Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWZ4-S91
• Bopæl: 1920, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA

Notater:

A short life sketch of Joseph Roy Hilton, Senior

His parents and siblings, Uncles and Aunts called him Joe Roy, but professionally and in the church he was called Joe. His wife, Wanda called him Joe too when she wasn't calling him some tender nickname like Dear, Sweetheart, Man-O-Mine, etc. He was named after two uncles who were serving in the military during World War I, one Joseph and one Roy. When he was born on April 16, 1919 his parents thankful that both were alive and well named him Joseph Roy in celebration. Joe Roy was the second child, both sons, of Eugene Hilton and Ruth Naomi Savage. They went on to have a total of seven sons before finally producing a daughter as the eighth child.

Joe Roy was born in Lehi, Utah and lived in Utah, Idaho, Arizona and finally California where his father settled. Joe Roy carried newspapers for the Oakland Shopping News and received their scholarship for his good service. He was also an Eagle Scout, one of the first in California. He was a Sea Scout and sailed on San Francisco bay with his brothers in their small sailboat named Itsy Maru.

Joe Roy was always a sober young man, but had many friends and was pretty normal growing up in the depression years. His father got a doctorate in Education from the University California and was employed with the Oakland School System and so provided a good living for the large family. Joe Roy liked mechanical things, he tinkered with and repaired cars and helped his father with modifications and additions to their home. He went to the University of California and received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering with a Phi Beta Kappa award.

Joe Roy's father was a local leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was a bishop of the Dimond Ward and president of the Oakland Stake for many years during which time it was the largest stake in the church. So it was not unexpected that Joe Roy served a mission. He was called originally to Germany, but due to the Second World War hostilities he was sent to the Central States Mission. While in the Mission Home in Salt Lake City he met a fellow missionary named Wanda Fullmer. In those days it was acceptable for those in the mission home to socialize and Joe Roy and Wanda went on a couple of dates. They both went to the same mission but never crossed paths during their missionary service. But on the way out they sat together on the train and Joe Roy remembered Wanda singing so beautifully that his heart was hers from then on. They were married shortly after his return.

Wanda had come home after 18 months of service as a Sister Missionary and had gone to her home in Sugar City, Idaho, where she felt rather provincial and unsophisticated. When Joe Roy was released after 2 years he traveled straight to see Wanda even before coming home to Oakland. While there he proposed to her and she accepted, feeling like a commoner who had a prince fall in love with her and was going to take her to his castle and a life of royal privilege. He went home and told his parents, they all drove out to Salt Lake City to meet Wanda who came with her mother for the wedding which occurred on October 28, 1941.

Back in California Joe Roy and Wanda set up housekeeping with Joe Roy studying at UC. He had been in ROTC and so was able to get a commission in the Navy. He was fortunate enough to get an assignment in Naval Intelligence based on Treasure Island in San Francisco bay, so he was able to come home every night and sleep in his own bed for the duration of the war. A wonderful blessing when so many were enduring such hardship and danger.

They had their first child, Joseph Roy Junior and second, Stephen Homer and third, Susanne before Joe Roy graduated from UC. They lived in Berkeley and Albany while a student and when Joe Roy was employed by Standard Oil Company of California in San Francisco they moved to the East Bay suburb of Pleasant Hill into a new house in the subdivision named Sherman Acres.

While there Joe Roy was called to be the first bishop of the newly formed Pleasant Hill ward. He went on to be bishop for 9 years, after his release he held the position of Priest's adviser for a short time then a member of the High Council for a couple of years. He became counselor to President Norman Creer and in time was called as the President of the Walnut Creek Stake, a position he held for 11 years.

They moved from Pleasant Hill to Walnut Creek and remained in their second Walnut Creek home until they moved to Provo, Utah in 1979.

He and Wanda eventually had 7 children, Joseph Roy Junior, Stephen Homer, Susanne, Karen Louise, Barbara, Thomas Samuel Eugene and William Robert. Barbara was born with a congenital defect eventually diagnosed as Rubensteins Syndrome which resulted in her development to about age 5 mentally and additional physical and mental limitations. Barbara was placed in shelter homes when she got older as a way of giving her social and educational opportunities, but it also gave Wanda needed respite and freedom from the daily needs of a handicapped child. Joe Roy said it was entirely his decision to do this, he did not want Wand a to have to feel any responsibility for shirking her motherly duties.

The greatest tragedy of their lives was when their youngest, William Robert “Billy” died as a result of injuries received on a church snow tubing outing in February 1971. Wanda never was at peace for the rest of her life and grieved continually and deeply for Billy. Joe Roy, however apparently was able to accept the loss as God's will and as difficult as it was, he was able to continue to function quite normally with this peace of acceptance.

He had a successful career with Standard Oil as a pump specialist and turbine engineer. He was called upon to travel worldwide for Standard Oil. He went to Pascagoula, Mississippi on many occasions, to Italy, South America and other places in his work assignments. He related how he turned down promotions because he felt they would compromise his ability to devote needed time to his church assignments.

As a provider he was never wealthy, but always had sufficient for his family's needs. With his church and work assignments his time at home was precious and his children did not see him very much. When his oldest were in high school he decided to make time to be with each child on a Tuesday night for an hour when he would take one to a local hamburger joint and allow them to order anything at all they wanted, a tremendous extravagance for a child of the Great Depression.

In late 1971 Joe Roy was diagnosed with multiple myeloma bone cancer and this eventually took his life. He was able to deal with it well for 15 years. During which time he was placed on long term disability from Standard Oil. He and Wanda determined to move to Provo, Utah which they did in 1979. They lived there serving in the Temple and in a local bishopric until his death in 1985. He served his family and local neighbors as much as his health would allow and was beloved of all who knew him. He was a Sealer in the Provo Temple and a Seminary teacher at Barbara's shelter home in Lindon, Utah.

An experience he records in his journal which shows his faith and closeness to his Father in Heaven is as follows. “I have felt that the Lord has been in charge- that he has a plan for my life. I still feel that way and wish to cooperate with His plan. I will record here what happened to me one night the latter part of 1972 or early 1973. I was having lots of pain with my back as a result of the cancer attack. I had been blessed often and prayed always. This night- about 3 am I was awake with lots of pain and so I prayed a simple prayer, 'Dear Heavenly Father. If possible, please take this pain away or lessen it so I can get some rest. I ask it in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.' Right after this prayer all the pain went away. I was joyfully surprised. I wondered if something had gone wrong with my nerves so I pinched myself and found my nerves were okay. I looked around the room and made sure I was awake. I wiggled to see if a little change of position would make a difference. It didn't. The pain was really gone. I lay in bed grinning and saying, 'Thank you Heavenly Father.' Then the pain started to come back and as it did so the words came into my mind, 'I have heard you, my son, but your plan is not my plan.' The pain thereafter was easier to bear and subsequently the very hard pain was stopped by cobalt radiation which killed the malignant cells which were causing collapse of a vertebra in my back. Since that night I have felt it was the Lord's program and I have been pleased to cooperate with it. I think he expects me to do all I intelligently can to take care of myself and be righteously useful in the earth. I will continue to do this and accept with great peace the Lord's plan for my life.”

Another choice experience that illustrates his spiritual preparation is as follows. Related by second son Stephen. “When Joe Roy was on his deathbed in the University of Utah Medical Center, his wife and all his children except Barbara were in the room. I was next to his head and was attempting to speak peace to him. It occurred to me that he might be concerned or even fearful at the approach of death and so I asked him if he was afraid. He was very weak and could not speak above a faint whisper but upon my question, his eyes flew open in obvious surprise and he beckoned for me to bend down by his mouth. As I did he whispered with all the intensity he could muster, 'This is the greatest adventure of my life!' That is the last thing I remember that he spoke directly to me, soon he lapsed into a coma and he passed away peacefully a few hours later. I have never forgotten his conviction and the confidence and peace it gave him at the critical times of his life. May I be able to do the same.”

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWCW-QWC
• Dåb: 12 nov. 1897
• Bopæl: 1920, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA
• Bopæl: 1935, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA
• Bopæl: 1940, Oakland, Alameda, California, USA

Notater:

Eugene Hilton was born in the town of Virgin, Utah, November 12th, 1889. His first ten years were spent in Virgin and then the family moved with all their belongings in the family wagon to Church Farm. A few years later that area was renamed Abraham, Utah.

The years at Church Farm were difficult ones. Eugene remembered that it was necessary to dilute the milk with water in order to have enough for the whole family of eleven children. A few years later they moved a short distance to Hinckley which became the permanent headquarters for the Hilton family.

Eugene had a thirst for knowledge and education. He loved school. At one point in his young adult life he was working his way through school at the Brigham Young Academy in Provo when he received a message that he had to come home to help on the family farm. Reluctantly he left the B.Y.A. and returned home.

It was uncommon for young men of Hinckley, Utah to go on missions. So it was rather a special event when Eugene was called at age 24, to serve a mission for the Church in the Eastern States Mission. He had a very successful mission. His last duty was that of Conference President of the East Pennsylvania Conference, covering most of the eastern part of that state, including Philadelphia.

A very providential event took place at that time. He was asked to stay on an extra three months, making it a 27 month mission, to continue his administration of that Conference in Philadelphia. During that three month extension the first two lady missionaries were called to serve in the Eastern States Mission. He had the duty to meet and orient them and assign them to their duties. There was one sister from Idaho and Sister Ruth Naomi Savage from Woodruff, Arizona. A few months later Eugene was honorably released and returned home to finish his high school education. He circumspectly corresponded with Sister Savage throughout the duration of Ruth Naomi's mission. She returned home from her mission just in time for April Conference in Salt Lake City and Eugene was waiting at the train station. The first day after her return she accepted his proposal for marriage.

Eugene and Ruth were both outstanding missionaries and were married in the St. George temple, as both of their parents had been, on September 28, 1916.

Their love of education made their first step quite clear - obviously they must go back to Provo and complete his academic work. These were happy days that included playing the trombone in the dance band, serving as class president and participating on the debating team.

The church encouraged Eugene to take a position to open the seventh seminary of the Church, in Lehi, Utah. Off to Lehi they went. Next he was drafted by the Church to open the seminary work in Blackfoot, Idaho. Then back to Salt Lake for an assignment on the faculty of the LDS University with a calling to serve on the General Sunday School Board. They had a lovely brick home and settled into what looked like a permanent home.

But the Church had need of a strong administrator to get accreditation for the Church College (Gila College) in Thatcher, Arizona, and Eugene was tapped for the job. So in their model "7" they went all the way to southern Arizona where he served as President of the College. Among the happy memories of those days were the occasions when Eugene was called upon to sing in Church or in the Rotary Club. The Stake Clerk, Spencer W. Kimball, usually accompanied him.

During their Salt Lake years, he had earned his Master's Degree at the University of Utah. With Ruth’s encouragement they decided to go all the way for a doctorate. So they moved to Berkeley, California and Eugene was successful in earning his third academic degree as a Doctor of Education. His Doctoral dissertation was accorded unusual recognition and when the University elected to publish it in book form, a rather special acknowledgment of an outstanding dissertation. That was 1930; in that same year he took a position with the Oakland Public School District as Superintendent of Social Studies. He spent his entire professional career in the Oakland School System with several important responsibilities, including principal.

Those Oakland years were also busy for Eugene and he liked to reflect back on those years as he states it, as the "wearing of four hats".

His first hat was the calling from which he would never be released, that of husband and father. He expressed great gratitude in noting that each of the eight children completed a mission for the Church, each was married in the Temple, and each of the boys graduated from college. His second hat was that of professional educator in his work in social studies, teaching and school administration.

The third hat that he wore was that of author. He wrote and published many articles as well as ten books. These covered a variety of subjects-religion, history and civics. The most notable was a two volume work, "Problems and Values of Today" for which Eugene received a four thousand dollar prize from the Atlantic Monthly. Four thousand dollars seemed like a fortune in the 1930's.

Ruth was also an accomplished author and had several articles published in the Improvement Era, the Woman’s Journal and the Relief Society Journal.

Eugene’s fourth hat was that of tireless Church worker. He served as a counselor in the Stake Presidency, followed by twelve years as Stake president. During that time the Oakland Stake became the largest stake in the Church. He later served as a Patriarch and Temple Sealer.

Ruth also loved the church and never refused a call to serve. A partial list of her Church callings includes seven ward or stake relief society presidencies, stake literary leader and three years of service as an Ordinance Worker in the Los Angeles and Oakland Temples.

Throughout their life Eugene and Ruth loved sharing the word of the Restoration. Their first mission together was right after Eugene’s retirement in l96l when they served a proselyting mission in Scotland. This was later followed by two academic missions at the Church Colleges in Hawaii and New Zealand. Eugene drew on his experiences at Gila colleges to perform the same task in Laie, Hawaii, getting the academic accreditation for the Church College.

After their third mission, they purchased a beautiful home a half block from the Oakland Temple and settled in for what they thought would be the golden years of Temple work. They were both ordained as ordinance workers in the Oakland Temple where Dad also worked as Sealer. That dream was interrupted by the passing of Ruth.

It was not too many months thereafter that Eugene rediscovered the biblical truth that "It is not good for man to be alone". His path then crossed that of Ruth Catherine. She had lost her husband Jim and it was a beautiful opportunity for the two of them to spend their later years together.

They loved each other and both peacefully ended their mortal probation with their eyes firmly fixed on the Lord Jesus Christ.

Eugene blev gift med Ruth Naomi Savage den 28 sep. 1916 i St George, Washington, Utah, USA. Ruth (datter af Levi Mathers Savage og Hannah Adeline Hatch) blev født den 10 jul. 1891 i Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, USA; døde den 8 apr. 1969 i Oakland, Alameda, California, USA; blev begravet den 14 apr. 1969 i Memory Gardens Cemetery, Concord, Contra Costa, California, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWCW-QW8
• Bopæl: Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona, USA
• Dåb: 10 jul. 1899
• Bopæl: 1900, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, USA
• Bopæl: 1910, Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona, USA
• Bopæl: 1920, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA; 395 North Center Street, Lehi, Utah
• Bopæl: 1930, Alameda, California, USA
• Bopæl: 1935
• Bopæl: 1940, Oakland, Alameda, California, USA

Notater:

Ruth Naomi was born in Snowflake, Arizona on July 10, 1891. At the tender age of three months she moved with her family to the nearby town of Woodruff where her father was called to be the first Bishop.

Ruth had a happy childhood in the town of Woodruff despite the very humble circumstances of the two dozen families that made up that small community. Seventeen times they dammed up the Little Colorado to obtain irrigation water and seventeen times the dam was destroyed. But they were all there on a mission and did not know the meaning of the words "give up”. Today a beautiful, permanent concrete dam controls the Little Colorado River.

In 1906 Ruth completed the district school and then went off to the Snowflake Academy where she was an outstanding high school student during the years of 1907- 1909. She then went to Thatcher, Arizona where she lived awhile with her older sister, Alivinia. Her studies there included the subject of public speaking. This course brought out her great native talent and she has thrilled innumerable audiences throughout her life with her unusual skills of elocution.

In 1912 she went to Los Angeles with her "dearest friend" Mettie Peterson. She worked as a clerk in a department store and continued her studies at the Manual Arts High School. She had a straight "A" record and obtained her high school diploma. Most of the next two years were spent in teaching school, especially at Taylor, Arizona. During this time she managed to save five hundred dollars which proved to be adequate for her mission in the Eastern States.

Prior to her mission she received her temple endowments on May 29, 1914 in the Salt Lake Temple. She then reported to the mission home in Brooklyn, New York. After just one month she was assigned to the East Pennsylvania Conference with headquarters in Philadelphia. Ruth loved her mission; she wrote following in her journal.

This call to be a missionary, representing my Church was the beginning of one of the most outstanding experiences of my life. I loved the peoples my companions our President, the elders, the towns and cities of eastern part of our great land. In fact, all of it gave me a zest for living which cannot be told in words. I found that daily tracting could be a most glorious experience. I am still reaping an abundant return from the faith, study and personal work which I put into my mission.

Eugene and Ruth were both outstanding missionaries and were married in the St. George temple, as both of their parents had been, on September 28, 1916.

Their love of education made their first step quite clear - obviously they must go back to Provo and complete his academic work. These were happy days that included playing the trombone in the dance band, serving as class president and participating on the debating team.

These years were busy ones. Despite Ruth’s varied activities it was always clear that she regarded her calling as wife and mother as her top priority. She helped each child along the way and shared in their joy as each of them fulfilled a full time mission for the Church.

Ruth worked hard as a wife and a mother and always cheerfully did household jobs. She once wrote, “No matter what the task may be, if it's the thing which needs doing, I enjoy it. People who say. ‘Oh! I detest dishes’, or ‘I just can't do that’, or, ‘I wouldn’t think of doing that kind of work’, try my patience. If I need to scrub floors - then scrubbing goes and it can be just as dignified as anything else I might do. It seems to me that one loses dignity or social importance (whatever that may be) only by failing in one's obligations.”

Another role Ruth often found herself filling was that of a hostess. She wrote, “To [be a good hostess] is extremely satisfying. Not just greeting people with a smile or being a good conversationalist, but being able to sense the likes and dislikes of people. Make them feel easy. To be thoroughly unselfish in the how and wherefores of what goes on. To be able to plan and execute entertaining at home within the scope of her particular budget…To do this is one of the challenging, charming tasks of women.”

Ruth was an able seamstress and wrote that, “I began on the 4th of July that I was 13 years old to make my own dress and I made everything from then until I bore my 8th baby, except two suits and my coats.”

Most of Ruth’s accomplishments went unheralded but she did receive two significant recognitions. In 1961 she and her husband were invited to the Brigham Young University where they were given the "Joseph F. Smith Living Award." In 1966 her name was submitted by some friends to the "California Mother of the Year" contest. A lovely blind lady was chosen as Mother of the Year and Ruth Naomi was selected as Runner Up.

Ruth also loved the church and never refused a call to serve. A partial list of her Church callings includes seven ward or stake relief society presidencies, stake literary leader and three years of service as an Ordinance Worker in the Los Angeles and Oakland Temples.

Throughout their life Eugene and Ruth loved sharing the word of the Restoration. Their first mission together was right after Eugene’s retirement in l96l when they served a proselyting mission in Scotland. This was later followed by two academic missions at the Church Colleges in Hawaii and New Zealand. Eugene drew on his experiences at Gila colleges to perform the same task in Laie, Hawaii, getting the academic accreditation for the Church College.

After their third mission, they purchased a beautiful home a half block from the Oakland Temple and settled in for what they thought would be the golden years of Temple work. They were both ordained as ordinance workers in the Oakland Temple where Dad also worked as Sealer. That dream was interrupted by the passing of Ruth.

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• AFN: 1RR1-GP
• FSID: KW87-JPV
• Bopæl: Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona
• Bopæl: 1850, Great Salt Lake county, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory
• Bopæl: 1860, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, USA
• Bopæl: 1870, Toquerville, Kane, Utah Territory, United States
• Bopæl: 1880, Sunset, Apache, Arizona, United States
• _MILT: 28 okt. 1905, Navajo, Utah, United States

Notater:

Levi Mathers Savage, was born January 11, 1851. His mother Jane died when Levi Mathers was only eleven months old. His widower father, Levi Savage Jr. was called by President Brigham Young to go on a mission to Siam when Levi Mathers was not quite two years old. While his father was on his mission, young Levi stayed with his father's sister Hannah.

Hannah and her husband. Ira Eldredge. were very kind to the boy and some years later Levi Mathers stated, "she mothered me very carefully'. His record also notes: "I do not remember when my father started on his mission to Asia but I do remember well when he returned'. His father's return was in company with the Martin Handcart Company.

As a young adult Levi attended school in Salt Lake City and obtained his credential as a schoolteacher. He was a very literate person and had particularly beautiful penmanship.

Levi was married three times. His first wife was Marintha Wright. They were married October 6, 1874 and had three children. Unfortunately this marriage ended in divorce. His second wife was Lydia Hatch. They were married on December 24, 1879 and had six children. He subsequently took another wife, Lydia's younger sister, Hannah Adeline Hatch.

Levi Mathers provided for his large family primarily as a teacher. He taught all grades and all ages for all types of pay in several cities including Coalsville and Tocqueville, Utah and Sunset, Woodruff and Taylor, Arizona. He was County superintendent of Public Schools in Kane County, Utah, in 1876, and served for two years as principal of the Snowflake Academy in Arizona. He served in some position on local school boards most of his adult life.

Levi and Addie were both dedicated to the gospel. Levi served as Bishop of the United Order of Sunset (the United Order was later abandoned and became the Sunset Ward) for almost 7 years and was then called to be Bishop of Woodruff Ward for 27 years. This life-long work as Bishop was surely his great calling. In addition to his administrative responsibilities he was a powerful preacher of the truth. He spent his latter years working in the Salt Lake Temple.

There was considerable difficulty with reference to the practice of plural marriage in the United States and therefore the family heeded the advice of The Brethren and moved to Old Mexico in 1885. Her first baby, Alvenia, was born in a simple dug-out in Old Mexico. Adeline's mother, Catherine, managed to send her one and a half yards of muslin from which she fashioned a beautiful frock for the baby's blessing. Mexico was full of hardships. There was an unfriendly government, a diphtheria epidemic, and an earthquake.

He passed away on 15 Mar 1935.

Levi blev gift med Hannah Adeline Hatch den 28 sep. 1883 i St George Utah Temple, St George, Washington, Utah, USA. Hannah (datter af Lorenzo Hill Hatch og Catherine Anne Karren) blev født den 24 mar. 1867 i Franklin, Franklin, Idaho, USA; døde den 14 jun. 1916 i Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona, USA; blev begravet den 15 jun. 1916 i Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWDM-CR3
• Bopæl: 1870, Utah, USA
• Bopæl: 1880, Woodruff, Apache, Arizona, United States
• Bopæl: 1900, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, USA
• Bopæl: 1910, Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona, USA

Notater:

Hannah Adeline or "Addie," was born in Franklin, Idaho in 1867. Addie learned her three R's at home and had just three months of formal schooling. But she loved good books and read extensively. She was raised in a plural marriage household and developed a great respect for her father's other wives and her many step-brothers and sisters. The evidence all indicates that it was a triple home of love and happiness. She had a generally happy childhood and often went to her play house, made in the willows along the river bank.

She had a very serious nearly fatal accident at the age of four. The family was building a rock house at the time and there was a large lime pit. As the workmen were passing near the lime pit, an Indian spied the tip of a calico apron protruding above the surface of the white lime. He pulled on it and found that Addie had become completely immersed in the lime. He shouted the alarm and she was rescued. Many hands cleaned the lime from her eyes~ nose, and mouth. It was a frightful experience that left her upper respiratory tract somewhat damaged for a number of years with more than her share of respiratory illnesses each winter.

In 1875, Bishop Hatch was called to leave Franklin and go to Arizona. He took Catherine and several of their children but little Addie had to stay in Idaho because of her frail health. Two years later she was able to join with her family in Arizona. Her father served as a counselor in the Stake Presidency in Arizona and her mother Catherine served as the first Relief Society President of Woodruff, Arizona. Addie was known as a very competent seamstress and pattern maker. She sang in the ward choir and was said to have an unusually clear soprano voice.

On September 28, 1883 she became the plural wife of Levi Mathers Savage. The other wife in the home was Addie's older sister, Nora. These two sisters were unusually compatible and it was a very happy household. For the marriage it was necessary to travel by wagon for approximately two weeks to reach the St. George Temple.

Two couples traveled together on this trip. The two brides slept in the wagon and the two men slept on the ground. On the way home their honeymoon trip had the extra dimension of a cattle drive. As Addie road in the wagons her husband Levi drove some cattle which he had obtained from his father in Toquerville, Utah. She helped her husband get the cattle across the Colorado River.
There was considerable difficulty with reference to the practice of plural marriage in the United States and therefore the family heeded the advice of The Brethren and moved to Old Mexico in 1885. Her first baby, Alvenia, was born in a simple dug-out in Old Mexico. Adeline's mother, Catherine, managed to send her one and a half yards of muslin from which she fashioned a beautiful frock for the baby's blessing. Mexico was full of hardships. There was an unfriendly government, a diphtheria epidemic, and an earthquake.

But there were some light moments. On the fourth of July Adeline participated in a married women's foot race that she managed to win, receiving a rooster as a prize.

Adeline was an ardent student of the scriptures. One of her favorite tricks was to mark her favorite passages with a little figure of a hand with an outstretched index finger. In one of her copies of the Book of Mormon there were 57 such hands. One of these small hands indicates her interest in the 35th Chapter of Alma, verse 11, which reads, "Thou didst hear me because of my afflictions."

Her second baby, Louie May, was born in September 1887. This was the major turning point in Adeline's life since her health deteriorated at this time. She was only 21 years old but she was never really well again. Her son's birth was accompanied by a great loss of blood and extensive laceration of her tissues. For many years she was confined to bed. With the loss of her physical health, she gained even more spiritual power and she enjoyed many spiritual gifts including the gift of tongues, interpretation of tongues, and healings. Her poor health doubled the physical duties of her sister Nora who willingly stepped forward to do what must be done.

In December 1888, Adeline left Old Mexico and went to Logan, where she lived from 1900 to 1902. Her very kind and attentive bishop at that time was Melvin J. Ballard. Eventually her health improved slightly and she had three more children.
Adeline had a special calling for which she was never formally sustained and that was friend, confidant, and comforter. People would come from great distances to seek a few hours with her. She had a certain spiritual gift which made her presence an unusual experience for people who were carrying a heavy burden.

Adeline taught her children many principles including the law of tithing. She did this by having the children carefully count the eggs and weigh the butter so that the Lord's tenth would honestly be given from Adeline's meager supply. During these years she also served as secretary of the MIA, as a Relief Society Instructor, and as a member of the Stake Relief Society Board. She also served as the corresponding secretary of the Women's Suffrage club.

Adeline passed away on June 14, 1916, at the age of 49.

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWNK-LD7
• Indvandring: 17 sep. 1850, Deseret, Millard, Utah, USA
• Departure: ca. 1 feb. 1858, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
• Arrival: 25 feb. 1858, New York, New York, USA
• _MILT: 5 mar. 1906, Cache, Utah, USA
• _MILT: 13 mar. 1906, Utah, USA
• _MILT: 26 apr. 1906, Utah, USA

Notater:

Lorenzo Hill Hatch was born at Lincoln, Addison County, Vermont, 4 January 1826. He assisted his parents on the farm. At the age of fourteen, he accepted the Gospel as taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, and was baptized with his mother in February 1840 by Elder Sisson A. Chase. It was so cold on his baptism day that a saw had to be used to open a hole in the ice large enough to perform the ordinances. He emigrated with his father, Hezekiah, to Nauvoo, Illinois in 1843. In 1844, he went on a mission to his native state. He was there when he heard of the assassination of the Prophet Joseph Smith, and he returned home at once. With his brother, Jeremiah, he made arrangements to gather with the Latter-day Saints in Utah, since they were being forced to leave Nauvoo due to persecutions. He went with the early company of emigrants and became well accustomed to building bridges, making roads, and doing other pioneer work.
He married Hannah Fuller on 3 February 1846. He met Hannah at her father's home in New York in 1844 while on his first mission. The privations incident to pioneer life were more than she was able to bear. She died on August 1847, in Nebraska. Lorenzo was very ill at the time of her death and hardly knew when she died.
Early in the Spring of 1850, Lorenzo and his brother Abram left for the Rocky Mountains. They became part of a company consisting of fifty wagons, with David Evans as the appointed captain. They entered Great Salt Lake Valley by the way of Parley's Canyons 15 September 1850.
As a widower he married Sylvia Eastman on 27 February 1851. Their first home was in Lehi, Utah, where they were among the first settlers. Mr. Hatch's past experiences as a pioneer were valuable in building up this new town. He helped build the first grist mill near there in American Fork Canyon.
He entered plural marriage 11 November 1854, by taking Catherine Karren as a wife. Catherine was a beautiful woman, small in stature. She was five foot two inches tall and approximately 120 pounds. As was typical in her days she had very little formal schooling. This was limited to a brief period of night school in Lehi where she studied writing and also learned dancing. She was very literate and enjoyed extensive reading throughout her life.
Two years after he married Catherine, Lorenzo was called on a mission to England. He made some provisions for his two families, but Sylvia and Catherine had to maximize their pioneer thrift in order to provide for the growing family during their husband's absence.
Lorenzo was called on a mission to Europe in 1856 with about forty other Elders. He returned in 1858. During his absence his wives, who had been well supplied with food when he left them, suffered from the lack of necessities of life because they shared with less fortunate neighbors.
Upon Lorenzo’s return, he was elected Mayor of Lehi, and he served three terms in the Utah Legislature. On 2 January 1860, Lorenzo married Alice, the daughter of Thomas and Caroline (Barker) Hanson.
Catherine and Lorenzo were blessed with eleven children. One died as a child, but the other ten lived to adulthood and reared large families and they all remained faithful in the Church. Four of their children were born in Lehi, Utah; six in Franklin, Idaho; and the eleventh was born in Woodruff, Arizona. The building of the west and the development of the church made great demands on her husband, and Catherine was separated from Lorenzo about two-thirds of their married life because of his duties as a missionary (at least five missions), Bishop, Mayors Legislator, Counselor in two Stake presidencies and Patriarch.
In 1863, Lorenzo was called by the Church Authorities to Franklin, Idaho to preside as a bishop. Up to this time his three wives had lived in one home in harmony, but were now forced to separate. Alice with two small children accompanied him to Franklin. He later moved Catherine there and still later Sylvia went. He served there in the capacity of Bishop for 13 years and was the first Mayor of Franklin. He traveled extensively as a home missionary. In 1876, he was asked to visit the Saints in Arizona in company with Daniel H. Wells and others.
The Hatch family of Franklin had frequent contacts with Indians. These were generally peaceful but on one occasion there was a serious crisis. A drunken Indian accosted a young lady on the street of Franklin, and a man killed the Indian. The threat of an Indian uprising resulted. Lorenzo, who was serving as mayor was able to negotiate a peaceful settlement.
Lorenzo traveled extensively as a missionary and helped to found and organize settlements on both sides of the Mogollon Mountains. They settle in Woodruff, Arizona. He was Stake patriarch and 1st Counselor in the Stake presidency until January 1901 when he was honorably released. Then he and Catherine returned to Logan, Utah, where Sylvia was then living. Here they spent the last years of their lives in Temple work and other church activities. Catherine died 24 February 1910 and less than two months later, Lorenzo passed on. They were buried in Logan.

Here is a link to a 344 pp. compilation of Lorenzo Hill Hatch's Journals in a single .pdf document. Enjoy!
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz5JV22btVKGOVdsd0ktMGVMeXM

Lorenzo + Catherine Anne Karren. Catherine blev født den 12 aug. 1836 i Liverpool, Lancashire, England; blev døbt den 7 sep. 1836 i St. Peter Parish, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; døde den 24 feb. 1910 i Logan, Cache, Utah, USA; blev begravet den 28 feb. 1910 i Logan Cemetery, Plot B-70-25-6, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

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• FSID: K2WN-7WM
• Bopæl: Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
• Indvandring: 1850, Deseret, Millard, Utah, USA

Notater:

Catherine Karren, was born in Liverpool, England on August 12, 1836. Her parents were Thomas Karren and Anne Ratcliffe. Her father was a native of the Isle of Man, and her mother of the old line of the Ratcliffes of Lancashire, England, whose name was derived from the red cliffs of that locality at the time of William the Conqueror, 1066. Thomas obtained employment from Mr. Ratcliffe who was the owner of a bakery, and it was there that Thomas learned his trade as a baker. Of greater importance, it was there that he met his wife, Anne, the daughter of his employer. They were married and moved out to establish their own independent bakery. Not long after they were taught the Gospel by Elder John Taylor.

Thomas and Anne Karren were caught up in the spirit of gathering; Catherine could remember the huge packing boxes used to prepare for their trip from Liverpool to America. A six-week ocean voyage brought them to New Orleans. An additional two weeks brought them up the Mississippi to the city of Nauvoo. They arrived in April of 1844; the era in which Nauvoo was at its zenith. They met and were inspired by the Prophet Joseph and saw a beautiful flourishing city. Catherine could clearly remember hearing the Prophet Joseph despite only being seven years old. Just two months later they were shocked at the martyrdom of the Prophet and his patriarch brother, Hyrum. Catherine was old enough to recall the famous meeting in August 1844 when the mantle of the Prophet Joseph fell upon Brigham Young, clearly establishing him as the Lord’s chosen successor as President and Prophet of the Church.

Thomas and Anne were endowed at midnight just before they were forced to leave Illinois and flee with the Saints into Iowa. Catherine was just ten years old at the time of their exodus. On arriving at Council Bluffs, Iowa, they learned of the plan for establishing a Mormon Battalion. Thomas was recruited and marched off to the southwest leaving his wife Anne with five children. Catherine was the second of these five and her mother Anne was expecting the sixth child. These were very difficult times. The baby was born in a wagon box during a drenching rainstorm in Iowa.

Catherine was a great help to her mother in Iowa where they raised 500 bushels of potatoes to sell. They also sold some bakery goods. Thomas returned from his duty in the Mormon Battalion and was reunited with his family after about eighteen months' absence. He returned to them in the winter of 1847-48. In the spring they set up a bakery by the roadway leading west and were blessed in a successful business which allowed them to be outfitted for their trek westward. They arrived in Salt Lake City in 1850 and immediately were called to join with others in establishing a community south of Salt Lake. This new town, Lehi, became the permanent home of the Karren family.

Two years after Catherine's marriage, her husband, Lorenzo, was called on a mission to England. He made some provisions for his two families, but Sylvia and Catherine had to maximize their pioneer thrift in order to provide for the growing family during their husband's absence.
Lorenzo was called on a mission to Europe in 1856 with about forty other Elders. He returned in 1858. During his absence his wives, who had been well supplied with food when he left them, suffered from the lack of necessities of life because they shared with less fortunate neighbors.
Catherine and Lorenzo were blessed with eleven children. One died as a child, but the other ten lived to adulthood and reared large families and they all remained faithful in the Church. Four of their children were born in Lehi, Utah; six in Franklin, Idaho; and the eleventh was born in Woodruff, Arizona. The building of the west and the development of the church made great demands on her husband, and Catherine was separated from Lorenzo about two-thirds of their married life because of his duties as a missionary (at least five missions), Bishop, Mayors Legislator, Counselor in two Stake presidencies and Patriarch.

Her homemaking consisted of love, faith, mothering, and good housekeeping skills. She was well known as a skillful nurse. Her many skills included the ability to make clothes, candles, and soap.

Both Lorenzo and Catherine were dedicated to the gospel. Coming from a typical English family, she never questioned her tea habit. But when Brigham Young announced that the "greeting" of the Word of Wisdom should now be understood to be an absolute commandment of the Lord she put away her teapot and never took another drink of tea for the rest of her life.

Catherine was the first Relief society President of Woodruff. In those days the Relief Society functioned as doctor, undertaker, nurse, midwife, and so on. By temperament Catherine was well suited for these benevolent services. Many guests were entertained in Catherine's home including many of the General Authorities, several Apostles and Presidents John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff.

Catherine and Lorenzo were always very generous to travelers and their home was always open. On one occasion a certain Mr. Wilson stayed at the Hatch home. Catherine made him comfortable in an upstairs room and he reported that he was not feeling well. The next day Catherine brought him breakfast and was horrified to find that he had developed the classical signs of smallpox. Catherine quickly moved her family three miles away to live with neighbors. Despite tender nursing care, Mr. Wilson subsequently died from smallpox, but all of Catherine's family was spared.
Lorenzo and Catherine returned to Logan, Utah, where Sylvia was then living. Here they spent the last years of their lives in Temple work and other church activities. Catherine died 24 February 1910 and less than two months later, Lorenzo passed on. They were buried in Logan.