Comments on: Eminent Women: Matilda Hoffman and Eliza Brace Lund, Part 2

By: Jo ann Schmalz

Jo ann Schmalz — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:42:04 +0000

Amy, What a beautiful history you have written bout my great great grandmother. I come thru the Lund and Farnsworth lines. There were were Eliza;s Eliza Brace Lund, Eliza Farnsworth, and my grandmother Eliza Farnsworth
Russell Mecham.
Thanks again for filling in the gaps. Jo

By: Amy T

Amy T — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:05:04 +0000

Thanks for your comments, Maurine and Jeff.

By: Maurine Ward

Maurine Ward — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 04:11:25 +0000

Amy, I am loving these histories. Thank you so much for researching these women and sharing your information with us. When I am reading these, I feel like I am right there in the story. You have a gift in writing.

By: Jeff Johnson

Jeff Johnson — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:36:31 +0000

This is very interesting and personal for me. My Johnson ancestors were also baptized by Wilford Woodruff near the Benbow Farm. They first settled in Fillmore, but by 1862, they were living in Holden, a few miles north of Fillmore. It is nice to think that they knew both Sister Carling and Sister Lund and may have helped during Lund’s stay in Fillmore.

By: Amy T

Amy T — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:34:01 +0000

Ha! Very funny. Proof that I need a proofreader. Yes, she was sealed to the Carlings rather than to her parents.

Two quick notes: first, it’s been delightful conversing with some of Eliza’s descendants about her history. They sent the beautiful picture of Eliza for this history. Second, I didn’t spend too much time tracking down Ellen Nielsen Lund, but it looks like she may be listed in the emigration records as Ellen Hansen, since her father’s name was Hans Nielsen, and she lived right in the middle of the transition away from Danish patronymics.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:17:55 +0000

I stopped short when reading this clause: “forty years later Eliza was sealed to Ann and her husband in the St. George Temple” and then it occurred to me that she probably was sealed to them as their child.