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Nora Ellen Crockett and William Dewine Ream letters, 1937-1938

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 8716

Scope and Contents

Contains letters written primarily to and from Nora Ellen Crockett Ream and William Dewine Ream dated March 20, 1937, to December 28, 1938. Correspondents include beulah Ream Allen, Aelcidean McClay, Roxana Crockett, Ruth Genella Quale, Nettie Dewey, Lone K. Johnson, Ruth Crockett, and Jennie Crockett. Materials also include newpaper clippings.

Dates

  • 1937-1938

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Nora Ellen Crockett and William Dewine Ream papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.

Biographical history

Nora Ellen Crockett Ream (1862-1945) was a wife, mother, and grandmother to many in Utah.

Nora Crockett Ream was born on December 28, 1862, in Logan, Utah, to parents Mary Sophia Reed and Alvin Crockett. She married William Dewine Ream on November 11, 1885, and spent years ranching in Dingle, Idaho. Together they had ten children that lived to adulthood. She resided in Utah, Idaho, and California. She died on November 30, 1945 in San Francisco, California, and was buried in Dingle, Idaho.

Biographical history

William Dewine Ream (1859-1939) was a husband, father, and rancher in Idaho.

Will Ream was born on October 29, 1859, in Chariton, Iowa, to parents Nancy Elizabeth Murphin and Sampson Mitchell Ream. He married Nora Ellen Crockett on November 11, 1885, and together they had ten children that lived to adulthood. Their family years were spent ranching in Dingle, Idaho. William died on November 24, 1939, in Long Beach, California.

Biographical history

Beulah Ream Allen (1897-1989) was the Dean of the College of Nursing at Brigham Young University.

Beulah Ream Allen was born in 1897 in Dingle, Idaho. She received a degree in nursing and later married Lt. Col. Henderson Wilcox Allen in September 1937. She was a nurse in the Philippines for over a decade and her service there coincided with World War II. She was later the dean of Brigham Young University's College of Nursing from 1961-1965. She was the mother of two sons and died in 1989.

Biographical history

Roxana Catherine Crockett (1870-1944) was the sister of Nora Ellen Crocket.

Roxana Catherine Crocket was born in 1870 in Logan, Utah and was the sister of Nora Ellen Crockett. She married John Henrey Hopkins in 1886 and together they had twelve children. She died in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1944.

Biographical history

Ruth Genella Quale (1895-1989) was the daughter-in-law of Nora Ellen Crockett and William Dewine Ream.

Ruth Genella Quale was born in 1895 in Minnesota. She married Kenneth Durward Ream in 1935 in Manila, Philippines, becoming the daughter-in-law of Nora Ellen Crockett and William Dewine Ream. Ruth died in 1989 in Utah.

Biographical history

Ruth Clarkson (1857-1947) was the wife of Orzo Ozias Crockett.

Ruth Clarkson was born in 1857 in New York. Her family was early Latter-day Saint pioneers that immigrated to the western United States. Ruth married Orzo Ozias Corckett in 1878 and together they had twelve children. She died in 1947 in Idaho.

Biographical history

Jennie Crockett (1894-1975) was the niece of Nora Ellen Crockett.

Jennie Crockett was born in 1894 in Preston, Idaho. She was the niece of Nora Ellen Crockett. In 1929 she married Maurice Alger. She died in in 1975 in Houston, Texas.

Biographical history

Aelcidean McClay (1912-2004) was a friend of Nora Ellen Crockett.

Aelcidean McClay was born in 1912 in Nebraska. She married Kenneth Barker in 1938 and was the friend of Nora Ellen Crockett. She was later re-married to DeForrest Gibson in 1980. Aelcidean died in 2004 in Provo, Utah.

Biographical history

Nettie Dewey (1864-1938) was the wife of Charles Dennis Dewey.

Nettie Dewey was born in Iowa in 1964. She married Charles Dennis Dewey, a friend of William Dewine Ream, in September 1881. She died in California in 1938.

Biographical history

Lone K. Johnson (1868-deceased) was the father-in-law of Fabian Ream.

Lone K. Johnson was born in Denmark in 1968. He was married to Abolone Nielson on an unknown date and together they immigrated to the United StatesS. He was the father of Ruth Johnson who married Fabian Ream. Lone died on an unknown date in the 1940s.

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

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