Family Pictures V

This is the home of William Augustus Bringhurst, my Great Grandfather, and his wife Mary Janet Stapely. He was the bishop of the Toquerville ward for over 30 years until his death. The people in the picture (listed by Veda Bringhurst Wilkinson, his daughter) are, from left to right:
1. my brother Samuel Bringhurst
2. my brother Charlie Bringhurst
3. My sister Arvilla Bringhurst
4. My sister Vera Bringhurst
5. my cousin Velma Stapley
6. my cousin Vivian Stapley
7. my brother Will Bringhurst
8. my brother Leo Bringhurst

The picture was taken in 1903

Stake Conference

This weekend was our Stake Conference. Elders Nelson of the 12 and Pearson of the 70 were the visiting authorities. It is unusual to have a member of the 12, even for reorganization of the stake presidency, and to have a member of the 70 also is even more unusual. Elder Pearson is a new general authority and this was part of his training. I was impressed by his talks. He is fresh from 3 years as a mission president and in his early 40's. He is a member of the 1st quorum and one to watch for the future. It was interesting to see the choosing of a new presidency from the perspective of Stake Clerk.

Elder Nelson told about his experiences in Czechoslovakia and trying to get the Church recognized under the old communist regime. He also spent about an hour on the Abrahamic Covenant in the Priesthood Leadership Session.

Family Pictures IV

Mother and Daughter:
Mary Janet Stapley Bringhurst and her daughter Veda Bringhurst, taken 1905. Mary Janet was 40 and Veda was 16. Veda is my grandmother, wife of SRW Wilkinson in the previous post

Family Pictures III

Left to Right: Sibyl, Wells, Winifred, Willard

Family Pictures II

S.R.W. Wilkinson Family

Left to right Willard, Winifred, Veda, Wells, S.R., Sibyl, (date unknown, estimated about 1928). Sibyl is my mother. S.R. is the son of Jane Sarah Wells Wilkinson in the previous post.

Correction

I did some more research on Mary E. Wells Whitehead, the fourth woman in the picture. In the New Family Search, she is listed as an older sister of the other three. I did not have a record of her or two of the other children in my PAF file. She was the oldest of a family of 11 according to one source. Another source lists her as a half sister, from another wife, Mary Ann Lowe. Most sources list 8 children, so she is probably a half sister. There were 6 sisters but two of them died young. Interestingly, my great grandmother, Jane Sarah Wells died the year before I was born.

Family pictures I

I decided to use this blog to post pictures from Grandma and Grandpa Wilkinson's books of remembrance for those who would like to download them. You can click on the image to view it in a bigger format and right click on it if you want to save it.


This one is of Anna Eliza Wells McAllister and Stephney Wells Davies on the back row left to right and Jane Sarah Wells Wilkinson and Mary Wells Whitehead on the front row left to right. Anna or Annie Eliza, Stephney, and Jane Sarah are sisters, daughters of Stephen Robert Wells and Annie Thorne. Jane Sarah is my great grandmother, wife of Joseph Thomas Wilkinson. Anna Eliza was married to John D.T. McAllister, a person of some prominence in the early church. I am not quite sure who Mary is. There was another sister named Edith Ann Wells, but I don't see how that translates to Mary, unless my grandmother labeled it wrong.

I will try to post at least 1 picture per week.