all the crowd that attended the concert. Mrs. Woll and her two daughters attended the concert. Saturday 3rd I wrote a letter to Brother Westerberg in ? and also to Bro. O. Svendsen and corrected him some because of his grumbling and faultfinding with his Brethren that presided over him.

Sunday 4. good meetings in the hall. Monday 5th wrote letters to Bro. H. Paulsen’s relatives in Utah pleading (with) them to help Paulsen with some ? money. I also received and sent ? a letter from and to Mrs. Baardsen in Chicago including an Order to Heflys and Co. on 16 ? as it was not big enough (to) bring her son to Chicago. Also wrote a letter to Mrs. Elisabeth Anderson ? . I also reserved some Power of Attorney from Madsen in Provo to collect some money for him in Hedemarken.

Tuesday 6th I left the Power of Attorney in the hands of Lawyer Hauderup to collect the money. Wrote letters to P. Jesse N. Smith, G. Torgersen and Gron. Wednesday 7th I wrote - 54 - Chapter 3 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s Second Mission to Norway 1867-1869 letters to Brother J. Johannissen and to Brother ? Jensen, Arendal. In Brother Johannesen’s letter I sent one ? to assist him on his Mission.

Thursday 8 my brother Bjorn arrived from ?

Friday 9 I wrote letters to my wife and Elias Sorensen, Langesund. Sunday good meeting in the hall (in the) forenoon. In the afternoon I was on ? with Bro. Kay and ? to hold meeting.Tuesday 13th wrote letter to Bro. Fjeldster Kyobt. Wednesday 14th sent letters to Bro. A. Paulsen, Drammen, and to Bro. Westerberg in Trondhjem.

Friday 16 Bro. Kay, Bro. Isaksen, Mr. Kay and myself were invited to Bro. O. Jacobsen’s for Supper. We had our Instruments along and serenaded for him and (his) family.

Saturday 17th wrote to Blomgoish in Zion (sent his letter back) and to Bro. Renstrom, Fredrikshold. Sunday 18th we had a good meeting in the Hall. Chr. Andersen preached. Monday 19th. wrote a letter to Bishop at Tucker in North Bend.

Ship “Argonaut” sailed for Quebek with a whole lot of Emigrants amongst which were Christian Olsen, Anders Olsen, Johan Chr. Olsen and Niels Jensen of our brethren. They made a stop on their way homewards to Zion.

Tuesday 20th general counsel meeting where a donation was made for the ? Thursday 22nd I bought some medicine for my Mother and sent a letter to Dan Wegeland and John Larsen in Zion.

Friday 23rd some few of the saints mostly from the choir had a turnout to Sister Iversen on Brantfjeldet where they enjoyed themselves with dance and other kinds of sport. Brother Kay, Ole Pedersen and myself joined the company.

Saturday the 24th I wrote letters to Anne Bekkeholl in Hedeland and to Broth. A. Olsen and B. Jensen in Arendal.

Sunday 25. tolerably good meetings. Sunday 26th wrote letters to Jesse N. Smith. Friday 30th wrote letter to Helene Johnsen, Buckvold Lillehammer.

MAY 1869

Saturday 1st May I went to Drammen with (on) the Steamboat ? and arrived there about 4 o’clock. Sunday good meetings. Monday 3rd I started home again with the same Steamboat with fine weather. Tuesday 4th of May I wrote letters to E. L ? , Langesund. N. C. Christens, Stovanger and C. P. Westerberg. Friday 7th I wrote letters to my wife and to Brother R. Brown, Zion, advising him to send Powers of Attorney to collect his money here for him.

Thursday 13 my “birthday” I spent in Aker at Chr. Andersen together with (the) Jacobsen Family.

Friday 14 wrote letter to B. Isaksen, Brevig. Lars Johnsen, Stovanger. Saturday 15 wrote to P. Madsen in Provo concerning his arr. here. Friday 21 Mai sent the statistical report to Pr. Smith with 50 Bookmoney and Weekskitty (?). - 55 - Chapter 3 - Samuel Gudmundsen’s Second Mission to Norway 1867-1869

Tuesday 25 wrote letters to Fjeldsted, Copenhagen, I. Johnsen, Hadeland, and C. Christensen in Stovanger. Wednesday 26th Brother Oluf Andersen wrote a letter for me to Sistr: Kristine Afsen in Rusoir. Saturday 29th: wrote to B. Isaksen, Brevig and to C. O. Magleby, Fredrikstad.

Sunday 30th good meeting in the hall. This day we had the first thunder and lightning this year. Had continued some cold and rainy for a long time. The ground very green and nice. Monday 31st. wrote letters to Ljune Olsen in Salt L. City and Bro: Wisher being in Trondhjem.

JUNE 1869

Juni 1869. Wednesday 2nd wrote to B. Jensen Kragereld and an answer to his letter from Langesund wherein enclosed 4 ? . Also wrote to Joh…Rehustrom, Tredhold, and Anne Bekkehalluim on Hadeland concerning their Emigration.

Saturday 5th wrote to Br. J. S. Groem, Nordland, and Caroline Bevold, Trondhjem. Also wrote to Pr. Jesse N. Smith and sent 55 ? in money. The 8th wrote to C. D. Fjeldsted concerning the time of the conference meeting.

Friday 11th wrote letters to Bro: A. Paulsen, Drammen. Also wrote to Pr. Smith and sent him 22 ? . Monday 14. wrote to Pr. Jesse N. Smith. Tuesday 15. Also wrote to Pr. Smith for Caroline Bodihi and Olive Eugh concerning their Emigration. This day I took a trip to Hedemarken in order to try to undertake to do something in collecting Br. P. Madsen’s or John Svein’s children’s money returned the 17th.

18th I wrote letters to Br. Monsen, Trondhjem, C. O. Magleby, Fredrikstad. And Sister Krogh, Arendal, also Br. Westerberg and B. Jensen. 19th wrote to Br. Peter Madsen, Provo to send a Power of Attorney from the children to collect their money. Also wrote to my Wife. Also wrote to Pr. Jesse Smith, Kjobenhavn (Copenhagen). Sunday 20th good meetings. Monday 21 wrote letters to my parents and Aslak, notifying them about my emigration.

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(August 1869) A couple of days after I went to the City with Mormon Miners Br. in law. I went from the City with a team from Mt. Pleasant as far as outside Cottonwood where I met Br. W. Christensen from Fairview that had come to meet me with horses to ride horseback home. We rode all that night and came to Provo about five o’clock where we talked to Dorthea Johnson. We started from there and got to Springville where I telegraphed home to meet us in Thistlevalley with a team as we were already tired of riding horseback.

These they did and we come home from there in a hurry but when I got home I behold a sight that I pray God to never let me witness any more. I found my wife on the sickbed so poor and changed in color that I could skarsely reconcile her: she had taken sick of consumption about a year before and I suppose mostly from all the cares and troubles in consequence of being alone with three small children. She got so glad of seeing me that she got so well of her sickness that she apparently would recover from her sickness, but to my sorrow I found out it did not last very long for she soon took down sick again and did not live more than two weeks after I got home. She died the 27th in the morning about 6 o’clock on a Saturday and was buried the next Sunday about 4 o’clock in the afternoon. The citizens turned out to fill about twenty wagons to show respect to me and my departed Wife. She was highly respected by all who knew her.

That loss that I felt after my wife had gone can better be felt than described. About six weeks after I went down to the City to Conference partly to refresh my broken heart in associating among good people for to find somebody that might fill the vacancy of my departed dear wife. These I done for in Salt Lake City. I met with a girl by the name of Inger Olsen that at the time being was working for Bishop Tanner in Provo but had gone along with him to the city to attend Conference and at the same time see old friends. We were married in the Endowment house a few days after. Stayed in the City some few days after to visit old friends and then we started for home with Br. L. Larsen from my Place. We came to Provo the next day after she took in to Bishop Tanner where my wife had been working. I was received and treated very kindly, and as I was stopping there some few days Mrs. Tanner made a Wedding Supper for us by which occasion the house was crowded with guests. Having stopped there some few days I made Inger Auntine Olsen my way for home taking a change with one Mr. Lund Samuel Gudmundson’s second wife from Springtown leaving my wife at Brother Tanner’s for some few weeks till I had been home to make some preparations for household. After being home about a month I went down to Provo again to fetch my wife home, after which I took my children home and felt again as a lucky man.

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When coming home from my mission I felt somewhat bad over not finding my family at my own home but my sick wife was laying at Ane Troudhjem where she had been for some time, and my children at different places in the Town.

I spent that winter in straitning up some around home and making preparations for moving my house down again on my land in the edge of Town where I lived before going on (my) Mission, but on account of Indian war I bought of Mr. Lars Larsen, previous on (to) going on my Mission, half of his Lot where I put my house on and where my wife, I thought, might live more safe and free from anxiety. This winter I felt very well, the main cause of being blest again with a good wife that took her very best part in adding to the comfort and well being for me and my three children. I had four children with my first wife, but one of them—a girl about 4 years old9—stayed with her niece in Provo. Mr. Lars Larsen had taken care of my property and Land and I got out of my share of wheat and potatoes enough to do me for about one year.

1870

The next Summer (1870) the people throughout the Territory did not raise much of anything on account of the grasshoppers destroying nearly everything. These destructive creatures had been raging in the Territory the two summers I had been on the Mission too in the years of 1867 and 68, but being the very same time the Great Union Pacifick Railroad was passed through from Omaha to California most of the people of the Territory made considerable money by taking contracts on the road so they were able to buy their breadstuff.

Those Summer(s) I also took a contract on the meetinghouse for $210. in carpenterwork on finishing on the inside. That house was commenced on some few years before I went on the Mission—I believe in 1864—and finished this Summer, 1870. the grasshoppers were thick and destruktiv all through Sanpete these Summer(s) and the People raised but very little grain, scarcely enough for seed. I built a adobe house on the old dwellingplace in the fall but did not get it finished to live in for the next winter. The Winter I spent at home making doors and windows and finishing the inside work of W. Howells house.

1871

In the Spring of 1871. I moved my Loghouse down from Larsens lot again and put it by my adobe house; in the Fall finished and moved into it and I felt glad in coming back to my old dwelling place. That Summer I raised a small crop of grain and worked at carpenter work. Finished my dobin house on the inside but not so that I lived in it the next winter. This Summer my father and mother in law came up from the States and lived with us the next winter.

1872

In the Summer of 1872 I raised a pretty good crop as I then had a yoke of Steers to work of my own. A good crop was raised throughout the county, and as a general thing peace and good feelings prevailed throughout the territory.

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Home missionaries had been appointed to go around in the different Settlements to hold two days meetings and stir the people up to their duties. I attend pretty steady the School of Profits (Prophets) in Mt. Pleasant. The Temple of the Lord at St. George was commenced where the faithful People anticipate to receive great Blessings when finished.

Occasionally I received letters from my aged Father in Norway stating his and my Mother’s conditions. They were now getting old and did not expect to live very long and my Father wanted me to send a power of Attorney in order to have his Property divided among his children.

In the Winter of 1873 I received the sad news from my Father that Mother had died the 31st of January and buried at Hordeseid Kerke the 11th of February. This was an incident in my history that I never will forget and although I never expected to see my Mother again when I left her and home in the year of 1868, the idea that my Mother forever was gone from this life was almost more than I l-r: Mari, Gunhild, Gudmund Saamundssen could realize. My mother was a kind, Samuel’s parents and youngest sister benevolent, woman. She never turned away the poor that came to her house for bread unless she gave them something. She was economical, orderly and ? in everything. Her children—nine boys and one girl of which seven lived up till fullgrown,--the other three died when about one year old—she all kept clean and neat, and she generally had the respect and good will of all that knew her. As far back as I can remember I never felt better in my life than when I was in my mother’s company; and if I could not see her about every day, I felt lost. I believe undoubtedly that my Mother would have received the gospel if she had been placed in more free circumstances and lived in a place where there had been a branch of the church, but all traditions were stronger up in the country where I was raised than they were in the Cities.

1874

The year of 1874 passed off very nice and quiet. The United Order was introduced to the people in the Spring of that year to work in, that is to unite, organize, classify, and systematize all kinds of labors and works in temporal matters to the benefit of the people, to the building up of God’s Zion upon the face of the Earth so that the People of God more speedily could become self-sustaining and independent of the nations of the earth.

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The United Order was started in St. George, Dixi, by President Brigham Young, and as the President and Company traveled northward towards Salt Lake City, the principles of it were preached in the different Settlements on the road and offered to the people to practice on.

The people in our Place, Fairview, were organized in June by the two Apostles John Taylor and Orson Pratt. Between one third and one half of the People subscribe to the rules and went to work in the Order of which some were set apart for farming and the others for different kinds of mekanikal (mechanical) works. I belonged to the Carpenters company.

In receiving the principles of the United Order I felt it accompanied by the spirit of the Gospel similar to receiving the first principles of it, which was a testimony to me that it was right and one of the great principles sent from heaven. I formed a conclusion in my mind that if I possibly could, I would join the United Order and never leave it as long as I lived, to which end I ask God to be my helper. When fall came and the accounts were made up it was proved to be a failure, for there was not made quite as much to (per) person as every Individual had worked for himself. This failure was not on account of the principles of the United Order not being correct but from a lack in organization and systemisation of work

1875

In the winter of 1875 the organization of the United Order came very near being broke up as a good many felt dissatisfied and some drawed intirely out, but however a reorganization was expected in the Spring and some of the brethren went to work in good faith again.

The Summer of 1875 passed away and the organization kept up by the assistance of a good many Elders that were sent out to preach the principles of the United Order. In the latter part of June and the first of July Pres. Young with several of the Twelve and a large party of Brethren held two days meetings in Mt. Pleasant and Fort Ephraim for the purpose of strengthening the faith of the Saints in regard to the principles of the United Order and for the purpose of starting a reformation. This was commensed in Fort Ephraim by baptizing as any of the Twelve Apostles as were present there. The Bishops of the different Settlements were then instructed to extend the reformation in the Cities and Wards where they presided and Erastus Snow was the one appointed to push this through in Sanpete County. One of the Twelve Apostles, Orson Hyde, was the presiding Authority in the County at the time.

The United Order had now been in progress in Sanpete about one year and in some places with tolerably good success.

I have all the time since I came home from my Mission 1869 been working at carpenter work, more or les, although in the summer seasons working on my Land and raising a crop. In 1873 I was (on) a trip to Pioch, fraighting grain for the Coop-Store here in Fairview City. Wm. Christensen, Andrew Christensen and myself being in one company. The last of July and first of September I went along in Bro. P. Christensen’s Company harvesting grain for the United Order.

A very large Emigration came in from Scandinavia this season, the largest I believe that ever came from that country in one season. About 150 souls came from Norway, among which were a good many that I was personally acquainted with. Brother Niels Isaksen and wife came - 60 - Chapter 4 - Back in America 1869 - 1881 to our place and a good many went to Fort Ephraim. Among them was Brother Skougaard and familie.

This Summer my wife had a trip to Salt Lake City along with her parents to attend to baptism for the dead. As they happen to be in Salt Lake City when the Skandinavian Emigration came in. Brother Niels Isaksen and two more sisters, emigrants, from Danmark, came along out with them on their wagon.

The last of August Klara Olsen from Christiania came to us to stop for a while and staid with us for two months and then went to Salt Lake City to get work and try to make a little and send home to assist her mother who was left in Norway, with three more children.

A general good crop was raised this season throughout the territory.

About the middle of November Lars Dorius Larsen moved to our place from Santaquin. We got my Loghouse to live in for the winter or til he get(s) a house built (on) his own Lot that he bought from John Sanders in the east part of town.

This fall I made a little adition to my house consisting of two small Rooms, a Kitchen and a childrens bedroom which added considerable to our comfort as my family now consisted (of) eight in number.

Christmas eve Brother John Johnsen from Provo with Amalia Gudmundson his wife, two children and one of my daughters, Amalia10, Daughter of Samuel and come to visit us. Maria Mork Gudmundson

They staid with us about two weeks in which time we had a trip to springtown to visit Br. Jensen and Mr. Frandzen. At Br. Jensen’s we kept up with dance and songs nearly the hol /whole/ night. The next day we went to Brother Frandzen’s and staid there that night. The snow commensed to fall at Christmas and kept on falling untill about three weeks afterward we had about two feet (of) snow on the ground.

1876 Fairview City

(Through) January and February (it) has been a very severe winter, deep snow and sharp frost all the time with little exception. Through the winter I had been working a little in the trade. Also made more sledges for the Order to haul timber out from the Canyon. About the first of February myself Br. Hekkerson and Ed. Terry rented Christian Olsen’s House, the old Skolhouse (schoolhouse) for 1.75 a month. We staid there about three weeks, when Martin Allread bought the house and moved it down in the fiel (field)

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March the 6th the snow is still deep on the Ground and hay or feed for stock getting verry scarse. Last Saturday eve the oldest women in the plase had a good danse at Brother Cruse’s, had dinner and supper to Mrs. Petterson’s. Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th stormy with some snowfall. Times are very doll and Emigrants that came in last summer has a pretty hard time to get along.

This spring I rented some (of) my Land out to Niels Pederson and Andrew Madson as I was short of a team myself to work with. I had a couple of colts but one of them (was) only a yearling and consequently too young to work.

In April Niels Neilsen and myself worked on Neils Pederson’s House and in May put in a little crop with my (colt) and Chr. Olsen’s Horse.

The 14th of June the releaf society had a dance in the school house, pretty well crowded but good Order. The 15th Brother N. Nielsen and myself went to Springtown to work for Br. J. Frandzen in finishing his House. We tore down the old ? put up a new one, put on a cornise, cased the windows on the outside, made three panel doors and cased two rooms upstairs.

We staid there about 5 weeks and came with our tools the 23rd July. While in Springtown on the 2nd of July I wrote three letters—one home to Norway to my brother Ole demanding my little money after my deceased parents, the other to John F. Dovins in Christiania to send me above money as I had written to my brother to send the money to him as he had a better chance to change them rather into a draft or into American money. The 4th was celebrated in Springtown as usual in other places. Nielsen and myself attended the meeting in the Meeting house and the dance in the afternoon.

The Summer so far has been verry dry and warm and a fair prospect for raising a good crop. After coming home from Springtown I attended a social dance in the evening of the 24th at Brother N. Pederson, where several of the Skandinaviens were gathered and had a very good time together. The day was celebrated in a usual Stile.

Brief Biography of My Father Following

I will here have to go back to the year 1875 and make a short statement about my Father’s death and also a brief Biography of his Life.

He died on his own Farm by the Name of Opund in ? in Norway, April the 30th 1875, (at) nearly 71 years of age.

His Wife, and my dear Mother, had died the year previous 1874, the 31st of January which loss he felt so deeply that he never felt like living after that sad incident.

My Father was born close by where he died on a Farm by the Name of Qiane, was in his young days educated as a School Gudmnd Saamundsson Teacher, and acquired considerable knowledge afterwards by his Samuel’s father own studdy. He kept schools in the neighborhood for some few

- 62 - Chapter 4 - Back in America 1869 - 1881 years, then served as a clerk in a Judge’s Office for some years in about which time he married then about the age of 30 years of age. My Mother I belief was then working on the same plase as a hired girl. After having been married they settled down on a part of the Judge’s Farm called Aplestoe from which he had to pay a yearly tribute. On this Farm he lived some two or three years after which time he bought a Farm in ? by the Name of Nordgaarden on which he lived till I was some twenty two or three years old. This he sold in the years of 1854 and 55 to raise money to a debt that he had been involved in for many years. After this he rented for some few years before he bought the farm that he lived his last days on.

My father was a good man, his moral was sincere and although born and raised in a wrong dogma he tried to serve God according to the best of his knowledge.

To my knowledge he was square in all of his dealings with his fellowmen. He held several offices of trust in the community and discharged them well, and for this reason he was generally liked and esteamed by all good people.

To me, my Fathers memory always will be held dear. I know that as a Father he did all he could for the welfare of his children. He educated them as well as circumstances permitted, clothed them as well as any neighbor, and fed them on the best the farm produced.

My Father and Mother had 10 children together of which (there) were nine boys and one girl.

Biography of My Mother

Blessed be the Name of my mother whom I, being her eldest Son, esteem as one /of/ the best women that ever lived on the face of this earth, so I say “again may her memory” stand forever and her Name live through all generations. My Mother was born on a Farm by the Name of Tytegrave Brukelberg Sogn. Unidisoe Prostegjeld or Parish in upper Thelemur Ken. Norway in the year of 1805. Her Father having had many children and but a small portion of Grund (ground) on which the whole Family had to subsist, she was but very young when she was compelled to get out and work for her living and thus she was hired as a nurse for the children at the Judge where my father was clerking and where he got acquainted with her and from where he married her which I think was in the year 1829 or 1830. My Mother whose Name was Mary was in her lifetime a very industrious, economical, and intelligent woman, a good Mother and full of good moral principles which she never neglected to set forth (to) her children.

To my knowledge she never turned away the beggar without giving something nor the hungry without giving them l-r: Mari Saamundsson something to eat. She was loved and esteemed by her Samuel’s mother neighbors as well as by her own family. Somewhat toward the

- 63 - Chapter 4 - Back in America 1869 - 1881 last of her life she was trubled and grieved considerable on account of her children who at that time were scattered abroad at different places and at different occupations away from her sight and these with the age commencing on caused her health to decline very fast, but her best comfort, her husband, together with her only daughter and youngest child, Gunhild staid with her til her death the last of January 1874. on the farm ? on which they had lived comfortably for many years. Four children—three small ones about one year old and one about 30 years of age—had gone before her into the Spirrit World.

I love and cherish her Memory.—

1876

The year passed of (off) quickly and raising a good crop all through the Territory made the People in general feel good and thankful to the Lord for his great mercies and blessings upon them for truly the Lord has blessed Israel in the vallies of the Mountains above any other People in this the Last Days.

The Stake Conferences that was (were) organized by Prest. Brigham Young: that is that two days meetings be held in one or two of the largest towns in each Stake all through Zion, added greatly to the convenience, blessings and rejoysings of the People which were to be held once a month for those of the People that could not attend the general Conferences at Salt Lake City. (These people) could attend these Stake Conferences. In this year I had a Son born to me, which we called Octavius Fernando.

1877

In this year President Brigham Young died in the month of August. The TwelveApostles were organized as a presiding Quorum over all the church in the old world.

1878 This year the United Order was discontinued in our Place, Fairview City, Sanpete County. Gunhilda Eulelia was born to us in this year.

1879

With this year commenced a long series of truble and sickness in my Family. My daughter Emma took sick in the month of February and was on the point of death and only by the faithful prayers of the brethren and the Power of God in the Administration she was saved from death. After her recovery in March and April my wife gathered slowly and steady a sickness which was of a serious nature and which lasted for years.

The Winter between 1878 and 1879 was an open one, scarcely no Snow, and consequently the Summer following a great scarcity of water for irrigation.

September the 16th 1879 our Son Moses Samuel was born to us, while I was in Provo as a Petit Juryman in the District Court. After Moses was born I thought my Wife would improve in health, but instead of that she grew worse.

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In the Winter of 1879 and 1880 we had Dr. Sangmore to attend her without any relief.

He also attended Bro. Niels Pedersen’s Wife for a similar sickness with the same effect.

This Winter was a hard one in Stock and killed hundreds and thousands of them through the Territory on account of late Spring and little provender for them.

Home of Samuel and Inger Gudmundson Fairview, Utah Circa 1879

As soon as the Spring opened up I started out to seek relief for my Wife and the first trip I took was down to Payson to a Dr. Simmons which (who) told me she was bewitched which I did not believe in .

After that I traveled at (during) that Summer with her visiting good People, administering the ordinances of the Gospel and also seeking every medical help, all seemingly to no avail.

On the recommendation of Prest. Peterson in Ephraim I went with her to Salt Lake City to be rebaptized in the Endowment House, which also had been done at home several times. This was in July (started the 9th from home).

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Lord, sending his guarding Engel (Guardian Angel) to snatch me out of the danger. I walked forward on the tongue of the Wagon to brush some flies off the horses, and while doing so, they got fraitened (frightened) and commensed to run, and in trying to get back in the wagon I fell down between the togs and hung there a few minutes while the horses were running and kicking till I tumbled out like somebody had pulled me out without a scratch on my body.

I jumped up started for the horses which run in a circle and catched them by the bits. Meanwhile my Wife had rolled out of the hind end of the Wagon without hurt.

We camped that night in Spanish Fork Canyon, drove the next day to Springville and stopped to (at) Mr. Hatching’s who pretended to know a little Medicine and also to care for witchery, which I did not believe much in.

The next day we drove to Battlecreek and the following to Salt Lake City, where we stayed til the 22nd of July and then started for home. In our stay in the City we had seen several of the Authorities. My wife had been baptized in the fount and also consulted with Doctors and bought some medicine. On coming back to Provo I left my Wife with Sister Tanner, Bishop Tanner’s Wife who was anxious to do what she could for her good.

I went home on the 24 and found my children all right. Great celebrations on this the Pioneer Day and People had a general rejoicing. I raised a pretty good crop this Season as was the case with the People all through the Territory.

At this Period in the Fall of ’79 my wife had arrived at a pretty bad climax being both physically and seemingly no hope to get over it, so that several told me she would have to be sent to the asylum.

This year I had almost concluded to move with my whole family to Arizona partly on account of my Wife’s health and partly for improving financial circumstances. But somehow I got out of that notion, thinking I would have to separate myself too far away from the friends and acquaintances whom I loved and also thinking I would get too far away from the Temples of the Lord which now were in erection in Utah and in a few years would be ready to do service in, which I was very anxious for having many relatives gone behind the vale that I wanted to perform for.

In August of this year I started to Provo after my wife having her Mother Sister Olsen along. We stayed in Provo some few days before going home, in which time together with Sister Tanner we went down to visit Mrs. Bunnells by the river Bottom.

But my Wife was sick physically and mentally and could not enjoy any comfort or pleasures. After coming home she seemingly grew worse and after this time I could not leave her alone to herself very well.

In going home after being in Salt Lake City, and after leaving my Wife in Provo with Sister Tanner, when camping in Spanish Fork Canyon, I partly made an agreement with Mr. John Dallin to purchase his farm or homestead between Springville and Spanish Fork and had also made up my mind to leave Fairview on account of cold climate or early and late frost.

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The rest of the season past off tolerably quitly (quietly) with the exception of my Wife’s health which was still very poor and her condition miserable.

1881

This Winter the Last of January: Samy and myself went down in the Spanish Fork Canyon on a good Snow road with bobslaghs, to John Dallin’s and made a purchase of his Homested by Springville for 200 dollars. When we went home the Weather turned into a big thaw and lasted til the Snow had gone nearly of from the Ground.

In February I went to Fort Ephraim to try to make a sale of my farm to Kall Peder but (it) did not amount to anything. About this time my Wife commenced to mend a little from her sicknes. This same month I made a sale of my Farm to Ole Larsen in Thistle valley for $750.00

In March 4th together with Samy, I went down to the homestead over again and to take Possession of my new home.

March 6th I went to Salt Lake City to homestead but Samuel ‘Samy’ could nothing do on account of the relinquishing papers (not Gudmundson being) satisfactory to the land office Officers, and (therefore) First son of went back to Provo and had it done to (by) Booth and Brown, Samuel and Marie Attorneys at Law. Gudmundson

The 9th or 11th myself and Samy went out from John Johnsen’s in Provo, together with Brother Isaksen who also came down from Sanpete with us, out on the Farm to start improvements and to put in crop(s).

This month we grubbed sagebrush, ploughed, and sewed wheat and Lucerne seed and also worked on the Big Ditch from the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon. I went to Sanpete about the last of the month and left Samy and the Farm and found everything pretty well in the Family, my Wife improving in her health.

This Spring made a fair promise of a good year, being an abundance of snow in the Mountains.

In this month the latter part of it, I went back on the Farm by Springville with a Load of grain and moving stuff. Staid and worked on the Farm a little, then went back to Sanpete and about the first of May and took my Wife to Springtown to Mrs. Lambert to be attended on by her through her confinement.

Summer of 1881. This Summer I traveled forward and backward once or twice every month between my Farm by Springville, my former home in Fairview where my children yet staid and Spring City where my wife staid at Mrs. Lamberts.

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The 20th of July my wife took sick in confinement and a daughter was born to us whom we called Inga Maria. My Wife staid in Spring City ten days after her confinement after which I took her to Fairview where she staid for a short time with her Mother.

August the 15th I moved my children from Fairview down to the new home by Springville. Staid at Ole’s Place in Thistle valley the first night and the next day went down to the Place where we did not arrive before (until)after dark. The children arose very early in the morning to take a good look at the new surroundings and the country and although but poorly so far (as) houses (are) conserned they seemed satisfied with the new home.

This Summer myself together with my son L…accomplished (improving) considerable on our new place such as breaking land, sewing Lucerne seed, ditches and fixing on the dwelling houses and correls. This season was a very fruitful one in all kinds that grew both in the earth and on top of the earth. I raised about 50 Bushels of wheat, some 60 or 70 Bush. of Potatoe, a little corn and Molasses.

In the fall Samy went back to Northbend to bring down the rest my Stock and brought all with exception of one cow that could not come along on account of her young calf.

About the first of Oct. I started to Northbend to bring my Wife and baby and also Mary who had staid with her Mother to take care of the baby, down to our new home. We went around by the way of Salt Creek Canyon, staid with Broder Maison Nielsen in Uintah the first night. Started from there about 9:00 the next morning and got to Santaquin and staid with Lars Olsen. Raining hard all the next day. We came down to our new home where the children were glad to see us. In November I together with my Son Heber took the team and went back to Fairview after the cow and calf we had left, camped on the way going in Spanish Fork Canyon without fire and had quite a snow that night, started about 4 o’clock in Morning and (it) was pretty cold. On going back with the cow we had quite a little truble in the start but the second day had no truble and went from Ole Larsen to the sulfur Springs in Spanish Fork Canyon where we camped for (the) night. Next day went home in good time. The last of Nov. I went to Sanpete again after a load of Lumber. Went round by the way of Uintah. Had cold weather in the start and then the weather broke up in a thaw so it got very mudy before I got home.

This fall I bought a set of Logs and commensed to build a loghouse. During the winter we lived in the lumber house and suffered some with cold.

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1882

In the Spring of the year (1881) I came short of hay for my stock and had to buy about 3 tons on the tithing yard for which I paid in Work on the big hay shed through the summer. In the Spring of 1882 I started a little Orchard consisting of Apples, Plums, and Petch (Peach) trees, also put out some small shrubs such as gooseberry, English current, and grape vines, also some few small Shade trees. This Spring myself together with my sons Samy, Nephi, and Heber grubbed quite a place of Land and my smaller boys Myron and Octavius helped in putting the brush in piles ready to burn after which we ploughed the Land pretty easy.

The 10th of May we recived a letter from my Wife’s parents in Northbend: Hans Olsen stating that his Wife was very sick and about (dying) wherefore we made preparation to start for Northbend the next day. We took (a) train to Thistle and from there with team to Northbend where we arrived the next day and we were happy to find our old good Gramma in a better condition than we expected. I left my wife, baby and Mary with the old folks and I returned home again to Springville (to attend) to (my) crop.

After my wife had staid in Fairview some 3-4 weeks I went back after her and children with team. That summer my son Samy and the rest of all my children staid home helping me on the farm. In June we had a visit of Bp,. (Bishop) Bringhurst with one of his (wives) and a child coming out in a buggy to (notify) me to come and help on the hayshade (hayshed?) in the tithing yard on which I and Samy worked some two weeks in July. About the middle of July my boy Samy started up in the canyon to work on the railroad where he staid to work about all that fall.

This fall about the first of Nov: I together with my wife went to Fairview with the team to fetch grandma down to live with us. The old Gentleman Hans Olsen had staid with us about 3 weeks in June making adobes for the purpose of building an additional room to our house for his old good Wife to live in. By this time we had moved in to our log house on the west side of the road. We were blessed with good weather in coming from Sanpete with our old good Grandma.

About the middle of August my son Nephi also started into Castle Valley by the way of Spanish Fork Canyon riding a part of the way on the narrow gorge from Spanish Fork Station to Clear Creek. By Fish Creek he met with Ephraim Davis and George Bowen from Spanish Fork to whom he was engaged to work and rode the rest of the way with them and their teams into Castle Valley where they had their contract. Both Samy and Nephi staid (stayed) out to work nearly up to Christmas that year.

The old Lady our good grandma as the children called her, felt satisfied in having left her husband and come to live her last days with her daughter and grandchildren. She had had a troublesome life with her husband nearly all the time of their marriage life as he was naturally given to wasting, drinking and even (committing) adultery with other Women, which caused much sorrow and grief to his Wife.

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This fall some of the people of Springville had built a new Theatre and I together with five more furnished the music for their dramatical performances, which mostly occupied my attention during the winter as I was the leader and instructor of the band.

In the fall of 1882 in the month of September myself together with my Wife and our Baby Inga, attended a consert in Provo rendered by the Tabernakle Choir of Salt Lake City which gave us much pleasure and enjoyment. Among the singers were Agnes Olsen.

1883

The Winter passed nice and quietly. My Sons Samy and Nephi took a trip to Sanpete in the month of January with team for the purpose of buying up some Wheat for seed and provision for the coming spring and summer.

They were in Sanpete at the severe cold weather which occurred between the 17th and 19th of this month. They came home all right without having suffered much. In a few days after having come home Samy took Frank (the horse) and went to Salt Creek Canyon to a man by the Name of Hickman and traded Frank off for a three year old colt and an old horse so he got two for one the old one not being much account but the colt was nice looking and pretty good sized. Brother Frandzen from Springtown and (a) man from the same place passed by this time (about the last of Jan.) on their way to Provo and stopped for dinner at our Place.

About the first of March our little son Moses took severely sick with cold and Lung fever and had a hard time to get over it, but through the mercies of God and our united exercises of faith and administration he was made whole, for which we praised the Lord. About this time we commensed to plow and work in the (Ground) as we had favorable and nise weather the whole month.

From this time our old good Grandma11 commensed to fail more and more in her health, and the 25th of April she died the death of a saint, apparently without any pain or struggle. We had done all we possibly could do for her in getting suitable medicine and administering to her comfort according to the best of our ability.

About 4 days before Grandma’s death or on Sunday morning the 22nd of April I took severely sick myself and my wife also being in poor health and in the family way, the circumstances at the time being looked rather discouraging, but the Lord helped us out and we came out all right, all of us. At these times, the 21 and 22nd of April, a fearful strong east wind was blowing nearly all over the Territory, unroofing and blowing down houses in several settlements. In Manti and Northbend parts of the Meetinghouse roof (blew) off. Nine in Springville, barns and (sheds) and chimney were blow(n) down.

Grandma had a nice burial. Bishop Paxcard and one of his Counselors and several Citizens of Springville assisting us and following her to the grave.

11 This would be Saumuel’s wife, Inger Auntine's mother, Gunhild Ougensdatter Olsen.

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The 13 of May about 9 o’clock in the evening my Wife gave birth to a beautiful girl which was given the name of Bessy Eleanor by Bessy Tanner in Provo. Mrs. Hall in Springville waited upon my wife in her sickness, a very heavy and sociable woman.

About the idle (middle?) of this month the Sunday School children of Springville had a May walk Day down to the Lake Shore where a good Portion of the Springville People with their teams took part hauling the children forward and backward. Plenty of Ise Cream and Candy was given to all. Dansing, rowing, etc. were the principal amusement mixed with singing and visitations (visiting?).

This Spring also made some improvements on my farm such as making ditches (breaking) a little new land and putting in more Lucerne seed.

Thru (the) last of June I took a trip to Ole Larsen in thistle Valley. On the way I found John from Provo who had (taken) a contract of making a switch by the cold Spring dugway and I camped with him for dinner. He made a good dinner and after having rested a short time I went on and came to Ole the same night.

I made (did) my business with him and started for home again the next day on the way calling at Gust. Hjorth’s. By the Brewery I found Peter Christensen ingaged in loading lumber on to the cars. Stopped a little with him and had a chat, and camped again with John from Provo by the cold Springs for dinner. He was then nearly done with his contract, and ready to go home in a (couple) of days. When I came home I found Ed Probart cutting my Lucerne.

This summer my crop failed considerabl(y) on account of (scarcity) of Water. My corn that I made quit a calculation on failed at most intirely. A good many of (the) (peach) trees that I had planted out the Spring before (1882) were cut down by the winter frosts but sprouted from the roots during the summer. No signs of fruit this summer on my place

In the fall of the year I made a little addition to my loghouse in building a couple of small adobe rooms. During the summer a brick yard had been started by the railroad track by Attwoods from Spanish Fork and Salem. The Summer was an extreme(ly) hot one and consequently more water was needed in Order to raise grain.

The last of November Bertrand Tanner and Emma Mae Gudmundson Emma went to Salt Lake City to go through the First daughter of Samuel and Endowment House and get married. Marie Gudmundson

Saturday morning the 1st of Dec. I took the 7 o’clock train from Springville and went to Provo leaving Bro. and Str. Isaksen at my place as they had been camping there over night, coming for Sanpete on their way home to the Provo

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Lake Bottom. I went back to Springville about 4 o’clock in the afternoon with my team leaving my Wife and Nephi in Provo. In the night I plaid (played) for a theatre in Springville.

Christmas Day we had a visit of John and Thea with their son Eugene who staid (stayed) til the next day afternoon. We had quite a sociable time together.

1884

New Year Day the 1st of January I together with my Wife and Baby went over to Provo in a visit to John’s, again according to invitation. The same day as we were ready to start, Bertrand and Emma together with Bessy, Grace, Sarah Ann and Arthur, came from Payson after a visit there through Christmas. (They were very much frozen and Bertrand was sick), as the day was severely cold. Had a pleasant time (at) John’s (for) a (couple) of Days. I went home and left my Wife with Baby in Provo.

Bertha and Emma staid to our house a cuple of days after which I took them home to Provo and brought home my Wife and Baby. As Berth, Emma and Tanner’s children went to Payson (at) Christmas time, Louise (Louis?) Tanner stopped at our house, staid there some few Days with my children after which him (he) and my boy Heber went a foot on the track over to Provo for a short visit.

The Winter was very pleasant with but very little Snow up til the 5th of February. when thunder, lightning, snowstorms, cold weather, and strong Winds lasted for about two weeks.

On the 5th Bro. C. C. A. Christensen and his son Fred stopped at our house on their way home with their Panorama. Had deep mud to go through to my place but had not gone further than Spanish Fork before he was overtaken by the Storm.

Febr. 19th Berth and Louise tanner came over after my Wife and Baby, Emma being somewhat sick and longing to see her. The 20th was a splendid Nize and fair day. Sunshine and warm, which we appreciated very much after two weeks (of) severe cold and stormy weather. The snow is deep in the Mountains and drifted into the hollows in Abundance, so we have a fair prospect for plenty Water next summer which is our main support in raising good crops.

In December 1883 Samy went over to Knutzen on Provo Lake Bottom to stay with him for the winter, but he only staid there about a week after which he came to Bp. Tanner where he got good employment for the Winter. The 20 and 21. were fair and pleasant weather and looked as though Spring was about to open.

Friday the 22nd of Febr. I had an appointment to lecture in the Seventies Meeting among four others of the Seventies who were George Mason, Lut Crandall and M. Crandall. My subject was necessity of faith in the Priesthood. Owing to not knowing that my time was limited to 15 minutes I did not finish according to my wish.

Saturday 23rd myself and Nephi going to town with team after some flour. I paid the last indebtment (installment?) on my wagon (2.50) which I had bought in August 1883.

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Sunday 24th Samy came over from Provo on Horseback on a short visit, as he had not been home since last fall in December when he left home to stay with Knutzen. Berthrand also came over form Provo to bring my wife home again after a visit to Tanners. The few last days of February pretty nice and fair weather.

The first of March I together with my daughter Mary went over to Provo to attend Conference. The roads were pretty mudy and snow on the ground in spots after the big drifts in the first of Febr.

I got in to Provo about 11. o’clock, I met first Caleb and then Bessy Tanner who told me that Berthrand had been stabbed in the back by one David Levett and that it had been done in Tanners Mill.

I staid there the first two nights to take care of him together with my Son Samy who was at work for Tanner. I went home on Monday and left my daughter Mary. Berthrand got well in the course of 2-3 weeks.

About the middle of this month the winter broke up so that stock could live out in this month. I sowed my grain. This month went in the usual way by attending to farmwork and ditchwork. The Spring was pretty favorable and the season seamed to be favorable on account of having plenty of Snow in the mountains.

This month (May) was accupied in putting in garden, planting corn and potatoes. I also planted the most of my potatoes in the dark of this moon. About the middle of this month (June) I cut the first crop of my Luserne. The last of July I cut my wheat crop.

August - Spent in common pursuits of Farming. September the same way.

In this month (October) about Conference time I went over to Provo to work for Bishop Tanner, in putting roof and cornise on a house up on his farm, which Berth and Emma were intending to live in. One Bro. John Holdaway worked with me on the Carpenter work.

After also having put the floors in I went home for a short time til the masons or plasterers had plastered the house, after which I went over to Provo again to do the inside finishing. Berth and me staid up on the farm alone while I (did) the carpenter work.

About the first of the month (November) I went over to Provo to get Samy home to help take care of home and children when I and my wife went to Sanpete a trip we had been anticipating for a month or so.

The 6th in the morning about 5 o’clock my self, Wife, Heber, and Grase Tanner started for Sanpete by way of Nephi and Salt Creek Canyon leaving at home Samy

Emma and rest of the small children. Nephi was at this time engaged to work for Brother Miner. As we started in the morning our son Octavius was some croppish (croupish) on account of a cold he had gathered in his lungs. It was a clear cold and nice morning and by the time we got through Spanish Fork the day commensed to dawn. We got up to Santaquin a little after

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After having had a chat with the good people of the Place we started on the road and drove to Mona on William Creek where we again rested the team a little after which we drove on to Nephi and put up for the night (at) Walter Reed’s Wife, (he) not being at home. This Woman was an aunt of Grace Tanner and an old acquaintance of my Wife. Next morning the 7th we started for Sanpete in nice weather and under favorable circumstances. We went nearly through Salt Creek Canyon, being new and interesting to Grace.

We stopped again for rest at the head of Salt Creek Canyon after which we drove to Moroni in Sanpete where we made some inquiries at Martin Tailor’s Store, then drove up to Fredom where we put up at Cornelia Taylor’s House for that night. We had a nice treatment and a friendly chat.

The next morning we started for Fairview leaving Grace at Fredom with her aunt. We stopped and fed the team at Sanpete Bridge, then drove up to Mount Pleasant. Stopped a little there and left my watch for repairing at Mr. Lundberg and drove on to Fairview where we put up (at)Andrew Christensen’s.

As it now was about two years since any of us had been in Northbend, Our Old Home where most of our children had been born and raised and where we had seen so many Days of both joy and sorrow, (left) a curious feeling in our heart and many reflections in our minds (as) we entered the place.

The 9th (was) Sunday and we went to meeting when we had a chance to see a good many old friends and acquaintances. One Bro. Gills from Salt Lake City in the interest of the Juvenile Instructor spoke very good to the youth both in Sunday School and forenoon meeting.

Monday morning the 10th I went down to Mt Pleasant to find out some few things in regard (to) Hans Olsen (my Wifes Father) and Mrs. Evinrud as she was commonly called, how they were married, the deeding of the little Property to Mrs. Evinrud and so on.

While in Mt Pleasant on this (errand) I stopped (at) Blacksmith Jensen’s where we found Blacksmith Hjorth from Northbend. My Son Heber (who) went with me to Mt. Pleasant went back to Northbend with Bro. Hjorth that Evening. While in Mt. Pleasant I got my watch from Mr. Lundberg fixed and (in) good running condition free of charge.

Next day I went home or back to North Bend where I found my wife at Hans Olsen and Mrs. Evinrud’s where we were invited for dinner that day. We were invited to several plases for dinner such as to Bro. Lundwall, Bro. C. K. Hansen, Chr. Olsen and Anne Throudhymner.

After having finished our Business, such as making final settlement with Ole Larsen, getting our Wood, etc., we took dinner with Mrs. Pedersen in the field and started for Bro. Frantzens at Springtown where we calculated to stay over night. At our stay in North Bend we mostly put up at nights with Brother and Sister A. Christensen who had been our neighbors for some 16 or 17 years.

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Before leaving North Bend we received a card from Home written by Samy that Lelly (Eulelia?) was sick but not seriously. In leaving we went down through the field past my old home, and called at Juanna Allread who was some sick and had just lost a Baby. When we came to Bro. Frantzen, Spring City, we found them in rather critical circumstances, his hired hand Lars Larsen had just broke his leg falling off from the Wagon going after Wood and Bro. Frantzen himself blind which he had been for about a year.

Next morning the 15th we went to Ephraim put up to Soderbergs and attended meeting in the Afternoon. Sunday 16th attended 2 meetings. Pres. John Taylor, George Q. W. Woodruff, M. Lyman, and M. Tatcher were present at the Stake Conference. Excellent instructions were given.

Monday 17th we started for home going by the way of Spring City, Wales, Fredom where we staid overnight. The 18th we went through Salt Creek Canyon, Cornelia Taylor and Grace Tanner being in our Company.

In the Canyon we met Knud Larsen from Lake Bottom who told us that one of our small boys had (taken) dangerous(ly) sick in our absence and on account of that news we traveled all that night til we reached Santaquin about 12 o’clock at night where we staid and rested with Sister Annesen til next day the 19th when we came home about 3 o’clock in the afternoon.

Octavius was the one who had (taken) sick just a week before and was very low with Neumonia. Nephi had sent for Dr. Cook who just came soon after us. About a week after(ward), I took down with the same sickness and we both laid sick in the same bed for about two weeks after which I commenced to get so much better that I could be up a little, but our son Octavius did improve very (slowly).

While I was sick my boys Samy and Nephi were busy plowing putting in some fall Wheat and hauling wood out of the Canyon.

Although we got about nearly a foot of Snow three or four days before Christmas a south wind and a thaw came and took it all off so we had no Snow during these days at all.

1885

The new year set in very pleasant not cold and not muddy with hardly no Snow on the ground.

The 27th of January I went over to Provo being the first time out after my sickness. That night I staid over with John and Thea and the next day I went up to Berth and Emma on the farm by the River. When I came there I found Emma sick expecting to come down in childbed. Mrs. Tanner and Mrs. Clark waiting on her. In the evening about 5 or 6 o’clock Mrs. Clark pronounced her case some different and wished to send for a Doctor to assist or take the responsibility as midwife out of her hand.

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Accordingly Berth went out and brought Dr. Pike, who after some few hours stay took the baby with instruments. The 29th after Emma was through all right and had got a fine boy, I went home taking Mrs. Clark along down to Provo.

The Month of February passed off very fine. In the month of March we started to work on the canal starting at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon and going over the Bench from which we receive our irrigating water.

Myself, Samy, Nephi, and Heber and Team worked on the ditch nearly every day from the 9th to the 27th. In the middle of this month my wife and myself took a trip over to Provo mostly to see how Emma did get along (where) we found (her progressing) very slow after her confinement.

On the Sunday after … which we came over to Provo I hitched up John’s team and took my Wife, Thea, Mary, Thora, and Octavius up to Berth and Emmas. Myself and Thea went down to John’s at night and next morning I went up to Bp. Tanner where my Wife and Mary had come down from Emma’s in a Buggy with Grace. Octavius staid with Emma.

February the 18th myself and Wife attended a surprise party (at) John and Thea’s as a token of respect to Amalia on her 19th birthday. A splendid supper was prepared and the evening was spent very pleasurely with music, dancing and singing. My Wife had staid with Emma about one week before(hand).

Our baby Bessie was at (this) time considerab(ly) sick with teething.

April. Started in rather stormy probably on account (of) March (having) been a very fine and rainless month. About the 1st of this month Nephi went with Ron Miner’s outfit up Spanish Fork Canyon to P.V. Junction to hunt work and on the 4th the Roadmaster. (He) took him down to Castle Gate where he got work on the Sextion.

About the middle of this month I planted some early Potatos and some garden seed.

Sunday the 19th Samy took a trip over to Provo and in coming back reported Emma to be improving in health. These days were very stormy and cold.

Wednesday 22nd Samy went up on the train to Castle Gate and Price River Canyon to work on the Section.

Nephi had been working there since the 2nd of this month. This Day was the most stormy and disagreeable we have had all (this) Spring. Snow and rain mixed together fell nearly all the day. The 23rd Snow on the ground in the morning. The air looked better as if it was going to clear off.

This morning my Wife took sick and although it was not ? before the 23rd ,(of April) between 7 and 8 o’clock in the morning, she was confined with a nice girl (Erma Leona). We had to send for the midwife Mrs. Wood from Springville about 12o’clock on the 24th.

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May the 23rd on a Saturday morning we went over to Provo to visit Emma and Berth. As my Wife was longing for a little ? after her sickness. We staid with Emma about a week after which I went after her to take her home. About this time everything looked lovely and prosperous on the ground.

June the 4th. Thursday our Baby was blest in the Springville Meeting House by counselor B. Blanchard. Name Erma Leona. This was a most remarkable hot day and in the night between the 4 and the 5. we had the most severe hailstorm accompanied with Thunder and lightening that ever has been known of in the Vallies of the Mountains. It (did) a great deal of damage (to the) grain and fruit crop, and undoubtedly a great deal of good in Killing (worts?) and bugs that otherwise might have been very destructive, for they were numerous from the Spring.

June 11th commensed to cut down my Lucerne. About this time my Wife went over to Provo with Emil Mork that had lately come to Utah from Chicago as a Methodist Missionary.

The 14th went over to Provo after my Wife, went to Meeting in the Meeting House, after which I went to Berth and Emma’s. Did not find them home and went down to Clinger where they had (gone) to in the morning. We visited there til next morning or afternoon on account of heavy rain. Went up on the bench to Berth and Emma in the afternoon and home the next day.

The 24th of July I together with my Wife and some of the littlest children went over to Provo for an “Out”—Lily, Moses, Inga, Bessie and our baby being along with us and all were exceedingly glad in the trip, and the delightful ride the weather being very pleasant. We staid the first night (at) Berth and Emma’s, and the next night (at) Niels Johnsen’s, the weather being so rainy we could not go home the evening we had calculated. Some few days previous there had been heavy rainstorms in many places and (they did) damage (to the) crops.

This month I cut my grain, (starting) about the middle of the month. This summer we took possession and cut some 15-20 acres of Land on the School Sextion on the Bench and broke about 6 acres of it and sowed corn and …ne in about 4 of it, made a ditch to it in this month and got the water partly on it the first time.

The 12th of August myself and Wife went to Provo to a Scandinavien Conference where a good many were gathered from different towns in Utah County.

On the 29 and 30th of this month the Stake Conference was held in the new Tabernakle which we also attended on Sunday the 30th.

August the 31st in the evening had a trial with Mrs. Hansen of Springville at Bro. Uel Stewart’s House. Emma and my Wife were along and Mrs. Hansen was the plaintive in the case.

This case (grew) out of a difficulty or a misunderstanding in the price of some apples that I and some of my children had received from her during the first Summer we lived on the new Farm. We got the Apples or at least the most of them as a gift, but afterward demanded a high price for all of them. The case was, to me at least, satisfactory settled in a Bishop’s Court in Springville the first part of 1886.

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1886 (Paragraph hard to decipher).

The 9th of this Month (February) my brother Olaf… and her Sisters Place. Fjeldet Nordalseno Nordsed … in Norway, being 52 years 4 months and 28 days old. He had stated to his Sister and Brother-in-law before his death that he had not felt well for 30 years. The last letter I wrote to him was in the Summer of ’86 not knowing that he then was dead. His death was not altogether unexpected to me as he had stated in his last letter.

The Summer of this year I did not raise grain enough to feed my Family; it been a very dry season having no rain to start the grain up.

On the 29th of June Nephi went to P. V. Junction to relieve Samy in Craner’s. George Robbins went along with him to hunt work.

In the fall of this Year Samy came home from P.M. Junction having been employed there for some time in Craner’s and Goodman’s Store. In August myself, Samy, and Myron with team went to P.V. Junction taking Samy up there for a short time to attend Cramer’s and Goodman’s Store but did not stay long as above stated. Myself and Myron took a load of Slabs home.

The 9th of September. Myself and part of my Family, Wife, and five children Octavius, Moses, Inga, Bessie and Erma, the baby, started early in the morning for Sanpete via Spanish Fork Canyon. It was a nice day but very cool in the morning passing through the Canyon. We traveled that day to Ole Larsen in Thistle valley where we met Bp. Tucker of Fairview going down to Thistle Station to take some of the Officers of the Sisters R. Society from Salt Lake to Fairview the next day, to attend the Sister’s Conference there.

During our stay in Fairview we put up at Bro. and Sister Hansen’s and were very kindly entertained as also at other Places we visited. We called at Bro. Olsen’s, my Wife’s Father the same day we left town. Himself and Wife, Mrs. Evinrud, seamed to be pleased with our call.

Our main object in the visit to Fairview was to get our wool dividend and take ourselfs and children on a trip before Winter. The children enjoyed (something?) heartily.

This Season’s crop proved to be somewhat light, not raising grain enough for Breadstuff. Haycrop was pretty good.

During the winter of ‘86 and ‘87 we broke about 10 ackres of Brushland in which we had to use two teams, Samy, Heber, Myron and Octavius being the principal workers.

1887

During the Summer of ’87 all of my boys with exeption of Nephi who was working in the Round house at P.V.Junct., staid at home working on the Land hauling wood, poles, and Lumber out of the Canyon. About the last of Sep. Samy took up a Land claim in Hoblecreek on the Bartholomy Creek.

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The night of or between the 24 and 25th July Nephi took a run from P.V. Junction to visit home. He laid off from work about four days during which time he visited friends and relatives in Provo.

The 7th of October I started with Bro John Frantzen after he had staid the night over with us, about 6 o’clock in the morning bound for Spring City Sanpete, through Sp. Fork Canyon. We reached Fairview or Sanpete Bridge about 8 o’clock and Spring City about 12 at night. I slept about 3. hours at old Lady Trachtz; had a good chat with the old Lady, and first Wife. Started back to Northbend in the morning in very cold weather. I went home after a cupple of days.

This fall was a very dry one and but little or no rain or Snow fell before Christmas. Christmas went off as usuall.

1888

The year of 1888. came as all past years had come. Favorable Weather. Peace and good feeling among the Saints. The People having plenty to eat, drink and (wear). The Winter passed off nicely in my Family. The Lord blessing us with health, strength and a portion of his Spirrit.

The Winter was mild and plessant with exeption of the two first week in January which was the most severe cold that ever has been experienced in Utah. In the northern and middle States of America many People froze to death.

In the month of May of this month I bought a place in Hobble Creek Canyon off (from) Samy Ostler, for which I was to pay the sum of $45O.00. $215.00 was paid at the time of sale in Horses and colts.

In the month of February of this year my son Nephi came home from P.V. Junction, having quit work there on account of the wages being too small. After having staid home a week or two he started up North (in) Ogden and from there further west to Terrasse where he got a job as (a) fireman.

During the Summer we staid a portion of the time up in the Canyon taking care of the Coups (crops?) and the stock there, having all the small children along with us. We raised that season in the Canyon about 100 Bush. of potatoes after Horses, Stock and Piggs had destroyed about half of it. On the farm by Springville we raised of Wheat about 135 Bush.

In the month of November Nephi came home (on) a trip to visit being some(what) disabled for service, having droped a piece of coal on his foot. He staid at home and in Provo some 8 Nephi Mork Gudmundson or 10 days after which he went back to work again. Son of Samuel and Marie Mork Gudmundson This fall I built a little addition to my Loghouse on the

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East end intended for a bedroom. I got it so far finished that we could use it for (a) bedroom during the winter. It did not get plastered owing to the cold weather and the late season.

Heber and Myron were working with Uncle John in Provo bailing hay and Samy staid at home with the rest of us til after Christmas when he took Heber’s plase. They worked for 50 cts a day and their board and Samy had his team along working for the feed.

During Christmas week I plaid in the Theatre every night and slept mostly at Sister Devenish’s House.

1889

New Year day I staid mostly at Mrs. White’s House and also at Bro. Henry Pennington’s House as we were going to play in the Theatre that night.

This day was made (memorable) on account of a total eclipse of the sun about 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Emma with all her children came over to visit us before Christmas and staid til after new year. Onckle John and his Familie were over at new year. The House was pretty full for one night. Emma and Berth had three children, John and Thea three, besides our… eight children at home besides ourselves.

Nothing very noteable transpired the first winter months of 1889. We had a very cold spell (in) January, but not so severe as the winter before.

March 3 and 4. was held Quarterly Conference in Provo … where Presidents Woodruff and Canon were present, about the time they first appeared in Public after several year’s consealment. They held meetings in the Southern Cities of Utah County before they went back to their homes in Salt Lake City.

The 9th of May I pulled half the piping that we had (driven) about 2 ½ year(s) ago and that had stud (stayed) dry all that time and then to our surprise and joy got a little stream of water. March was a very dry month and the winter was remarkable for a little supply of Snow in the mountains. Through April we had a good many nice rain(falls) and showers.

The first of May we attended a Consert in the big Tabernakle in Provo where some of Salt Lake’s best musicians and singers were present. Some good rain showers about the 6 and 7.

The 13th was my 58th birthday but my Wife and Children had arranged a surprice (for) me on the 14th. The house in the evening was crowded with people both from Provo and Springville and a splendid supper was prepared and enjoyed. The Sheperd band had come to furnish the music and we also had a nice dance.

The 29th (of) May Berth and Emma moved to Castle Valley. Samy went along with them with his team to help them across the mountains. They got in to Huntington on ? the first of June all in good shape and without any accidents.

June the 14th we were all into the Sunday School Jubilee. All the children were along.

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On the 18th of this month Heber went to P. V. Junction to hunt work owing to the poor prospect of the Season as there was no Snow in the mountains and consequently would be no water for irrigation. He worked at different jobs such as grading on the railroad, working on a Sawmill, and helping John Strong in the tie work. Samy started with his team on a Cart, the hind part of his old Wagon, on the 26th of June, to try to find some Lumber, hauling out on the Sanpete Mountains but he came home without finding work.

On this day the 26 our daughter Mary went with Gustaf and Sarah Soderberg on a visit to Ephraim and Fairview in Sanpete.

On the 8th of July Samy and Wm. Clegg started for their tie hauling Contract for S. S. Janes in Provo. Their place of work was Spanish Fork Canyon this side of Cleer Creek.

My Father in law Hans Olsen came down from Fairview on the 23rd of July after invitation from my Wife and myself. As Mary had come from her trip to Sanpete a little before this time and had visited her Grandpa in Fairview and seeing his misserable condition we felt sorry for the old man and invited him to come down to us as he did right after the invitation.

August and September were awfull dry and hot. No Snow in the mountains and hardly no water in the Creeks. The old Farmers that had the first water rights and hardly half water enough and consequently the new farms on the benches and the highland went dry. The drought was generall all through Utah and the whole rocky mountains. As a Consequence the Crops were very small and (there was) also a great deal of Quarrel(ing) about water.

On the 4th of Sept. Nephi came home on a short visit from Ogden and went back again on the 10th. A gentle rain and some thunder on the 20th. Heber came home on a short visit from P.V. Junction and went back on the 29th.

This month we put in a quit a bit of dryland grain on the bench. Myron and Octavius did the plowing, Harrowing and brush pulling.

October 1889. On the 4th of this month our little darling daughter Erma took some croupish. The 5th she was quit bad but we were all in hopes she would get over it. But at night she got worse and I went for some Elders and Administered to her, nursed her the best we understood but for all of this she grew worse. We were setting up all night with her, and exercised all the faith we could for her but she (grew) worse all the night till finaly nearly 6 o’clock in the morning on the 6th of October she breathed her last. She suffered painfully all the night, and could speake a little and call for water pretty much all the night. She said she wanted a fresh drink from the Well only a cupple of hours before she died. I was setting in the rocking chair holding her when she died and the feelings and sorrow that we felt could only be understood by her Father and Mother and brothers and sisters.

Sunday the 6th of this month Conferense day when a great many of our people (were) gathered at Salt Lake City listening to good preaching and rejoysing.

We was home sorrowing and lamenting seeing our little Darling laying Corps on the Lounge. Thea Johnsen in Provo the Cleggs folks and Sister Huntington made her burial close and dressed her. Although she suffered much in the night, she went off apparently very easy like

- 81 - Sameul Gudmundsen's Diary 1882 -1890 she fell into a natural sleep without any struggle at all and the beautiful mild and pleasing smile upon her face had a consoling effect in our bereivment. Lewis Tanner and Eliza and Lelie Clegg were setting up in the night watching the body of our departed “Darling” as the rest of us were laying down only to have a poor sleep. Early in the morning before daybrake Samy and Heber came down from P. V. Junction (Monday the 7th) as I had telegraphed for them the Sunday forenoon the day of her death.

Monday forenoon myself with the assistance of my boys made Our Darling’s Coffen covered it with white flannel and formed it inside as good and nice as we could make it and in the afternoon about 4 o’clock the funeral services were held. Tucket spoke very good and encouraging and she was buried on the south side of her Grandma, that she never had seen, in Springville Graveyard. Although it was rumored that Our Darling Erma had died from Diphtheria a good many friends came to our assistance and followed her to the Grave (site?).

Nephi came, according to call by telegram, from Terrace on the C. P. Ry. a short time before the funeral servis. Emma living in Castle Valley was prevented from coming. All the rest of her Brothers and Sisters were present to pay her the last respect.

Several weeks before her sickness and death we had heard all of us curious foreboding and warnings that something would happen in our Family. My Wife heard bellringing in the air. I was dreaming that she was taking sick with some thought sickness which I thought was going to be diphtheria, and I also thought that we would have to move her way to another house so as not to expose the rest of the children. I thought that we were all weeping, sorrowing, and lamenting on account of the evil that had come to our house and in this dreadful condition I woke. This dream I had only a few nights before she took sick and my dream was realized.

When Heber, just a week before she died went back to P.V. Junction he said he went away from home with as heavy heart as ever he had experienced, and Myron when harrowing on the School section a week or two before she died said he sometimes was overcome with such heavy gloomy feelings that he had to set down on the harrow and study.

I had often thought, and we also talked about it between us, how lucky we had been with our children, not losing any, notwithstanding the hard sickness a good many of them had had. But this time we were doomed to depart with our most beloved little Darling and our youngest child. Both myself and Wife felt the loss of this child severely because she had become the pet of the whole family. She was her parents’ last bed companion and on that account very much missed. The children, that during her life, had staid most at home with her felt awfull in parting with her.

The Summer of this year was a very trying one to the people but most to the farmers on account of the scarsity of the water, and only a very small crop was raised. I did not raise more than about 100 Bushels of wheat, where I ought to have raised between 2 or 300. The crop in the Canyon I let out to Erastus Clark to harvest and thrash and I realized only some over 20 Bushels of Wheat from it. October was a very stormy month nearly all through.

November the 4thmyself and Leli went to Fairview Sanpete after our wool and for other business and came back on the 8th. In going and coming we staid over night at Dan Tanner’s in Thistlevalley. I took a cold on this trip and was laid up for a cupple of days. Soon after coming

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December 1889. this month was very stormy as nature had determined to make for the little rain and snowfall during the year. The middle part of this month Nephi came home sick from Ogden. His sickness had been contracted [because of] cold and exposure on the Engine while firing. We doctored and took care of him the best we could and in little over a week he commensed to get better, so that by Christmas time he was able to (do) his work firing again. His run was from Ogden west about 200 miles. On the 21st of this month myself with Mary went to P. V. Junction to cook for Samy and Heber who had been there working in the Round House all the fall. We had rented M. Miners house for that purpose and sent for a new Stove through J. P. Evans of Springville. We would have been there before had it not been that the boys had been ordered out on different points of the road to watch Engines (injuns?) Soon after we got in to P.V. there were general wrecks of the trains but no lives lost.

1900

The first part of January was very stormy and cold and we suffered considerable from the cold weather among the poor and open House we lived in. The later part of the month the weather was more plessent. The second of this month Heber had to go home on account of sickness and staid home in his Mother’s care til the 22nd when he came back and commensed work on the 23rd. After his coming back Samy went home on a lay off for about a week.

The 8th of February. I went down home not feeling well and being afraid of being layed up in a sickness. Finding everything well at home and having the nicest kind of weather I got over it without coming down bedfast. Allthough there had been about two feet of Snow in the Valley at this time, there was nothing left.

The 20th I went back to P.V. and found Mary quite sick from cold and (soreness) of (throat) so it was with difficulty she was able to do her Inger Auntine Gudmundson with work, suffering besides a good deal daughter Mary Jane with home sickness. Samy was most of the Winter on nightshifts while

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Heber was day shifts.

About the last of this month – severe Snow storm with awfull cold weather set in and lasted 8 to 10 days which caused a cupple of our cows and a colt to die. This winter had stored a big quantity of Snow in the mountains and that together with lots of rain in the Valleys gave (fair) prospect to the farmers this coming summer. I had put all of my grain crop in the fall and it looked so far well.

The 6th of March I came home again from P. V. Junction owing to my wife had taken sick again with the LaGrippe which had trubbled her (once) before during the Winter. The LaGrippe was a commen Plage this season that the whole world was more or less trubled with. I found my Wife in better condition than I had looked for. After coming home myself and the boys that were home, Myron and Octavius, occupied our time in sowing luserne seed. Samy was laid off from the Round House in P. V. the 20th of March and came home.

Mary came home from the same plase about the 27th so Heber was the only one that staid there after that time.

The 15th of March I attended a general Pristhood meeting in the Pristhood room in the Stake tabernacle at Provo, where I was ordained a High Priest under Bro. Daniels, the chorister of the Stake being the Mouthpiece. It had previously been suggested by the head Authorities of the Church that the advansed in age of the Seventies would withdraw from the quorum in Order to give room for younger and more active men to join it and take the responsibilities of going abroad in the world to prech the Gospel. So consequently several of the aged members of the Seventies withdrew this Quorum and joined the High priest Quorum. This step was altogether voluntary, but nevertheless an introduction from the first Presidensy.

I sowed a good deal of lusern seed during the month of March. April the 11th myself, Samy and Myron went up the Farm in the Canyon after a load of Oackwood and to see how our Land and crop looked. We found some 5 or 6 acres of splendid volunteer wheat. The 15th myself and Wife went over to Provo to see about Grandpa’s business and to fetch Emma home, whom with her children had made a visit to friends and relatives. She had come from Castle Valley some two weeks before. The 16th we went home with team and Wagon. The last going Passanger R. G. Ry. had a wreck about one mile south from Provo that day, so it looked like Providense inspired us to go over to Provo to fetch Emma and children home with wagon that day, for they had calculated to come on the Train had we not come.

The 17th Samy and Myron went up in the Canyon on the farm to harrow over the Volunteer Wheat and to sow some Lucern seed which they accomplished and came home again on the 18th.

On the 21 of this month I started to Sanpete with team going through Spanish Fork Canyon having my wife and our youngest girl Bessie along. Our business was to arbitrate the case between my Wife’s Father's second wife, Johanna Evenrud and my wife, Hans Olsen’s daughter. We got that day as far as the Asphalt work, two miles above Thistle Station, and camped over night at Thos. M. Leods who treated us very kind. We practiced music til about 12 o’clock.

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The 22nd we went to Dan Tanner’s in Thistle Vally, traveling about 4. hours in (steady) rain and very mudy road. We were kindly received by the folks. I come very near forgetting that my daughter Emma and her youngest child also went along with us, leaving her two oldest children in the care of ours at home. We got in to Northbend on the 23rd in the evening and went to Fred Christensen’s to put up for that night. The next night we slept at Marie Carlson’s and had a very pleasant visit with her.

On the 25th of this month we compromised with Mrs. Evenrud and Easter Carlson conserning the property of my Wife’s Father which was to the effect that Mrs. Evenrud got the south half of the Lot as her real property. The north half Lot with House on and 61/2 acres of Land in the herd house field was deeded to my Wife. We were kindly received and treated in Northbend by everybody that we met and had a very enjoyable time while we staid there.

On Sunday Night the 27th several of us gather(ed) at S. Wilson where we spent the evening with songs and music, myself playing the lead Violine and Fred Christensen, Andrew Mortensen and a school teacher by the name of Myls (Miles?)Webb playing second Violine Cello and Organ.

Monday the 28th we started from the town going that day as far as Dan Tanner’s in Thistle Vally where we again stopped til the next day at which day the 29th we went to Thos. M. Leod at the Asphalt Mills Sp. Fork Canyon where we spent a good portion of the evening in Music. The next day we came home after having traveled the most of the road in a heavy storm of hail and rain, thunder and lightning having Mr. and Mrs. McLeod along with us on a visit. When we came home we were all pretty much (wet) through.

May the 1st we spent at home in company with Mr. and Mrs. McLeod, Sister Clegg, Eliza and Mary Clegg and her husband Wm. Clegg. Had some grand music on that day, five instruments played. Myself plaid the lead Violine. Wm. Clegg 2nd V., McLeod Clarnet, my daughter Mary Guitar, and my son Samy plaid the Cello for the first time very good.

Friday the 2nd of May we spent the most of the day at Father Clegg’s being that day his 67. birthday. The week between the 4 and 11th we were (busy) with watering, cleaning ditches and hous cleaning.

On Sunday the 11th our daughter Mary went to Mr. LeSeur at the Asphalt Works in Sp. Fork Canyon to work for his Wife according to recommendation from Th. M. Leod. She went on the ? 2. train, Samy taking her to the Sp. Fork Depot and Torah Johnsen and George Robins being here on a visit from Provo on Horseback also went along for (company’s) sake.

Monday the 12th Samy went with team up to the Asphalt work hauling Asphalt from the Mill to the Station.

Tusday the 13th being my 59th birthday we had some few friends meet with us to partake of a nice dinner made up by my Wife and E/mma?/ and had a quiet and enjoyable time in the afternoon. It was brother Clegg and some of his folks from town and Probart and his Wife that spent the time with us in the afternoon.

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The later part of May we were busy with watering Lucerne and grain, cleaning ditches, etc.

The 1st and 2nd of June Myself, Wife and Samy attended Quarterly Conference in Provo. John Henry Smith and H.J. Grant were present of the Twelve Apostles Quorum

Monday June the 2nd Nephi came home from the C. P. Ry. for a little lay off. Saturday 7th Samy came down from the Canyon, the Asphalt Mill being shutt up, and Sunday 8th Heber came down from P. V. with the morning Train. Monday(and) Tuesday (the )9th and 10th all the boys were home at (once). Nephi started back (to) work Tuesday the 10th and Heber on Saturday the 14th. Commensed Lucerne cutting the week between the 8th and 15th.

The 3rd of July Ma and myself with the two girls, Inga and Bessie, went with the Train up to Thistle to spend the 4th with McLeods and also to visit Mary. When we came up there, we found out that Mary had quitt working for LeSeur on account of their 10 year old son had offended her. Saturday the 5th we all went home. The weather awfull hot and sultery. The first half of this month John Strong cut my wheat.

The months of June and July were as usual very hot and dry, more so this season than commen. The crops were abundant all over the Territory with exeption of tender fruits, such as peatches.

From the 19th of June till this time my Wife had kept 4 boarders working on the brickyard. It was two Snow Brothers and two more young men form Provo, Herton and Ingerfield.

August the 7th Wife and myself went over to Provo with the Cart and Doll to see a prosession of Firemen from Salt Lake City and Provo with torchlight with Bands of Music. Stopped with Bp. Tanners and on the 8th visited John Wilson and my daughter Amalia. I had a good sosiable talk with the old Gentleman Wilson on this visit.

August the 1st the brick makers set fire to the kiln and had it burnt by Wednesday morning the 6th. Thursday the 14. my Wife got a tellefone invitation Hal Anderson, Grace Tanner’s Husband, to come over to Provo to attend Grase in her sickness. I took her over the same afternoon visted Amalia and come home the same night.

My Wife staid in Provo with Grace Tanner till the 26th when I went after her on account of our boy Myron not being well. First of September myself, Myron and Octavius were hauling wheat.

The 10th in the evening we got a Steam Thresher from Spanish Fork to thresh our wheat which by next morning about 10 o’clock had threshed out the Wheat. Our grain crop this season was 243 Bushels all wheat.

Monday afternoon the 15th myself and Wife, Myron and Moses went up on our Plase in Hoble Creek Canyon and staid over til the next day the 16th. This trip was owing to a (report) from John Strong he had heard in Springville that, some people up in the Canyon, wanted to jump our Land. During the night that we camped there a Bear came down from the mountains

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Wednesday afternoon Charly Terry and his two Wives with two of his boys aged about 13 and 11 years and a baby about 3 months old, came down through the Canyon from Northbend on their way to Provo to be tried in the District Court for Adultery according to the Edmund Tucker Law. They staid with us over night, and the next day I took Carly over to Provo to consult his Lawers. They staid with us that night also. Friday morning they all went over to Provo and had a hearing with the Grand Jury that day. And Saturday the 20th he pled gulty and was sentenced to the Pen. for 2 years and together with some more tried and sentenced similar offences was taken there the same day. His wives and children came back to us the same days (in the) afternoon and staid with us over night til Sunday morning when they started for their home in Northbend through Spanish Fork Canyon. Charly had only been home 2 years after having fulfilled a faithfull mission in the State of Illinois for 2 years, and his Wives and boys felt pretty bad for being deprived of their Husband and Father for 2 more years.

October 1890. The first of this month John Strong cut my lucern seed. About Conferense time it looked stormy. Wife, myself, and Bessie took a trip over Some of Samuel and Inger Gudmundson's children to Provo Saturday the 5th and l-r: Inga, Myron, Octavious, Eulelia (Lilly), Moses visited John and Emil Mork. sitting on ground: Bessie Came home Monday the 7th.

Thursday the 9th Amasa Hayman threshed my Lucerne seed which turned out 50 Bush. tole and all. A heavy rainstorm came on the next night. Friday pretty weather and Saturday the 11th very stormy again. The last of this month we were (busy) plowing for fall grain. The first part of Nov. I put in some 6 or 7 acres of Wheat.

The 14th Heber came home with a heavy cold in his lungs.

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The 8th of December I went to Sanpete by the new R. Ry. took about 2 hours and 20 min. to go from Thistle to Fairview. Got in there about 10 p.m. I sold the wool there, got an Order on Provo Bank $11.50 and sent home to my Wife. I slept at nights mostly with Peter Peterson from Throudhyem. I enjoyed the company of C. K. Hansen as I had not seen him since he came home from his Mission to Danmark.

Dec. 1890. The 16th of this month I came home from Fairview. Heber had just gone to Salt Lake City the day before after having staid home for about 4 weeks. He had got quit(e) well after his sickness feeling very well.

This fall of 1890 was to Utah especially and the western slope generally a fine fall with but very little Snow and mild weather while in the eastern states Storms were ravaging. Snowfall, heavy and damage by water and fire were very frequent.

In the Old Countrys too distructions caused by flood, hails, and fire, belonged to the topics of the day.

The Christmas of 1890 came finding us as a family and also as a people in the vallies of the Mountains in Comfortable circumstances. God has been smiling upon this people during the year and blessed us with good crops, good health and with peace and plenty, while sufferings and (in) the cities deaths and destructions have been the lot of the unbelieving world.

Santa Claus came to the children and put some small presents in their Stockings. Christmas Eve I plaid to a dance in the Hall with Tom Perry Dybble and Jo. Weight. I was plaing with a boiling finger or a bad boil on it and I suffered with it the rest of the night.

Wife and children were over to Steph Hutchings to a family Party. Christmas Eve Will Clegg and his Wife Mary with their two children Frank and Lewis were invited to supper with us.

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Chapter 6 Diary - 1891-1900

After a long lapse of time of about 34 or 35 years I will now write some daily transactions in this book again. The last I wrote in this book I think was in the year of 1856 in the town of Stavanger, Norway.

1891

January - The new year day this long for looked year, a year in which this people, the Saints of God in Utah and all over the World. The people of Israel in the last days are looking for great events, for great overturns and changes, for breaking out of wars among the Nations, for great destruction among the wicked and a year in which the Saints are rejoicing on the account of drawing close to the coming of the Son of Man in the clouds with great Power and in great Glory, a year close to the millennium reign and a year close to the morning of the first resurrection in the last dispensation.

And new year day had come and we had killed duck, and a fat one too, for dinner, and Will Clegg his wife and two children were our guests. We had a feast of our own, and were thankful to the Lord for peace and plenty. My unmarried children were all home, with the exception of Nephi and Heber. We were looking for Nephi to come home on a lay off for a month or so.

The 18th I played for a dance again with the same boys in the Hall where China Johnson from Provo told us (my wife was along) that Amalia's baby was very sick.

The 17th we went over there in the cart and found her baby some better. The baby's sickness was a cold settled on its lungs.

On the 15th Mrs. Konold with her little girl Mary came to visit us on her way from PV. Junction, to Salt Lake, at which place she was going to live again.The morning of the 21st Grace Andersen's little 4 months old girl died from membranius croup and Amalia's baby had taken worse during the night with fever. I had very little hope of it ever recovering from that and I went home leaving wife there with Wilson and Amalia. Aunt Thea was also there and had been taking care of it during the night.

The morning of the 22nd Samy and Mary went over to Provo to see how circumstances were. Weather foggy and raw and a little snow now and then and on the main but little snow for the time of the season. John and Amalia's baby had taken a change for the better.

On the 23rd Myron and Moses went over to Provo to get information about the sick baby. Came home in the afternoon reporting better.

Saturday 24. I went to town with cart to meet my wife comming home from Provo on the noon train. She also reported the baby getting better. Sunday Nephi came home stating that the baby had took a backset again. Nephi went back to Provo on Monday.

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Wednesday Samy and myself went over to Provo in our new Coil Spring Buggy that we had just got from Salt Lake through Reynolds Bros. the day before, and found John and Amalia's baby had died that morning, the 28th of Febr., about 2 o clock in the morning.

February Sunday the 4th Nephi came over from Provo with the 7 o clock evening train. Nephi went back to work after some few more days of lay off. The last of this month about the 27 Heber came home from Salt Lake for a rest, not being quite well enough to work. The 23rd Heber went back to Salt Lake to work.

The 27th of this month towards night it set in with a severe snowstorm from the northwest lasted all the night.

All the children from Myron down to Bessie were by this time down with the measles. The most of them commencing to recover.

The last of this month the 31st the snow is still on the ground and storming. April 1st weather looked some better. The 2nd still finer and the snow was melting off from the ground. About the middle of March we sowed lucern seed on the bench.

The last of March was very stormy with snow and rain. The spring has been a very late one and laid a good deal of snow in the mountains. April set in with good weather although the first few days were stormy.

The 13th of Apr my Brother Knudt came in to Utah from New Mexico. He took the Rail Road from Silver City, New Mex. to Salt Lake a distance of over 1200 miles. He stayed in Salt Lake some 2 days, and then came back from this place to Springville.

The summer of 91 was a pretty favorable for farmers for we had plenty of rain, more than we usually have in this dry region, so much so that the lucern haycrop was spoiled through the heavy rainfall.

The 23rd of June my brother Knut and myself went to Tintic. We stopped overnight at Br Olsen Kenningrud in Santaquin. I took my brother Knut to get work in the mines. I came home on the 25th leaving my Bro in Tintic. While in Tintic I called on an old lady by the name of Mrs. Fjeld that I used to be well acquainted with in Christiania, Norway, as her husband Bro Fjeld was president of that branch for several years in the 50s while I had the charge of the Conference but at meeting with her in Tintic she did not want to know me for I understood she had turned away from the Gospel. She had some 2 or 3 sons working in the mines there supporting her neather of them so far as I could understand belonging to the Church.

This summer the Tintic railroad was built and the Junction laid for it in the lower or western part of Springville. Samy and Myron worked on it for a short time close to Goshen while my daughter Mary was cooking in the same Camp Missinger and Northward [?].

Nephi was still running on the C.P.R.R. from Ogden west as fireman and Heber was running on the R.G.W. from Salt Lake to P.V.

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After my Bro K. had found out there was no work in Tintic mines to be got he went to Bingham Canyon Mines and after spending some time and money there and meeting with the same success getting no work, came back home.

My self and him took a trip to Sanpete in August to sell a little piece of land which used to belong to Grandpa Olsen. While in Fairview, Sanpete we stayed with P. Andersen from Strondhjem. We attended Stake Conference at Mt. Pleasant during our stay in Sanpete.

The latter part of the summer and for part of the fall Uncle K. Samy and Myron took a tie contract from S. L. Jones in Spanish Fork Canyon but they made poor wages on account of stormy weather and Samys horses being lost about 3 weeks.

The fall was very stormy and disagreeable for outdoor work.

The year of 1891 was remarkable among the Saints of God for two reasons: first plural marriage being discontinued by a manifesto from President W. Woodruff and second the dissolving of the Peoples Party - joining with one or the other of the two great national parties republicanism and democrasy.

The fall of this year was remarkable for all the rally meetings, marchings of music bands through the streets and political speeches so much so that at times a sober thinker might have thought that a great bulk of the people had turned frantic.

About the middle of September or a little later my wife and our two youngest children Inga and Bessie went to Castle Valley by the R.G.W.R. to visit our daughter Emma Tanner, and they stayed out there some 5 weeks. Our little girls attended school in Lowrence where Berth and Emma lived, made several new aquaintances and had a good time. They came home in the middle of the night on the train and took a hack from Springville.

About a week before Christmas I had a letter from Guy Wilson in Fairview to come out there to help organize a quadrill band and accordingly I went just before Christmas. The band consisted of C.K. Hansen 1st violin Joseph Hansen, Cornet, Oithmer, Flute, Anderson 2nd violin and Day for Bass. The boys sent according to my recomendation for a set of books. "Gems of Ball Room" and we had one practice every day and was doing splendid and the boys was quite encouraged. We played six parties or dances from a week before Christmas til the 3rd of January 1892

1892

My wife came to Fairview to attend the last party and on the 4th (January). We took the train and went to Springville and came home about 11 p.m. Our little girl Inga we found bedfast with inflam:rheumatism but got well in a few days.

The winter was cold with snow storms about Christmas and new year, but after this time had a moderate and even winter.

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Canyon ready to load on to cars. While in Fairview I played a dance with Fred Christensen and his band in Swen Nilsen's Hall which created some jealousy with the boys of the other band, Bro Hansen's band.

While in Fairview I stayed at nights with P.O. Andersen or as he is called in Fairview "Dromener Pet."

I also took a walk on the track down to Mt. Pleasant and visited some friends there among which was Andrew Svensen and his wife Thea Branstad. I stayed with them over night and was warmly welcome from them and their children. The next morning Bro Svensen went along with me over to the station and while waiting a few minutes for the train introduced me to Martinius Nilsen from Porsgrund in Norway one of the Methedist missionaries in Utah. In traveling on the train from Mt. Pleasant to Fairview he found on board the cars some of the Apostate Element, and expressed his great joy in finding such a Company and a "safe one" besides.

The next day being one of the first days in February I started on the train for home. About this time the Beginning of February 1892 the snow in the valleys was pretty near all gone with fair fine weather.

In March I put in what little grain I had to sow. On the bench we had some 14 - 15 acres of good volunteer wheat and where we also put in some more Lucern seed.

In April the boys, Myron and Octavius put in some 4 acres of sugar beets on the bench a part of which they calculated to raise without water. Knut and Samy was by this time in Thistle Valley cutting and hauling cedar posts for S. S. Jones in Provo.

The 17th of March of this year was set apart by the authorities in the church as a jubilee for the Sisters Relief Society being the 50th anniversary of this Society and 50 years since Joseph Smith the Prophet in Nauvoo, Illinois a little over two years before his martyrdom in Carthage jail. This day was celebrated by the Saints in all the Stakes of Zion and in all the world where there was an organization of the church. Myself with family according to invitation spent the day with the saints of the Mapleton Ward. Myself Samy and Moses together with Henry Curtis played for a dance in the meeting house of that ward in the afternoon for the children and at night for the older folks.

Cold storms with rain and snow were pretty frequent after the 17th of March and the loss of life and property by storms, floods, and cyclones in the Eastern States has been awful this spring. At the April Conference this spring the 6th of April the capstone was laid on the temple in Salt Lake City with great ceremonies and thousands of people were assembled from all parts of the territory and other States.

The Month of May was also very stormy. On the 19th of this month Samy and Knut went out on the desert about 12 miles from Deseret City with Mendenhall's Camp to construct some ditches and dikes for the purpose of bringing the water over the desert land.

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July, and Knut went to the Bingham Mine as he could not stand the lead dust in the Horn silver mine.

About the first of June the Olsen Brothers from Salem laid the foundation of our house.

This spring I rented out a piece of land to a Company of brick makers the Noe boys, L. Schoville, and a Bush from Battle Creek, and on these account I changed my mind in regard to plans on building my house from a frame. Instead a brick house. In July Samy went with Mendenhall's Camp to Silver City Tintic to work on the new grade from there to Deep Creek.

In the fall of this year about the last of November we had so far completed and built our house that we had just got the roof and chimneys on it before the winter had set in for good.

The lumber was obtained by selling a piece of land in the herd house field, Sanpete County (Melbourne) to Brother A. Cox a son of John Cox. This land used to belong to Grandpa H. Olsen, my wife's father which he had ignorantly swindeled away and which we had back by suing at law. The lumber I went out to Melbourne after and shipped it to Springville on a railroad car.

This fall Bro. Knut and Samy took a trip to Castle Valley with cart and horse to visit Emma and Berth and children. After they came home Knut went to Bingham and worked in a mine there that following winter.

All my sons were at this time home with exception of Nephi and Heber the former running as fireman on the C.P. road from Ogden to Wells and the latter in the same kind of business on the Sanpete Branch from Thistle to Salina.

1892 - 1893

The winter of 92 and 93 passed off pleasantly. I was busy trying to learn the boys music and particularly Moses and Samy learned so they could play by notes on violin and Bass. Towards the spring they had an invitation to join Dr. Petersen's Orchestra Band in Springville and they advanced quite well. Moses was the best second player in that band. I played with the band occasionally, but late in the spring it broke up. Samy had by this time, through Heber, got work in the Round House at Thistle.

In the spring of the year we made preparations to finish our house during the summer. The spring was very stormy and backward so I could not begin working at it before in June on account of the lumber not being dry enough. In June I laid down about all the floors and put in the stairway. In the fall we got Br Jensen a Danish mason to plaster our house which was mostly done in the first part of November.

The 19th of October I went to Terrace to my son Nephi partly on account of my health having been plagued with the la Grippe and also to play in the dances for the people there. I went to Salt Lake that day and stayed overnight with Brother Larsen. The next day the 20th I took the U.P. Train from there to Ogden and arrived in Terrace the same day about 4:30 in the afternoon. I stayed in Terrace about a month.

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On arriving home I found considerable sickness in the family. Emma and Berth with their children had arrived from Castle Valley, and while Emma and her children were staying at our home for the sake of visiting she took down in a heavy sickness that confined her to the bed for 6 weeks. At the same time Mary felt miserable and Samy was laying off from his work at Thistle having come down with the la Grippe, besides some of the other children been down with colds and croup.

When I left home for Terrace, Mason Jensen had just commenced to plaster the new house, and when I came home he was nearly through having plastered upstairs as well as down although our intention was to leave up stairs till the next spring. The boys had been busy in lathing upstairs while I was gone to Terrace, besides putting in fall grain.

This fall of 1893 we got our house so far finished that we could move into it before Christmas. The most of the carpenter work was done, and also the finished painting on the inside, and we did move into it about a week before Christmas.

The winter passed off nicely, and we enjoyed our new roomy house. The three oldest boys, Samy, Nephi and Heber, were all away working on the railroad about this time having Myron, Octavius, Moses of the boys, and Lelia, Inga and Bessie of the girls at home.

1894

The spring was spent as usual attending to farm matters, trying to put the land in the best possible use.

At the April Conference I went down to S. L. City to attend conference alone, without having any of the rest of the family along. I had an enjoyable time, met a good many old acquaintences, and had a general good feast at the conference. Bro. Oliver Huntington invited me one night to go along with him to his Sister Zina Young's house at the mouth of City Creek Canyon to sleep with him which I readily and gladly accepted. Sister Zina was not home. She lives mostly on the West Temple Street as her labors are mostly in the temple every day.

The 26th of March of this year my son Heber was married to Lucy Nielsen of Salina, Sevier County, the wedding being kept in the house of her parents at Salina. Samy and Nephi were the only ones of our family that attended their wedding at Salina. On the 30th Heber and his wife and his wife's sister Christine Nielsen came to Springville, Samy and Nephi having come home a couple of days before that time. On the above named date we had arranged a good supper where a good many friends and relatives were invited. John and Thea C. Heber Gustaf Cragen and Bessie, Berth and Emma came from Provo. Among Gudmundson those outside the family were Bro. Clegg and his wife and his Oldest son of Samuel and son Willy and Mary from Springville. In the evening and night Inger Auntine we had a nice social dance in the City Hall where about 200 Gudmundson people were invited. Engineer Konold, his wife and wife's sister

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Anny were among the invited friends to the supper.

The spring passed off as usual hard work and but little pay in it. Times had changed wonderful in a very short time from activity, plenty of work for all kinds of trades, tolorably good prices for produce raised by farmers, and the mines instead of running with full force were cut down to half. Stagnation in business, cuts in wages for laborers of all kinds, reduced prices for farmers produce, and a general gloomy time was prevailing all over the country.

In April, May and June of this year the Industrial Armies were organizing nearly all over the United States with the purpose of centralizing in Washington, laying their cause before the government and Congress. The so called Kelly Army organized in San Francisco and coming through Ogden via the S.P. and U.P. Railroads made considerable trouble to Utah and its officials but the people as a general rule were kind to them. Ogden and Salt Lake spent hundreds, probably thousands of dollars, to the assistance of the so called commonwealers.

In June an Army was organized in Salt Lake with one by the name of Carter as their General. This army and another coming from California went through Springville via the R.G.W. Railroad. Quite a large camp of the Carter Army camped by Cook's place on the South Side of Springville for several days intending to capture a train or otherwise steal rides on the train going to Washington. We generally had visits from these commonwealers every day as long as they were camping around us, and we generally assisted them with something to eat the best we could. One young man from the east of the "Wealers" got his heel and ankle mashed by trying to jump on the train in the night, and my son Myron and some more neighbors took him to Springville the same night to Dr. Dunn for surgical aid. He was brought from Springville to Provo where his foot was amputated.

About the last of June a general strike was started on the C.P.R. and the U.P. and R.G. Road from one end to the other, and other eastern roads, the cause being the cut in wages on the Pulman car establishment in Illinois for car makers. The American Railway Union with Debbs and Howard at the head inaugurated the strike. It caused a great deal of stagnation in business, damage of property, loss of freight, laying off of railroad employees, loss of work and of jobs, and consequently suffering of family's losing their earnings and income. Three of my sons Samy, Nephi, and Heber were employees of the roads. Samy lost his job, but Nephi and Heber kept theirs. When the strike came Samy was working in the round house at Thistle, Nephi was hostling in Terrace on the C.P. and Heber was firing from Grand Junction to Helper. The railroads won the strike, and the employees, mostly firemen came out losing.

About the last of July the strike came to a close, hundreds and hundreds of engines for several weeks standing dead and no trains moving, but about this time the latter end of July things was restored to a normal condition with a great deal of evil breathing from the laboring man. Now all of these demonstrations are latter day signs, signs that will be among the children of men before the second coming of the Savior, but there are only one people (and not all of them) that understand fully the meaning of the signs of the times, The Latter Day "Saints". The world at large are ignorant of the commotions going on in the earth, and that the second coming of the Savior is close at hand.

The 10th of July Myron started off from home with the purpose of hunting work. He became tired of staying home. He went without telling any of us that he calculated to stay off for good. Some 8 days had gone before we found out where he was gone, and then we learned that - 95 - Chapter 6 - Samuel Gudmundson's Diary 1891-1900 he had first gone to Thistle where Samy was at work in the round house. When he found out he could get no work at Thistle, he went to Helper where Heber was stopping. From here on from Helper he went to Salt Lake catching his ride on the train and where he finally got a job in a hotel as dishwasher.

Lucy, Heber's wife, came from Salina about the 25th of July. Heber was at that time running again as fireman on the road between Grand Junction and Helper. While Lucy stayed with us we went over on Provo Bench to visit Emma and Berth. The last of July Lucy went to Grand Junction to Heber where they had rented house and for the time being located themselves. This summer was a pretty prosperous and fruitful one. The farmers realizing good returns but small prices for their produce.

The 6th of October this fall, myself, wife and Bro. Knut went to Salt Lake City to attend conference. Weather was clear and beautiful but a little cold. We had a splendid trip and enjoyed ourselves fine. Good and timely instructions were given by the servants of the Lord. We put up with Bro Weggeland whose hospitality we enjoyed very much. While we stayed in Salt Lake City we went in to Fanny Vold or Mrs. Knop as she now is called, and to several meals with her as she kept a little restaurant on the lst East or State road. Her mother was also there with her daughter and she is now old and feeble. These folks, Madam Wall, as we used to call her in Norway, and her two daughters Thrine and Fanny, I got first acquainted with in the summer of 1858 in Bergen, Norway. Madam Wall was then a young widow and her daughters only small girls.

While in Salt Lake this time we also had the pleasure of seeing both Samy and Myron, where they had been since the strike, or from the middle of July Samy was working in the kitchen at the Knutsford Hotel, and Myron was at the Metropolitan Hotel. They both came down to Weggelund one night before we went home. The boys looked well. We stayed in Salt Lake about a week.

This fall was pretty favorable for work the weather staying fine till nearly up to Christmas. At Christmas Uncle John and his wife Thea, Bert Tanner and Emma and their youngest child, Leo, came over to visit us. John Childs and Mary with their baby Zina was also out to our place, and as Nephi had already for some time previous come home, we were quite a company. The day our visitors went home (Dec 27) was a very cold day for a terrible east wind blowed all the day.

That night the Sister Officers of the Primary Association of Springville had what they called a Mary Jane Gudmundson Festival in the City Hall for the benefit of the Oldest daughter of Samuel and Inger association charging a small fee for the entrance. Auntine Gudmundson The treatment consisted in ice cream, cakes, coffee - 96 - Chapter 6 - Samuel Gudmundson's Diary 1891-1900 and bananas.

For this occasion Nephi had instructed the children, Lelie, Octavius, Moses, Bessie, and Inga to sing a couple of songs in 3 or 4 parts that made a fine harmony and took very well. We were in attendance with the Orchestra Band and played several pieces. The Festival ended in a dance that lasted about one hour and a half after which all went home feeling happy.

The next day 28th of Dec my wife and Bessie went to Grand Junction for the purpose of attending Lucy in childbed. About this time Nephi went back to Ogden to work.

1895

As a family we entered upon this New Year under favorable circumstances. At this time the family at home consisted of myself, wife, and Grandpa Olsen, and of the children being home Octavius, Moses, Lelie, Inga and Bessie.

About the 15th January Samy came home from Salt Lake City. About the same time or a little before Myron had left Salt Lake City for Tintic or Mammoth in company with one Irvin Avory with whom he had been acquainted for some time. They were both out of work and hunting jobs.

This winter I, with my Band, which consisted of myself, my son Moses, Frank Bringhurst, Amasa Haymond, Joseph Stevensen and Joseph Weight, played every two weeks for the Club dances in Reynolds Hall.

On the 18th of January this year a son was born to Heber and Lucy in Grand Junction, Colorado. On the 28th of January my wife and Bessie came home from Grand Junction after having stayed there about a month. They left Heber wife and baby in excellent condition. My wife and Bessie's stay at Grand Junction had been a pleasant one have made several acquaintances and good friends.

The 28th of February which happened to be on a Thursday, quite a few townspeople of Springville made up a surprise on me and presented me with a nice rocking chair. Mrs. Curtis was the main originator of the affair. Uncle John and Thea also came over to join in the surprise.

That night was awful muddy for the snow had just went off and left the road in a fearful condition. All the members of the band joined in the surprise and we had a fine time with music, songs, and speeches.

Among those that I least expected would have come at such a time (for it was a very dark night) and terrible muddy, was Bro. Wm. Kelsey and Bro. Evans and also Bishop Harmer with both of his wives.

Uncle John and his wife stayed with us until next day.

About this time beginning of March all the snow was nearly all gone in the valleys and it commenced to look some like spring.

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About the last of this month my brother Knut and my son Samy went with team in to the new "Golden City" by Sandy in Salt Lake Co. in search of work. Samy came back in 8 or 10 days, but Knut stayed with the calculation of looking for work. He only stayed in that place a short time and then went to Bingham to look for work where he had been to work for a couple of years before.

This spring was a fine one for putting in crops as the ground was kept in a fine soft condition by the excellent rain that fell every now and then. This spring we broke a couple of more lucern land on the east side of the road and put wheat on it.

Myron took a short visit home from Mammoth about the first of June and stayed home about a week. Through May and June Samy and Octavius hauled poles from the Canyon to fence in our pasture with one pole and two wires, and sometime towards the last of June we could take the stock out without herding which was a great release to the boys especially on Sundays and holidays.

The 11th of July which was on a Thursday was the old folks day out from S.L. City and County. Place of gathering was Pleasant Grove Utah Co.

On Thursaday Samy went to Mammoth to work according to order from Myron. On this day we had the most beautiful soaking rain that ever was experienced at this time a season in Utah.

On the 1st Sunday Uncle John and Thea with some of their children came over on a visit. Thora (Sarah?) their oldest daughter who for sometime had been sick was also along and stayed with us for a little over a week.

Saturday the 20 and Sunday 21st was stake conference at Provo. The meetings held on Saturday I considered as the best. Brigham Young Jr. of the Twelve was present on this day and on Sunday. He was aided by John Henry Smith and Abraham Cannon of the Twelve.

My wife and Inga were along with me to the conference. We stayed over from Saturday til Sunday at Uncle Johns. Saw Emma, her children and a good many friends.

The 24th which was pioneer day was celebrated extensively throughout the Territory. In Springville we had quite a program. Mose had been very busily engaged almost every night practicing for the occasion with the new Silver Band organized a short time before the 4th of July which was also celebrated in every settlement, town and city.

On the 24th I played with my band (orchestra) for a dance in Spanish Fork pavillion, and on the 24th in Reynolds Hall in Springville.

The 23rd in the evening around 9 o'clock Brother Shepherd Hutchings died being about 77 years old. He was acquainted with Joseph the Prophet and with the church almost from its beginning. The 25th he was buried in the new graveyard upon the Cedar hill southeast from Springville.

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Soon af the 24th of July Lucy came down from Helper (on the 25th) for the purpose of drying and bottling fruit for the winter and stayed with us all the time about five weeks, with exception of a few days she stayed with Mary and John Childs.

In August 21-22-23rd a great gathering of the Blackhawk Comrades and their families and friends had a reunion in Spanish Fork. Early in the morning of the 21st teams commenced to roll by our place from the northern settlements of the County and kept it up nearly all day. Soon Uncle John from Provo came along with his family and we joined them going over to Sp. Fork. Lucy and her baby among the rest of us. Uncle John pitched his big tent on the east side of the Square close to the new pavillion and there we camped for 3 nights. Uncle John with his wife Thora and Roy, Brother Beasley and his wife, myself, wife, Lellie, Bessie, Inga, Octavius, and Moses, Lucy and her baby. This reunion and festival kept up for 3 days and 3 nights having speeches and songs upon the old time music and dances at night. It was a grand time that never will be forgotten by those that participated in it.

The 1st of September which was a Sunday,in the morning, I blessed the baby of Heber and Lucy with a Father's Blessing and being a boy called him Elsworth. I sincerely asked God to protect his life and grow up to received the fullness of the Gospel received the priesthood and continue my mission in the Lord's due time.

This Sunday afternoon Lucy took the 4 o'clock train for Salina to visit her parents.

The 19th a Thursday, terrible cold weather The 20 and 21 fell about 4 inches of snow on our home, but in other places such as Tooele County and up north in the Territory fell from 1 foot to 20 inches and caused considerable damage to orchards.

Around the 23rd Lucy came back from Sevier. Stayed a couple of days with us and then on the 25th went to Helper. Lellie went along with her to stay with her and Heber over winter.

Samy and Octavius had just started for Tintic before the snowfall of the 20 and had a disagreeable time of it. Although this was an unusually early snowstorm it was welcomed to lay the dust of the long dry spell we had during the latter part of the summer.

October passed off pretty nicely with good weather. It may be said that it was somewhat remarkable with political stampedes and noisy and tumultous rallies caused by both of the great national parties. The day before the election which was th 4th of November fell another snow storm which was rather local to Springville and Mapleton. On the 5th of November, election day, was rather disagreeable.

In this month Emma Tanner moved to Salt Lake City Octavius being along with a team to help move them.

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Saturday 28th Octavius took me over to Provo in the cart for from there to go to Salt Lake City on the Sunday following with the morning Tintic Train. Sunday morning about 10 o'clock arrived at S. L. City Emma waiting on the station to conduct me to her rented home on 3rd Street W 685 in the 21st Ward in the north East part of the town.

Gudmundson family Standing l-r: Eulalia Gunhilda, Mary Jane Seated l-r: Inger Auntine Gundmundson (mother), Samuel Gudmundson (father) holding baby, Heber Gustaf Sitting on floor l-r: Moses Samuel, Inga Marie, Myron Andreas

Those of my family that I left at home at this time were my wife, our two smallest or younger girls Inga and Bessie, and the two youngest boys Octavius and Moses.

December. The first week I spent in fixing some furniture for a table and a bedstead for Emma that she had bought since she came to S.L City, and also visiting Bro. O. M. Larsen and Dan Weggeland.

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Monday the 9th and also Tues the 10th and Wednesday the 11th we was washing.

Friday 13th I went to Weggeland having been invited there by their daughter Ida to attend a social party for some young folks in the evening which came off in grand style. It was intended as a surprise on their son. Henry Hansen and his son and one of their neighbors, a flutist, furnished the most of the music. I also played in turn.

The 1st and 8th (Sundays) we went to the tabernacle meetings.

Sunday the 15th I was busy all the day in copying of names from geneology book on to blank sheets to deliver in to Temple clerks so as to be ready to attend to baptism for the dead on Tuesday. Thursday the 17th of Dec. I together with Emma was in the annex to the Temple about 8 o,clock in the morning, but Emma had to hire one of the attendents, a girl in the Temple to do the work for her that day not being well enough to go through the ordinance of baptism herself. I was baptized for 20 of my ancestors and relatives, my Father and two Brothers, Ole and Bjorn included. The happy and heavenly feelings that possessed me through that day will never be forgotten.

About the same time as I came to Salt Lake City my son Nephi passed through from Ogden to go home for a lay off over Christmas not knowing that Emma lived in S.L. City. Nearly all the time since I came to Salt Lake City it has been foggy and dark weather with some snow and cold weather.

Sunday the 22nd I attended meeting in the big tabernacle. A young missionary returned from England, Geo Q. Cannon occupied the time.

The weather now is cold and foggy with 3 or 4 inches of snow on the ground. Dec 23rd I got letter from Nephi at home Springville to come home during the holidays to play with the band boys, and on the 24th I left S.L.C. 8:10 in the morning and came to Springville about 9:30 a.m. Walked up to Mary and John's and from there to Miners and rode from the rest of the road with Emma Probart.

Nephi had been home nearly a month in that time he had been working at one thing or another, and among other things he had done he had fitted up the stable very comfortable both for the horses and for the cows having put in a partition in the middle. Samy had also been home about two weeks when I came home.

Heber, Lucy and Lille with the baby came home on a visit the same day 24 or Christmas Eve - and Myron came the same night from Mammoth Tintic so all the boys and the girls with exception of Emma was home for this Christmas. Many years had past and gone since all or so many of the children had been home together for a Christmas, and I don't think it had happened since the most of them were all small.

The night before I came home Moses and Octavius with the rest of the band had played for the Relief Society in Reynold's Hall and Ma had been along with them to the dance.

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Myron, Octavius and Moses of the boys and Amalia, Mary, Lellie, Inga, and Bessie of the girls. Lucy, Heber's wife and their baby, Uncle John and Thea from Provo and Torah, Emma and Roy and their children, and John Childs, Mary's husband and their baby Zina.

That night of the 25, myself and Mose and David Dibble and Jo Weight played for a dance at the First Ward meeting house. When we come home in the night it was difficult to find bedroom. Thursday the 26th Nephi and Uncle John went to Provo. Friday the 27th Heber went to Helper again but his wife and child stayed with us.

Myself, Mose and Octavius with Jo Weight played that night for a dance again at the First Ward where all my folks that was left at home attended and in which Heber also took part about an hour before the train left. The boys enjoyed themselves very much at home this time and felt sad when they left for their different places of occupation.

This party in the lst Ward was gotten up for the expressed benefit and enjoyment of married people and it was an orderly and enjoyable party. The music consisted of myself playing the lst violin, Octavius the 2nd, Moses the cornet, and Jo Weight the Bass. As the party was out a snow and wind storm had blowed up and made it unpleasant to go home in but my wife Lucy and baby and Lelli laid under quilts all the way and got home comfortable.

Saturday the 28th we stayed at home. Three of the boys Nephi, Heber and Myron had now gone to their places to work - Nephi to Ogden, Heber to Helper and Myron to Mammoth Tintic.

Sunday and Monday the 29 and 30th stayed at home and enjoyed the society of the family and especially the chattering and playing of little Elsworth, Heber's and Lucys baby whose company had become dear to us all. Although he will not be a year old before the 18th of Jan next he could walk all around the house and keep everybody busy to keep him out of danger.

Tuesday, New Years Eve myself and the rest of the orchestra played for a ball in Reynolds Hall for the Silver Band. not a very good attendance.

1896

January - Enjoyed one another's society at home and all well. In the evening played with the rest of the Orchestra in Reynold's Hall leap year Ball for the young ladies of Springville which turned out a success and in grand style. All my folks were along. Stormy and unpleasant weather going home. Thursday and Friday 2nd and 3rd stayed at home.

Saturday the 4th at 10 o'clock and 3 min Washington time and 8 o'clock 3" Salt Lake time President Cleveland signed the Proclamation that Utah had become a state being the 45th State of the Union. About 10'o'clock bells were ringing, cannons booming, guns cracking, steampipes whistling, and tin whistles blowed by children all over the newborn State, and people seemed to be all most frantic with joy for the priviledge of statehood or self government.

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Saturday the 6th I left for Salt Lake City and came in there about the time the large procession had got in the Tabernacle and being packed full I went straight to Emma's on 3rd Str 685 where I found her and children well.

This 6th of Jan was a grand day for Salt Lake City being set apart for inauguration and celebration of State hood and the people of Salt Lake did celebrate in grand style.

From the 6th till the 14 of Jan. nothing of an unusual characther happened. Weather was cold and foggy.

On the 14th which was on a Tuesday I went to the temple and was baptized for twenty relatives and acquaintances that had been dead for many years.

On the 16th of Jan I left Salt Lake City for home again. My son Myron had just come to Salt Lake a few days before from Mammoth as a consequence of losing his job there in changing foremans. We put him up with Emma and she was glad to have him stay with her. Myron accompanied me on the street car down to the railroad station.

The 17th myself and band played in Reynold's Hall for a leap year party. The 23rd we played for the Black Hawk party and the 25th for the second ward Primary association.

Knut came home on a visit from Mammoth about the same time as I came home from Salt Lake City (the 16th) of Jan. and stayed home about three weeks. Myron Andreas Gudmundson Saturday the 1st of February we played for the Son of Samuel and Inger Auntine 3rd Ward Primary and Saturdaythe 8th of Febr. for the Gudmundson 4th Ward primary.

The 14th of Febr. we played for a Sunday School dance in Reynolds Hall commencing at 1 o'clock in the afternoon keeping it up till 12 o'clock at night. Friday the 21st we played another leap year dance in Reynold's Hall.

February 24 Octavius left home to go with Mendenhall and Deal to Marysvale to work on the new extension of the Sanpete R.G. Ry.

Sunday night March 1st Lellie left home to meet Lucy at Thistle to go to Helper. The weather as a rule has been beautiful ever since the middle of January. It then commenced with mild thawing weather so that the little snow on the ground in the valley went off and stayed off with exception of some few snowfalls that only stayed a few days on the ground after they had come. - 103 - Chapter 6 - Samuel Gudmundson's Diary 1891-1900

The 5th of February we had a little hurricane in valley accompanied with little hail and snow. It did not last long, neither did it do any damage to speak of.

Around the 1st of March considerable rough weather was felt around in the cities and settlements but no particular damage done. March opened up with stormy weather and some snow. The 4th of March was a gala day for the Minute Men and Home Guard of Springville having previously been organized as a Company of Comrades to celebrate the memory of the Black Hawk War annually. The Walker and Black Hawk warriers with their wives were invited guests. Having been among the Minute Men and Home Guard in Fairview, Sanpete I consequently was enrolled in that company here in Springville. Between 2 and 3 in the afternoon the Minute Men, Home Guard, and Soldiers commenced to gather in the Hall and little after 3 o'clock the program commenced with dancing.

About 7 o'clock we were invited to Amasa Haymond for supper, the most of them having supper in the Hall. After 8 o'clock the dancing commenced and inter spread with speeches and songs we kept it up til about 1 o'clock in the night.

The weather as a rule has during the winter been mild and fair with but very little snow, although it was an uncommon early winter starting about two months before Christmas.

On Friday the 10th of April our little grandchild Zina Childs took down with pneumonia and was a very sick child for about 12 days. My sife and Sister Childs took turns to stay up with her at nights. About this time the 20th or 21 of April our little Zina had took a turn for the better and we wrote letters to all of our children absent from home about her sickness and turn for the better.

Those of the children absent from home at this time 1896 are Emma and Myron in S. L. City. Heber with his wife Lucy and their baby, and also Lellie, living with them at Helper, Nephi in Ogden and Octavius in Sevier County with Deal's and Mendenhall's grading camp.

Thursday night the 16th both myself and wife stayed with John and Mary and their sick little Zina. About this time she was the sickest. I slept the afterpart of the night up stairs in Granma Childs house and in the morning I woke to see one of the roughest mornings of the whole winter with snow and wind. Zina had this night took a change for the better.

Friday and Saturday the 17th and 18th we had the heaviest rain storm that has almost been experienced in Utah. It had been a long spell of dry weather and the ground had got very dry but it got thoroughly soaked. At this time Samy, Grandpa and myself were hauling manure.

Sunday the 19th I went over to Provo alone with horse and cart to attend quarterly Stake Conference. I came in time only to take the afternoon meeting in. My wife stayed with Mary and her sick baby which however by this time had got quite better. Joseph F. Smith was the principal speaker in the afternoon the subject being the late manifesto concerning the Church discipline.

The 1st of May (Friday) Samy went with Wm. Kelsey on the train to Helper and from there to go to Kelsey's Mill to work during the summer.

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Around the 20 of May Octavius came home from Salina Sevier Co. having stayed there since the 24 of Febr. He went direct to Salt Lake before he came back to Springville with a view to visit Emma and Myron.

On the 20th of this month we planted our potatoes.

Wednesday the 27th myself ma and Mose started from home about 4 o'clock in the afternoon for Salt Lake City. That day we only went to Uncle John in Provo.

Next morning about 7 o'clock we rolled out of Provo, Aunt Thea being along with us for an out, and got to Salt Lake City to Berth and Emma about 6 o'clock p.m. After camping for noon by the big canal north of the point of the mountain and driving in towards Salt Lake City it commenced to draw up for a storm in the west horizon and some light rain was falling.

Friday the 29th was a stormy day in Salt Lake City. Rain fell in torrents and almost flooded the city. A big force of men were working along City Creek to hold the water in its course. Myself, wife, Aunt Thea and Emma happened to be in the Methodist Church of the Scandinavians when the heaviest rain fell in the afternoon of the day.

Saturday 30th had rained pretty much all night before and rained nearly all day and being decoration day made it unpleasant for the people to beautify the graveyard. In the afternoon it let up a little.

Sunday the 31st young peoples conference in the tabernacle.

Monday June 1st began with beautiful clear weather. Mose and Thea started for home about 7:30 o'clock in the morning. Berth went along with them to cottonwoods and myself to State road.

This day was Pres Brigham Young's birthday and his children and relatives celebrated it in Salt Lake City by doing work in the Temple for the dead.

Wednesday 3rd was myself's and my wife's first day to go through the Temple to receive endowments for the dead. We were endowed for my parents. Thursday 4th and Friday 5 also went through the House. This two days we went through for my grandfather and great grandfather with their wives on my father's side.

Saturday night on the 6th of June Nephi came down from Ogden to give us a visit while we stayed in Salt Lake City.

Sunday afternoon myself and my wife, Nephi, Myron and Thrand visited Camp Douglas where we were for the first time since the camp was located in 1862. The sight from Camp Douglas looking over Salt Lake Valley is beautiful and grand and can hardly be beat anywhere in the world. The military band consisting of some 20 pieces started playing at 4:30 p.m. and was playing when we went home.

Nephi went back to Ogden on Monday evening the 8th.

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On the 10th 11th and 12th which was Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, I went through the Temple to receive endowments for my grandfathers back in 4th and 5th generation. The first day in the 10th my wife and Emma went along and on this day myself and Emma was sealed for my father and mother, and also grandparents and great grandparents on my father's side.

Friday evening about 8 o'clock Mose came with team to take us home on Saturday morning. Mose and myself started for home leaving my wife to take the train on Sunday or Monday. She came home on Sunday afternoon with the 4 o'clock train, the 14th June. After I came home from Salt Lake I was busy in repairing the old wagon for hay hauling and other farm use.

This year we had a late start in cutting lucern as we did not start before around the 22nd of June. The 4th of July was celebrated lively through every settlement in Utah. In Salt Lake City the celebration went under the name of Carnival and outdone all former celebrations ever had in that city and in the whole state.

Nephi came down from Ogden on Monday 6th after having seen some of the great parades of the Carnival in Salt Lake City. He stayed home about one week. About the last of June C.C.A. Christensen from Ephraim paid us a very pleasant visit. About the 1st of August Nephi came down home again from Ogden on account of dull times on the road.

About the middle of July, starting about the 12th of this month we had a storm throughout the state to which there has been no equal since the settling of the same. It done a great deal of damage as well as good for in some settlements it almost entirely ruined the crop. Lands was wasted over with gravel and debris almost beyond possibility of redeeming it for cultivation.

The month of August was dry the first half of it, and in the eastern cities, for a week or ten days, was followed with a spell of heat that never has had its equal in the United States. Men and beasts died from (August 1896) the effect in great numbers. In Chicago the death rate of men and women and children went as high as 80 in one day.

Monday the 10th which was a clear beautiful day but pretty warm, the boys Nephi, Octavius and Moses went up in Spanish Fork Canyon after a load of oak wood and came home the same day in good time, about 6 o'clock in the evening.

The first part of the week beginning with the 16th my Octavius Fernando wife and Lelie, who had then come down home from Helper, Gudmundson were very busy in cooking and preparing for the Black Hawk Son of Samuel and Inger reunion that was to be held at Geneva by Utah Lake on the Gudmundson 19th 20th and 21st of this month.

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In the night between the 18th and 19th about 1 and 30 minutes o'clock in the morning of the 19th Grandpa woke us up to get ready for the start. He had then already got the coffee cooked for the breakfast. At 4 o'clock they rolled out with team and loaded wagon and myself and Mose were the only ones left on the place.

That day I felt some lonely but busied myself in working on the frames for John and Mary's house. All of that day from early in the morning teams past our place coming from the south going to Geneva. It rained in Springville and Provo and the southern part of the county, and I felt quite bad for the well being of the folks at Geneva.

Thursday the 20th I went with the train in the morning to Geneva to put in a day with the rest of the folks and was happily surprised to find that it had not rained there to make it inconvenient for the people. I found Uncle John's and my own folks located comfortably in a grove of trees with three tents and a cooking stove. After having spent the day nicely I went home again 6 o'clock with the Tintic train.

Bishop Tanner was our guest for dinner. This day the boys (comrades) had a sham fight, which amused the young folks a good deal. Friday 21 the people broke camp and went home.

Saturday and Sunday 22nd and 23rd a Scandinavian gathering or Conference were held in Provo as a reunion of the introduction of the gospel in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1850 by Apostle Erastus Snow and Peter O. Hansen. A good many of the Scandinavian Saints were gathered there both from the northern and southern counties or stakes of the state. Brother Lund one of the Twelve Apostles and Knut Pederson, president of Sanpete Stake were there and spoke to the saints in Danish language. Brother Lillenquist from Cache Valley and Brother Johannes Bohn from Sandy, Salt Lake County were also present. Brother Peter Sundwall and C.K. Hansen from Fairview Sanpete County were also there. Apostle Lund and Elder P. Sundwall had lately returned from the European Mission. Myself and wife attended the afternoon meeting on Saturday, and both meetings on Sunday,

Saturday evening we attended the Theatre where Brother H. Mansen, wife and son with company gave the Norwegian play of Ibsen "Gildet pau Solhong" for a good house.

When we came home Sunday evening our children especially Nephi, Heber and his wife Lucy and Lelie that had come home for the Black Hawk campfire and for visit had felt somewhat lonesome after us. Nephi went back to Ogden Monday the 24th and Heber and Lucy went to Salina, Tuesday the 25th.

As Myron had been laid off from work on the R.G. Machine Shops at Salt Lake City for about 3 or 4 weeks previous to this time with but little hope to get back to work there he went to Ogden the 29th and started to work on the power dame machine shops Tuesday the 1st of September.

About the 4 or 5th of September Nephi went to Terrace again to hustle after having stayed away from there a couple of years.

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Thursday the 11th Lelie went on the train to Salina, as her pass that she had from Helper on the Black Hawk Campaign was good for that round trip and back to Helper. It would undoubtedly be a pleasant trip for her as she had never been in the southern part of Sanpete and Sevier County before.

The first part of September we had quite heavy rains again.

Monday Sep 14th myself and my daughter Inga went to Salt Lake City in the cart to see Berth and Emma about the dairy farm that they thought they were probable to run for a Mr. Porter the propriator of the Templeton Hotel. They were not sure however whether they could get it or not. We stayed in Salt Lake the 15th and went home Wednesday the 16th. It was quite a pleasure trip to Inga as she had never been in Salt Lake City before. Inga Maria Ronalda Gudmundson Thursday 17th I started mason my cellar Grandpa Olsen Daughter of Samuel and making the mortar. Octavius was hauling cobble rocks. Friday Inger Auntine Gudmundson and Saturday 18th and 19 we had the severest wind storm that Utah had ever experienced. It did damage in Utah alone for thousands of dollars.

October came in with nice weather. The semi annual Conference in Salt Lake City was the largest ever held in the church. I was not there nor any one else of my family.

November About the election day (4th) we had some stormy weather. Election turned out in favor of McKinley but undoubtedly by fraud and capitalist scaring the laboring people to vote for McKinley.

In this month we had a couple of snow storms the first coming in the early part of the month went off again. The second storm coming a little later was accompanied with a terrible cold wave that hardly have been equaled in the valleys of the mountains.

About the latter part of November Heber took sick at Helper and had to quit work. Lellie was with them at the time but they were all calculating to leave the place.

On the 3rd of December Heber passed through Springville on his way to St. Marks Hospital in Salt Lake City. Samy saw him on the train and he said he looked to be a very sick man. On the 4th Lellie came home and Lucy went to Salina with her baby on the train.

On the 8th we got a letter from Salt Lake written by Grace Anderson who at the time stayed with Bertrand and Emma stating that Heber was down with typhoid fever pretty bad. Bertrand had been to the hospital to see him but he was denied that privilege by the doctors.

The next day Wednesday the 9th we had rigged up Samy's team to go to Salt Lake City both myself and my wife, Sammy going along to drive the team, but we concluded for Ma to stay at home, and only myself and Samy to go down and to give information to my wife and the - 108 - Chapter 6 - Samuel Gudmundson's Diary 1891-1900 children at home as soon as we found out the real condition of Heber at the hospital. We went that day to American Fork and stopped with Alma Larson a son of Lars Larsen in Fairview Sanpete. Brother Alma Larsen had a very kind and social wife and we were treated the best kind.

Thursday we went from there to Salt Lake City and came to Bert and Emma's a little after sundown and found them all right.

Friday the 11th Samy and myself went out to the hospital (St. Marks) by the warm spring where we arrived about 10 o'clock a.m. but the doctor attending Heber denied us permission to see him that day. While we were at the hospital Lucy Heber's wife also came in having come in from Sevier the evening before. She was allowed to see him only 10 minutes.

Saturday and Sunday Lucy visited Heber and according to her statement and the doctors, Heber was progressing as well as could be expected.

Monday, the 14th I went to the temple and handed in some names for baptism after which Lucy and myself went to the hospital to see Heber and were allowed to stay with him about 10 minutes. I found him in a condition just about as I had expected to find him, but I had all hopes that he would recover.

On Saturday the 19th of Dec at 5 o'clock in the afternoon I went home on the R.G.W. to Springville and found my wife and children located in the Miner Building in town. I had spent the week in laboring in the temple one day (Tuesday 15) for baptism and three days for endowments. On the 16th I went through for one of my gr grandfathers and on the 17th and 18th for my brothers Olaf and Bjorn.

On Saturday morning (19th) or forenoon about 10 o'clock I went to the hospital to see Heber before I went home, and I found him about as low as he ever had been, but I had faith and hope that he would live and get over it, and inspired him with the same hope.

During Christmas and New Year's we played for several parties or dances.

Before I left S.L.C. Nephi had also come there from Terrace for the purpose of seeing Heber, and during Christmas and as long as Nephi stayed in S.L.C. he wrote us almost daily about Heber's condition, which was considered to be improving.

1897

Saturday the 16th my wife went to S.L.City on the R.G.W. to visit our children and particularly to see how Heber was getting along in his sickness.

When she got in to Salt Lake City, little Tran Tanner was at the station to meet her. After having stayed in S.L. City about eleven days and during this time visited Heber in the hospital about three times she came home to Springville again on the Tintic Train Wednesday the 27th feeling pretty well.

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Thursday afternoon the 28th of January the Black Hawk soldiers with their friends had annual dance in the City Hall. Our band furnished the music for them.

Saturday the 30th we played for the 3rd Ward Primary in the City Hall beginning about nearly 3 o'clock in the afternoon. About 6 o'clock in the evening as we the band and the caller drove in a wagon to Oscar Mower we met Bert Tanner by the M. Packard Store he coming to inform us about their baby's death, and that they had all come to Provo the day before to bury their baby there. It made me feel awful bad when I saw him for I knew he had bad news to carry. I stepped off the wagon and went with him home to my wife.

The next day Sunday the 31st we all went to Provo to attend the funeral of the little darling two months old baby girl and whom I had blessed during my stay in Salt Lake City while there to see Heber. Her name was Ellen Eulelia Auntine which was her mother's her sister's and Grandma's names.

The funeral services were held at the home of the grandfather of the child, Myron Tanner. Myself and wife went early in the morning with 8:25 a.m. Tintic train while the rest of the children went with Samy and his team. John and Mary also went over. Emma and Lorene came over to Springville with Ma to visit for a couple of days, and in that time went out to see John and Mary's new house and home.

The 4th of February which was on a Thursday about 8 o'clock in the evening Grandma Childs died after having suffered more or less with sickness from early in the fall of 1896. This old good lady we had become intimately acquainted with on account of she being John Childs (Mary's husband) grandmother, and John and Mary lived in her house for a couple of years or more. She was buried on Saturday the 6th the services being held in the Seventies Hall. On the 20th of this month, which was a Saturday, Heber and Lucy went through from S. L. City on the road to Salina Sevier County. Heber said he felt very good, but looked poor and had been out of the hospital just one week having left there on Saturday the 13th.

March the 14 (Monday) we moved from Miners Building out home on our farm, after having stayed in town just three months.

On the Sunday of the 21 Heber came home from Salina, Sevier County alone leaving his wife and baby with his father-in-law at the last named place til later on when weather and roads would be more agreeable.

The month of March has been notorious for storms, heavy snowfalls, and short cold snaps. More snow has fallen during the latter part of February and all through March principally in the mountains than people could remember and floods is expected in diverse places when warm weather sets in, but on the whole the farmers are jubilant on account of plenty of water for irrigation purposes. Sunday the 28th on which day Samy, Octavius, Moses, Inga and Bessie came home from Provo by team having been over to a surprise on Eugen and Wilford on Saturday night. A storm was coming on of a pretty rough character. It started with rain then snow, and then a northwesterly blizzard that at this time the 30th looks like is going to last a couple of days.

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Saturday the 3rd the boys, Samy, Octavius and Moses started to grub and clean off the meadow and the lower part of the field, so as to make it fit for mowing in the fall as a quite a lot of wild hay can now be gathered from it. By Tuesday night Samy and Octavius had nearly all the sage brush grubbed on the land where meadow can be made.

April This is the week in which the 67th general Conference is held in Salt Lake City and a great mass of people are gathering to hear instructions from the servants of the Lord.

Wednesday the 7th stormy with hail on the ground and a cold north wind.

This week from the 5th to the 10th we put in the last patch of wheat, Samy doing the sowing. The last week of March Samy, Octavius and Moses put in to clear the brush off from a piece of land at the lower end of the land that was fast comming in to meadowland. About the first week of April a levee was put in a hollow and water carried across on the new meadow.

On the 19th Octavius went with George Robbins over in Tintic country to shear sheep.

On the 17th of May Heber came back from S.L. City after having reported for being ready to go to work for R. R. Company and after having been down with the typhoid fever for about five months of which he spent about three months in St. Marks Hospital in S.L. City.

By this time Lucy and the baby had come fron Salina, Sevier County and had stayed with us about a month during which time all our cows (eight) had come in with calves, so we had plenty of milk which Heber and the baby enjoyed very much.

May 20th Heber with wife and baby went to Helper to work hostling.

The 25th Octavius went in to Wyoming with George and Joseph Robbins sheep shearing. About the last of this month Nephi went to San Francisco from Ogden or Terrace to assist Myron back home again having stayed in Sacramento and San Francisco from October the previous year.

When Nephi found him in the last named city he had just recovered sufficiently from a lingering cold that threatened with consumption, so that he was able to go with him back to S.L. City and on the 7th of June I went to S.L. City after him and came home the next day the 8th making the trip with horse and buggy.

13th of June Myron went to Helper to take the run of a restaurant.

On the 15th I went to S.L. City after Lelia and on the Gunhilda Eulelia "Lelia" 18th Mary and Lelia went to Helper to help Myron in the Gudmundson restaurant. Dauughter of Samuel and Inger Auntine Gudmundson Our lucern cutting we had started a few days before - 111 - Chapter 6 - Samuel Gudmundson's Diary 1891-1900 this time.

July the 7th sent a letter to my brother Aslak Klyve Porsgrund Norway as answer on a letter from him written March 27th 1897, in which I requested him to send me the genealogy of some of the old people of Kviseseid in Telemarken where we were born, so that I could be able to do work for them in the temple.

Some time before this I had received a letter from Somond Knutsen Oian dated Flextveit March 14th 1897 which I also promptly answered asking him the same request as I had my brother Aslak to send me some names of some departed relatives or friends from our native country.

This year was 50 years since the arrival of the pioneers into these valleys under the leadership of President Brigham Young in the year of 1847 when 148 souls of which were 3 women and 2 children on the 14 of July emerged out of Emigration Canyon into Salt Lake Valley.

The people of the State of Utah and particularly of Salt Lake City had arranged and celebrated that event on the 24th of July this year and which had received the name of the "Pioneer Jubilee" in the grandest and most glorious way that ever had been gotten up since the arrival of the pioneers.

The most of or at least several of my family my wife included went to Salt Lake City to see the celebration.

Myself, Bessie and Inga were the only ones with exception of Grandpa Olsen who were left on the place to take Bessie Eleanor care of it. But few of the pioneers that entered these valleys in Gudmundson '47 were left to take part in the celebration among which Daughter of Samuel and President Wilford Woodruff was one. Gudmundson August - The 11 - 12 and 13th of this month the Black Hawk reunion took place at Spanish Fork.

On the 20th of this month myself, Moses and Bessie went to Salt Lake City in the buggy for the purpose of working in the temple for a couple of weeks. Moses went back home with the horse Nellie and buggy the following day. Tuesday the 31st Bessie and myself were in the temple performing the ordinance of Baptism for the dead.

While we at this time stayed in S.L.C. we took a trip on the motor car north to "Lagoon" located in the northern edge of Farmington about 18 miles from S.L.C. Nephi took a run down from Ogden and caught us on the cars just as we were going to start out from the depot. He went along with us back to Salt Lake City and started back to Ogden in the night. Saturday the 4 of September Moses came after us with horse and buggy and we all went home on Sunday the 5th.

This day Heber came down from Helper down with typhoid fever again and went on to St. Marks Hospital in S.L. City.

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Wednesday the 8th of September I went to S.L.C. with buggy after Emma and Uel to have a visit to home and in Provo. Stayed over in S.L.C. the 9th and went home with Emma and Uel the 10th.

Sunday the 12th Samy started to S.L.C. with Emma, two of her boys Trand and Uel and our Moses, who was going to stay with Emma over winter to go to the University to school. About this time or a few days later Heber had come out of the hospital and stayed with Emma where also his wife and baby was at that time.

Wednesday 29th of September my wife and myself went to S.L. City with horse and buggy to see Heber who at this time had taken a backset of the fever and was bedfast with Bert and Emma. When we came there we found him a little better than we had expected according to reports we had previously received. Dr. H. Anderson was attending him and under his care and skillful nursing together with the elders administration he was progressing very favorably.

October Friday 1st I left S.L.C.leaving my wife there to help take caInger Auntine re of Heber. Lucy and the baby was also there.

In going from the city it was pretty fair weather, but coming to the point of the mountain a terrible storm arose that I was completely encircled in. However I was pretty well favored for both in front and behind me the rain fell in torrents and it appeared like the streams had washed across the roads big irrigation streams. The tall poplar trees fairly groaned under the heavy pressure of the wind that blew, and seemed to exert all their strength to keep from breaking and falling to the ground. I stopped for dinner at Alma Larsen's mother-in-law in American Fork. Went home the same day.

My wife worked one day in the temple while staying in S.L.C. this trip. Saturday Oct 16th my wife, Heber, his wife and baby all came by railroad from S.L.C. to Springville.

Oct Monday 18th I went to Helper by the R.G.W. R. to help Myron to close up the restaurant business that they had been running four months without success, but had run behind about $100.00 or more.

May Whiting took the restaurant after Myron, and a few days after the 20th Lelia went home and Mary and John Childs went to housekeeping for themselves.

Tuesday 28th Myron and myself, in the evening about 10 o'clock, took the train and went home which we reached about 3 o'clock in the morning of the 29th. Sister Soderberg from Ephraim was home at the time. Herself and youngest boy had come down for a few days visit.

On Monday the 1st of November she went home again, my wife and Myron took her and her boy to Spanish Fork Station.

November the 8th Monday Heber his wife and baby went to Salina. The 20th Heber went to S.L. City to report ready for work again. Came back home on the 27th and went to Helper on the 29th of Nov. to take the job of firing the passenger train between that place and Grand Junction on the day run.

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The 25th of Nov (Thanksgiving Day) myself Samy and Greg Metcalf played for a dance at Mapleton. At this time Henry Curtis was bedfast with the typhoid fever.

December On the 11th of this month Octavius came home from Helper sick with a cold. That same night my wife took down with a severe attack of pleurasy and had to send for Dr. Smart to release her from pain.

Christmas Eve Moses came from S.L.C. to stay home over the holidays and the same evening himself, Samy and Greg Metcalf played for a ball on the Mapleton. Christmas Day we were all home that is my wife, myself, Samy, Myron, Moses Octavius, Inga and Bessie - pretty nice weather but quite cold.

Monday the 27th Dec my wife took down with nervous prostration. After we had all gone to bed she was sitting by the stove in the bedroom warming and drying herself after a foot bath, and as I had just dozed in a few seconds, I woke up and found Octavius who had his bed in another corner of the bedroom holding her in his arms on the floor. She then could not speak but was trying to loosen her clothes in order to go to bed. After she had got {in bed ?} it took sometime probably from one half to one hour before she got her speech and then when it came back to her she had lost her memory, so she could not remember names or things that she wanted to speak about. We were all in a great anxiety that night on account of my wife's taking down so suddenly and in the manner she did. We sent for Stephen Hutchings to help administer to her and after we had attended to that ordinance and earnestly exercised our faith in her behalf she got along better. Bishop Harmer, his counselors and other brethren from town kept coming to administer to her.

1898

January - This new year started in with pretty cold weather and not much snow. My wife kept seemingly improving from her sickness but very slow if any at all.

3rd Mose started back to S.L. City.

February was pretty cold and in fact the longest and coldest winter that has been known in Utah.

March commenced with milder weather and about the middle of the month we put in the first grain. About the last of the month we put in the last grain.

April the 5th of this month was a sorrowful day to all in the family for in the evening about 6 o'clock a little boy brought a telephone message from S.L. City that Emma had died that Moses ‘Mose’ Samuel evening about 4:15 in the afternoon having been bedfast only Gudmundson about six days with pneumonia. Moses, having stayed with her Youngest son of Samuel all the winter, was about the only one present when she died. and Inger Auntine Bert was upstairs sleeping when she took the fatal stroke which Gudmundson was thought to be a heart stroke.

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Her funeral was held in Provo where she was buried Thursday the 7th of April. Between 50 and 60 carriages and vehicles, all full of relatives and friends followed her to her last resting place.

My wife was unable to go to the funeral on account of her sickness. Her six brothers Samy, Nephi, Heber, Myron, Octavius and Moses served as pallbearers. She had been out nursing sick children and people in the 21 Ward of Salt Lake City almost all the winter, and it was thought that she had contracted her sickness from overworking herself, but Emma could not be held back in doing good to others and helping her fellowmen.

She would have filled 34 years July 18, 1898 if she had lived that long.

Emma helped along the temple work and done more in that direction than any of the rest of the children, and for her devotion to the gospel and faithful and constant work in the church her name and memory will live forever and her reward will be sure in the kingdom of heaven.

Nephi went back to Ogden one of the first days of May but came back again on a bicycle after a few days stay in Ogden on account of slack of business on the road. About the 26 or 27 he was called back to work, and about the 28 Moses came home on the cycle that Nephi had left for him in S.L.C. Mose took down with a slight attack of typhoid fever soon after he came home that hung to him for a couple of months.

Our lucern crop yielded pretty good this season. Cutting commenced about the middle of June, Samy doing the cutting.

July Friday 22 Heber and Lucy came down from Helper with their little boy Elsworth. About this time we were a house full as all the boys but one (Nephi) were home, and three girls making some 14 members altogether. Myron had come from Sp Fork Oregon Short Station where he had spent the winter with Calvin Cragin, him and Bessie (Cragin's wife) having learned the telegraphy.

August Saturday the 6th my wife in company with Heber, Lucy and their boy, went to Salina Sevier County to Lucy's parents on a visit. It was thought by us all that such a trip would be beneficial to my wife having been laid up with sickness all the winter and spring.

On the 4th of this month we had heavy rain with thunder and lightning the ground getting a very good soaking. Also rained and thundered on Friday the 5th but not so heavy. Sunday the 14th looked like heavy rain was falling north over S.L. valley and very warm.

Thursday 18th my wife and Heber came back from Salina both feeling pretty well. Heber went back to Helper to work on the 19th leaving his wife and little son with their folks in Salina.

About the last of this month Moses went to Salt Lake City on bike in company with Arthur Tanner and Lellie went a few days before to work for Bp Morris in the 11th Ward.

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The 16th of September Samy and myself started for S.L.C. in buggy. Came there the same evening and on the 27th Samy entered and filed on 1\4 sect. young John Looses 1\4 on the north. Samy went home on Sunday the 28th.

Myron came in to S.L. City on the 25th with the calculation of entering another 1/4 sect. but found out the Land (Sect 2) had under the State Law been made school section, and so had to give it up.

While I stayed in Salt Lake City I was inquiring about house rent and trying to find a convenient place to live during the winter.

During the month of October after having bought a quarter section of land of John Loses of Spanish Fork for which we was to paid $400.00 this fall of $200.00 and the same amount next fall joining Samy's homestead. The boys Samy, Myron and Octavius was busy for the most part of the month working on the land and putting in wheat. They put in some 22 acres having secured sulkey plow and an American seeder and harvester.

November - Wednesday the 2nd November of this month we started, myself, Samy, Myron, Inga, and Bessie with 2 loads and 2 teams for S.L. City that day getting only to Provo stopping overnight with Bp Tanner. Thursday morning we started from there before 6o'clock in the morning and reached S.L. City about 7:30 p.m.

Friday the 4th I run around all the day on the town trying to get a suitable house to live in but could find none. Saturday the 5th Samy succeeded in finding an empty 2 story brick house on J Street and 5th Str. with 2 more rooms below and suitable bedrooms upstairs where we {note: script doesn't match} to let in the afternoon for which we were to pay $8.00 a month.

On the 17th of this month my wife came on the R.G.W.R. and myself and Lellia met her on the station and took her to our new location 237 J St. which she was satisfied with.

On the 27th of November Lucy gave birth to another boy at her parents home in Sevier Co. Heber had been with her for some time waiting for her as he found her to be too slow he had to go back to his work and was not with her at the time the boy came along.

On the 25th of this month I started my temple work and attended every working day in the temple giving endowments til the 23rd of December. when it closed two weeks for the Xmas holidays.

About on the middle of this month Myron went home stayed home some few days, sent some butter (15 lb.) and chickens to use here in S.L.C. and then went to Tintic to hunt work for 3 - 4 months. Octavius had already gone there before him but not at that time got on to a job but soon after had a job driving a team. Soon after Myron got in to Tintic he got down sick with a cold.

Bessie Cragen stayed with us nearly all through December and on the 31st Ma went back to Provo with her for an Out as she found it tedious to be housed up all the time, not being able to go along with me to my work in the temple.

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1899

Mose took the train on Saturday January. 7th for Springville intending to stop off at Provo to see how Ma was getting along.

On February 5th 1899 my wife came back from Provo assisted by Caleb Tanner and in walking from 3rd St. up to the corner of J. St. where we had rented a house for the winter, she was so exhausted for a few minutes that she could not speak.

On the 25 of this month (Feb)I was in Provo settling up for the first payment of the school land on the bench. I had come down from Salt Lake City some few days previous to this for that purpose and also had been home at the farm. I went back to Salt Lake City soon afterward.

On Wednesday March 8th Bessie and little Zina Childs our granddaughter went home by the R.G.W.Ry in a bad rain and snowstorm. It did not storm as bad in Springville as it did in S.L. City and they came to John and Mary in the evening without suffering any inconvenience.

Saturday April 1 - I started for home on the R.G.W Ry with the Tintic train stopped off in Provo, and found Uncle John T. Johnson doing pretty well after his sickness during the winter which he had contracted in hauling ice from the lake to the asylum. Sunday the 2nd he felt pretty well but in the night about 1 o'clock he took suddenly ill with stomach cramps and had to send for Dr. Taylor. Between 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning Aunt Tea came upstairs when I was sleeping wringing her hands and crying telling me that John was awful sick and wanted me to come down. The Doctor had come by this time, gave him medicine to relieve his pain, but it was only for a short time and he grew worse all the time and at 20 minutes after 6 o'clock Monday evening the 3rd he passed away, and on the 5th he was buried in Provo cemetery. Although Uncle John as he usually was called was not a strong man, no one had any idea that his time would be so short. Nephi came down from Ogden just after he had been buried and stayed around home and Provo a couple of days and went back to Ogden stopping a few hours in Salt Lake to see Ma and the children.

On Saturday the 15th of Apr. Octavius took me in to Salt Lake City again in the buggy with "Prince" after having stopped over from Friday night til Saturday morning in Provo with Aunt Thea.

The two last weeks of April I worked in the temple the days giving endowments as I had been doing all the winter since the time we moved in there in Nov. 1898. Also worked in the temple the first week of May.

May 10th, Wednesday my wife and myself left Salt Lake City for home on the R.G.W. at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Samy had started from home on the same day with two teams to move the things and the children Moses, Inga and Bessie home. They came home Friday evening the 12th. My wife stopped to Mary and John while I walked out home the same evening as we came to Springville.

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The month of May and June, Samy and Octavius fenced in a piece of land on their ranch in Diamond Canyon some 75 or 100 acres. About the first of July Nephi had run down from Ogden.

July Sunday the 23rd Knut my brother came home from Bingham after myself and my wife had gone to bed. He only stayed one day and went back again in the evening of the 24th. He had then been away from our home about two years.

About the first part of August Lellia came down from Salt Lake City for a month's visit to home.

August, Thursday 31st Parley Burt from S. L. City went back home after five days visit, and Heber, wife and two children came from Salt Lake City where they had been for a week or so, and where Dr. H. Anderson had taken a little tumor from Heber's face by the right side of his nose. Sister Davis, Parley Burt's sister, and Lellia went back to S.L. City on Sunday afternoon Sep the 3rd.

On the time of that "Black Hawk" from the 24 to the 26th of August I had Bro Weggeland and Bro Sckanky, Salt Lake and Cache Valley (Logan) for a couple of days visit. They had taken a visit to see old friends in Utah and Sanpete Counties.

Heber, wife and children went to Helper again after about one week's visit at home.

On the 25th of September Samy and myself went up on the ranch in Diamond Canyon, and Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, we put up a snug little lumber cabin 10 x 12 feet, and moved our bedding and other trunks from the tent into it Friday night and slept in it that night till Saturday when we made ready to go down home. Samy started off again Sunday morning with a stove and other things to make it more handy and comfortable in the house for cooking and camping.

On the 3rd of October I went up again with the buggy and grub for the threshers, but as Samy had been alone all the summer with the work on the canyon farm, he had not been able to make a road from the bottom of the canyon up to the farm good enough for the threshing machine to go over so the threshing of the wheat crop could not be done this year.

On the 14th Oct Heber and his little family moved from Helper and came home quitting R.G.R.R. for good and started work on the sugar factory where he and Octavius were working til about the 13th of Dec. In the meantime I was working on the loghouse remodeling it for a temporary dwelling for Heber and his family and they moved in to it about the middle of November.

Lille and Parl Burt had a visit home from S.L. City about the last of this month. Nephi also took a trip down from Ogden about the last of Nov and paid to John Losee $150.00 on the canyon claim leaving only $50.00 which is to be paid.

On the 15th or about the middle of this month a Miss Letishia Thomas come to our house to stay during the winter teaching school for which she was to pay $10.00 a month.

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Christmas had a little snow and was pretty cold. The folks had arranged a pretty little Christmas Tree and the children Heber and Lucy's two boys, Ellsworth and Wayne and John and Mary's two little girls Zina and Mary enjoyed themselves greatly.

1900

New Year commenced with Monday pretty cold weather very little snow on the ground and hoar frost on the trees. All of the children were home except Lillia who was in Salt Lake City. Nephi was home only a couple of days and paid the last $50.00 on the land in the canyon.

Wednesday the 3rd Nephi went back to Ogden and Myron went to Diamond Tintic. Friday 5th Octavius went to Lehi to work on the sugar factory.

With Jan. mild weather started in and kept beautiful all the month only 2 or 3 days cold weather and some ice and snow remained on the ground and the children with the teacher Miss Thomas was skating and running sleighs on the ice down on the bottom of the land.

Heber and myself replanted some few trees the first week of this month.

Ma had by this time started to be treated by Dr. Dunn for her long sickness and trouble which had by this time lasted over two years.

February - This month the weather was fine like unto Jan: no snow on the ground and no storms to speak of. Wed. the 14th Lelia came home from S.L.C. on a visit.

Wednesday 28th the veterans of the Black Hawk War had a dance in the Reynolds Hall. I was in a meeting previous, appointed committee on music alone, and Br. Harrison, Bro Harmer, and myself were committee on program. The dance came off fine, all enjoyed themselves and we had several guests from other places.

March started in with beautiful weather with no signs for storms or snow and people commenced to grow uneasy for the prospect of water for the coming summer.

About this time my wife had an examination about her sickness by Dr. Taylor of Provo and Dr. Dunn Springville and they found that severe change of life was the cause of difficult childbirths more than twenty years ago. They said that she had been badly torn about that time and not properly healed or growd since that time. It was first thought that she had to undergo an operation, but that was abandoned. Dr. Dunn was treating her all through the winter, and she was improving nicely.

On the whole the winter was passing away fine. Heber and his little family were living in the loghouse which was comfortably fixed up, Samy and Mose of the boys, and Inga and Bessie of the girls were home all the time, Myron had gone to Diamond in January and Octavius was in Provo attending the missionary school in the Academy as he was appointed to go on a mission in the Spring of 1901.

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Miss Thomas, the schoolteacher, was with us and helped to make good company for my wife as her long sickness had been and was trying to her, but we had all good hope of her complete recovery before very long.

Moses Samuel Gudmundson in his first string quartet l-r: Moses Samuel, Kenneth Roylane, Warren Allred?, Elmer Nelson

Mose was practicing on the violin all the winter and made good progress.

During the month of March we had found out that Samy was to get married to Anna Hardman and on the 12th of April (Thursday) they were married at the home of Wm. Konolds in the evening about 8 - 9 o'clock. Myself and wife and all the children were present and had a good time.

Monday 23rd William Konold was killed by running into an open switch in Salt Lake City. He was engineer on the R.G.W. running between Ogden and Helper at the time. His funeral was held on the 26 and was one of the largest ones that ever had been held in Springville. The Macabee Band followed the cortege playing, Mose being the leader of at the time.

Tuesday the 1st of this month (May) the awful calamity at the Scofield coal mines occured. The explosion of a couple of coal mines which killed nearly three hundred miners. The first information had about it was from my wife, meeting her close to Bro Miners she coming home with one of the girls in the buggy, and myself walking afoot into town.

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Among the killed in this explosion were people from a good many towns and cities in Utah, and it made lamentation weeping and sorrow almost all over the whole land. The destruction of so many lives at one time, or in so little space of time, had not been equaled on this continent in our modern time.

Sunday the 20th Myron went to Diamond Tintic to work tending a steam pump in a mine.

John Childs and Mary moved to Bingham Junction to work on the new sugar factory plant on the 25th of May. Bessie went along with them to help Mary to cook for boarders.

June - In this month the Scandinavian portion of the saints in Utah held the 50th year Jubilee in Salt Lake City, the gospel for the first time in this last dispensation being introduced in Copenhagen by Apostle Erastus Snow in 1850.

On the 14th of this month {I} concluded to go into Salt Lake with the forenoon train but came too late. Inga took me over to Provo in hopes of finding a train to take me in to S.L.C. for the afternoon meeting but found no train earlier than 4:50 in the afternoon. Thea Johnson concluded in the meantime to go along and we went that afternoon to Bingham Junction where we found John, Mary and Bessie with the two children Zina and Mary all right. At that time they had some 7 or 8 boarders, and apparently doing well. The building of the plant and putting in machinery was then in progress.

I left "Ma" and everybody home in pretty good condition.

The 15th (Friday) Thea and myself went in to S.L.C. coming just in time for the afternoon meeting. Jens Hansen from Manti opening with prayer as we came to the doors of the Assembly Hall.

During the meeting Apostle Anton Lund was decorating some of the first members of the gospel in Copenhagen with badges of which mostly were sisters.

After meeting Thea and myself went to Lelia who we found at Mrs. Davis on first North, north of O.S.L. depot. After staying for a short time with Lelia I left her and Thea, going back to John and Mary at Bingham Junction in the evening.

I went to Provo Saturday evening and came home Sunday morning riding the most of the way in buggy with one of Orson Hyde's sons and wife who were on their way to Spring City, Sanpete County to attend funeral of Ma or Auntie Hyde as she was called by her many children.

In coming home I found everything pretty well. Ma was sitting in the dining room feeling tolorably well.

July - In the afternoon of Wednesday the 18th "Ma" after considerable time of preparation went on the Sanpete train (4:30 p.m.) to Bingham Junction to visit the children there and in S.L.C. I took her in to the station in Heber's buggy, and on the road there passed Bro Robert and his wife by the Springville creamery going to Idaho to visit relatives.

Little did any of us dream of it was the last time my wife and the mother of nine children left the home where we have been living for nineteen years for no more to return in this life. - 121 - Chapter 6 - Samuel Gudmundson's Diary 1891-1900

She stayed with John and Mary at the sugar factory from the 18th to Saturday 21st and felt pretty well and satisfied and enjoyed the visit, when she went up to Salt Lake City to visit Lelia and Mose.

She came in there as above stated in the evening of Saturday and stayed overnight with her children, but owing to some defective gas pipes and stairways to ascend to get to the rooms, she moved the next day Sunday.

22nd of July to Mrs. Rynders #229 South 9th East where she was welcome.

On the 23 and 24th she had a good time with the old acquaintance and her own children, but on the night of the 24th about 11:30 o'clock p.m. after having been in bed about half an hour she took down with the awful disease appendicitis and suffered untold pain all the night and had it not been for blessings and comfort administered by the elders that come to her assistance.

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First Pages of Samuel’s 1860 Diary written in Norwegian

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Family Information written in Samuel Gudmundson's Dairy

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Appendix D

Letter written by Amalia, the daughter of Samuel and Marie Mork Gudmundson, to her Uncle Knut Gudmundson (Samuel's brother) in Norwary.

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Samuel Gudmundson’s Certificate for Second Mission

(Notice the Signatures of the First Presedency)

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WRITTEN IN HIS DIARY IN 1870

Memorandum

Ancient Kings of Norway

Olaf Froteljor A. D. 640 Olaf Kyrre 1693

Wolfdan Wortbeen 700 Magnus Barfod 1103

Eysten 730 Olaf den IV 1116

Wolfdan Milde 784 Eistein I 1122

Gudrod Mikellati 824 Sigurd Gorsalafarer 1130

Olaf Geirstada 840 Magnus IV 1134

Halfdan Svarte 863 Harold Gille 1136

Harald Harfager 934 Sigurd II 1155

Erik Blodoxe 940 Eistein II 1157

Hakon den Gode 963 Inge I 1161

Harold Graafeld 977 Hakon III 1162

Hakon Jarl 995 Magnus V 1186

Olaf Trygvewn 1000 Sverre 1202

Olaf den Hellige 1030 Hakon /III ?/ 1204

Svend Knutsen 1035 Gattorm 1205

Magnus den Gode 1077 Inge II 1207

Harald Haardrade 1086 Hakon IV 1263

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