Rasmus Anderson or better known as Daddy was born 11th February 1868 in Oritslev, Denmark to Jorgen Andreasen and Mary Casperson Andreason. He was the youngest of five brothers and one sister. His parents accepted the gospel in Denmark and they became true and faithful to its teachings and it became their way of life because it gave them a purpose and they loved it so much that they left their friends and loved ones and all they possessed and came to America in 1869 when Rasmus was but two years of age.

On July 15, 1869 the Andreasen family sailed on the ship "Minnesota" from Liverpool, England. Their journey to America was a slow and hard one. Rasmus has often told of his only sister becoming ill and passing to the great beyond and how they wrapped her little body up and buried her in the ocean. One can hardly realize the sorrow that must have been in their hearts as they lowered her precious body in that ocean of water.

Most of the LDS passengers on the ship continued by rail in the charge of Captain Ole C. Olsen and arrived at Ogden, Utah on August 8, 1869. They went on to settle in Bear River City, Utah. Rasmus and his family suffered the hardships of pioneer life in the valley in those early days. Much was expected of them even in their early youth. Rasmus told of how one of the members in the family became so very ill and to get the medicine needed, Rasmus had to go to Logan, so his father told him he must go, he was only 12 years old. He mounted his horse and rode most of the night and in the morning purchased the medicine and returned home. He said that as long as he lived he could still remember that bitter cold and lonely night.

Each one in the family had to help in its support for grandfather was a cripple having fought in the war with Germany. He received an injury to his hip, which made one leg shorter, and it was hard for him to get around.

At the age of 14 Rasmus became a helper at the CO-OP dairy near Colliston, where he herded more than 400 dairy cows on the mountain range. They were two pleasant summers for a growing young man who loved the great adventure of the mountains. He respected and enjoyed the company of men like Brother Knud Fridal and Brother James P. Christensen.

In 1875 Mr. James Faust of the Salt Lake Livery business bought many horses into the Faust Valley, and Lars F. Johnson and Rasmus became the range rider for this project for three years. They were to keep out the strays and keep the colts honestly branded. Keeping them on the sunny slopes in the winter and breaking trails to fresh feed became a real man's job in all kinds of weather for Lars and Rasmus, and they both became experts with a lariat and learned the habits of animals on the range. They learned how to conquer animals with little abuse.