Else Marie Christensen Frost

Else and Anders Sorensen Frost was married on March 17, 1827 in Denmark.  All of their seven children were born in Denmark.  

Else was baptized to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on October 25, 1858.  Some of the family left Denmark for America in 1859 with a company led by Jens Larsen Lund.

Else and her husband and a daughter, Maren, with her husband and four children, left for America in 1862.  Their son, Jens Christian and his fiance, Johanna Marie Andersen, saled with them on the ship "Franklin".  They were married a week after sailing.  They crossed the Plains by handcart, arriving in Salt Lake Valley in the fall of 1862.

Else and Anders settled in Ephraim, Utah in a little two-room house in the northwest section.  Their furnishing were meager, a fireplace and a four-poster bed.  Pillows were taped to the wall to keep them from falling off.  Else made broom from willows and a long stick.  From the horn of an ox she made two little wreaths.  The floor of the cabin was made from adobe bricks, places close together.

Else kept ducks in a pond near the house.  She prepared delicious baked duck dinners.  Sometimes she would smoke the ducks and use the meat for sandwiches.  She had a garden plot and a five-acre lot north of town.  She raised wheat and gleaned every head and carried it home for threshing.  They had two barns and the animals were well cared for.

Else was a plum, fine looking woman.  She was a good cook and could make all kinds of meats, cheese and butter.  Friends delighted in her generous hospitality.

When her husband was 80 years old, he had a sore on his big toe.  Infection set it and he died of blood poisoning.

Else's own death was very painful.  She was shopping wood and the ax handle broke.  The blade flew up and ruptured her abdomen.  There were no physicians, no pain killers.  She begged her son to kill her to get her out of the agony she was suffering.  This was terribly distressing for the family.  Else died ten days after the accident.  The exact date is not known.

Children:

Christian Andersen, 20 August 1827

Jens Christian Sorensen, 1 November 1829

Soren Andersen, 11 April 1831

Maren Sorensen, 3 February 1833

Nicolai Andersen

Ane Marie Sorensen, 24 September 1835

Stillborn, 6 December 1843

Ida Marie Andersen, 23 October 1846 (died as a child)

(Source: Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, Volume II F to L, International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneer, p. 1022)