Photo of Family of Lennart and Rose taken in June 1946

Here is a really nice photograph of Lennart and Rose's family taken in their backyard.

Back Row, left to right: Clara Adolphson, Lynn Blatter, Earnest Adolphson, Glenn Blatter, Glenna Pearson, Bill Pearson, Ellen Campbell, Allen Campbell, Reed Blatter, Richard Varney, and Kay Blatter.

Front Row, left to right: Marilyn Blatter, Mary Varney (back), Susan Pearson (front), Lennart Pearson, Jon Pearson, Rosalind Glover Pearson, Cheryl Blatter (back), Vickie Blatter (front), Valeria Blatter, Carol Ann Campbell, Vivian Varney, Joel Varney (back), Robert Campbell (front).

3. Background of Lennart Edwin Pearson

[This poem was among the effects of Glenna Pearson who had the papers and photos of Clara Pearson Adolphson. The author is unknown. Why there is a chorus is a mystery. "Skane," mentioned in the first line of the poem is a county in Southern Sweden. ]

Lorentz Pearson _ Ellen Swenson

1. In old Sweden Land of Skane Far across the deep blue sea,

Dwelt a man named Lorentz Pearson Who was yearning to be free.

Chorus

“Go ye Westward! Go ye Westward!” Something whispered in his ear,

“If you listen to this prompting, You will have no cause to fear.”

2. Lorentz listened to the Elders Who taught him the gospel plan,

Then he left his home and kindred For a choice and Promised Land.

3. Ellen was the oldest daughter Of Pehr Trulson and his wife.

They also had heard the prompting, For a fuller, better life.

4. Lorentz wooed the fair young Ellen When to Zion they did come

Daniel Wells joined them in wedlock, Then they journeyed to their home.

5, Up to Alta in the mountains Where they worked with might and main,

That they might procure a nest egg And a livelihood to gain.

6. There their first child came to bless them Lennart Edwin is his name.

He and Rose have five fine children Who, no doubt, will bring them fame?

7. Then fair Ellen and young Lorentz Came to Jordan for to dwell,

Eight more children were born to them Don’t you think they did right well.

8. Lillian Edith is the Oldest, Stella Evaline is next,

Esther Naomi from the Bible Then was taken for a text.

9. Next Roy Oscar came a bouncing, He was such a husky boy,

Clara Florence fair and dimpled To her family was a joy.

10. When along came Clarence Norman, Kenneth Morton follows him,

Milo Willard is the baby, Tallest one, and full of vim.

11. Now then Lorentz, young no longer Back to Sweden he must go,

For to warn his friends and kindred. They must reap what here they sow.

12. Back again he came to Zion To his wife and children dear,

Here he lived in peace and plenty For another twenty years.

13. The summons came and he was ready, He had lived a noble life.

He the Golden Rule had followed Every day of his long life.

14. Ellen now is left a widow But she bravely battles on,

Twelve more years and then she follows When he beckons her to come.

15. We their children now must follow In the footprints they have made,

Walking in the path of duty Prayerfully and unafraid.

2. Rose's Diary

Rose kept a diary during her 20s. Here is the cover and one of the pages. It is the size of a steno notebook. Susan Pearson Cox is going to provide the text and we will insert it here once Susan has transcribed it.

The diary is interesting and includes the story of the death of her fiancé to whom she refers in the selected page to the right. She was subsequently courted by Lennart Edwin Pearson. (The mottled look of the page is caused by the light in the scanner. The diary pages are an even off-white.)

(I found a death notice stating that a George A. Ellingson, born in 1877 in Lehi, died on 28 Feb 1900, and is buried in the Lehi City Cemetery.)

Cousin Joel Varney just forwarded this photograph of Rose taken in about 1904. Thanks Joel.

1. Rosalind Glover Pearson and Lennart Edwin Pearson

My cousin, Bob Campbell, created a Facebook account for his paternal grandmother. He told me I should do the same. Ok. But instead of Facebook, I will do a blog of both Rose and Lennart and here it is.

Please submit to me any photos or stories to me and I will put them on here. Please submit to jonpearsonattorney@cox.net. Alternatively, you can put them in as comments.

Lennart Edwin was born on December 19, 1873 in Alta, Utah. He and Rose married on June 22, 1904 and moved to Lincoln, Idaho, where he worked as a chemist at the U & I sugar factory there. He died on 31 July 1955 in Idaho Falls. He had suffered from Parkinson's disease. He was 81 when he passed away.

Rose was born on December 25, 1878 in Lehi, Utah. After they moved to Lincoln, they took in boarders in their home located very near the sugar factory. Later they moved to Idaho Falls. She passed away at age 91 in Idaho Falls on February 18, 1970.

Lennart and Rose had 5 children: Clara, Vivian, Valeria, Ellen and Lennart Glover ("Bill").