Contents:
Memories of the Past
Guadalupe Memories
Obituary
untitled poem
poem: Chosen Words We Live By
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My Memories of the Past My first memory of Father's wife Pearl was when I was about 3 years old. Dad took me from Mother's home, down the hill to Pearl's home, a short distance away and toward the river in Morelas, Mex. While there he sat in a big chair to hold Hyrum and myself, then he put each of us on a seperate foot and gave us a big ride on his "horses" to the far-away places, while singing "Ride a Cockhorse Bamburry Town", to see the nice lady get on a white horse. Hyrum was a pretty dark eyed child of about 1 1/2 years of age, wearing a light colored short dress and little new black button shoes. That was really great fun for us, I learned that I loved Hyrum and never forgot that experience, which must have occurred a short time before father moved Pearl back to Juarez, or perhaps to some other areas of his employment, because my memory does not cover more than two or three different times that I went to her home at this same place. I don't recall visiting at Pearl's homes until after our move to Guadalupe. In summer of 1909 father purchased a home. My visit at Pearl's home were too few and brief to bear much importance. Than Pearl moved to on other house, across the lane from Mother's home, not long before Pearlie was born. It was here that Hyrum and I spent more time together playing, running and walking holding hands, his hands always seemed so different and nice and I did enjoy his company. I remember the Sunday when Pearlie was born, Hyrum and I went into the house together and sister Mortenson was inside talking to Pearl, counselling on subjects of birth expectency. Very soon thereafter Pearl and family moved to Juraez where her mothers Aunt Sis Taylor lived, and about that time father began his railroad grade construction work in the mountains south of Pearson, Mexico. Pearl spent some time at one or more of the camps and also Sis. Taylor was with them for a while at one camp site during pregnancy when Pearl was carrying Earnest, which was late spring of 1912. After school was out, Mother and I also Ben spent summer of 1912 with Father on his last project southeast of Pearson, toward Pachicco; until the uprising of the Mexican Revolution, when we were forced to go back home and then out of Texas and El Paso. From July through about August 16 we stayed in El Paso then took the train to Modena Utah, then in wagon transportation to St. George. About the 20th of December we left for Benson, Arizona. Ernest was born in a two-story adobe house in St. George Oct. 15, a big baby weighing 12 pounds and Pearl was so unhappy and spent all the time inside upstairs. After our journey to Benson, so much continual contentions between the family factions because of varied difficulties and for innumerable causes, which might be termed purely misconstrued misunderstanding, were caused of many hardships and hurt feelings which have continued to hamper family relations and associations. Pearl's children were taught to call my mother "Aunt Fanny" but when ever mother spoke of Pearl her term was always a curt "Her Ladyship". December 22 1918 Mother and I left El Paso for Monticello utah where George and Sam were, we traveled by train through a narrow gorge to Dolores, Colorado by Santa Fe. While still in Monticello, father called to tell us, at George's home of Pearl's sudden death on March 21, 1919. Mother left immediately the next day to take train at Thompsons, Utah and to Denver and on to Texas. Mother and Father moved with Pearl's children with exception of Bessie to Guadalupe and later to Dublan where Father died. Bessie was born at or [unable to read last line, continued where I could read] I well remember Father's look and expressions of special pride whenever I saw him holding "Little Bessie". Father was deeply grieved ath the loss of Pearl as well as the little boy son besides the fact that he was unable to keep little Bessie, as she stayed with her Aunt Bessie in El Paso. Thereafter Pearl's children were seperated and different ones being with families in different places. After these many years, each of Pearl's children are well able to give creditable account of themselves and all of them are very defintable a credit to themselves, and I'm sure Father and Pearl would be very proud of all of them. To go back a time, I want to mention a factor of fact, which held a great deal of import. In the summer of 1916 Father negotiated for a small 14 cow dairy. The last 2 years after acquiring the dairy the debt of $3,000.00 indebtedness was paid. Lehi, Joe, Ben and myself did all work required except when butter was churned, then mother worked and molded the butter. Then the dairy was moved to the ranch outskirts of Benson near the old smelter and round-house. Where Dad and Pearl's family did the dairy work. During the early years of our lives in Arizona and soon after leaving Mexico Father spent the 2nd winter at El Paso to earn money for both families to keep alive. He could not fimd employment at Benson and could only get the job at night as a night watchmen at El Paso. His salary was $ 30.00 a month and he sent each wife, Mother and Pearl, 15.00 for grocieries and other needs. He also found a small part time odd jobs. It was at this time that Father's health began to fail, because of the fact that he could not afford to eat proper meals. He used to tell how he could go to a chinese restaurant after his shift was over, early mornings, for a bowl of soup or whatever he got for 10 cents, then about once or twice a week eating a good meal at Aunt Sis Taylor where he also slept part of the time in an upstairs room. The rest of the time his nourishments consisted fo hard tack candies which he got at Kress's store and kept in his pocket to eat when he felt hungry. Later sugar diabetes was found to be the cause of his ill-health from which he died Feb 7, 1922 at Dublan, Chi. Mexico. One final note: once he told us finding what he felt certain of and appeared to be a baby's wrist and forearm in the soup which was served to him El Paso at the chinese resturant where he frequently ate soup and etc.
Written by Ester - Summer of 1977 By Mary Ester Jarvis Young In 1918 (Dec.) I, Ester had worked at the telephone office in El Paso. Uncle Lee was working in El Paso for the American Laundry. So Grandmother went there to be with Lee and Ben instead of staying at Pomerene Ranch. They sold the Pomrene ranch between Benson and Pomrene to Parley and Grace. The whole family went to El Paso. F.G.D. Jarvis, Nellie and Ester lived near the Brick yard in El Paso and Ben married Mabel Farnsworth, who had lived in part of the house. Grandpa and Pearl's family went to the Pear Ranch South of Ysleta. Mother gave me the choice of going down on the Pear ranch with Dad or coming or Monticello with her. Nellie was left with them at the Pear Ranch. So we went to Monticello in Dec. 23, 1918. My letters to my boyfriend, Amos Kenworthy, were intercepted from the Post office at Monticello. I recieved 2 letters afterward. We all had the flu right after Christmas. Little old Grandmother was not well and didn't weigh over 90 pounds. Because Aunt Pearley Dean Taylor Jarvis died 21 March 1919, so Mother left late in March to take care of the family, via Denver, Colorado. Grandmother F. G. D Jarvis was not well and didn't feel able to take care for all the family. Hyrum was 16, Edwin was 13, Brig 11, Pearl 9, Ernest 6, Bessie 3. She was kept by Aunt Bessie Taylor. This appeared in the daily Herald, Provo Utah, Sunday, Oct 15, 1978. Funeral services for Mary Ester Jarvis Young, 76 who died at her home Friday, will be held Monday at 11 AM in the Orem 68th LDS Ward Chapel, 400 N 400 E. She was born April 7, 1902 in Colonia Morales Sonora, Mexico, a daughter of Samuel Walter and Frances Godfrey DeFriez Jarvis. On May 1928, 1919 she married Ernest Leslie Young. They later were divorced. She lived in Monticello, San Juan County; in California and for the last nine years in Orem. Survivors include four sons and four daughters, Howard Leslie Young, San Jose, Calif.; Melvin Jarvis Young, Palo Alto Young, Calif; Ernest Albert Young, St. George; Joseph Don Young, Pleasant Grove; Ethel Pritchard, Sonoma, Calif; Frances Nelson, Hanford, Calif; Alberta Nicholas, San Jose, Calif; and Mrs. Stan (Dorothy Ann) Stanley, California; 30 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren; Five brothers and two sisters, Benjiman Jarvis, Edwin Jarvis, both of Mexico; Hyrum Jarvis and Ernest Jarvis, both of Whitter Calif.; Bud Jarvis and Mrs John (Bessie) MacDonald both of Hemet, Calif.; Mrs C. L. (Pearl) Augustus, Provo. Friends may call at Sunberg Mortuary, tonight from 7 to 9 o'clock and Monday at the chapel an hour prior to services. Burial will be in the Orem City Cemetery. These are two poems written by Mary Ester Jarvis What a lively winter scene!The over-all expanse, a glistening white shroud! This - a new day of a New Year - Dawning with a purposeful promise.
The sun's gleaming rays of early mourn
(In fine, only a minute portion of
To Some, looking through the spectrum of vision,
Words are lovely, Virile things,
Words might soften hardened hearts,
He who speaks with any tongue,
"When the word is given", -- hear?
Pens can write, tongues speak God's word
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