Category Archives: Ann Lewis Personal History

Information about the life of Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Trip to Weisenborn, Cainsdorf and Plauen 6 June 2029 –Ann Lewis Journal

Posted on March 30, 2024 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Excerpt from my 6 June 2009 journal entry of our trip through eastern Germany and Poland:     Then we got back to the car and drove through Dresden and on to Chemnitz, and eventually to Zwickau, where John’s grandmother, Charlotte … Continue reading →

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The Stock Market Crash of 1929–the Year Rudolf and Elsa Laemmlen Arrived in America

Posted on November 16, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

I’ve been reading a very interesting well-written memoir of stories written by a woman named Heidi Saarbach Laird, who grew up in postwar Germany as the daughter of a Jewish father and Christian mother in the aftermath of the Nazi … Continue reading →

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Höllstein, Home of the Degen Family

Posted on October 4, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis
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Jack and Boyd Smuin Exploits at Utah Lake

Posted on August 7, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Newell Turner told of his exploits with the Smuin Boys. It is a great story. Me, Jack and Boyd Smuin went fishing on Utah Lake. We had built a fire to do a bit of cooking. While we were tending … Continue reading →

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My Dear Sister Marilyn by Grace Helen Smuin Laemmlen

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

  The first recollections I have of my sister was visiting the hospital after she was born, August 3, 1935, but having to wait outside. It was exciting, though, and I remember running up and down our block in Eagle Rock … Continue reading →

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Site of First Chapel in Lehi

Posted on June 12, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

By Jacob Barlow Site of the first meetinghouse of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Lehi, Built in 1855. Replaced in 1972. Also used for civic meetings and upper rooms for school. This marker commemorates the ancient, … Continue reading →

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The Thurman School in Lehi, Utah

Posted on June 12, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

This interesting piece was posted to the Lehi Historical Society and Archives facebook group by Lee Anderson on 10 June 2023.  Our Bushman family members attended this school, so it’s very likely they were involved in some of these antics! … Continue reading →

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Obituary for Ann Marie Budge Bushman

Posted on April 4, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

1928 – 2022 Ann Marie Budge Bushman was born on April 28, 1928, in Paris, Idaho. She was the youngest of five children born to Seth and Mary Roberts Budge. Ann passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 4, … Continue reading →

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Mary Ann Ellis Cragun’s Breast Cancer

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

I often wonder how women dealt with breast cancer years ago.  How was it treated?  How did they cope?  Were there ways to cure it?  My own grandma, Ruby Smuin died of breast cancer weeks after I was born. I … Continue reading →

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Obituary for Vernald Williams Johns, son of Amy Barker

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Amy Barker, pictured below with her husband, Thomas Saville Johns, and children, is a sister to my 2nd great grandmother, Harriet Matilda Barker.  Vernald is her son, my grandpa Franklin’s cousin. HERALD JOURNAL, THE (LOGAN, UT) | 5 MARCH 1999 … Continue reading →

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