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Show JOHN P. AND MATILDA A. PEH.RSON Pehrson, an immigrant from Malmo, Sweden arrived in West Jordan (Midvale) in 1876. He was welcomed by the Pehr Hakanson family. He ob tained employment in the Alta mining area of Little Cottonwood Canyon. Matilda married Joseph Pierson in 1902 and they had six children: Luella, James, Maurie, Ina, Margaret and Floris. John Peter Margaret Isaacson In 1876, he married Mathilda Anderson, Sweden. In 1881 he had obtained 14 on what is now South Main tained it from the State of acres also. from of land located Street, Midvale. They ob Utah, it being a portion of belonging to the state. He owned and operated a brick yard in Sandy, supplying the bricks for the old Mingo Smelter in Sandy and many homes in the Midvale and Sandy areas. In 1885 he was appointed to preside over the Scandinavian meetings in the neigh school land borhood where he lived. He acted as many family estates and assisted in affairs. Early August Pierson administrator for legal and political courtesy Alice Pierson home. In 1892, Mathilda died in childbirth, leaving him with children: Anna, Amanda, Hilma, Morinda, Em ma, John and Arthur. He cared for them alone. seven He attended the Midvale school then went to work for He sold the brick yard and increased his farm acreage in the 1890's, thus devoting his energies to agriculture, his family, church and community. In 1895, he was called as First Counselor to Bishop Hyrum Goff his at the creation of the East Jordan Ward. He served in GUSTOF AIJMA AN'O LAURA H. PEARSON was born in Bingham Junction Gustof Alma Pearson in 1879. The house at 540 East Center Street still stands. brother August at the Keo Herriman. Later he worked for the Jordan as deliveryman Ranch near Fort Hyrum Goff, Ludvig capacity to three bishops Joseph Wright until 1916. He was a board member and president of the 27th School District, helped establish religion classes for the youth and was road supervisor over all roads south of 6400 South in Salt Lake County. this Cooper Store in West and learned to be a Then he went to work for P. C. Rasmussen's Junc tion Meat Market in Midvale with Mose Garff. He married Laura E. Harrison in the Salt Lake Tem ple in 1907. She Harrison Sr., was - Larson and butcher. born in 1883. Her was a grandfather, Isaac member of the Mormon Battalion and the first postmaster of Sandy. When Alma and were married, they moved into their' new home Laura at 514 East Center, which A. J. Alcorn had built for them. He worked for the Sandy post office as a rural mail horse and mail wagon. Later he bought a Model T Ford. After he delivered the mail for the day, carrier with a he hauled for the John Larson coal yard. Alma and Laura had four children: Kenneth Al (m. Lundberg), Lucile L. (m. Marlon H. Larson), Helen Rowene who drowned at 18 months in an Cleo John P. Pehrson irrigation ditch and Earl W. (rn. Onda Mangum). Both Alma and Laura and they were active church H. members, F.'(FREO) A,ND NINA M. RASMUSSEN Hans Frederik lived in the same house in Midvale all their Rasmussen, born in Denmark in 1880 tailor, come to Midvale and opened where he learned to ' married lives. a 53 shop in 1905. |
