It Runs in the Family

Here is an article from The Park Record dated July 28th 1916 that Lin Floyd sent me to share with the family. Lester Berg is in a play called "The Fairy and the Fountain." At this time he is only six years old.



This is from the Ogden Standard Examiner dated January 7th 1926. Keith is in a play at the Huntsville Opera House with his parents when he is only four years old. Gladys is Arnold's sister.


Yes, it runs in the family!

Pioneer Day from 1906

102 Years Ago, both sides of our family are celebrating
Utah's Pioneer Day.




HOMAGE IS PAID TO THE PIONEERS
The Salt Lake Herald, July 25th 1906

The Thorups are in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City where over 1500 people gathered and the living pioneers were honored including a lunch under the "famous" trees there planted by our ancestor Herman F. F. Thorup. John T. Thorup is mentioned in the article twice, he is the son of Herman August Thorup and brother to Herman F. F. and Christine Veronica Thorup Rasmussen. There are photos of events at the park on July 24th 1906 and some very cute articles about the celebration.



HUNTSVILLE TO HAVE A TIME
The Ogden Standard, July 21st 1906

In Huntsville the General Committee is busy carrying out a large celebration of their own for the Utah Pioneers. Among those on the committee are Moselle Renstrom, Carrie Renstrom and Adam L. Petersen. Carrie Renstrom is Caroline Petersen Renstrom, her brother is Adam Lind Petersen and her daughter is Moselle Renstrom. There are other Petersons listed in this article but I do not know if they are related. There were a few Petersen(son) founders in Huntsville, ours being Soren Lind Petersen who is the father of both Carrie and Adam.


This photo was taken almost 80 years after the above celebrations in June of 1986. These are the trees at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City. I am the one in the middle.

How to Locate My Ancestor's Will

Steps to locating a Will
Steps to locating a Will


Have you ever wondered how to find the will of your ancestor? Not everyone left a will, but there are often probate records available even if there isn't a will. What can I learn from these records? How can they help me in my research? How do I begin? The above lesson I put together to help you through these steps and answer these questions.
How do I view the lesson?

I found an online surname index to wills in the United States using many of the films located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

www.sampubco.com

Click on the state you want, then the county, then find the surname you are looking for. This person has taken the United States index to wills films at the Family History Library in Salt Lake and has posted all the names on this site so you know if there is a will for the person or surname you are looking for. Then you can send him some money and he will look up the actual will for you. He doesn't list the film numbers, but he does list all of the dates and locations so you can easily find which film the will is on.
You don't need to have him look it up for you. It saves you a step if you are planning on looking up the will yourself and it will let you know if your ancestor has one on file or not. He does not have all the indexes on the site but he has a lot and it is a current site so he may continue to post more.

View Lesson Handouts in PDF


If anyone wants to add information or tips, just leave a comment.
Thanks!

Deaths of Father and Mother Thorup

Our Immigant Thorup Ancestors
Herman August Thorup and Marie Christine Christensen Thorup:

Herman August Thorup

What we can learn from this article:
-Died Aug 21, 1907
-Born Aug 11, 1826 in Copenhagen, Denmark
-Baptised into LDS church April of 1853 (26yrs)
-Clerk of the Copenhagen conference for many years
-Emigrated to America in May of 1868 (41yrs)
*note: look for naturalization papers
-Lived in Chicago until Aug of 1869
-Lived in Provo until Sep of 1873 (47yrs)
-moved into Salt Lake First Ward LDS church
-Active member in the ward
-Cause: his body failed him


What we can learn from the Death Certificate of
Herman August Thorup


-His address: 731 So 9th East in Salt Lake City
-His middle name: A. is for August
-He resided at this address for 34 years -White Male
-Born: Aug 11 1826
-Age: 81 yrs 9 days
-Widow (wife died prior to 1907)

-Father: Lars C. Thorup born in Denmark
*note: Family records have his father as Christian Larsen Thorup
-Mother: Johannah Holm born in Denmark
-Occupation: None
*note: He used to be a carpenter, I don't know what else yet
-Informant: John T. Thorup who lives at 729 So. 9th East
-Buried in City Cemetery (Salt Lake City Cemetery) on Aug 25, 1907
-Died: Aug 20, 1907 at 2:20 PM
-Was attended by physician William L. Carmon from 503 Brigham St. for one day prior to death
-Cause: Uremia - loosely used to describe the illness accompanying kidney failure or renal failure. It is blood poisioning where waste products normally excreted from the body are retained in the blood. Symptoms are anorexia, lethargy, muscle cramps, confusion and coma.

Marie Christine Christensen Thorup

What can we learn from this article:
-She sometimes goes by Mary
-Wife of Herman A. Thorup
-Has at least 45 grandchildren
-President Joseph F. Smith spoke at the funeral among others named
-Respected woman
-Born Sept 19, 1824 in Myrup, Rjolland, Denmark
-Baptised into LDS church April 9, 1853 (28yrs)
-Left Denmark May 8, 1868 with husband and family
-Lived 15 months in Chicago
-Arrived in Utah August 12, 1869 and settled in Provo
-Has one grandchild on a mission to Norway in 1905
-Came in the first railway train from Omaha to Ogden
-Moved to SLC in 1873 to the First Ward and stayed.
-A good humanitarian
-An active member of LDS church
-Husband is living
-Has four living sons and one living daughter in 1905
-Has 16 grandchildren, three children and nine grandchildren have died by 1905
*note: Is this an error? 45 grandchildren to 16 grandchildren- It is hard to read the first number. Let me know what you think.
-Has one grandchild on a mission to Norway in 1905


What we can learn from the Death Certificate of
Marie Christine Christensen Thorup
-Has her name as Mary Christina C. Thorup
-Address: 731 South 9th East Salt Lake
-White Female
-Born: September 19, 1824
-Age: 80 years 9 months 14 days
-Married, name of spouse not given
-Father: Christen Hansen born in Norway, Denmark

-Mother: Elsie K Hansen born in Denmark (check the K, family records say her middle name is Kirsten)
-Informant: John T. Thorup from 731 South 9th East
-Buried: City Cemetery (Salt Lake City Cemetery) on July 20, 1905
-Died: July 13, 1905 at 8AM
-Cause: Senile Debility - Alzheimer or dementia or organic brain syndrome and the body begins to deteriorate as a result
Dr: Samuel H. Allen of Salt Lake City

How to trace my line to Adam

I have made a few charts that show family lines back to Adam and I have received several requests for information on how to do this. I will post an outline here of how I did it. Using a program developed at BYU called the Relationship Finder, I was able to connect my family to some members of Royalty. This program uses the family group information provided in the Ancestral File to link together related individuals and trace lines back to famous LDS church leaders, pioneers, presidents, early settlers, and European Royalty. The amount of information you will get back from this program is based on how much family information you have in the Ancestral File. From here I was able to use a genealogy chart I purchased from Stevenson's Genealogy in Provo, Utah. This chart was put together by Archibald F. Bennett for the Genealogical Society of Utah called the Kinship of Families. I have a scanned image of it here, but my scanner is tiny so I had to piece it together. I called Sevenson's Genealogy for permission to post this chart and the manager said that he knows of no copyright on it, so here it is. You can get a good copy from Stevenson's. They traced the lines of a few of the modern day Prophets back to Royalty and then using these records of the Royalty and the Biblical records they were able to trace them back to Adam. So, I used the Relationship Finder, and the Ancestral File to tie my family into one of the members of Royalty on the Genealogy Chart I got and simply followed it back to Adam.

Instructions for Using the Relationship Finder

Relationship Finder
http://roots.cs.byu.edu/digroots


What Can This Do For Me?
Based on the information in the familysearch.org Ancestral File database, the Relationship Finder can link you to several famous people in your ancestry! These include LDS Church Leaders of old and present, Presidents of the United States, Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Members of the Early Pioneers, Travelers on the Mayflower, and European Royalty!

How Can I Make My Own Report?

First you need to find your Ancestal File Number
1) visit www.familysearch.org
2) click on the SEARCH RECORDS tab at the top of the screen
3) click on ANCESTRAL FILE to the left of the screen
4) type in the name of a DECEASED ANCESTOR and search
5) Click on the name of your ancestor to bring up their information
6) At the top of the screen to the right of their name you will find (AFN: ---)
7) If you want to move further down the pedigree, click on the Family Icon to the right and select another AFN

Second you need to go to the Relationship Finder
1) visit http://roots.cs.byu.edu/digroots
2) under the Main Menu on the left select #1 CREATE A SELF REPORT
3) Type in the AFN in the first box and left click the mouse
4) Click on the FINISHED button
5) Select the boxes for the groups you wish to search or click on SELECT ALL
6) In a few moments your report will appear!

How Do I Make a Copy?
On the top left of the screen you will find your print/save options
This is also where you can see how your line connects with theirs

HAVE FUN!

I have contacted the programmers of the Relationship Finder to ask them if the program would still work when the new family search is launched. They said they are preparing for this change and their program will be adjusted accordingly so it should continue to work. This program is free to use although you do need to set up an account by simply creating a username and password.

To make the spiral I used a program on line called festisite, however I had more names than the program would allow me to enter so I had to finish the spiral on photoshop. I hope this is helpful. You are welcome to post any questions you may have in trying to duplicate this and I will try to help.

Death of Solomon S. Lindeman

Solomon S. Lindeman was a teacher but it was difficult to make enough money to support his family so he became a carpenter. This work kept him from his family much of the time and they still did not have much money. In early 1907 (or late 1906; from the following letter we learn he has been in Utah at least since Januray) Solomon heard of good employment opportunities in Salt Lake City and left his family in Colorado for the time being to see if he could make a better living for them there. He began working in the Garfield smelters and had rented a small room in Salt Lake City.



On Feb. 11, 1907 he wrote this letter home:

After 70 days, return to
S. S. Lindeman
Garfield
Salt Lake City, Utah.

GARFIELD, Feb 12 1907 UTAH.


Ella M. Lindeman
      Florence
125 E. 5 St   Colorado


PAGE 1:

Garfield Feb 11   -   7 [1907]
Dear Ella today was pay day
and will send you my check
you keep the 100 & send me
the $6.50. I wish you would
show this check to several of
those skeptic people who
think I am not getting what
I say I am. I got those pictures
of the Ass with 3 heads one at
one end & two at the other Ha Ha It is
plain you show plain too
I see Moses the Lord of Creation
got the Post Office  That Iriga
tion scheme is comming along
all right well if we dont
like it out here we can go
back and have a home to go
to   I would like to get the
place paid there it will
not be hard for me to make
a living It will be worth
all it cost for you folks
to see this great County

PAGE 2:

If you folks could come as
cheap as I did  If I would
go to work for the D & R G
[D&RG= The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad]
in 2 or 3 months I could get
a pass to bring all out here
They only pay $3.50 on the
Bridge gang I heard John
Lo..ing went to work in
the car shops for the D. & R. G.
in Salt Lake at $4.00 for 10
hours That might suit
me but I kik this work
and dont like to quit here
if I got fired I would try
that too  I am going to stay
here till April any way
I got a long fetter from
Lela she didn't say any
thing about coming home
She said I should tell
Russel to quit writing to Ger
tie as she is no nice girl
The weather is very nice &
has been all this month



PAGE 3:

It is colder than it was
in January but the snow
is all gone and the ground
is dry  The Mountains are as
white as sheets  We hear of
many snow slides up the
Canons [Canyons] around Park City
and East of there The Mountains
remind me of Sang De Chris-
to when we went over
marshal Pass tower so
high in the air and white
with snow  I have the ad-
vantage over you the Mor-
man boys dont look at
a Gentile woman but the
girls are after them [a]lot
Ha Ha My shoulder still hurts
me I guess it is rheumatism.
I can hardly get my coat
on   my side is all right
I still have the plaster on
it   I am nearly out of
shoes and foot wear is

PAGE 4:

so high out here   I am almost
afraid to buy   I got a pair
of lowshoes last summer
but they are too thin and I
had to pay $3.50 for them
If you could get a good cheap
pair and if someone [is] ever
coming out send them to
164 S 2nd West. Salt Lake
House It would cost too much to express them
Well I will close to hear
from you
        So good night
a Kiss and a hug
        Pa, Pa.

S. S. Lindeman Killed

Emery County Progress - May 25 1907     Salt Lake Herald - May 19 1907

From these articles we learn how Solomon Lindeman died. He exited a street car near his home on 2nd West and 2nd South in Salt Lake City.
Click to see where Solomon died
He then walked behind the car to cross and was hit by another street car coming the opposite direction. Ella Martha Miller Lindeman, his wife, arrived a few days later to get his body. In the Salt Lake Herald on May 19th 1907, we learn that Mr. Lindeman was a member of the Odd Fellows, a Yeoman, and a member of the Carpenters' Union. Mrs. Lindeman was going to check with the local lodges (these local groups) before making funeral arrangement. I am still not sure why she wanted to check with them unless it was to see if any were willing or able to help her in this matter. There are several articles of the Odd Fellows holding memorial services for members, but I could find no article of one being held for Solomon in Utah. The Odd Fellows were an organization known for helping others in need. I have written to the Salt Lake IOOF (International Order of Odd Fellows) for more information on Solomon's membership. I will update this post if I hear back from them. The Yeomen was an institution with more of a financial base.


This is a section from the Salt Lake Herald a few days after Solomon died. This article tells us the address where the Brotherhood of American Yeomen would meet (269 E 3rd South in Salt Lake) at the Yeoman Hall. We also learn that there is an Odd Fellows Temple on Market Street. The Rebekah lodges are the female members' groups of the Odd Fellows.


Here is more information on these groups:

The International Order of Odd Fellows
To Improve and Elevate the Character of Man
"In 17th century England, it was odd to find people organized for the purpose of giving aid to those in need and of pursuing projects for the benefit of all mankind. Those who belonged to such an organization were called "Odd Fellows". Odd Fellows are also known as "The Three Link Fraternity" which stands for Friendship, Love and Truth."

The Brotherhood of American Yeomen:
"The Brotherhood of American Yeomen, founded in 1897, was one of a vast number of fraternal benefit assessment societies established toward the end of the 19th century. The Lodges were called Homesteads, and there was a strong Christian element to the Rituals and Ceremonies, which also praised the Magna Carta and the English language. The Homesteaders was the result of a schism within the Yeomen.
In 1917, the Yeomen changed its financial footing to assure greater stability, and in 1932 it transformed itself into the Mutual Life Insurance Company. The order is now extinct."

Yeomen History
"The society was popular from the start, the founder evidently having formed a plan of mutual insurance that seemed reasonable and just and which provided for a surplus fund for reserve. The name, however, did not altogether suit and before the articles of incorporation were filed it was changed to Brotherhood of American Yeomen."

The Carpenters' Union:
"the primary purpose of the Carpenters Unions were to reduce the twelve-hour day, six-day week and to increase the daily wage of $2.25. Peter McGuire, the Father of Labor Day, and the First General Secretary of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, had organized these Local Unions and imbued them with a spirit of bettering the lot of their fellow workers."


Mrs. Lindeman Sues Utah Light and Railway Company














These Articles tell us that Mrs. Lindeman with the help of the administrator, J. Boyd Gordon, sued the Utah Light & Railway company for the sum of $50,000 damages.

*note: Because Mr. J. Boyd Gordon was an administrator rather than an executor we can safely assume that Mr. S. S. Lindeman died intestate or without a will. An executor is someone named in a will to handle the eatate of the deceased and financial distribution, when there is no will then the court appoints an administrator to handle the financial affairs of the deceased. This also means that there should be probate records concerning this appointment. They may be in Salt Lake or in Colorado, but I will look into this later if I have time. I'm sure the court accounts of the above suit are interesting as well.

Mrs. Lindeman and Mr. Gordon made a case of negligence on the part of the Utah Light & Railway company for not sounding warning signals. The jury awarded Mrs. Lindeman $9,120 for damages. The Utah Light & Railway company motioned for a new trial on the grounds that this was an excessive sum of money, the jurers were prejudice and that there was lack of evidence in the case.

*note: What was $9,120 worth in 1907?
From Measuring Worth
In 2007, $9,120.00 from 1907 is worth:
$207,569.60    using the Consumer Price Index
$157,671.26   using the GDP deflator
$472,888.89   using the value of consumer bundle *
$866,930.23   using the unskilled wage *
$1,074,246.31   using the nominal GDP per capita
$3,729,066.58   using the relative share of GDP
The above link will give a detailed explaination of each of these methods of calculation. The first one, The Consumer Price Index, I believe is the most relavent to our case.

The case was retried and the final sum awarded Mrs. Lindeman was $4,000. With this money she was able to pay off their home in Colorado and send their oldest son to school to learn the linotype machine. Eventually he found work in Salt Lake at the Salt Lake Telegram (newspaper). He sent money home until the family moved to Salt Lake City where he continued to help support them.

These newspaper articles also tell us:
-Solomon was killed instantly
-where he was when he died (2nd W and 2nd S SLC)
-that he was near his home at the time
-who his wife was (Ella M. Lindeman)
-that he had 5 children
-where his family was living (Florence, Colorado)
-his death date (May 17, 1907)
-how he died
-that he was a laborer
-groups he belonged to

Utah Death Certificate of Solomon S. Lindeman

From the Death Certificate We Learn:
-Died in Salt Lake
-was taken to LDS Hospital
-his "usual" residence was Salt Lake City
-he was a resident for 1/2 day at the place of death (I assume they must mean the actual physical spot where he died for this as he was living in Salt Lake prior to his death)
-his name, Solomon S. Lindeman, white male
-married, no spouse name given
-birth date, Aug 19 1851
-Father: Robert Lindeman of Pennsylvania
-Mother: Sarah Snyder of Pennsylvania
-Occupation: Carpenter
-Informant for death certificate: Mrs. S. S. Lindeman of Florence, Colarado
-will be buried in Florence, Colorado upon arrival
-the doctor who attended him said he died at 9PM on May 17 1907
-Cause: Injuries - lac. wounds fractur 3 ribs




Headstone of Solomon S. Lindeman in Florence, Colorado

Smith to Adam

Iris Gardens

Grandpa LeRoy Lindeman loved the iris. He had several variety of this flower in his large iris garden at his home. He knew each one well. It was exciting for me to find these articles about his grandfather Herman F. F. Thorup in the newspaper. He also loved the iris and had his own iris garden.


The Murray Eagle - May 31 1928



The Murray Eagle - June 4, 1931





Here is a photo of Herman F. F. Thorup in his flower garden and by his green house behind his flower shop.




This is a photo of Herman F. F. Thorup in front of his flower shop. The sign reads:
SOUTH EASTERN NURSERY
EVERGREENS.ROSES.SHADE
& ORNAMENTAL TREES
SODS.PLANTS.CUT FLOWERS
FLORAL DESIGNS. ETC

Grandpa Lindeman also has this beautiful flower framing his headstone.