The question has been raised, “Why publicize that Lorenzo Stutz was a polygamist and had to go to jail because he broke the law?” I see in this act a good and noble trait of character of which I hope flows in each of his descendants veins.
Lorenzo Stutz could have avoided going to jail by abandoning his seventy-two year old wife. Some took this easy way out, but Grandpa did not. For this I am very proud.
In my estimation he stands side by side with other notable religious martyrs and national heroes who have been willing to sacrifice all that they had rather than to abandon a principle to which they had pledged allegiance.
I hope that the descendants of Lorenzo Stutz will read into this account of his experiences in jail the same message and gain strength to place adherence to principle ahead of self in their struggles through life.
Clifford N. Stutz
Monday, January 25, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
The Pitch
GAP needs your help.
What started as a simple archiving project has grown into a full service family history blog. We are not complaining -- we love doing this! Unfortunately, the current capacity to gather and to disseminate family history is far exceeded by the volume of family history available.
Can you help produce GAP?
It need not take much time or effort.
Or, for the student readers, GAP can initiate an internship program where you get experience researching, developing projects, and publishing online, as well as a snazzy letter of recommendation detailing your hard work. Casual dress welcome!
That's the pitch. Contact GAP via the comments or otherwise if you can pitch in, too.
GAP knows your time is valuable, and so is family history. If it gets recorded on GAP, then great! If not, then life will still go on. Another site may pop up to lead the charge. Or, perhaps, our ancestors will reconstruct the history from whatever they find online and in dusty shoeboxes.
What started as a simple archiving project has grown into a full service family history blog. We are not complaining -- we love doing this! Unfortunately, the current capacity to gather and to disseminate family history is far exceeded by the volume of family history available.
Can you help produce GAP?
It need not take much time or effort.
- Search online and write about what you find.
- Transcribe stories from the family's written history.
- Develop an online family photo album.
- Attend to numerous other projects or dream up something new.
Or, for the student readers, GAP can initiate an internship program where you get experience researching, developing projects, and publishing online, as well as a snazzy letter of recommendation detailing your hard work. Casual dress welcome!
That's the pitch. Contact GAP via the comments or otherwise if you can pitch in, too.
GAP knows your time is valuable, and so is family history. If it gets recorded on GAP, then great! If not, then life will still go on. Another site may pop up to lead the charge. Or, perhaps, our ancestors will reconstruct the history from whatever they find online and in dusty shoeboxes.
All You Immigrants - Part II - The Great Confluence
In GAP's earlier post about Lorenzo Stutz we promised to write more about him. Today is that day. While the previous post was composed of excerpts from online sources -- of which there were a surprising number, given that Lorenzo passed away in 1910 -- today we have an extended excerpt from Grandma's book All You Immigrants. Published in March 1998, All You Immigrants is an extensive history of the people who came together and gave rise to Grandma and Grandpa's family and the related families. It is a very worthy read, regardless of who you are, family or otherwise.
This excerpt is from Part II - The Great Confluence, pages 69-79. Some of the facts and events parallel those from the newspaper excerpts in the previous post about Lorenzo Stutz, and it is interesting to see where they overlap and differ. I note for the record that Grandma has given me permission to publish these writings online; any deviations from her text are my errors.
Lorenzo Stutz and Katharina Leuteneggar.
Dave in the comments points out a typo, which I fixed. Thanks, Dave!
Andrew writes in the comments:
This excerpt is from Part II - The Great Confluence, pages 69-79. Some of the facts and events parallel those from the newspaper excerpts in the previous post about Lorenzo Stutz, and it is interesting to see where they overlap and differ. I note for the record that Grandma has given me permission to publish these writings online; any deviations from her text are my errors.
Lorenzo Stutz and Katharina Leuteneggar.
Islisberg is a small village located in the German-speaking portion of Switzerland. It is a farming community made up of family-owned farms and peopled by the vigorous Swiss people. It is peaceful, scenic and ethnic. It was in this picturesque setting that Lorenzo (Lorenz) Stutz was born on September 7, 1838 to Leodegardi Loenz Stutz and Maria Verena Stutz Stutz. He was the fifth child in a family of eight siblings: Jacob Leonz, Elizabeth, Ida, Leodegardi, Lorenz Nikolaus, Jacob, and Agnus. The family was Catholic as were most families in the community. There had been intermarrying within the surrounding towns for many generations and it was common for a "Stutz" to marry a "Stutz" for they did not all claim mutual ancestry.UPDATE
As a youth, Lorenz learned the trades of baker and confectioner as well as farming, fruit culture and beekeeping. When he was 22 years old, he converted to the Mormon faith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was baptized by Elder Jacob Nassar on February 19, 1861. No details are known of his conversion but there is no evidence that he was ostracized by his family or community. Indeed, throughout his life letters of affection and concern were exchanged.
The following spring Lorenz made his way to LeHarve, France, where he joined a company of converts who were emigrating to Salt Lake City to join the "Saints." He set sail for America aboard the "Windermere." He never returned to his native land. During the voyage he met a widow, Elizabeth Galley Huegly, who later became his wife.
Lorenzo crossed the western plains of America with a wagon-train of Saints. He served as the company cattle drover. During the long trek he froze his toes and had to have some of them sawed off to prevent gangrene. Lorenzo testified that during this ordeal his life was saved by the ministering of angels.
Lorenzo arrived in Salt Lake City in the fall of 1861 or in the spring of 1862. He renewed his friendship with Elizabeth Galley Huegly who had arrived in the valley ahead of him and was living with her 14 year old son, Joseph who had emigrated a year earlier and had established a home for his mother and obtained a job on a ranch. Lorenzo and Joseph developed a friendship which lasted throughout their lives, Lorenzo later named a son for his friend.
Lorenzo and Elizabeth were married in the Salt Lake City Temple August 8, 1863 by Wilford Woodruff. Lorenzo was approaching this twenty-second birthday and Elizabeth was nearing her forty-ninth birthday. Although Elizabeth was beyond child-bearing age, her position as the first wife in a polygamous society gave her a status of authority. She presided over Lorenzo's home for twenty-four years through a succession of three additional wives.
The practice of polygamy, known as "The Principle" within the Church, was a sacred law in Mormondom. It had been introduced in 1832 by the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith. Lorenzo and Elizabeth were devout Mormons and took their responsibilities seriously.
Five years after their marriage Lorenzo, with the blessings of Elizabeth and the approval of the Church Authorities, married Mary Muller, a twenty-two year old girl from Switzerland. They married in the Salt Lake Endowment House December 28, 1869. It was over four years before their first and only child was born. Lorenzo Herman Stutz was born March 2, 1873. A year later his mother, Mary Muller Stutz, died leaving her infant son to be raised by Elizabeth.
Eighteen months after the death of Mary, Lorenzo married his third wife, Margaritha Stoller, also from Switzerland. This marriage was sanctioned by both Elizabeth and the Church leaders and was performed in the Endowment House. Two and one-half years later Margaritha gave birth to a son, Hyrum, who lived only 19 days. Margaritha followed her son in death two years later and was buried beside Hyrum.
Sometime after Margaritha's death, Lorenzo and Elizabeth were attending a German religious service in the Assembly Hall in Salt Lake city when they noticed a young girl nearby crying. They approached her to comfort her and learning she had recently arrived in the city from Switzerland and was feeling homesick, they invited her to their home and offered her employment. This beautiful, 21 year old girl was Katharine Leuteneggar. She was to become Lorenzo's fourth wife and the mother of the large posterity he so much desired.
Katharina Leuteneggar was born April 11, 1859 in the city of Sirnach, Switzerland. She was the fifth child in a family of six children. Her father was a well-to-do merchant in the city. His name was Johannes Leuteneggar. Her mother was Anna Wurst.
When Katharina was nineteen years old she met the Mormon missionaries and was converted to the Mormon Church. She was baptized against the wishes of her family and as a result was turned out of her father's house. She was the only member of the family to join the church. Katharina emigrated to America the following year. She never returned to Switzerland nor did she communicate with her family. In her later years she hired a professional genealogist to research her ancestral lines so she could do the Temple work for them.
Katharina made her way to Salt Lake City by train. On the way she contracted what was known as Mountain Fever and came very near dying. She arrived in Salt Lake City in the spring of 1880 physically ill and homesick. It was soon after her arrival that she met Lorenzo and Elizabeth and obtained employment in their home.
During the summer she consented to become Lorenzo's fourth wife. Again Elizabeth approved of the marriage as did the Church leaders. They were married in the Salt Lake Endowment House November 18, 1880. Many years later her youngest daughter, Frieda Beck Winslow, quoted her mother as saying she cried all the way to the Endowment House because she really did not want to marry Lorenzo. Lorenzo Stutz was a good man. He was kind to her and would be a good provider but he was twice her age and already had one living wife and a seven year old son.
Lorenzo provided a separate house for Katharina adjacent to the house where he and Elizabeth and Lorenzo Herman had lived together. It was in this house that Katharina gave birth to Joseph Reuben Stutz August 25, 1881.
Lorenzo supported his family on his 40 acre farm where he raised fruit and vegetables and kept a few farm animals and some beehives. To supplement his income he made wedding cakes and catered banquets. His wedding cakes were locally famous. Some fifty years after his death we (Howard and I) met some elderly women on a train who told us about his beautiful cakes -- especially the one he made for the daughter of Joseph Huegly, his step-son.
The birth of Joseph Reuben was followed at two-year intervals by Orson, 1883; Mary Magdalene; 1884; and John, 1886. John was only nine days old when the problems of polygamy caught up with them.
On November 6, 1886 Lorenzo was arrested by the Federal Marshal for "cohabitation." He was fined $100 and confined to the Federal Prison in Salt Lake for one year. At this time he was 48 years old. It appears that his family did not suffer from lack of food or housing as was the case in many of the polygamy families. Lorenzo Herman was thirteen years old and seems to have been an exceptionally responsible young man.
Lorenzo's prison diary reflects the deep commitment he had for the Gospel and the love he had for his family. He frequently expressed his feelings in bits of poetry. It also hints at a few domestic trials which confronted his wives. Lorenzo Herman visited his father every week bring him fresh clothing. Other family members also visited him at various times. Lorenzo served as cook in the prison.
The stress of this period undoubtedly contributed to the death of Elizabeth who died March 3, 1887 at the age of seventy-three. Lorenzo was allowed to attend her funeral under guard. Lorenzo deeply mourned the death of Elizabeth. They had been married for 24 years. Her son Joseph and Lorenzo's son, Lorenzo Herman also suffered at her passing. The death of Elizabeth allowed the prison sentence to be shortened to six months because Lorenzo was no longer a polygamist. The last three months of his sentence were especially difficult because his health was bad and he suffered from depression. He was released to his family May 31, 1887.
To make their marriage legal under Federal law, it was necessary for Lorenzo and Katharina to obtain a second marriage license. They were remarried December 20, 1887. The battle between the "Feds and the Co-habs" continued for many years and, even today, there are off-shoots of the Mormon Church who continue to live and defend "The Principle."
Church leaders and Church members realized that statehood and the return of church property and citizen's civil rights would not be realized until polygamy was negated. Polygamy was, to the Mormons, a holy order. It had been preached from the pulpit and defended in courts. Church leaders held tenaciously to its precepts. Since it had been ordained by a prophet, only a prophet could deny the practice. In 1890 Wilford Woodruff, the President of the Mormon Church and himself a polygamist, received a revelation suspending plural marriages. This revelation is known as the Manifesto. It is stated that there would be no more polygamist marriages performed and anyone living The Principle would be excommunicated. Relationships with the Federal government and throughout the world improved rapidly and statehood was granted to Utah in 1896. It certainly was not the end of the problems generated by the practice, but it made the Mormons acceptable in the eyes of the world and allowed political and economic growth.
Lorenzo did not take any more wives after the death of Elizabeth, but he did have another friend by the name of Eliza Gally Wholen sealed to him after her death. She is buried along side Lorenzo and Elizabeth in the Elysium Burial Garden in Salt Lake City.
Katharina bore two more children by Lorenzo; Martha in February 1889 and Lorena May in 1894. Both John, who was born a few days before Lorenzo went to prison, and Martha died as toddlers. Joseph Reuben never completed recovered from the deaths of his little brother and sister. He said Little Martha used to run to meet him when he returned from work and he would pick her up and carry her on his shoulders. He named one of his daughters after his little sister. Joseph Reuben said his mother was a beautiful woman and a good mother and the children never doubted that she loved them very much. Lorenzo was a good man who provided well for his family and taught them high moral standards and work ethic. Lorenzo and Katharina were both avid Temple workers attending the Temple regularly and doing ordinance work for the dead.
In 1887, two years after the birth of Lorena May, a young return missionary by the name of John Beck came to work for Lorenzo. During his employment he was attracted to Katharina and she to him. Sometime during the latter part of 1897 Katharina divorced Lorenzo to marry John Beck.
Katharina took Lorena May and moved to Idaho with her new husband. A year later their daughter, Frieda, was born. The Becks moved back to Salt Lake where they both worked and ran a hotel. During those years she remained close to her children Joseph Reuben, Orson, Mary Magdalene and their half brother Lorenzo Herman. Lorena May and Frieda were unusually close sisters and remained so throughout their lives.
In 1908 John and Katharina separated. John being several years younger than Katharina desired a younger wife who could give him a large posterity. Later they were divorced. Katharina remained in Salt Lake City and reared her two daughters. when they grew up she continued to be an important part of their lives. In her old age she lived with Frieda and her husband Fred Winslow who loved her dearly. Lorena May died at age 45. Neither Frieda or Lorena May had children. Katharina died 26 June, 1940 at age 81. She is buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery alongside Ralph and Frieda.
Lorenzo died 18 March 1910 at age 71. His property was inherited by his daughters Lorena May and Mary Magdalene. Lorenzo Herman was named guardian of Lorena and administrator of the estate. Lorenzo's sons received portions of his personal property.
Although Lorenzo and Katharina both did extensive Temple work for the dead, their own marriage vows were dissolved and never reestablished. Frieda Beck Winslow said that her mother made Lorena May and Frieda promise they would never have her sealed to either Lorenzo or John Beck and this promise has been honored. Lorenzo reported having had a dream wherein he and Katharina had passed beyond the veil. He could see Katharina and desired to be with her but realized there was no possible way to cross the wide, deep moat that separated them. He interpreted this dream to mean they would never be reunited in the eternities.
References
Lorenzo Stutz 1838 - 1910. Clifford Stutz.
When Grandpa Went to Jail. Clifford Stutz.
Katharina Leuteneggar 1859 - 1940. Clifford Stutz.
Exiles for the Principle; LDS Polygamy in Canada. Jessie L. Embry.
Word of Mouth and Traditions. Frieda Beck Winslow.
Dave in the comments points out a typo, which I fixed. Thanks, Dave!
Andrew writes in the comments:
I found the mention of Stutzes marrying each other interesting. When I was in Islisberg in October 2008, I took pictures of the graves in the churchyard, and there were several Stutz-Stutz, Stutz-other name, and other name-Stutz buried there. Unfortunately, all the graves are new ones, with the oldest dating back to only 1985.Thanks, Andrew!
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Mystery Picture 100116
This picture from a slide developed in October 1963 shows Ellen on the tractor, Joe on the rake, and Dennis off on the left.
Who is Dennis?
UPDATE
John tells us about Dennis in the comments.
Who is Dennis?
UPDATE
John tells us about Dennis in the comments.
Dennis Ferguson was a neighbor boy who was a permanent fixture around the Stutz farm. He was hard working and loved to be out in the fields or orchard. He had a sad life but for many years could be seen riding his bicycle around town miles from home. Grandpa recenly told me that Dennis stopped by to visit within the last few months and seemed to be happy.Thanks, John!
Friday, January 15, 2010
Mystery Picture 100115
It has been awhile since we ran a numbered mystery picture, and I probably should have numbered the pictures from last Friday, too. Feel free, of course, to add names to the comments for those pictures, despite their lack of numbering.
Today, however, we have a straight forward fall picture from a slide developed in December 1985.
As always, the first picture can be clicked on to view a much larger image. The second, numbered picture can be clicked on to view a somewhat larger image. If you leave comments with the names of the people, I will fill in the numbered list as people are identified.
1 - Tricia
2 - Jeremy
3 - Jana
4 - Lori
UPDATE
Andrew and Ellen agree on Tricia and Jeremy, and Ellen also guesses Jana and Lori. Thanks, Andrew and Ellen! I am not 100% sure about Jana, given the ages of the kids and the quality of the picture; I would probably guess Wendy. Thoughts?
Ellen also notes that this is on the Stutz farm, and I can picture (Ha!) exactly where they are standing.
This is as good a time as any to mention that GAP has added a link to The JEM Show blog (Jeremy, Emlyn, Millie). Welcome!
Today, however, we have a straight forward fall picture from a slide developed in December 1985.
As always, the first picture can be clicked on to view a much larger image. The second, numbered picture can be clicked on to view a somewhat larger image. If you leave comments with the names of the people, I will fill in the numbered list as people are identified.
1 - Tricia
2 - Jeremy
3 - Jana
4 - Lori
UPDATE
Andrew and Ellen agree on Tricia and Jeremy, and Ellen also guesses Jana and Lori. Thanks, Andrew and Ellen! I am not 100% sure about Jana, given the ages of the kids and the quality of the picture; I would probably guess Wendy. Thoughts?
Ellen also notes that this is on the Stutz farm, and I can picture (Ha!) exactly where they are standing.
This is as good a time as any to mention that GAP has added a link to The JEM Show blog (Jeremy, Emlyn, Millie). Welcome!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Non-Mystery Picture 100113
All the talk about genetics, research, and, you know, science stuff prompted me to post this set of pictures from 1989 of Grandpa in his lab at BYU.
I am not sure why these pictures were taken, perhaps for biographical purposes or perhaps just for fun. But, I do recognize the computer in the third picture because one summer in the late 1980s -- I spent those summers on the farm -- I entered a bunch of genetic information into a database for Grandpa.
I am not sure why these pictures were taken, perhaps for biographical purposes or perhaps just for fun. But, I do recognize the computer in the third picture because one summer in the late 1980s -- I spent those summers on the farm -- I entered a bunch of genetic information into a database for Grandpa.
More Stuff to Scan! Thanks, Ellen!
Ellen sent box full of slides, negatives, and pictures for me to scan and add to the collection. There is a lot, and it is quite diverse, so I will tackle it after the project I am currently working on. I have mentioned that I love getting surprise packages with family history to digitize, right?
At the very top of Ellen's box were some 35mm negatives, and I dug around for one to post as a teaser of things to come. Here are Grandma and Grandpa in the early 1990s.
Thanks, Ellen!
At the very top of Ellen's box were some 35mm negatives, and I dug around for one to post as a teaser of things to come. Here are Grandma and Grandpa in the early 1990s.
Thanks, Ellen!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Bottle of Rye ... Flour
At our house, we minimize a lot of allergens for medical reasons, including wheat, dairy, eggs, nuts, and soy. We do not avoid these entirely -- except for nuts, which almost never make an appearance -- but we do need alternative foods (and an EpiPen) to make sure everyone stays healthy. It is not as difficult as one might think, but it does take some effort.
We keep rye flour, spelt flour, and, sometimes, oat flour in gallon bottles that long ago held banana peppers for a Subway shop. We use these flours in place of wheat flour in our recipes. They mostly work well, and spelt is biblical, so no complaints, no worries. We are fortunate to have access a variety of grains that we like, and can even be a bit picky in this day of global markets; millet flour and quinoa flour do not make the cut in our family!
Susan recently posted on her blog about Grandpa's work to increase rye yields, and it is a very fascinating and funny tale. Besides, it combines two of my favorite topics -- family and food. So, with all credit to Susan for putting the story together, here is an excerpt about Grandpa's work to increase rye yields.
You really should read Susan's whole post because she continues the story and tells how Grandpa got her to bake a loaf of rye bread. I considered "excerpting" the whole post here, but thought it more fun to rile Susan so she will expand on the story Grandpa was telling about WWII before I "excerpt" it. Besides, she may even discover a great rye bread recipe that will inspire me to crack open a bottle ... of rye flour.
UPDATE
Susan writes and thanks me for "keeping up" with her, so I guess that means my "excerpting" of her posts is officially sanctioned.
I called Susan the day after the original post to discuss the part-plant, part-animal sea slug and, on her suggestion, I called Grandpa to talk with him about it. He had very good questions -- much better than I thought to ask, but he's the geneticist -- and I did my best to answer them. Fortunately, I recalled that the sea slug can produce chlorophyll (Grandpa asked if it was chlorophyll or chloroplasts), the sea slug can pass these chlorophyll genes down to the next generation (Grandpa asked if the genes were incorporated by each generation eating plants or if they were passed down), and the sea slug can carry out photosynthesis (Grandpa asked if it was functional change or just incorporation in the DNA). I forgot the detail that the slugs have to eat chloroplasts in order to carry out photosynthesis.
Grandpa and I also discussed his rye research. He hybridized and selectively bred rye to increase both the number of nodes per head and the number of florets per node, either of which can increase the rye yield. He explained that evolution is driven by plasticity, which is the ability of an individual organism to change its traits in response to its environment. When the change becomes permanent and is passed down from generation to generation, the organism has evolved. With the rye research, getting the plastic changes (more nodes or florets on individual plants) to become permanent (more nodes or florets on all descendant plants) was the real trick.
In the case of the sea slug, the production of chlorophyll is a permanent change -- the sea slug evolved to produce chlorophyll -- but the production of chloroplast is a plastic change -- the sea slug has not evolved to produce chloroplast, but individual slugs can produce it once they consume it. Unfortunately, at this point in the conversation Grandpa had a difficult time hearing me; I blame it on a bad cell connection. So we said I-love-yous and good-nights and promised to talk again about genetics.
We keep rye flour, spelt flour, and, sometimes, oat flour in gallon bottles that long ago held banana peppers for a Subway shop. We use these flours in place of wheat flour in our recipes. They mostly work well, and spelt is biblical, so no complaints, no worries. We are fortunate to have access a variety of grains that we like, and can even be a bit picky in this day of global markets; millet flour and quinoa flour do not make the cut in our family!
Susan recently posted on her blog about Grandpa's work to increase rye yields, and it is a very fascinating and funny tale. Besides, it combines two of my favorite topics -- family and food. So, with all credit to Susan for putting the story together, here is an excerpt about Grandpa's work to increase rye yields.
Like Gregor Mendal, who is considered "the" father of genetics; "my" father, a BYU professor of botany and genetics, also is a meddler of plant chromosomes. The big difference is that instead of creating pink pea flowers from red and white ones, my father experimented with polyploids of rye... Yes, the fiber-rich, good-for-you cereal, stuff...Rye. Eventually my dad's work led to a significant increase in the yield of cultivated rye...estimated to be around a factor of 10 fold. (that's really a big deal on the global world hunger stage....seriously.)Thanks, Susan! And thank you Grandpa for increasing rye yields and making it easy for my family to pick up rye flour at Safeway to make normalish pancakes!
You really should read Susan's whole post because she continues the story and tells how Grandpa got her to bake a loaf of rye bread. I considered "excerpting" the whole post here, but thought it more fun to rile Susan so she will expand on the story Grandpa was telling about WWII before I "excerpt" it. Besides, she may even discover a great rye bread recipe that will inspire me to crack open a bottle ... of rye flour.
UPDATE
Susan writes and thanks me for "keeping up" with her, so I guess that means my "excerpting" of her posts is officially sanctioned.
I called Susan the day after the original post to discuss the part-plant, part-animal sea slug and, on her suggestion, I called Grandpa to talk with him about it. He had very good questions -- much better than I thought to ask, but he's the geneticist -- and I did my best to answer them. Fortunately, I recalled that the sea slug can produce chlorophyll (Grandpa asked if it was chlorophyll or chloroplasts), the sea slug can pass these chlorophyll genes down to the next generation (Grandpa asked if the genes were incorporated by each generation eating plants or if they were passed down), and the sea slug can carry out photosynthesis (Grandpa asked if it was functional change or just incorporation in the DNA). I forgot the detail that the slugs have to eat chloroplasts in order to carry out photosynthesis.
Grandpa and I also discussed his rye research. He hybridized and selectively bred rye to increase both the number of nodes per head and the number of florets per node, either of which can increase the rye yield. He explained that evolution is driven by plasticity, which is the ability of an individual organism to change its traits in response to its environment. When the change becomes permanent and is passed down from generation to generation, the organism has evolved. With the rye research, getting the plastic changes (more nodes or florets on individual plants) to become permanent (more nodes or florets on all descendant plants) was the real trick.
In the case of the sea slug, the production of chlorophyll is a permanent change -- the sea slug evolved to produce chlorophyll -- but the production of chloroplast is a plastic change -- the sea slug has not evolved to produce chloroplast, but individual slugs can produce it once they consume it. Unfortunately, at this point in the conversation Grandpa had a difficult time hearing me; I blame it on a bad cell connection. So we said I-love-yous and good-nights and promised to talk again about genetics.
Mystery Picture 100112
Here is June Kessler, Grandpa, and some bunnies. I probably should have saved this for Easter!
Who is June Kessler?
UPDATE
Karen writes, "Doesn't June Kessler look like the same girl as the one in the 'Mayflower' picture?" I think she means the picture in Non-Mystery Picture 091205 and I think she's right. That picture of the Mayflower had several names on it, and one of them was June Kessler. Thanks for the cross-reference, Karen!
Who is June Kessler?
UPDATE
Karen writes, "Doesn't June Kessler look like the same girl as the one in the 'Mayflower' picture?" I think she means the picture in Non-Mystery Picture 091205 and I think she's right. That picture of the Mayflower had several names on it, and one of them was June Kessler. Thanks for the cross-reference, Karen!
Friday, January 8, 2010
Mystery Pictures 100108
This may be a bit of a cop out, but here we go....
Yesterday GAP published a What Would You Do about a bunch of slides developed in July 1970. The first roll of slides had pictures that were mostly from a family trip to some sand dunes. The information I have about the picture is posted above each picture.
Susan at sun-up
Susan and Angie
Ellen
John at sand dunes
Big John
John, Mom, Ellen - sand dunes
Susan is on the farm in the first one, but two things are apparent about the others: 1) We do not know where, when, and why this family group was in the sand dunes, and 2) Not everyone in the pictures is identified. Can anyone help out with this information? Was this a road trip family reunion?
UPDATE
Ellen provides some names and background information in the comments:
Yesterday GAP published a What Would You Do about a bunch of slides developed in July 1970. The first roll of slides had pictures that were mostly from a family trip to some sand dunes. The information I have about the picture is posted above each picture.
Susan at sun-up
Susan and Angie
Ellen
John at sand dunes
Big John
John, Mom, Ellen - sand dunes
Susan is on the farm in the first one, but two things are apparent about the others: 1) We do not know where, when, and why this family group was in the sand dunes, and 2) Not everyone in the pictures is identified. Can anyone help out with this information? Was this a road trip family reunion?
UPDATE
Ellen provides some names and background information in the comments:
Going to the sand dunes was a very conmmon event. While Grandpa was studying atriplex, we would often pack everybody up and go to the sand dunes for the afternoon. In the picture of Big John, that is Aunt Janet in the blue jacket. The toddler in the last picture must be Shawna. I would guess this was about 1970.Thanks, Ellen!
Thursday, January 7, 2010
What Would You Do? Overlapping Rolls of Film
These pictures show various scenes from the farm, some sand dunes, and a trip Ellen took to the Grand Canyon and southern Utah. The Grand Canyon being the theme du jour, it is a good time to post this odd assortment of pictures. All are from Grandpa's slides and were developed in July 1970.
Sometimes putting pictures in the proper order is like solving a puzzle. If you do not enjoy puzzles, just enjoy the pictures, write any names or stories you know about the pictures into the comments, and skip the rest of the text.
These pictures were all developed at the same time and had no additional information about the development printed on the slide frames to set them apart. To further complicate things, they arrived from different collections at different times. This post is my attempt to put them back in order and reconstruct the original rolls of film with the slides in the proper order.
Each roll of film lacks most of the slides, so the collection is incomplete. The slides were all numbered, and they all contained some information written on the slide mount that I incorporated into the file name for each image. You can see this information by clicking on the image and saving it to your computer (the default file name will show the information) or by looking on the right side of the URL for each clicked picture. This is cumbersome, so I provide what I think is the pertinent information at various places within the slides.
The slides were named using GAP's fancy pants file naming system, with one exception and one caveat. The exception is that at the beginning of each slide is a two digit number that I added for purposes of this post to group the pictures in the correct order (per the printed slide frame number) and by roll (I grouped them into four rolls, each roll's numbering beginning at a multiple of 10). Thus, the earliest frame of the first roll has 01, the second earliest from of the first roll has 02, the earliest frame of the second roll has 10, the second earliest from of the second roll has 11, etc. The caveat is that several of the file names have a Roman numeral (I or II) after the "JUL 70", which was an unsuccessful attempt by me to distinguish the rolls when scanning and naming the images; ignore this number, it means nothing now.
The pictures in this post are not in the order that they are on the DVD I sent out. If anyone is still reading this -- which I doubt -- and is interested in solving the puzzle -- which I really doubt -- you may want to pull the images for July 1970 off the DVD and sort them out yourself. If nothing else, you may get a sense of what GAP goes through when trying to recompile family history from little bits and pieces.
The rules I followed when arranging these are:
OK, here is my grouping and reasons.
Roll 1 - These pictures are a different size and shape than the others and had increasing frame numbers with no overlap, so I grouped these together as one roll of film. I put them first because the weather looks colder and, thus, earlier in the year than in the other rolls of film. Can you name the people and the place?
Roll 2 - These pictures start on the farm and conclude at the Grand Canyon. I reason that there was a roll of film with farm pictures in the camera that was taken to the Grand Canyon. I grouped these pictures together because they had increasing frame numbers with no overlap. I could not group the farm pictures with the later pictures from Zion's or Bryce Canyon because the frame number would have overlapped. What is going on in the farm pictures?
Roll 3 - These pictures start at Cedar Breaks, continue into Zion's, and conclude at Bryce Canyon. I reason that the roll of film was changed between the previous Grand Canyon picture and the following Cedar Breaks picture because the frame numbers reset between the two and the picture content naturally breaks between them. What were Ellen and friends doing on this trip?
Roll 4 - These pictures contain only Bryce Canyon. I reason that the roll of film was changed at Bryce Canyon because the frame numbers reset. I placed this roll after the previous one because Bryce Canyon pictures conclude the previous roll and begin this one.
Thus, I reasoned that the chronological order of the pictures is as follows:
What would you do?
I am guessing that, if anything, what you are doing is smiling slightly, shaking your head in a sad sort of way, and clicking over to something more interesting. At least, that's what I will do after I read this!
UPDATE
Woohoo! Ellen writes in the comments that I got the order of the pictures correct.
The pictures in Roll 1 above are now the subject of Mystery Picture 100108.
Sometimes putting pictures in the proper order is like solving a puzzle. If you do not enjoy puzzles, just enjoy the pictures, write any names or stories you know about the pictures into the comments, and skip the rest of the text.
These pictures were all developed at the same time and had no additional information about the development printed on the slide frames to set them apart. To further complicate things, they arrived from different collections at different times. This post is my attempt to put them back in order and reconstruct the original rolls of film with the slides in the proper order.
Each roll of film lacks most of the slides, so the collection is incomplete. The slides were all numbered, and they all contained some information written on the slide mount that I incorporated into the file name for each image. You can see this information by clicking on the image and saving it to your computer (the default file name will show the information) or by looking on the right side of the URL for each clicked picture. This is cumbersome, so I provide what I think is the pertinent information at various places within the slides.
The slides were named using GAP's fancy pants file naming system, with one exception and one caveat. The exception is that at the beginning of each slide is a two digit number that I added for purposes of this post to group the pictures in the correct order (per the printed slide frame number) and by roll (I grouped them into four rolls, each roll's numbering beginning at a multiple of 10). Thus, the earliest frame of the first roll has 01, the second earliest from of the first roll has 02, the earliest frame of the second roll has 10, the second earliest from of the second roll has 11, etc. The caveat is that several of the file names have a Roman numeral (I or II) after the "JUL 70", which was an unsuccessful attempt by me to distinguish the rolls when scanning and naming the images; ignore this number, it means nothing now.
The pictures in this post are not in the order that they are on the DVD I sent out. If anyone is still reading this -- which I doubt -- and is interested in solving the puzzle -- which I really doubt -- you may want to pull the images for July 1970 off the DVD and sort them out yourself. If nothing else, you may get a sense of what GAP goes through when trying to recompile family history from little bits and pieces.
The rules I followed when arranging these are:
- The order has to be logical;
- The slide frame numbers within each roll have to increase from one frame to the next, since this is the order the pictures were taken; and
- The content of the pictures has to make sense in the context of the picture groupings.
OK, here is my grouping and reasons.
Roll 1 - These pictures are a different size and shape than the others and had increasing frame numbers with no overlap, so I grouped these together as one roll of film. I put them first because the weather looks colder and, thus, earlier in the year than in the other rolls of film. Can you name the people and the place?
Roll 2 - These pictures start on the farm and conclude at the Grand Canyon. I reason that there was a roll of film with farm pictures in the camera that was taken to the Grand Canyon. I grouped these pictures together because they had increasing frame numbers with no overlap. I could not group the farm pictures with the later pictures from Zion's or Bryce Canyon because the frame number would have overlapped. What is going on in the farm pictures?
Roll 3 - These pictures start at Cedar Breaks, continue into Zion's, and conclude at Bryce Canyon. I reason that the roll of film was changed between the previous Grand Canyon picture and the following Cedar Breaks picture because the frame numbers reset between the two and the picture content naturally breaks between them. What were Ellen and friends doing on this trip?
Roll 4 - These pictures contain only Bryce Canyon. I reason that the roll of film was changed at Bryce Canyon because the frame numbers reset. I placed this roll after the previous one because Bryce Canyon pictures conclude the previous roll and begin this one.
Thus, I reasoned that the chronological order of the pictures is as follows:
- Sand dunes (probably on a different camera than the rest)
- Farm
- Grand Canyon
- Cedar Breaks
- Zion's
- Bryce Canyon
What would you do?
I am guessing that, if anything, what you are doing is smiling slightly, shaking your head in a sad sort of way, and clicking over to something more interesting. At least, that's what I will do after I read this!
UPDATE
Woohoo! Ellen writes in the comments that I got the order of the pictures correct.
Yes, Rob, you have organized these pictures correctly. I took a trip with my girlfriends, Mary Tucker, Ellen Millett and Patty Millett, to Grand Canyon, Cedar Breaks, Zion's and Bryce Canyon one summer about 1970 or so. I probably borrowed Grandpa's camera because all those pictures are of my trip. It was really fun. Thanks for the memories.Thanks, Ellen! Your help filling in the details of these pictures is always appreciated. Plus, I can now stop fiddling with trying to get the pictures in the correct order. I will relabel the file names to ensure that these are organized correctly, and I will include the updated names the next time I send out a DVD. This is a good example of why it is useful to replace previous versions of the pictures with new ones; sometimes identifying information is updated!
The pictures in Roll 1 above are now the subject of Mystery Picture 100108.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Mystery Picture 100106
This picture is of Grandpa and Joe at the Grand Canyon -- it did not say that on the slide, but we are certain of the who and pretty certain of the where. The slide was developed in April 1964, so Joe was not more than 16.
The mystery? What were they doing on the trip and who else went? Someone had to take this picture!
The mystery? What were they doing on the trip and who else went? Someone had to take this picture!
Susan and Todd's Excellent Adventure
Santa brought Susan a new camera, and she was quick to put it to use on her and Todd's 1st Annual Winter-Time Road Trip to the Grand Canyon.
The GAP staff wishes we had a new camera, but we are comforted (somewhat) by the fact that there is a trading post near the Grand Canyon named after Grandpa's Apple Press.
Thanks for the beautiful pictures, Susan and Todd! Be sure to check out Susan's blog for more pictures, stories, videos, and the occasional rant.
UPDATE
Susan posts again with even more pictures from the adventure.
Thanks, Susan!
The GAP staff wishes we had a new camera, but we are comforted (somewhat) by the fact that there is a trading post near the Grand Canyon named after Grandpa's Apple Press.
Thanks for the beautiful pictures, Susan and Todd! Be sure to check out Susan's blog for more pictures, stories, videos, and the occasional rant.
UPDATE
Susan posts again with even more pictures from the adventure.
Thanks, Susan!
Thank You for the Family Tree, Priscilla
This is a quick note of thanks to Priscilla (and anyone else who helped), who prepared a family tree of the JR and Clara Stutz descendants. A PDF file of the family tree was included with the DVD that was sent out for Christmas, which also included a collection of Grandpa's slides as well as other collections. No attribution was given for the preparation of the family tree, but it is Priscilla's handiwork. Thanks, Priscilla!
Of course, thank you also to everyone else who contributed pictures and comments to GAP. Please consider sending 35mm slides or film (when possible) or other historic printed pictures that you think may be of interest to the extended family. We will scan the pictures and return the originals to you with a disc of the image files. The contributed images are often displayed and discussed on GAP.
Of course, thank you also to everyone else who contributed pictures and comments to GAP. Please consider sending 35mm slides or film (when possible) or other historic printed pictures that you think may be of interest to the extended family. We will scan the pictures and return the originals to you with a disc of the image files. The contributed images are often displayed and discussed on GAP.
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