Hans and Frederikka Brothersen ~~~Pioneers of the Month ~~~ October 2026

 

 

HANS BROTHERSON sr.

Brief Life History of Hans

When Hans Brodersen was born on 15 February 1849, in Maribo, Maribo Domsogn, Maribo, Denmark, his father, Christian Brodersen, was 37 and his mother, Ane Mortensen, was 25. He married Frederikka Andrea Jensen on 18 October 1869, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Væggerløse, Væggerløse, Nykøbing, Denmark for about 5 years and Utah, United States in 1870. He registered for military service in 1865. He died on 30 December 1900, in Mount Pleasant Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Mount Pleasant City Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States

 

 

 

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Frederickka Andrea Jensen Brotherson

Contributed By

Frederickka Andrea Jensen Brotherson

Story from Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude

Page 371

Birth Date: 30 December 1852, Logstor, Alborg, Denmark;

Death: 28 November 1932, Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete Co., Utah;

Parents: Niels Jensen & Marie Kirstine Langgard

Pioneer: 01 October 1862 - Joseph Horne Co. Wagon Train

Spouse: Hans Brotherson

Married: 18 October 1869, Salt Lake Endowment House

Death of Spouse: 30 Dec 1900, Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete Co., Utah

Children: Hans Jr., 25 Oct 1870

Annie Margaret, 9 May 1872

Christian, 01 Nov 1873

Bohney, 23 July 1875

Parley Parker, 19 May 1877

Maria, 9 September 1878

Fredricka, 13 July 1880

Francis, 10 May 1882

Clementine, 5 February 1884

Lorenza Christine, 29 April 1886

Nels Douglas, 8 October 1888

Orson Hyde, 12 May 1890

Henrietta, 9 November 1892

Ferdinand Floyd, 12 October 1894

Vernon Hamlet, 30 November 1896

Frederickka's father died when she was a very young child in Denmark. Her mother was taught the gospel by two Mormon Elders, Christian a Madsen and Anthon H. Lund, and brought her children to America on the sailing vessel "Benjamin Franklin". The landed in New York on 17 June 1862, and came across the plains in the Joseph Horne's company, arriving in Salt Lake on 01 October 1862.

They stayed in Salt Lake for two weeks because Frederickka was suffering from mountain fever. They later made their home in Mount Pleasant. Frederickka's mother married Mathias Hemmert, a widower, who was very kind and loving to her children, but he died in just a few years.

As a girl, Frederickka learned the skill of spinning and earned a living as a spinner. She also demonstrated spinning to school classes and other groups. In her early life she radiated the gift of optimism and cheerfulness which enabled her to go through the heart aches and trials of her life.

When she was sixteen years old she became the wife of Hans Brotherson. They were the parents of fifteen children. He was ambitious and provided a good living for his family. They also provided a home for her widowed mother. When her husband passed away on 30 December 1900, Frederickka was grateful to have the help of her mother in rearing her children.

Jefferson and Sarah Seely Tidwell ~~~ Piuoneers of the Month ~~~ July 2019

Jefferson Tidwell, fourth in a family of seven, was born Oct. 7, 1836, in Charleston, Clark county, Indiana. At an early age his parents moved to Nauvoo, Ill. he was there when Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were martred, in 1844.

June 5th, 1852, he left for Utah, in his father's company of Saints, who arrived in Pleasant Grove, Utah, in September of the same year. Here he spent his boyhood until the winter of 1857-8, which he spent in Lot Smith's company in Echo Canyon.

 He fought in the Blackhawk and Walker wars, and in June, 1859, when President Smith called on some Saints to settle in Sanpete county, Jefferson, with his father, moved to Mt. Pleasant. Here, on Dec. 16, 1860, he was married to Sarah Seeley. To this union 11 children were born, two of whom died in infancy. The remaining nine, three girls and six boys, survive him, namely, W. J., John F., Hyrum, J. R., Orange and David A Tidwell, and Sarah S. Thayn, Mary M. Strong and Hannah Barnes.

He was the first bishop of Indianola, where numerous Indian families joined the church.


In 1877 President Young called on him to explore what is now Carbon, Emery and Wayne counties, with a view of settlement. When he delivered his message to President Young, the latter told him that if he would settle on White river (now Price river), he would soon be on one of the great thoroughfares of the nation. (A prediction later verified by the construction of the Rio Grande.) In response to this, Bishop Tidwell settled on Wellington townsite in October, 1879.

Jefferson William Tidwell
Birthdate:	October 07, 1837
Birthplace:	Charlestown, Marysville, Clark County, Indiana, United States
Death:	November 21, 1913 (76) Wellington, Carbon County, Utah, United States
Place of Burial:	Wellington, Carbon County, Utah, United States
Immediate Family:	Son of John Tidwell and Jane Tidwell Husband of Sarah Jane Tidwell Father of Justus Hyrum Tidwell; William Jefferson Tidwell; David Alonzo Tidwell and Beatrice Tidwell Brother of James Harvey Tidwell; William Neilson Tidwell; Mary Jane Johnson; Maria Emiline Tidwell; William Tidwell and 8 others

Mrs. Sarah Seeley Tidwell, wife of    Jefferson Tidwell,   She was born on the 10th of April, 1841 in Lee county, Ia, and was the daughter of Justice Wellington Seeley and Clarissa Jane Seeley Wilcox of Toronto, Can. she emigrated to Utah with her parents in 1847 crossing the plains in John Lowry's company. Six sons and three daughters, thirty-three grandchildren and three great grandchildren survive her. 

The sons are William J., John F., Hiram Joseph R. and D. A. Tidwell, and the daughters, Mrs. Sarah S. Thayn and Mrs. Hannah Barnes all of Wellington and Mrs. Miranda Strong of Twin Falls, Idaho.

Sarah had a varied and interesting experience, being one of the first children to be baptized in Salt Lake City. Some time afterward she was among the party that accompanied President Amasa Lyman to San Bernardino California, and in 1858 was called back with the Saints when Johnson's army was pressing on towards Utah. About that time she moved to Mt. Pleasant in Sanpete county, where she was married to Jefferson Tidwell.

 In 1877 President Brigham Young called her husband Jefferson Tidwell to Wellington and in 1881 she followed him there where she resided until death summoned her.

While the family lived at Sunnyside for a short period, deceased was the first president and the organizer of the relief society there. During her long life Mrs. Tidwell was an ardent worker in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 

Sarah Jane Tidwell (Seeley)
Birthdate:	April 10, 1844
Birthplace:	Nashville, Lee County, Iowa, United States
Death:	December 03, 1915 (71) Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah, United States
Place of Burial:	Wellington, Carbon County, Utah, United States
Immediate Family:	Daughter of Justus Wellington Seeley and Clarissa Jane Seeley (Wilcox) Wife of Jefferson William Tidwell Mother of Justus Hyrum Tidwell; William Jefferson Tidwell; David Alonzo Tidwell and Beatrice Tidwell Sister of Orange Seely; Don Carlos Seely; Hyrum Seeley; Justus Wellington Seely, II; William Hazard Seely and 5 others Half sister of Eva Rebecca Seeley

Tidwell Luncheon in basement of Wellington Tabernacle 

Tidwell Shearing Company

Life History of William Edward Watson and Julia Frandsen Watson

Mary Miranda Seeley Peel Oman ~

Taken from "Scandinavia to Sanpete"

edited by Christian Peel

Mary Miranda Seeley was born before the Civil War (1857)