tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14468935526618879652012-01-27T07:00:12.071-05:00Presenting the stories of my ancestors and some of their associates. Scotland, Ireland, Wales, England, Denmark, Sweden, Australia, Canada, and the United States.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037263182287268748noreply@blogger.comBlogger5721100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1446893552661887965.post-69419864937445934012012-01-27T07:00:00.006-05:002012-01-27T07:00:12.106-05:00

This is an intriguing little site: The Winter Quarters Project Some of it is a bit buggy and incomplete, but it has lots of interactive information about Winter Quarters and the surrounding areas as well as lists of the pioneers by ward.  Here is a picture of one of the screens. The marker for each settlement is linked to data about the settlement in the site. (Don't click on this picture! Go to

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Although I don't understand the ins and outs of the proposed laws and although I am definitely opposed to piracy, I will stand in solidarity with Wikipedia and other sites of that sort by not blogging today. Of course, I hadn't planned on blogging anyway, due to orthodontist appointments, doctors appointments, gymnastics, church activities, other historical projects, etc., etc., which tend to get

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While doing research on another project, I saw that the Tanner family (John, Sidney, Seth, Amasa and Maria Tanner Lyman, and many others) crossed the plains in 1848 with several converts to the church from Mississippi. These faithful converts took their slaves with them to Utah. In fact, three of the Mississippi families sent slaves ahead the previous year with Brigham Young's first pioneer

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Cousin Randy sent a copy of Margaret Overson's funeral program.   After Margaret's husband, Henry Overson, died in 1947, Margaret moved to Mesa and built a home on the lot that Henry had purchased for her several decades before. She lived at 155 E. 1st Avenue, in the Mesa Second Ward, within walking distance of the Mesa Arizona Temple, and would often take her grandchildren there to do baptisms

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My father sent a picture of this image, which was in the Eva Overson Tanner collection: This appears to be a tintype. My father notes that it is about 2 inches by 1.5 inches. Here is an image of another tintype from the 1860s in a similar frame:  From www.flickr.com/photos/john-pa/325317259/. Tintypes were an interesting technology. They were not made with tin, but were created by making a

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As found in the Ogden Standard Examiner, March 16, 1932. Not all of the information is correct. Death Calls Ogden Printer ___ Henry R. Wessman Leaves Widow and Fourteen Children ___ Henry Richard Wessman, aged 47, 3604 Jefferson avenue, died in a local hospital at ten-forty-five o'clock Tuesday evening after an illness of one week. He was born in Sweden on February 7, 1885, a son of John and

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Margaret Jarvis Overson's business card. The Overson home in St. Johns.  Here is a more recent picture of the home. Henry and Maggie Overson, 50th Anniversary Celebration. Here is the same picture from Margaret Overson's genealogy book. It has gone through the printing process, so the quality is not as good as the photograph. Thanks once again to Randy for sharing the photography collection! What

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A picture taken by Charles DeFriez Jarvis of his wife and her sisters. Courtesy of Randy Cameron. Yesterday I received an email from an Overson cousin, Randy Cameron, who found this blog and sent an answer in response to a question posed over two years ago:Does anyone know who has Margaret Jarvis Overson's original photographs? She had hundreds of original photos and photographic plates or

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My husband has been very supportive of all my family history and Mormon history projects, so about a month ago, I decided to make a book for him for Christmas, tracing back one of his family lines. My kids and I managed to keep it a secret, and we are now making it available to his family and cousins. Here is a list of the families included in the book. Anyone who arrives here through Google can

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I just finished a very time-intensive project that I will mention in a post in a day or two. Between that and the Eminent Women project, posts have been very scarce here lately, and the Marsden family series has been severely delayed, but will resume after the new year. In the meantime, here are some Christmas posts from prior years and a few links from around the online world. Pictures from

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After spending much longer than should be necessary searching for a list of the members of the Mormon Battalion, here is a link to the only one I have found online. It was compiled by Carl V. Larson and is comprehensive. Many thanks to him for providing the list. (View Online)(Download PDF) Several members of the families featured on this blog were in the Battalion, but no direct ancestors. 

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Bessie put up a post yesterday on Ancestral Ties about the identity of the woman mentioned in the story of John Morgan's dream. Here is her post complete with links: John Hamilton Morgan and Serepta M. Heywood. Here is Serepta Blodgett Heywood's Findagrave entry. Her gravestone says "A Most Perfect Woman," which matches her role in the John Morgan story. Here is the Heywood family website.

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Commenter Grant mentioned at Keepapitchinin about the Bureau of Land Management website containing General Land Office Records. It has a good search feature and many documents available for download online as well as a mapping feature. General Land Office Records Here's a document about Charles and Margaret Jarvis:

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As I mentioned yesterday, I recently realized that I do not have much information on the Marsden family.  I was a little puzzled how to start researching the family until I remembered that I recently wrote a guide to Tracing Mormon Pioneer Ancestors. So I will go through the steps of that process with the Marsden family over the next several weeks. First is the Survey: a look at family records,

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 Mary Ann Hancock Marsden I ordered a copy of a history of James Marsden from the DUP. He was the son of Charles and Mary Ann Hancock Marsden and the brother of Lucy Marsden Green. Some of the information in the history about his emigration and that of his Marsden family may be confused with the emigration of another James Marsden. I am still trying to piece the puzzle together. As far as I can

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Salt Lake CityI will tell you what I [want] for Xmas.I won't a doll with a pink dresse.And I won't a story book and a game, stoken cap, mittens, house slipers nice and warm.Good by.FromLucy Lucile GreenDon't get it if it is to much. Thanks to Emily for sending a scan of this cute Christmas wish list from a young Lucile Green Glade.

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I just started a series of guest posts on Keepapitchinin: A Mormon History Blog. It's a long-term project, one that I am excited about, and it's an honor to be guest posting on Keepa. Head on over to the first post to see what it's about: The Eminent Women of the St. George Temple

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British troops capture Canton Commissioner Ye Mingchen, 1858. As I have worked through the history of the Jarvis family (Tanner line) I have noticed that the histories that children and grandchildren left of George and Ann Prior Jarvis do not tend to be accurate in every detail. For example, the book, The Essence of Faith, contains a number of stories, particularly those about the early lives of

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Many thanks to cousin Emily who sent an image of Mary Isabell Pettit and Henry Green's marriage certificate. The certificate says: Cut this off and Give to Parties Married. Marriage Certificate. Territory of Utah,County of Cache. This Certifies that Henry Green of Salt Lake City in the Territory of Utah, and Mary Isabella Pettit of Salt Lake City in the Territory of Utah, were by me joined

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It has been a year since the death of my niece Allison. It has been a hard year for her family. As Ann Prior Jarvis wrote in her autobiography, "Oh the agony of mind when we part from those we love." Here is a link to a blog post my brother wrote at the time ("On the Death of Allison"), a post he put up today ("Remembering Allison"), and here are some thoughts from my sister ("Heavy Hearts"). We

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This is an entry for the Daughters of Utah Pioneers publication Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude (Salt Lake City, Utah, 1998). It is one of the many documents from my grandmother's files. Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude Eliza Mary Litson Glade Born 7 Mar 1846 St. Andrews, Glamorganshire, WalesDied 7 Jan 1920 Salt Lake City, Utah Pioneer Arrived Great Salt Lake City 3 Oct 1863 Down and

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Next in the Notable Relatives series is the composer Mildred Tanner Pettit. Laura Mildred Tanner was a great granddaughter of John Tanner and Elizabeth Beswick Tanner. In 1921 she married William Alfred Pettit, the son of Edwin Pettit and Rebecca Hood Hill Pettit. Mildred Tanner Pettit's short biography in Our Latter-Day Hymns mentions that she taught school for several years before marrying

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As has been mentioned before, Henry and Mary called each other "Harry" and "May." This is a letter Mary wrote two days after Henry gave her a letter as she mentioned in her diary entry on December 31, 1890. The watch shown above was given by Henry to Mary on her birthday in 1890. Salt Lake City January 2nd, 1891 Dear Harry It is with pleasure, which I cannot express on paper, or with words,

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16 December – TuesdayI arose early not very much rested from my work yesterday. Had a terrific head ache which lasted all day. I went up town and bought some Christmas presents. 17 December – WednesdayI have busyed my self with the house work and not made much progress either. Evening came and brought with it much happiness. Harry came as usual. Told us of Ada & Archie wedding and some other

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1 December – MondayHave both washed and ironed and mended today. Have just got through. It is eight oclock. I shall soon go to bed I am so tired. 2 December – TuesdayToday I have not been so ambitious as yesterday. Night came and I could not see anything I had done. Went to Conjoint meeting. [In 1890 a Conjoint meeting was likely a meeting held jointly by the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement

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And now back to Mary Pettit's diary, which we should finish this week. Thanks once again to my daughter for typing it up—she is using it for one of her Personal Progress projects. And as I have noted before, we are providing the text as previously typed from the original, complete with original spellings. 16 November – SundayI didn’t go to school this morning. After dinner Harry came and we

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For years my four sisters and I have been editing and reediting a family cookbook. It has some recipes from our grandmothers and great grandmothers and some from even further back in our family history. Recently one of my sisters decided to put the cookbook into a family blog and invited the others in the family to join in the project. It is off to a great start: Heritage Recipes When I have a

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As far as I know, none of my four family lines has connections to Spain or southern Europe, and we don't have many records as far back as Columbus, but ancestors on every single one of my family lines took the voyage by ship from Europe to America, following the paths blazed by Christopher Columbus, coming to America between 1620, landing at Plymouth Harbor, and 1896, landing at Ellis Island.

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Mary Pettit kept a diary in 1890 which detailed her courtship with Henry Green. On her birthday, July 9, she noted the following:9 July – WednesdayThis has been another hot day. I arose early went to work. The day passed slowly. I walked home with Harry. He came down later in the evening and found me ironing. H. gave me a present of the handsomest watch I ever seen. I felt that words could

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Conference. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we currently use the word to mean a set of formal meetings where the membership of the church is addressed by the leadership of the church as well as a set of non-public meetings for consultation and discussion among the church leadership. At the founding of the church in 1830, the word was also commonly used in American Christian

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Find A Grave is a commercial website. It was started in 1995 by Jim Tipton to track celebrity graves, but has grown to be the best aggregate site for burial records with a current claim of 68 million records. I've used Find A Grave from time to time, but since I started looking into the site recently to prepare for writing this post, I've had so many adventures that I'm starting to lose track of

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My father sent some emails and put up a post on his genealogy blog, Genealogy's Star, yesterday about the exciting news about the location of some of Margaret Jarvis Overson's photographs. See his post here: Never stop looking for genealogy sources Picture of Margaret Jarvis Overson and Henry Overson from a collection from Lois Salisbury, digitized by James Tanner.

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1 November – SaturdayNovember came in warm and clear. Nothing occurred during the day out of the usual line. I retired about ten oclock. 2 November – SundayArose about eight oclock. After breakfast four of us prepared and went to Sunday School. Took a long stroll with H in the afternoon. Grandpa came down. We had supper and I went to meeting. Spent the evening as I usualy do. 3 November –

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It's been awhile since we've had an installment of Mary Pettit's diary. There will be four posts after this one and then an index to the diary. Thanks once again to my daughter for typing this diary. 16 October – ThursdayThe morning is delightful. The sun shines clear and warm on the dew covered grass. The night was quite frosty. I have been sewing untill now. It is nearly twelve oclock. 17

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From time to time I will do a series about people in the extended family who are notable for some reason or the other. Athol Graham was a great grandson of George and Ann Prior Jarvis and a grandson of Charles (Defriez) and Margaret Jarvis. (This is the Tanner line of my genealogy.) Athol's mother, Lois Jarvis Graham, went with her mother Margaret Jarvis to Salt Lake City when Margaret trained as

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Posts have been rather sporadic here for a little while since I am working full speed on editing a chapter for the Women of Faith in the Latter Days project. The chapter will consist of an edited autobiography of Ann Prior Jarvis. My kind siblings and mother typed up one of the versions of Ann Prior Jarvis's autobiographies, a copy of which was serendipitously posted on Ancestry.com and then

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When I mentioned the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in an earlier post, I neglected to mention the local chapters of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. In particular, I will mention the St. George DUP, which has a large collection of pioneer histories, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the settlement of Washington County, Utah, and the surrounding areas. I spent a few delightful minutes talking

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Geneabloggers is encouraging genealogy bloggers to record their own memories of 9/11, so here are mine. We were living in San Diego at the time, which is three hours behind New York, and were woken about 6:30 by a phone call from my mother-in-law not long after the south tower of the World Trade Center was hit. We turned on the radio since we didn't have a television, and turned on the computer

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Since the Litsons lived in Utah, I will only look at Utah records in this post. Other states will have their own systems for dealing with public records. The Utah Division of Archives and Records Service is actively putting collections of records and indexes to records online. The latest post from the Archives blog, Researching the Utah State Archives, notes that:The Utah State Digital Archives

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Probably the best place to find historical newspapers is the University of Pennsylvania webpage, Historical Newspapers Online. Scroll down to your state to see what collections are available online. For the purposes of tracing the Litson family, I will confine my searches to the Utah collection: My favorite of these four databases is the Utah Digital Newspaper Project, a service of the Marriott

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Today's post highlights two truly remarkable databases. Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868 The Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel database is run by the Church History Library, the archive department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The description on the website says it "is the most complete listing of individuals and companies in which Mormon pioneer emigrants traveled

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After posting this history, I will return to the Mormon Pioneer Record Tutorial rather than posting the histories of the four Litson children. I will post those when I am done with the tutorial. Frances Ann Matthews [1] was born 1 May 1819 in Ely, Llandaff, Glamorganshire, South Wales, the third child and second daughter of James Matthews (1789) and Frances James (1789). James and Frances

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Ed. — Thanks to Bessie from Ancestral Ties for adding a couple of links to provide more context to this article. Here is a post at Amateur Mormon Historian and one at Ancestral Ties, "The First Relief Society Presidency in the Southern States."

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Continued from here... One little girl was hurt very badly by falling off one of the wagons. By using what medicine they had on hand and by several elders administering to her, she got well and was able to romp and play again. They camped at a house called Junction House and then proceeded on their way, camping near houses as much as possible so as to procure water and wood. They

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Here is a Google Map showing the American travels mentioned in the first installment of "The Emigration of Richard Litson." The history, as mentioned before, seems to be written with reference to the diary of Richard Litson, Jr., and a look at the map shows a number of issues that may have had to do with his spelling or the reading of his handwriting by the authors. This map follows current roads

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This is a history of Richard Litson, Sr., born September 18, 1819 in North Molton, Devonshire, England. It tells of his journey to Utah with his wife Frances Ann Mathews Litson, and their sons Richard and Joseph Young. Their journey started on April 30, 1866. He died October 29, 1872. [Much of this information was taken from the diary of Richard Litson, Jr. I am trying to locate a copy

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There are two major heritage organizations related to the history of the early settlement of Utah: Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP) and Sons of Utah Pioneers (SUP). I will mostly mention DUP in this post.Daughters of Utah PioneersOn the main page, look at the menu under the bottom of the pictures. (The locations may change if the organization were to redesign its website.) Under "Histories"

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Rather than simply noting the locations of your ancestors' origins in your genealogy program, spend some time looking up where they came from. It will help you in your genealogical research. Here is an example. Richard Litson was from Devon, England, before he moved to Cardiff, and as far back as I can see, his ancestors were from Devon. [1] What and where is Devon? Devon is a large county in

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Family History Library, Salt Lake City Family History Library Catalog This is one of the largest genealogical libraries in the world. It has immense collections, many of which can be ordered to be sent on microfilm to your local Family History Center. Many of the collections are being digitized and made available online. Here are the items on our Litson family: Litson, Richard Jr., author, and

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Computer Organization As you do your research, you will need some way keep all your photos and documents organized in your filing cabinet and on your computer. Here is my system for the computer. First, I have four folders named after each of my grandparents. This is my current family line: Opening up the next level of folder shows this: Opening up the next level of folder shows this: This

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Since the children should be returning to school tomorrow, assuming the schools open on time after Hurricane Irene swept through the region, here are some family memories of school days. Henry GreenHarry and his brothers and sisters were well-educated. After attending Brampton Boarding School and passing government examinations, on December 4, 1883, age sixteen, Henry became a pupil teacher.

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It's probably a rare person who has not used an internet search engine. Even my four-year-old will type his favorite web site into the search box (supervised, of course). When I type "Richard Litson" into Google, it starts by showing two people of that name, one in England, one in the United States. It also shows records for several different men of that name in Ancestry.com, including our

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Ancestry.com is unfortunately expensive, but it has a huge collection of information. The data-finding and data-sharing capabilities are amazing, but at the same time it can be almost impossibly difficult to find your way through so many of the resources that could be helpful in doing genealogical research. Ancestry is a real mixed blessing. But thoughts on Ancestry aside, here is a very brief

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In the last post I mentioned RootsWeb. I realize that there are additional sites for online family trees including geni.com, myheritage.com, tribalpages.com and others. I prefer RootsWeb since it doesn't require a membership (free or paid) and it shows the contact information for the person who placed the family tree on the site. Since I wrote the last post, I saw a family tree on RootsWeb called

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As you follow along in this tutorial, you could take the opportunity to review the state of your own genealogy and find new information about your own family as we learn about the Litson family. Family Records The first step is to look at the genealogical records kept within the family. You may need to contact a relative for a digital (.ged) file. My .ged file shows the family genealogy as

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Say you have Mormon pioneer ancestors, but they only show up in your genealogy as names and dates. You know that they were pioneers because they were born in the eastern United States or Europe and died in Utah or the other Mormon settlements in the western United States. How do you go about finding out more about them? Before starting, I will step back and note that it is rarely a good idea to

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These letters by a life-long resident of Salt Lake City, Lula Greene Richards, were meant for an audience of young children belonging to the Primary (children's) organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The heads of the auxiliary organizations of the church regularly toured the outlying areas of the church, and they continue to do so today. These letters are valuable not

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Yesterday the post from Mary Isabell Pettit's diary included a picture sent by Pettit cousin Sharon Wilbur that was identified as Rebecca Hill Pettit and included an unidentified child.  I had never seen the picture before and it is always a pleasure to see new photographs, especially when the only idea you have of a person is at a certain age, which is particularly the case for Rebecca Pettit,

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After posting all the parts of this diary, I will put up a final post which will include a link to each post. Mary's mother, Rebecca Hood Hill Pettit, with unknown child, perhaps Mary. 1 October – WednesdayI have been rather low spirited for some reason I can’t account for. I feel wretched. I have not had much appetite for the last week. At present H is here cleaning out the well. 2 October –

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Recently, a picture was added to Ancestry with a note that it is a daguerreotype of the Mormon pioneer John Tanner. I have spent quite a bit of time tracking the image down, have very much enjoyed getting to meet some interesting and very nice people in the process, and will eventually write a blog post on the subject of the image and the identification of the people in the image. It's been a

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"Harry," around the time of this diary 16 September – TuesdayI have had a very dull day. 17 September – WednesdayThis morning Alice has gone home and Eddie has gone to California. He is much delighted to think of going on such a trip. I think he will be more delighted to get home. We all regret to see him go but sincerely hope he will have a good time. 18 September – ThursdayI have had very

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1 September – MondayI arose early this morning. Harry came over at about 7:30. We went to the depot and took the 8:15 train for Ogden. This was my first trip to that place so I made good use of the time in seeing all I could. We went to the Broom Hotel had dinner. Went driving then went to the depot. Met a Mr. Brown of Denver. Had supper and came home in Pulman sleeper at 8 oclock. 2 September

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Main Street, Salt Lake City, about 1890. 16 August – SaturdayArose early and had breakfast and at 9 oclock we left our old camping ground for home, all very much regretting we had to leave the place where had spent so enjoyable a week. After traveling all day and getting awfully sunburnt and tired we reached home about dark. Found Winnie very sick. 17 August – SundayI have been dreaming of the

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1 August – FridayHow rapidly time does pass. Today as been a little cooler and the nights are real cool almost chilly. It has been rather a quite day. 2 August – SaturdayI got up quite early and ironed this morning untill time to go to work. I have been very busy all day and did not leave the store untill about half pat nine. Harry was waiting for me. We came down and listened to some of the

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Pettit girls in Fifth Ward Sunday School, about 1888.  Mary Pettit's three sisters are: 1) Fannie Pettit, 2) Daisy Pettit, 3) Nellie Pettit. 16 July – WednesdayThere was a terrible wind storm about five oclock and it looked very much like rain. H. came and spent the evening with us. 17 July – ThursdayThis morning it was hot and sultry and a little cloudy and threatened rain all day. I went to

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1 July – TuesdayThis being the first of the month we have been very busy preparing for the fourth. I came home at six tonight alone. Harry telephoned over saying he would work late but would come over later in the evening which he did. 2 July – WednesdayI arose early went to work. Came home at seven and after supper I read a while then retired about ten oclock. 3 July – ThursdayI have been

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16 June – MondayI went down to Mrs. Hawkins today and found there was another member added to the family since my last visit. All was doing well as could be expected. I brought my dress home again. 17 June – TuesdayToday has been long, hot and drearysome. I have been to the store. Left work at six oclock. Harry walked home with me. He was not well. We had supper and Ada and Harry came over and

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Many thanks to my daughter who is typing the rest of this diary. As mentioned previously, all spelling has been preserved as found in the previous typescript. 1 June – Sunday This morning I arose not very early. I got breakfast and after the work was all done I lay down on the parlor floor and slept about two hours. Harry is at the store writing and consequently we did not go to meeting in

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Many thanks to Loy Despain who sent this lovely history of Eliza Ellen Parkinson Tanner. He also sent a better copy of the picture of Emma Stapley Tanner, and I have added it to the index for the Tanner Family. Henry and Eliza Tanner. HISTORY OF ELIZA PARKINSON TANNERbyLoy Despain Eliza Parkinson Tanner was born 8 September 1857 in San Bernardino, California to Thomas Parkinson and Mary Ann

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16 May – FridayThis morning my voice sounds quite natural. I arose early and after having breakfast I went to the store and found all very much pleased to see me better and again able to resume my old position after two weeks vacation. I came home alone. Later in the evening Harry came down and would hardly believe I had been to work. Talked of taking a trip in the canyon. 17 May – SaturdayThis

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Edwin Pettit and grandchildren. When I looked up Alice Pettit online after the mention of her in Mary Pettit's diary, it quickly became clear that many of the online family trees for the Edwin Pettit family are inaccurate at best. There is a good source for information on the Pettit family. It is the book:Pettit, William Alfred. Pettit Peregrinations, 654 to 1961. Provo, Utah: J. Grant Stevenson

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Mary Pettit and Henry Green The typist of this document is not identified, so I do not know how it compares to the original diary. Once again I am not indicating each misspelling, but I am carefully editing it to be exactly as typed, except for my bracketed notes identifying people as possible. I do appreciate having this record of an eventful year in Mary Pettit Green's life! ——— Born 9 July

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Happy Pioneer Day! For the occasion, here is Grandmother Beverly's loving tribute to one of her pioneer ancestors, her great grandfather James Glade, and his family. What a treat it is to hear her voice narrating the film! James Glade was born in 1831 in Devonshire, England, and died in 1882 in Salt Lake City, Utah. His first wife, Mary Dyer, died while crossing the plains and he later married

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Adeline Springthorpe Sparks Thomas Adeline Springthorpe was born in Leicestershire, England, most likely in 1826. (Many different dates are given in different sources.) Her parents were James and Frances Springthorpe. At age 18, she married Elijah Sparks. Thomas family records note that Elijah died at sea, but nothing further is known about the circumstances of his death. Adeline joined the

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After a break from posting due to vacation time, a family reunion in Virginia, summertime schedules, and some unexpected illness, here is a little anonymous history of Mary Isabell Pettit Green. I am leaving it exactly as typed and have not bothered to mark each [sic]. Mary Isabell was the first child of Edwin Pettit and Rebecca Hood Hill. She was born at 237 South 2nd West Street in Salt Lake

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A Tribute to Grandpa By Marilyn Green Lund It is a great pleasure to reflect back upon my early childhood days, and my visits to Grandpa’s home, seeing his ready smile and loving welcome. They are very pleasant memories to recall. Many times in later life I have thought how very grateful I am for having known Grandpa, as not many children are blessed with “living” grandparents. I’ll always

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My Grandfather Henry Green By Marjorie Ann Glade Dalgleish I think of Grandfather being very tall with silver hair. He always wore suspenders and shined his shoes every day, his shiny black shoes. I can see him now slicing the Thanksgiving turkey as we all sat close by with mouths watering in anticipation of the scrumptious meal. I associate him with good food and treats. Of course Grandma was

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Memories of Grandpa Henry Green By Lucille Davidson When I think of Grandpa I think of a tall, handsome man with gray hair and deep-set brown eyes. The first words that come to mind are kind and loving for he always put his arms around me for a kiss. When I was very small he always had a nickel or dime for me as I was leaving to go home. My earliest memories of him were in the home they had on “

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Today was the reunion of the George and Ann Prior Jarvis Family. It was a lovely event and well-attended and it took a lot of effort on the part of the committee and many others. Thanks to all of them! I was so busy talking to people that I did not get any pictures. It was a pleasure to visit with the many different descendants of George and Ann and make connections and figure out where

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The Daughters of Utah Pioneers has a rather amazing museum, stuffed with pioneer artifacts and pictures and histories, next to the Utah State Capitol. During a visit yesterday, while in the basement display room, my eye fell on a green tin, about 6" wide by 6" high (plus a handle) by about 4" deep. The typed display note said, "Tea canister bought in Farmington, Canada in 1840 by Isabella Hood.

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My Father Henry Green By Jack Green February 14, 1977 His were the dreams of the self-made rich, the Hearsts, Sinclairs, Fremonts, and others who won riches from the West. He often said that, “New wealth comes from the ground,” and entered into mining and agricultural projects with vigor and determination. Most of this effort resulted in frustration and few funds. But there was another side to

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For the Christmas of 1935 the family was altogether for dinner at their home. When Howard had asked for Leone’s hand in marriage, Harry had said, “Yes, if you’ll always bring her home for Christmas.” He must have told others that, for whenever possible, the family was together for Christmas. He was a great family man and showed each member much interest and love. At these family gatherings,

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The year 1929 brought with it the Great Crash. The Greens had to sell their home on “F” Street and move to an apartment on “I” Street, on the top floor. They moved the piano up on the outside. Times were difficult. May had to go to work (housework and cooking) to earn money to help support the family and to pay for her tuition at the University of Utah. It was ironical that Harry couldn’t help

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In 1921, Harry decided to surprise his family (he was often impulsive and made decisions quickly). He thought it would be nice to be on the Avenues and had the money to buy a house, so he bought a beautiful home there at 127 “F” Street. When Lucille came back from a vacation at Bear Lake, the family had moved to the new home! It was a large and comfortable home, with a big carriage house in back

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The Greens camping in Big Cottonwood Canyon, date unknown. Another son, Jack Heber, was born to Harry and Eliza on October 14, 1912. When Jack was about two years old, he had a very serious accident—he pulled a pot of scalding cabbage over on him which burned him terribly. His skin came off with his clothes. To make things worse, the power was off at the time due to an electrical storm. For weeks

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Eliza Turner Green. Harry, thirty-nine, and Eliza, twenty-eight, were married in the Salt Lake Temple on August 8, 1906. Taking on the task of raising five lively children, she was a remarkable woman. To add to her burden, there were always additional friends and relatives living at their home. The children liked their new mother, but as they grew older, they rebelled at having to do so

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Among the many reasons why I do genealogy and family history are those of religious belief, personality, responsibility, the influence of good friends and family members, and the fact that it allows me to use my degree in history on a regular basis. And now that there are so many resources available online, it is possible to do a significant amount of research in primary and secondary sources

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Harry was ordained an elder on December 6, 1891. Three days later, on December 9, 1891, he and his dear sweetheart, May, were sealed together for time and eternity. Since the Salt Lake Temple was not yet completed, they traveled to Logan to have the ordinance performed. At the time, he was 24 and she was a year older. Her parents honored them with a wedding reception on Friday, December 11, at

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Henry Green Mary Isabell Pettit Mary Pettit was born July 9, 1866, at 237 South 2nd West, the first child of Rebecca Hood Hill and Edwin Pettit. She was active in the Church and was baptized when 8 years old. Her service in the Church included acting as secretary in the Sunday School and being an officer in the Young Women’s Mutual Improvement Association. She graduated from the University of

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In November, he became an agent for a publishing firm. He wrote that he had been out in the country and made many acquaintances, that he ate well, and earned much more than previous work. He cleared $40 a week. “I like this work,” he said. “I am my own boss.…I keep to myself at night, read, and try to improve as much as possible to get something that will be beneficial to me.” Harry loved the

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Arrival: 1887, to Marriage: 1891 Salt Lake City, Utah, about 1887 Meeting [Henry] in Salt Lake City on July 6, 1887 were his family—his sisters Lizzie [Elisabeth Marsden Green Rood Griffiths (1863-1943)] and Ann [Annie Green Griffiths (1865-1947)], aunts Ellen [Marsden Davis Pullen (1829-1906)], Hannah [Marsden Bingley (1831-1900)], and uncle Eardly [Eardley Revell Bingley (1828-1910)]. He found

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Henry Green b. 7 October 1867       Brampton, Derbyshire, England m. 9 December 1891   Logan, Cache, Utah d. 10 May 1941 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah b. 13 May 1941 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Wives: (1) Mary Isabell Pettit; (2) Eliza Turner Green Father: William Green; Mother: Lucy Marsden This history of “Henry (Harry) Green” includes a number of pictures of Leone Green Layton and her

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The Church History Library announced its new online catalog today at the annual meeting of the Mormon History Association. How wonderful to have this resource available online. Here's what the new catalog looks like: I will add a link to the blog sidebar. New Church History Catalog. (HT: BCC.)

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Henry Green is the next ancestor on this blog. I will start by sharing an excerpt from a letter that he wrote two months before his death at the age of 73. I have corrected some of the typos. Henry seems to have been in very poor health. March 11, 1941. Dear Harry and Lucy, [1] Lucile [2] just came in and Mother [3] has just left for her appointed meeting. (Relief Society luncheon). I presume

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This is a slightly edited repeat of a comment I made yesterday morning on the George and Ann Prior Jarvis family message board. Margaret Jarvis Overson, the daughter of Margaret Jarvis and Charles Defriez Jarvis, spent many years working on a large blue book containing the genealogy of the Jarvis and Overson families. It is an amazing compilation and the amount of work and expense that it took to

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Memories Beverly Glade Wessman had of her grandparents: Annie was immaculate about herself and her housekeeping. She had a delightful sense of humor and was generous with her homemade bread and strawberry jam when we usually went to visit on Sunday nights. She always welcomed us and was glad we came. She was always sweet and kind, never hurried or too busy. Whenever I left the LDS Hospital with a

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 Annie and her daughters. Picture provided by cousin Ben B. As the children grew up, they were taught to help with the household duties. The boys would bring in the coal and wood and the girls would help with the dishes, sweeping, dusting, washing, ironing and baby tending. Doing the washing was quite a big job. The clothes were all soaked the night before. The next morning they were run through

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It was during the summer vacation of 1916 that the first tragedy came into the Glade home. Since Will was given a week’s vacation every summer, many enjoyable times were anticipated for this week, as well as much work around the household planned for. It was on August 16th of the vacation that Will, in company with six younger children, chose to spend a day in City Creek Canyon. Annie did not

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However, before any remodeling of the home took place, Will was called by the President of the Church, Wilford Woodruff, to go on a mission to the Southern States. Both William and Annie agreed that the call should be accepted. Sacrifices were made and the four room home was rented to William’s brother, James R. Glade and his family. Annie took her son, Lester, and went to live with her mother,

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Will and Annie lived at 327 C street. Furniture was bought through store pay of the S.P. Teasdale Company. Will was now earning $75.00 a month, two-thirds of which was given in store pay. The home was a modest four room cottage, consisting of a kitchen, dining room, living room, bedroom and a storage room in the basement. Money was borrowed from the Building Society to finance the building of

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