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Oscar Gutke Gets his Child

Salt Lake Tribune 1896-07-03

Recovered His Child.
Oscar Gutke resorts to strategy.

After a Separation of Two Years He Gets his Child Away from Her Parents [sic]--Now Living in Mexico.

Marie Hazel Gutke, a tiny lass of three summers, with blond, curling locks and charming infantile ways, has found again a father's love and protection. That a parent and child should be re-united after a separation of two years is not remarkable, but it is in the method of little Miss Gutke's reunion with her father that interest mainly centers. Strategy brought about the meeting and as a result the little girl who on Wednesday night slept in Terrace, last night prattled to her father in this city.

Oscar Gutke was in the employ of the Central Pacific at Terrace when the A. R. U. strike was begun two years ago. The strike over, he found his occupation gone. Misfortunes continued to multiply and within a few days his wife took sick and died, leaving to his care one child, a baby girl of a year. Mrs. Gutke was interred in Ogden, where, after the funeral, Gutke says an interesting and impressive incident occurred. He says that his father-in-law, Mr. Player of Terrace, inveigled him into a room, then told him point blank that he must give up his baby girl. Gutke says that Player threatened something serious if he refused to relinquish the child. Gutke was in poor financial circumstances at the time. He was broken in spirit and though he clung to his child with a bereaved father's tenderness, the argument proved too strong and he submitted. Player took his daughter's child to his home in Terrace, while Gutke went to Richmond in Cache county, to the home of his mother. Soon he left there for Mexico and going into the service of the Mexican Central railroad, he was rapidly promoted utnil he was given regular charge of a train as conductor at a good salary. Though he had temporized and apparently acceded to the demand of Mr. Player, he never intended, he says, to allow his child to remain permanently with her grandparents. As he prospered financially, the yearning for his little daughter increased. A few days ago he took a vacation and came direct to Salt Lake, arriving on Monday last. He was confident that the courts would give him possession of his child, but his time was limited and he feared the delay incident to judicial proceedings. In consequence he determined to resort to strategy.

He employed Detective Franks to devise some scheme by which possession could be gained of the child. Franks hied him to Terrace Monday evening. Yesterday Gutke followed him. After consultation, Gutke called upon his mother-in-law, who in the absence of her husband, was in sole charge of the much-desired youngster. What course Franks mapped out for Gutke could not be learned, but what occurred is this: Gutke gave his mother-in-law what a railroad man would call "a dead smooth game of talk" with the result that the child was given in his keeping for a time. At noon the Salt Lake train was lying at the depot and Gutke was wheeling his daughter nonchalently along the platform looking carelessly at the passengers. When he reached the rear Pullman his ease of manner suddenly departed. He lifted the infant from her carriage and boarded the Pullman. Meanwhile Detective Franks had drawn a formidable six-shooter and stood guard at the door of the sleeper. But there was no attempt at rescue, and soon the train pulled out from the station. When the train reached Salt Lake just before midnight, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Brixen, the latter of whom is Mr. Gutke's sister, were in waiting with a carriage and the party drove to Mr. Brixen's home.

Mrs. Wilcox, another sister of Mr. Gutke, who is also a resident of the City of Mexico, accompanied him and his daughter to the Mexican capital.

It is anticipated that legal proceedings may be instituted by the grandparents to regain possession of the little girl, but the father believes that now he holds the winning hand by having the child.

http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/slt16&CISOPTR=43342&filename=43343.pdf

Court notes, Johannah F. Gutke estate

November 13, 1906 in The Salt Lake Herald

Court Notes.
Application for letters of administration of the estate of Johannah F. Gutke was filed by Julian (sic) F. Brixen in the district court, probate division, yesterday. Mrs. Gutke died at McCammon, Ida., Oct. 10, 1906, at the age of 74 years. intestate. (sic) Her estate comprised realty valued at $700 and renting for $100 per year, and cash and personal property valued at $850.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1906-11-13/ed-1/seq-5/

Johanna Gutke funeral in Deseret Evening News

November 2, 1906.

FUNERAL OF MRS. GUTKE

Impressive Services Held Over Remains of a Noble Woman.

Deeply impressive services were held at the Waterloo meetinghouse yesterday afternoon, commencing at 1 o’clock, over the remains of Mrs. Johanna Gutke, mother of Mrs. Julia Brixen. The chapel was tastefully draped in white for the occasion, and many friends met with the bereaved family to pay tributes of respect to a good and noble woman. Counselor Joseph J. Danes, Jr., presided, and a quartet composed of Mrs. Lizzie Thomas-Edward, Miss Mabel Cooper, Thomas Ashworth and Moroni Thomas sang, “I Need Thee Every Hour,” and “Shall We Meet Beyond the River.” “The Beautiful City” and “Some Time, Somewhere” were rendered as solos by Mr. Ashworth and Mrs. Edward; John McFarland and C.A. Carlquist offered the opening and closing prayers, respectively.

Sylvester Low, Jr., of Smithfield, where Mrs. Gutke resided for many years and where she was greatly beloved; L. Dahlquist, who had known the deceased in her native Sweden many years ago; President Nephi L. Morris, President Frank Y. Taylor, Patriarch Angus M. Cannon and Bishop Ashael H. Woodruff were the speakers, and each of them told of the noble qualities of heart and mind possessed by Mrs. Gutke and her devotion to the gospel of the Redeemer.

A long line of carriages followed the remains to the city cemetery, and in addition a special car carried a number of friends to the place of interment. At the grave the quartet sang, “Rest on the Hillside, Rest,” and the grave was dedicated by Elder Louis A. Kelsch. The body was laid to rest beside the remains of her husband, who died some 17 years ago, and near the remains of her son-in-law, “Andy” Brixen.

Of Mrs. Gutke’s children, there were present Mrs. Julia Brixen, Fred and Oscar Gutke. Two daughters, Mrs. Mary Wilcox and Mrs. A.H. Price were unable to be present, the former being in a remote part of Nevada, while the latter was at the bedside of a very sick child at McCammon, Idaho.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045555/1906-11-02/ed-1/seq-10/

Andrew Brixen's Will in Salt Lake Herald

July 11, 1900 The Salt Lake Herald.

Andrew Brixen's Will.
Deceased Left Property Worth $25,000 to a Few Heirs.
The will of the late Andrew Brixen was filed for probate yesterday with the county clerk by Dr. E. S. Wright, who with Julia Brixen, wife of the decedent, is named as executor. The petition for probate was set for hearing on August 1.

The will, which was made in this city on March 26, 1897, devises to decedent's only aunt on his mother's side, Mrs. Iver C. Jensen, residing at Randrup, Denmark, $500, and to Mrs. Johanna Gutke, of Smithfield, Utah, his mother-in-law, $1,000. The residue of the estate is to be distributed, one-half to the widow and the remaining half equally between the only son, Martin Brixen, aged 8 years, and decedent's surviving sister, Mary Brixen. The estate is valued at $20,000 in personal property and real estate yielding $200 annual rental. The real estate is worth about $5,500, and consists of the south half of lot 4, block 15, plat A; the south half of lot 8, block 25, plat A; 3 4-5 by 10 rods in lot 5, block 19, plat B: and 5 by 10 rods in lot 7, block 71, plat C, all in Salt Lake City survey.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1900-07-11/ed-1/seq-5/

Julia Brixen as a neighbor and MIA leader

HARRIET ELLEN MC FARLANE:

"Across the street was our church and next to it the home of Sister Julia M. Brixen, a member of the MIA General Board. It was not customary to have summer mutuals, but she invited all of us young ladies to her beautiful home about twice a month. These events were about half party and half testimony meeting and they were wonderful! I know my own testimony began a good growth there, through these efforts of hers. She was a good cook, too and the desserts she served us time and again were extra special."

http://www.maystar.org/familyhistories.htm

has this entry that I want to follow through for more information about her parents:

Julia M. Brixen, 4:254

Julia Brixen, General Board of Y.I.M.I.A.

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Volume 32

By Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association, Salt Lake City
found at this link:

http://books.google.com/books?id=HVUoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA694&lpg=PA694&dq=%22julia+m.+brixen%22&source=bl&ots=JjJJuuRcSE&sig=QcA8170IyfaspIEwXWXqal7oxjE&hl=en&ei=l9e9TanIFYv6sAP54bnBBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22julia%20m.%20brixen%22&f=false

Here is a link for Julia at the 1908 LDS General Conference:

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045555/1908-10-07/ed-1/seq-5/;words=Brixen+m+M+Julia

Julia Brixen and her grandmother Julia Gutke on a ship coming from Sweden.

Julia Gutke made several trips to Denmark and Sweden to research genealogy. She took her granddaughter with her on this one. Link from: http://brixenfamily.info/showmedia.php?mediaID=66

Julia Gutke Brixen

Julia Gutke Brixen, photo retrieved from http://brixenfamily.info/showmedia.php?mediaID=61&medialinkID=89

Valley House

Here is great info about Andrew Christen Brixen, husband of Julia Gutke Brixen. Together they managed the Valley House and later the Clift House, very reputable hotels in Salt Lake City:

http://brixenfamily.info/histories/The%20Valley%20House.pdf

http://brixenfamily.info/histories/Andrew%20C%20Brixen.pdf

Fred Gutke family

This is is a photo of Anders or Andrew Fredrik Gutke and his family. (Census records indicate that he was known as Fred.)

I think the photo may have been taken about 1904 before his son Carl left for Douglas, Arizona. This is my guess because George isn’t in it (George died 12 October 1901, he was 11 ½ years old). It was most likely taken before 1906 when Carl left for Arizona, and Carl was most likely married in this photo (he got married on the 5 June 1901, four months before George died).

Upper left: Julia M., Carl, Lillie, Frank. 2^nd row: Earl, (Father) Fred, (Mother) Christina, Clara. The other child missing I believe is Glen (who would be 19).

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