This ship was not built for passengers and as such it had no accommodations for us emigrants. Towards evening my wife, with our 10 weeks old child on her lap, tired and sleepy of last night's journey from Billegerga to Malmö, wanted to go to sleep as soon as possible. About 3 o'clock we were on shore again in Copenhagen and here our company increased with Danish Mormons and we Swedes had to change ship to another large ship which would take us to Kiel. Thus farewell to our native country and to our friends. The whistle sounded and in the same moment the paddle started to move. Some to go to Zion and some to help.Ībout 9 o'clock the ship was back and in a short while all those who would to Zion were on board. It did not take me long before I was back but then these people had quit their foul language for then there were many Mormon families down at the port.
Here my wife and children had to listen to the most rotten language that can be uttered by a person with her right mind. During that time I went uptown fixing a few necessary things and many people gathered at the bridge for curiosity to look at these damned Mormons leaving their land of birth. In Malmö in time we went down to the bridge to wait for the ship which was out on a short testing run. And a few days after our farewell our daughter was well again. But we went in the comfort and faith in the Lord who guides everything. Parnila judged us very hard for she said she was sure that our sick little daughter wouldn't reach our destination. The short notice caused us to be very busy to lead our things we had and be on our way for we had no more time than we needed to go the 25 miles to Malmö.Īt sunset we bid farewell to our brother-in-law Nils Andersson and Parnila with the thought never to see each other again, for their faith in Mormonism was very weak for they were more against than for it. He was a neighbor of Nils Anders, where we now lived. I had previously talked to a farmer to drive us to Malmö. At noon ApBrother Pehr Nilsson came and told us that we were to be in Malmö the next morning at 7 to go on board a ship to Copenhagen and then continue to Zion.
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