Questions for Grandma

I asked Grandma these questions on the way to the SLC cemetary.

Why was Uncle Charles never baptized?

Benjamin and Jospehine Bright were never members of the church, and many of the family members were upset after Hattie was not given medical help at the LDS hospital because payment could not be given up front. Grandma's mom, Josephine, and Uncle Charles were raised by the Brights. Great Grandma Josephine was baptized around the age of 19.

Was Benjamin Bright like a grandfather to you? Did you see him often?

Grandma said she has one distinct memory of him. They lived next to his farm in South Weber, and one time when she was very small, her mother took her out to the fence where they met Benjamin Bright. Grandma went with him back to his house and he played hide-and-go-seek with her, and gave her some hard candy.

Lunn Family Plot

We took a trip to the Salt Lake City Cemetary to see the Lunn Family Plot on Sunday. I have never been to that cemetary and it is HUGE. We weren't exactly sure where the plot was, but Grandma remembered that is was near center street and knew of a landmark ( a mound of land that resembled a cellar). We drove up and down center street without much luck at first, so we dropped J and T off near President Hinckley's grave and me and grandma kept driving. Eventually, we pulled over for a prayer in help to find the plots, and within a minute we drove right to it!

It is located by going East onto 310 North off of Center Street. The plot is on the South side, just a few plots in from Center Street....and the mound is on that corner of Center and 310 No.

Harriet died after giving birth, and the baby died within a couple of days,
so they were buried together.

The main plot stone.

John and Harriet are my great great grandparents.




John Lunn's parents are also buried here.
Yes, his mother's name is also Harriet.


John Lunn's mother.

John Lunn's father.

Their son, Thomas, who only lived 3 days.

Their son, John, who died around the age of 15 from Typhoid.

Daughter, Hattie, who died at the age of 17. She had suffered heart

damage during an attack of rheumatic rever when she was younger,

and had poor health from there on.

Their son Charles.

This is Grandma's Uncle who was raised with her mother, Josephine.
Grandma told me he had asked to be buried at his mother's feet, and he is.

John lived in California at the time of his death,

but Charles brought his body back to Utah to be buried.

The latest.

Slowly, but surely beginning to understand the steps to finding and completeing family ordinances. I've been able to do some searching for dates and such at home, but I took a trip down to the family history center last week and got familiar with the new program, FOR. This program can only be used at the center, but it will be available to download once each ward family history consultant in the stake has completed the training. I hear the only stakes that are using it so far are in Cache Valley. I hope mine get rolling soon, cause I'd love to have it! Anything I can do at home during nap time is a blessing.

I did download a 60 day trial version of Family Insight, here. This program compares my ordinance records to the church's records. So, that is what I have been working on lately, along with typing up a loooooong family history by Great Great Uncle Charles Lunn about John & Harriet Lunn and their children.

I did find that Uncle Charles (Grandma Barton's Uncle) has never been baptized, although he was born in the covenant. Interesting, I need to ask Grandma more about the Aunt and Uncle he lived with, and why they didn't have him baptized.