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Gullikson, Ellen H. (Ellen Haleen), 1874-1945

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1874 - 1945

Biographical History

Ellen H. Gullikson (1874-1945) was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a seamstress in Ogden, Utah.

Ellen Haleen Gullikson was born August 21, 1874 in Stockholm, Sweden to August and Charlotte Johnson Haleen. In 1887 the family converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and immigrated to Utah. They lived temporarily in Pleasant Grove before settling in Ogden. In 1893 she married Gullick Gullickson in the Salt Lake Temple, and they had four children. Her husband was a tailor, and she became a professional seamstress. In this capacity she designed and sewed costumes for the Moroni Olsen Players, an Ogden-based repertory theater company. Gullickson died in Ogden on February 22, 1945.

Citation:
UBP files, Feb. 13, 2014 (Ellen H. Gullikson; seamstress in Ogden, Utah; designed and sewed costumes for the Moroni Olsen Players, Ogden-based repertory theater company)

Ogden Standard-Examiner, Feb. 22, 1945: p. 12 (Ellen H. Gullikson; Ellen Haleen Gullikson; b. Aug. 21, 1874 in Stockholm, Sweden; parents: August and Charlotte Johnson Haleen; converted to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, emigrated to Utah, 1887; lived in Pleasant Grove for six months, then settled in Ogden; m. 1893 in Salt Lake Temple to Gullik Gullikson, four children; d. Feb. 22, 1945 in Ogden, Utah)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Ellen H. Gullickson collection on the Moroni Olsen Players

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233649448]
Identifier: MSS 8348
Scope and Contents

Materials include four photographs, five programs, a newspaper tearsheet, a costume sketch, a photocopy of photograph, and the obituary of Ellen H. Gullickson. Also included is an extract from oral history interview of Ruth Gullickson Isakson. Dated approximately 1890-1980.

Dates: approximately 1890s-1980s
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ellen H. Gullickson collection on the Moroni Olsen Players

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