Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-02-13
A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
OF Sister Thrine Daley Beecroft De-
:. ceased, of Summit. /.

Thrine Daley Beecroft was born
near the town of Straaup, Denmark,
in a cottege not far from an arm of
the sea, Aug. 81, 1910. Her parents
were honest, God-fearing people, and
at the time of her birth belonged to
the Lutheran Church. Her mother
was a very Industrious woman, and
a great Bible reader. Her father
was a fisherman by trade, and Thrine
used to help make the nets which he
used in catching fish.
She was the fifth child of family
of ten.. At the age of seven she was
sent to the public school, but had at
tended school only three years when
the Mormon Elders visited her par
ents, who after investigating the new
religion, joined the Church of Jesus
Christ Of Latter-day Saints. This
put an end to her schooling: Thrine,
with her two sisters were made so
much fun of that their parents did
not send them any longer. For
keeping their children out of school
Bro. and Sister Bartleson were robbed
of most of their household furniture
and turned out of the house in which
they lived. After year they moved
to Aalburg, where they were treated
more kindly. At the age of four
teen Thrine was sent out to work.
The first year she was given ten dol
lars, out of which she willingly paid
her one dollar for tithing.
The man she had been working for
had been sick for seven years. He
used to ask Thrine to come and sing
for him. One day she sang the
hymn, "We Are the True-born Sons
of Zion" This so enraged him that
he never again asked her to sing for
him. She lived with this family for
three years, then went to the city to
live with Andrus Thorn. While she
was at this place Mr.. Thorn died and
Thrine was left to take care of three
small children, for year and half.
In the spring of 1910, when she
was nineteen years old, she started
for America. The steamer left AL
berg on May 9Th for Liverpool, Eng
land, where they boarded the "Tap-
scot" for America. For seven weeks
they were on the water. Here, ag-
ain, she was called to take care Of
five little children, whose mother died
the first week out. At the end of
seven weeks they could see the trees
of New York, but imagine the feel
ings of all when smallpox broke out
on the vessel and they were COM
PEELED to remain on board two weeks
longer.
Three months after landing at
New York, she arrived at Salt Lake
City, on October 5, 1860. She went
to the home of Franklin d. Richards
and stayed two days, waiting for her
father to come for her. She stayed
at Ephraim that winter and in the
spring went to Mt. Pleasant to live
Her sister Lettie came to see her al
this place, and in June she moved Ia
Summit, Iron county, where she has
since resided.
She was married to Bro. James
Daley on October 8, 1861, and en-
dured all the hardships incident to pi.
oneer life. On more than one occa.
sion she has been restored to health
by Divine power. For seventeen years
she was leader in the Primary AS.
ISOLATION of the Summit ward. She
was also an active worker in the Re-
lief Society. She is the mother OF
fourteen children, nine of whom are
still living. Since raising her owr
family she has taken care of tive
motherless children.
Through all her life she has beer
patient, humble, and always ready t.
lend helping hand where it wa,
needed.
About two years ago she was mar
ried to Bro. John Beecroft of Mexico
and they lived happily together un
til death parted them on January 81
1914.