(by Marjorie Ward) It was a beautiful day in May, the sun was shining brightly, and everything seemed to call one out to enjoy the fragrance of the early spring flowers. I put on my had and went for a walk. As I was passing my grandmother’s house, something seemed to call me inside. Her house was a log one built in …
Remembering: Those were the days
(Notes on the life of John Illum, by himself) (Editor’s Note: This article was submitted and edited by Steve Illum. He would enjoy any comments. Send them to him at: 4826 S. Farm Road 141, Springfield, MO. 65810. Note to Publisher: The author, John Illum, is deceased.) Enroute from Denmark to America, I celebrated my seventh birthday aboard …
Life History of James Parry Harrison
By His Daughter, Nora Harrison Williams My father, James Parry Harrison, was born on 22 January 1846 in London, England. He was the first son of James Hobday Harrison and Angelina Parry, and the fifth child. He had 10 brothers and sisters as follows: (1) Sarah Ann, b. 20 July 1840, d. 5 July 1904; …
Charles Hartley
(Picture of Charles Hartley) Charles Hartley was born on 29 September 1817, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. According to the records that are available, there were many Hartleys settled in this part of the country. Little is known of Charles Hartley’s early life. He was a stonemason by trade and worked at Liverpool. It was in Liverpool that he …
Charles Richard Hartley
Charles Richard Hartley was born at Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, 22 November 1851, a son of Charles Hartley and Eliza Horne. When about five years of age, he came to America with his parents, brothers and one sister. There were nine children in the family. Born Died William 3 Sept 1841 Liverpool, Eng. 8 Dec …
Charles Richard Hartley – Sariah Cooper Hartley
By Olive Irene Hartley Fredrickson (Picture of Sariah Cooper Hartley) (Picture of Charles Richard Hartley) My father and mother both came from England with their parents at an early age. Their parents had joined the L.D.S. Church in England. Father was born at Wakefield, Yorkshire, on November 22, 1851. Mother was born at Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, …
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Life History of Ernest Hartley
(Before he was married) I, Mabel Marietta Hancock Hartley, wife of Ernest Hartley, am writing this short account of my husband’s life that I remember. I can’t seem to glean much from his two sisters and one brother that are still alive. Ernest was born in Rockland, Idaho, 13 May 1894. He was the tenth child of …
The Life of Richard Hartley
Route #6 Nampa, Idaho (as told to his son, Leonard LaMar Hartley, Sr.) My father’s parents were Charles Henry Hartley and Eliza Horne, who came to America from England with their own families in about 1855. Among those in his family was my father, Charles Richard Hartley, age eight. My mother, Sariah Cooper, came in …
James Richards Hawkins and William Edward Hawkins
At Nottinghill, Kensington, England, On January 31, 1844, James Richard Hawkins and his wife Ann Aewell were rejoicing over the arrival of their baby son. They named him William Edward Hawkins and he grew to be a fine, industrious young lad. These good people became members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. When the boy was …
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Mary Jane John Hawkley
Mrs. Mary Jane Hawkley, daughter of Thomas John and Margaret Thomas, was born November 18, 1856 in Pembrokeshire, Wales. She was the youngest of nine children, five boys and four girls. All of the family except the oldest daughter immigrated to Utah, October 17, 1862. In their native land, they had listened to the L.D.S. missionaries, were converted and baptized and …