Anna Haderlie

Anna Hadelie was the fourth of all children born to Johann Ulrich Häderli and Anna Elizabeth Zollinger. They boarded the ship “Carolina” to immigrate to America. After their arrival, they journeyed to Nebraska and joined the Thomas E. Ricks Company. With other members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the company left Nebraska on July 10, 1866 bound for the Great Salt Lake Valley.

Disease, injury, lack of food and medicine, prematurity, and weather were some of the greatest threats to pioneers.

While journeying through Wyoming, 5-year-old Anna became ill with a fever and passed away. She is buried on the Mormon Trail in Wyoming.

From the journal of Charles Henry Aderlie: “Proceeding on, our trip, my little Sister, Anna took seriously ill of fever and ague and died somewhere in the neighborhood of Evingston, Wyoming. A little casket was made out of a mess-box of a wagon and she was laid away in a lonely grave.”

Anna’s brother, Jacob Zollinger recorded: “After we had crossed the Big and Little Sandy Rivers, my sister's little girl died. We placed her in a food supply box and buried her along the trail. This was a very trying experience for them.”