Andrew and Mariane Anderson

Grandpa Andrew Rasmus Anderson and

Grandma Mariane Pederson Anderson

By Myrl Goodwin Gudmundsen

There were a lot of little things about Grandma's house that we loved. Our Grandfather Anderson down there had a vicious bull, and we were scared to death to ever go near that fence. But our Grandfather wasn’t a bit afraid. He’d take a pitchfork with him and he’d yell at him, and that way he could go anywhere in the corral or around there. But nobody else could; we all steered clear of that part of the farm.

Grandfather had some wonderful apple trees. I never knew what kind they were, but they were big, red ones. We used to just "founder" on those big red apples. We had apples on our own lot, but they weren’t quite like Grandpa’s.

Wanda and I used to go down to Grandmother Anderson’s. We’d have to wash the dishes in her cupboard for her. She would always reward us with something. I remember that sometimes she would let us go into the grapes and we’d take a lot of grapes. Grandpa didn’t like us to pull the grapevines down, but Grandmother wasn’t so particular. So she’d say, "Your Grandfather’s gone down to the barn, now run out and get all the grapes you want." And we used to do that. She’d always have what she called "frikadellas" (Danish meat patties) in her cupboard. My, were they good! I remember after we finished doing the dishes and cleaning them up nice, we’d always have some cold frikadellers, and I can still taste them to this day! Nothing seemed to taste the same.

Grandmother was, of course, from Denmark, so was Grandfather. They were wonderful grandparents and very, very kind and good to all of us. They were devoted to my mother as she was the only living girl in Grandmother’s family. She had two brothers, but the girl was very choice to them. My mother used to get our surrey. She’d hitch up the horse and go down for my grandmother every day except Saturday and Sunday. It was just a ritual. Everyone would remark at how good my mother was to her mother, and we loved her for it, and we loved Grandmother and Grandfather. As I said, we were a very happy family, and we loved one another, and the gospel was taught and instilled into our lives and we never forgot it.

Grandmother Anderson, (Mariane) joined the church in Denmark. She used to take car of little children. The lady for whom she worked was a wonderful person but didn’t like the church. When she found out my grandmother was singing hymns from the Mormon Song Book, she took it away from her. It made her very sad as the book was a gift from the Elders and she prized it very much. Mariane made it a matter of prayer that she would be able to find the song book. One day when the lady was gone, she heard a voice telling her where it was and how to obtain it. She did as directed. Finding a long stick outside, she poked it behind the lady’s large wooden headboard of her bed. Soon Mariane heard the book fall. She was so eager to keep the song book that she hid it between logs in the barn. When no one was around, she used to go there and sing the songs. One of her favorites was, "I Know that my Redeemer Lives." It was also my dear mother’s favorite. I can still hear my mother singing it. It’s a testimony to anyone. We know that God lives.

Mariane was a very spiritual person. She had so much faith. She always went to church, morning and afternoon. One day she had gone to church in the morning but as she started to get ready for the afternoon session, she couldn’t find her gloves. "One couldn’t go to church without a hat and gloves." She prayed and a voice told her to take off her hat. She did and the gloves were on top of her hat.

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More information about Andrew Rasmus Anderson

http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneerdetails/0,15791,4018-1-46504,00.html

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868

Anderson, Andrew Rasmus

Birth Date:	9 Mar. 1844
Death Date:	10 July 1919
Gender:	Male
Age:	18
Company:	Christian A. Madsen Company (1862)

Pioneer Information:

Evidence from emigration and genealogical records proves he traveled to Utah in 1862. As he married in Utah in Jan. 1863 and was on an 1862 ship, he had to have traveled to Utah in 1862. His company affiliation is mentioned in a biographical sketch, written by his son. His widowed mother likely traveled with him.

Sources:
"Pneumonia Fatal to Former Mayor of Lehi," Deseret Evening News, 11 July 1919, 10.		Source Locations
Anderson, Andrew B., Life Sketch of Andrew R. Anderson, one hundreth [sic] birthday, March 9, 1944, 10.		Source Locations
FamilySearch		Source Locations
Mormon Immigration Index		Source Locations
Utah State Death Certificate, Utah State Archives		Source Locations