Monthly Archives: August 2018

John Thomas Amos b. 28 August 1844, Roanoake, VA

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

  John and Permelia were married on March 3, 1867, and settled on a farm in Franklin County, Virginia. After two children, William Thomas and Minerva Ann, were born to them, they were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ … Continue reading →

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Mary Amanda Sabey Mortensen b. 24 August 1906, Lehi

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Mary Amanda Sabey < John Richard Sabey < Charlotte Amanda Bushman < Charlotte Turley and Jacob Bushman Bushman Family History by Newbern I. Butt, p. 36 (published 1956) Residence of Riverton, Utah, Grad. of Jordan High and LDS Business College. … Continue reading →

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Sadie Bushman, age nine, The Heroine of Gettysburg, b. 19 August 1853

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Sarah Margaret Bushman “Sadie” was born 19 August 1853 in Cashtown, Adams County, Pennsylvania.  Her family lived in Gettysburg at the time of the Civil War.  Here is an amazing account of this dear little heroine and my relationship to … Continue reading →

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Jacob Friederich Laemmlen b. 18 August 1801, Brackenheim, Germany

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Today is the birth day of my 3rd great-grandpa, Jacob Friederich Laemmlen.  His parents were Johann “Christian” Laemmlen and Ernestine Friederike Rappolt.  He had an older brother named Christian Gottlieb b. 1799 and a younger brother named Georg b. 1805. … Continue reading →

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Albin Richard Meisel b. 3 May 1887, drowned 13 August 1907 at age 20

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Albin Richard Meisel is a brother to my husband’s grandmother, Charlotte Christine Meisel.  The Meisel family lived in Zwickau, Germany.  Albin was active in the Merchant Marine Shipping Service, in Bremen, Germany, at time of death. He drowned off the … Continue reading →

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Stephen Alonzo Lyman, son of Priscilla Turley, b. 11 August 1865, Fillmore, Utah

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

From 100 Years on the Muddy, Arabell Lee Hafner, comp. Art City Publishing Company, Springville, Utah, 1967, pp. 268-269 Stephen Alonzo Lyman was born in Fillmore, Utah, August 11, 1864, son of Priscilla Turley and Amasa Mason Lyman. When he was … Continue reading →

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A Bushman Family Reunion in Pennsylvania

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

John and I have just returned from a Bushman Family Reunion in Pennsylvania, where we celebrated the lives of my 3rd Great-grandparents, Martin and Elizabeth Degen Bushman.  Martin Bushman was born here in 1802.  His parents, Abraham and Ester Frank … Continue reading →

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Homer F. Bushman b. 6 August 1868, Lehi, Utah

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

From Unflinching Courage, pp. 97-99 Homer F. Bushman, eldest son of John Bushman and Lois Angeline Smith (save a brother who died in infancy) was born at Lehi, Utah and moved to St. Joseph, Arizona, with the family when he … Continue reading →

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