Lucy Bigelow Young
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Children of Brigham and Lucy (Bigelow) Young, born at Salt Lake City, UT:
16167.331 Eudora Lovina "Dora" Young, b 12 May 1852; d 21 Nov 1922; m (1) Moreland Dunford, (2) Judge Albert Hagan; res. Spokane. WA.
16167.332 Susa Amelia Young, b 18 March 1856; d 27 May 1933; m (1) Dec 1872 Alma Bailey, (2) 05 Jan 1880 Jacob Forsberry Gates; res. Provo; 4 children below.
16167.333t Rhoda Mabel Young, b 22 Feb 1863; d 20 Sept 1950; m (1) 07 Sept 1879 Daniel Handley McAllister, m (2) 25 July 1887 Daniel Brigham DeWitt, m (3) 02 Aug 1897 Joseph Abbott Sanborn. (see below)
Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Volume II, page 196;
Howe,Bigelow Family of America page 237 plate;
correspondence between family members and Bigelow Society
genealogists.
More pics of Brigham Young and houses, etc. link below
http://demo.familytreeguide.com/showphoto.php?photoID=11
BIOGRAPHY: Lucy Bigelow Young, daughter
of Nahum and Mary Gibbs Bigelow, was born October 3 , 1830, near
Charleston, Cook County, Illinois. Her parents joined the Church
in April, 1838 , while she was but a child of 8 years. She was
baptized and moved with her family to Hancoc k County, Illinois,
where she passed through the mobbings, and hardships in common
with the r est of the members of the Church. As a faithful member
of the Church she attended the dedicat ion of the Nauvoo Temple.
The family left Nauvoo at the time of the general exodus of the
peo ple. When about seventeen years of age she was married to President Brigham Young 20
March 1847, and arrived in the Valley with members of the family
in September, 1848.
BIOGRAPHY: Lucy moved into the Lion House in 1855, before it was
finished and remained there until President Young moved her and
her family to St. George in November, 1870, where she remained
until 1892. She attended the dedication of the St. George Temple
and worked faithfully and continuously during her residence there
for the redemption of the living and the dead . Lucy also did
considerable missionary work in the Sandwich Islands and other
places.
BIOGRAPHY: She was of fair complexion with brown hair and blue
eyes, a little above medium height and rather stout. She was of a
lively disposition. She was the mother of three daughters named as
follows: Dora M., born May 12, 1852; Susa, born March 18, 1856 and
Rhoda Mabel, born February 22, 1863. Lucy Bigelow Young passed
away February 3, 1905.
BIOGRAPHY: Our Pioneer Heritage, Volume 1, Brigham Young, His
Wives and Family
Child of Daniel Handley and Rhoda Mabel (Young) McAllister:
1. Daniel McAllister, b 02 Aug 1880 St. George, UT; d 17
June 1962 Los Angeles, CA; m 09 Sept 1908 Beulah May Keeler, at
Salt Lake City, UT;
Note:
Subject: Unidentified Picture
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 17:38:03 -0700
From: "Christi Brown" < christibro@qwest.net
>
Dear Rod:
I saw your Bigelow website and I am wondering if you can
help me.
A relative of mine sent me a picture of what she thought
were family members. But, after studying it I feel that it
might be a picture of a group that my gg aunt belonged to.
Here is what our family history says:
"Rose Mary Adams belonged to a class of special instructions
for young women in culture, mentally, physically and
religiously. Conducted by Sister Lucy Bigelow Young, wife of
President Brigham Young and mother of Mabel Young Sanborn."
It further says regarding Rose's future husband:
"Ted was a member of two groups of singers (male choruses),
one under the direction of Professor Evan Stephens and the other
was directed by Mabel Young Sanborn and known as the "Big 15".
If I emailed you a copy of the picture would you be able to
identify Lucy Bigelow Young? Do you know anything further
about either of these groups?
Thank you for your response.
Sincerely,
Christi Dyer Brown
Note 12/06/06:
Jacque Hagan wrote:
Hello. My name is Harold (Hal) Hagan and am a great
great grandson of Lucy Bigelow and Brigham Young. I have
been trying to locate her place of burial. Do you know where
she was buried?
Thank you for your help.
Hal Hagan < haljacque@yahoo.com >
From: Jean Bigelow < dj-big@juno.com > Bigelow Society Historian/Genealogist
A cousin and I have done some checking and we find that Lucy is buried in
the Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. This
was on the 6th day of Feb 1905. The burial site is: C_14_17_4_W
Jean
Children of Forsberry and Susa Amelia (Young) Gates:
16167.332? Leah D. Gates, b ____ ; d _____ ; m
16167.332? Lucy Gates, b ____ ; d _____ ; m
16167.332? Franklin Young Gates, b ____ ; d _____ ; m Florence Keate; one child known below Lurene K. Gates, b 25 Sept 1914 Hilo, Hawaii; d 17 Sept 2016 Salt Lake City, UT; m 27 June 1938 Harold Nephi Wilkinson;
Children in Obit:
Lurene K. Gates Wilkinson1914 - 2016
Lurene K. Gates Wilkinson, our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, and friend, slipped from this earth into the glory of God and the arms of her eternal sweetheart on Saturday, September 17, 2016, surrounded at home by her loving family.
A great-granddaughter of Brigham Young, Lurene was born in Hilo, Hawaii on September 25, 1914, daughter of Franklin Young Gates and Florence Keate Gates. Her parents were called on a mission to Hawaii-during their wedding reception-by President Joseph F. Smith. Local Saints gave the young couple permission to the royal name, Kealiilalanikulani ("Queen over queens of the Heavens") for their new baby girl.
During her happy childhood in Provo, Utah, Washington D.C., Colorado, and Salt Lake City Lurene loved nature, dancing, music, and summers with her family Brighton Canyon. As a young woman she served as secretary for her grandmother, Susa Y. Gates, a daughter of Brigham Young. Lurene graduated from East High School and the University of Utah, where she met her eternal sweetheart Harold Nephi Wilkinson. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple on June 27, 1938. They are parents of Victoria Romney (Gordon), Mary Susan Burke (Romney), Harold G. Wilkinson (Brenda), and Heidi Lords (Jeff) whom they have loved unconditionally, inspired, and nurtured through the years.
Lurene taught Junior High School English, business, and speech, and was assistant personnel director and assistant in the merchandise office at ZCMI. She served as PTA President, on the Promised Valley Theater Council Board, Sigma Chi and Kappa Kappa Gamma Mothers' Club President, and was a hostess at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Office Building for 14 years. She served as Stake YW MIA President, and fulfilled many callings in the auxiliary organizations of the church.
In 1963 Lurene and two other members of the Primary General Board coined "Choose the Right," for the 6-7 year olds in Primary. They wrote the CTR manual and also suggested the CTR ring, which was set aside for a time and adopted later. With her sweetheart, Lurene served in the Eastern States Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1968 to 1971. Their missionaries still remember that President Wilkinson called her his "sweet note" and that Sister Wilkinson knew all of the missionaries by name and loved them.
A born writer, Lurene was an active member and President of Pen Women International and won awards for her writing. She wrote local Roadshows and other productions that were presented in the Tabernacle and distributed Church-wide. With her sister Florence Marie Stamm Lurene created an engaging, original musical program on the life of Susa Y. Gates which they presented it throughout the Salt Lake valley and beyond for more than 20 years.
Lurene was innately sunny-natured, positive, and sociable. She belonged to book clubs, dinner clubs, lunch clubs, study groups, and the church choir. When Harold was President of International Visitors Lurene served as a Trustee and frequent hostess. In that and other contexts she gave elegant dinners with china, crystal, and gourmet food as well as rollicking parties and innumerable wedding showers (including custom poetry for the brides)-all with no sign of fluster or stress. And she performed an enchanting Hula at her own 100th Birthday party in 2014.
Throughout her long life, Lurene's greatest loves and first priorities were the Gospel of Jesus Christ and her family. She nurtured them, helped with their studies, supported their activities, welcomed their friends, and sewed wonderful clothes for her daughters (and even their dolls for magical Christmas mornings).
Lurene's 26 grandchildren, 70 great-grandchildren, the three on the way from Heaven, and her one great-great-granddaughter and will remember their "Mama Rene" or "Mina's" interest, encouragement, radiant smile, and her shining, joyful testimony of the Gospel. Throughout the years her lasting lessons of faith, optimism, compassion, virtue, integrity and love will live on in her family. We have watched Lurene live these lessons every day of our lives.
Preceding Lurene in death are her husband Harold, her parents, her siblings Frank, James, Jacob, Mark, David, and Florence Marie. She is survived by her children, their husbands, and their posterity.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 27 at 10:30 am in the Monument Park Stake Center, 1320 Wasatch Drive in Salt Lake City, Utah. Viewings will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Monday, September 26 at Larkin Sunset Mortuary, 2350 East 1300 South, and from 9:00 to 10:00 am prior to the funeral service at the Stake Center.
Published in Deseret News on Sept. 25, 2016
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