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   Axel Nielson & Ana Sophie Larsen Nielson    

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Axel Nielson
    Grandmother was a good cook. She would sometimes make a delicious chicken soup with Danish dumplings–a recipe which she brought from Denmark. She also raised a nice garden and lovely flowers.
    One day when she was down to the barn to milk the cows, she got ill, and when Peter discovered she was staying too long, he went to see if she was OK, but she was very ill and lay on the ground. Peter picked her up and carried her in his arms to the house. They put her to bed and by the next morning she was so ill they called Dr. Glen Niel. She passed away that morning while the doctor was attending her and Axel, Peter, Victor, Edna and I stood by the bed. This was 12 June 1929. She was buried in the Springville Cemetery.
    About a year later, Axel sold their home and went to Manti, where he married Karen Christensen. They worked in the Temple there but Karen had persuaded him to put all his money from his home sale in her name. She became very neglectful in caring for Axel, and often left him alone while she visited with her daughters.
    Eventually Axel became quite helpless and, one time when his neighbors noticed they had not seen him outside chopping wood or doing chores, the neighbor went over to see if something was wrong. The neighbor found him lying on the floor and very ill, so they called Peter in Springville to tell him his father’s condition. Peter immediately came to Manti and took his father home, where he cared for him until his death. Axel passed away in 1947 and was buried beside his wife in the Springville Cemetery. Karen Christensen never returned any of his money or clothing.

 

 

 

  Ane Marie Jensen, Ane's mother.

  Lars Nielsen, Ane's father.

 

 

 

  Ane Sophie.

  Axel Nielson.

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