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''From:'' [http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/06/03/josephine-marie-augustine-de-la-harpe-ludert-ursenbach-from-the-tsars-court-to-the-kingdom-of-god/ Josephine Marie Augustine de la Harpe Ludert Ursenbach: From the Tsar�s Court to the Kingdom of God]
:''By Ardis E. Parshall, Keepapitchinin, June 03, 2009


::It will be seen by obituary notice in another column, that Sister Ursenbach died this morning. She was a lady of superior education and attainments, and true to her integrity in the work of the Lord. She leaves one son, who is now in New York, employed as a scenic artist at one of the leading theatres. She has also two daughters in St. Petersburg, Russia. Deceased was a native of Switzerland, but resided for some time in Russia. � Deseret News Weekly, February 27, 1878

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� Josephine�s son, who had assisted in gathering geological and zoological specimens for the Deseret Museum, became a portrait and landscape artist, then moved to New York City where, under the name Joseph Delaharpe, he became one of the most celebrated theater-scenery painters of his generation � one of his earliest productions was the 1873 New York Opera House staging of Mark Twain�s popular ''Roughing It''. �


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