Born 1752
Died 1837
I found this photo at http://www.joycetice.com/cemb/wolfsetc.htm
I am pretty sure this is our ancestor, Michael Wolf, but there are a few dates that differ, so I need to check all that out before anyone starts scrapbooking this.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
The Blog is now Public
Because the blog is public now we need to be careful not to put any information up that could be potentially harmful to living people. Leave off living people's:
Birthdays
Ages
Addresses or any info on where they live
Last names when it isn't necessary
Anyone who is writing on the blog or commenting, just be careful, and think about what you are posting before you put it online. Thanks.
Birthdays
Ages
Addresses or any info on where they live
Last names when it isn't necessary
Anyone who is writing on the blog or commenting, just be careful, and think about what you are posting before you put it online. Thanks.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Walton and Evelyn Wolfe
I love this picture, I think it was taken in the 1990's, apparently a time for big eye glass lenses and polka dots!
Evelyn Wolfe Life Sketch
Cindy Nelson's notes for her talk to give Evelyn Armstrong Wolfe's Funeral:
Life Sketch for Evelyn Wolfe
Proverbs 31:10-11, 28-29
Evelyn Wolfe was born March 12, 1923 to Price Jackson Armstrong and Rebecca Henderson Ellis Armstrong in Robin, Idaho. She was the third child and only daughter of Price and Rebecca. Verl Ellis was the oldest son followed by Dale Ellis, then Evelyn, and Ray Ellis, and Cecil Ellis.
Ellis was named after her grandmother Virginia Evelina. She was always very proud of her name for this reason.
She had a good childhood. They had no water or electricity in the home when they were growing up. Being the only girl she was given her own bedroom. She said that it was sometimes so cold there would be frost on the quilts when you woke up in the morning. They had to carry water from the bottom of the hill and on Saturday night they would heat water on the stove, so they could each bath in the tin tub. They also had the privilege of using an outhouse.
As children they played Annie I Over and hide and seek. Evelyn and some of the neighbor girls would sometimes get together and make corn husk dolls.
Some of the jobs she had as a young girl were:
Cooking for the haymen
Running dairy cows
Pulling weeds
Scraping pigs
Picking the feather off chickens and getting them ready to cook
Washing eggs for delivery
Washing the cream separator, because her father sold cream. She said this was a particularly hard job because it had so many pieces.
Her dad would make them hoe weeds in the 80 by the McGaughy place and they couldn't have a drink until they had hoed all around the field. She said they were mighty thirsty.
Her dad would take them to Lava on Saturday night if he wasn't playing for a dance. He played drums in a band.
Her mother, Becky, was stricken with Rheumatoid Arthritis when Evelyn was a young girl. She taught her how to cook from her hospital bed in the kitchen. Evelyn took really good care of her mother for many years.
Her brother, Dale, who was 2 years older than her, was born with a crippling disease. Evelyn took very good care of him also. They would go to town and some of the kids would make fun of him, but Evelyn would not stand for that. She always stuck up for him. He was not able to walk until he was 5 years old.
Her and Dale would go to their grandmother's house. She would give them the cake mold to lick. She had a large family-15 children, so I was surprised there was anything to lick.
Evelyn quit school in her Junior year to stay home and take care of her mother. She said she would do it again if she could. She loved her mother very much.
She was introduced to a handsome young man, who was on leave from the military, by a girlfriend at a dance. This was in the fall of 1942. They only went on 3 dates before he asked her to marry him. Walton knew a good thing when he say it. He had to return, but he sent her a one way ticket to travel to Texas to get married. Her dad probably wasn't to excited, but he let her go with a round trip ticket just in case things didn't work out. They were married Dec. 19, 1942, in Corpus Christy, Texas, by Elder Mackintosh. They were later sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. Walton joined the church April 6, 1943, before he left to go overseas. She came back to Robin to care for her family. Walton sent her to meet his parents in Kansas. She said it was very scary, but she survived.
Their first son, Richard, was born July X, 19XX. Rhea followed on Feb. X, 19XX, Mike, March X, 19XX, Marsha Aug. X, 19XX, Peggy March X, 19XX, and Jeff June X, 19XX. Evelyn expressed what a wonderful family they had and how proud they were of them.
I have left the exact birthdays off of this because these people are still living and need privacy if you need to know the dates contact me.
She had many callings in the church, but her most important calling was service.
Evelyn had heart surgery in 1995. Before the surgery she made some notes I guess in case she didn't make it. She remembered Cecil pushing her in her wheelchair and telling her she reminded him of Grandma Becky, Marsha calling her from Hawaii, and Randy's visit to the hospital. She expressed gratitude to each of her nieces and nephews for all the respect they had shown her. She also said how much she loved Norma and Omalee, her two sisters-in-law who were the sisters she never had. She was sure that Grandma and Grandpa were looking down with pride on their posterity.
In 1996, Evelyn had a stroke and was confined to a wheelchair. The good thing was that she had done a good job of teaching service to her children that they accepted the responsibility for her care. Walton did his best to care for her until he was diagnosed with cancer and could no longer care for her. in 1998 Evelyn and Walton moved to Pingree to live with Mike and Deanne. We all wish to express our thanks to Mike and Deanne for the excellent care they gave her. It was a challenge I'm sure, but what a reward.
Evelyn and Walton were married for 61 years before he passed away in 2003. She said they had had a few arguments, but nothing serious.
We all have so many special memories of Aunt Evelyn. When I think back to my childhood every memory I have revolved around Evelyn and Walton and their family. Last week when I went to visit her in the hospital she reminded me of a memory that she had had. She couldn't drive at that time, so she would call OmaLee and they would meet at the underpass. We lived on Buchanan and Evelyn lived on 6th Street. They would walk back to Evelyn's house and mom would drive their car and we would go on an adventure. This day we went to Ross Park. When we were ready to go home they stopped to get ice cream for all of us kids. They ordered 10 ice creams, but only had 9 kids with them. That's when they realized they had left Robert at the park. We drove right back to find him, and he was sitting their crying his little eyes out. Evelyn had remembered it clearly.
Some of the memories are:
Her love of garage sales. She always made sure that if she had any grandkids with her they would have 50 cents or $1.00 to spend.
She loved to go to Jackpot and play the nickel machines.
We always got together to watch Bonanza on Sunday night.
The raw potatoes and ice cubes.
She never said an unkind word or complained.
She would buy fabric and ask Omalee to make dresses for her girls. The strangest thing was she always bought extra, so mom would have plenty to make us something.
The old shuffleboard table in the basement that we all sat on to watch T.V.
Eating Arctic Circle hamburgers that Dale bought.
Her love of David Hasslehoff.
Folding the papers, so the kids could get them delivered on time.
When she finally learned to drive she would drive with both feet, one on the gas and one on the brake. She told Shane she would never be able to drive a stick shift because she didn't have three feet.
Camping in the big white teepee tent.
Drive-in movies on dollar a car night, with big bags of popcorn and kook-aid.
There was always something warming on the stove.
The leftovers from the school cafeteria.
She loved to go to town shopping.
She would never stay on the phone too long because she was afraid that lightning would get her through her phone.
The first question she always asked when you went to visit. Are you hungry? Are you thirsty?
She never went to bed without naming each of her children and grandchildre and probably great-grandchildren and asking a special blessing for each and every one.
Peggy wrote a special poem for her mom
Evelyn requested this letter be read at her funeral.
Someone once told me that I was just like my aunt Evelyn. I think that was the greatest compliment I have ever received.
Last memory that was remembered by all:
The video of Evelyn singing "Three little fishies"
Life Sketch for Evelyn Wolfe
Proverbs 31:10-11, 28-29
Evelyn Wolfe was born March 12, 1923 to Price Jackson Armstrong and Rebecca Henderson Ellis Armstrong in Robin, Idaho. She was the third child and only daughter of Price and Rebecca. Verl Ellis was the oldest son followed by Dale Ellis, then Evelyn, and Ray Ellis, and Cecil Ellis.
Ellis was named after her grandmother Virginia Evelina. She was always very proud of her name for this reason.
She had a good childhood. They had no water or electricity in the home when they were growing up. Being the only girl she was given her own bedroom. She said that it was sometimes so cold there would be frost on the quilts when you woke up in the morning. They had to carry water from the bottom of the hill and on Saturday night they would heat water on the stove, so they could each bath in the tin tub. They also had the privilege of using an outhouse.
As children they played Annie I Over and hide and seek. Evelyn and some of the neighbor girls would sometimes get together and make corn husk dolls.
Some of the jobs she had as a young girl were:
Cooking for the haymen
Running dairy cows
Pulling weeds
Scraping pigs
Picking the feather off chickens and getting them ready to cook
Washing eggs for delivery
Washing the cream separator, because her father sold cream. She said this was a particularly hard job because it had so many pieces.
Her dad would make them hoe weeds in the 80 by the McGaughy place and they couldn't have a drink until they had hoed all around the field. She said they were mighty thirsty.
Her dad would take them to Lava on Saturday night if he wasn't playing for a dance. He played drums in a band.
Her mother, Becky, was stricken with Rheumatoid Arthritis when Evelyn was a young girl. She taught her how to cook from her hospital bed in the kitchen. Evelyn took really good care of her mother for many years.
Her brother, Dale, who was 2 years older than her, was born with a crippling disease. Evelyn took very good care of him also. They would go to town and some of the kids would make fun of him, but Evelyn would not stand for that. She always stuck up for him. He was not able to walk until he was 5 years old.
Her and Dale would go to their grandmother's house. She would give them the cake mold to lick. She had a large family-15 children, so I was surprised there was anything to lick.
Evelyn quit school in her Junior year to stay home and take care of her mother. She said she would do it again if she could. She loved her mother very much.
She was introduced to a handsome young man, who was on leave from the military, by a girlfriend at a dance. This was in the fall of 1942. They only went on 3 dates before he asked her to marry him. Walton knew a good thing when he say it. He had to return, but he sent her a one way ticket to travel to Texas to get married. Her dad probably wasn't to excited, but he let her go with a round trip ticket just in case things didn't work out. They were married Dec. 19, 1942, in Corpus Christy, Texas, by Elder Mackintosh. They were later sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. Walton joined the church April 6, 1943, before he left to go overseas. She came back to Robin to care for her family. Walton sent her to meet his parents in Kansas. She said it was very scary, but she survived.
Their first son, Richard, was born July X, 19XX. Rhea followed on Feb. X, 19XX, Mike, March X, 19XX, Marsha Aug. X, 19XX, Peggy March X, 19XX, and Jeff June X, 19XX. Evelyn expressed what a wonderful family they had and how proud they were of them.
I have left the exact birthdays off of this because these people are still living and need privacy if you need to know the dates contact me.
She had many callings in the church, but her most important calling was service.
Evelyn had heart surgery in 1995. Before the surgery she made some notes I guess in case she didn't make it. She remembered Cecil pushing her in her wheelchair and telling her she reminded him of Grandma Becky, Marsha calling her from Hawaii, and Randy's visit to the hospital. She expressed gratitude to each of her nieces and nephews for all the respect they had shown her. She also said how much she loved Norma and Omalee, her two sisters-in-law who were the sisters she never had. She was sure that Grandma and Grandpa were looking down with pride on their posterity.
In 1996, Evelyn had a stroke and was confined to a wheelchair. The good thing was that she had done a good job of teaching service to her children that they accepted the responsibility for her care. Walton did his best to care for her until he was diagnosed with cancer and could no longer care for her. in 1998 Evelyn and Walton moved to Pingree to live with Mike and Deanne. We all wish to express our thanks to Mike and Deanne for the excellent care they gave her. It was a challenge I'm sure, but what a reward.
Evelyn and Walton were married for 61 years before he passed away in 2003. She said they had had a few arguments, but nothing serious.
We all have so many special memories of Aunt Evelyn. When I think back to my childhood every memory I have revolved around Evelyn and Walton and their family. Last week when I went to visit her in the hospital she reminded me of a memory that she had had. She couldn't drive at that time, so she would call OmaLee and they would meet at the underpass. We lived on Buchanan and Evelyn lived on 6th Street. They would walk back to Evelyn's house and mom would drive their car and we would go on an adventure. This day we went to Ross Park. When we were ready to go home they stopped to get ice cream for all of us kids. They ordered 10 ice creams, but only had 9 kids with them. That's when they realized they had left Robert at the park. We drove right back to find him, and he was sitting their crying his little eyes out. Evelyn had remembered it clearly.
Some of the memories are:
Her love of garage sales. She always made sure that if she had any grandkids with her they would have 50 cents or $1.00 to spend.
She loved to go to Jackpot and play the nickel machines.
We always got together to watch Bonanza on Sunday night.
The raw potatoes and ice cubes.
She never said an unkind word or complained.
She would buy fabric and ask Omalee to make dresses for her girls. The strangest thing was she always bought extra, so mom would have plenty to make us something.
The old shuffleboard table in the basement that we all sat on to watch T.V.
Eating Arctic Circle hamburgers that Dale bought.
Her love of David Hasslehoff.
Folding the papers, so the kids could get them delivered on time.
When she finally learned to drive she would drive with both feet, one on the gas and one on the brake. She told Shane she would never be able to drive a stick shift because she didn't have three feet.
Camping in the big white teepee tent.
Drive-in movies on dollar a car night, with big bags of popcorn and kook-aid.
There was always something warming on the stove.
The leftovers from the school cafeteria.
She loved to go to town shopping.
She would never stay on the phone too long because she was afraid that lightning would get her through her phone.
The first question she always asked when you went to visit. Are you hungry? Are you thirsty?
She never went to bed without naming each of her children and grandchildre and probably great-grandchildren and asking a special blessing for each and every one.
Peggy wrote a special poem for her mom
Evelyn requested this letter be read at her funeral.
Someone once told me that I was just like my aunt Evelyn. I think that was the greatest compliment I have ever received.
Last memory that was remembered by all:
The video of Evelyn singing "Three little fishies"
Quote about getting started with Family History
"Get a cardboard box. Any kind of a box will do. Put it someplace where it is in the way, ...anywhere where it cannot go unnoticed. Then, over a period of a few weeks, collect and put into the box every record of your life, such as your birth certificate, your certificate of blessing, your certificate of baptism, your certificate of ordination, and your certificate of graduation. Collect diplomas, all of the photographs, honors, or awards, a diary if you have kept one, everything that you can find pertaining to your life; anything that is written, or registered, or recorded that testifies that you are alive and what you have done." Boyd K. Packer
Once you do this for yourself, you can use the same process to gather information about you ancestors.
I like this quote it makes family history seem less overwhelming. I am kind of doing what Brother Packer said to already, but instead of a box I have this blog.
Once you do this for yourself, you can use the same process to gather information about you ancestors.
I like this quote it makes family history seem less overwhelming. I am kind of doing what Brother Packer said to already, but instead of a box I have this blog.
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