(Written by a granddaughter,  Sylvia Ravsten Toolson, from information contained in family records.)

Martha Christensen Hair, daughter of Jens Christensen, also known as Jens Christiansen Lamp, and Trein Bendtsen, was born at 
Tammerupe, Farnely, Denmark, January 12, 1861, the second child in a family of nine children.  Her brothers and sisters were:  Hanna 
Margresha, Emma, James, Joseph George, Petrea Willardine (Thea), Eliza Brighamine, and Josephine Hansine (Josie).

When Martha was a child, Mormon missionaries from Utah came to Denmark.  They visited her parents and converted them to the Church 
of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  Martha's mother joined the church first and five years later her father was baptized.  Martha was 
baptized a member of the church July 11, 1868, by Elder P. Nelson at Denmark.  From the time they joined this religion, it was the desire of 
this good family to emigrate to Utah.  they worked and saved towards this goal and as they saved enough money for passage, their four 
eldest children were sent, one at a time, to Utah.

Martha met and fell in love with a young soldier who was stationed at Fort Douglas, Utah.  They wanted to be married, but Martha's father 
refused to give his consent to her marriage to a soldier and a non-member of the church.  Martha's heart was torn between the love for her 
sweetheart and obedience to her parents.  Martha's first child, a daughter Clara Emelia, was born from this love September 24, 1885, and 
was reared by her grandparents Jens and Trein.

She met James Hair at a dance in Salt Lake City and after a short courtship they fell in love and were married November 28, 1890.  After 
their marriage they lived at Bingham Canyon, Utah, where James worked in the copper mines.  She was a wonderful cook and 
housekeeper and used this talent by boarding men who worked at the mines.  She cooked delicious meals at all hours of the day and night 
for the miners on different shifts and for as many as forty men a day and she was loved by all those who knew her and enjoyed her cooking.

During her life Martha lived in Denmark, Farmington, West Weber, Kanesville, Sandy, Clarkston, Salt Lake City, and Bingham, Utah.   She 
was the mother of eight children:  	Clara Emelia, Curtis, Bessie, Martha, Nickolas, Mary, Dewey, and Ernest.  Her oldest son, Curtis, 
was among the first in Bingham Canyon to enlist in World War I and served overseas during the entire war.  Her son, Dewey, died as a 
youth.





She endured a lot of sorrow and hardships during her life, but she was always peace-loving with a sunny disposition.  She did beautiful 
crocheting and handwork.  She was about five feet six inches tall and weighed about 120 pounds.  The latter eight years of her life she was 
crippled with inflammatory rheumatism and the last four years she was bedridden, unable to care for herself and suffered a great deal of 
pain.

She died April 13, 1919, at her home in Sandy , Utah, and her earthly remains were buried at the Salt Lake City cemetery.

Her daughter, Clara, did the endowment work at the Logan Temple for Martha on June 25, 1924, and January 13, 1962, her 
granddaughter, Sylvia Ravsten Toolson, and grandson, Lester Ravsten, acted as proxy at the Logan Temple for the sealing of Martha and 
James Hair and a great-grandson, Joe Ravsten, was proxy for the sealing of their son, Dewey, to his parents.