Cast of Characters

LeRoy's Parents were Neils August Anderson and Jensine Svensson Michelsen.

Neils was born in Backaryd, Kronoberg, Sweden but moved with the family to Denmark, where they joined the church. The family struggled financially but eventually managed to join the Saints in Utah. He served a mission to Denmark & Norway from 1885 to 1888. A short description of his missionary service is listed here.

LeRoy was one of eight children:
Niels J. Anderson
Anna M. Anderson
Zina E. Anderson
Olga K. Anderson
Joseph L. Anderson
Clara L. Anderson
Nora V. Anderson
Nephi L. Anderson

Olga Christina (Anderson) VanChoate (1891 - 1963)
Birth: Apr. 20, 1891, Benjamin, Utah County, Utah, USA
Death: Jun. 23, 1963, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Olga was LeRoy Anderson's sister. She evidently lived in the Salt Lake area when he began his mission, and while in SLC he stayed in the building where she lived and spent some time with her before departing on his assignment.

Parley C.
Traveled with LeRoy from Salt Lake City to New York.

Elder Hatch
One of LeRoy's first companions in Burlington, Vermont, where he served in a threesome during the month of Feb 1917.

Elder Lymon
One of LeRoy's first companions in Burlington, Vermont, where he served in a threesome during the month of Feb 1917.

Elder Shumway
LeRoy's companion when he went to Odgensburg, NY in March 1917.

Walter P. Monson
President of the Eastern States Mission (based in Brooklyn) from 1913 to 1922, including all of LeRoy's period of service. Monson signed LeRoy's official certificate of release in 1919.

Description from MormonsToday.com article:
"On September 13, 1913, Eastern States Mission President Ben E. Rich passed away. Walter P. Monson replaced him at the mission home located at 33 West 126th street in Manhattan. Under Monson’s direction, missionary activity in the city dramatically increased...The Church finally purchased property for a new chapel and a mission home in Brooklyn on July 5, 1916. The home was built at 233 Gates Avenue in 1918 and a chapel next door at 272 Gates Avenue was completed the following year. On February 16, 1919, Apostle and Senator Reed Smoot dedicated the first LDS chapel built east of the Mississippi River since the Mormons fled to Utah almost 75 years earlier.

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