Carl Anderson Frank Day Journal from November 6, 1856 to November 11, 1872

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B.S. Kimball Passenger List Page 1

B.S. Kimball Passenger List *See Note Below Page 4

On the 17th of April 1863, I started my travel to America, arrived in Copenhagen after 2 days travel on a steamer. I was received at the harbor by a mob. I and the rest of the Saints escaped unhurt, my wife Gustava and son, Charles Albert, 3 years old, I left them in Göteborg. She had no faith in the Gospel. My separation from them was indescribable and full of anguish. My mother was with me on the travel. In Copenhagen we stopped for ten days and continued our travel to Kiel and Hamburg to Grimsby in England and after a few days continued to Liverpool, where we entered the Sail Ship "B. S. Kimball", and arrived in New York after 5 weeks on the ocean. Had a happy trip. Then on railroad and steamship to Omaha, Nebraska. Ox teams from Salt Lake City to take us over the desert. Traveling over the 1,000 miles to Salt Lake was a happy one. I was appointed Captain over the Company. The 18th of July, I married Anna Cajsa Anderson from Lidkoping, Sweden. We arrived in Salt Lake City on the 5th of September and were honored to see and talk to Brigham Young, the Prophet of the Lord. Traveled to Logan, Utah on the 12th of September 1863.

Anna Cajsa Andersson Frank

The 20th of August 1864, daughter Hulda Carolina was born. The 20th of November 1865, I was appointed Secretary of the Elders Quorum in Logan. The 24th of October 1866, I was appointed 1st Lieutenant in the 3rd Cache County Military District of the Nauvoo Legion. My son, Louis, was born April 30th 1866. I was appointed Secretary of the Logan Richmond Canal Company on the 16th of March 1868. On the 24th of March 1868 at 10 o'clock a.m., my son, Victor Emanuel, was born. The 1st of March 1866, I was appointed Toll Collector on the Logan Canyon Road. The 20th of Sept 1869, the Cache County Millitary District was reorganized, according to Major General Emory Upton's new system, and I was appointed to 2nd Sergeant in the Cache County 1st Regiment of Infantry. The 29th of December 1869, my son Valdemar was born.

The 11th of April 1871, my son Wilhelm was born in Logan. My wife Anna was born 15th of August 1832. The 16th of September 1872 I was sealed to my 3rd wife Julia Henriette, born Jacobsen, who was born the 1st of September 1858.

My daughter Dagmar was born the 11th of November 1872.

This is combination of two documents that were nearly identical: 1) a typed document from Gordon Eugene Frank of Cardston, Alberta, Canada and 2) a hand written account found in a family history book that was in possession of Luella Frank Jenson and is now in the possession of her granddaughter, Bonnie Speth Thomas.

Spellings of individuals were verified and corrected based upon records found at www.ldsep.org.

Correct spellings of cities were acquired via Swedish maps.

- April 2006 -

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