Hannah Carlson

Biography

Hannah Carlson was born on June 17, 1848 to Karna Hansdotter and Nils Carlsson. She was raised Lutheran, but her family converted to the church and she was baptized in 1862. When she was baptized, it was so cold that they had to cut a hole in the ice so she could have a place to be baptized. Hannah and her younger sister Caroline left Sweden together in 1873 to move to Utah. They traveled on the ship 'Wisconsin.' Hannah and Caroline joined their parents and brothers in Pleasant Grove, where she met married Andreas Christensnen Fugal. She married Andreas in October 1873. When her husband died in 1894, Hannah worked hard to raise her five children. Hannah was known to be a very good weaver and homemaker. Whenever anyone she knew had a new baby, she always sent them some soup and cake. During WWI, she knitted many pairs of socks to help with the war effort. She died on January 16, 1919 of influenza.