Alma Elvira Jonson, 1872–1918 (aged 45 years)
- Name
- Alma Elvira Jonson
- Given names
- Alma Elvira
- Surname
- Jonson
- Name
- Alice or Allie …
- Given names
- Alice or Allie
| Birth | November 25, 1872 |
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| Death of a sister | Tekla Cornelia Jonson February 26, 1873 (aged 3 months) |
| Death of a half-sister | Tekla Cornelia Jonson February 26, 1873 (aged 3 months) |
| Death of a sister | Tekla Cornelia Jonson February 26, 1873 (aged 3 months) |
| Death of a half-sister | Tekla Cornelia Jonson February 26, 1873 (aged 3 months) |
| Death of a half-brother | Phineas Henry Cook October 5, 1876 (aged 3 years) |
| Marriage of parents | Phineas Wolcott Cook — Johanna Christina Palsson or Pahlson — View this family September 13, 1878 (aged 5 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Carl Cook September 25, 1879 (aged 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Carl Cook September 25, 1879 (aged 6 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Phineas Wolcott Cook — Johana Ulrika Lundgren — View this family July 8, 1880 (aged 7 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Moses Cook November 20, 1880 (aged 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Moses Cook November 20, 1880 (aged 7 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Kib Phineas Cook July 4, 1882 (aged 9 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Kib Phineas Cook July 4, 1882 (aged 9 years) |
| Death of a grandmother | Johana Ulrika Lundgren November 9, 1883 (aged 10 years) |
| Death of a grandmother | Johana Ulrika Lundgren November 9, 1883 (aged 10 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Jay Emerson Cook August 18, 1884 (aged 11 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Omer Cook August 18, 1884 (aged 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Jay Emerson Cook August 18, 1884 (aged 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Omer Cook August 18, 1884 (aged 11 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Omer Cook February 11, 1885 (aged 12 years) |
| Death of a brother | Omer Cook February 11, 1885 (aged 12 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Parley Abraham Cook March 23, 1886 (aged 13 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Parley Abraham Cook March 23, 1886 (aged 13 years) |
| Marriage | George W. Shurtliff — View this family July 3, 1888 (aged 15 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Adelbert L. Kinfort Cook July 20, 1889 (aged 16 years) Note: Obituary printed in the Star Valley, Wyoming obituaries: "Delbert L. Cook died 15 October 1960 at Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born 20 July 1889 at Logan, Utah. He was taken to Afton, Wyoming after his birth until his marriage to Mildred Zumbrunnin in Kemmerer, Wyoming." ("Wyoming, Star Valley Independent Obituaries, 1901-2015," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WJ-Y1NM : accessed 13 July 2019), Delbert R Cook, ; citing Lincoln, Wyoming, United States, Star Valley Historical Society, Afton; FHL microfilm 101,903,571.)
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| Birth of a brother | Adelbert L. Kinfort Cook July 20, 1889 (aged 16 years) Note: Obituary printed in the Star Valley, Wyoming obituaries: "Delbert L. Cook died 15 October 1960 at Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born 20 July 1889 at Logan, Utah. He was taken to Afton, Wyoming after his birth until his marriage to Mildred Zumbrunnin in Kemmerer, Wyoming." ("Wyoming, Star Valley Independent Obituaries, 1901-2015," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WJ-Y1NM : accessed 13 July 2019), Delbert R Cook, ; citing Lincoln, Wyoming, United States, Star Valley Historical Society, Afton; FHL microfilm 101,903,571.)
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| Birth of a half-sister | Idalia Johanna Cook September 4, 1889 (aged 16 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Idalia Johanna Cook September 4, 1889 (aged 16 years) |
| Birth of a son | Vincent S. Shurtliff October 1889 (aged 16 years) |
| Birth of a daughter | Ethel I Shurtliff July 1891 (aged 18 years) |
| Birth of a son | Raymond H. Shurtliff February 1893 (aged 20 years) |
| Death of a sister | Hilma Josefina Jonson March 25, 1894 (aged 21 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Hilma Josefina Jonson March 25, 1894 (aged 21 years) |
| Death of a sister | Hilma Josefina Jonson March 25, 1894 (aged 21 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Hilma Josefina Jonson March 25, 1894 (aged 21 years) |
| Birth of a son | Earl D. Shurtliff May 1896 (aged 23 years) |
| Death of a father | Phineas Wolcott Cook July 24, 1900 (aged 27 years) |
| Burial of a father | Phineas Wolcott Cook July 27, 1900 (aged 27 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Phebe Irene Cook April 18, 1914 (aged 41 years) |
| LDS baptism | February 18, 1918 (aged 45 years) Note: Gordon Whiting note: "TIB Typo? (1918)"
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| Death | April 10, 1918 (aged 45 years) |
| LDS child sealing | February 19, 1919 (10 months after death) LDS temple: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| LDS spouse sealing | George W. Shurtliff — View this family February 19, 1919 (10 months after death) LDS temple: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Note: Gordon Whiting note: "FHL film 1,239,618 p. 1335"
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| Burial | |
| Unique identifier | F0A4CD8B20C34FCCB0627DE5D3070382BD82 |
| Last change | July 16, 2019 |
| father | |
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| mother |
1845–1929
Birth: August 8, 1845
25
38 — Malmo, Malmohus, Sweden Death: February 13, 1929 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA |
| Marriage |
Marriage: — Sweden |
| elder sister |
1870–1873
Birth: March 2, 1870 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden Death: February 26, 1873 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden |
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3 years
herself |
1872–1918
Birth: November 25, 1872 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden Death: April 10, 1918 |
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-20 months
elder sister |
1871–1894
Birth: April 15, 1871 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden Death: March 25, 1894 — Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States |
| father |
1819–1900
Birth: August 28, 1819
32
33 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: July 24, 1900 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA |
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| mother |
1845–1929
Birth: August 8, 1845
25
38 — Malmo, Malmohus, Sweden Death: February 13, 1929 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA |
| Marriage |
Marriage: September 13, 1878 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA |
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-9 years
elder sister |
1870–1873
Birth: March 2, 1870 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden Death: February 26, 1873 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden |
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14 months
elder sister |
1871–1894
Birth: April 15, 1871 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden Death: March 25, 1894 — Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States |
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20 months
herself |
1872–1918
Birth: November 25, 1872 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden Death: April 10, 1918 |
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7 years
younger brother |
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14 months
younger brother |
1880–1970
Birth: November 20, 1880
61
35 — Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA Death: February 17, 1970 |
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20 months
younger brother |
1882–1934
Birth: July 4, 1882
62
36 — Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA Death: October 12, 1934 |
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2 years
younger brother |
1884–1949
Birth: August 18, 1884
64
39 — Logan, Cache, Utah, USA Death: May 24, 1949 — Tigard, Washington, Oregon, United States |
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0 months
younger brother |
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19 months
younger brother |
1886–1960
Birth: March 23, 1886
66
40 — Logan, Cache, Utah, USA Death: May 19, 1960 — San Bernardino, California, United States |
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3 years
younger brother |
1889–1960
Birth: July 20, 1889 — Logan, Cache, Utah Territory, United States Death: October 15, 1960 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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2 months
younger sister |
1889–1985
Birth: September 4, 1889
70
44 — Logan, Cache, Utah, USA Death: June 3, 1985 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
| father |
1819–1900
Birth: August 28, 1819
32
33 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: July 24, 1900 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA |
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| step-mother |
1823–1896
Birth: June 18, 1823
29
32 — Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA Death: May 17, 1896 — Garden City, Rich, Utah, USA |
| Marriage |
Marriage: January 1, 1840 — Ross, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA |
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12 months
half-sister |
1841–1847
Birth: January 7, 1841
21
17 — Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Death: November 23, 1847 — Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, USA |
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21 months
half-brother |
1842–1844
Birth: October 5, 1842
23
19 — Ross, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Death: September 14, 1844 — Ross, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA |
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2 years
half-sister |
1844–1933
Birth: October 28, 1844
25
21 — Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Death: October 31, 1933 — Sun River, Cascade, Montana, USA |
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2 years
half-sister |
1846–1847
Birth: October 9, 1846
27
23 — Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, USA Death: May 12, 1847 — Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, USA |
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17 months
half-sister |
1848–1867
Birth: March 9, 1848
28
24 — Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, USA Death: September 26, 1867 — Fish Haven, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA |
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23 months
half-brother |
1850–1876
Birth: January 28, 1850
30
26 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Death: October 5, 1876 — St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA |
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2 years
half-sister |
1852–1914
Birth: January 19, 1852
32
28 — Manti, Sanpete, Utah, USA Death: April 18, 1914 |
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2 years
half-brother |
1854–1854
Birth: January 23, 1854
34
30 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Death: October 27, 1854 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA |
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20 months
half-sister |
1855–1857
Birth: September 29, 1855
36
32 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Death: February 3, 1857 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA |
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0 months
half-brother |
1855–1933
Birth: September 29, 1855
36
32 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Death: June 7, 1933 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA |
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2 years
half-sister |
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14 months
half-brother |
1859–1933
Birth: February 28, 1859
39
35 — Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA Death: March 29, 1933 — Woodruff, Rich, Utah, USA |
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2 years
half-sister |
1861–1861
Birth: April 24, 1861
41
37 — Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA Death: April 24, 1861 — Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA |
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13 months
half-brother |
1862–1933
Birth: May 19, 1862
42
38 — Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA Death: October 31, 1933 — Provo, Utah, Utah, USA |
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22 months
half-sister |
1864–1864
Birth: March 10, 1864
44
40 — Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA Death: March 10, 1864 — Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA |
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2 years
half-brother |
1866–1918
Birth: May 6, 1866
46
42 — Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA Death: December 26, 1918 |
| father |
1819–1900
Birth: August 28, 1819
32
33 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: July 24, 1900 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA |
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| step-mother |
1836–1915
Birth: August 23, 1836
24
21 — Leeds, Ontario, Canada Death: July 15, 1915 — Garden City, Rich, Utah, USA |
| Marriage |
Marriage: December 18, 1853 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA |
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4 years
half-brother |
1858–1924
Birth: January 13, 1858
38
21 — Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA Death: February 27, 1924 — Garden City, Rich, Utah, USA |
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6 years
half-sister |
1863–1863
Birth: November 12, 1863
44
27 — Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, USA Death: December 13, 1863 |
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0 months
half-sister |
1863–1945
Birth: November 12, 1863
44
27 — Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, USA Death: May 29, 1945 — Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
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3 years
half-brother |
1866–1866
Birth: May 4, 1866
46
29 — Swan Creek, Rich, Utah, USA Death: August 31, 1866 |
| father |
1819–1900
Birth: August 28, 1819
32
33 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: July 24, 1900 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA |
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| step-mother |
1836–1869
Birth: September 17, 1836
29
21 — Belfast, Down, Ireland Death: December 19, 1869 — Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, USA |
| Marriage |
Marriage: December 18, 1853 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA |
| Divorce |
Divorce: — |
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16 months
half-brother |
1855–1931
Birth: April 21, 1855
35
18 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Death: February 25, 1931 — Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA |
| father |
1819–1900
Birth: August 28, 1819
32
33 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Death: July 24, 1900 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA |
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| maternal grandmother |
1807–1883
Birth: March 13, 1807 — Vor Frue Sogn, København, København, Denmark Death: November 9, 1883 — Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
| Marriage |
Marriage: July 8, 1880 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States |
| husband | |
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| herself |
1872–1918
Birth: November 25, 1872 — Malmö Caroli, Malmöhus, Sweden Death: April 10, 1918 |
| Marriage |
Marriage: July 3, 1888 — Logan, Cache, Utah Territory, United States |
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16 months
son |
1889–
Birth: October 1889
27
16 — Weiser, Washington, Idaho, USA Death: |
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22 months
daughter |
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20 months
son |
1893–
Birth: February 1893
30
20 — Weiser, Washington, Idaho, USA Death: |
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3 years
son |
| Birth | Letter written by Gordon Whiting, not dated, but probably written in the 1980s. It is entitled: SWEDISH RECORDS LOCATED FOR ANNA CHRISTINA PALSSON'S DAUGHTERS. Part of it pertains to these three girls: "The Swedish birth records for Tekla Cornelia, Hilma Josefina, and Alma Elvira have been located. They were the first three daughters of Anna Christina Palsson,... wife of Phineas Wolcott Cook who married him September 13, 1878. All three of the girls were born well before this in Caroli Parish, Malmo Sweden. The birthdates for the three girls are: Tekla Cornelia, 2 March 1870 Hilma Josefina, 15 April 1871 Alma Elvira, 25 Nov 1872 |
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| LDS baptism | Gordon Whiting note: "TIB Typo? (1918)" |
| LDS child sealing | Barbara Whiting's verification notes, FHL 1,239,618 p 1335. Verification Work done by Barbara Whiting to Nov 10, 1948 |
| LDS spouse sealing | Gordon Whiting note: "FHL film 1,239,618 p. 1335" |
| Note | SWEDISH RECORDS Letter written by Gordon Whiting, not dated, but probably written in the 1980s. It is entitled: SWEDISH RECORDS LOCATED FOR ANNA CHRISTINA PALSSON'S DAUGHTERS. Part of it pertains to these three girls: "The Swedish birth records for Tekla Cornelia, Hilma Josefina, and Alma Elvira have been located. They were the first three daughters of Anna Christina Palsson,... wife of Phineas Wolcott Cook who married him September 13, 1878. All three of the girls were born well before this in Caroli Parish, Malmo Sweden. The birthdates for the three girls are: Tekla Cornelia, 2 March 1870 Hilma Josefina, 15 April 1871 Alma Elvira, 25 Nov 1872 "Johanna Christina's occupation is given as "Maid." No information about the father of the children is supplied in these records. "The spelling of the girl's names given above is the spelling given in the parish register and on her parish Clerical Census. Alma Elvira's name later came to be written by some as Alice Alvira; but her mother and the Swedish authorities always wrote it as indicated. "Johanna Christian's surname is given in these records not as "Palsson" but as" Palsdotter." The Swedes in Malmo in the 1870s still held to the practice of altering surnames with each generation by using the father's first name to create the surname for the child and completing that surname with either "son" or " dotter." "I have copies of the registers showing the births of these three girls. All of them list Johanna Christina as unmarried. We do not like to think that these children were born without the benefit of marriage, but in Scandinavia that is quite common and has been for many years. It was probably accepted by that culture." End of quote. We have found it was common for a married woman to use he maiden surname throughout her life. RESEARCH On her work sheet Barbara Whiting wrote: "No archives. IGI Wyoming, Idaho, Utah No marriage found for Hilma. No archives Main or Patrons for Shurtliff." Weiser, Idaho "A year or two after the family moved to Star Valley, Hilma met and married a man by the name of Thomas Spencer and they moved to Weiser, Idaho. Here they would be near Alvira, Hilma's full sister who lived in Payette, Idaho." <i>(</i>APPENDAGE #4, "The Star Valley Period, 1889 to July 24, 1900," by Eva Covey Madsen,<i> The Life and History of Phineas Wolcott Cook,</i>) found at http://www.cookfamily.org/journal/toc.htm, printed journal p. A-30. JOHANNA'S DAUGHTERS The following is taken from a letter written by Eva Covey Madsen, daughter of Idalia Cook Madsen, to Josinette Whiting, daughter of Carl Cook. "I understand that Johanna Christina Palsson spent the last years of her life in the home of her daughter Idalia. This gave her opportunity to spend much time with her granddaughter Eva." The letter is dated 15 Nov 1985. "Now I'll try to remember all I can about grandmother's daughters. Teckla, I'm quite sure was the eldest and she died in Sweden before grandmother came to this country. The man who grandmother married in Sweden and who was the father of all three girls was Jim Jensen, a blacksmith who made a good living but drank too much. He and grandmother joined the church at the same time in Sweden. (May 1871). He said he thought that if he came to America, to Zion, he would be able to break his drinking habit living around the Saints. He sold most of what he had to pay his fare on the ship and then said he would work and send money for grandma and her family to come later on. What happened was that he never went as far as Zion. He stayed in the east of the country and plain deserted her. I believe he stayed in Chicago, Ill. (The last letter was from Chicago). "I'm sure you know the story about Phineas sending money for her to come to the U.S.A. But as far as I know, she never heard from Jim Jensen again. "Hilma and Alie are listed in the Sailing Records in the Church Historian's Office as follows: Poulson, Johanne C age (33); Poulson, Hilma J. (4 1/2); Poulson, Alma C (3 1/2) FROM SKANE CONFERENCE: 1878: June 29--Sailed from Liverpool, England on the ship 'NEVADA' and arrived at New York City on July 10th. The Company continued their journey by rail in charge of Capt. John Cook, and arrived at Salt Lake City July 18th. "The age of Hilma and Alie (I never heard her called Alma.) I have heard her called Alvira or Elvira by Uncle Mose. At any rate Teckla would likely be a year or so older than Hilma. Malmo, Sweden is the only place I remember grandmother saying she lived. Although she said once that her father wanted her to come over to Copenhagen, Denmark to work where he was working. It is my understanding that when she was married to Jim Jensen she lived in Malmo. "I am quite sure that Hilma's Temple work is done. Mother has told me that grandmother brought her with her to Logan when she was about three or four years old and that grandma did Hilma's Temple work and had mother stand proxy for the baby that died when Aunt Hilma was shot. Uncle Mose says in the history he wrote for me that the natural father of Uncle Del (Hilma's son) was named Harry Kinport. He never married her though and later Aunt Hilma married...Thomas Spencer, Weiser, Idaho. Mother was always upset because grandma had Hilma sealed to a man named Pete Lee. Josinette, you may remember him. I do just barely. Mom said Hilma couldn't stand him. Knowing how much grandmother loved Hilma I can't imagine why she would have done if she knew Hilma didn't like him! Tis a puzzlement! They lived & I think she died in Weiser, Idaho. "I doubt that Aunt Alie's work has been done because she lived until grandmother was older and I don't remember her doing Temple work when she stayed with us in Salt Lake. She used to go to meeting lots of times in the Tabernacle and took me with her several times, but I don't have any recollection of her talking about doing temple work at that point in her life, although she did a lot in the Logan Temple early on. In fact when Maud was working so much in the Logan Temple I asked her to see if she could find any record of grandmother's family work being done in their records. She couldn't, although she found many that she and grandfather had done on his family. Sounds a little one sided?" "Aunt Alie and Uncle George Shurtleff, although they were married when Alie was very young, had a wonderful marriage, a big family (4 boys and 1 girl) and Uncle George was so good to her. He was a fine man. I have a marriage date of July 1888. If this is accurate she was only 14 yrs.old. That sounds younger than I thought., I thought she was about 16. I sent family group sheets with mother one summer a long time ago and I have some information on this family if you need it. Although it is very sketchy as far as Uncle George and Aunt Alie are concerned. Her name on the family group sheet they filled out is Alice Almira Poulson Jensen Shurtleff. Alie, was the way mother and grandmother spoke of her. As long as I can remember they lived on a ranch close to Payette, Idaho. "I have been reading from your father's record. On page 19, 4th paragraph from the top he says Hilma's husband was Dr. William Spencer. I'm not sure which first name is correct. Uncle Mose put it one way and Uncle Carl another--take your pick. That paragraph gives a good account of the accident that killed Aunt Hilma. He has death dates and places for both Alie and Hilma, but I do believe Aunt Alie died in Payette and not Weiser. |