Johannah Madsen Hafen Collection: 2012

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Photos from Hilda's Album ~ Johannah Madsen Hafen Collection

David Wilcox, son of Joseph and Candace Rowe. Brother of Annie Wilcox Madsen

Bruce Arlin Madsen, son of Andrew C. and Abbie Carter

Brother to

Louise

Evelyn

Leone

Married Della

Children

Hilda

Boyd W. Hafen

Johannah Madsen Hafen

JoAnn Hafen Granger

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Photos from Hilda's (Hilda Madsen Longsdorf) Personal Photo Album

The following photos are taken from an album given to us by Joann Hafen Granger, daughter of Johanna Madsen Hafen. It is thought that the album was Hilda Madsen Longsdorf's personal album. Johanna was a niece of Hilda.

Louise B. Madsen

Annie Pearson

Annie Wilcox Madsen

Born Nov. 8, 1873

photo taken at the age of 90

Nov 8, 1963

Calie ~ Aunt Johannah Anderson's Son

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Amazing ~

Posted September 21, 2012

I found this photo amongst Johanna's collection last night.

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I sent the following photo to Dave Gunderson last night at 9:00 p.m., knowing it was a couple of his relatives; Til Madsen Carter and Byron Carter. Both Til and Byron were originally from Mt. Pleasant.

This morning I received the restored photo below and this message:

Dear Peter and Kathy,

I appreciate getting the picture of Uncle Byron and Aunt Till.

They were wonderful people. I think that Uncle Byron was the Bishop of Helper for 20 or 30 years.

I have worked on the picture and will attach both the original and the restored picture

for what ever you want to use them.

I appreciate all that you do and hope that you will continue to send pictures and articles as they come to you.

Thanks

David R. Gunderson

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We genuinely appreciate Dave and all he does for us. I think this is such a wonderful photo depicting a style used at the time of the photograph.

But also notice the photographer on the bottom:

J.M. Boyden, Photographer, Mt. Pleasant, Utah.

This is one photographer I had not noticed before.

Even more amazing:

Yesterday at the Relic Home, we had some young girls come in looking for some history of their grandmother's home. As it turned out, the home was built by

J.M. Boyden

Most of this generation know this house as the Hans and Lois Poulsen home on 5th west.

While the granddaughters were at the Relic Home, they told us that J.M. Boyden was the depot agent and he built it to somewhat match the depot which was just a half block away. A lot of the gingerbread features were removed some time later.