Ane Marie Olsdatter Andersen

Born12 Nov 1839 in Denmark to Ole Andersen and Bodil Rasmusdatter
Married Hans Lorentz Dastrup 26 Apr 1862 in Salt Lake City
Ane Marie-Jacob-Lexia-Marie
Died 19 Oct 1923 in Provo
Buried in Sigurd

1880 Census
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1920 Census


I have a few photos of Ane Marie, but none are very good quality.  I don't seem to have a history of her either, although you can read more about her on Hans Lorentz Dastrup's page. Here is her obituary. This story about Ane Marie's wedding was written by Helen Warnock based on Lexia Dastrup's book Stories of Those Who Precede Us.

The road was hot and dusty as Hans Lorentz drove his wagon toward Camp Floyd. The army camp had recently been vacated by an army sent by President Buchanan, president of the United States, to establish law and order among those "wild Mormons." After living by these "wild Mormons" for the past few years they had found that the Mormons were not so wild after all and that the presence of the army in Utah was not really needed. With this determination, the army had gone back home to the Eastern states where they could be of some real use to the United States Government.

When the army left, it was spread about that they had left behind a few usable things, so Hans Lorentz was on his way to see what he could scavenge. He had come from Denmark just two years earlier with his wife and two sons. One son had died on the way to Utah, but now they had settled in the Salt Lake Valley near Cottonwood. While in Cottonwood, he had met a lovely young Danish girl, Ane Marie Anderson, who had also immigrated from Denmark to live with the Saints.

On April 26, 1862, he had gone to the Endowment House where he was sealed to his wife Ane Marie Berg. This day he also married and was sealed to Ane Marie Anderson as a plural wife. Hans Lorentz always smiled when he talked of his two wives both named Ane Marie. He would say with a twinkle in his eye, "When I call their name, they both come running!"

Hans turned his wagon into the camp entrance. There was not much left but he would hunt around. It would be nice to take something home to his new bride. As he hunted, he did find a wagon cover that seemed to be in good condition. Maybe Ane Marie could do something with this. He hunted for the rest of the afternoon, gathering whatever he felt could be of some use before he started for home.

His family gathered around him as he drove up to their small home in Cottonwood. Hans Lorentz Jr., known as "Lorentz," then about 16, joined his mother to look in the wagon at the treasures. Hans took out the wagon cover and handed it to his new wife with a bit of merriment. Maybe she could do something with it he smiled.

Hans found his wife was indeed ingenious. Taking the dusty wagon cover, she washed it several times to clean it thoroughly. Then she gathered rabbit brush (sage brush) and boiled it in a large pot for a long time until all the color had come from the leaves. When the dye was ready, she added the wagon cover and cooked it for many hours while the dye took to the material. Hans smiled as he watched the process. The smell of the "rabbit brush" was everywhere for days after.

The wagon cover came out of the dye a nice yellow color. Ane Marie then took the material and made her first new dress since she had reached the Salt Lake Valley. From a wagon cover, a lovely golden dress! All in all, this was a very nice "wedding present" from her thoughtful husband.