Saturday, July 2, 2016

Two children of Abraham Gudmundsen: Isaac and Jean

Isaac S Gudmundsen 1887 – 1889

Mary Jean Gudmundsen Sager Stone, 1888 – 1957, has been a good example for me regarding double-checking information and records. I cannot prove my record is correct, but in all goodwill I offer the results I find. Examples of the challenge here are that I have always had Mary Jane in my record, but find others have Mary Jean and one source states our kinswoman “always went by her middle name, Jean.” I want to honor my family with a correct record, and also to use the name they chose to use. So I do so here.
[ I will talk more about this later, as this is neither the first instance nor the last! kk]
Jean Gudmundsen was born in Lehi, Utah and there she began her family with marriage to Gilbert S Sager (1885 – 1920) in 1907. Gilbert was a sheepherder, born in American Fork, Utah. I am uncertain if it was with a family operation or if he managed sheep for others. Jean and Gilbert were divorced according to the information found in www.findagrave.com, from which I have gleaned much of my information of this family.

Jean’s children from this marriage were Thomas Gerald Sager, Lorraine Sager Stone, Dorothy Sager and Wilma Sager. The 1940 US Census refers to the three children listed as adopted children of Jean’s second husband Lloyd Candland Stone (1894 – 1983). They were married in 1921, in Ogden, Utah, remaining in that community the rest of their lives. 
Jean and Lloyd are buried in the Aultorest Memorial Park in Ogden.

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