Apparently (we don't get cable) there was a TV series on HBO recently called "Big Love," about a Mormon polygamist. Out of all the possible names they could have chosen for this character, guess what name they used? Bill HENRICKSON! Now why would they pick a good Swedish Lutheran name and use it for a Mormon polygamist?! And to even spell "Henrickson" that way. . . .
I tell ya, I was so upset, I told my wives, Mrs. and Mrs. Henrickson, "Honeys, that's it! No HBO for us!"
LOL!
Yeah that is strange. BTW, until recently most Mormons were of almost exclusively English background. Not even Scotch-Irish. Strictly English. If you look at an ethnic map of the United States even the South has few areas of mostly English background people (since most white Southerners are Scotch-Irish). However, Utah is almost entirely English. Specifically Yankee English.
We had a polygamist community about 5 miles from out house in Sandy, UT. A walled and gated community with about 4 homes inside. Each was for one wife. We’d also see families in family restaurants. Wives together with their children. They were recognizable because of their granny type clothing. Remarkable.
One of my employees had a relative who’s husband died. Since he’d handled all family matters, the wife wasn’t prepared to handle worldly financial and family matters. She thus became a multiple wife of an existing polygamist. My employee was not very happy with the relationship and told us a few things; not very flattering and rather repugnant, actually.
But, the point made by the DU’r is wrong. These people, while considering themselves ‘real’ Mormons, aren’t really part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS). They are a separate sect yet, frankly, closer to the original orthodoxy. Mormonism has changed; much of it because of their desire for statehood. But these people haven’t.