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• FSID: KWVS-FNM
• Folketælling: 31 aug. 1850, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA; ED 21 Page 135, Lines 40-42, Lines 1-4 next pg
• Indvandring: 22 sep. 1851, Utah, USA; Immigration to Utah
• Folketælling: 31 aug. 1870, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA; Page 20 Lines 7-9

Notater:

A dear little black-eyed girl with dark hair was born in Holstein, Switzerland on September 12, 1802 to the John Casper Degen home. Although her mother died while she was very young (when Elizabeth was 4), at age 14 Elizabeth immigrated to America from Switzerland in 1816 with her father and step-mother, as well as the other children. The voyage on the ocean departed from Amsterdam, Netherlands (Holland) it took 17 weeks and they suffered from the scarcity of provisions and water. The trip was delayed because of unusually calm weather, increasing the cost of the voyage. Elizabeth was bound out to serve to work to pay for their passage across the ocean. She worked 3 years and 10 months to repay the debt. Her father died when she was 18. Elizabeth grew to be an ambitious woman skilled in the art of spinning, weaving, housekeeping, and the making of butter and cheese. These accomplishments fitted her happy married life with her husband, Martin, who was a farmer.

They were married 20th of March, 1827 and lived in comfort near their parents. In 1840 LDS Missionaries Elisha H. Davis and H. Dean brought the Gospel to them. They accepted it, feeling that it was truly from the Lord. After building his parents a comfortable home, Martin Bushman took his family, leaving their loved ones in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and joined the body of the Church in Nauvoo, Illinois. This was a journey of 1,000 miles with horse and wagon during which they experienced many trials and hardships.

Arriving in Nauvoo they were happy to meet the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum, whom they learned to love and respect. They rented a farm from Edward Hunter and they prospered. Their family was happy and comfortable while they took their children to see the Temple. The outstanding thing the children remembered was the twelve oxen which held up the baptismal font. Leaving their crop in the field, they took what few things they could put on a wagon which was pulled by a light team, and left their loved home once more. It was a long dreary journey through Iowa. Winter soon came upon them and they suffered greatly from hunger and cold.

Two of their little girls died on this journey (Elizabeth age 9 and Esther "Hatty" age 1). It was very hard for the sad parents to leave their babes on the dreary prairie--one without even a coffin. They stopped at Hi­land Grove in western Iowa for a little while to procure more provisions and a yoke of oxen. In May 1851 they started out again. After traveling another thousand weary miles, they arrived in Salt Lake City They rested there for one week, then they traveled for thirty miles to Lehi. Here they secured land on which they could at last build themselves a permanent home. Here they could live in peace and comfort and be happy working in the church for which they had made the long trek. It is through the faith and courage of our grandparents that we are privileged to live in West enjoying the blessings and opportunities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Re-baptized on 30 June 1876. Also endowed on 21 March 1863 at Endowment House.
Elizabeth was originally a member of the Mennonite church until she joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Elizabeth blev gift med Martin Bushman den 20 mar. 1827 i Bart, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. Martin blev født den 1 apr. 1802 i Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA; døde den 18 okt. 1870 i Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA; blev begravet den 19 okt. 1870 i Lehi City Cemetery, Lehi, Utah, Utah Territory, United States. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]