Monthly Archives: December 2016

Helmut Lämmlen 9 June 1927-25 Dec 2016

I received news this week that Helmut Lämmlen has gone Home.  I love Helumt and his family, my German family.  They are each dear to me.  Helmut is my father’s cousin.  His father was Carl Albert “Heinrich” Lämmlen.  Heinrich was … Continue reading

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Walter and Heinz Wäcker

Posted on September 11, 2013 by annlaemmlenlewis Several times in the last week or two as I lie in bed, not sleeping, my thoughts have turned to two of my father’s cousins, Walter and Heinz Wäcker. I’m not sure why their … Continue reading

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Eliza Astington Smuin b. 26 Dec 1826, d. 25 Feb 1899

Written by Mary Ann Astington Kirkham, from the George Wm. and Mary Ann Kirkham Journal. During her lifetime Mary Ann Astington Kirkham gave us information about her ancestry, which for a long time we were not able to verify from official … Continue reading

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William Barker (26 Dec 1833-19 Nov 1902)

Today is the birth day of William Barker, my 2nd great-grandfather.      (Author unknown) In the fall of 1850, Weber Co. was organized into a stake with Lorin Farr president, and Charles R. Dana and D. B. Dille counselors; … Continue reading

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Martin and Elizabeth Degen Bushman Celebrate Christmas in 1845, Nauvoo

Biography of Martin Bushman and Elizabeth Degen (Based upon Bushman Family History, compiled 1956 by Newbern I. Butt for the Bushman Family History Committee, pp. 12-15): On Christmas day in 1845, Martin and Elizabeth also went to the Temple and … Continue reading

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John D. Lewis Clan- NET WORTH AS OF December 25, 1960

Here is a little treasure I found in a forgotten file this morning of life as it was in the John Dean Lewis family in 1960!  Grandpa John and Peggy smile down on us from heaven now, along with Katheryn, … Continue reading

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Remembering Joseph

Today is the birth day of Joseph Smith, prophet of the Restoration. He was born in humble circumstances 0n 23 December 1805 in Sharon, Vermont. At a young age he prayed and asked God for clarity and direction. His prayers … Continue reading

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Ralph Dewey Smuin b. 21 Dec 1888, d. 26 Jan 1978

         AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF RALPH DEWEY SMUIN I was born December 21, 1888 in Ogden, Utah, Weber County, the tenth child of a family of fourteen…fifteen in all for one boy was adopted when a child, due to … Continue reading

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Jacob Isaac Bushman Obituary, d. 18 Dec 1939 in Fairview, Utah

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Jacob and Charlotte Turley Bushman

In 1978 The Theodore Turley Family Book was published by the Theodore Turley Family Organization.  Many family members helped to gather histories and photographs of family members which are included here in this volume.  Nancy Romans Turley edited and compiled … Continue reading

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