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Tag Archives: Canada
Andrew and Hannah – A Hard and Happy Life
“Hannah gave Andrew to understand that her husband had to be worthy to take her to the temple. So he set about preparing himself…” At last the happy day arrived. He borrowed a team and sleigh and they drove from … Continue reading
Posted in Anderson, Josephson
Tagged Canada, Homesteading, Logan Temple, Malad Idaho, St. John Idaho
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Charlotte Hannah Dearden – Hard Work, Love, and Smile
In 1924, eleven months after returning to Utah from difficult homesteading in Canada, my great-grandmother Charlotte Hannah Dearden Hardman was widowed with eight children when her hard working husband died of a broken ulcer. They had previously lost and buried … Continue reading
Posted in Dearden
Tagged #AncestorClips, #familyhistory, Canada, genealogy, Homesteading, mother, ulcer
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Jacob Hardman – Horses and Homesteads
Don’t ever tell Jacob Hardman that he couldn’t ride a horse. He was once bet $25.00 that he couldn’t ride a tortured big black mean one, but he did. He bred and broke horses, ran cattle, herded sheep, and hauled … Continue reading
Posted in Hardman
Tagged #AncestorClips, #familyhistory, Canada, genealogy, homestead, horseman, pioneer
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