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BULLETIN
Special Reminder of Denison Family Reunion for 2008
Date: 6 Sep 2008, Place: Wines Park @ Pavilion 2, SE corner of the park
Location: 500 N 100 E, Lehi, UT 84043
Time: 11: am - 4:00 pm
Agenda and Food:
Open visiting to noon - potluck dinner at 12 noon, (Meat dish and rolls, plates, cups, utensils and napkins will be furnished.)
Then at 1:30 family
meeting with guest speaker Trena Dodge, expert researcher on Hans
Dinesen line and has the largest
PAF file you can imagine!
Trena is a descendant of Hans through Hyrum Denison and has new findings to report!
In the past those attending have been mostly from the Hyrum Denison part of the family but any descendants
of Hans Dinesen are welcome and we are looking forward to seeing a few of you there! Email the webmaster for Q&A.
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For the student of
Scandinavian immigration to Utah the following book
contains much detail about those who came in the
period
from 1852 to 1881. Detailed
accounts of the several migrations are contained in the
collection. Over 15,000 saints are accounted for.
Hans Dinesen (most often spelled Dinnesen if you word search) is mentioned along with the birth of Ephraim Monarch, 18 Mar 1853
(sometimes given as 19 Mar 1853) and death of Hans' mother Inger on 3 Apr 1853 both near St. Louis, Missouri.
Tracing Scandinavian Latter-day Saints
HERE is the Table of Contents. It is a 4 page pdf document.
HERE is the main text of the book. It is 711 pages in pdf. It will take a while to download!
Added - 18 Aug 2008
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Here is obituary of Mrs. Annie N. Dinesen, wife of Hans Dinesen. She was born 13 Nov 1846, married 3 Nov 1880
and died 20 Oct 1901. Taken from the Manti Messenger newspaper dated 26 Oct 1901.
(Contributed by Webmaster) - 15 Aug 2008
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Two, additional, brief histories of the life of Ephraim Monarch and Mary Ellen Denison. A
2 page and a
1 page version.
(Contributed by Lori Glancy) - 5 Aug 2008
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A
History of Ephraim Monarch Denison written by his granddaughter Elda Nielson Cornwell Behunin (1905 - 1981).
This is a multi-generation xerographic copy and does not read well! If you have a good, clean copy
could you share it with us? (Note: On the first line of this history it states Ephraim was born on the
19 Mar 1853 on the ship "Benjamin Adams"; this is believed to be in error as the records indicate
he was born 18 Mar 1853 [some say 19 Mar] on the ship Forest Monarch. Note by ahc.)
(Contributed by Lori Glancy) - 3 Aug 2008
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Ephraim Monarch Denison (or Dinesen) was born on the ship Forest Monarch, so Hans and Johanne
named him accordingly. He is the fourth born child of Hans and Johanna. He settled in Sterling,
Sanpete County, Utah, living there most of his adult life. He and his wife Mary Ellen Johnson had
10 children. These photos are from a multi-generation xerographic image and are of low quality.
Should any one have originals or good clean copies we would appreciate having them for posting.
(Contributed by Lori Glancy) - 3 Aug 2008
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NOTICE: We have a full copy of the Hans Dinesen (Denison or Dennison) journal history which he wrote
in Danish by his own hand and has since been translated into English (done over the years by various translators).
It is many pages in length (over 200 total) and has much
detail about the early settlement struggles in Spring City
and Manti, the harsh winters, war with the Indians, his
wives, his children, his farming activities, work on the St. George,
Manti and Salt Lake temples and his contributions to the
early church organization especially among the
Danish in
the area. It covers the period from about 1824 to 1877 or so.
It would be of interest to his descendants and Manti natives.
If you wish to obtain a copy of it please contact the
Webmaster of this page, telling who you are. Thank you.
AHC - 26 July 2008
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Click
HERE for an interesting history of Hans Dinesen (Denison).
The compilation editor is Anonymous.
Question for you: In this history it says:
"He built a three room house on
the ground where the Ray Munk house now stands." We would like to know where Hans' home was in Manti.
It might have been at 75 N 1st East but we have no
confirmation of that. If you know will you tell
us? (ahc)
(Contributed by Wilfred Peters) - 26 July 2008
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Click
HERE to see Death Certificate of Hans Dinesen (Dennison),
born in Denmark, 20 July 1824 - 22 April 2008
(Interestingly, Hyrum signed the death certificate for his father Hans, but used the spelling
of his last name as Dennison. This spelling is used by some of the Hans Dinesen children!)
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Click HERE for an interesting history of Mary Agnes Braithwaite Denison.
(Contributed by Wilfred Peters) - 26 July 2008
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Click
HERE to see Death Certificate of Mary Agnes Braithwaite Denison,
wife of Hans Denison, Jr.
(See her picture below) - 21 April 2008
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Click
HERE to see Death Certificate of Hyrum Denison,
a son of Hans Dinesen
(See his picture in family photos below) - 20 April 2008
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Believed to Cleo or Alice, daughter of Hyrum Denison - 12 April 2008
(Anyone know for sure, let us know)
(Contributed by Wilfred Peters)
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"We stopped by Homer Denison's home in SLC when he was alive. He couldn't Identify the two women,
his eyes were getting kind of bad. They are probably associated with Roland in some way."
If anyone can help with the identification, let us know! - 12 April 2008
(Contributed by Wilfred Peters)
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