Doug and Rhea get together

Doug is the eldest son of Asher and Birda.

This video was put together rather hastily for a Christmas surprise this year.  I'd collected the photos and interview footage in previous months and years before, and I'd always MEANT to assemble something up this avenue, but never got around to it.  I'm glad I finally did.  :)

Doug & Rhea get together from Sare & Jamo on Vimeo.

Password hint:

What is the name of Doug & Rhea's baby of the family? 

(Caps sensitive)

Lottie Hodson & Joseph Harper

Lottie Blair Lewis Hodson was an older half-sister to Birda.

(Their father was Siney Lewis Sr, but they were born to different mothers.)

After Lottie's husband, Allan K. Hodson died in 1904, she remarried a man named Joseph P. Harper (of Salida, Caffee, Colorado) on 17 Oct 1906 in Salt Lake City, UT.

Thus, she became Lottie Blair Lewis Hodson Harper.... or just Lottie Harper.

No photo exists of Joseph P. Harper to my knowledge

Marriage License Application:

SOURCE: familysearch.org
Film# 0429065

Marriage License:

SOURCE: familysearch.org
Film #049298

 Newspaper notice:

SOURCE: Vernal Express 1906, Oct 27, p.3

My initial impressions of Joseph P. Harper are not favorable, as 11 months later when Lottie died due to complications in childbirth, Joseph expressed no interest in caring for his new baby or the 5 year-old son from Lottie's previous marriage, and essentially skipped town.  I can find no further trace on Joseph Harper, and honestly don't care to.  This is about as far into the story as he ties.

Lottie's probate record, p.33:

SOURCE: Lottie Hodson Harper probate
8th Dist Court, Uintah Co,
Probate Case Files, Case 137-138,
UT State Archives, Series 14198
Researched Aug 2013
Text highlighted by me

Lottie's probate record transcribed (highlighted portion only):

"... That the husband of said deceased, Joseph Harper, who is entitled to letters of administration, refuses to take them and has said he will not bother with it and turned the whole matter over to your petitioner with the request that he see to it, and that the said Joseph Harper has left this County...."

Lottie Lewis & Allen Hodson

Lottie Lewis was one of Birda's half-sisters.

She married Allen K Hodson* (of Ashley Precinct, UT) on 28 Dec 1898 in Ashley(Vernal?), UT

Thus, she became Lottie Lewis Hodson.

*The name is also commonly found spelled as "Hodgson".

Allen Hodson and Lottie Lewis
Photoshopped together by me
Found in the personal albums of Dallas Workman

 Marriage License:

SOURCE: familysearch.org
Film # 0481100

 Newspaper notice:

SOURCE: Vernal Express 1899, Jan 5, p.1

Newspaper notice transcribed:
"One of Millward's young lords carried off one of our young ladies starting last Wednesday on the voyage of life.  The benedict is Heber Carrol and the blushing bride, Miss Lottie Lewis.  We wish them a pleasant journey."

Newspaper correction: 

SOURCE: Vernal Express 1899, Jan 12, p.2

Newspaper correction transcribed:

"Ever since the Express came from press last week Heber Carroll has been endeavoring to coax his wife home, but as Al Hodson had the license and not Carroll, as reported by our Fourth ward correspondent, Heber found his task a hopeless one and concluded to console himself by spending the winter in the Uintah Stake Academy."

1900 Census:

SOURCE: familysearch.org

I include the 1900 census here as it gives interesting clues just a year or two after their marriage.  If the census was taken door-to-door, this implies that on one side of their newlywed nest was Lottie's married half-sister, Annie Carroll, and on the other side was the rest of the Carroll clan, namely Edmund and Ester Carroll- WHO ALSO happened to be the witnesses present who signed on Lottie and Allen's marriage license... interesting little tidbit, yes?

Allen unfortunately died just a few years later in 1904, so it's a miracle to have the little bits of information we do about their nuptials and where they lived during this early timeframe.

Death info on William Lewis

William Harrison Lewis was a half brother to Birda.

He came through Siney Lewis Sr. and his second wife, Elizabeth Blair.

Unfortunately, no known photo of William exists.

:(

According to this document the following dates apply:

BIRTH: 9 Dec 1879- Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah*

DEATH: 3/4 May 1896- Vernal, Uintah, Utah*

He was 16 years old when he died.

Newspaper notice:

SOURCE: Vernal Express 1896, May 7, p.4

Newspaper notice transcribed:

"... A young man in Fourth Ward by the name of Lewis 16 years old, died Sunday of typhoid pneumonia..."

The reason I can tie this notice to "Willie" Lewis is due to the following written history that indicates his existence, as well of that of his sister, Lottie:

From the written document, "Memories of my Father, Siney Lewis Sr." written by his daughter, Mary Hatch on 18 Jun 1958, and found in the personal documents of Glen Hatch, there is this indication:

"(p.1)... Shortly after we moved to Midway, Betty died and left two children.  Four other children had died before and Lottie and William were the children she left.  Father brought little Willie to Mother where he lived until his death at 16 years old...

(p.2)... During our first year in Vernal, we lost our dear brother, Willie, at 16 years old.  (He was Betty's son.)  He was never well and strong.  He had what they called inflammatory rheumatism- a very painful thing, and he suffered constantly.  It was then that Father, in his sorrow, wondered if we had done the right thing in moving to Vernal..."

Another document written by Mary Hatch, "My Life" (written 25 Dec 1956) found in the personal albums of Glen Hatch, recalled this detail as well (p.12):

"...The next fall, after we moved to Vernal, we lost Willie at the age of 16.  He never was a healthy child.  I can still see his round, pale face.  I wasn’t old enough to think much about his sickness, but I remember a strange incident at the time of his death.  It was thought that he had passed away.  Father and several others were by his bed when, all of a sudden, he raised up.  He said, “He had been on the other side, that he had seen his mother and Jesus and that he was going to them, that he wasn’t permitted to stay here any longer.”  He said many strange things, then passed away.  As he lay there so still and white, I’d slip around to the back of the sofa that he was on and peek over and watch and think- why did they put money on his eyes, why couldn’t he breathe, etc.  A new experience had come into my life.  I wasn’t too sad.  It isn’t meant that children grieve too much..."

Headstone:

SOURCE: billiongraves.com

Death certificates are not available in Utah until 1904, so unfortunately there is no further paper trail I can find on Willie to this point.  Dang.

*These dates are derived not only from indications in the newspaper, but from the information provided through billiongraves.com (see link in the source info below the headstone image) and family group records.  The only discrepancy is that the newspaper would date his death as May 3, while the billiongraves records and family records state it was May 4.  Birth location was derived from information provided on a family group record, though I haven't been able to find evidence of this elsewhere.  A possible source would be through: LDS Midway Ward #6408, p.62, line 1546.  I will have to confirm this at a later date...

Georgia L McClelland & Francis J Fuller

Georgia Lewis McClelland was Birda's older sister.

After divorcing her husband, H Linn McClelland, between 1935-1940,

She remarried Francis Joseph Fuller on 7 Jan 1949 in San Francisco, California.

Thus, she became Georgia Lewis McClelland Fuller... at least for a time...

No photos of Georgia and Francis can be procured at this time.

:(

California Marriage Index, 1949-1959:

SOURCE: ancestry.com
Further source info is located in lower highlighted box on image

This union is still a mystery to me as family records and civil records indicate that it did indeed occur, but on Georgia's obituary she is listed as "Georgia McClelland" and on Francis' obituary Georgia is not mentioned, even as a surviving spouse.  It leads me to assume that between 1949 and 1957 (when Francis died) that their marriage ended, and she reverted back to her initially married name.

Dates and reasons are foggy on both divorces for Georgia, and without clarity from surviving descendants it's been difficult to assemble this picture together.  Further investigation into California Marriage/Divorce Records should help clear things up, but until finances or public records become available to sort this out, it will remain a mystery...

Death info on Joseph Francis Fuller

Joseph Francis Fuller was a brother-in-law to Birda.

He married Birda's older sister, Georgia (although they later were divorced.)

No photo for J.F. Fuller

:(

According to these documents the following dates apply:

BIRTH: 22/23 Sept 1889- ,, California*

DEATH: 2 Jan 1957- San Francisco, San Francisco, California

He was 67 years old when he died.

California Death Index:

SOURCE: ancestry.com
(See citations in bottom portion of image)

WWI draft card:

SOURCE: familysearch.org
*Included as it gives a derivative date of birth: 23 Sept 1889

 Obituary:

SOURCE: San Francisco Examiner 1957, Jan 4, Sec III, p.19
Obtained via email through the Magazines & Newspapers Center
of the San Francisco Public Library, request Feb 2014

Obituary transcribed:

FULLER- In San Francisco, Jan 2, 1957.  Francis Joseph Fuller, dearly beloved father of Mrs. Grace M. Eastburn of Mill Valley, Mrs. Dorothy J. Sparrow of Great Falls, Montana, Mrs. Doris Salopek and Frank G. Fuller, both of San Carlos, survived by seven grandchildren; a native of San Franciso, aged 67 years.

Friends are invited to attend funeral services Friday at 2 p.m. at the Crippen & Flynn Chapel, 1414 El Camino Real, Redwood City.  Interment, Alta Mesa Memorial Park.

As he died in California, it will be tricky for me to procure a copy of his death certificate to post here, although it would prove helpful in filling in some gaps.  As Georgia is not mentioned in his obituary (as surviving or preceding him in death) and Georgia's obituary does not list her last name as Fuller (but rather her previously married name of McClelland from her first marriage) it is assumed that although they married in CA in 1949 that the marriage did not last and dissolved sometime before his death in 1957.  I would love some clarity on this, but have not been able to find any yet.... to be continued, I suppose...

Charles and Crystal Lewis- 60th anniversary

Charles P Lewis was one of Birda's older brothers.

The following details Charles' 60 years of marriage to his wife, Crystal.

older Charlie and Crystal Lewis
From the personal albums of Patty Stewart 

Newspaper notice:

SOURCE: Vernal Express 1972, Jun 22, p.3
Found also in the personal albums of Dallas Workman

Newspaper notice transcribed:

60th Anniversary Celebrated by Vernal Residents

The children of Charles and Crystal Lewis; Mrs. R.D. (Lenore) Nielson, Ret. Lt. Col. Charles Howard Lewis, and Mrs. Max (Patricia) Stewart, will celebrate their parents' 80th birthdays and 60th wedding anniversary with an open house at the Lewis home, 262 South Second West, June 24 from 6 to 9 p.m. All friends and relatives are invited.  No gifts please.

Birthday/Anniversary party notice:

SOURCE: Vernal Express 1972, Jun 29, p.B5
Found in personal albums of Patty Stewart

Birthday/Anniversary party notice transcribed:

109 Guests Attend Birthday-Anniversary Celebration June 24

Mr. And Mrs. Charles P. Lewis celebrated their birthday-anniversary June 24.  They greeted 109 guests.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have worked in public and church works; Mr. Lewis was chorister in Glines Ward and 2nd Ward MIA, was scoutmaster of troop 232 Vernal 2nd Ward for several years when the troop earned the most awards of any troop in Uintah District.  He taught school 37 years, 22 of which were at Uintah High School where he taught art and other subjects.

One year at the University of Utah he was first trumpet in the University band.  He was leader of Uintah High School Band for two years and Vernal band for several years, was president of American Association of Retired Persons for five years and at present is a member of the Council on Aging.

Crystal P. Lewis taught school 15 years, was county librarian six years.  She taught LDS Sunday School 35 years.  She was class leader in both stake and ward Relief Society, taught Primary and MIA in Hawatha for two years.  She has been secretary of Sunday School, MIA, Relief Society and is now secretary of the AARP chapter 368.

She has held many offices in Daughters of Utah Pioneers, both in county and local camp since first organized.  At present, she is historian of Camp Vernal.  She has written about 20 individual histories or biographies of relatives and friends now on file at Salt Lake City Daughters of Utah Pioneers.

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are parents of three children, Lenore Nielson, Charles Howard Lewis and Pat Stewart.  They have 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

*Spelling corrected wherein I was aware.

Lewis House Fires

The Siney Sr and Elizabeth C Lewis household had the misfortune of suffering through more than one house fire.  The post covers their life history in that context.

The following is an excerpt from the Life History of Mary (Lewis) Hatch (written by herself, and found in the personal albums of Glen Hatch) regarding one of the house fires they experienced:

"...Another disastrous thing that came to us when I was a child was our home being destroyed by fire.  Houses in those days were more or less fire traps- logs with factory stretched over them.  All homes were about the same then, to freshen and clean them, the factory was whitewashed occasionally.  This would cause the factory on the ceiling to bag down with the weight of the whitewash on it.  If we could go into a house like that now, we would never forget it.  As soon as material became available, Mother started to persuade Father to lathe and plaster the house, but like all men, he’d say, “I can’t see anything wrong with it.”

Every morning, Father would get up early, make a big fire in the kitchen stove, then go out to do his other chores.  We children were in the front of the house dressing.  I could smell smoke.  I looked out a little south window and could see the smoke coming out of the crack over the door.  I screamed, “The house is on fire.” I ran to the door leading into the kitchen, threw it open, and the flames darted at me like a great red tongue.  We were all out of there in less than two minutes.

Children don’t suffer too much from events like that and it’s a good thing.  It’s the parents.  I stayed at Nonie’s, Mother and Father went down to Siney’s until the house could be rebuilt.  To have to start from the bottom- no dishes, no dishtowels or sheets or towels, no cooking utensils and, worst of all, no money to buy more.  The poverty and hardships people went through!..."

Newspaper article: 

SOURCE: Vernal Express 1906, Nov 10, p.1

Newspaper article:

CRUEL FLAMES!

LEWIS FAMILY LEFT HOMELESS AGAIN.

For the Third Time Within Two Years, Fire Destroys Belongings of Siney Lewis.

For the third time in the brief period of two years Siney Lewis has been burned out.

The conflagration occurred Thursday night, or more correctly speaking, very early Friday morning.  The cause of the fire was undoubtedly a few pieces of kindling wood, placed on the kitchen stove to dry.  The heat form the range it is thought, ignited these, from them fire was communicated to the floor, the flames making great headway before the inmates of the house awakened.

Every possible effort was made to save the contents of the house and extinguish the flames, but without success, so far as the latter part of the proposition was concerned, as the building was totally destroyed.  Most of the contents of the front part of the house were removed but those of the kitchen were entirely lost.

Two of the children were almost suffocated and had a narrow escape.  This is the third heavy loss Mr. Lewis has suffered from fire.  The first fire occurred two years ago, when the steam thresher set his stack afire, causing the loss of all his hay, grain, stables, stackyards etc, later on his house with all his household effects were totally destroyed by fire and now comes this fire, for the second time rendering the family homeless.  The house had just received the finishing touches and the family confidently expected to enjoy their home this winter.  It is needless to say the family are justly entitled to substantial public sympathy.

*Spelling and punctuation corrected wherein I was aware.

Newspaper follow-up:

SOURCE: Vernal Express 1906, Nov 24, p.3

Newspaper follow-up transcribed:

Siney Lewis wishes to thank those who came to the assistance of his family, and have made it possible for them to build another house this winter.

Newspaper follow-up, II:

SOURCE: Vernal Express 1907, Jan 5, p.1

Newspaper follow-up, II, transcribed:
The county commissioners have appropriated 1,000 feet of lumber to assist Siney Lewis in the erection of a new home.


From the "History of Charley Lewis" (recorded by Charles Lewis himself to his daughter Lenore in 1975 who transcribed the document found in the personal albums of Patty Stewart) we have this account:

"... The first fire we had I was about 8 or 9 years old.  I was sleeping on the floor right next to Frank.  He was on a cot.  In the night I heard something popping and sounding like a fire burning and it woke me up.  As I looked into the other room, into the kitchen, I could see the fire just coming up over the edge of the door.

 It scared me so that I woke Frank up right then.  He woke the rest of the family.  We started getting things out of the house as fast as we could and one of the neighbors came over, but the house was so engulfed in smoke and fire that we didn’t get very much out of the house.

 It started by Mother putting some kindling on the back of the stove to dry it so it would be dried by morning.  There was enough fire in the stove that it ignited the wood and that caused the fire.  It burned the house down.  That was the first fire.

 ... The second fire they got the framework all up and [were] getting along there pretty well with it and the ceiling on the top there.  They had run the chimney right up [through] the house and got it too close to the wood.  That was the second fire.  It ignited right from the top of the house.  In a little while, the whole house was in flames.  I remember that Joe Carroll was one of the big helpers.  He had done a lot of the work and contributed some of the material.  He was Annie’s first husband...

 That was in the wintertime.  We had kind of dug out a big cellar at the back of the house that we used to keep our fruit and stuff in, and we had to use that a lot there for some of our living.  Siney had just got married and was living down [through] the fields and had built a house there [for] he and Lena.  We used to go down there to live quite a little bit, until our house was so that we could live in that.  Some of us slept in that cellar.  I remember distinctly when we were living down there we’d milk the cows up in the corral then take the milk down to Siney’s and separate it. I wasn’t big enough to carry the milk bucket so it would just slide along on the snow as I was carrying it along...."

Death info on Linn McClelland

Horatio Linn McClelland was one of Birda's brother-in-laws.

He married Birda's older sister, Georgia.

There is no available photo of Linn McClelland at this time.  :(

I know, it makes me sad too.

According to this document, the following dates apply:

BIRTH: 8 Jul 1889- Cascade, El Paso, Colorado

DEATH: 25 Sept 1967- Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado

He was 78 years old when he died.

Death notice:

SOURCE: Vernal Express 1967, Oct 5, p. 17

Death notice transcribed:

Ex-Resident Dies in Grand Junction, Colo.

Linn McClelland died at St. Mary's hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado where he had been a patient since September 5.  Funeral services were held from the Sowder Funeral Home in Rifle, Friday morning at 11:00 a.m. with the Rev. Otto B. Duckworth officiating.  Burial was in the Rose Hill Cemetery.

Horatio Linn McClelland, the son of Taylor and Margaret Jackson McClelland was born on July 8, 1889 at Cascade, Colorado and died September 25, 1967 at Grand Junction, Colorado at the age of 78.

Mr. McClelland's parents moved to Vernal when he was a small boy and there he grew to manhood.  He was united in marriage with Georgia Lewis in 1909 at Vernal.  Mr. and Mrs. McClelland made their home in various communities in Utah, including Vernal, Sunnyside and Price prior to their moving to California in 1925.  Mr. McClelland made his home in San Francisco until 1936 when he returned to Colorado where he lived in Rangely, Meeker and Rifle communities.  Mr. McClelland was a sheep rancher by profession.

Survivors include a son, Gordon T. McClelland of San Mateo, California and a daughter, Mrs. Harold Roll of Oakland, California, two grandchildren and other relatives.

* Spelling and punctuation adjusted wherein I was aware.

Because Linn died in the last 50 years, his death certificate will not become publicly available until around the year 2017... if that.  I'm not sure how publicly available death certificates are from Colorado archives, but if I can get ahold of a copy in due time, I will post it here.

Death info on Joseph H Carroll

Joseph Hyrum Carroll was one of Birda's brother-in-laws.

He was the first husband to Birda's older sister, Annie Elizabeth Lewis.

Joseph Hyrum Carroll
From the personal albums of Howard Carroll

According to these documents the following dates apply:

BIRTH: 4 Jun 1976- Heber, Wasatch, Utah

DEATH: 13 Sept 1934- Arlington, Riverside, California

He was 58 years old when he died.

Death notice:

SOURCE: Vernal Express 1934, Sept 20, p.1

Death notice transcribed:

Valley's First Threshing Machine Operator Dies At Home in California

Word was received by DeVere Carroll on September 13 of the serious illness of his father Joseph H. Carroll at Riverside, Calif.  The family left immediately but death occurred before they arrived.  Funeral services were held at Riverside under the direction of the LDS church.

Joseph H. Carroll was born June 4, 1873 at Heber City.  He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Carroll.  He came to Ashley Valley as a boy and lived here until 1922 when he moved to California, where he has since lived.  He was married to Annie E. Lewis at Vernal.  As a resident of the Maeser ward he operated one of the first threshing machines in the valley and was well known among the people here.

Death occurred rather sudden on Thursday, September 13 in a hospital at Riverside.  He had been under the doctor's care since 1931 but not seriously ill.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Afton Birch of Roosevelt and the following sons: DeVere, Darrell, Veldon and Norman Carroll, all of Vernal.  All of the survivors were in attendance at the funeral services at Riverside.

*Punctuation added wherein I was aware.

Death Certificate:

Found in the personal albums of Howard Carroll

Family Summary- Nelson Merkley Jr & Keturah Thurman Peterson

The following is a brief summary for the family union of:

Nelson Merkley Jr.

and

Keturah Thurman Peterson

Nelson Merkley Jr.
b. 24 Mar 1857- Carson Valley, Nevada, to Nelson Merkley Sr and Sarah Jane Sanders Merkley
d. 18 Apr 1924- Vernal, Uintah, Utah

Keturah "Kate" Thurman Peterson
b. 8 Oct 1867- Hart Co, Kentucky, to Mary Elizabeth Thurman (and adopted by Peter Peterson)*
d. 2 May 1950- Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Nelson Merkley Jr. married "Kate" Peterson on 9 Jun 1884 in Vernal, Uintah, Utah (later solemnized in the Logan temple in Logan, Cache, Utah in 1889)*


Born to this union were the following:

Ellis Merkley
b. 2 May 1885- Vernal, Uintah, Utah
m. 17 Jun 1908- Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah to Jean Eleanor Gerber
d. 22 Mar 1976- Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Ezra Thurman Merkley
b. 23 Sept 1887- Vernal, Uintah, Utah
m. 15 Nov 1913- Vernal, Uintah, Utah to Alice Hacking
d. 18 Jan 1919- Vernal, Uintah, Utah

Helen Merkley
b. 9 Apr 1890- Vernal, Uintah, Utah
m. 29 Jun 1910- Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah to Byron Owen Colton
d. 22 Oct 1961- Roosevelt, Duchesne, Utah

Milton Merkley
b. 30 Apr 1893- ASSUMED Vernal, Uintah, Utah*
d. 9 May 1893- ASSUMED Vernal, Uintah, Utah*

Sarah Merkley
b. 20 Apr 1894- ASSUMED Vernal, Uintah, Utah*
d. 30 Apr 1894- ASSUMED Vernal, Uintah, Utah*

Mary Elizabeth Merkley
b. 25 Aug 1896- Vernal, Uintah, Utah
m. 6 Sept 1917- Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah to Isabrand Sander Jr.
d. 24 Oct 1974- Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Asher Merkley
b. 19 Jul 1899- Vernal, Uintah, Utah
m. 2 Aug 1920- Vernal, Uintah, Utah to Birda Lewis
d. 14 Feb 1974- Vernal, Uintah, Utah

Margaret Jane Merkley
b. 14 Apr 1902- Vernal, Uintah, Utah
m. 28 Apr 1927- Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah to Rulon Kershaw Hansen
d. 13 Mar 1989- Monroeville City, Allegheny, Pennsylvania (buried in SLC, UT)

Kate Merkley
b. 27 Nov 1907- Vernal, Uintah, Utah
d. 27 Nov 1907- Vernal, Uintah, Utah (stillborn)

Nelson Merkley Jr and Kate P Merkley family
Asher, Margret, Ezra, Mary, Nelson Jr, Kate, Ellis, Helen
From the personal albums of Lois Chatfield

Confirming documents for dates and places on all of these family members can be found within the posts on this blog.

*Visual copies of documentation for these life events have not yet been found.  Dates are based on family histories, newspaper clippings (such as obituaries), and database searches on familysearch.org that all seem to agree on or refer to the same dates and locations.

Jennie L Hullinger- Mother of the Year

Jennie L Hullinger was Birda's younger sister.

Jennie Lewis Hullinger
From the personal albums of Charmain Runyon
Cropped from a larger image

The following article details how Jennie won the distinction of "Uintah Basin Mother of the Year" in 1972.  It gives a brief overview of her life and details the events of her receiving her award.

Newspaper article:

SOURCE: Vernal Express 1972, Apr 20, p.1

As it's rather lengthy I won't transcribe it at this time, but by clicking on the newspaper image or downloading it, it is still easy enough to read.

Jennie holding daughter
From the personal albums of Charmain Runyon

Siney Lewis Sr in photos

Siney Lewis Sr was Birda's father.

The following are a handful of photos of him in various situations.

Siney Sr on a mule- April 1915
From personal albums of Patty Stewart

Siney Lewis Sr- Glines Area of Vernal, UT
From personal albums of David Ahrnsbrak
(Additional copy of this photo from albums of Patty Stewart
indicates the written date: April 1915)

Siney Sr at homestead
From the personal albums of David Ahrnsbrak
(Additional copy of this photo from albums of Patty Stewart
indicates the written date: May 27, 1915)

Siney Lewis Sr
From the personal albums of Ellen Fletcher

Lewis homestead in photos

The following are photos of the Lewis homestead, where Birda's parents (Siney Sr and Elizabeth) lived.  To my understanding they lived in this area for about 30 years, roughly from the 1900s-1930s.
These photos are from the personal albums of David Ahrnsbrak

"Lewis Home in Glines, UT area
Elizabeth front left, Jennie and Birda on porch, Crystal, Siney Sr"

"Lewis home in Glines area,
about 2500 W 800 S, Vernal, UT"

Photos of Annie & John Weist

Annie L. Weist was one of Birda's older sisters.

The following are a handful of photos of Annie and her third husband, John W. Weist, that have not yet been posted.

From the personal albums of Howard Carroll

From the personal albums of Patty Stewart

From the personal albums of Howard Carroll

Found on ancestry.com, Feb 2013

Siney Sr and Elizabeth Lewis in photos

Siney Lewis Sr and Elizabeth Coleman Lewis were Birda's parents.

The following are a handful of photos of just the two of them at varying stages of life, and are all from the personal albums of David Ahrnsbrak.

Elizabeth and Siney Lewis Sr
Likely around the time of their marriage

Siney Sr and Elizabeth on porch, 1927

Elizabeth and Siney Lewis, 1928

Elizabeth and Siney Sr

Young Annie Lewis in photos

Annie Elizabeth Lewis was one of Birda's older sisters.

The following are a few photos of her in her youthful days, found in the personal albums of Howard Carroll.

Annie Lewis about 18 years old,
Portrait taken in Heber, Utah

Annie portrait

Photos of some of Birda's siblings when in youth

The following are photos of some of Birda's siblings in their younger days.

"Some Lewis siblings- Mary, Charlie, Georgia, Frank"
From the personal albums of Bryce Merkley

"Charlie Lewis standing, unknown seated"
From the personal albums of Patty Stewart

"Green River Swimming-
Likely Jennie far left, Asher next to her, Charlie standing,
Mary with arm around husband Charles Hatch,
children and other man far left unknown"
From the personal albums of Glen Hatch

"Birda, Frank and wife Frances, little Virginia with the doll"
From the personal albums of Tamera Lund

"Frank Lewis in his store, maybe 1930s"
From personal albums of David Ahrnsbrak

"Siney Lewis Jr working in confectionery shop, maybe 1918"
From the personal albums of David Ahrnsbrak