Mrs. Caroline Nielson Barney, 89, passed away early Sunday morning at the home of her son, Don Barney of Elsinore, death resulting from causes incident to old age.
She was born May 20, 1844, near the city of Aalborg, Denmark. She joined the L.D.S. church in her native land, and on April 15 1862 she set sail fro Hamburg for America in company with 413 immigrants, under the leadership of Elder C.A. Madsen of Gunnison. They landed in New York May 29, 1862, continuing the journey by water to Florence, Nebraska and from there by ox team to Salt Lake City, arriving September 27, 1862. Mrs. Barney first located in Spanish Fork, where she met and married Benjamin Franklin Barney in December, 1862. They moved to Monroe, where they lived until 1879, when they moved to Elsinore, which became the family home.
Surviving are six sons, David of Montana, Edgar of Idaho Falls, Elias of Joseph, Lucian, Don and Moroni of Elsinore; two daughters, Mrs. Sarah Anderton of Salt Lake and Mrs. Stella Anderton of Monroe; 5 grandchildren, 110 great-grand children and two great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Elsinore Ward Chapel, with Bishop Leon T. Madsen officiating.
Speakers were J.L. Staples and J.I. Jensen of Elsinore, and Jos. Smith of Monroe. Musical numbers included a selection "Bury Me Near the Old Home," by a male quartet from Monroe, directed by Thos. Ransom; a vocal solo, "That Wonderful Mother of Mine", by Minnie Sylvester; a vocal solo, "The Silent Voice," by Phil Anderson and quartet selection by Mrs. D.N. Oldroyd, Minnie Sylvester, Mr. D.N. Oldroyd and H.J. Kotter. The invocation was by Soren Hermansen and the benediction by A.C. Engar.
Burial took place in the Monroe Cemetery.
Richfield Reaper
2 November 1933
Mrs. Caroline Nielson Barney, 89, passed away early Sunday morning at the home of her son, Don Barney of Elsinore, death resulting from causes incident to old age.
She was born May 20, 1844, near the city of Aalborg, Denmark. She joined the L.D.S. church in her native land, and on April 15 1862 she set sail fro Hamburg for America in company with 413 immigrants, under the leadership of Elder C.A. Madsen of Gunnison. They landed in New York May 29, 1862, continuing the journey by water to Florence, Nebraska and from there by ox team to Salt Lake City, arriving September 27, 1862. Mrs. Barney first located in Spanish Fork, where she met and married Benjamin Franklin Barney in December, 1862. They moved to Monroe, where they lived until 1879, when they moved to Elsinore, which became the family home.
Surviving are six sons, David of Montana, Edgar of Idaho Falls, Elias of Joseph, Lucian, Don and Moroni of Elsinore; two daughters, Mrs. Sarah Anderton of Salt Lake and Mrs. Stella Anderton of Monroe; 5 grandchildren, 110 great-grand children and two great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Elsinore Ward Chapel, with Bishop Leon T. Madsen officiating.
Speakers were J.L. Staples and J.I. Jensen of Elsinore, and Jos. Smith of Monroe. Musical numbers included a selection "Bury Me Near the Old Home," by a male quartet from Monroe, directed by Thos. Ransom; a vocal solo, "That Wonderful Mother of Mine", by Minnie Sylvester; a vocal solo, "The Silent Voice," by Phil Anderson and quartet selection by Mrs. D.N. Oldroyd, Minnie Sylvester, Mr. D.N. Oldroyd and H.J. Kotter. The invocation was by Soren Hermansen and the benediction by A.C. Engar.
Burial took place in the Monroe Cemetery.
Richfield Reaper
2 November 1933
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