Thanks to Andrew for sending this!
Patriarchal Blessing of Joseph Ruben (sic) Stutz
Millcreek the 9th of July 1893, Salt Lake County, Utah.
A blessing given under the hand of Patriarch W. J. Smith, upon the head of Joseph Ruben Stutz, Son of Lorenzo Stutz and Catharina Leutenegger, Born August the 26th 1881, Millcreek Salt Lake County Utah.
Brother Ruben, I place my hand upon thy head in the name of Jesus of Nazareth, to bestow upon thee a Patriarchal and a Fathers Blessing, and I Seal upon thy head the Blessings of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, with all appartening to the new and everlasting Covenant, even the Blessings of posterity, that thy posterity may be numerous upon the Earth, with houses and lands, flocks and herds, the fruits of the Field and of the Vine, and that you may be valiant to the truth and in the testimony of Jesus Christ and be mighty in proclaiming his gospel to the Sons on Man, and to Nations afar off, live to see Israel gathered, and Zion redeemed, and assist in building up her waste places, be gathered to the center stake, and be a pillar in the Temple of God, when your hair shall be white as the pure wool, have the ministering of holy Angels, and have faith like Elijah of Old, and be filled with inspiration and revelation and discernment, and prophesy, and be a Mighty man in the Lords House, be a comfort, and a blessing to thy parents, all the Day long, and heal the sick, comfort the afflicted in Israel, and be valiant in the Testimony of Jesus. Thou art of the Royal seed of Israel, of the house of Joseph, of the lineage of Ephraim. I Seal these Blessings upon thy head with a Holy Resurection in the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Recorded Book D, Page 83, 84.
UPDATE
Ellen thanks Andrew in the comments. Andrew then notes, "There must be another one out there as these were numbered 2 and 3."
Friday, January 29, 2010
Patriarchal Blessing - Lorenzo Stutz
Thanks to Andrew for sending this!
PATRIARCHAL BLESSING OF LORENZO STUTZ
Mill Creek the 9th of June 1893, Salt Lake County, Utah, of blessing given under the hand of W. J. Smith upon the head of Lorenzo Stutz son on Leodegar Stutz and Verena Stutz, born September the 7th, 1838, Islisberg, Switzerland. Brother Lorenzo, I place my hands upon thy head in the name of Jesus of Nazerath, to bestowe upon thee a Patriarchal and a Fathers Blessing, and by virtue of the Eternal Priesthood I Seal and confirm all of thy former Blessings and I bless thee with the blessings of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob with the blessings of the Covenant with a numerous Posterity upon the Earth, that thy joy may be full in the Lord, I bless thee in the Priesthood, that thou may magnify honor and sustain the Same, and be a true and faith-full Saint, and a honored Servant of God to Proclaim the gospel in power to the convincing of the honest in heart to heal the sick comfort and console the afflicted and cheer the drooping Spirit and minister to the needs of the Poor and the Needy, and Sick for that Spirit that leadeth to do good, to deal justly, to walk humbly before thy God, Judge riteousley, love mercey and do good continually, and thousands shall call thee Blessed of the Lord and rejoice to hear the sound of thy Voice, Thou shall be a Saviour to thy Fathers house and to thy ancestors, and to the house of Israel and to Minister in Holy Temples for their redemption and salvation, be inspired by dreams and Visions and the ministering of Holy Angels, to strengthen thee and bear thee up before the Lord in thy Holy calling, and take thee. I bless thee with health and prosperity that thee may thrive and prosper amongst the Saints of God, with a renewal of thy body and watch for the Saviour’s Coming that thou may be prepared to meet him and be caught up and changed in the twinkling of an eye, and ever be with the righteous in the Mansions of the First in the new heavens and on the New Earth, when it shall be sanctified like a Sea of Glass and thy rest shall be glorious. I bless thee with these Blessings, for thou are of the seed of the Faithfull, a Child of Promise of the House of Joseph through the Loins of Ephraim, a lawfull heir to the blessings of the Gospel through thy diligence and thy faithfullness, I seal this Blessing upon thy head with a holy resurrection and eternal life according to the holy order and Sealing power even so, Amen.
Recorded in Book D, Page 81.
PATRIARCHAL BLESSING OF LORENZO STUTZ
Mill Creek the 9th of June 1893, Salt Lake County, Utah, of blessing given under the hand of W. J. Smith upon the head of Lorenzo Stutz son on Leodegar Stutz and Verena Stutz, born September the 7th, 1838, Islisberg, Switzerland. Brother Lorenzo, I place my hands upon thy head in the name of Jesus of Nazerath, to bestowe upon thee a Patriarchal and a Fathers Blessing, and by virtue of the Eternal Priesthood I Seal and confirm all of thy former Blessings and I bless thee with the blessings of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob with the blessings of the Covenant with a numerous Posterity upon the Earth, that thy joy may be full in the Lord, I bless thee in the Priesthood, that thou may magnify honor and sustain the Same, and be a true and faith-full Saint, and a honored Servant of God to Proclaim the gospel in power to the convincing of the honest in heart to heal the sick comfort and console the afflicted and cheer the drooping Spirit and minister to the needs of the Poor and the Needy, and Sick for that Spirit that leadeth to do good, to deal justly, to walk humbly before thy God, Judge riteousley, love mercey and do good continually, and thousands shall call thee Blessed of the Lord and rejoice to hear the sound of thy Voice, Thou shall be a Saviour to thy Fathers house and to thy ancestors, and to the house of Israel and to Minister in Holy Temples for their redemption and salvation, be inspired by dreams and Visions and the ministering of Holy Angels, to strengthen thee and bear thee up before the Lord in thy Holy calling, and take thee. I bless thee with health and prosperity that thee may thrive and prosper amongst the Saints of God, with a renewal of thy body and watch for the Saviour’s Coming that thou may be prepared to meet him and be caught up and changed in the twinkling of an eye, and ever be with the righteous in the Mansions of the First in the new heavens and on the New Earth, when it shall be sanctified like a Sea of Glass and thy rest shall be glorious. I bless thee with these Blessings, for thou are of the seed of the Faithfull, a Child of Promise of the House of Joseph through the Loins of Ephraim, a lawfull heir to the blessings of the Gospel through thy diligence and thy faithfullness, I seal this Blessing upon thy head with a holy resurrection and eternal life according to the holy order and Sealing power even so, Amen.
Recorded in Book D, Page 81.
Monday, January 25, 2010
When Grandpa Went to Jail - Clifford Stutz (1982) (Introduction)
The previous five posts are the essay "When Grandpa Went to Jail" written by Clifford Noel Stutz in 1982. Clifford is Grandpa's (Howard's) brother, and the "Grandpa" in the story is Lorenzo Stutz, Clifford and Howard's (and others') grandfather. Lorenzo's story has also been told in two previous posts: the first was from newspaper accounts from the time and the second was from Grandma's (Mildred's) book All You Immigrants.
The story is written in these posts exactly as it was sent to me by Ellen. I broke it into five sections -- one section per post -- and gave each a title identifying the content:
These title headings were my only contribution to the essay. Ellen also contributed a note to the poetry section about a Landeen ancestor's connection to Lorenzo Stutz.
Thank you Ellen for sending this story to me! It was especially helpful that it was already transcribed into an electronic format, making it easy to post and share with the family. If anyone else has stories transcribed or electronic versions of Grandma's books or other family documents, please send them along!
UPDATE
The posts were originally published 1-2-3-4-5 chronologically, but because GAP organizes posts in reverse chronological order they were on the blog as 5-4-3-2-1. Ellen suggested (thanks, Ellen!) reversing the order so they can be read 1-2-3-4-5. Fortunately, GAP can alter space-time, so we've changed the posts to make them look like 1 was published last (and, thus, appearing first on the blog, 5 was published first (and, thus, appearing last on the blog), etc.
Andrew writes in the comments, "Great stuff. I'll check my records to see if there is anything I can add." Thanks, Andrew!
Andrew then writes, "I have the patriarchal blessings of JR and Lorenzo. Also, do you want any Coombs stuff?" Oh yeah! We love getting patriarchal blessings, Coombs stuff, and any other family history information. Send it to GAP, Andrew, and we'll post it. And, thanks!
The story is written in these posts exactly as it was sent to me by Ellen. I broke it into five sections -- one section per post -- and gave each a title identifying the content:
These title headings were my only contribution to the essay. Ellen also contributed a note to the poetry section about a Landeen ancestor's connection to Lorenzo Stutz.
Thank you Ellen for sending this story to me! It was especially helpful that it was already transcribed into an electronic format, making it easy to post and share with the family. If anyone else has stories transcribed or electronic versions of Grandma's books or other family documents, please send them along!
UPDATE
The posts were originally published 1-2-3-4-5 chronologically, but because GAP organizes posts in reverse chronological order they were on the blog as 5-4-3-2-1. Ellen suggested (thanks, Ellen!) reversing the order so they can be read 1-2-3-4-5. Fortunately, GAP can alter space-time, so we've changed the posts to make them look like 1 was published last (and, thus, appearing first on the blog, 5 was published first (and, thus, appearing last on the blog), etc.
Andrew writes in the comments, "Great stuff. I'll check my records to see if there is anything I can add." Thanks, Andrew!
Andrew then writes, "I have the patriarchal blessings of JR and Lorenzo. Also, do you want any Coombs stuff?" Oh yeah! We love getting patriarchal blessings, Coombs stuff, and any other family history information. Send it to GAP, Andrew, and we'll post it. And, thanks!
When Grandpa Went to Jail - Clifford Stutz (1982) (Story)
Grandpa was in the State Penitentiary from November 29, 1886, to May 31, 1887. He was arrested on Saturday, November 6, 1886, for cohabitation and was brought before a United States Marshal on Monday, November 8. He then appeared before the Grand Jury on November 22, and was turned over to the Sheriff on November 26, who sentenced him to twelve months in prison, a $100.00 fine plus court costs. Three days later on November 29, 1886, he was committed to the State Penitentiary located on the Southeast corner of 13th East and 21st South in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Penitentiary was located in the area known as Sugar House across the street East from the present Sugar House Shopping Center.
The fine if $100.00 in 1886, was rather high and would be equivalent to a fine of $2000.00 to $3000.00 today. A note in Grandpa’s prison diary stated that wheat was selling for seventy-five cents per bushel, cows $25.00 and pigs $1.50. In 1982, wheat was selling for $3.30 per bushel, cows $800.00 and pigs $160.00 or ten to thirty times as much as in 1886.
At the time of his arrest he was forty-eight years old, had two living wives and two wives, Mary Mueller and Margaritha Stoller, who had died. He had five living children, and one child, Hyrum, by Margaritha Stoller, who had died. His first wife Elizabeth Gally Heugly, was seventy-two years old and had borne him no children. His other wife Katharina Leutenegger was twenty-seven years old and was the mother of most of his children.
The children living at home at the time of his arrest were:
1. Lorenzo Herman, age thirteen, mother: Mary Mueller. She died April 17, 1874.
2. Joseph Reuben, age five, mother: Katharina Leutenegger.
3. Orson, age three, mother: Katharina Leutenegger.
4. Mary Magdalene, age two, mother: Katharina Leutenegger.
5. John, age one month, mother: Katharina Leutenegger.
The family lived on a forty acre farm north of 33rd South and 7th East in Salt Lake County. The farm had been purchased from the United States Government on September 13, 1871. A comfortable one story brick home had been built on the property. The address in 1886 was listed as the 3rd house North of 14th South on the East side of 7th East.
A picture taken during the summer of 1897 showed two houses, the original home and a two story frame house to the east. The second wife probably lived in the frame home. The picture included Grandpa (Lorenzo), age fifty-nine, Dad (Joseph Reuben), age sixteen, Uncle Orson, age fourteen, Aunt Mary, age thirteen, and Aunt Lorena, age three, all by Katharina Leutenegger, my grandmother. Grandma is not in the picture. This picture was probably taken during the period of estrangement between her and Grandpa. She divorced Grandpa in 1897 and married John Beck on January 7, 1898.
Grandpa was in the Penitentiary during the winter so his absence did not interfere too much with the farming operations. His son, Lorenzo, was old enough to do the chores and the two wives could get along quite well by themselves.
His prison diary listed livestock consisting of one horse, two cows, two calves and two pigs. He probably had chickens and other poultry. The family probably had plenty to eat and money to live on.
Grandpa’s going to the Penitentiary was brought on by his loyalty to his family and a desire to live the doctrines of the Church. By abandoning one of his wives he could have avoided going to jail. He, along with hundreds of other loyal Church members, chose not to do this and instead submitted themselves to the penalties of the law.
In 1843, Joseph Smith, after inquiring of the Lord regarding the justification for Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David and Solomon for having many wives and concubines, received a revelation on the eternal nature of the marriage covenant and the plurality of wives. This revelation is Section 132 of the Doctrine and Covenants. After this revelation was received, all faithful members of the Church were expected to abide by its teachings in order to raise up a righteous posterity. Lorenzo Stutz took this revelation seriously and tried to live its precepts and teachings. Because of this he was sent to jail.
The fine if $100.00 in 1886, was rather high and would be equivalent to a fine of $2000.00 to $3000.00 today. A note in Grandpa’s prison diary stated that wheat was selling for seventy-five cents per bushel, cows $25.00 and pigs $1.50. In 1982, wheat was selling for $3.30 per bushel, cows $800.00 and pigs $160.00 or ten to thirty times as much as in 1886.
At the time of his arrest he was forty-eight years old, had two living wives and two wives, Mary Mueller and Margaritha Stoller, who had died. He had five living children, and one child, Hyrum, by Margaritha Stoller, who had died. His first wife Elizabeth Gally Heugly, was seventy-two years old and had borne him no children. His other wife Katharina Leutenegger was twenty-seven years old and was the mother of most of his children.
The children living at home at the time of his arrest were:
1. Lorenzo Herman, age thirteen, mother: Mary Mueller. She died April 17, 1874.
2. Joseph Reuben, age five, mother: Katharina Leutenegger.
3. Orson, age three, mother: Katharina Leutenegger.
4. Mary Magdalene, age two, mother: Katharina Leutenegger.
5. John, age one month, mother: Katharina Leutenegger.
The family lived on a forty acre farm north of 33rd South and 7th East in Salt Lake County. The farm had been purchased from the United States Government on September 13, 1871. A comfortable one story brick home had been built on the property. The address in 1886 was listed as the 3rd house North of 14th South on the East side of 7th East.
A picture taken during the summer of 1897 showed two houses, the original home and a two story frame house to the east. The second wife probably lived in the frame home. The picture included Grandpa (Lorenzo), age fifty-nine, Dad (Joseph Reuben), age sixteen, Uncle Orson, age fourteen, Aunt Mary, age thirteen, and Aunt Lorena, age three, all by Katharina Leutenegger, my grandmother. Grandma is not in the picture. This picture was probably taken during the period of estrangement between her and Grandpa. She divorced Grandpa in 1897 and married John Beck on January 7, 1898.
Grandpa was in the Penitentiary during the winter so his absence did not interfere too much with the farming operations. His son, Lorenzo, was old enough to do the chores and the two wives could get along quite well by themselves.
His prison diary listed livestock consisting of one horse, two cows, two calves and two pigs. He probably had chickens and other poultry. The family probably had plenty to eat and money to live on.
Grandpa’s going to the Penitentiary was brought on by his loyalty to his family and a desire to live the doctrines of the Church. By abandoning one of his wives he could have avoided going to jail. He, along with hundreds of other loyal Church members, chose not to do this and instead submitted themselves to the penalties of the law.
In 1843, Joseph Smith, after inquiring of the Lord regarding the justification for Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David and Solomon for having many wives and concubines, received a revelation on the eternal nature of the marriage covenant and the plurality of wives. This revelation is Section 132 of the Doctrine and Covenants. After this revelation was received, all faithful members of the Church were expected to abide by its teachings in order to raise up a righteous posterity. Lorenzo Stutz took this revelation seriously and tried to live its precepts and teachings. Because of this he was sent to jail.
When Grandpa Went to Jail - Clifford Stutz (1982) (Poetry)
While in jail Grandpa wrote the following lines of poetry expressing his feelings about this experience and recorded them in his diary:
Brother Reiser:
Our path is scattered with thorns
Of him who would like to destroy
By obeying the laws of God
You and I were cast into prison
But let us say like Jesus
“Father, thy will be done.”
___________________________
While God has sent His Messenger
To comfort your soul
Take care of the precious things
That you do behold
Watch every footstep
That you do make
For things might be laid
In your path wherever you may go
Remember the words that Jesus has said
We should all watch and not forget our prayers.
[Note from Ellen: It may interest you to know that the poems mentioned above are addressed to Brother Reiser. Brother Reiser is actually Heinrich Reiser, a fellow Swiss immigrant and also the great grandfather of my husband, Mark Landeen. We had a marriage made in prison.]
Brother Foster:
May you be true to and faithful
To Him who has shown
His mercies and kindness
In many ways to you
And your brother in the Gospel.
We have been told the time would come
To prepare ourselves to stand alone.
So you have stood before the court
And brought yourself to uphold the truth
For this was the cause
That you were sent for six months
To the Utah pen.
Brother Reiser:
Our path is scattered with thorns
Of him who would like to destroy
By obeying the laws of God
You and I were cast into prison
But let us say like Jesus
“Father, thy will be done.”
___________________________
While God has sent His Messenger
To comfort your soul
Take care of the precious things
That you do behold
Watch every footstep
That you do make
For things might be laid
In your path wherever you may go
Remember the words that Jesus has said
We should all watch and not forget our prayers.
[Note from Ellen: It may interest you to know that the poems mentioned above are addressed to Brother Reiser. Brother Reiser is actually Heinrich Reiser, a fellow Swiss immigrant and also the great grandfather of my husband, Mark Landeen. We had a marriage made in prison.]
Brother Foster:
May you be true to and faithful
To Him who has shown
His mercies and kindness
In many ways to you
And your brother in the Gospel.
We have been told the time would come
To prepare ourselves to stand alone.
So you have stood before the court
And brought yourself to uphold the truth
For this was the cause
That you were sent for six months
To the Utah pen.
When Grandpa Went to Jail - Clifford Stutz (1982) (Diary)
Lorenzo Stutz’s prison term was shortened by the untimely death of his first wife, Elizabeth Gally Heugly, on March 3, 1887. He felt this was an act of providence and recorded his thoughts in his prison diary.
Dear Brother:
My time is drawing near at hand
For me to leave the pen
Twelve months stared me in the face
When brought to the prison gate
But God, not man, has changed the course
Instead of twelve months, six months
To shorten my imprisonment
With sorrow and with peace I left.
Here are a few notes of interest to the family from Grandpa’s prison diary:
January 3, 1887
Received orders that we should not stand in groups to look at the visitors on the walls.
January 6, 1887
I had a good talk with my dear family.
January 14, 1887
Writing this morning to my family.
Warden called me out to see if I could cook and wanted me to come into the kitchen to work.
Moved into Number 3 this evening.
January 15, 1887
Early this morning to the kitchen.
January 17, 1887
Lorenzo was up this day. (referring to his son, Lorenzo, coming to visit)
January 31, 1887
Mother received a telegram that her case not to come up until next Monday.
February 3, 1887
Sister Bally and children were up this morning.
February 15, 1887
Lorenzo was up this day
February 22, 1887
Lorenzo was up this day
March 3, 1887
Death came at 3 A.M. (written in German) (Elizabeth Gally Heugly died)
Lorenzo was up this morning
Lorenzo was up this evening
March 4, 1887
Elizabeth Cugraben
M. Parry came to the funeral (of Elizabeth Gally Heugly)
March 7, 1887
Lorenzo was up this morning not seeing me
Mister --- says that all was well. One of the little boys fell down.
March 8, 1887
Not feeling well
March 11, 1887
Sick this morning, I was not able to go out this morning.
March 12, 1887
No better this morning.
March 13, 1887
A little better this morning
March 14, 1887
Not very well.
March 15, 1887
To the kitchen this morning
March 25, 1887
Sick this morning
March 26, 1887
Not very well this morning
March 27, 1887
Not very well this morning
March 28, 1887
Not very well this morning
March 29, 1887
Not very well this morning
Lorenzo was up after my clothes. No talk with him. (note: The family had to come to the prison and pick up the prisoners’ laundry.)
March 30, 1887
Not very well
March 31, 1887
Not extra well
April 1, 1887
Received some butter and candy
Not extra well
Hearing that Thrina and some of the children was up today (note: the name “Thrina” was referring to Katherina, his wife.)
April 2, 1887
Writing a letter this morning. Not extra well.
April 7, 1887
My family was up this day
April 9, 1887
Lorenzo was up with the clothes.
April 16, 1887
A letter wrote this morning
Bathroom police
April 18, 1887
Bathroom police
April 23, 1887
Sent a letter
May 5, 1887
My family was up this day
May 6, 1887
Fine this morning
May 7, 1887
I feel well
May 8, 1887
Very fine this morning
May 9, 1887
I feel well this morning
Bathing day
May 12, 1887
Lorenzo was up this morning after my clothes.
May 16, 1887
I am cold. Yard police this morning
I feel well this morning
May 25, 1887
Very well this morning.
Bathroom police
May 26, 1887
I feel well
May 27, 1887
Well this morning
Sunday, May 29, 1887
My time is up this morning but I would not get out until Tuesday.
From his diary we gather that Grandpa worked in the prison kitchen from January 15 until March 15, a period of about two months.
After Elizabeth Gally Heugly, his first wife’s death on March 3, Lorenzo’s health began to fail and he did not get to feeling well again until about May 6, a period of about two months.
On April 16, he was assigned to clean bath rooms. He apparently did this along with helping to clean the yard until he was released on May 31, 1887.
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One little note on polygamy life recorded in his diary:
Mother (Elizabeth Gally Heugly) came home from the meeting on the twenty-seventh of February and Monday the twenty-eighth. She came up to Heugly (her son, Joseph Heugly) and said that the Stutz folks refused to lend the coffee mill to her to grind her coffee and ground it for her themselves and brought it to her.
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A recipe which Verena thinks is for Indian Pudding, appears in his prison diary. It may have been one of the dishes prepared for the inmates.
1 pint of sweet milk
6 Tablespoons of corn meal
2 Tablespoons of flour
2 Tablespoons of cold milk
4 eggs, sugar, molasses, a piece of butter, salt, cinnamon
I (Clifford) made a batch and it is pretty good. I mixed the corn meal, flour and cold milk and eggs together, then added to the sweet milk and cooked slowly for ten minutes. Then I added the other ingredients to taste. It makes a thick sweet pudding. Try it!
Dear Brother:
My time is drawing near at hand
For me to leave the pen
Twelve months stared me in the face
When brought to the prison gate
But God, not man, has changed the course
Instead of twelve months, six months
To shorten my imprisonment
With sorrow and with peace I left.
Here are a few notes of interest to the family from Grandpa’s prison diary:
January 3, 1887
Received orders that we should not stand in groups to look at the visitors on the walls.
January 6, 1887
I had a good talk with my dear family.
January 14, 1887
Writing this morning to my family.
Warden called me out to see if I could cook and wanted me to come into the kitchen to work.
Moved into Number 3 this evening.
January 15, 1887
Early this morning to the kitchen.
January 17, 1887
Lorenzo was up this day. (referring to his son, Lorenzo, coming to visit)
January 31, 1887
Mother received a telegram that her case not to come up until next Monday.
February 3, 1887
Sister Bally and children were up this morning.
February 15, 1887
Lorenzo was up this day
February 22, 1887
Lorenzo was up this day
March 3, 1887
Death came at 3 A.M. (written in German) (Elizabeth Gally Heugly died)
Lorenzo was up this morning
Lorenzo was up this evening
March 4, 1887
Elizabeth Cugraben
M. Parry came to the funeral (of Elizabeth Gally Heugly)
March 7, 1887
Lorenzo was up this morning not seeing me
Mister --- says that all was well. One of the little boys fell down.
March 8, 1887
Not feeling well
March 11, 1887
Sick this morning, I was not able to go out this morning.
March 12, 1887
No better this morning.
March 13, 1887
A little better this morning
March 14, 1887
Not very well.
March 15, 1887
To the kitchen this morning
March 25, 1887
Sick this morning
March 26, 1887
Not very well this morning
March 27, 1887
Not very well this morning
March 28, 1887
Not very well this morning
March 29, 1887
Not very well this morning
Lorenzo was up after my clothes. No talk with him. (note: The family had to come to the prison and pick up the prisoners’ laundry.)
March 30, 1887
Not very well
March 31, 1887
Not extra well
April 1, 1887
Received some butter and candy
Not extra well
Hearing that Thrina and some of the children was up today (note: the name “Thrina” was referring to Katherina, his wife.)
April 2, 1887
Writing a letter this morning. Not extra well.
April 7, 1887
My family was up this day
April 9, 1887
Lorenzo was up with the clothes.
April 16, 1887
A letter wrote this morning
Bathroom police
April 18, 1887
Bathroom police
April 23, 1887
Sent a letter
May 5, 1887
My family was up this day
May 6, 1887
Fine this morning
May 7, 1887
I feel well
May 8, 1887
Very fine this morning
May 9, 1887
I feel well this morning
Bathing day
May 12, 1887
Lorenzo was up this morning after my clothes.
May 16, 1887
I am cold. Yard police this morning
I feel well this morning
May 25, 1887
Very well this morning.
Bathroom police
May 26, 1887
I feel well
May 27, 1887
Well this morning
Sunday, May 29, 1887
My time is up this morning but I would not get out until Tuesday.
From his diary we gather that Grandpa worked in the prison kitchen from January 15 until March 15, a period of about two months.
After Elizabeth Gally Heugly, his first wife’s death on March 3, Lorenzo’s health began to fail and he did not get to feeling well again until about May 6, a period of about two months.
On April 16, he was assigned to clean bath rooms. He apparently did this along with helping to clean the yard until he was released on May 31, 1887.
____________________
One little note on polygamy life recorded in his diary:
Mother (Elizabeth Gally Heugly) came home from the meeting on the twenty-seventh of February and Monday the twenty-eighth. She came up to Heugly (her son, Joseph Heugly) and said that the Stutz folks refused to lend the coffee mill to her to grind her coffee and ground it for her themselves and brought it to her.
______________________
A recipe which Verena thinks is for Indian Pudding, appears in his prison diary. It may have been one of the dishes prepared for the inmates.
1 pint of sweet milk
6 Tablespoons of corn meal
2 Tablespoons of flour
2 Tablespoons of cold milk
4 eggs, sugar, molasses, a piece of butter, salt, cinnamon
I (Clifford) made a batch and it is pretty good. I mixed the corn meal, flour and cold milk and eggs together, then added to the sweet milk and cooked slowly for ten minutes. Then I added the other ingredients to taste. It makes a thick sweet pudding. Try it!
When Grandpa Went to Jail - Clifford Stutz (1982) (Polygamy and the Penitentiary)
Starting in 1862, laws were enacted by the Congress of the United States which brought on wholesale arrests within the Mormon community, disrupted families, forcing mass migration of members to Mexico and Canada and long term foreign missions for many of the Church leaders. Most of the early laws brought only harassment to the Mormons. However, in March 1887, the Edmund-Tucker law was passed which disincorporated the Church, abolished the Perpetual Immigration Fund, confiscated all Church owned property and outlawed cohabitation. The law was tested in the courts and found to be constitutional by the Supreme Court in 1890. Soon after this, on September 24, 1890, President Wilford Woodruff issued a manifest declaring that the Church would no longer teach polygamy or plural marriage or permit any member of the Church to enter into its practices. The Manifesto was accepted as doctrine of the Church in General Conference on October 6, 1890. Following the Manifesto the President of the United States pardoned all who were in prison for cohabitation.
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A few notes on the State Penitentiary where Grandpa served time:
A note in the October 15, 1853 Deseret News states that proposals were being received for donations of land for the location of a penitentiary for the Territory of Utah. The Congress of the United States, when they set up a Territorial Government of Utah in 1850, appropriated $20,000.00 for the construction of public buildings. Some of this money was to be used for the construction of a Penitentiary.
On May 5, 1882, Caleb West, the new Governor of the Territory, arrived in salt Lake City. His first official act was to visit the Penitentiary and offer pardons to all who were confined there for cohabitation if they would obey the law. Of course, this meant that they must give up their plural wives and children born to these women. Most of them declared that they could not conscientiously do as he desired.
C.R.Savage, a noted photographer of Salt Lake City, took many pictures of historical events. Among these are two pictures of the men who were in the State Penitentiary for cohabitation. Lorenzo Stutz is in both pictures. One picture is close up and the other at a distance. The pictures reveal the following:
1. The men are all dressed in striped prison clothes with white shirts. Clothes other than prison garb were sent home for cleaning by the families and returned.
2. The men all kept their own civilian hats. Notes in Grandpa’s diary states that on January 4, 1887, orders were given that the prisoners were to lift their hats before speaking to an officer, and on January 7, orders were given for the prisoners to take off their hats before going into the dining room.
3. The picture taken at a distance shows a one story frame building and several people standing on top of the prison wall. Two of the people are women with parasols. In Grandpa’s diary he notes several times that members of his family were on the wall. Apparently this is where they came to visit.
4. The men are all distinguished looking. Grandpa in his diary kept a list of those who were imprisoned for cohabitation. The list starts with Rudger Clawson, No. 1, and ends with Mortensen, No. 152. Grandpa lists himself as No. 123. A supplementary list in Grandpa’s personal effects extends the list to George Percy, No. 208.
5. The Penitentiary was surrounded by a wall apparently twenty to thirty feet high. Inside are two story frame barracks with barred windows and several single story buildings. We assume the two story buildings served as kitchen, dining room, etc.
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A few notes on the State Penitentiary where Grandpa served time:
A note in the October 15, 1853 Deseret News states that proposals were being received for donations of land for the location of a penitentiary for the Territory of Utah. The Congress of the United States, when they set up a Territorial Government of Utah in 1850, appropriated $20,000.00 for the construction of public buildings. Some of this money was to be used for the construction of a Penitentiary.
On May 5, 1882, Caleb West, the new Governor of the Territory, arrived in salt Lake City. His first official act was to visit the Penitentiary and offer pardons to all who were confined there for cohabitation if they would obey the law. Of course, this meant that they must give up their plural wives and children born to these women. Most of them declared that they could not conscientiously do as he desired.
C.R.Savage, a noted photographer of Salt Lake City, took many pictures of historical events. Among these are two pictures of the men who were in the State Penitentiary for cohabitation. Lorenzo Stutz is in both pictures. One picture is close up and the other at a distance. The pictures reveal the following:
1. The men are all dressed in striped prison clothes with white shirts. Clothes other than prison garb were sent home for cleaning by the families and returned.
2. The men all kept their own civilian hats. Notes in Grandpa’s diary states that on January 4, 1887, orders were given that the prisoners were to lift their hats before speaking to an officer, and on January 7, orders were given for the prisoners to take off their hats before going into the dining room.
3. The picture taken at a distance shows a one story frame building and several people standing on top of the prison wall. Two of the people are women with parasols. In Grandpa’s diary he notes several times that members of his family were on the wall. Apparently this is where they came to visit.
4. The men are all distinguished looking. Grandpa in his diary kept a list of those who were imprisoned for cohabitation. The list starts with Rudger Clawson, No. 1, and ends with Mortensen, No. 152. Grandpa lists himself as No. 123. A supplementary list in Grandpa’s personal effects extends the list to George Percy, No. 208.
5. The Penitentiary was surrounded by a wall apparently twenty to thirty feet high. Inside are two story frame barracks with barred windows and several single story buildings. We assume the two story buildings served as kitchen, dining room, etc.
When Grandpa Went to Jail - Clifford Stutz (1982) (Final Thoughts)
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
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
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.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Found On The Interwebs - Lorenzo Stutz
Lorenzo Stutz, my great-great-grandfather, was sentenced to the the Utah Penitentiary from 1886-1887 for polygamy. Here is a picture of him locked up; he's the one with the X underneath (click for a larger image).
Grandma has written several excellent family history books that are must-reads for the family. One of them, All You Immigrants (p. 356), describes Lorenzo Stutz as the father (Katherina Leutenegger is the mother) of Joseph Reuben Stutz, who is the father (Clara McLean Coombs is the mother) of Howard Coombs Stutz, who is my grandfather (Mildred Robison is my grandmother). The genealogy is much more complicated than this linear description.
Despite the fact that Lorenzo died a century ago, there is information about him on the Internet. The following are some online resources (thanks, Utah Digital Newspapers!) about Lorenzo Stutz and his polygamy ("unlawful cohabitation"), presumably under the Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act of 1862. The LDS Church issued the 1890 Manifesto that ceased the Church's practice of plural marriage after Lorenzo was released from prison.
Deseret Evening News, Another Raid, November 10, 1886, p. 13. (http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/deseretnews4,61140)
UPDATE
An extended excerpt from Grandma's book All You Immigrants provides the promised fuller story about Lorenzo Stutz.
Grandma has written several excellent family history books that are must-reads for the family. One of them, All You Immigrants (p. 356), describes Lorenzo Stutz as the father (Katherina Leutenegger is the mother) of Joseph Reuben Stutz, who is the father (Clara McLean Coombs is the mother) of Howard Coombs Stutz, who is my grandfather (Mildred Robison is my grandmother). The genealogy is much more complicated than this linear description.
Despite the fact that Lorenzo died a century ago, there is information about him on the Internet. The following are some online resources (thanks, Utah Digital Newspapers!) about Lorenzo Stutz and his polygamy ("unlawful cohabitation"), presumably under the Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act of 1862. The LDS Church issued the 1890 Manifesto that ceased the Church's practice of plural marriage after Lorenzo was released from prison.
Deseret Evening News, Another Raid, November 10, 1886, p. 13. (http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/deseretnews4,61140)
MILL CREEK AND BIG COTTONWOOD VISITED BY DEPUTY MARSHALS.Deseret Evening News, Local News, December 1, 1886, p. 13. (http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/deseretnews4,61416)
About 7 o'clock on Saturday night the home of LORENZO STUTZ at Mill Creek, Salt Lake County, was encompassed about by deputy marshals with a warrant of arrest for William Stutz, on a charge of unlawful cohabitation. The warrant was served on Mr. Lorenzo Stutz, who was brought before Commissioner McKay to-day, and pleaded not guilty to the complaint, signed by D.W. Rench, and charging him with unlawfully cohabiting with Mrs. Wm. Stutz and Jane Doe Stutz as his wives. The Commissioner changed the name "William" to that of the defendant. The preliminary examination was waived, and Mr. Stutz gave $1,500 bail for himself, and $200 for each of four witnesses for the prosecution.
At the time of the visit of the deputies, Mrs. Stutz was in a very weak condition, her babe being but nine days old, and the shock to her system has been quite serious.
FROM FRIDAY'S DAILY, NOV. 27Deseret Evening News, Released To-day, June 8, 1887, p. 1. (http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/deseretnews6,33048)
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Arraigned.--Lorenzo Stutz, of Mill Creek, was arraigned in the District Court to-day on a two-count charge of unlawful cohabitation. The periods alleged are--December 1, 1883, to November 30, 1884; December 1, 1884, to April 30, 1886, the alleged wives being Elizabeth Stutz and Catherine Stutz. A plea of guilty was entered and sentence set for Monday at 10 a.m.
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Court Notes.--Proceedings in the Third District Court to-day:
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United States v. Lorenzo Stutz; unlawful cohabitation, two counts; plea of guilty; sentence set for Monday, Nov. 29th.
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FROM MONDAY'S DAILY NOV. 29
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Sentenced to One Year.--Brother Lorenzo Stutz, of Mill Creek, was called in the Third District Court to-day to receive sentence on a two-count indictment for unlawful cohabitation. He declined to make any promise as to his future conduct, and was sentenced to one year's imprisonment in the penitentiary, and to pay a fine of $100 and costs of prosecution.
The terms of imprisonment, and thirty days additional for the fines imposed, of Brothers John Stoddard, of Ogden, and Lorenzo Stutz, of Mill Creek, expired on Sunday, and to-day they were brought before Commissioner McKay and underwent a rigid examination as to their proper qualifications. They were finally discharged on taking the oath. Brother Stoddard's sentence was six months and $300, while Brother Stutz received double that penalty, but only served one term, being released through the Supreme Court decision. The wife of Brother Stutz died while he was in prison.Ogden Standard Examiner, Divorce Suit, April 28, 1897, p. 3. (http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/ogden5,32736)
Catharine Stutz has entered a suit for divorce from Lorenzo Stutz and alleges that her husband has treated her cruelly and also has failed to support her. She further states in her complaint that her husband owns real estate to the amount of $3,000. She asks for a decree of divorce and that she may resume her maiden name of Catharine Bentonnigger and $250 alimony.Salt Lake Tribune, Divorce Applied for, April 28, 1897, p. 6. (http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/slt17,11010)
Catherine Stutz filed an action for divorce against Lorenzo Stutz in the Third District court yesterday. Mrs. Stutz says that she was married to the defendant in 1890 and that he has since treated her cruelly and failed to provide for her. Mrs. Stutz also asks for permanent alimony in the sum of $250.Salt Lake Tribune, Divorce Decree Denied, May 9, 1897, p. 5. (http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/slt17,12612)
Catharine Stutz appeared before Judge Hiles yesterday as an applicant for decree of divorce from Lorenzo Stutz, on the grounds of failure to support and cruelty. Mrs. Stutz was unable to submit sufficient proof, however, and the court denied the decree temporarily, but held the matter open pending the introduction of further testimony.Salt Lake Tribune, Says He Ejected Her, August 3, 1897, p. 5. (http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/slt17,24787)
Catherine Stutz was yesterday granted a divorce by Judge Cherry from her husband, Lorenzo Stutz of Mill Creek. The plaintiff charged the defendant with cruelty in putting her out of his house about a year ago. She stated that since that time he had failed to support her or her three-year-old child and she had earned her own subsistence by acting as a nurse. The plaintiff was granted the custody of the child and $250 alimony.Deseret Evening News, Death of Lorenzo Stutz, March 19, 1910, p. 16. (http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/den6,77454)
Lorenzo Stutz, aged 71 years, died at 10 o'clock Friday morning of hemorrhage, caused by over-taxing himself about the home 3571 Seventh East. The deceased was born in Switzerland, Sept. 7, 1838, and came to this country in 1862. He settled in Salt Lake county. Mr. Stutz had been married three times, his first wife dying shortly after he came to Utah. His second wife died about eight years ago, while his third wife was divorced about a year ago. Five children survive him. Funeral services will be held Sunday at noon at the Wilford ward meetinghouse. The casket will be opened the day of the funeral at the family residence from 10 to 11 o'clock in the forenoon. Interment will be in the Mill Creek cemetery.Of course, there is much more to know about Lorenzo than is available on the Internet, but that will have to wait for a future post.
UPDATE
An extended excerpt from Grandma's book All You Immigrants provides the promised fuller story about Lorenzo Stutz.
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