Microfilm of the life history of John Nielsen, compiled by May Nielsen Anderson, J. Jesse Nielsen, and Willard H. Anderson from writings by Nielsen probably begun around 1885. The account traces Nielsen's childhood experiences in Denmark, including prejudices faced by Mormon converts, and his family's plan to travel to the United States in 1866. It continues with notes on their voyage to New York, their travel by rail and boat to Florence, Nebraska, and their journey on foot to Salt Lake City. It then focuses on reminiscences of Nielsen's life in Utah, including a grasshopper invasion in 1869, as well as his work digging ditches, laying building foundations, cultivating land, and raising crops in the 1890s and 1910s. On the same reel as MFILM 223 (2), MFILM 223 (3), MFILM 223 (4), MFILM 223 (5), and MFILM 223 (6). All inquiries about this manuscript should be directed to the H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western Historical Manuscripts at the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. Microfilm. 1950. 1 microfilm reel 35 mm;Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. John Nielsen was born in Bukkehave, Denmark, in 1858. His parents had joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1855, and the family immigrated to the United States and crossed the plains to Utah in 1866. He died in Vernal, Utah, in 1948.
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