Did you know that Grandpa Taylor's ancestor, Henry Samson, was a 16 year old passenger on the Mayflower in 1620?
Did you know that we have ancestors, also through Grandpa Taylor, who lived in Salem, MA in the 1600's, right during the time of the Salem witch trials?
Did you know that Grandpa Taylor's great-grandfather, John Van Cott, was the descendant of the first settlers in Long Island from Holland in 1640, and that ten generations back they belonged to the Holland nobility? And that he was such a beloved pioneer, missionary, statesman, and friend to the Scandinavian saints that he was mourned by the entire church at his death?
Did you know that Grandpa Taylor's grandmother, Hannah Marie Skousen, was born in a covered wagon near the Platte River while crossing the plains- and that she also had her first child in a wagon near the Casas Grandes river? She also liked to bring in the little Mexican children passing by her home on their way home from school and wash their faces and give them bread.
Did you know that Grandpa Taylor's grandfather, Ernest Leander Taylor, was robbed and held for ransom mutliple times by the revolutionary renegades during the 1910 Mexican Revolution?
Did you know that Nana's great- grandfather, David Leonard Savage, was not only a pioneer, but a very successful early missionary for the church, helped campaign for the Prophet Joseph Smith for president, witnessed the seagulls and the crickets miracle, helped rescue the handcart victims, and was known as a peacemaker among the Indians?
Did you know that Nana's grandfather, John Thomas Whetten, played the violin for the pioneer colonists to gather and enjoy in the evenings, was bishop in the colonies for 17 years, including during the time of the revolution, and with his wife entertained the prophet Joseph F. Smith in their log home once?
More to come on these ancestors and others!
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Sunday, May 17, 2015
LARSON FAMILY PREVIEW
Did you know that we have an ancestor who was one of the earliest settlers of Virginia, who lived near Pocahontas' tribe, was captured by Indians, and died in the early 1600's?
Did you know that Grandpa Chuck Larson's great-grandmother was the first woman convert baptized in England, by Heber C. Kimball? Her grandaughter later married the great-great grandson of Heber C. Kimball- and those are Grandpa Chuck Larson's parents.
Did you know that Grandpa Chuck Larson's great grandfather Lars C. Larsen, from Denmark, had an unusal gift for storytelling and that his grandchildren loved to sit around him andl listen to his stories? He also managed the dances for the youth for many years. Remind you of someone?
Did you know that Francis Williams Kimball, one of our great grandmothers, was an Arizonan delegate for women's suffrage and a Postmaster during World War I?
Did you know that John C. Kartchner, great-great grandfather to Grandma Gwen Larson, loved sailing and boxing, was a drinker and a fighter who fought in the war of 1812, despised the English, and was dreaded by his enemies? His son was the incredible William Decatur Kartchner, a blacksmith who was so badly injured due to exposure while guarding the Nauvoo temple from mobs that he could only work on his knees once he got to the Salt lake valley, only three days after Brigham Young.
Did you know that Peder Mortensen, Grandma Gwen's great-great grandfather, after giving up everything to sail from his home in Denmark, crossed the plains in the Willie handcart company?
These are just a few of the fascinating and inspiring stories from our ancestors' lives. More details on each individual coming.
Did you know that Grandpa Chuck Larson's great-grandmother was the first woman convert baptized in England, by Heber C. Kimball? Her grandaughter later married the great-great grandson of Heber C. Kimball- and those are Grandpa Chuck Larson's parents.
Did you know that Grandpa Chuck Larson's great grandfather Lars C. Larsen, from Denmark, had an unusal gift for storytelling and that his grandchildren loved to sit around him andl listen to his stories? He also managed the dances for the youth for many years. Remind you of someone?
Did you know that Francis Williams Kimball, one of our great grandmothers, was an Arizonan delegate for women's suffrage and a Postmaster during World War I?
Did you know that John C. Kartchner, great-great grandfather to Grandma Gwen Larson, loved sailing and boxing, was a drinker and a fighter who fought in the war of 1812, despised the English, and was dreaded by his enemies? His son was the incredible William Decatur Kartchner, a blacksmith who was so badly injured due to exposure while guarding the Nauvoo temple from mobs that he could only work on his knees once he got to the Salt lake valley, only three days after Brigham Young.
Did you know that Peder Mortensen, Grandma Gwen's great-great grandfather, after giving up everything to sail from his home in Denmark, crossed the plains in the Willie handcart company?
These are just a few of the fascinating and inspiring stories from our ancestors' lives. More details on each individual coming.
Heart of my fathers....
In Malachi 4:5-6, it reads: " Behold I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse."
This blog is for me. It's for my family. It's for my children. It's to remember my mothers and fathers, stretching back into aniquity. Here I will share stories and highlights of the lives of my ancestors, to remember and to teach my children about where they come from and where they are going. I believe I wll someday meet these people and will be glad that I knew who they were in this life, that my "heart was turned to my fathers."
I will highlight ancestors from both sides of my family tree, as well as my husband's. I will make sure I include at the top of the post which family line I am posting from. Most of what I share will come from already written and well documented sources- it won't be my original research but this will be a place for me to organize my favorite and most influential parts of my heritage, and to share it with my children. I will share these stories for the enjoyment and enrichment of all my family and hope we will gain greater knowledge and appreciation for those who came before us! And hopefully I can also help spread the "spirit of Elijah."
This blog is for me. It's for my family. It's for my children. It's to remember my mothers and fathers, stretching back into aniquity. Here I will share stories and highlights of the lives of my ancestors, to remember and to teach my children about where they come from and where they are going. I believe I wll someday meet these people and will be glad that I knew who they were in this life, that my "heart was turned to my fathers."
I will highlight ancestors from both sides of my family tree, as well as my husband's. I will make sure I include at the top of the post which family line I am posting from. Most of what I share will come from already written and well documented sources- it won't be my original research but this will be a place for me to organize my favorite and most influential parts of my heritage, and to share it with my children. I will share these stories for the enjoyment and enrichment of all my family and hope we will gain greater knowledge and appreciation for those who came before us! And hopefully I can also help spread the "spirit of Elijah."
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