tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28972529712269208512024-03-13T22:51:15.997-07:00Ole Lasson FamilyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897252971226920851.post-83898054849295213682021-01-26T11:11:00.001-08:002021-01-26T11:11:20.919-08:00Video of Ole Lasson by his great great grandson Bryce Ole Lasson and his mission companions<p></p><div class="gallery-slide-caption__dek-container" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: CrimsonText, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.2px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="gallery-slide-caption__dek" style="--type-token-name: consumptionEditorial.description-embed; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: CrimsonText, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1rem; text-transform: none;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></div></div><p></p><h2 class="gallery-slide-caption__hed" style="--type-token-name: consumptionEditorial.subhed-aux-primary; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: Lato, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.012em; line-height: 1.33em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 1.5rem; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">https://www.facebook.com/ChurchofJesusChristintheSanLuisValley/videos/3340409436071806/</h2>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897252971226920851.post-29252244606294843052011-02-02T23:09:00.000-08:002011-02-02T23:21:38.756-08:00Utah Death Certificate, Cynthia Phylinda Terry Lasson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O7tsc-WK1iM/TUpXX-X8-5I/AAAAAAAAAJM/zclbs_Lw7Kg/s1600/Cynthia%2BPhilinda%2BLasson%2BDeath%2BCertificate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="241" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O7tsc-WK1iM/TUpXX-X8-5I/AAAAAAAAAJM/zclbs_Lw7Kg/s400/Cynthia%2BPhilinda%2BLasson%2BDeath%2BCertificate.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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name: Ole Lasson<br />
residence: Fairview, Sanpete, Utah<br />
birthdate: 1854<br />
birthplace: Sweden<br />
relationship to head: Self<br />
spouse's name: Cynthia L. Lasson<br />
spouse's birthplace: Utah, United States<br />
father's name: <br />
father's birthplace: Sweden<br />
mother's name: <br />
mother's birthplace: Sweden<br />
race or color (expanded): White<br />
ethnicity (standardized): American<br />
gender: Male<br />
martial status: Married<br />
age (expanded): 26 years<br />
occupation: Herding<br />
nara film number: T9-1338<br />
page: 466<br />
page character: C<br />
entry number: 211<br />
film number: 1255338<br />
Household Gender Age<br />
Ole Lasson M 26<br />
spouse Cynthia L. Lasson F 19<br />
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name: Ole E. Lasson<br />
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residence: Clinton, Colton, Mapelton, Thistle, Tucker Precincts, Utah, Utah<br />
birth date: Jul 1882<br />
birthplace: Utah<br />
relationship to head-of-household: Son<br />
spouse name: <br />
spouse titles: <br />
spouse birth place: <br />
father name: Ole G. Lasson<br />
father titles: <br />
father birthplace: Sweden<br />
mother name: Cynthia P. Lasson<br />
mother titles: <br />
mother birthplace: Utah<br />
race or color (expanded): White<br />
head-of-household name: Ole G. Lasson<br />
gender: Male<br />
marital status: Single<br />
years married: <br />
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mother how many children: <br />
number living children: <br />
immigration year: <br />
enumeration district: 0157<br />
sheet number and letter: 8A<br />
household id: 125<br />
reference number: 27<br />
gsu film number: 1241687<br />
image number: 00132<br />
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parent Ole G. Lasson M <br />
parent Cynthia P. Lasson F <br />
Nellie A. Lasson F <br />
Ole E. Lasson M <br />
Arthur R. Lasson M <br />
Neils O. Lasson M <br />
Andrew A. Lasson M <br />
Marcella T. Lasson F <br />
Arvilla Lasson F<br />
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name: Ole G. Lasson<br />
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residence: Clinton, Colton, Mapelton, Thistle, Tucker Precincts, Utah, Utah<br />
birth date: May 1854<br />
birthplace: Sweden<br />
relationship to head-of-household: Self<br />
spouse name: Cynthia P. Lasson<br />
spouse titles: <br />
spouse birth place: Utah<br />
father name: <br />
father titles: <br />
father birthplace: Sweden<br />
mother name: <br />
mother titles: <br />
mother birthplace: Sweden<br />
race or color (expanded): White<br />
head-of-household name: <br />
gender: Male<br />
marital status: Married<br />
years married: 20<br />
estimated marriage year: 1880<br />
mother how many children: <br />
number living children: <br />
immigration year: 1868<br />
enumeration district: 0157<br />
sheet number and letter: 8A<br />
household id: 125<br />
reference number: 24<br />
gsu film number: 1241687<br />
image number: 00132<br />
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Ole G. Lasson M <br />
spouse Cynthia P. Lasson F <br />
child Nellie A. Lasson F <br />
child Ole E. Lasson M <br />
child Arthur R. Lasson M <br />
child Neils O. Lasson M <br />
child Andrew A. Lasson M <br />
child Marcella T. Lasson F <br />
child Arvilla Lasson F<br />
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name: Ole Lasson<br />
birthplace: Sweden<br />
relationship to head of household: Self<br />
residence: Fairview, Sanpete, Utah<br />
marital status: Married<br />
race : White<br />
gender: Male<br />
immigration year: 1868<br />
father's birthplace: Sweden<br />
mother's birthplace: Sweden<br />
family number: 29<br />
page number: 3<br />
Household Gender Age<br />
Ole Lasson M 55y<br />
spouse Cynthia P Lasson F 49y<br />
child Neils O Lasson M 22y<br />
child Andrew A Lasson M 20y<br />
child Marcella T Lasson F 14y<br />
child Bernard G Lasson M 5y<br />
child Glenn D Lasson M 2y<br />
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From Familysearch.orgUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897252971226920851.post-1218059139481204272011-02-02T22:27:00.000-08:002011-02-02T22:38:57.931-08:00KenWe'd still love to see the photos of your trip to Sweden, but we don't have your e-mail address. Please contact us at lasson@juno.com. Please type "I want to post" in the topic line. We'll get in touch with you about how to post or how to send the photos to us.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897252971226920851.post-66846426369755066112011-02-02T22:08:00.001-08:002011-02-02T22:14:31.832-08:00Links to Histories of Fairview, Utah, Mount Pleasant, Utah, and Birdseye, Utahhttp://www.onlineutah.com/fairviewhistory.shtml<br />http://www.onlineutah.com/mountpleasanthistory.shtml<br />http://www.onlineutah.com/birdseyehistory.shtmlUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897252971226920851.post-42788630504390917182009-08-20T04:35:00.000-07:002011-02-02T21:21:04.970-08:00The Lionel L. and Clista Lasson Peterson Dance Hall<div>Link to news video about the Fairview Community Dance Hall which inspired the restoration of the Dance Hall:</div><div><div></div><div>http://www.local10.tv/videoplayer.php?source=rtmp:/vod/dancehall&type=vod</div></div><div></div><div><div>Link to news article about the Restoration of the Fairview Community Dance Hall which was named the Lionel L. and Clista Lasson Peterson Dance Hall:</div>http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700093246/sanpete-county-residents-celebrate-restoration-of-fairview-community-dance-hall.html</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Myriad Pro', Arial, 'MS Trebuchet', sans-serif;font-size:6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Myriad Pro', Arial, 'MS Trebuchet', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><h1 class="headline" style="margin-bottom: 5px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Link to article about renovation of the Fairview Dance Hall: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: medium; ">http://www.allbusiness.com/society-social/philanthropy-grants-gifts/15386110-1.html></span></h1><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></div><h1 class="headline" style="font-size: 24px; margin-bottom: 5px; ">Fairview dance hall gets new name</h1><p class="byline" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.5; word-spacing: 0.25em; font-size: 0.9em; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; ">By Bruce Mehew</p><p class="published_at" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.5; word-spacing: 0.25em; font-size: 0.9em; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; ">Published on December 20, 2010 at 07:39AM</p><div class="body"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.5; word-spacing: 0.25em; font-size: 0.9em; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">(FAIRVIEW) – The restored historic dance hall in Fairview was dedicated Saturday during the city’s annual Shining Star Awards program. The old Fairview dance hall enjoyed its heyday during the 1930’s, ‘40’s and ‘50’s and was recently restored due to funds granted from the Eccles Foundation, along with grants and loans. Longtime Fairview resident and owner of CentraCom, Eddie Cox, oversaw the restoration and choked up as he shook hands with Cliff Wheeler, president of North Bend Entertainers, the group that founded and sponsored the ceremony and held fundraisers to pay for repairs to the building. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.5; word-spacing: 0.25em; font-size: 0.9em; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.5; word-spacing: 0.25em; font-size: 0.9em; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The building is now known as the <b>“Lionel L. and Clista Lasson Peterson Dance Hall”</b>. <b>Lionel Peterson</b>, a banker and his wife, <b>Clista</b>, were prominent citizens in the community in the ‘30’s through the ‘60’s and were the parents of Cleone Eccles, whose husband, Spencer F. Eccles, is chairman of the Eccles Foundation, who donated $500,000 to the restoration. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.5; word-spacing: 0.25em; font-size: 0.9em; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.5; word-spacing: 0.25em; font-size: 0.9em; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">An $800,000 grant and a $200,000 loan from the state’s Community Impact Board, were also obtained for the restoration.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.5; word-spacing: 0.25em; font-size: 0.9em; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br />http://midutahradio.com/stories/10952-fairview-dance-hall-gets-new-name</p></div></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897252971226920851.post-25175110444036473792009-04-15T20:01:00.000-07:002009-04-15T20:04:25.529-07:00Picture Pedigree<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O7tsc-WK1iM/SeafpI6ak-I/AAAAAAAAAH8/PIS_ozAucs4/s1600-h/1)+Bernard,+2)Ole,+3)Cynthia,+9)+Sissa,+10)+Otis,+11)Levee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 376px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O7tsc-WK1iM/SeafpI6ak-I/AAAAAAAAAH8/PIS_ozAucs4/s400/1)+Bernard,+2)Ole,+3)Cynthia,+9)+Sissa,+10)+Otis,+11)Levee.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325119138528138210" /></a>1) Bernard Grant Lasson, 4) Ole Lasson, 5) Cynthia Philinda Terry, 9) Sissa Jensen (Jenssen), 10) Otis Lysander Terry, 11) Levee Terissa Dancy or JuddUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897252971226920851.post-37113564854971030672009-04-06T14:10:00.000-07:002009-04-06T14:28:08.511-07:00Memories of "a real wagontrain pioneer"--Ole LassonCalvin G. Lasson is a grandson of Ole Lasson (and oldest son of Bernard Grant Lasson). In an interview on April 2, 2009, Calvin said he remembers Ole Lasson.<br /><br />From his childhood memories, Calvin recalled, "Ole was a small man, not a big frame man--neither was Grandma. They had a house in Fairview with a barn and fruit trees. In the barn, he kept a white and gold, horse-drawn hearse with lanterns on the sides and curtains with fringe on the windows." <br /><br />Calvin remembers Ole sitting in his home with only one light bulb hanging from the ceiling with a switch on it. Ole only had one or two teeth left and he was cutting corn off the cob to eat." <br /><br />Calvin said he remembers traveling across the muddy meadows of Indianola to Ole's funeral.<br /><br />Calvin said he has a special connection with his Grandfather Ole Lasson, "because he walked across the plains from Laramie, Wyoming and I remember him. So, I remember <span style="font-weight:bold;">a real wagontrain pioneer</span>."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897252971226920851.post-31901514616488692252008-06-15T22:34:00.000-07:002008-06-15T22:46:28.338-07:00Indianola (History of Sanpete County 1898)(Thanks to Marjorie Shelley for sending this in.)<div>Indianola is situated in the northern end of Sanpete county and occupies that high mountain retreat known as Thistle Valley. The country was donated to the Sanpitch Indians by President Brigham young on behalf of the Mormon Church, and has been held by them as a perpetual home. In 1873, Hyrum Seely and William H. Seely homesteaded two quarter sections of land in the valley and began stock raising. The next year John Spencer was sent in by the Mormon church as a missionary, to organize a ward and preside as bishop. A few years later Mormon V. Selman, Hyrum N. Tidwell and David D. Tanner came in and took up homestead claims. The settlement was then fairly organized with church and schools and David D. Tanner established a dairy and cheese factory. Mormon V. Selman became an Indian interpreter and public official and at present is Justice of the Peace, road supervisor, school trustee and presiding elder of the ward. A store was started by Richard H. Spencer, who is the present merchant and general implement dealer. The Rio Grande Western railroad was constructed through the valley in 1890 and connected the settlement with the commercial world.</div><div><br /></div><div>The settlement has a population of about 200 people engaged in farming, stock raising, and wool growing. The Indians are quiet, peaceable, and industrious, pursuing their daily avocations in the same manner as their white neighbors. Peter Peterson, the present bishop was appointed in 1892 and serves the people with perfect satisfaction, being an earnest and conscientious worker. The location is delightful, the climate suitable for dairying, farming and stock raising and the surrounding are inviting to lovers of rural life. The present school population numbers 54 and the valuation of school property numbers $275 for house grounds and furnishings.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897252971226920851.post-11593348425450558982008-06-15T22:21:00.000-07:002008-06-15T22:28:11.340-07:00Fairview Co-Op Store (1898 History of Sanpete County)(Thanks to Marjorie Shelley for sending this in.)<div>Fairview was incorporated as a city on February 6, 1872 and included twenty square miles. The Co-op store was among the first financial investments, commencing on a very limited scale and growing with the city to its present dimensions. Hon. Peter Sundwall was the first manager under whose wise direction the institution prospered. The present manager, Hyrum De Fries, is an able and capable business manager, and transacts the great volume of business in a most creditable manner. The company carries a general stock of $14, 000 in merchandise, dry goods, groceries, farm implements and machinery and transacts a good business in lumber, sheep and grain. In addition to the store, the company has two sawmills, and owns an interest in the Union Roller Mills and the co-op sheep herds.</div><div><br /></div><div>Swen and Lars Nielson are most enterprising and much respected citizens and have a well stocked general supply house which is a credit to the city. They carry a stock of $12,000 to $14, 000 of general merchandise and do an enormous business.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897252971226920851.post-43444177783522599692008-06-15T22:17:00.000-07:002008-06-15T22:21:21.944-07:00Banks(Thanks to Marjorie Shelley for sending this in.)<div>In 1891 the Mt. Pleasant Commercial & Savings Bank was incorporated with a capital stock of fifty thousand dollars, with N.S. Nielsen as President, F.C. Jensen, Vice President; Soren Nielsen acted as Cashier until the following February when, while at his mother's home, someone from the outside shot through the window, wounding him. He died form the effects some weeks later. The murderer was not convicted. The bank at this time was in a building at the northwest corner intersection of Main and State Streets. Note: July 15, 1931, the Mt. Pleasant Commercial & Savings Bank closed its doors, and July 20th, the North Sanpete Bank failed to open.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897252971226920851.post-69131412671739459852008-06-15T22:08:00.000-07:002008-06-15T22:16:43.476-07:00Andrew Lasson (History of Sanpete County in 1898)(Thanks to Marjorie Shelley for sending this in)<div>Andrew Lasson was a farmer and stockraiser, son of Ole and Sissa, born in Sweden, Oct. 23, 1843. He joined the Mormon church in his native country and in May 1865 came to Utah, driving a merchandise team across the plains. On Christmas day 1865, he reached Fairview, having not money or property. He went to work and in 1876 took up 169 acres of land at Oak Creek, four miles north of Fairview. He now owns 550 acres and is a very prominent farmer and stock raiser and a representative citizen. Has imported numerous thoroughbred stock and is extensively interested in Durham and Herefords. Is director in the Fairview Cop. Store and creamery. He may well be designated as a self-made man and a thorough farmer and financier. Was married in Fairview, June 3, 1878 to Albertina, daughter of Andrew and Louesa C. Anderson, who was born in Sweden November 13, 2857. They have had 10 children: Nellie, Selna, Emily, Agnes, ,Mabel, Cleone L., and Clista R. Living: Berhardina, Priscilla L. and Ellna, deceased.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897252971226920851.post-28820759738212772952008-05-14T07:28:00.000-07:002008-05-14T07:30:48.590-07:00Ole and Cynthia P. Lasson's Gravemarkers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O7tsc-WK1iM/SCr3cKlkgII/AAAAAAAAACs/QFoeFUNNX_s/s1600-h/02.1jpg.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O7tsc-WK1iM/SCr3cKlkgII/AAAAAAAAACs/QFoeFUNNX_s/s400/02.1jpg.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200240783002992770" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O7tsc-WK1iM/SCr3cqlkgJI/AAAAAAAAAC0/cWNbtci6k10/s1600-h/97.1jpg.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O7tsc-WK1iM/SCr3cqlkgJI/AAAAAAAAAC0/cWNbtci6k10/s400/97.1jpg.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200240791592927378" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897252971226920851.post-17390338494462622542008-05-13T09:53:00.000-07:002008-05-14T00:20:38.193-07:00History of the Ole Lasson and Bernard Lasson Family Ranch at Birdseye, Utah<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-1.25in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:40.5pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:0in 4.5pt 585.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-family:HoeflerText-Regular;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-67.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:40.5pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:0in 4.5pt 585.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:HoeflerText-Regular;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: -67.5pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 40.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-family:HoeflerText-Regular;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:22.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:40.5pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:0in 4.5pt 585.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" ;font-family:HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Lasson Ranch in Birdseye, Utah—1877 to 2003</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:22.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:40.5pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:0in 4.5pt 585.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In 1868 at the age of fourteen, Ole Lasson emigrated from Sweden to America with his parents, and siblings, who joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sweden. With his mother and father, Ole traveled across the plains on a train to Benton, Wyoming.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There they joined the John G. Holman wagon train. Ole walked most of the 400 miles to Salt Lake City.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">He and his</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">mother cared for his father Ola Lasson who was sick the entire journey. Ola died and was buried near Devil’s Slide--near the Wyoming/Utah border. Ole arrived in Salt Lake City on September 21, 1868.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:22.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:40.5pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:0in 4.5pt 13.5pt 585.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ole worked two years for a farmer for $10.00 a month and saved $200.00, which he used to start his cattle herd. He moved to Fairview, Utah where his older brother Andrew was working.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There he homesteaded about 30 acres of ground in what is now Birdseye, Utah.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">He lived on and worked the land for seven years and in 1877 finally received the deed to the property. This was the beginning of the Lasson Ranch in Birdseye, Utah. Ole was a good worker and money manager and bought more property as it became available. Eventually, he owned a sizeable ranch. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:22.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:40.5pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:0in 4.5pt 13.5pt 585.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ole married Cynthia Philinda Terry on August 14, 1879. He and Cynthia lived in a dugout on the ranch property until they built their home (later known as the Old Place). They lived on the ranch until their seventh child was born, then they lived winter months in a home in Fairview, Utah and summer months on the ranch. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:22.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:40.5pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:0in 4.5pt 585.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ole’s ninth child out of ten was Bernard Grant Lasson who helped Ole work the ranch.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Before Bernard went on his mission, he bought 45 head of cattle and forest permitsfrom a neighbor.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">At that time, Ole gave Bernard the Ed Simons Meadow. While Bernard was on his mission, his brothers cared for his cattle.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:22.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:40.5pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:0in 4.5pt 585.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">When Bernard returned from his mission, he met and married Callice Hansen in 1931.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Times were hard, so Bernard and Callice moved out to the ranch. At first they lived in the Old Place and then they built their own home where they raised their five children.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:22.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:40.5pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:0in 4.5pt 585.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ole died in 1938 and divided his property among his children so they would have their own ranches. Eventually, Bernard bought additional property from two of his brothers and leased some of his brother Glen’s property.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Life on the ranch was hard work with joys and disappointments, but they loved it. It provided a livelihood for Callice, Bernard, and their family and taught them many of life’s lessons.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:22.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:40.5pt;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:0in 4.5pt 585.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In 1972, Bernard and Callice moved to Orem.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Their five children: Calvin, Eugene, Elaine, Mary, and Richard, took over the ranch and ran it for 31 years as Lasson Land and Investment Company. Bernard felt greatly relieved to have the strain and worry of ranch life removed from his shoulders.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">When Callice and Bernard moved, Richard and his wife Carol lived on the ranch for two years.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">After they moved to SLC, the ranch house was used as a rental. Eventually, Calvin bought Elaine’s share of the ranch and took over managing the ranch with help from other partners.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The ranch provided a great opportunity for children and grandchildren to experience the hard work of ranch life and to enjoy many fun times together:</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">family reunions, Easter egg hunts, horseback rides, picnics, etc.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:22.5pt;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It was a bitter-sweet day when the family sold the Lasson Ranch o</span>n July 1, 2003.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:22.5pt;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12px;">Posted lovingly by Carol and Richard Ole Lasson</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:22.5pt;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:14.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:22.5pt;tab-stops:6.0in"> <o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897252971226920851.post-80420555728085877182008-05-13T09:01:00.001-07:002008-05-13T09:03:31.593-07:00Location and Origin of Canyon Ward (Clinton Branch)<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">From <b><i>Spanish Fork Utah Stake History 1980, </i></b><span style="font-weight:normal;font-style:normal">“Canyon Ward” p. 132 </span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Description of Clinton (Birdseye) Branch in Church Records by Andrew Jensen. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“Clinton Branch consisted of the Latter-day Saints residing on Thistle Creek and its tributaries between Thistle creek station on the D&RG Railroad on the north and Indianola (Sanpete County), on the south.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The small settlement consisted of a few families who resided in scattered condition along Thistle Creek, and some of its small tributaries in the narrow valley or canyon which at the particular point constitutes on opening in the mountains, at the junction of Bennie Creek.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The location is within the boundaries of Utah County, Utah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The center of the branch, or the place where the schoolhouse is situated at the junction of Bennie Creek, is about six miles south of Thistle Station, twenty-five miles south of Provo, nine miles north o Indianola, Sanpete County, twenty-five miles north of Fairview, Sanpete County, and seventy-three miles south-east of Salt Lake City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Nearly all the inhabitants were farmers and the only other industry in the settlement is a water-powered saw mill.” </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“The so-called lower Thistle Valley extends as far down as to the point where Bennie Creek empties into the Thistle; below that point there is a continuous canyon extending to Thistle on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.” </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">While Indianola was included in the description cited above, it was not a part of Clinton Branch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>However, many of the members included in the branch south of the McKean farm attended meetings at Indianola.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>These members began attending meetings at Clinton in the early 1920’s. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">In December 1890,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Henry Elmer and family located at Clinton.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>There were approximately fifty families living in the area, but were not all Mormons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Special meetings were held at Clinton July ninth and tenth, 1892, attended by Elder David john of the Utah Stake, President James E. Daniels, and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Elder John, who was surprised to find so many Latter-day Saints at Clinton, suggested the organization of a branch of the Church and a Sunday School, a suggestion which met with favor on the part of all present.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>. . . A branch organization, called Clinton, was effected with Henry Elmer as presiding elder and John T. Moore as his first counselor.<o:p></o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897252971226920851.post-52848495661758784662008-05-12T15:47:00.000-07:002008-05-12T20:26:34.068-07:00Ola, Ole, Sissa--Records from Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:18.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:18.0pt;color:#273C5B;">[The following is from the LDS Church History website.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Note that Ola, Ole, Sissa and another Sissa are listed as Larson. We know they crossed the Atlantic on the Emerald Isle and came on this wagon train, so they are our relatives. There is an Anders Larsen listed, but no information about him other than that he is a returned missionary, so he is a mystery man. The pioneer information also states that Ola was accompanied by his wife and 4 children.]<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:24px;"><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch/1,15773,3966-1,00.html">http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch/1,15773,3966-1,00.html</a></span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:18.0pt;color:#273C5B;">John G. </span><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:18.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Holman</b></span><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:18.0pt;color:#273C5B;"> Company (1868)</span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:16.0pt;"><b>Departure: </b></span><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:16.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>1 September 1868</span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:16.0pt;"><b>Arrival in Salt Lake Valley: </b></span><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:16.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>25 September 1868<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:16.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;">Company Information: <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>About 650 individuals and 62 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Benton, Wyoming.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:18.0pt;color:#273C5B;">Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Company:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;">John G. </span><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Holman</b></span><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"> Company (1868)</span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); font-weight: bold; font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:17px;">Narrative:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;">Holman's ox train of 62 wagons left the rail terminus at Benton, Wyoming, on September 1 with 628 emigrants. Benton was located 11 miles east of present-day Rawlins, Wyoming. This end-of-track town was in existence for only three months, but during its brief history more than 100 people were reported to have died there in gunfights. The company was delayed in Benton when a woman in their company was arrested on a trumped-up charge and they had to wait for her trial. U.S. soldiers had to protect the company when an enraged mob from the railroad town marched on the wagon company. The mob had been angered by false rumors to the effect that the Mormons were intent on taking a woman to Utah against her will.</span></span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:17px;">Most of those who traveled to Utah in Holman's company crossed the Atlantic aboard the ship Emerald Isle. Many in this company were Danes and Swedes who suffered much sickness while crossing the ocean and after landing in New York. Also traveling with the company were 8 independent wagons with about 40 passengers. After getting off the train and being loaded into the Church wagons, this company traveled in a northwesterly direction from Benton through Whiskey Gap and northward from there until they reached the Sweetwater River and the old emigrant road on September 8. As did many other companies in the 1860s, after coming through Echo Canyon they traveled to Silver Creek and then down Parley's Canyon into the valley. They arrived in Salt Lake on September 25. Twenty-two people died between Benton and Salt Lake.</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:24px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:24px;">Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868</span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Source:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;">"Last Train In," </span><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><i>Deseret Evening News</i></span><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;">, 25 Sept. 1868, 3.</span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Full Text:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;">LAST TRAIN IN.— This morning Captain J. G. Holman's ox-train of 62 wagons got in, bringing a little over 600 passengers. He had with his train the immigrants that crossed the Atlantic in the </span><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><i>Emerald Isle</i></span><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;">, a number of whom had to go into hospital on reaching New York, and among whom there had been much sickness on the sea voyage. Several were sick when they left the cars at Benton, but the mortality on the trip from that point was not high, considering these circumstances. The passengers are nearly all in excellent health now.</span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:17px;">Accompanying his train were also six independent wagons, and some 50 persons not included in the 600 immigrants. He left Benton with his train on September 1st, and, consequently, made the trip in about twenty-four days, although there were several detentions on the way. This is the last immigrant train of the season.</span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:24px;">Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868</span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:18.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Larson</b></span><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:18.0pt;color:#273C5B;">, Ola</span><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); font-weight: bold; font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:17px;">Birth Date:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">19 Jan. 1803</span></span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Death Date:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">19 Sep. 1868</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Gender:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">Male</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Age:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">65</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Company:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompany/0,15797,4017-1-152,00.html"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:nonefont-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:#000066;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>John G. Holman Company (1868)</span></a></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); font-weight: bold; font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:17px;">Pioneer Information:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;">with wife and 4 children Ancestral file surname "Lasson"</span></span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:13.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); font-weight: bold; font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;">Sources:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;">Ancestral File</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(88, 104, 127); font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:17px;"><a href="javascript:openlocationpopup(4245);">Source Locations </a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); ">Mormon Immigration Index</span></span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:24px;">Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868</span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:18.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Larson</b></span><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:18.0pt;color:#273C5B;">, Ole, Jr.</span><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:18.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); font-weight: bold; font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:17px;">Birth Date:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">20 May 1854</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Death Date:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">5 Apr. 1938</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Gender:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">Male</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Age:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">14</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Company:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompany/0,15797,4017-1-152,00.html"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:nonefont-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:#000066;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>John G. Holman Company (1868)</span></a></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;"><b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); ">Pioneer Information:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;">Ancestral file surname is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">"Lasson"</span></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); font-weight: bold; font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:17px;">Sources: <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;">Ancestral File</span></span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(88, 104, 127); "><a href="javascript:openlocationpopup(4245);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Source Locations</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); ">Mormon Immigration Index</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:18.0pt;color:#273C5B;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:18.0pt;color:#273C5B;">Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868</span><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:18.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>???Larson</b></span><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:18.0pt;color:#273C5B;">, Sissa</span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); font-weight: bold; font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:17px;">Birth Date:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">2 Mar. 1849</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Death Date:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">Unknown</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Gender:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">Female</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Age:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">19</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Company:<a href="http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompany/0,15797,4017-1-152,00.html" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;"> </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompany/0,15797,4017-1-152,00.html"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:nonefont-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:#000066;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>John G. Holman Company (1868)</span></a></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Sources: <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;">Ancestral File</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:nonecolor:#58687F;"><a href="javascript:openlocationpopup(4245);">Source Locations<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(88, 104, 127);"> </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); ">Mormon Immigration Index</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:24px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:24px;">Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:18.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Larson</b></span><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:18.0pt;color:#273C5B;">, Sisse<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(Ole’s mother)</span><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); font-weight: bold; font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:17px;">Birth Date:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">21 Mar. 1821</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Death Date: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">21 Jan. 1894</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Gender:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">Female</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Age:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">47</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Company:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompany/0,15797,4017-1-152,00.html"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:nonefont-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:#000066;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>John G. Holman Company (1868)</span></a></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;"><b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); ">Sources:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;">Ancestral File<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(88, 104, 127); font-size: 16px; "><a href="javascript:openlocationpopup(4245);"></a></span></span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(88, 104, 127); font-size: 16px; "><a href="javascript:openlocationpopup(4245);">Source Locations<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia;"> </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); ">Deseret Evening News, 22 Sep. 1868, p. 4<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 48px; "> </span></span></span></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:13.0pt;"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:nonecolor:#58687F;"><a href="javascript:openlocationpopup(4113);">Source Locations<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); ">Mormon Immigration Index </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:18.0pt;color:#273C5B;">Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868</span><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:18.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Larsen</b></span><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:18.0pt;color:#273C5B;">, Anders<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> [</span>I don’t know if this Anders is related to our Ole Lasson, but he could be a missing piece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The pioneer information states he was a returning missionary, but the spelling of Larsen is different than Ole’s Larson and nothing else is given about him on the pioneer record.]</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:18.0pt;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); font-weight: bold; font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:17px;">Birth Date:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">Unknown</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Death Date:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">Unknown</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Gender:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">Male</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Age:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family:Arial-BoldMT;">Unknown</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:13.0pt;color:#273C5B;"><b>Company:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompany/0,15797,4017-1-152,00.html"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:nonefont-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:#000066;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>John G. Holman Company (1868)</span></a></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); font-weight: bold; font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;font-size:17px;">Pioneer Information:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;">returning missionary</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(39, 60, 91); font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;font-size:17px;">If you have valid information regarding this pioneer, we invite you to <a href="http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/submitinfo/1,15712,3979-1,00.html"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:nonecolor:#58687F;">share that with us [the LDS Church]</span></a>. There are no sources listed for pioneer Larsen, Anders.</span><br /></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897252971226920851.post-72623687940767142742008-05-12T06:30:00.000-07:002008-05-12T06:31:40.182-07:00OLE LASSON SR. and 19th CENTURY SWEDEN contributed by Bob Lasson<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; "><p style="padding-bottom: 0.25em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 140%; ">OLE LASSON SR. and 19th CENTURY SWEDEN contributed by Bob Lasson<br /><br />19th CENTURY SWEDEN & RESULTING EMIGRATION<br /><br />Ole Lasson Sr. was 65 years old he had spent his entire life in the southern county of Kristianstad. Born in the parish of Gualov, he married Sissa Jonsson of Lyngby,Bara, Malomohus, Sweden in Everod, Gard, Kristiantad, Sweden on 30 Dec 1840 at the age of 37 years. They lived in Lyngby for about 12 years. They had 4 children and had the last child (Nils) die as an infant while living in that location. The 5th child (Ole Jr.) was born in Ostra Nobbelov, Jarrestad, Sweden. The next three children (Pernilla, Nils and Margreta) were also born while living in Ostra Nobbelov. Margreta died at the age of 9 & half months. Ole had lost both of his parents and three of his children to death and yet, in 1868 Ole and Sissa were about to become pioneers, the first of our ancestors to emigrate to the United States of America, making the long and difficult passage from southern Sweden to the far western part of the United States. Why would they undertake such an arduous journey at their stage in life? <br /><br />In the last half of the 19th century Sweden lost over 1 million people through migration. For a land with a population of only 6 million people, this was an enormous exodus. One in every seven people departed. Why did they leave, and, of more interest to us, why did our ancestors join this massive movement away from their homeland? <br /><br />If we are to understand their motives and the forces that caused them to make such life-changing decisions, we need to look briefly at conditions in Sweden during the period and also a little at Swedish history. <br /><br />Emigration had been characteristic of Scandinavians since time immemorial. During the Viking Age (800 a.d. to 1050 a.d.) Norsemen played a significant part in European and world history. Viking ships dominated the northern seas. Viking raiders had settled in England, Ireland, France, Iceland and Greenland, influencing their culture. Swedish Vikings looked eastward across the Baltic toward what is now Russia where they established extensive trade routes along the rivers to the Black Sea and eventually to Arabian lands. In these areas the Swedes became known as 'Rus,' a name that now lives in present day 'Russia.' <br /><br />With the triumph of Christianity in 11th century Scandinavia, the Viking Age ended. At about the same time, Sweden began a period of expansion that would last for several centuries. King Olaf, who reigned from 993 to 1024, was the first Swedish monarch to become a Christian. In about 1157, a successor, King Eric, led a northern crusade across the Baltic into Finland, conquering that land and introducing Christianity to its inhabitants. Sweden then ruled in Finland for 600 years. <br /><br />Sweden's greatest period of territorial expansion began during the reign of King Gustavus I in the 16th century. Poland and Estonia were subjugated by his forces. His son, Gustavus Adolphus (Gustavus II), Sweden's most outstanding king, continued to extend Sweden's boundaries far into Russia. For the next 200 years, Sweden was the dominant power in the Baltic area and all of Northern Europe. The Baltic Sea, for practical purposes, became a Swedish lake. <br /><br />When Peter I (Peter the Great) became czar of Russia in the late 17th century, Russia turned its attention westward. Peter began a long campaign against the Swedish forces controlling the Baltic Sea. This Great Northern War was ended by a treaty in 1721 when Sweden ceded control of most of its German territory, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania to Russia. Russia thus became the foremost power in Northern Europe. Sweden's control over Finland remained until 1809, when that area, too, was ceded to Russia. This loss of Finland proved to be the most significant event leading up to the massive late 19th century migration to America. Prior to that time, Swedish colonies in Finland had been the outlet for any overpopula¬tion that might have occurred in Sweden. During the next few decades, after the loss of Finland, a period of repatriation occurred with Swedes returning to their homeland. <br /><br />For the first 50 years following, however, emigration was insignificant. During that length of time a mere 26,600 people left the country. In fact, there was such a shortage of labor, especially in the rural areas, that laws were passed to restrict emigration. In the countryside the local parish pastor was required to attest to the request for a passport. In the cities, the magistrates were obliged to do the same. An emigrant was required to return to Sweden within two years or lose his inheritance and his citizenship. Anyone leaving without a passport not only lost his inheritance and citizenship, but was liable for punishment upon his return. These laws, however, were difficult to enforce and were finally repealed in 1860. <br /><br /><br />Unexpectedly, the last half of the 19th century saw the trickle of emigration turn into a torrent. We need to look at the social structure of Sweden during the time and at the land itself to understand the causes for this. <br /><br />The Swedish peasant had always enjoyed freedom. The institution of serfdom which had been established in most of Europe as it emerged from the Dark Ages never existed in Scandinavia. This was probably due to the vast amounts of forested land available on which any man could carve out his own homestead. Early laws gave ownership of the soil to anyone who first placed it under cultivation. The peasant has always been a very important class in Sweden and is mentioned in earliest laws. The nobility, the clergy and the military aristocracy did not become important until centuries later. <br /><br />To understand the stature of the peasant in Sweden, we need to look at the nature of the land. It is one of the most northerly countries in the world, lying in latitudes roughly equivalent to that of Hudson's Bay in Canada or of Alaska. Yet, it has one of the mildest of far northern climates because of the gentle winds of the Gulf Stream. It is a long, narrow country, stretching almost a thousand miles from north to south and experiences wide variations in climate within its boundaries. In the south, the climate can be quite mild and it is here that is located the largest population. In the far north, where winters are long and dark, the population is very sparse. <br /><br />Even today, although Sweden's population is primarily involved in agricultural pursuits, only about 10% of its land area is under cultivation. Most of the nation has always been covered by dense forests (much of this is now government-owned, or 'Crown Lands'). Beginning with restrictions placed upon homesteading of free lands in the 18th century in order to protect the forests from wanton destruction, a static condition of land ownership emerged. This, together with the social custom of primogeniture (the estate being inherited in full by the eldest son with nothing left to other survivors) further diminished opportunities for peasant families. Thus, there became a large and growing class of people known as the 'landless agrarians,' people engaged in farming without the possibility of owning land. <br />The landless agrarians found it necessary to hire themselves out to other land-owning peasants with the hope of perhaps becoming, at best, tenant farmers or 'crofters. In addition to the plight of the landless agrarians, two other factors in Sweden eventually led to the large migrations of the middle-to-late 1800's. One was the institution of compulsory military service in 1860 and the other was religious dissention. It is logical to assume that in the lives of my emigrant 2nd great grandparents all three of these problems played a part.<br /><br />There was considerable military turmoil in Europe during the period prior to the 1870 Franco-Prussian War. Reacting to this, the Swedish government expressed an increasing need for military protection, a desire which was bitterly opposed by the agrarian classes. Prior to 1860, landowners were exempt from military service if they supported profes¬sional soldiers on their lands as crofters. The Defense Law of 1860 made it mandatory that all males between the ages of 20 and 32 complete a period of military service. Each man was to complete 42 days of training each year for a period of 6 years. The law also forbade the granting of a passport to any man who had not fulfilled his military obligations. This law was unpopular with those it impacted most, the young men of the country, and, of course, led to an increased desire to emigrate. <br /><br />The local parish pastors were required by law to keep meticulous parish records. Births, marriages, baptisms, confirmations and deaths were accurately recorded as well as the movement of families in or out of the parish. (These records have been carefully preserved and anyone who is interested in family history with Swedish roots appreciates the service that was performed in preserving vital information. It has, in effect, made Swedish genealogy quite easy to follow). However, in the case of my ancestors there was a parish fire that destroyed many of the records in the area where they lived.<br /><br />To understand the next subject: religious dissent, we must first examine theocracy, or the existence of a state church under government control, as it pertains to Sweden. Sweden was a country with remarkable religious homogeneity, over 97% of its population being members of the Lutheran Church. Everyone was legally born into the state church and could separate only by a formal application for separation. All inhabitants paid taxes for support of the Lutheran Church. Those who legally separated were required to pay only half the amount of church taxes required of members. <br />During the middle of the 19th century a period of increased dissention from the state church occurred. The most active groups were Methodists, Baptists, Mormons and Seventh Day Adventists. This was encouraged by the liberalism in religious thought that began sweeping across Europe in the latter part of the 18th century. Various religious organizations, both national and foreign began operating to awaken the religious zeal of the common people during this period. The first non-Lutheran church to become active was the Methodist in 1830, followed by the Baptists in 1848. It was in 1853 that the first Mormon missionaries arrived in Sweden. <br /><br />Any church organization that encouraged dissent from the state church was subject to civil persecution. This was particularly true of the Mormon missionaries since they not only preached religious doctrine that was quite different from that of the state church, but also encouraged their converts to migrate to the United States. Groups of Swedish emigrants bound for Utah left three or four times a year via Liverpool, England. <br /><br />Sweden enjoyed a period of agricultural economic prosperity from 1850 to 1864. Times in the land were good and this led to unprecedented speculation in farm land. When a sudden economic crisis gripped the country in 1864 followed by three years of crop failures, unemployment spread throughout the agricultural areas. There was also a simultaneous loss of the potato crop, not unlike the great potato famine that gripped Ireland at the same time. The northern counties felt the pinch of hunger first, during the winter of 1867-68. Hunger and the loss of jobs quickly spread south throughout the country. <br /><br />The time was ripe for emigration to America. It was at this same time that America was rapidly expanding as railroad lines were being laid westward. New lands were being opened up and were readily available for homesteaders. Emigration agents from the United States were finding Sweden, caught up in economic crisis, a fertile source of labor. Steamship companies and American railroad companies established agencies in Sweden and advertised heavily in local newspapers. This resulted in an 'America Fever' that swept like an epidemic through rural Sweden. <br />Emigration from Sweden to the United States increased from a few thousand people in 1860 to over 30,000 in 1868. That was the year in which my 2nd great grandfather Ole Lasson Sr. our first ancestor to emigrate departed Sweden. The flood tide had begun and would swell to over a million people by the turn of the next century.</p><p class="comment-timestamp" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 90%; padding-bottom: 0.25em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 140%; ">May 11, 2008 10:55 PM</p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897252971226920851.post-89465389629022962312008-05-11T21:26:00.000-07:002008-05-11T21:56:44.637-07:00Happy 95th Birthday to Helen Lasson --Edgar Eugene (Ted) Lasson's wife<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O7tsc-WK1iM/SCfN9Klkf9I/AAAAAAAAABI/3WTGqMa6OiU/s1600-h/IMG_0947.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O7tsc-WK1iM/SCfN9Klkf9I/AAAAAAAAABI/3WTGqMa6OiU/s320/IMG_0947.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199350745520177106" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O7tsc-WK1iM/SCfJWKlkf7I/AAAAAAAAAA4/WzbNXIZujjE/s1600-h/IMG_0941.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O7tsc-WK1iM/SCfJWKlkf7I/AAAAAAAAAA4/WzbNXIZujjE/s320/IMG_0941.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199345677458767794" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O7tsc-WK1iM/SCfJWqlkf8I/AAAAAAAAABA/UHjeskiGlgI/s1600-h/IMG_0969.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_O7tsc-WK1iM/SCfJWqlkf8I/AAAAAAAAABA/UHjeskiGlgI/s320/IMG_0969.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199345686048702402" /></a><br />After relatives sang "Happy Birthday" to 95 year old Helen, she wittily said, "I'm glad you didn't say, "And many more."<div><div style="text-align: left;">(Ted's father was Ole Edgar Lasson who was Ole Lasson's 6th child.)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897252971226920851.post-79332418969051119852008-05-11T13:38:00.000-07:002008-05-12T20:28:43.862-07:00Stories About Pioneer Times--"Otis Lysander Terry" and "Leva Judd"In the comments to this post, you will find an account from Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel which includes Otis Lysander Terry and "Leva Judd." I hope you will find it interesting!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897252971226920851.post-14296841018469223312008-05-11T13:07:00.000-07:002008-05-11T13:10:21.529-07:00Ole Lasson's Obituary<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O7tsc-WK1iM/SCdSi6lkf4I/AAAAAAAAAAg/eQYCin9-5TI/s1600-h/IMG_0965.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O7tsc-WK1iM/SCdSi6lkf4I/AAAAAAAAAAg/eQYCin9-5TI/s400/IMG_0965.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199215054618394498" /></a><br />For starters, here is Ole Lasson's obituary.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897252971226920851.post-50590598852902040022008-05-11T12:53:00.000-07:002008-05-11T13:02:02.563-07:00Welcome to the Ole Lasson Family Blog<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O7tsc-WK1iM/SCdPqKlkf3I/AAAAAAAAAAY/AlNdXmr1Gng/s1600-h/IMG_0963.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O7tsc-WK1iM/SCdPqKlkf3I/AAAAAAAAAAY/AlNdXmr1Gng/s400/IMG_0963.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199211880637562738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ole Lasson and Cynthia Philinda Terry Lasson</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div><br /></div>Welcome Family to the Ole Lasson Family Blog. We had a great meeting yesterday at Robert Lasson's home and decided to create this family blog. We hope you will use this blog to ask each other questions and to share information, pictures, etc. about Ole Lasson's line.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size:17px;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2