Ancestors of James Stephen BAILEY

James Perry LEVERICH was born on 16 May 1920 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. He died on 4 Jan 1994 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. "GENTLEMAN JIM"

Jim Passed away on January 4, 1994 from complications due primarily to kidney failure but he had many other medical complications during his life. Jim would hold the Guiness World Book title for having an optimistic and positive attitude while going through life's challenges.

Born May 16, 1920 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Parents were James P and Hylda MonroeLeverich. Jim had two sisters, Marie (Bailey) and Mildred Eastep (deceased), and two brothers, Keith Leverich and Kent Leverich (deceased).

Jim, with his family, was raised in the Wilson Ave area. He joined the US Navy after Pearl Harbor. He served in the South Pacific until being wounded. Upon his return, he married Donna LaVon Hoxsie. Jim owned and operated independent service stations throughout the Salt Lake valley. He operated under the name of "Gentleman Jim." His best and longest location was on 1300 East and 2100 South. Jim left the service station business and opened a number of dry cleaners. Donna worked full time with Jim in these businesses. They retired in 1983.

Jim and Donna were able to winter in Tucson and summer in Salt Lake. During this 11 year retirement, Jim was on Kidney Dialysis. Jim requested that the family recognize the dedicated and professional care he received at the Veterans Hospital here in Salt Lake and in Tucson. In particular, Jim wanted to recognize the personnel in the Dialysis Department for their constant vigilant care and help over the years. These people gave Jim life two and three times a week. Thanks!
Jim is survived by his wife, Donna; four children and their spouses, Jean and Keith Crookston, Joe and Laura Leverich, John and Pat Leverich, James and Jan Leverich (London), 11 grandchildren, Kelley, Kerrie, Saundie, Matt, Erin, Karen, John Tyler, Brion, Trent, and Bethany.

Private family funeral services will be held Thursday, at Evans & Early Mortuary. At Jim's request we would appreciate no flowers, but donations made to a charity. The family suggests Muscular Dystrophy Assoc, 944-1661, or Make-A-Wish, 277-4673, or one of your choice.
Parents: James Perry LEVERICH Sr. and Hylda Maria MONROE.

Children were: Laura Jean LEVERICH, Joseph Perry LEVERICH, John Edward LEVERICH, James Bryan LEVERICH.

James Perry LEVERICH was born in 1843 in Linn Co., Iowa. He died on 29 Mar 1880 in Shell Rock, Butler Co., Iowa.
Civil War. He enlisted 13 Aug 1862, Company E, 32nd Iowa Infantry, wounded in action, POW at Pleasant Hill, Louisana. Worked in Shellrock sawmill after the war.

James is our 2nd Great Grandfather Parents: Charles LEVERICH and Jane Eliza ADAIR.

He was married to Robey A. PRESTON on 5 Apr 1868 in Janesville, Bremer Co., Iowa. Children were: Nellie LEVERICH, Charles Edward LEVERICH.

Joel LEVERICH was born in 1801 in Cortland, Cortland Co., New York. He died in 1848. Parents: James LEVERICH and Sarah HATFIELD.

He was married to Matilda (Leverich) in 1824.

John LEVERICH Sr. died in 1705 in Newtown, Suffolk Co., New York. Parents: Caleb LEVERICH and Martha SWAINE.

Children were: John LEVERICH Jr., William LEVERICH, Benjamin LEVERICH Sr., Hannah LEVERICH, Martha LEVERICH.

John LEVERICH was born on 14 Oct 1808 in Sandusky, Erie Co., Ohio. He died in 1883. Parents: James LEVERICH and Sarah HATFIELD.

He was married to Lucy A. on 25 Feb 1841.

John LEVERICH Jr. was born in 1696 in Newtown, Suffolk Co., New York. He died in 1780. Parents: John LEVERICH Sr. and Hannah (Leverich).

He was married to Amy MOORE on 14 Dec 1720.

He was married to Susanah FIELD on 14 Oct 1741.

He was married to Sarah TITUS on 14 Feb 1765.

John LEVERICH was born on 15 Apr 1733 in Newtown, Suffolk Co., New York. He died in 1805 in North Castle, Westchester, New York, Courtland Manor. Parents: Benjamin LEVERICH Sr. and Mary JORDAN.

John LEVERICH was born about 1785 in Cortland, Cortland Co., New York. He died post 1820. Parents: Benjamin LEVERICH Jr. and Mary BRIGGS.

Julia LEVERICH was born in 1815 in Sandusky, Erie Co., Ohio. Parents: James LEVERICH and Sarah HATFIELD.

Julia Ann LEVERICH was born in 1853 in Linn Co., Iowa. She died after 1883. Parents: Charles LEVERICH and Jane Eliza ADAIR.

Keith Edward LEVERICH was born on 9 Dec 1927 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. He was baptized in 1928. Parents: James Perry LEVERICH Sr. and Hylda Maria MONROE.

He was divorced from Arlene Mifflin GILBERT in 1965.

He was married to Dorothy Gibbons BURTON on 21 Aug 1970 in Elko, Elko Co., Nevada.

Kent Monroe LEVERICH was born on 9 Dec 1927 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. He died on 23 Apr 1990 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. Parents: James Perry LEVERICH Sr. and Hylda Maria MONROE.

Children were: Connie LEVERICH, Michael LEVERICH.

Lucy LEVERICH was born in Jun 1851 in Linn Co., Iowa. She died on 20 Sep 1851 in Linn Co., Iowa. Parents: Charles LEVERICH and Jane Eliza ADAIR.

Marie Hylda LEVERICH

was born on 14 Mar 1919 in Great Falls, Cascade Co., Montana.
Marie Hylda Leverich was the oldest of 5 children. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to Grand Junction, Colorado. They stayed in Colorado only briefly and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1920 when Marie was 1.

When Marie was 4, the family, which now included a younger brother, Jim, moved to a new home at 264 Wilson Avenue. The family soon grew to 5 children with the births of Mildred (Mid) and the twins, Keith and Kent.

In their modest 2 bedroom home, Marie and Mid would sleep on the fold-out couch in the living room and the 3 boys would share the back bedroom.

Sometimes the kids would ride into town on the trolley car with Hylda, their mom, which ran on tracks down 4th East. Once their dog Prince, a large Airedale, sensed that they were going to make one of these trips. He secretly followed them to the trolley and hopped on at the same time. The conductor said to take the dog off the trolley. Hylda retorted, "You get him off!"

Marie’s dad didn’t think it was proper for girls to own bicycles. Marie would have to bribe the neighbor kid with a quarter to borrow his bike for an hour. Occasionally, she could get her younger brother Jim to loan her his bike for a short time.

Because the area was a mix of farmland and residential, many of the streets had ditches running up and down them, particularly south of 21st South. Marie and her brother Jim would frequently pick asparagus, which would grow wild along the sides of these ditches. At the time, 21st South had a large canal running down the street. This canal was likely Parley’s Creek, which was channeled and used for irrigation at the time.

When Marie was quite young, she climbed Ensign Peak north of the city. While running down the hill, she fell and rolled head over heels down the slope. She was taken to the Police Station in downtown Salt Lake at the southeast corner of First South and State Street. There, they painstakingly removed small rocks embedded in Marie’s face from the tumble. Since that incident, Marie has feared heights and climbing in general.

Schools were close by where they lived. Marie was able to walk to elementary and middle school at Whittier on 3rd East and 16th South. She later attended South High School, graduating in 1937. Both schools are still there, although the high school has since been taken over by Salt Lake Community College.

While attending high school, Marie took classes in stenography and typing. After graduation, she was able to get jobs as a secretary working for Anderson Jewelry, her uncle’s law firm in the Felt Building, and later as the personal secretary to the President of Pacific National Life.

It was in the Spring of 1940 that she met Dick Bailey. They were both taking a Works Progress Administration art class in figure study at the Salt Lake Art Center, which was then located on State Street across from the phone company on 2nd South. When Marie’s mom saw that the pictures they were painting were nudes, she about had a fit.

Dick was quite taken by Marie. One time, when it was raining, he offered her a ride home in his shiny new Dodge. To his chagrin, she took little notice of the automobile. A car was just transportation in Marie’s book.

As their courtship progressed, the young couple discussed finances. Dick had a job in the advertising art department of Auerbach’s Department Store making $100 a month. Marie’s job at the insurance company paid $125 a month. At the time, this was embarrassing for Dick to be making less, so when quizzed, he told Marie he made the same as her.

They soon fell in love and planned to marry, that is, assuming Dick wasn’t going to be drafted in the Army. In December 1940, they found out Dick’s number was high enough that he was safe from the draft so they got married.

The newlyweds first lived at the Pickadee Apartments on 3rd East near 3rd South. Rent was $35 a month. Their studio apartment had a fold-out bed that came out of the wall. They then moved up on C Street for a short while, and finally settled in an apartment in a house on 8th East and 224 So.

Their first son Richard was born in February 1942. Dick was then working on his own in the Walker Bank Building in downtown Salt Lake, building a clientele.

Dick was drafted into the Army in the fall of 1943 and shipped off in December. Unknown to Marie at the time, she was pregnant with Jim.

Marie and little Richard moved in with Dick’s parents while he was in the Army. Al and Jean lived out on 39th South and about 475 East in Murray. Al had a job in Alaska as a butcher at the time, and would send his paychecks home to Jean. Jean and Marie got along great while Dick and Al were both away.

Dick was first stationed in Boulder, Colorado. Marie and little Richard took the bus over to see him. Marie recalls that the bus was crowded and the cigar smoke was thick. Richard was a good little baby, so, on one night, they left him sleeping at the motel in Boulder in a drawer while they went out for a while to a dance. In retrospect, Marie realized this was a foolish thing to do, but everything turned out all right.

Dick, because of his training, initially had a relatively safe opportunity to be assigned to the art department painting signs during the war. He instead signed up to be a tail gunner on a B-29 bomber after a spirited pitch by one of the recruiters. Shortly thereafter, he was shipped off to Florida for training.

Marie, in the mean time, had Jim, who was born in August 1944. Marie sent baby pictures of Jim and his cousin Jeannie to Dick, but had forgotten to identify which was which. For several months, Dick had the 2 photos mixed up.

When it became apparent that Dick was going to be shipped over to Japan, Marie left Richard with her Mom, and the baby with the neighbor lady across the street from her Mom, and left for Florida to be with Dick. When she returned to her young children, 4-year-old Richard put his arm around Jim and said reassuringly, "Mom’s not going to leave us any more."

Fortunately, the war ended before Dick saw any action from his base in Guam. He and his B-29 buddies got to fly over Japan in a show of force during the signing of the surrender.

Shortly thereafter, Dick was released from the military and went back to work for himself building a successful advertising art business. The first couple of years, they continued to live with Dick’s parents until they could buy their own home.

Their first home was on 2484 Hartford Street just south of the gully that ran through Sugarhouse. The house was purchased new in 1948 and was partially designed by Dick. Shortly thereafter, Tom was born.

At the time, the Utah State Penitentiary was still in Sugarhouse across the gully from where they lived. Some of the inmates would work on the prison farm where Sugarhouse Park is now located. Young Richard had wandered down to the gully one day and was given a ride on a tractor by one of the prisoners. Fortunately, nothing bad happened.

They had a happy life on Hartford street for the next 12 years. Three more children, John, Mary, and Liz, were born, bringing the total number of children to 6.

As Marie was a good Catholic, she sent her kids to Judge Memorial Catholic school. Later, some of them were sent to Saint Mary’s and to Saint Ann’s. Marie had gone to church at Saint Ann’s as a little girl, which was a short distance from her childhood home on Wilson Avenue. Dick had to work extra hard in order to pay the tuition for all 6 of his kids attending private schools.

With so many children going to Judge, they decided to move to 721 McClelland Street across the street from Judge in 1959. Though much closer to the city, the house had a beautiful back yard with large cottonwood trees and total privacy.

During these years, Marie and Dick had many friends who also had large families. They enjoyed vacationing together with these families and their children on fishing and camping trips, pack trips, river rafting trips, and trips to Disneyland and San Francisco on the California Zephyr.

After Dick’s retirement and the kids had all left the nest, the large house and yard became too much to take care of. They moved out to their present home at the Brookstone Condominiums in 1984.

Marie has spent a significant portion of her life as a homemaker, raising 6 children. She has always been intellectually curious and has read countless books. She knows more facts and has more general knowledge about the world than many college graduates. Her talents, skills, and accomplishments in life are many. She has much to be proud of.
Parents: James Perry LEVERICH Sr. and Hylda Maria MONROE.

She was married to Richard Quinn BAILEY on 21 Dec 1940 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. Marie and Dick met at the Salt Lake Art Center in Reservoir Park, Salt Lake City. They were both enrolled in a figure study art class.

Dick joined the war effort after Richard was born. Jim was born while he was stationed in Florida. Marie and the 2 children lived with Dick's parents near 39th S. & 5th E. while Dick was in the military and for a couple of years thereafter.

They bought their first home, which Dick designed, at 2484 Hartford St. near Sugarhouse in 1948 where they lived until 1959. With 6 kids, they needed more space and wanted to be closer to Judge Memorial, so they moved to 721 McClelland St. They lived at McClelland St. until Dick retired in 1982. In 1983, they moved to their present home in the Brookstone Condominiums in Holladay.

Bailey is an English occupational name for a steward or official, from the Middle English bailli = carrier, porter. In Scotland, the bailli is the magistrate and bailiff is a form that has evolved elsewhere. Occasionally, the name is derived as an English Place name from a Middle English word derived from Old French baille = enclosure. In this form it originally meant the person living by the outer wall of the castle, but Old Bailey, a place in Lancashire which formed part of the outer wall of some medieval castle, also became the origin for surname for people from that location. There are numerous variations in many countries, including Baillie (Scotland), Bayless , Bailess, Lebailly (French), Bally (Swiss), Baglione (Italian), and Bailloux (Provencal).
Children were: Richard Leverich BAILEY, James Stephen BAILEY, Thomas Quinn BAILEY, John William BAILEY, Mary Jo BAILEY, Elizabeth Ann BAILEY.

Martha LEVERICH died on 28 Nov 1753. She was born in Newtown, Suffolk Co., New York. Parents: John LEVERICH Sr. and Hannah (Leverich).

Martha LEVERICH died after 1824. She was born in Cortland, Cortland Co., New York. Parents: Benjamin LEVERICH Jr. and Mary BRIGGS.

She was married to DICKERSON ante 1824.

Martha J. LEVERICH was born in 1845 in Linn Co., Iowa. She died after 1883. Parents: Charles LEVERICH and Jane Eliza ADAIR.

She was married to James T. WETSALL on 11 May 1865.

Mildred Louise LEVERICH was born on 24 Feb 1925 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. She died on 21 Oct 1966 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. Parents: James Perry LEVERICH Sr. and Hylda Maria MONROE.

She was married to Jack EASTEP about May 1945. Children were: Joan EASTEP, Patti EASTEP, Judy EASTEP.

Nathaniel LEVERICH was born about 1776 in Cortland, Cortland Co., New York. Parents: Benjamin LEVERICH Jr. and Mary BRIGGS.

Nellie LEVERICH was born on 20 Apr 1869 in Shell Rock, Butler Co., Iowa. She died post 1900. Parents: James Perry LEVERICH and Robey A. PRESTON.

Samuel LEVERICH was born in 1847 in Linn Co., Iowa. He died after 1883. Parents: Charles LEVERICH and Jane Eliza ADAIR.

Susan LEVERICH was born on 22 Nov 1811 in Sandusky, Erie Co., Ohio. She died on 6 Jan 1890. Parents: James LEVERICH and Sarah HATFIELD.

William LEVERICH was born on 30 Jul 1803 in Cortland, Cortland Co., New York. He died on 12 May 1879. Parents: James LEVERICH and Sarah HATFIELD.

He was married to Laura BROWN on 15 Apr 1825.

William LEVERICH was born in 1841 in Linn Co., Iowa. He died on 7 Mar 1862 in Arkansas. 38th Iowa Infantry, Civil War, killed in action at the Battle of Pea Ridge Enlisted Civil War, 3 Sep 1961, Company G, 9th Iowa Infantry, killed in action at Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas. Parents: Charles LEVERICH and Jane Eliza ADAIR.

William LEVERICH died on 25 Mar 1754. He was born in Newtown, Suffolk Co., New York. Parents: John LEVERICH Sr. and Hannah (Leverich).

He was married to Martha WAY on 23 Jul 1722.

William LEVERICH was born on 13 Jul 1782 in Cortland, Cortland Co., New York. He died on 11 Sep 1839. Parents: Benjamin LEVERICH Jr. and Mary BRIGGS.

He was married to Esther STRANG about 1810.

Margaret LINDSAY was born about 1737 in Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland.

Children were: John MCKECHNIE, Janet MCKECHNIE , Margaret MCKECHNIE.

Catherine LIRONDELLE was born in 1802 in Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada. She was also known as L'HERONDELLE. Parents: Jacques LIRONDELLE and Josette PILON.

She was married to Joseph BELCOURT in 1818 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Joseph and Catherine were officially married on 4 Dec 1844, but had obviously been married according to the custom of the country since 1818. Children were: Julie BELCOURT, Jean Baptiste BELCOURT, Joseph BELCOURT, Mie Amable BELCOURT, Alexis BELCOURT, Elizabeth BELCOURT, Josette BELCOURT, Archange BELCOURT, Petit Jean BELCOURT.

Jacques LIRONDELLE was also known as L'HERONDELLE.

Children were: Catherine LIRONDELLE.

Elizabeth LOCH was born on 22 Feb 1733 in Inveresk, Mid-Lothian, Scotland. Parents: William LOCH and Jean BURTON .

Jean LOCH was born on 11 Dec 1727 in Inveresk, Mid-Lothian, Scotland. She died in Sep 1786 in Inveresk, Mid-Lothian, Scotland. Parents: William LOCH and Jean BURTON.

She was married to John SMART. Children were: Elizabeth SMART, James SMART, John SMART, Jean A. SMART, Margaret SMART, Euphan SMART, Archibald SMART.

Katherin LOCH was born on 9 May 1730 in Inveresk, Mid-Lothian, Scotland. Parents: William LOCH and Jean BURTON .

Robert LOCH was born on 13 Dec 1726 in Inveresk, Mid-Lothian, Scotland. . Parents: William LOCH and Jean BURTON .

William LOCH was born about 1699 in Inveresk, Mid-Lothian, Scotland.

He was married to Jean BURTON on 8 Jan 1724 in Inveresk, Mid-Lothian, Scotland. Children were: Robert LOCH, Jean LOCH, Katherin LOCH, Elizabeth LOCH.

Janet LORAN was born about 1750 in Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland.

She was married to John MURRAY. Children were: William MURRAY, Mary MURRAY, Johanna MURRAY.

Anne Kirstine MACKELPRANG was born on 16 Jul 1814 in Rodby, Maribo, Denmark. Parents: Erik Mackeprang KRUCKOW and Anne Kirstene Hansen WITH.

She was married to Christian Henriksen ERREBOE on 20 Dec 1839 in Rodby, Maribo, Denmark.

Annie Eva Augusta MACKELPRANG

was born on 3 Oct 1855 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She died on 1 Jan 1946 in Monticello, San Juan Co., Utah.
Annie Eva Augusta Mackelprang was born 3 October 1855 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her father, Peter Mackelprang, was a tanner and shoemaker in Kvong, Denmark. Among her immediate ancestors were master shoemakers, attorneys, merchants, school teachers and parish priests. Her mother and father were converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and were cast out of their beautiful homes in Denmark. Their parents and all their relatives were embittered. This situation continued until they emigrated to America about 1855. Annie was only a few weeks old when the trip started. They were eleven weeks on the stormy ocean.

Before her Grandfather Sorenson died, he became friendly to the L.D.S. missionaries. Apostle Anthon H. Lund stayed at his home in Denmark and was well received. They became friendly, but he was not converted. His daughter Margaret (Annie’s mother), whom he had sent from home, later had his endowment and sealing ordinances done in the temple.

After coming to Utah the Mackelprang family settled in the old fort at Cedar City. Later they lived in the main part of Cedar City. They became very prosperous and were known for their hospitality. When the people were settling southern Utah (Dixie), there would be as many as ten or twelve families staying or camping at their place night after night. They would feed the teams and give them food and supplies to help them on their way.

The children were taught to piece quilt blocks by hand as they had no sewing machines. They sewed all their clothes by hand and wove some of their cloth. They wove heavy bed sheets that would last for years They would spin the yarn that was used in knitting their winter stockings.

The young girls wore chemises, long panties below their knees and large full petticoats of quilted petticoats. These were sometimes quilted with a little dress wool either batting up to the knees during the winter. Their dresses were full pleated or gathered and had long sleeves. Some of the stockings were knit from cotton as coarse as wrapping twine. The head dress was usually a sunbonnet. Shoes were good and heavy—the nicest had patent leather on the tips of the toes. Girls were taught to be very modest. Till her death Annie felt that a chemise, petticoat and long sleeves were necessary to being fully dressed. Girls always rode side saddle, except when a crowd of girls were away from town away from home alone.

Annie was baptized 30 July 1867. During childhood she hired out to do housework, getting two dollars a week. She was married to Nephi Bailey 4 September 1873. They lived in Cedar City in the winter and for about six years went on Cedar Mountain in the summer and worked on the dairy and raised a garden. They were endowed in the St. George Temple 16 March 1877.

Nephi was active in music and dramatics for some years in Cedar City. He assisted Joseph Coslett in his then famous male quartet. He was choir leader for some years in Cedar City and was very active in the dramatic club, which specialized in plays of the better class.

With their three children, Peter, Henry and Moroni, Annie and Nephi left Cedar City and went to Bluff, San Juan County in May 1880. In the company were Bishop Nielson and his wife Elsie, Daniel Perkins (youngest brother of Benjamin Perkins) and Hyrum Perkins, his wife Rachel and their two children. They made the trip in wagons and were on the road a month. The wagons were taken apart and moved a few pieces at a time across the Colorado River at Lee’s ferry. It was a long hard trip. The weather was warm when they reached Bluff. The river water was bad and the well water terrible. After being accustomed to the good spring water in Cedar Mountain, it seemed almost unbearable. Later a spring was discovered in a canyon near town. This provided better water.

Annie was very thrifty and ambitious. She helped build their new home. She made butter and cheese, the clothes they wore and the soap they used. They gathered honey from the bees and wild berries from the creeks and the canyons; hauled wood for fuel; and lived a very industrious and independent life.

She purchased a knitting machine and began to knit leggings for the Navajo Indians. These she sold to the agents at the trading posts. She kept very busy as orders came in for hundreds of pairs.

One day several Navajo chiefs came there with their beads, rings, silver and other valuables and offered them all in exchange for her little boy, Moroni, not two years old. He was a beautiful child with black, wavy hair. This event caused her a great deal of worry, and she pinned his night gown to her night clothes for fear they might come in the night and steal him.

She was very frightened over the Indians, and there were many scares from them during their days in Bluff. An example of her courage took place one day when an Indian called her a liar when she told him she didn’t have any biscuits for him. It made her angry. She took him by the seat of his pants and tripped him head first into her bread pan. This greatly amused the other Indian with him.

Angus, a two year baby boy, was drowned just three weeks before the birth of her daughter Margaret. Henry found his body in a ditch near the house. He wore a little red dress. President Brigham Young attended the funeral and dedicated the grave. Of this period in her life Annie said: "I felt like I couldn’t endure this trouble. I couldn’t sleep, eat or talk. I just wandered about the cliffs in Bluff until President Young gave me a blessing. This was a great consolation to me."

Her daughter was born three weeks after this accident, and she was a nervous, delicate and cross baby. "This occupied my mind and kept me from worrying so much. Jane Walton and Grandma Adams were like sisters to me. Everyone in Bluff was so lovely and kind, but these two were my intimate friends. Sister Walton helped me with my cross baby—fed her tea for over a year."

She also says of these friends: "On wash day when sister Adams and sister Walton washed, I would cook dinner and hang out a white dish towel on the high clothes line post when it was ready for them. Then when I washed, one of them would cook. We always took turns."

Annie was a counselor in the first Relief Society in Monticello. Some years later she served as counselor for a period of two years and for five more.

While her husband was on a mission to England, she served as president of the primary. She also helped nurse the sick, and in her home she was always open to friends and neighbors far and near. During World War I, she knit hundreds of socks for the Red Cross on her knitting machine besides hand knitting.

Temple work was another great interest in Annie’s life. Although living far from any temple, she sent money to have endowment work done for hundreds of souls. Her favorite reading was the standard church works and magazines.

She was the mother of eleven children, ten of whom she raised to maturity: Nephi Peter, William Henry and Joseph Moroni (born in Cedar City between 1874 and 1879); Julius Mackelprang, Angus Mackelprang (who was drowned shortly before his second birthday) and Margaret Sophia (born in Bluff between 1881 and 1887); and Margaret Sophia, Jesse M., Alvin M., Victor M. and Elmer M. (twins) and Ralph Arthur (born in Monticello between 1890 and 1899). In addition she adopted one child, Thelma, whom she raised till Thelma married in 1919. In her later years, she mothered two grandsons Loyse and Keith, after the broken marriage of their parents, and she helped to raise four other grandchildren—Maxine, Gerald, Mernice and Kirk-—children of her son Elmer.

Annie died 3 January 1946 at the age of 90.

Annie is our Great Grandmother Parents: Peder Mathiasen MACKELPRANG and Sophie Margrethe SORENSEN.

She was married to Nephi BAILEY on 4 Sep 1873 in Cedar City, Iron Co., Utah. Children were: Nephi Peter BAILEY , William Henry BAILEY, Joseph Moroni BAILEY, Julius Mackelprang BAILEY, Angus M. BAILEY, Margaret Sophia BAILEY, Jesse Mackelprang BAILEY, Alvin L. BAILEY, Victor BAILEY, Elmer Mackelprang BAILEY, Ralph Arthur BAILEY, Thelma Pointer BAILEY, Annie BAILEY.

August Sorensen MACKELPRANG was born on 16 Aug 1851 in Redby, Denmark. He died on 12 Mar 1944 in Cedar City, Iron Co., Utah. Parents: Peder Mathiasen MACKELPRANG and Sophie Margrethe SORENSEN .

He was married to Jane Harriet PARRY on 13 Feb 1878 in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah.

Christian MACKELPRANG was born on 24 Mar 1822 in Rodby, Maribo, Denmark. He died on 19 Feb 1894 in Maribo, Denmark. Parents: Erik Mackeprang KRUCKOW and Anne Kirstene Hansen WITH.

He was married to Anne Marie ANDERSEN on 12 Feb 1847.

He was married to Kirsten PEDERSEN.

Christian Eric MACKELPRANG was born on 16 Feb 1846 in Rodby, Maribo, Denmark. He died on 1 Jul 1923 in Cedar City, Iron Co., Utah. Parents: Peder Mathiasen MACKELPRANG and Sophie Margrethe SORENSEN .

He was married to Lenora BAILEY on 15 Jun 1868 in Cedar City, Iron Co., Utah.

Christine Johanne MACKELPRANG was born on 5 Sep 1844 in Rodby, Maribo, Denmark. She died on 8 Feb 1845. Parents: Peder Mathiasen MACKELPRANG and Sophie Margrethe SORENSEN.

Julius Augusta MACKELPRANG was born on 5 Dec 1853 in Rodby, Maribo, Denmark. He died on 13 Jan 1942 in Kanab, Kane Co., Utah. Parents: Peder Mathiasen MACKELPRANG and Sophie Margrethe SORENSEN .

He was married to Martha PERKINS on 8 Oct 1879 in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah.

Kirstine Johanne Margarethe MACKELPRANG was born on 28 Dec 1847 in Rodby, Maribo, Denmark. She died on 28 Jul 1938 in Toquerville, Washington Co., Utah. Parents: Peder Mathiasen MACKELPRANG and Sophie Margrethe SORENSEN.

She was married to Morten CHATTERLY on 1 Feb 1866 in Denmark.

She was married to Charles WESTERHOLD on 29 Dec 1887.

Margaret MACKELPRANG was born on 19 Sep 1860 in Cedar City, Iron Co., Utah. She died on 15 Mar 1941 in Cedar City, Iron Co., Utah. Parents: Peder Mathiasen MACKELPRANG and Sophie Margrethe SORENSEN .

She was married to Daniel PERKINS on 18 Jun 1884 in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah.

Mary MACKELPRANG was born on 3 Sep 1857 in Cedar City, Iron Co., Utah. She died on 22 Sep 1946 in Monticello, San Juan Co., Utah. Parents: Peder Mathiasen MACKELPRANG and Sophie Margrethe SORENSEN .

She was married to Frederick Isaac JONES on 11 Dec 1878 in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah.

Peder Mathiasen MACKELPRANG

was born on 7 May 1817 in Rodby, Maribo, Denmark. He died on 2 Dec 1893 in Cedar City, Iron Co., Utah.
Denmark, the smallest country of Europe, is situated across the North Sea from the British Isles. It is composed of three main islands, namely, Sjelland, Flyme, and Uland, with two small islands nearby, Falster and Lowland.

Tradition indicates that when the blood of Israel, the ten tribes, traveled northward, they scattered themselves throughout the country at different parts. History tells us the tribes of Dan settled in Denmard. Thus the country received its name, Denmard in Danish and Denmark in English.

In the year 1850, Erastus Snow assisted by P. O. Hansen, G. P. Dykes and John Forsgren introduced and established the Latter-day Saint religion in that country. They were very badly treated at first, but the fruits of their labors were bountiful in the end. More joined the church from Denmark than from any other European country according to her size, especially is this true of the two small islands of Falster and Lowland.

From such a land and people came Peter Mackelprang, born 20 April (or 7 May) 1817, in Rudby, Lowland, Denmark, son of Erik Mackelprang Kruckow and Anne Kirstene Hansen With. He graduated from high school where he was never excelled in mathematics. He learned the trade of tanning and shoemaking.

In order to get a diploma for his trade of shoemaking, he was required to take a measurement for a pair of boots and a pair of fine lady’s slippers and cut them without a pattern. When the instructor put his pattern on, it was exactly right, so he received his diploma. He worked at this trade until he was married. His forefathers were master shoemakers and as history records it, many of them were well informed in the laws of the country. A great-grand uncle was a lawyer to the King. The shop Peter worked in before and after marriage had been in the family for over two hundred years. Peter often took boys as apprentices to learn the trade.

Peter was the youngest in the family, having one brother and one sister older than himself. Being the youngest, he inherited the homestead where he lived for a few years after he Married Margaret Sorenson. She was born 2 March 1820 in Rudby (or Brandeslew), Lowland, Denmark. They were married 23 December 1840 (or 1843) in the same city. They raised nine children to maturity, the eldest dying when nine months old. The first six were born in Rodby, between 1844 and 1853/4: Christine Johanne, Christian Erik, Johanne Margarethe, Soren Wilhelm (sometimes known as Samuel), August and Julius; Annie Eva Agusta was born in Copenhagen in 1855; and the three youngest were born in Cedar City between 1857 and 1863: Mary, Margaret and Peter. (The eight oldest children were sealed to their parents on 6 October 1880 in the St. George Temple.)

When the Mormon missionaries preached the glad tidings of life eternal in their prosperous little island, Margaret accepted the message willingly, feeling that Peter would soon see the light. It being harvest time, Peter told the missionaries he didn’t have time to study their work, but as soon as the harvest was over he would investigate it. He wanted to fit them up with clothes so he had the tailor make them a pair of dickies, as they were called, four collars each, linen handkerchiefs, and he bought them silk hats. They were all fixed up for conference. The missionaries were named Swenson and Lubean. After the harvest, Peter joined the Church (in 1854 or 1855). Then he and his wife sold the farm and moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, where they lived for one year. Peter was called to act as a missionary among his countrymen, doing much good. Brother Mattison who worked in the Salt Lake Temple, was the first one to be baptized. After laboring at this calling for six months, they commenced preparations for the journey to Zion.

When Anna Eva Mackelprang (later Bailey), their seventh child, was five weeks old, they started on their ocean trip in a sailing boat. The voyage lasted eleven weeks and five days. The trip across the plains was accomplished by ox teams. Knute Peterson was the captain of the company. At the Missouri river they had to leave all luggage that was not absolutely necessary to their existence.

Through Margaret and Peter’s supply of money and big-heartedness, four young people emigrated with them as far as Salt Lake City, where they divided the train of emigrants as was the custom. These young people moved to Sanpete County to live with relatives that had come to the country before them. Peter and his family were sent south, while others were sent north. They located in the Old Fort, northwest of what is now Cedar City, Utah.

They arrived 14 November 1856, living there for a great number of years. Peter followed his trade as a tanner and shoemaker and did farming on the side. Peter was an excellent beer-maker and would make malt beer, which was sold to the emigrants bound for California. In this way the maintenance of the family was considerably lightened. The malt was made by soaking the wheat until it sprouted—then after browning it in the oven, hot water was poured over this, and it made a good flavor for the homemade beer. The bishop of the ward wanted Peter to make beer for the town’s working-men, as malt beer was very nourishing, and they had but little to eat.

When the "New City" was laid out, they moved up, living in a shed with willows woven around to form a room. During August of the year they moved into a cellar that had been dug during the summer months. It was here that Mary Mackelprang (later Jones) was born. The next summer they built the adobe house, which stood at Center Street and Third East Street, Cedar City, Utah. The children carried the water from the creek for the mixing of mud to build the adobe structure. Two rooms were built. This was one of the first houses built in Cedar City. In the cellar stood the form which served for baking. This house was erected by Brother Jens Nelson and Peter.

Since so much water was needed for tanning the leather, and since it was impossible to keep the ditch from breaking, they moved back to the Old Fort. It was here that Margaret "Maggie" Mackelprang (later Perkins) was born on 19 September 1860. Peter bought a four-room house in the "New City," which they moved into that fall, living there the rest of their lives.

Peter was a great walker and thought it no great task to walk to Parowan and back in a day or up Shurtz’s Canyon for his oxen before breakfast. He held the record for being the best wheat cradler in Southern Utah, often doing five acres a day. Peter and Margaret were a very hospitable couple, and the emigrants from the north would try to arrange their drives to "make Brother Mackelprang’s" for the night. It is told that twenty outfits camping in and out of the lot was no uncommon sight. Though they were not before the public much, their faith was deep-rooted and the paying of an honest tithing was one of their strong points.

Peter kept a dairy for many years, always having nineteen cows in the herd. The milk was used for cheese and butter making.

There never was a missionary that left Cedar City that Peter did not give five dollars and his blessing. During the winter, when he would kill a beef, he would always send a piece of it to the widows. He performed many duties in the church, being called with his wife, to take their second anointings because of their faithfulness.

Peter died 9 December 1892 (or 1893), in his seventy-fifth year, leaving Margaret in loneliness for fifteen years before she was permitted to join him on 28 November 1908. He was a Seventy in the Priesthood and a teacher in the ward. They left behind them a posterity of eight children, two preceding them to the great beyond, and over four hundred and fifty descendants [at the time this sketch was written].

Peter is our 2nd Great Grandfather Parents: Erik Mackeprang KRUCKOW and Anne Kirstene Hansen WITH.

He was married to Sophie Margrethe SORENSEN on 23 Dec 1842 in Rodby, Maribo, Denmark. Children were: Stina MACKELPRANG , Christine Johanne MACKELPRANG, Christian Eric MACKELPRANG, Kirstine Johanne Margarethe MACKELPRANG, Samuel William MACKELPRANG, August Sorensen MACKELPRANG, Julius Augusta MACKELPRANG , Annie Eva Augusta MACKELPRANG, Mary MACKELPRANG, Margaret MACKELPRANG, Peter MACKELPRANG.

Peter MACKELPRANG was born on 21 Nov 1863 in Cedar City, Iron Co., Utah. He died on 13 Sep 1939 in Cedar City, Iron Co., Utah. Parents: Peder Mathiasen MACKELPRANG and Sophie Margrethe SORENSEN .

He was married to Catherine Evans PERKINS on 7 Apr 1886 in Saint George, Washington Co., Utah.

Samuel William MACKELPRANG was born on 1 Oct 1849 in Rodby, Maribo, Denmark. He died on 22 Mar 1889 in Provo, Utah Co., Utah. Parents: Peder Mathiasen MACKELPRANG and Sophie Margrethe SORENSEN .

He was married to Adelia TERRY on 5 Oct 1869 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah.

Stina MACKELPRANG died in 1843. She was born on 5 Sep 1843 in Rodby, Maribo, Denmark. Parents: Peder Mathiasen MACKELPRANG and Sophie Margrethe SORENSEN.

Anna MADSEN was born about 1708 in Rodby, Maribo, Denmark. She died in 1751 in Rodby, Maribo, Denmark.

She was married to Jorgen NIELSEN . Children were: Anna JORGENSEN, Eskild JORGENSEN, Anne Dorthe JORGENSEN.

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