Thomas Neilsen Bjerregaard
Born: 08/16/1846 in Fovlum, Nordjylland, Denmark
Married: 10/31/1870 in Salt Lake City, Utah
Died: 09/04/1911 in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah
Thomas was 11 yrs. old when he came to U.S. and went to
Utah with parents and other brothers and sisters. Thomas was
20 yrs. old when parents went to Missouri from Utah and 65
yrs. old when he died.
Thomas had a woman sealed to him by the name of Bjirkholm,
a Later Day Saints religious practice. Thomas and Anne Marie's
last child, a son, was born and died the same day, 11/26/1887.
His name was Edward.
Thomas was a private in the Utah Territory Military
Infantry and fought in the Black Hawk War. Thomas's wife's
sister, Caroline, was married to a Niels Thompson whom Andrew
Bjerregaard began freighting with.
Click here for more detail of the Utah Black Hawk War.
Thomas died of dropsy. He was a freighter. More about
child Edward taken from Carol Burch's History; Born:
11/26/1887 Ephraim, Sanpete, UT.. Died: 11/29/1889 Ephraim,
Sanpete, UT.. Infant is buried in old pioneer cemetery north
of Ephraim, UT.
His wife Anne Mariah/Myrah
Schwalbe
Spouse:
Anne Mariah / Myrah Schwalbe
Born: 02/09/1851 in Copenhagen or Nyborg, Denmark
Married: 10/31/1870 in Salt Lake City, Utah
Died: 01/18/1939 in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah
Anne, Anne Maria, Marie Schwalbe Bjerregaard. She died when
she was 88 yrs. old. Anne Marie and Thomas's last child was
born and died the same day, 11/26/1887, his name was Edward.
On our trip to Utah in the summer of 1996 we visited with
two of Thomas and Anne Mariah's grandchildren. (Helen
Bjerregaard Rigby who lives in Ephraim, UT. and Mary
Bjerregaard Kempf who lives in Las Vegas, Nev.) They told us
that Ann was a cleanliness fanatic and that her place was
spotless throughout.
The girls told us that in Anne's older years they would
clean house for her and that it was a impossible task. They
would scrub the floors and steps until they would shine and
clean the furniture until it passed her smell test. The girls
said it wasn't very funny at the time but they could laugh
about it now.
I, D. Byergo, through research at the L.D.S. Genealogical
Library at Sun City, CA. found Anne had a sister (Caroline
Sophia Augaste Schwalbe/Schwalby Born: 08/21/1843/1845 Nyborg,
Denmark. Married to a Niels Thompson or Niels Pedersen whom
Andrew Bjerregaard began freighting with.
Following info. on Anne taken from Carol Burch's history:
Listed as Anna M. S. Bjerregaard of Ephraim, Utah died at
87years in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News papers. She
died of old age and was listed as Ephraim oldest resident at
the time. She came to New York, USA with her parents by way of
Hamburg, Germany on the square rigger "The Humbolt" in April
9, 1862, landing at Castle Garden on May 20, 1862. Company
captain on the ship was Hansen.
The plains company captain was Murdock. 14 of the
immigrants died from Germany to Florence, NE. Anna walked
across the plains in her wooden shoes behind an oxen team at
the age of 11. She helped make adobes for houses and the first
home they had in the new world was a cellar, the roof was made
of willows and straw.
The light at night was by fireplace. Many times they ate
sego lilies and wild berries. They made their own clothes,
which were scant and hung like sacks on them. She became a
citizen in 1870. She was married in Manti, UT. and born in
Copenhagen, Fyn, Nieberg, Denmark. She was a housewife,
petite, well groomed, dark brown hair, grey or blue eyes, tiny
waist. Her granddaughter Helen remembers her as always wearing
a black dress with white lace collar and cuffs, and white
apron, both ankle length.
When married she lived in the small two story house on the
northwest corner of 3rd south 2nd east in Ephraim.
His Child Christian Zebriski
Bjerregaard
Child: Christian Zebriski Bjerregaard
Born: 10/05/1871 in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah
Married: 10/05/1898 in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah
Died: 02/28/1930 in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah
His Child Andrew Thomas
Bjerregaard
Child: Andrew Thomas Bjerregaard
Born: 07/12/1873 in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah
Married: 09/22/1897 in Ephraim, Sanpete, UT.
Died: 08/26/1927 in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah
Andrew Thomas (Perry) Bjerregaard. Andrew (Perry) and Mary
had two children that died young. Mildred Born: 08/17/1904
Died: 08/28/1904, and Ronald Born: 03/26/1908 Died:
05/01/1908. They had 8 children.
Andrew was a rancher and farmer. He had dark hair and was
quite tall. Probably over 6 feet. In 1917 he helped build the
Ephraim Tunnel Project and filed on 40 second feet of water to
be taken from the Horseshoe Flat that would have gone into the
Green River. It was completed in 1936, after his death.
His Child Waldemar Bjerregaard
Child: Waldemar Bjerregaard
Born: 01/14/1876 in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah
Married: 10/18/1911 in
Died: 03/11/1948 in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah
Waldemar (Walter) and Inga had two children, Glen Walter
and Vincent. Glen lived to be 8 yrs. old, Vincent died at
birth.
Walter was a farmer and sheep man. He lived in a house on
the northeast corner of 2nd south 2nd east in Ephraim, a house
that Marlin Bjerregaard later lived in and was demolished for
a new building in the later 1900's. As per the census Walter a
civil engineer.
His Child Clarence Bjerregaard
Child: Clarence Bjerregaard
Born: 01/01/1878 in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah
Clarence remained a bachelor and moved to Canada.
His Child Ismav Sophia
Bjerregaard
Child: Ismay Sophia Bjerregaard
Born: 12/14/1879 in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah
Married: 03/30/1904 in Ephraim, Sanpete, UT.
Died: 11/22/1927 in Greenriver, Sweetwater, WYO.
Ismay (May) Sophia is buried at Ogden, Utah and her husband
is buried there also. Another marriage date found: 03/1905.
His Child George Herbert
Bjerregaard
Child: George Herbert Bjerregaard
Born: 07/12/1882 in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah
Died: 08/02/1943 in Idaho Falls, Idaho
His Child Oscar Fallow
Bjerregaard
Child: Oscar Fallow Bjerregaard
Born: 09/11/1886 in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah
Married: 12/09/1909 in
Died: 04/11/1946 in Provo, Utah, Utah
Oscar Fallow Bjerregaard. Oscar came to Provo in 1921. He
was a teacher and principal of Maser High School in Provo,
Utah. Another birth date: 09/11/1884. Another death date:
04/17/1946.
Devere Byergo
