A Matrilineal Chart for Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! For the occasion, here is a chart of matrilineal descent, with pictures where possible. I have joked before that my matrilineal line goes straight back to Scotland, and that's where I got all my qualities of frugality and thrift. (This post is originally from May 2011, here updated and republished.)

My mother with her mother, Beverly Lucille Glade Wessman (1924–2008). Grandmother Beverly was a friendly and hospitable woman and enjoyed spending time with her large extended family.

Beverly's mother was Lucy Lucile Green Glade (1898–1980). She lived in Salt Lake City her entire life and liked to travel during her long widowhood.

Lucile's mother was Mary Isabell Pettit Green (1866–1905). We have a copy of her charming diary from when she was dating her husband. She died from complications of childbirth, and left several young children.

Mary's mother was Rebecca Hood Hill Pettit (1845–1922). She liked to tell the story that when she was a teenager she was so sick that the doctor told her she would never have children. She had fourteen, plus her three step-children.

Rebecca's mother was Isabella Hood Hill (1821–1847). She was born and married in Canada, and died as a young mother and Mormon refugee at Winter Quarters, near today's Omaha, Nebraska.

Isabella's mother was Margaret Bisland Hood (1791–1856). Born in Glasgow, Scotland, she and her husband emigrated to Canada in 1820 with the Lanark Society Settlers.

Margaret's mother was Agnes Pollack Bisland or Bilsland (1762–1842) of Glasgow, Scotland. Agnes's mother may have been Jean Glass Pollack, and her mother may have been Marjorie Geddes Glass, but there does not appear to be any comprehensive and reliable research on these families.

The picture of Rebecca Hill Pettit is from FamilySearch, courtesy of Sharon Wilbur. The next picture is from a family collection and is said to be Isabella Hood Hill and is historically possible, but the exact source of the attribution and any knowledge of the existence of the original has been lost to time. The picture from the gate of the Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery where Isabella Hood Hill is buried is from Flickr, courtesy of Dan McLean. The picture of Margaret Hood's gravestone in Creemore Union Cemetery, Simcoe, Norfolk, Ontario, is from FindAGrave, courtesy of Jan Darby. The photo of the Glasgow Cathedral is from Pixabay. 

Faded Rose Petals and Perfumes

In a recent visit to my parents' house, I opened a box labeled "Wessman genealogy" and found a hat box stuffed full of old treasures. Here are a few of them.

Wrapped in a silk handkerchief inside an elegant string bag was a lock of hair and a note that these petals were roses from Lucile Green Glade's wedding bouquet.

The other items in the box included two fans, leather gloves too small to fit my hands, a crocheted needle booklet, a gold-leafed perfume bottle that smells like my forty-year-old memories of Lucile Glade, two bone-handled utensils, and a ring dish.

Lucile was introduced to Lester Glade on a trip to Yellowstone by her aunt, May Green Hinckley. May and Lester had served together in the Central States Mission after his stint in the Army at the end of World War I. This is a fun picture with Lester smiling at Lucile, obviously smitten.

Lester, May Green, Rulon Sperry, Lucile, Bill Birkenshaw.

This is Lucile's engagement picture.

I don't see any wedding photos in my collection, but here is a picture of Lester and Lucile from one of their many camping trips.

Notable Relatives: Mitt Romney

This is a very occasional series about notable descendants of some of the people featured on this blog.

Willard Mitt Romney, currently slated to become the presidential nominee for the Republican Party in the 2012 general election, is a descendant of Archibald Newell Hill and his first wife, Isabella Hood Hill. Archibald and Isabella were Scots living in Canada when they met two missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Samuel Lake and James Standing. The Hill family joined the Church and set out for Nauvoo and then started west with the Saints. Isabella died at Winter Quarters. Archibald set off across the plains and his sisters took his three small children, Samuel, Hannah, and Rebecca, to the Salt Lake Valley. Archibald later remarried (several times) and had a large family.

Standing, left to right: Archibald Newell Hill, Samuel Hood Hill. Seated, left to right: Hannah Hood Hill Romney, Rebecca Hood Hill Pettit.

I have wondered a time or two if it could have ever crossed the mind of Archibald and Isabella as they left Scotland, and then as they left Canada for the United States that theirs would be an integral part of the American dream: immigrants leaving old Europe and establishing a home in America and having their descendants become doctors and lawyers and professors and governors and even a possible president of the United States.

Romney's descendancy is:

Archibald and Isabella Hill

Hannah Hood Hill Romney

Gaskell Romney

George Wilcken Romney

Willard Mitt Romney

Our line is:

Archibald and Isabella Hill

Rebecca Hood Hill Pettit

Mary Isabell Pettit Green

Lucile Green Glade

Beverly Glade Wessman

This means that Grandma Beverly was a third cousin to the current candidate.

I personally find this relation only mildly interesting since Romney, being descended as he is from Archibald Hill, Miles Romney, Parley P. Pratt, Charles Wilcken, and others (see my Brief Guide to Mitt Romney's Polygamous Heritage) probably has many tens of thousands of cousins in the Church today, and it's neither rare nor novel to be related to him.

Note: I have extensive materials about Archibald and Isabella Hill and their families. They lived fascinating and complicated lives, but for a variety of reasons I will probably not get around to blogging about them until next year.

Another Guest Post: Eminent Women: Isabell Romney Platt and Charlotte von Schiller

The next post in the Eminent Women series is about Isabell Hill Romney Platt. Isabell was the daughter of Miles Park Romney and Hannah Hood Hill Romney.

Hannah Hood Hill Romney was the sister of Rebecca Hood Hill Pettit. The two sisters were close their entire lives and despite great distances, they were able to spend a good amount of time with each other. After Hannah left Mexico, she lived with Rebecca a couple of times. I wish we had their correspondence!

Isabell Hill Romney Platt was named after her grandmother, Isabell(a) Hood Hill. To connect her to our family line, Isabell was the first cousin of Mary Isabell Pettit Green. Isabell Romney Platt's children were second cousins to our great-grandmother, Lucile Green Glade.

And I'm sure by now everyone is dying to know, during this curious election season, how all these people are connected to the presumptive Republican nominee, Mitt Romney.

Miles Park Romney was a polygamist. He had five wives and thirty children. His first wife was Hannah Hood Hill. Isabell Hill Romney was Miles and Hannah's first child, born while Miles was in England on a mission. One of Isabell's younger brothers, Gaskell, also a son of Hannah Hill Romney, is Mitt Romney's grandfather. This makes Mitt Romney a third cousin of grandma Beverly. (And now you know.)

So, head over to Keepapitchinin to read about Isabell Hill Romney Platt, and the woman whose temple work she did.

All I Want for Christmas...

Salt Lake City

I 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.

From

Lucy Lucile Green

Don'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.

Henry Green: 1921 to 1929

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. By now, they had an automobile. Lucille and Mildred remember the flashy “Stutz” (racing) sports car with red seats, and later a new Ford touring sedan with window flaps which they drove on a trip to southern Utah. When Mildred was learning how to drive, she knew how to start the car, but not how to stop it, and consequently ran through the garage. Harry hardly ever lost his temper, but he did this time, and it was bad! He was usually very pleasant and mild-mannered, and had a typical English sense of humor, except when teased about his accent. His children loved him and wanted to please him. He only had to say, “I would like you to do so and so,” and they would do it.

The younger children went to Lowell School. May started there. Mildred, fifteen, had her choice of attending East or West High Schools. She started at West, but under pressure from Lucile and young Harry, she switched to the new East High School. Once Harry, Lucile and Mildred thought it would be good to have an apartment. When they told their dad, he broke down and sobbed, so they changed their minds and stayed at home.

Harry met Lucy Coleman Hart, whom he fell in love with; they were married July 19, 1922. Lucile had some good jobs as secretary. On a trip to Yellowstone, she met William Lester Glade, through her aunt May Green. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple on June 6, 1923, and had a reception at the home on “F” Street.

The married children and grandchildren often came to the home on “F” Street, always gathering for Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. There are many happy memories: delicious turkey dinners in the large dining room, after-dinner games of Pit, Touring, and Knucks-Up around the table, huge Christmas trees with a village around the bottom which got more elaborate each year. The grandchildren loved to watch Jack building his boat for Great Salt Lake.

Harry did very well with his business. He was elected president of the National Association of Master Plumbers, and traveled to New York and elsewhere for conventions. Once he went to a convention in Galveston, Texas, and brought back a book on the famous flood of 1900.

Active in the 20th Ward, he was counselor in the High Priests Quorum. Eliza worked in the Relief Society and sang in the Singing Mothers. They had many friends and were very happy there.

In 1926, Harry bought a large ranch at Widstoe, Utah, not far from Bryce Canyon, in partnership with a Mr. Kimball. They schemed to make a fortune growing lettuce, planning on the railroad going through there. He worked hard for weeks at a time at it. He wrote, “I am working harder and putting in longer hours than I have done in my life before.” In spite of his great efforts, the ranch was not successful.

On May 19, 1927, Mildred married Ray Noble. They went to get their marriage license on their lunch break and, on the spur of the moment, decided to get married then, too. When she finally told her parents, they were so shocked that they started to cry. Harry made the most of it, though, and invited the family for ice cream to celebrate.

While in high school, Bert married beautiful, auburn-haired Glacia (Glay) Squires. She was a talented pianist. They lived at home for a while.

Photo of the 1914 Stutz Bearcat from Wikipedia.

The Winder Family

Here are a few more pictures of some Green relatives from the family album.

 Ned and Gwen Winder wedding, 1948.

Ned and Gwen Winder wedding, 1948.

Marjorie Glade (Dalgleish) at the Winder wedding.

This photo is labeled as "Jay and Eva Layton at Winder Wedding."

Ted Winder, 1949.

Christmas Greeting, 1951. (?)

Manti Temple Trip, 1958 or 1959. From left: John Wessman, Ned Winder, Gwen Winder.

Lucy Lucile Green Glade, Part 12

On February 14, 1980, we [Beverly and John] invited Lucile for dinner as it was Valentine’s Day. We had a nice time eating and visiting. Richard and his family came with valentines. Mother was tired so Richard took her home. He walked her into the house and kissed her goodnight. [Beverly's hand-written note on the history adds “(Two kisses!)”]

The following morning John and I went for a walk and got back after 8:00. The phone rang and John answered. It was Hyrum telling us to come immediately as mother was dying. The paramedics were there working to revive her. She was on the kitchen floor and I was immediately impressed that she was gone. Bob and Loa Don arrived. The paramedics said that she should be taken to the hospital. We called Dr. Hamer Reiser, her doctor and a friend of John’s and mine. He met us at the LDS hospital. He pronounced her dead. The death certificate said “cardiac arrest.”

She never doubted or lost her faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Redeemer. She always said she was destined to raise her family in the Kingdom, and knew she was blessed to survive typhoid. She acknowledged after Lester got lymphatic leukemia that the Lord blessed him to remain eight years to be with her. She never complained in those years but was grateful to be able to take care of him at home.

They had a good life together 28 years. She lived 28 years as a widow and died in the home that she and Lester planned together and moved into ten months after their marriage.

Lucile and her sister Leone.

 Lester and Lucile, 1922.

The Glade Family: Bob, Beverly, Lucile, Lester, Marjorie. About 1944.

Lucile. She loved wearing multi-colored jewelry.

Lucile in her later years.

This history was written by Lucile Green Glade and Beverly Glade Wessman and edited by Amy Tanner Thiriot, July 1998.

Lucy Lucile Green Glade, Part 11

 

John and Beverly's Wedding, 1944. Bob, Marjorie, Beverly, Lester, Lucile.

Lucile had a group of friends from University Mothers Club who bowled together and once a month Saturday afternoon cards. Lucile was a very good bowler and received many awards. She was a hospital volunteer “Pink Lady” once a week. During World War II she went to work for the Selective Service as an office worker. It was about this time in 1943 that her husband Lester was diagnosed with lymphatic leukemia.

Marjorie, Ann, and Lucile, August 1946. 
Thanks to Judy and Ann, the dog is fondly remembered as Ginger.

She was a tour guide at the Lion House in Salt Lake City. Dad and Mother went to the Highland Stake Dance for years. They were formal dances at the Edgehill Ward Gym with a live band. They traveled together on some of Lester’s business trips to the East and West Coast....

Roger, Lucile, and Ann, Summer 1948.

Lucile became Relief Society President after Lester died. She served under Bishop Preston Parkinson. She was a good leader, good organizer, considerate, kind and a tireless worker. She served about three years. She also taught Sunday School for several years. She enjoyed church work and was faithful to her callings.

Lucile Glade, Gwen Winder, Ned Winder, 1957.

Our home was clean and neat. Mother and Dad loved beautiful things in their home. It was nicely furnished. They upgraded the kitchen with additional cupboards, new stove and sink and refrigerator. Her working area was small but always clean and neat. She enjoyed entertaining and was very proficient. Her food was delicious and looked appetizing. She served 5 to 35 with calmness and smiles.

Lucile and Ann, 1945.

Mother always kept herself looking clean and neat. She wore makeup and had her hair fixed. She made many of her own clothes. She was an excellent seamstress and made lovely clothes. She used to sew for Marjorie and Beverly. She was still telling us what to wear as teenagers. We had other ideas but somehow always wore her choice until we made our own money and then did our own shopping. Lucile enjoyed hand work of all kinds. She was a very good quilter, knitted, crocheted, embroidery, anything with her hands. She was always exacting, artistic and diligent. She loved to make Christmas special with a gift to each one in the family. She was very thoughtful of birthday gifts to each. As she got older she would visit and do up some dishes or help in some way. She always had dinner at Marge’s or Bev’s on Sunday.

Lucile with her family, 1960.
Front row: Vicki Dalgleish, Rebecca Glade, David Wessman, Craig Wessman.
Middle row: Tami Dalgleish, Marjorie Glade Dalgleish, Scott Dalgleish,
Lucile Glade, Charlotte Glade, Bob Glade, Robin Glade, Loa Don Glade.
Back Row: Beverly Glade Wessman, Ann Wessman, John Wessman, Roger Wessman,
Richard Wessman. Hyrum Dalgleish was the photographer.

Lucile and grandchildren, November 1966.
Front Row: Danny Glade, Mark Wessman, Lucile Glade, Paul Dalgleish, Marie
Wessman
Middle row of children: Robin Glade, Vicki Dalgleish, Rebecca Glade,
Charlotte Glade, Danny Glade or Scott Dalgleish, Tami Dalgleish.
Back row: Richard Wessman, Ann Wessman, James Tanner.

When Bev and John had prospects of five missionaries she thought teaching people to gold leaf would be a good income to send the boys on missions. She got support from Marge and Hye and Bob and LoaDon and Lucile. We each put in $100 and Lucile $200. Glade Specialties was born. Mother was anxious to help and she did help. She saw all nine of her grandsons go on missions. She went on buying trips to California with us. She worked at the shop, painted, gold leafed, cleaned. She was always helping even to buying a Dees hamburger for us for lunch very often.

Lester and Lucile in Hawaii.

Lucile and Lester had some nice vacations together. Their last one was to Hawaii. Dad wasn’t well but it was worthwhile to visit the romantic, beautiful isles together. This was in October 1951. Robert was on a mission to the Central States. Dad passed away the next June.

Lucile and Lester were very compatible. They treated each other with respect and love and were thoughtful of each other. Lester broke away from ZCMI wholesale hardware manager and became a sales representative. He did very well. The war changed things as manufacturing of metal hardware was slowed down but his account with Boyle Manufacturing and U.S. Steel made good money because they had government contracts and stayed active in manufacturing. Dad sold all he could get. Mother always tried to get Dad to take an office downtown but he liked working out of the home.

The ship's passenger list for Lucile's 1953 trip to Europe.

A Queen Elizabeth II coronation postcard from Lucile's trip to England in 1953.

Pisa, April 23, 1953. Women identified as Mrs. Rasmusson, Mrs. Ralphs, Mrs. Thurman, Mrs. Skeen, Mrs. Glade, Mrs. Sandberg. (Did they call each other "Mrs."?)

Lucile made the best of her time no matter what the circumstances. After Dad’s death she went to Europe on a tour with Clawson Travel. It was about this time that travel tours got going well. From then on she went on smaller trips. She even worked for Chi Tours and took a tour group to Hawaii for Chi. Her friendly spirit and efficiency in organizing and taking responsibility so well made her well-suited for this type of work.

Lucile's tour to Hawaii with Chi Tours.

Lucile always was faithful to the Savior’s teachings. She attended her meetings and supported the authorities. She paid a full tithe all her life. She was very kind and thoughtful of others. We truly loved her and admire her for her strength, physically, morally and mentally. She lived a good life and was good to everyone, especially her family.

To be continued...

Lucy Lucile Green Glade, Part 10

 Lucile, Richard and Lester.

In 1943 Lester was diagnosed as having lymphatic leukemia. Dr. Bennion and Dr. Wintrobe [1] tried all kinds of treatments. Dr. Wintrobe experimented with mustard gas for controlling the white cell count. It did diminish the white count for a time but it was not a cure. The best thing was to have blood transfusions. Bob gave the first one. Lester had a total of 107 transfusions. The last year before he died he had 87 transfusions, which all had to be replaced. There were so many kind people that donated blood especially from the Wasatch Ward.

Lester and Lucile, 1951.

The days lengthened into years that Lucile took Lester to the doctors or hospital. She always encouraged him and tried to talk very positively. During part of the time Lester was so ill, Lucile made a beautiful oval rug out of maroon and beige yarn with rose and yellow flowers. Dad enjoyed watching this process go on day by day. Lucile always kept her hands busy. It was her therapy during the last year of Lester’s life.

The following pictures are from Lucile and Lester's trip to Hawaii in 1951.

Robert went to the Central States Mission in 1950. It pleased Lester so much that he lived to see his son Bob go on a mission. Then he was living to see him finish his mission. In February 1952 Lester was in the LDS Hospital in critical condition. Robert came home from the mission field to see his father for the last time. When Bob walked into the room Lester opened his eyes and said, “Bob, what are you doing home from the mission field?” Bob replied, “I came home to see you, Dad.” Lester said, “But I want you to stay in the mission field!”

Lester and Bob.

Bob and Uncle Harvey, Lester’s brother gave Lester a blessing. Lester rallied so Bob went back to the mission field. Bob finished his mission in June and returned home ten days before Lester passed away on June 18, 1952.

To be continued...

[1] Maxwell Wintrobe (1901-1986) was an authority in the field of hematology. He came from Johns Hopkins to work at the College of Medicine at the University of Utah. I have not been able to identify Dr. Bennion.