Just a quick note tonight, with more to come -- hopefully this weekend.
First and foremost, I've been accepted into the Caldwell-McIntosh Coalition. It's a group of our relatives -- some distant, some not-so-distant -- who possess a treasure trove of family info. Our distant cousin Dave Hull has sent me two DVDs chock full of photos, histories, genealogy, etc., which I will begin sorting through and posting on this blog and my Henderson Reunion website as soon as I can get a handle on the technical problems that have prevented any recent updates.
Yes, that's right: Two DVDs. It's the motherlode, people.
When I got a look at what was on those discs, the wealth of information, well, it's a good thing I was alone.
Also when I get more time, I will post some information about a couple of cemetery visits made to the graves of Elizabeth Harris Henderson (mother of Hyrum and grandmother of Grandpa Dave), as well as the six siblings of Grandpa Dave's who died -- within the space of about a month -- during an 1880 diphtheria epidemic in Utah's Uintah Basin. Great-great-grandmother Elizabeth was living in Spring City, Utah, when she passed. I think it will probably be fairly easy to figure out which child she was living with when she passed, but I am really curious about what Hyrum and his family were doing in the Vernal, Utah, area when those children died. That's a head-scratcher.
Anyway, be looking forward to this info as I get time and tone the photos for better Web viewing.
2 comments:
Great work. Incredible how you have done so much.
My theory when I was studying the families moving patterns (about 20 years ago) is they left Idaho because of all the persecution against Mormons that was legalized in Idaho. I am curious what you discovered. I've been thinking about Julia Ann Lindsay (Henderson) and Julia Ann Henderson (Todd) a lot these last few weeks. So internet searches led me to stumble on Thurs Henderson reunion group. I hope it still exists.
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