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Mary Ann Burnhope

Female 1876 - 1955  (78 years)


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  • Name Mary Ann Burnhope 
    Born 14 Oct 1876  Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 23 Jan 1955  Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 27 Jan 1955  Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I51  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Thomas Charlton Burnhope,   b. 22 Feb 1845, Stay-the-Voyage, Boldon, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1922, Bothwell, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Osborne,   b. 27 Mar 1844, Mulgrave Place, Woolwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1919, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 18 Nov 1872  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Peder Poulsen Pedersen,   b. 22 Jun 1870, Øester Røjkjær Farm, Vestervig, Refs, Thisted, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1954, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 23 Sep 1896  Promontory, Box Elder, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Albert Charlton Petersen,   b. 26 Oct 1897, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1902, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 4 years)
     2. Carl Frederick Petersen,   b. 16 Mar 1900, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1990, Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     3. Paul Franklin Petersen,   b. 3 Aug 1902, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Dec 1969, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     4. Mary Helen Fredricka Petersen,   b. 31 Mar 1904, Stuart, Deer Lodge, Montana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1987, Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     5. Thelma Alberta Petersen,   b. 8 Dec 1906, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1989, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F57  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Wedding Bells at Promontory
    Wedding Bells at Promontory



  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Censuses:
      1880 US: Terrace, Box Elder, Utah, NA film T9-1335, p. 118D:
      Thomas Burnhope, laborer, M, 36, Eng Eng Eng.
      Mary Ann, keeping house, wife, M, 36, Eng Eng Eng.
      Isaac, S, 7, UT Eng Eng.
      Mary Ann, S, 4, UT Eng Eng.

      1900 US: 4th Ward, Ogden, Weber, Utah, 182B, 647 22nd street, 7 Jun 1900:
      Peter Peterson, b.June 1870, 29, m. 3 yrs., Den Den Den, emigrated 1881 19 years before, brakeman.
      Mary B., wife, b. Oct 1876, 23, m. 3 yrs., UT Eng Eng.
      Albert C., son, b. Oct 1897, 2, UT Den UT.
      (Unnamed), son, b. Mar 1900, 2/12, UT Den UT.

      1910 US: 4th Ward, Ogden, Weber, Utah, 83A, 16 Apr 1910, 619 22nd Street (4 pages away is Mary's parents and uncle Cornelius Osborne - by 1920 Petersens buy Mary's parents' home):
      Pete Peterson, 39, married once for 13 years, Den Den Den, ironworker in a shop, emigrated 1880.
      Mary, 33, married once for 13 years, 5 total children with 4 living, UT Eng Eng.
      Carl, son, 10, 10, UT Den UT.
      Franklin, son, 7, UT Den UT.
      Helen, dau., 6, UT Den UT.
      Thelma, dau., 3, UT Den UT.

      1920 US: 4th Ward, Ogden, Weber, Utah, 83A, 12 Jan 1920, 2264 Madison Ave:
      Peter Peterson, owns home, 49, emigrated 1880, naturalized 1892, Den Den Den, salesman in hardware store.
      Mary A., 43, UT Eng Eng.
      Carl, son, 19, UT Den UT.
      Franklin, son, 17, UT Den UT.
      Helen, dau., 15, Montana Den UT.
      Thelma, dau., 13, UT Den UT.
      Thomas Burnhope, father-in-law, 74, widower, emigrated 1868, naturalized 1915, Eng Eng Eng, no occupation.

      1930 US: 4th Ward, 32nd Precinct, Ogden, Weber, Utah, 252B, 12 Apr 1930:
      Pete Peterson, owns home worth $5,000, 59, m. at 26 years, Den Den Den, emigrated 1879, hardware salesman.
      Mary A. 53, m. at 20 years, UT Eng Eng.
      Thelma Hansen, dau., 23, m., m. at 21, UT Den UT.
      Warner Hansen, grandson, 11/12, UT US UT.
      Harry E. Koepke, rents at $20, 31, m. at 26, Colorado Michigan Kansas, railroad carpenter.
      Helen F. Koepke, wife, 26, m. at 20, Montana Den UT.
      Joyce Koepke, dau., 4 5/12?, UT CO MT.

      2. Mentioned in brother Isaac Burnhope's obituary of 5 Sep 1953.

      3. Mentioned in father's obituary of 3 Apr 1922: "Surviving are his son and one daughter, Mrs. Peter Petersen of Ogden, and a sister, Mrs. Betsy Mattesen of Payson."

      4. Reviewed Rootsweb.com Worldconnect Dec 2002.

      BIOGRAPHY:
      1. Thomas and Mary Ann Burnhope's granddaughter Mary Lucile Burnhope wrote her several very detailed and descriptive biographies of several dozen pages from June 1969 through July 1988. She was this Mary Ann's cousin and references them in the following narrative. I have copies on file of which some details of genealogical interest I here relate. She notes the family would take the train to Ogden for Christmas at her grandparents Thomas and Mary Ann Burnhope's home of which she relates: "Their home at 2264 Madison Avenue was a two story house with an open staircase leading to the upstairs. Grandma's parlor had beautiful English furniture and trinkets from England that were not to be touched, but we could look at them with our hands behind our back. Except for Christmas and very special occasions the parlor was closed. The house was heated with coal stoves, but they did have electric lights and a real bathroom which was a new experience for me. I liked to play on the stairs most of all. My cousins, the Petersens were always there too. They lived in Ogden not far from our grandparents. My Aunt Mary Ann Petersen was my father's only sister, and father was her only brother. They were very close at this time and we always had a wonderful time when we were all at Grandma's house. One event that I always looked forward to at my grandparent's house was on Christmas Eve. After our stockings were all hung up for Santa Claus we had stories, and then Grandma treated us to their English Christmas Eve traditional ceremony. Grandma and grandpa Burnhope were both born in England and lived there until they joined the LDS church and sailed for America in 1868. They met in Ogden and were married in the LDS Endowment House in Salt Lake City on Nov. 18, 1872. There were some English traditions that they continued to enjoy. Grandma would fill a plate with large seeded raisins and pour a small amount of brandy over the top of them. Then grandpa would strike a match and set fire to the raisins and brandy. The flames would go up about a foot. Then each person had to try to get a raisin or two out of the flames. We all succeeded because the fire didn't seem to be hot. The raisins were delicious. When we finished the raisins we had English Christmas cake and a very tiny (about one inch high) glass of what Granma called her own English wine. I don't know how she made it but it was good. Then the children were sent to bed while the parents and grandparents played checkers and chess until the wee hours. These trips to Ogden were so special. After Grandma died in May 1919 we never again had our English Chrismas Eve. Then Grandpa Burnhope came to live with us in Bothwell until he died in March 1922."

      2. From the book "Get Out of Heaven's Waiting Room," by Joyce Ackley, 2008, Xulon Press. Joyce is the granddaughter of this individual:
      "A Taste of Christmas Past.
      With the age I'm carrying, I also carry many happy memories. I think my family would enjoy hearing about some of these memorable moments in my life. How many times have you heard 'back in your day how did you...?'
      When I was little, all of my family, my aunts, uncles, cousins, and one wonderful great aunt had christmas at my Grandma's house each year.
      Grandma's snow white hair, twisted in a bun on the nape of her neck, just barely showed over the huge flaming plum pudding she carried into the kitchen. I wondered why she always came down the hall from the front room with it. (Grandma had no dining room, so we were all crowded in her small kitchen blocking any exit to her back porch.) How did the pudding that had hung in a dish towel on her back porch for the last two months get in the front room? (I'm not sure why the pudding was hung in a towel, but I think Grandma poured brandy on it from time to time so it was soaking up flavor, also, by hanging it formed into a perfect ball. These are just my guesses, but I have no one to explain it to me so your guess is as good as mine.) Of course, I now realize that the kitchen was so full she had to go out the front door, around the house to the back porch, get the pudding and come back to the front and enter the kitchen that way.
      Shirley, Jack and Warner, my cousins, and I all sat like good kids because we had waited all year to eat Grandma's plum pudding. We were very warm scrunched between all the big people at the table. The pine-branch mama put on Grandma's coal stove to freshen the room smelled so good, and while I waited to get my pudding, I enjoyed watching the pine needles turn a rust brown on the stove top. Occasionally one would pop into the air. I don't remember any of them burning. When they were all brown mama would scoop them into the hot fire and we heard a loud sizzle and a pine-fragrance filled the room.
      The blue flame on the pudding would burn out, and its smooth roundness would be portioned into everyone's dish. I had to wait 'til mama lifted the gravy boat full of hot brandy sauce and poured some over the pudding. Holding these few bites in my mouth was such a treat I wiggled them around savouring every taste and feel.
      Finally, as everyone sighed, stuffing in the last wonderful taste of Christmas, Grandma, with a dew-drop of sweat on her upper lip, would sit down to join the family."

      3. The newspaper "The Ogden Standard-Examiner," April 6, 1922:
      "Card of Thanks.
      The loving sympathy of relatives and friends extended during our recent bereavement in the illness and demise of our beloved father, Thomas Burnhope, was a source of great comfort and we desire hereby to express our heartfelt thanks.
      Isaac Burnhope and Family.
      Peter Petersen and Family."

      BIRTH:
      1. LDS Membership Records, Ogden 4th Ward, GS Film 26230.

      2. Per obituary.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Marriage License from Box Elder County, Utah, Book 1, pg. 228 (GS480311).

      2. Per obituary.

      3. Online "Utah Digital Newspapers" for the "Ogden Standard Examiner" 27 Sep 1896:
      "Wedding Bells at Promontory.
      Promontory, Utah, Sept. 24th, 1896.
      Editor Standard: - Dear Sir:
      This village was aroused form its stupor by the chiming of wedding bells which announced to the villagers that Mr. Peter Peterson and Miss Mary A. Burnhope had been united in the holy bond of matrimony. The services were performed at the home of the bride, our genial judge Murphy officiating. The relatives of the contracting parties, with a few select friends, were present at the ceremony. About 6 p.m., they all preceded to the future home of the happy couple where more of their friends had gathered to offer congratulations and wish them a successful journey through life. At 8:30 p.m. an elaborate supper was served, the caterer being Mr. L. Osborne of Ogden, who, by the way, is an artest [sic] in this line and knows well how to tickle the people's palate. The wedding cake was a marvel of design which everyone admired.
      After supper there were a number of recitations, songs and comic speeches given by the guests which revealed some remarkable talent. After this the large rooms were cleared and dancing was begun, some thirty couples participating and at break of day the tired but happy guests repaired to their homes all voting the event one of the pleasantest ever held in this burg. Among those present were Mr. Peterson and daughter, of Ogden; Mr. and Mrs. Hickinlooper, of Pleasant View; Mrs. Mattenson, Payson; Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Torbonson, Miss May Cottam, of Snowville; Miss Annie Christenson, of Bear River; Mr. and Mrs. T. Burnhope, Judge and Mrs. Murphey, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. O. Foster, Mrs. A. R. McKellips, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Ferrim, Miss Nora Anderson, Miss Josie Murphy, Mr. Isaac Burnhope, Mr. L. A. Parker, Mr. T. L. Davis, Mr. W. T. Hudson.
      Yours truly,
      Cow Boy."

      DEATH:
      1. Per obituary.

      2. Ogden City Cemetery online: Mary Ann Petersen, b. 14 Oct 1876 in Ogden, UT, d. 23 Jan 1955 at Ogden, UT, parents are Thomas Burnhope and Mary Ann Soborne [Osborne], plot D-4-2-4E.

      BURIAL:
      1. Cemetery Records; Ogden City cemetery; Lot 2, Block 4, Plat D, Ogden, Utah.

      2. Died at "Dee" 23 Jan 1955. Born in Ogden 14 Oct 1876. Age at death 78y3m9d. Funeral on Jan 26 in Ogden City Cemetery. Parents listed as Thomas Burnhope and Mary Ann Osborne both born in England. Occupation: Housewife. 4 children listed and one sister-in-law: Christine Petersen. Services at St. Paul's Lutheran Church on Jan 26 at 2pm with Rev. Arnold J. Abel officiating. Burial is shown on Jan. 27 per Ogden City cemetery records (see spouse for info on this).

      3. Approximately 18 total relatives (Osbornes, Burnhopes, Petersens, McCarrels, and Koepkes) buried in near proximity.

      4. Per obituary.

      OBITUARY:
      1. "Mary A. Petersen. Ogden - Mrs. Mary Ann Petersen, 78, 2264 Madison Ave., died Sunday in an Ogden hospital. Born Oct 14, 1876, in Ogden, daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann Osborne Burnhope. Married to Peter Petersen, Sept. 23, 1897, in Promontory, Box Elder County. He died Dec. 16, 1954. Member St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Surviving are the following sons and daughters: Carl F., Long Beach, Calif.; Frank, Mrs. Helen Koepke, Mrs. Thelma Shupe, Ogden; nine grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a sister [misprint? - no known sister]. Funeral Thursday at 3 p.m. in St. Paul's Lutheran Church." Deseret News, Tues., 25 Jan 1955, p. B7.

      2. "Mary A. Petersen. Ogden - Mrs. Mary Ann Petersen, 78, 2264 Madison Ave., died Sunday in an Ogden hospital. Born Oct 14, 1876, in Ogden, daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann Osborne Burnhope. Married to Peter Petersen, Sept. 23, 1897, in Promontory, Box Elder County. He died Dec. 16, 1954. Member St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Surviving are the following sons and daughters: Carl F., Long Beach, Calif.; Frank, Mrs. Helen Koepke, Mrs. Thelma Shupe, Ogden; nine grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a sister [misprint? - no known sister]. Funeral Thursday at 3 p.m. in St. Paul's Lutheran Church." Salt Lake Tribune, Tues., 25 Jan 1955.

      3. Obituary in Ogden Utah paper Jan 1955: Mrs. Mary Ann Petersen, 78 of 2264 Madison Ave died yesterday in the Dee Hospital after an extended illness. Mrs. P was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. She was born Oct. 14, 1876 in Ogden, a dau. of Thomas and Mary Ann Osborne Burnhope. During her early life, she resided in Promontory and later at Stewart, Mont. On Sept. 23, 1897, she was married to Peter Petersen in Promontory. He died Dec. 16, 1954. Surviving ..."