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Show WORKING HER WAY Such was the setting in which Wilhelmina lived in young Mt. Pleasant. She had learned in her lonely early years to assume a good share of work responsibilities in order that she would be able to eat. She lived with and worked for the Madsen family. She had met her mother's old friend, Marie Frandsen, in Sanpete where her daughter had married one of the Madsen brothers-Niels Peter-and Wilhelmina worked for them. One would expect her to have grown bitter at her lot, but she was, instead, a pleasant girl with a beautiful singing voice. As she matured she braided her thick hair of dark brown shades, and coiled the braids high on the back of her head. A wide brow, classic nose and high cheek bones were complemented by her large sapphire-blue eyes. At times, they reflected the hurt and sorrow life's experiences had forced upon her- The firm set of her mouth was evidence of the determination that had fortified her in meeting life's thrusts. With an olive skin-coloring and a height of five feet, eight inches, she was considered to be very attractive, and she had many friends, Wilhelmina drew admiring eyes of the young men, and several of them sought her hand in marriage. However, on 2 January 1864, she married Niels Peter Madsen in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, becoming his second wife, 25 |
