Johan August:
Johan August
was born the 25th of May, 1837 in Restenas, Resteröd Parish,
Gotebörg och Bohus län county, Sweden. He was at home, under his parents until
1857 according to the household records at Grinneröd 1851-1861. He became a
mariner; perhaps, as his father died in 1853, this was one way to help support
his mother and his younger siblings.
I have had
the impression that the entire family joined the LDS faith in Sweden, and
remained, at least nominally, associated with that organization. The memories
posted in the FamilySearch profiles tell us that August and Charlie (Axel
Emanuel) left their sea lives independently, the elder in Canada, the younger
in New Orleans, and then, just as unaware of the other’s decisions, both found
themselves in Utah.
We read that
August was “re-baptized” in the Sixteenth Ward in 1877. This appears to have been
a matter of course for many immigrants, at least no explanation was given otherwise.
Carolina - Lena – had the same ordinance performed in that record, at the same
time.
John August did not marry until he came to Utah. When or how he
met Sarah Elizabeth Duncan I have not learned, on the 1880 U.S. Federal census
they are married, living in Centerville, Davis County. I do see that her father
had the neighboring farm.
Inger lived
with August and Sarah when she arrived in 1880, making something of a rough
ride for the young bride. An immigrant from Scotland, and several years younger
than her husband, her mother-in-law may have seen her as a child (at seventeen,
perhaps she was), or at least needing direction. Under August’s FamilySearch profile
a short look into this dilemma is recounted by one of their great-granddaughters.
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