Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Generations Three and Four

Generations Three and Four
George Peter Garff, 1870 – 1928, md 1895, Tryphena Mayer Brimhall, 1870 – 1961
            Rachel Minnie Garff, 1897 – 1988
            Grace Thelma Garff, 1899 – 1968
            Mary Garff, 1903 – 1927, md 1926, Stephen Robert Wells, 1900 – 1979
            George Lynn Garff, 1905 – 1994, md 1935, Kathlyn Farrell, 1916 – 200
            Mark Brimhall Garff, 1907 – 1995, md 1935, Gertrude Laura Ryberg, 1910 – 2002
            Major Peter Garff , 1909 – 2000, md1936,  Mary LaFarne Kimball, 1914 – 1989
            Ina Tryphena Garff, 1911 – 2001, md 1932, Julian Seville Cannon, 1905 – 1981
            Wayne Brimhall Garff, 1913 – 2007, md 1938, Jeanette Parry, 1912 – 1999
Joseph Elmo Garff, 1914 – 2010, md 1940, Kathryn Geddes 1919 – 2007
Mary Ann Garff, 1871 – 1949, md 1896, Benjamin Franklin Fitzgerald, 1859 – 1931
              Mary Genevieve Fitzgerald, 1897 – 1995, md 1920, Glen Albert McMullin, 1894 – 1951
              McKinley Garff Fitzgerald, 1898 – 1960, md 1924, Marilla Sandberg, 1890 – 1970
              Antomina Garff Fitzgerald, 1900 – 1988, md 1924, Frank J. Perkins, 1900 – 1987
              Royalance Agnes Fitzgerald, 1902 – 1923
              Joel Garff Fitzgerald, 1905 – 1955, md 1939, Norma Sutton, 1914 – 1989
              Afton Garff Fitzgerald, 1909 – 1999, md 1940, Richard Thornton Randolph, 1910 – 1990
Hulda Garff, 1873 – 1967, md (1) 1899, Frederick Christian Mickelsen, 1874 – 1928
              Aslaugh Mickelsen, 1907, md 1928, Oscar Leroy McQuay, 1886 – 1941
Hulda Garff md (2) 1942, Joshua Edwin Salisbury, 1871 – 1959
Matilda Jane Garff, 1874 – 1940, md 1898, Bayard Mousley Crossgrove, 1869 – 1948
              Avar Garff Crossgrove, 1899 – 1990, md (1) 1928, Marie Robinson, 1901 – 1963
              Avar Garff Crossgrove md (2) 1965, Roxie Larson Wallback
              Paul Bayard Crossgrove, 1901 – 1967, md 1922, Anna Deloris Heyward, 1902 – 1990
              Ralph Garff Crossgrove, 1903 – 1997, md 1927, Leah Soffe, 1904 – 2003
              Hulda May Crossgrove, 1905 – 1997
              Helen Garff Crossgrove, 1907 – 1998, md 1947, John Frederick Dodson, 1902 – 1984
Heber Nels Garff, 1876 – 1949, md 1900, Louise Murphy, 1869 – 1956
              Ronald Erastus Garff, 1901 – 1908
              Cedric Heber Garff, 1903 – 1905
              Herschal Vivian Garff, 1906 – 1972, md 1933, Daisey Bennion, 1907 – 2003
              Ronow DeValson Garff, 1909 – 1993, md (1) 1931, Mary Jean Hartmann, 1911 – 1947
              Ronow DeValson Garff md (2) 1948, Blanche DeGranffenried, 1916 – 2006
              Adelle Garff, 1916 – 1982
Royal Brigham Garff, 1877 – 1967, md 1902, Rachel Ann Day, 1881 – 1956
              Elizabeth Day Garff, 1903
              Royal Lovell Garff, 1904 – 1994, md (1) 1931, Marba Stewart, 1907 – 1947
              Royal Lovell Garff md (2)1948, Maxine Rice, 1917 – 2014
              Kendall Day Garff, 1906 – 1997, md (1) 1932, Marjorie Marie Heiner, 1908 – 1976
              Kendall Day Garff md (2) 1977 Betty June Grames, 1917 – 2010
              Grace Garff, 1909 – 1993, md 1934, Eugene Dunlap Bryson, 1908 – 1976
              Minnie Garff, 1913 – 1988, md 1934, Ray Longstroth Richards, 1910 – 1989
              Margaret Garff, 1913 – 2008, md (1) 1935, Carlos Lester Dodge, 1913
              Margaret Garff md (2) 1940, Allan Olaf Anderson, 1912 – 1991
Moses Soren Garff, 1879 – 1962, md 1906, Mary Rasmussen, 1880 – 1958
              Newell Kay Garff, 1926 – 2014, md 1949, Shirley Marie Erekson, 1931
              Mary Beverly Garff, 1927, md 1947, Blaine Densley Holt, 1927
Aaron Zebulon Garff, 1881 – 1975
Mina Comfort Garff, 1884 – 1974, md 1907, Soren J. Mickelsen, 1874 – 1936
              Grace Mickelsen, 1908 – 1993, md 1936, George Alfred Payne, 1901 – 1976
              Wilma Mickelsen, 1910, md 1931, Ralph Snow Day, 1911 – 1995
              Woodrow S. Mickelsen, 1914 – 1999, md 1939, Frances Margaret Seaton, 1915 – 1992
              Gail Mickelsen, 1917 – 1996, md 1940, Nile Rawlins Brown, 1917 – 1995
Orson Alonzo Jacob Garff, 1885 – 1965, md (1) 1911, Bodel Marie Nielsen Lyngby, 1891 – 1926
              Ruth Lyngby Garff, 1912 – 1982, md 1933, Moses Woodrow Rigby, 1913 – 1977
              Marjorie Lyngby Garff, 1914 – 1984, md 1960, Dwight Hardy
              Dorothy Lyngby Garff, 1915, md 1937, Wesley Edward Godfrey, 1912 – 1997
              Orson Reed Garff, 1918 – 2004, md 1938, Faye Roskelly, 1918 – 2008
              Betty Lou Lyngby Garff, 1920 – 1997, md 1947, LeGrande Noorda, 1922 – 1999
Orson Alonzo Jacob Garff md (2) 1930, Viola Crismon, 1894 – 1977
              Mary Louise Garff, 1934, md 1954, Deon W. Hubbard, 1927 – 2011
              Peter Neil Garff, 1936, md 1967, md 1967, Sharon Watkins
Connie Mabel Garff, 1888 – 1957, md 1910, Enno Almon Drown, 1887 – 1927
              Merle Garff Drown, 1911 – 1988, md 1932, Gerald Wellington Bills, 1914 – 1993
              Lova Garff Drown, 1913 – 1998, md (1)1935, Elwood Fred Thurgood, 1912 – 1968
              Lova Garff Drown md (2) 1976, Charles LeRoy Bollschweiler, 1912 – 1990
              Earl Almon Drown, 1920 – 1966, md 1941, Deane Lyla Huber, 1921 – 2001
              Fay Ann Drown, 1924 – 1926
              Enno Nyle Drown, 1928 – 1979, md 1951, Arva Louise Peterson, 1930
Regnal Washington Garff, 1890 – 1959, md 1914, Mary Ruby Tattersall, 1892 – 1983
              Iris Garff, 1914 – 2005, md (1) 1938, Stirling Dale Silliphant, 1918 – 1996
              Iris Garff md (2) 1949, James R Rasmussen, 1915 – 1989
              Lois Ruby Garff, 1916 – 2012, md 1941, William B Nowlin, 1916 – 2013
              Mary Elaine Garff, 1918 – 1934
              Betty Jo Garff, 1920 – 2008, md 1946, William Meeks Wirthlin, 1923 – 2012
              Jean Garff, 1922 – 1927
              Glenna Joyce Garff, 1925 – 2007, md 1947, Gordon Ivins Hyde, 1920 – 2007
              Regnal Washington Garff, Jr, 1927, md (1)1954, Margaret Wheeler, 1932 – 1998
Carl Christian Garff, 1875 – 1950, md 1914, Juliana Amelia Nielsen, 1884 – 1960
              Kathryn J Garff, 1908 – 1995, md (1) 1929, Harold Henry Daniels, 1908 – 1986
              Kathryn J Garff md (2) 1959, Charles Wilford Bramwell
Hedvig Elizabeth Garff, 1877 – 1962, md 1902, Ernest Porter Brown1875 – 1909
              Vendla Elizabeth Brown, 1903 – 1966
              Carl Ernest Brown, 1905 – 1965, md 1934, Elizabeth Dorothe Maria Todd, 1914 – 1991
              Max Porter Brown, 1908 – 1991, md 1945, Evelyn Parkinson, 1910 – 1991
              Virginia Brown, 1909 – 1950, md 1936, Arthur Trantor Allen, 1904 – 1984
Sylvia Christine Garff, 1879 – 1960, md 1905, James Henry ball, 1877 – 1947
              Dorothy Ball, 1908 – 1998, md 1931, James Forbes Campbell, 1909 – 1959
              James Robert Ball, 1919 – 1944
Alva Helena Garff, 1882 – 1977, md 1905, Robert Emmett Wilson, 1887 – 1947
              Helen Elizabeth Wilson 1906 – 1987, md 1948, Richard Bitner Tibby, 1911 – 1985
              Garff Bell Wilson, 1909 – 1998
              Margaret Wilson 1914 – 1984, md 1941, Leonard Lowry Thompson, 1904 – 1975
              Janice Wilson, 1918 – 2001, md 1943, Andrew Jackson Hamilton, III, 1911 – 1976
Vera Marie Garff, 1903 – 1931, md (1) 1922, Melvin Oren Brown
              Oren G. Brown, 1922 – 1985
Vera Marie Garff, md (2) 1925, Turner Waddie St Clair, 1892 – 1963
              Turner Waddie St Clair, Jr, 1923
              James Christian St Clair, 1926 – 1996
Erma Rosina Garff, 1891 – 1975, md 1909, James LeRoy Cook, 1889 – 1924
              Sherman LeRoy Cook, 1910 – 1984, md 1930, Vivian Yates, 1909 – 2002
              Wilma Cook, 1913 – 1995, md (1) 1930, John Melville McLean, 1907 – 1998
Mary Garff, 1893 – 1981, md 1918 div, Thomas Maurice Featherstone, 1893 – 1960
              Fred Garff Featherstone, 1919 – 1947, md 1940, Rhea Christensen, 1921 – 1995
              June Shayla Featherstone, 1921 – 2001, md 1952, div, Herbert R. Britton, 1920 – 1991
              June Shayla Featherstone md (2) 1984, Jack Holmes Berryman, 1921 - 1999
Louis Bromley Garff, 1894 – 1959, md 1917, Zentha Luella Myers, 1896 – 1980
              Nedra Luella Garff1917 – 2014, md Ernest Stephen Bell, 1917 – 2000
              Norma Lorain Garff, 1920 – 2015, md 1953, Ervin Hilmer Bresch, 1928 – 2007
Cora Garff, 1896 – 1964, md (1) 1915, William Shirl Wilson, 1896 – 1932
              Shirl Garff Wilson, 1916 – 2004
              Lillis Jeanne Wilson, 1919 – 1989, md 1939, William Dean Lewis, 1913 – 1993
              Bonnie Mary Wilson, 1925, md Herbert Julius Gustafson, 1920 – 2003
Cora Garff md (2) 1945, Roy Edward Helm, 1893 – 1966
Niels Odell Garff, 1898 – 1984, md (1) 1917div, Lois Pearl Reid, 1900 – 1975
              Reid Odell Garff, 1918 – 1997, md (1) 1936, Hazel M Demander, 1921 – 1994
              Reid Odell Garff md (2) 1946, Helen M Henderson
              Reid Odell Garff md (3) 1959, Patricia Ward
              Steven Niles Garff, 1921 – 1987, md (1) Flora Gagon
              Steven Niles Garff md (2) 1941, Deloris I. Varney, 1922 – 2001
Niels Odell Garff md (2) 1929, Carmen Sylvia Olsen, 1909 – 1994
              Gordon Hal Garff, 1936 – 2008, md 1957, Carolyn Hay
Abel Gudmund Gudmundsen, 1885 – 1946, md 1906, Mary Jane Wall, 1887 – 1975
              Alta Celia Gudmundsen, 1907 – 1936, md (1) 1933, Rupert M. Thomas, 1906 – 1976
              Alta Celia Gudmundsen md (2) Mr Harris
              Edna Marie Gudmundsen, 1910 – 1911
              Ralph Wall Gudmundsen, 1911 – 1986, md (1) 1936 div, Beulah Juanita Thomas
              Ralph Wall Gudmundsen md (2) 1941, Mary Ann Fullmer, 1922 – 2011
              Helen Gudmundsen, 1914 – 2010, md (1) 1934 div, Heber Chase Smith, 1916 – 2000
              Helen Gudmundsen md (2) Everett A Boyd
              Mary Gail Gudmundsen, 1916 – 1999, md 1942, Donald Sterling Tingley, 1918 – 1976
              Joan Laray Gudmundsen, 1918 – 1989, md (1) 1943 div, James E. Asper, 1920 – 1979
              Joan Laray Gudmundsen md (2) 1971, David Forrest Montgomery, 1919 – 1985
              Norma Jean Gudmundsen, 1921 – 2013, md 1946, Douglas Leland Morris 1921 – 2004
              Abel Gudmund Gudmundsen, Jr, 1923 – 2001, md 1951, Diann D. Ishmael, 1928 – 2008
Abel Gudmund Gudmundsen md (2) Florence Springer, 1906 – 2002
              Lance Springer Gudmundsen, 1939
Isaac S. Gudmundsen, 1887 – 1889
Mary Jean Gudmundsen, 1888 – 1957, md (1) 1907, Gilbert Carl Sager, 1884 – 1920
              Thomas Gerald Sager, 1907 – 1981, md (1) Clarice Shaw-Green
              Thomas Gerald Sager md (2) Helen R. Boyd, 1904 – 1985
              Thomas Gerald Sager md (3) Edith Rasmussen
              Lorraine Sager, 1910 – 1979, md 1928, Joseph Cecil Royle, 1903 – 1989
              Dorothy Sager, 1912 – 1995, md (1) 1932 div, George Allen Wangsgaard, 1907 – 1980
              Dorothy Sager md (2) Maxwell Young Curran, 1909 – 1997
              Dorothy Sager md (3) Mr. Wilson, md (4) Mr. Bell
Mary Jean Gudmundsen md (2) 1921, Lloyd Candland Stone, 1894 – 1983
Retta Gudmundsen, 1896 – 1978, md 1915, Parley Oscar Loveless, 1894 – 1959
              Helen Loveless, 1916 – 1999, md 1942, Arnold Hildebrandt, 1915 – 1986
              Austin Gudmund Loveless, 1919 – 1998, md 1942, Alice Geniel Allred, 1919
              Gordon Russell Loveless, 1924, md 1945, Norma Lee Roberson, 1925
              Duane Oscar Loveless, 1936, md 1964, Annette Carpenter
Austin Gudmundsen, 1898 – 1981, md 1921, Myrl Goodwyn, 1896 – 1990
              Richard Austin Gudmundsen, 1922, md 1947, Bernice Hattie Sayre, 1925
              Lois Gudmundsen, 1926 – 1929
              Stanley Edwin Gudmundsen, 1931, md 1956, Jane Adele Eddington, 1936
              Ruth Gudmundsen, 1937, md 1961, Peter Fred Clark, 1937
Stanley A Gudmundsen, 1900 – 1975, md 1922, Bertha West. 1902 – 1980
              Echo Elaine Gudmundsen, md 1941, Raymond John Blomquist, 1921 – 1982
              Robert Stanley Gudmundsen, 1931, md (1) 1954, Carol Ann Larasen, 1935
              Robert Stanley Gudmundsen md (2) Luisa Marie Garcia, 1946 – 2008
              Arthur W Gudmundsen, 1949
LaGrande Gudmundsen, 1903 – 1975, md 1925, Alice Genevieve Stewart, 1904 – 2001
              Betty Jean Gudmundsen, 1926 – 1930
              Gloria Gudmundsen, 1931 – 2001, md 1950, Ronald T McBride
              Stewart LaGrande Gudmundsen, 1938, md 1963, Patricia Ann Watts, 1943
Emma Marie Gudmundsen, 1908 – 1981, md 1929, Morris Edward Davies, 1906 – 1983
              Colleen Marie Davies, 1930 – 2010, md 1948, William Penrod Keith, 1929 – 1997
              Barbara Ann Davies, 1931, md Robert Dean Ellertson, 1930 – 1984
              Paul Morris Davies, 1938, md 1972, Myrn Walker Jacobs
              Mary Kaye Davies, 1944, md Basil C Jones, 1936
              Lola Montez Davies, 1954, md Ronald Hunt
Isaac Ray Gudmundsen, 1884 – 1962, md 1908, Marian Adams, 1876 – 1931
              Shirley Rei Gudmundsen, 1910 – 1989
              Mark Gudmundsen, 1912 – 1973, md Kathryn Jacqueline Clarke Binyon, 1915 – 2003
              Vance Gudmundsen, 1917 – 1960
Jacob Gudmund Gudmundsen, 1885 – 1886
Irel Joseph Gudmundsen, 1887 – 1961, md (1) 1911, Elsie Jane Taylor, 1898 – 1935
              Irel Taylor Gudmundsen, 1912 – 1939, md 1935, Edna Margaret Lind
              Max Deacon Gudmundsen, 1914 – 1993, md Helen Lucille Reed, 1917 – 1988
              Dick Gudmundsen, 1916 – 1942, md 1940, Mary Bideganeta
              Lusanne Gudmundsen, 1922, md 1943, Ronald Marshall
Irel Joseph Gudmundsen md (2) 1936, Althea Taylor, 1896 – 1976
Fanny Gudmundsen, 1890 – 1970, md 1910, Joseph Alfred Brunt, 1883 – 1948
Paul Stanley Brunt, 1910 – 1989, md 1935, Nathalia Anna Christensen, 1902 – 1986
Lavon Brunt, 1912 – 1989, md 1933, Joseph Clayton Eyring, 1910 – 1996
Erma Brunt, 1914 – 1998, md 1936, Norman Wilhelm Faldmo, 1914 – 1976
Joseph Mack Brunt, 1917 – 1926
Melba Brunt, 1919 – 1986, md 1944, Bert Amos Lewis, 1911 – 1989
Bettie Fann Brunt, 1923 – 2013, md 1943, John Edmund Coles, 1917 – 2016
Don Steven Brunt, 1928, md 1954, Vonda Mae Strong, 1930 – 2011
Aaron Scott Gudmundsen, 1892 – 1962, md 1910, Lucy Maude Bassett, 1891 – 1968
              Gwladys DeNiece Gudmundsen, 1912 – 1990, md, div, Joseph C. Anderson, 1908 – 1993
              Dorothy Gudmundsen, 1913 – 1961, md 1933, Elmer Charles Pitts, 1905 – 1992
              Margaret Gail Gudmundsen, 1916 – 1918
              Scott Bassett Gudmundsen, 1920 – 1983, md 1941, Jane Marie Halsey, 1920 – 1999
Christian Reed Gudmundsen, 1894 – 1965, md 1921, Margaret Andrews, 1887 – 1978
Abraham Stanley Gudmundsen, 1896
Sylvia Ucilla Gudmundsen, 1898 – 1976, md 1922, James Arno Kirkham, 1896 – 1975
              Jim Kirkham, 1924 – 2014, md 1947, Grace Joan Backman, 1928 – 2011
              Thad Gudmundsen Kirkham, 1929 – 2012, md 1953, Judith Arlene Peterson, 1933
              Kreg Isaac Kirkham, 1934, md Carolyn Thomsen, 1935
Mary Hazel Gudmundsen, 1901 – 1988, md 1918, Alton Dewey Lowe, 1898 – 1965
              Loyal Dean Lowe, 1919 – 1996
              Betty Ann Lowe, 1925





             


              

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Some notes at this point in my record

Marie Jacobsen Garff Gudmundsen lived to be 88 years old. She was widowed by two husbands, from sixteen children her grandchildren span sixty-five years form the eldest to the youngest.

Her great grandchildren have and continue to create a family history, though by now they have spread out over a vast country and world.

In my own generation, the great great grandchildren, we scarcely know our first cousins but will have children who ask who they are, where they come from so we will continue to explore and study this remarkable woman, her sons, and their children.

My entry has been a fair hodge-podge, I think. I will continue to learn and strengthen my technology skills to better reflect and relate this history.  I want the next portion to be more user friendly than the last, but it may not be as detailed. That does not mean I do not have more information - I do - but for time and space I will repeat the descendants in the third and fourth generations, from which most living posterity of Marie will be able to link to the earlier entries.

Again, corrections for my errors will make the better record. As I find the need I will report the changes but invite you to do so with me.

Marie Gudmundsen Davies and Hazel Gudmundsen Lowe

Emma Marie Gudmundsen, 1908 – 1981, the last child of Abraham and Lettie Austin Gudmundsen, was born in Lehi, Utah. She married Morris Edward Davies in 1929 in Salt Lake City.

A salesman in several Provo area businesses, Morris and Marie moved to Boulder, Nevada for the last years of her life. Morris passed away two years after Marie while living with a daughter in San Diego, California. They were parents to four daughters and a son.

They were laid to rest in Boulder, Clark County, Nevada.

Mary Hazel Gudmundsen, 1901 – 1988, was the youngest of Isaac Gudmundsen and Fannie Mulliner. Born in Iona, she made the move to Burley when her father opened up the Gudmundsen Department Store in that community.

Married to Alton Dewey Lowe in 1918, they migrated to the Los Angeles area where Dewey worked with the Defense Works as well as a variety of home building jobs and security and care taker assignments in the oil works of southern California.


Alton and Hazel were parents of one son and one daughter. Both passed away in Long Beach, California.

Regnal Washington Garff

Reginal Washington Garff, the youngest child of Peter N. and Antomina Sorensen Garff, was born in 1889 in Draper, Utah. As has been demonstrated over and over among his siblings, Regnal was active in community circles, both civic and religious. He received his higher education at Brigham Young University and Utah State Agricultural College (USU).

At the end of his life, which was the result of a heart ailment, Regnal had been president of the Continental Republic Life Insurance Company. He had been a leader in this industry for over 40 years, Salt Lake City newspapers reported, including management in the Utah State insurance department. He had also served in Boy Scouting, and was active in the Utah Republican party. Ecclesiastically, Regnal served as high priest in the LDS church, and at the time of his death was a member of the Thirtythird Ward near the University of Utah.


Married to Ruby Tattersall (1892 – 1983) in the Salt Lake LDS Temple in 1914, Regnal Garff was father to seven children, all of whom reflected their father’s esteem for community service.

Connie Mabel Garff Drown

Connie Mabel Garff, 1887 – 1957, was born in Draper. Her husband Enno Almon Drown (1887 – 1927) left her widowed suddenly when he suffered a coronary embolus. They were parents of five children, the fifth of whom was born three months after the father’s death. Enno had worked for the B & G Railroad company as a conductor. Enno’s death occurred in Magna, Utah.

Connie had a home next door to brother Regnal for a while, where her children were able to enjoy Uncle and cousins through the youthful years. Connie remained at home to raise her family.


Connie Mabel Garff Drown succumbed in Salt Lake City to hypostatic pneumonia after developing cancer. Connie and Enno rest in the Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park in Salt Lake City.

Orson Alonzo Jacob Garff

Orson Alonzo Garff, an active and civic minded entrepreneur, was born in Draper in 1885. I find little of his early life, so I rely heavily on his published obituary.

His career in the Insurance industry anchored his family in Logan from about 1915. It was here that Orson worked for the Utah Mortgage Insurance Corporation before developing the Garff Insurance Agency. He was a member of the Cache Chamber of Commerce, the Rotory Club and Temple Fork Chapter, Sons of the Utah Pioneers. A member of the LDS Church, he served as Bishop and Sunday School Superintendent.

He married Bodel Lyngby, a native of Denmark (b.1891) in 1911. They were parents of four daughters and one son. Following Bodel’s death in 1926 Orson married Viola Crismon (1894 - 1877) and they had one son and one daughter.

Orson and family lived in a home that had a large garden referred to the Wayside Garden and this was shared with the community as a serene spot to enjoy. Later the City of Logan named a park for this community benefactor, improving an area now known as the Garff Wayside Gardens, a neighborhood park, located at 100 South Main in Logan.

Orson Garff died from injuries sustained in a fall in 1965.