Today's Amanuensis Monday transcription project is the obituary of my 4x great-grandmother. Sally O. Brooks married Benjamin Loss about 1806 in Vermont. They had a number of children and were active in village of Townshend, Windham County, Vermont. In roughly 1842 the family joined the Mormon Church, the church of Latter Day Saints.
Sally would follow the teaching of Joseph Smith and then Brigham Young and as her obituary states, she moved to various church settlements until finally reaching Salt Lake City in the fall of 1848.
This is a simple newspaper article and I am pleased to share this with you today.
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| IMAGE: Obituary for Sally Loss who died on 20 March 1872 in Salt Lake City. |
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108
DIED
At the residence of Jacob Peart, in the 14th Ward of this city, March 20th, SALLY, wife of Benjamin Lass [sic], of York state.
Deceased was born July 9, 1786, in Windham Co., Vermont, and joined the church in 1842 She moved to Nauvoo in 1844, which place she left in 1845 and went to Mount Pisgah. From the latter place she moved to Winter Quarters, and thence to Salt Lake in the fall of 1848.
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Source:
1.) "Died'" obituary, 03 April 1872, page 3 [labeled 108], column 4, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah. Found on microfilm at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008.
My connection to Sally Brooks Loss is through:
me, then:
my father: William Richard Johnson, who married Marilyn Eileen Brown
his mother: Olena Marie Haner, who married first Alfred Miriam Johnson
her father: Warren Warner Haner, who married Anna Ostrom
his mother: Sarah Malantha Loss, who married first James Haner
her father: Benjamin Brooks Loss, who married Almira Reynolds
his mother: Sally O. Brooks, who married Benjamin Loss
It was fun to find Sally's obituary in the Deseret News. It confirmed that the family had moved from Vermont, following along with the Mormon movement as they progressed to Salt Lake City. Sally was connected to my father's mother branch of the family tree.
Amanuensis Monday is a weekly blog theme that was started by John Newmark, the author of TransylvanianDutch blog. John defines Amanuensis as "A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another." I also appreciate the good work and format examples of San Diego genealogist Randy Seaver of the blog Genea-musings. Thanks guys.
Transcribing helps me to learn what a document contains. I have learned over time that I have a tendency to "skim" over an item; a bad trait for a researcher who needs to learn even the smallest details documented records contain. Transcribing helps me to slow down; to capture all aspects of the paper in hand. It also gives me a better opportunity to share the document with you.
Thank you for stopping by today and letting me share this newspaper article with you. I also hope that your week has had a good start. And as always, I hope you have a great day.
The URL for this post is: https://homefolktales.blogspot.com/2017/08/amanuensis-monday-obituary-for-sally-b.html.
Please comment regarding this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then use the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post. Or contact me by email at dsteff4246[at]gmail[dot]com. Thank you.
Copyright (c) 2017, Darlene M. Steffens
Source:
1.) "Died'" obituary, 03 April 1872, page 3 [labeled 108], column 4, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah. Found on microfilm at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008.
My connection to Sally Brooks Loss is through:
me, then:
my father: William Richard Johnson, who married Marilyn Eileen Brown
his mother: Olena Marie Haner, who married first Alfred Miriam Johnson
her father: Warren Warner Haner, who married Anna Ostrom
his mother: Sarah Malantha Loss, who married first James Haner
her father: Benjamin Brooks Loss, who married Almira Reynolds
his mother: Sally O. Brooks, who married Benjamin Loss
It was fun to find Sally's obituary in the Deseret News. It confirmed that the family had moved from Vermont, following along with the Mormon movement as they progressed to Salt Lake City. Sally was connected to my father's mother branch of the family tree.
Amanuensis Monday is a weekly blog theme that was started by John Newmark, the author of TransylvanianDutch blog. John defines Amanuensis as "A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another." I also appreciate the good work and format examples of San Diego genealogist Randy Seaver of the blog Genea-musings. Thanks guys.
Transcribing helps me to learn what a document contains. I have learned over time that I have a tendency to "skim" over an item; a bad trait for a researcher who needs to learn even the smallest details documented records contain. Transcribing helps me to slow down; to capture all aspects of the paper in hand. It also gives me a better opportunity to share the document with you.
Thank you for stopping by today and letting me share this newspaper article with you. I also hope that your week has had a good start. And as always, I hope you have a great day.
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The URL for this post is: https://homefolktales.blogspot.com/2017/08/amanuensis-monday-obituary-for-sally-b.html.
Please comment regarding this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then use the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post. Or contact me by email at dsteff4246[at]gmail[dot]com. Thank you.
Copyright (c) 2017, Darlene M. Steffens
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