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This blog is intended as a site to compile and share family stories about the ancestors of the Rhoades and Carling families. The title comes from a record my aunt compiled several years ago.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Harriet Lenore Allen
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Christa Eliza Bastian
Christa Eliza Bastian
Christa Eliza Bastian was born on March
26, 1886 in Washington City, Washington County, Utah, just north of
St. George in the southwest corner of the state. She was the
youngest of twelve children of Jacob and Christina Bastian. She was
also the 31st of Jacob's 33 children from his three wives.
Christa's father was a farmer in Washington City. She was baptized
into the L.D.S. Church as an 8 year old on April 4, 1894. On
September 12, 1911, when she was 25 years old, she married Elmer
Carling in the St. George, Utah L.D.S. Temple. Christa and Elmer
made their home in Fillmore, Utah, where she was a homemaker and
Elmer was a police officer with the Utah Highway Patrol. Christa
lived the remaining 43 years of her life in Fillmore and died on
March 21, 1954. According to her death certificate, she suffered
from squamous cell carcinoma of the uterus for the last two years of
her life, and died from carcinomatosis, which she had for about six
months leading to her death.
Jacob Sander Bastian
Jacob Sander Bastian
Jacob Sander Bastian was born on March
14th, 1835 in Taarnby, Sundbyvester, Copenhagen, Denmark.
He was the fifth of eleven children. He was converted and baptized a
member of the L.D.S. Church in Denmark on January 15th,
1857. He left Copenhagen, with the intention of emigrating to Zion
on April 18th, 1857 aboard the steamer L.N. Hvidt as a
member of a company of 536 emigrating saints. He arrived in Grimsby,
England on April 21st, 1857. The following day, he
boarded a train bound for Liverpool. On the evening of April 24th,
1857, he married his first wife, Gertrude Pedersen aboard the ship
Westmoreland while at anchor in Liverpool harbor because the Lutheran
minister in his native Denmark would not wed Jacob and Gertrude
because they were Latter Day Saints. They set sail the next day for
the United States, arriving in Philadelphia, PA on May 31st,
1857, after spending 36 days at sea. While at sea, the saints spent
time studying English. They also formed a musical company and
enjoyed dancing and other innocent diversions. On June 2nd,
two days after arriving in Philadelphia, they boarded a train and
traveled via Baltimore, MD and Wheeling, WV, to Iowa City, Iowa,
where they joined the other Latter Day Saints in Iowa on June 9th,
1857. About a week later, they departed Iowa en route to the Salt
Lake Valley. Gertrude passed away on September 25th,
1857, shortly after they arrived in Salt Lake City. Jacob then
married his second wife, Johannah Marie Sander on about October 29th,
1857 in Tooele, Utah. In about 1860, he married the second of his
plural wives, Mette Marie Sanders. Finally, on February 7th,
1861, he married Kirsten (Christina) Hansen in Moroni, Sanpete
County, UT. Kirsten became the third of Jacob's plural wives, and
his fourth wife overall. Jacob and Gertrude did not have any
children, however, he was blessed with 33 children with his other
three wives. The Bastian family eventually settled in Washington,
just north of St. George, in southwestern Utah, where Jacob became a
farmer. Jacob was arrested in 1888 for practicing polygamy and spent
six months in jail. He died on April 22nd, 1924 in
Washington City, Washington County, UT.
Other Information of Note:
Jacob's grandson is Philo Farnsworth,
who invented the television.
Jacob's son-in-law, Elmer Carling, was
a member of the Utah Highway Patrol, and was one of the first
motorcycle officers in Utah.
Sunday, February 3, 2013
This is the second month of a year-long project to try and collect stories about our family. Each month, I am featuring ancestors who were born in that month. At this point, I am only going back five generations, but if that could change if anyone has anything they wish to share about family members further back. It doesn't have to be a full biography of the people, but whatever information you have to share, can help the rest of us learn more about our ancestors than is found on the typical pedigree chart.
February's featured family member is James Randolph Blackwood, DOB 4 Feb. 1876 (Rhoades family). There were no Carling family ancestors born in February, but there were two in March, so don't go too far, your input will definitely be needed next month.
February's featured family member is James Randolph Blackwood, DOB 4 Feb. 1876 (Rhoades family). There were no Carling family ancestors born in February, but there were two in March, so don't go too far, your input will definitely be needed next month.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
January's Featured Family Members
January's featured family members:
John James Esplin (DOB 1 January 1857) - Carling ancestor
Henry Scott Baer (DOB 1 January, 1873) - Rhoades ancestor
John James Esplin (DOB 1 January 1857) - Carling ancestor
Henry Scott Baer (DOB 1 January, 1873) - Rhoades ancestor
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