Social Life and Customs
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Biography of Emil Anderson and his wives
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Emil Anderson was born in Denmark in 1845. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1866. He settled in American Fork and died in 1906. Caroline Sophia Anderson, who had the same surname as her husband, was born in 1848 in Denmark. She died in 1897. Ella Kirstina Jensen was born in Denmark in 1869 and came to Utah in 1901. She met Emil in 1903, and they were married later.
Biography of David Daniel Peet
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typed biography. David Daniel Peet was born in 1849 in St. Louis, Missouri. His family were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. David migrated to Utah and settled in American Fork. He married Mary Elizabeth Thornton in 1877, and they had 11 children. He died in 1928. This item was co-authored by Laura Logie Timpson.
Biography of George Henry Webb
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. George Henry Webb was born in 1865 in England. His family were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they migrated to Utah in 1867. He settled in American Fork, Utah. George served on missions for the Mormon Church, and he died in 1944.
Biography of Mary Elizabeth Sprately Webb
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Mary Elizabeth Spratley was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was born in 1868 in American Fork, Utah. She married George Webb in 1890. Their only son was born in 1909. She died in 1950.
Biography of Rachel Ellen Peet Mayne
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Rachel Ellen Peet was born in 1858. Her parents were converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England, and they settled in American Fork, Utah. She married Thomas Mayne, had seven children, and lived in Bingham, Utah.
Biography of Sarah Jane Williams Chadwick
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Sarah Jane Williams Chadwick was born in Camp Floyed, Utah, on 1862. She lived in Provo and American Fork, Utah. She married John Chadwick in 1881. Her young son, Clarence died on 22 Jan. 1890. She rocked him all night long while he cried, "Oh, Ma, Please don't let me die, I don't want to die." She died in 1928.
Biography : Annie Augusta Logie Clark
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Annie Augusta Logie was born in 1853 in Australia, and her mother was already a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The family came to Utah in 1856 and settled in Lehi in 1857. They moved to American Fork in 1860. Annie married Lee Clark in 1879, had five children, and died in 1938.
First cement side walks in American Fork
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typed history. Timpson writes about the first concrete sidewalks in American Fork, Utah.
First dance halls and orchestras in American Fork
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten history. Timpson writes about early dance halls and orchestras in American Fork, Utah.
The first log houses in American Fork
Photocopy of microfilmed copy of a typewritten history. Timpson writes that the first house made of logs in American Fork, Utah, was constructed in 1850. She also tells about similar structures erected in the following decades.