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ISAAC
MORLEY was
a great LDS pioneer and early convert to the Church.
He is often referred to as the founder of Manti, Utah. In his
later days he spent
a great deal of his time as Stake Patriarch giving blessings to
thousands of Saints
who settled in the Sanpete County, Utah. You can see the
Patriarchal
Blessings
given to Hans and wife Johanna by Isaac Morley,
click
here. (Added 18 April 2009)
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DENISON
2009 Reunion Announcement (23 March 2009)
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MORE DENISON PHOTOS.
These are from Hyrum Denison family. Mostly taken in
the early 1900s to maybe 1940 time period.
Most of them have identifying information
on them
but if you see any errors or if you can offer more details let us know.
These photos were kindly
supplied to us by LaDaonna Broadhead. They were her mother's.
(Added 20 Mar 2009)
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HERE is a historical narrative by
Hans Dinesen as included in
The History
of Manti written by
Moses Franklin Farnsworth and published in 1901. This copy is
from clippings assembled by
Andrew Jensen and filed in the Church History Department .
It is appears this is the history
used by Hoffman Birney who authored
Zealots of
Zion wherein is contained accounts
from
Hans Dinesen that heretofore were unknown to us. See links below.
(Added Mar 2009)
[Newly retyped copy made from the original archival record added
18April09 by Trena Dodge]
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HERE
is a genealogy of Hans Dinesen family from around 1900; This is
from
The
History of Manti written by Moses Franklin Farnsworth and
published
over a period of several weeks in the San Pete Democrat 1901.
(Added Mar 2009)
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Denison
Unknown Photos - Photos 1 thru 70. Please help identify them.
Denison Unknown Photos -
Group 2 - 71 thru 173. More to identify!
These photos came from LaDonna Broadhead. They were her
mother's.
Send your comments to us at
Webmaster
- (Added 9 Feb 09)
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HERE are a few extracts
from the book
Zealots
of Zion written by
Hoffman Birney (from 1931 era). This book gives some
interesting
accounts supposedly recorded by Hans
Dinesen about his early
experiences settling the Sanpete area of Utah. - (Added 21
Jan 2009)
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HERE
for image; it is a large, high resolution image, 4.5 MB.
Photo from 2006 Denison Reunion, Spanish Fork, UT - Dec 2008
(Contributed by
Gary Sheppick)
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So, where was Hans Dinesen born? Click
here to see the modern-day
location of where
we think it was. The general area is circled in red. Also
circled is Hellerup, a farm
where Hans worked in his youth. It is now a major train
station serving the area.
If you have a better location, let us know.
- 2 Oct 2008
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Where did the Denisons come from?
Denmark.
Yes, but where in Denmark? Click on the links to maps.
Hans Dinesen's father was born in either
Skalkendrup
(Skalkendrujan) or Skelerup, Denmark.
Some documents put him in one, some in another. Fortunately, these two
little Danish
towns are near each other on the big island of Fyn. If one
were to look at a modern day
map of Denmark and its islands it is easy to find these two possible
towns. - 2 Oct 2008
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Hans Dinesen:
Fourth Wife?
Did Hans Dinesen really have a fourth wife? It is shown that
he did if you look at the pedigree information
found at www.familysearch.org. Yet his extensive personal writings
clearly indicate that there were but
three wives. Larry and Trena Dodge did a complete examination
of this matter from
source records at the Family History Library. The results are
in this report.
(Contributed by Webmaster
and Trena
and Larry Dodge) - 28 Sep 2008
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Question of Hyrum Denison's wife's name is settled. Above is
birth record from Switzerland showing it is
Katharina Barbara Stutzneggar - not Barbara Katharina as sometimes
shown.
This was presented at the recent Denison Reunion by Trena and Larry
Dodge.
(Contributed by
Trena
and Larry Dodge) - 18 Sep 2008
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HERE
is a short biographical history of Hans Denison (Dinesen)
written by Hans in his Danish language and translated
to English and typed and submitted by
LaDonna Broadhead
- 10 Sep 2008
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Pictures from the 2008
Reunion with names added. Taken by Dana and Gary Sheppick.
HIGH
RESOLUTION version (6MB)
(Contributed by
Gary Sheppick) - 8 Sep 2008
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HERE
is a history of Inger Monson Dinesen, mother of Hans Dinesen, and of
Hans Dinesen Sr. & Johanne Jacobsen Christoffersen
compiled by Wilfred Peters. It is compiled in chronological
order
from documents already well known but is easy to read and study.
This is a section of Martin Peterson &
Hanna Malinda Dennison
booklet that "I'm preparing for the Peterson side of my wifes family
and
for our children and grandchildren." It is 23
pages in
length, including several photos. Wilfred brought it to the reunion.
(Contributed by Wilfred
Peters) - 8 Sep 2008
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The annual Denison Reunion for 2008 is now history. It was
wonderful.
More will be coming soon.
(Contributed by
Gary Sheppick) - 6 Sep 2008
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Reunion was held as planned.
Special
Reminder of Denison Family Reunion for 2008
Date:
6 Sep 2008, Place:
Wines Park @ Pavilion
2, SE corner of the parkLocation:
500 N 100 E, Lehi, UT 84043Time:
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 reports. At 2:00pm speakers Trena
and Larry 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.
HERE you
can see the "snail-mail" reminder sent out coordinator, Carol Carpenter.
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HERE
is obituary of Hans Dinesen (Hans Denison, Sr.) from Manti
Messanger dated 14 Jan 1904.
(Webmaster)
- 1 Sep 2008
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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 news of Mrs. Annie N. Dinesen, wife of Hans Dinesen. She
was born 13 Nov 1846, married 3 Nov 1880
and died 20 Oct 1901.
This is whole newspaper page. Taken from the Manti
Messenger newspaper dated 26 Oct 1901.
HERE is
her story only in jpg
(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 an English copy of the Hans Dinesen journal history -
the original of which he wrote
in Danish by his own hand. It has since been
translated into English (done over the years by various translators)
The original Danish version has been lost and we are looking to find it
in order to make a new translation of it..
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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Wedding photo of Hanna Melinda Denison, daughter of
Hans, Jr. to Martin Peterson. 21 Sep 1904. - 12
April 2008
(Contributed by
Wilfred Peters)
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Believed to be
Hans Jr. sons. Anyone know for sure? - 12
April 2008
Update:
Yes. Older man sitting in a chair is:
John Williams
Edwards b. 18 Mar 1876 d. 13 Apr 1937
and the Younger man is his only son: Morris John Edwards b.
17 Aug 1915. d. 2 Dec 1969
John William Edwards is the Husband of
Mary
Ann Dennison daughter of Hans Jr. and Mary Agnes.
(Update added 5 Sep 2008. From Wilfred Peters information
based on another near identical photo he located.)
(Contributed by
Wilfred Peters)
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Believed to be Cleo or Alice, daughter of Hyrum Denison - 12 April 2008
[
Now, Wilfred Peters has made comparisons with other photos posted and has concluded it is Alice. 3 May 2009]
(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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"We stopped by Homer Denison's home in SLC when he was alive and he
identified
the Man in the Tin Type as being
Roland Denison b. 1883 d. 1934. Don't
know when the photo was taken probably around 1895/1903." -
12 April 2008
(Contributed by
Wilfred Peters)
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Hans Jr. and Mary Agnes
also - 12 April 2008
(Contributed by
Wilfred Peters)
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Hans Jr. and Mary Agnes
unknown date - 12 April 2008
(Contributed by Wilfred
Peters)
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Hans
Denison Jr. and Mary Agnes Braithwaite's home in
Sterling Utah taken August 1916 .
The house is facing north according to the inscription on the back of
the photo. - 12 April 2008
(Contributed by Wilfred
Peters)
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Hans Dinesen Photo taken by professional photographer.
Medallion on lapel is probably his Danish war medal -12 April
2008
(Click
here to see the markings on the backside of this photo)
(Contributed by Wilfred
Peters )
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Ephraim
Monarch Denison Family with names
photo taken about 1894/5 - 12 April 2008
(Contributed by
Wilfred Peters)
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Ephraim Monarch Dennison Family
- 12 April 2008
(Contributed
by Wilfred Peters)
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Hans Dinesen Jr. Family - 12
April 2008
(Contributed
by Wilfred Peters)
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Hans Sr, and Johanne his first
wife,
taken probably in 1873 - 12 April 2008
(Contributed by Wilfred
Peters)
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Most likely Johanne Denison,
Hans First wife
who came to America with him in 1853 - 12 April 2008
(Click here
to see the markings on the backside of this photo)
(Contributed by Wilfred
Peters)
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Hans Dinesen and family came to America from Copenhagen,
Denmark in 1853. They traveled on
the Forest Monarch ship and were part of the John Forsgren Company.
Click on the link below.
Coming
to America by Hans Dinesen
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Below is a link that has much
background information regarding the ship Forest Monarch and various
others
who were in that company. This link and associated links have
histories, photos, maps and many items
too numerous to mention. They are of great interest to one
who wishes to learn about the times and conditions
experienced by the Scandinavian Saints and especially those who
traveled with Hans and his family.
Mentioned in these sites, also, is reference to the infant born to Hans
and Johanne Dinesen (or Dinnesen) prior
to them arriving in St. Louis and the death of his mother, Inger
Monnsen. This link is located at::
http://parentfrost.netfirms.com/Forsgren%20Company%20Narratives%20(1852-1853).htm
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