Comments on: Centennial Lessons: Church History for Women — 8. Winter Quarters to Great Salt Lake Valley

By: Portraits of Mormon Women: Centennial Lessons: Church History for Women, Lesson #8 | Mormon Women: Who We Are

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:49:57 +0000

[...] is Lesson #8: Winter Quarters to Great Salt Lake Valley. This is another in the series of Church history lessons [...]

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:35:21 +0000

Thanks, Jeff. Now that’s a story that sounds as though it should be an entire post. People without descendants to sing their praises are generally overlooked in Mormon history, and Hans (and his quorum) sound like they should be remembered.

By: Jeff Johnson

Jeff Johnson — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:46:04 +0000

Any post that mentions Hans Hansen must have a comment from me. He was Danish; his brother Peter Hansen translated the Book of Mormon into Danish, the first non-English Book of Mormon published. Hans was in the first pioneer company, as the lesson states. He played the fiddle and provided the music. I believe that he never married in much married Utah. He is buried in Salina, Utah and there is a fiddle carved on his headstone. Since he had no family and his brother lived in Manti, priesthood members of his quorum took turns staying with him the last few days of his life.