Nephi's Story
Birth: July 31st, 1860 | male | in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska
Death: August 22nd, 1860 | Infant | along the Platte River in Nebraska
Memorial: Stone 9
Neph Gaarder was the eleventh child of parents Ole Olsen Storødegaarden and Anne Mikkelsdatter Hønsebraaten from Norway.
The Gaarder family sailed from Norway to America. After arriving in America, they joined the William Budge Company to journey with other members of The Church of Jesus Latter-day Saints to the Salt Lake Valley. When the company was in Florence, Nebraska, Anne gave birth to their last child, Nephi. He lived less than a month when he passed away. They buried him by the Mormon Trail in Nebraska, near the Platte River.
From the Niels C. Christensen records of the journey: “Wednesday, Aug. 22. We resumed our journey at 6:45 a.m. Ola Gaarder’s child died and was buried. Our journey this day led us over sandy roads.”