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• Obituary: 3 maj 1935, Utah, USA
• Obituary: 3 maj 1935, Utah, USA

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HANSINE REBECCA JORGENSEN was born March 6, 1865 in Brigham City to Hans Jorgensen and Dorthea Anderson Christensen. Rebecca was their 6th child. Her siblings were Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, Anna, Mary, (then Rebecca), Joseph and Moses . The family moved to Logan, being some of the earliest settlers in Cache Valley. They also homesteaded a ranch across the Bear River in Benson. Rebecca describes her Parents as loving, hard working and Happy. Her Mother was 30 years younger than her Father. The children learned to herd cows, garden, cook, shear sheep, and wash the wool, card and spin it. Rebecca could spin seven skeins when she worked all day. Their home seemed to be a place where the children of the neighborhood collected to play games, hear bible stories told by her Mother and singing Danish songs by her Father. In 1880 Rebecca went to Ephraim to help with her cousin’s invalid mother and she attended school there. During the winter of 1884-85 Rebecca and her sister Mary cooked for their brother’s railroad gang in Silverbow canyon. Rebecca took a job in February 1885 as a cook in the Logan temple. She and another young woman cooked dinner for 25 to 30 people. Rebecca lived at the Temple nearly three years. While polygamists were being hunted by the law, some brethren also stayed there and were provided meals. By attending devotionals each morning, Rebecca grew spiritually.

In the fall of 1887 Rebecca attended the Brigham Young College at Logan. She was asked to teach at a small school in Benson. She taught 20 pupils in 8 different grades. The next season she decided to return to school and become a real teacher. It was there that she met Peter Frost, a man 8 years her senior. He was a widower with a tiny daughter. They dated and were married July 6, 1893 in the Logan Temple. A few days later they picked up 20 month old Josephine from Sister Hanson, the lady who had been caring for her. Josephine did not walk until after Rebecca got her. Following their marriage Peter and Rebecca and Josephine lived with her Mother until fall when they moved into a little house. Peter worked and attended school.
AURELIA was born July 4, 1894. The next year Peter and Rebecca purchased an 86 acre farm in Benson. They also bought a claim for 40 acres near Rebecca’s ranch home. The claim required them to homestead it for two years to own it. They moved into a shanty there. Rebecca, Josephine and Aurelia were alone much of the time as Peter went from one place to the other, farming.
MYRTLE Almira Frost arrived February 19, 1896. Later that year Rebecca and the three little girls returned to the good two roomed log house on the farm. Peter and Rebecca worked hard and economized. After three years they were out of debt. They added another room to the house and finished two rooms upstairs.
LEOTA was born January 15, 1898. They now had four girls and a boy Niels Nielson who they had taken in to raise.
In the spring of 1899 Peter received a mission call to Denmark. Rebecca’s “Mission” was as hard as Peters: They had ten cows and the farm was planted in alfalfa. Rebecca and Niels (about 17) managed pretty well with the help of Rebecca’s brother’s during hay time. Rebecca became Primary President. She served until they moved to Salt Lake.

In June 1901 Peter returned home from his mission. Many visitors who had emigrated from Denmark came to see Peter and meet his family. Rebecca’s Mother died October 1902. This was a great loss to Rebecca.
Four more children arrived: Joseph CLARENCE was born June 2, 1902. Clarence was Peters 8th child and his first boy. He was so excited he phoned the neighbors early in the morning to share his happy news.Two years later on April 14, 1904 GENEVA was born.

DORTHEA was born on February 11, 1906, and January 1, 1908 another son, IVAN was born. March 12, 1908, 16 year old Josephine died. She had suffered with heart problems for some time. Josephine had served as the ward organist for several years. One year later Peter and Rebecca moved their family to Salt Lake City. Peter bought an interest in a feed store, and a seven room yellow brick house at 61 west, 400 north. Here their last baby VESTA Josephine was born March 17, 1910. Rebecca served as Relief Society Secretary for 4 years.
In 1914 Peter bought a scavenger business. A year later he traded it for a farm in Ioka, Utah. He rented out the farm and bought a 128 acre farm in Oakley, Utah with a large house, barns and other buildings. They moved there in 1915 and stayed five years. Peter also became a “Raleigh Man” and sold goods door to door.

In 1920 they purchased a farm and home in Bluffdale, Utah. It was there that three of their children found their companions. In 1929 Peter and Rebecca decided that running the farm was too much for them. They sold the farm to Leota and her husband Myrle Lewis.

Rebecca and Peter bought a small home in Riverton at 12315 South 1700 West. They spent three of the happiest, easiest years of their married life there. Because of financial problems caused by the depression, they sold their Riverton home in March 1933 and moved back to the Bluffdale farm with Leota and Myrle and lived in the north side of the house.
Peter and Rebecca went on a six month mission to Grand Forks, North Dakota. They returned home in April 1935. Not long after, Rebecca became ill. She died May 2, 1935. Seven years later Peter died February 1, 1942. They are both buried in the Bluffdale cemetery.

Sources:
1. Life History of Peter Frost , typed from the handwritten original by Vesta Crump March 1, 1962 and edited by Laura Gukeisen on August 20, 1996.
2. Life History of Niels Christian Heilesen written by LuNone C. Heileson, with added information by Lorraine Heileson Ellsworth (Daughter) and Gerri Heileson (Granddaughter) who also edited this history
3. Neils Christian Heilesen Personal Record.
4. Rebecca Frosts Personal History
5. Book “Early Families of Bluffdale Utah” compiled and edited by Sheila Spencer November 1996.
Compiled and written by Arleen Crump Rowberry, 2014