Family Story Keeping

This is the name of a friend of mine's blog. She has some great stories and questions that get you thinking.
Thanks Jenalee. http://familystorykeeping.blogspot.com/

Sentimental Sunday Blog

The Courtship
of Elizabeth and Joseph
By Bonnie Madge Shipley Anderson
Elizabeth Anderton was born at Wigan, Lancashire, England, 22 Dec 1828, the daughter of Nancy Lyon and John Anderton. Joseph Shipley was born at Burton Latimer, Northampton, England, 1 Nov 1813, the son of Margaret Payne and William Shipley.

Elizabeth and Joseph met in the Great Salt Lake Valley of the Utah Territory in North America. They both were working for the Willard Richards Family. Elizabeth was working in the house and Joseph as a farm hand. Joseph had lost his wife Elizabeth Garley and sons Nephi and John, during the past year, while he had been away in the Mormon Battalion. Elizabeth and Nephi had both died of Cholera and were buried at Mount Pisgah, Iowa. His son John had disappeared and was never heard from again. Elizabeth with her six year old daughter, Margaret, had left her home in England working her way to the Great Salt Lake Valley by cooking for the company she was in. It had meant walking all the way for herself and little Margaret who had one leg shorter than the other and had a heavy weight fastened to it. What Joseph, 15 years her senior, had endured in the past year helped him have tender feelings for this girl who had left friends and home for the Gospel and who was very sad and in bad health.

On 5 February 1854, Willard Richards asked Joseph to take Elizabeth to the City Creek, break the ice and baptize her. It was Elizabeth’s belief that if she could be rebaptized she would start to feel better. Joseph did as his employer asked and upon the couple returning home, Brother Richards told them to come into the parlor and to stand up together and he would give Elizabeth in married to Joseph. There had been no courtship and Elizabeth wondered if she really wanted to marry this man, although she had the greatest respect for him. Brother Richards told her if she would marry Joseph, be true to him and do her duty, she would never regret it. They were married and lived a long, happy and useful life together.

Elizabeth and Joseph made their first home in Salt Lake City for a few years. While there they were blessed with two children. Amelia Elizabeth, 22 October 1854 and Willard John, 14 October 1856. While living in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah a son, Henry, was born in March 1858 and died shortly after his birth. All the rest of the children were born in American Fork, Utah, Utah. Sarah 3 May 1859, my grandfather Joseph Anderton 17 February 1861, Nancy, (Nettie), 21 November 1863, Elizabeth 1 February 1865, Mary Eliza 16 Jan 1868, Thomas 19 Sep 1870, Benjamin 15 Feb 1872, Grace Ada 23 July 1874. Elizabeth’s daughter Margaret was adopted by Joseph and used the Shipley name. She was born 14 August 1848 in Ashton Under??, Lancashire, England. Her biological father is unknown at this time.

Elizabeth died 27 July 1900 and Joseph followed his beloved Elizabeth on 24 October 1901 after 46 years of marriage. Today their earthly remains lie side by side in the American Fork City Cemetery section F plot 208, in American Fork, Utah, Utah. They are surrounded by beautiful pine trees and other foliage. Margaret lies West of them and Thomas Shipley, Joseph’s brother to the North of them. Daughter’s Elizabeth, Sarah, and Mary Eliza are also buried in this plot. Many of their other children with spouses are buried in other sections of the cemetery. A large white marble monument is here to honor Elizabeth and Joseph as pioneers of this area. At the gate to the cemetery is a very large monument dedicated in memory of all Veterans who served honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States and Joseph’s name is there under the Mexican War. "God in His wisdom has called The boon His love had given, And though the body molds here The spirit is safe in Heaven.

One More Class - Plus Workshops

I have one more class in this session to teach and then the workshops for extra help. This time has gone way too fast. I'm sorry I had to make mistakes but I learned so much from each of them. I know things will go better with the next session.

John Litchfield abt 1531 - 1589

John Litchfield is my 12th Great Grandfather. He was from Brixworth Northamptonshire, England, and died 27 Feb 1589. He was buried 9 Mar 1589 in Brixworth. He married his wife Alice about 1562. Using that date only because my 11th Great Grandfather William Litchfield was born abt 1563. I was able to add four more children to this family.
Elizabeth 1565
George 3 Oct 1567
Thomas 20 Sep 1569
John 19 Oct 1572

Gathering Information From Public Records

I believe one of the most helpful tips I can give the class is "Keeping Notes on What You Find".
One can avoid duplicating their efforts by keeping a record of the research they do and the information they find. A simple research log will work well. Index cards filed in a small box will work on individual relatives too.

King Aethelred II The Unready

This is my 26th Great Grand Uncle
Name: King Aethelred II The Unready
Born: c.968
Parents: Edgar and Ethelfleda
Relation to Elizabeth II: 28th great-grandfather
House of: Wessex
Ascended to the throne: March 18, 978
Crowned: April, 978 at Kingston-upon-Thames, aged c.10
Married: (1) Elfleda, (2) Emma
Children: 9 sons including Edmund and Edward, and 4 daughters
Died: April 23, 1016 at London
Buried at: St Paul's
Reigned for: 38 years, 1 month, and 5 days
Succeeded by: his son Edmund

King of England from 978, following the murder of his half-brother, Edward the Martyr. He was son of King Edgar. Aethelred tried to buy off the Danish raiders by paying Danegeld. In 1002 he ordered the massacre of the Danish settlers, provoking an invasion by Sweyn I of Denmark.In 1013 King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark landed in England and was proclaimed king. Aethelred II the Unready fled to Normandy but was recalled in 1014 on the death of Sweyn. War with Sweyn's son, Canute, occupied the rest of Aethelred's reign. His nickname is a corruption of the Old English 'unreed', meaning badly counselled or poorly advised.

Some may say, "I am Princess of The "Unready" LOL

Are We Related?

The photo is of King Aethelred II of England. You can find out more about him at Wikipedia.
Here are some Paternal surnames I'm researching - Shipley, Hill, Anderton, Crosgy, Payne, Lyon Timms, Ransom. All of these are from England. Some Maternal surnames are Holst, Frederkson, Malloy, Larson, Nielsdatter, Pedersen, Weight, Christensen, Jensdatter, Thomasen, Nielsen, Tostensen, Fowkes/Foukes. These are... mostly Danish and Norwegian with a sprinkle of English and one from outer space.

Big Mike's Plot

Just got word this morning that my Son's headstone is ready to install. Now to get someone to help my Hubby and #2 son install it.
It is sad when one has to bury and take care of the resting place for their child's body. I'm glad his body has a beatuiful place to lay and I'm at peace knowing my body will lay close to his until we are resurected and our body and spirit will be together again forever.

"Five Things To Do Before You Become An Ancestor".

I teach a Family History Class each week and am going to give them Marian Burk Wood's "Five Things To Do Before You Become An Ancestor", as a hand out. Check it out here - http://wetree.blogspot.com/
I am sitting here in the Family History Center with only have one patron and she knows what she is doing. So guess I'll get back to finishing preparations for my Family History lesson.

Family History - I've Been Doing It!

I worked all day yesterday and this morning on updating my Miscellaneous Cemeteries and Unknown Cemeteries WebPages. I've found a few headstones but also got a lot of information and sources I didn't have before.
I was able to help a family yesterday, by phone, finding some sources for a child in their family that had died.

My Maternal Line

Elma Maurine Walker Jones

This is the newest headstone I've added to my collection. It is for my second cousin and her husband. Thanks to Arleen Miles, the volunteer photographer, I have it safely in it's places. I have it on the following Webpages:
My Webpage - http://cactusgems_garden.tripod.com/idaho_misc_burials.htm
Find A Grave - http://www.findagrave.com/
Ancestry.com - http://www.ancestry.com/ My Family Tree
and
My personal software date base for family history PAF. You can download Personal Ancestrial File for free at http://www.familysearch.org/eng/paf/pafonline.asp
Happy digging for your roots today.