As we celebrate this Christmas Season with our families, let’s take a moment to remember our ancestors and their sacrifice to provide for the great life we enjoy today. Merry Christmas, one and all. – Hugh
“Butch pulled some strings, and Elzy was released from prison in New Mexico before Christmas that year (1905). In the spring of 1906 Elzy come here to Baggs looking for Butch, but he had gone back to South America. Elzy was using the name Maginnis when he come here – everybody called him Mae -but he went back to his own name after a while. He bought up the old Bulldog Saloon and ran it up until the time he married one of the Calvert girls (Mary). They had two children by the time he moved away from Boggs…”
Undoubtedly Joseph Smith, Sr., influenced Edwin’s decision to be baptized. It was cold and blustery on Christmas Eve, 1837 when Edwin joined the Church. On Christmas day he was ordained a high priest and set apart to preside over the East Rochester branch.
They became acquainted with a dear friend, John Stock, who lived in Port Elizabeth and who used to make a practice of visiting them about Christmas time every year; he affected their lives more than anyone whom they had ever met. Brother Stock had met the Mormon Elders and had been converted to the Mormon Church. He endeavored to convert brother and sister Bodily to his faith, but was unable to do so at this time.
There we moved Provo valley now known as Wasatch County. There were 28 families here then, John and Sarah Lee had 12 children born to them 4 boys and 8 girls. There home was the first one with a fireplace and chimney in when finished. She was a midwife. At Christmas they had the first party in the valley. In the summer Sarah gather ground cherries and dried them, in the fall she made syrup from beets and at Christmas time she preserved the dried ground cherries in the beet syrup and made a pudding for Christmas desert.
For a number of year’s, I was interested in model railroad building. It began when Irene was just a baby-about 15 months old. We were in Sears shopping for toys for the first time. We came to a model train which was running. As we watched I said, “Let’s buy her this.” Muriel decided that I had always wanted an electric train but had never had one. On Christmas morning I received a special present. It was the electric train set.
Lacy Loviar Jones Roper History
With the return of Ross, the family was reunited and happy. Ross again worked wherever he could find work. He again helped build a canal but the company financing the construction went broke, and Ross was unable to secure all his wages. Christmas that year was not very cheerful because the family had no money for presents.
Ross and Lacy’s last child, another son, was born Christmas morning 1932. He was born in the home with only Ross and a neighbor attending. This Christmas child was a real joy to them and they were happy for him. Their dream of a large family was now completed. Even though many had made uncomplimentary remarks about the large family, still Ross and Lacy were happy for each one and did all they could to make each one fell wanted and happy. At this time their first-born was almost 21 years of age.
Anna Hypolita Eilersen Hansen History
After harvest each year, her parents bought two or three hundred geese and fattened them on the leavings from the harvest. These were sold at Christmas-time for a nice profit. The down and feathers were put to good use in feather beds for the family.
In 1880, Robert Bodily gave William Reynolds fourty acres of land for a mill site, upon which the first flour mill in Ashley Valley was built. William P. Reynolds, father of William G. and Bob (Beldon) Reynolds moved here and assisted with the building of the Reynolds mill, which was completed with one room by Christmas, 1880. Martin Oaks hauled all of the logs and Jesse McCarrell and G.W. Vangundy were two of the carpenters. The two burrs which had been used for the Ashley Center the previous winter were moved to the new mill site and used until new machinery could be installed.
They dug several hundred feet and received their pay, then the company began to pay irregularly and finally just before Christmas, with the company owing the men several hundred dollars they announced they had gone broke and there would be no more money. The men had put all their own surplus money into the digging operation so they were left in difficult financial circumstances. Ross and Lacy explained the problem to their children and they had a very meager Christmas that year.
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