This week is focused on Clara Caroline Skanchy.
Clara Caroline Skanchy was the daughter of Anthon Lorenzo Skanchy and Sigrid Langaard, his third wife.
Basic Sketch of her Life:
Clara was born August 14th, 1896 in Logan to Sigrid Langaard. Her brother "Fritz" was only two years older than her, and were raised together with the rest of the Skanchy family on the main street of Logan. Clara sadly did not live long; she passes away five years later on November 13th, 1901, a few months after her birthday. Her passing was mourned by the community and she was then buried a few days later on the 17th in the Logan Cemetery.
Clara, along with Minnie (see the previous blog post), were the two daughters that passed away while Anthon Lorenzo Skanchy was the mission president of the Scandinavian Mission. This would, no doubt, be extremely difficult to imagine coping with the loss of two of his daughters during his absence. But Anthon Lorenzo Skanchy fulfilled his calling, and returned to Logan on December 6th, 1904, a few months after the death of his daughter Mina Christina Skanchy.
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| Logan Nation, 1901-11-20, Local Briefs |
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| Tombstone of Clara Carolina Skanchy, Logan Cemetery, Logan, Utah |
Other Sources found on Clara Caroline Skanchy:
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| 1900;Click for full-res image |
1900 U.S. Census, Cache County, Utah, population schedule, Logan City, p. 257 (stamped), ED 78, sheet 15B, dwelling 276, family 295, Clara C. Skanchy; digital image, Familysearch.org (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12049-22556-36?cc=1325221 : accessed Oct 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T623.
Tune in later this week for another Skanchy!
-Kirstin Skankey
