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Show Church Edition (jenea WHITELEY is a member of the Genealogical Training Class in the Sunday School of the South Twentieth Ward. The average attendance at this thirty-fivhighly interesting class is about Members are encouraged bv the instructor to write out and relate before the class any faith promoting experiences they have had in the gathering of genealogical records. The tory below is a typical example amlvai Terentiy given in class). rOR fifteen years Uwas finable" to secure any information on mv other than the record of my own grandparents. Mother came west and joined the L. D. S Church and died when I was sixteen, so I knew Letnothing of my mothers people. ters addressed to relatives were answered, but all requests for information were ignored. my son Eight years ago I and family who are h ing in New Jersey. I had expressed T desire to visit Jane Lou, a place in west Virginia, as I' had learned that my grandfather had owned property there, part of which he had deeded to his Church. I had reason to believe that he was buried there in the chuuhjurd, and hoped to secure some genealogical data from his buiial record. All during the first nine months of my stay "In 'New Jersey I kept urging that we visit Jane Lou, hut my people were so busy it seemed impossible for them to find time to take the trip. I finally decided that I would make the trip alone on the train when an opportune (Note: Mrs. Whiteley Dean Van Horne had pa-eaxvay (a year before our xisft) and had neglected sending me the papers in his possession. While xve xvere so near Salem we decided to x isit the home of Dean Van Horne, hoping xve might be able, to find some of the informa- tion he had secured Mrs Van Horne did not know I xxas in the East, and greatly surprised xxhen I introduced myself. It is strange, she said, hut only day before yesterdav I xvent through the papers in Mr. Van Hornes desk, and segregated all the genealogical papers xxhith he had intended sending to xou Hero thevTire. These proved to he records of Dean Van Hornes grandfather (a brother to my fourth great grandfather), and from these data I seemed the family groups of my fourth and fifth greatgrandfathers, and many of their ded scendants. in-la- g - r " rea--so- n Li' , s time arrived. One Tuesday my daughter said: Mom, let's go down to West Virginia on Thursday. I was in the midst of several Church tasks which needed my attention, and it was about the most inopportune time she could have chosen for her invitation. However, I was so thrilled at the prospect that arrangements were hastily made to take care of the duties which had been assigned me, and off we started on Thursday morning. Saturday .morning we attended services in the church built on the property my grandfather had owned. The people of the little church immediately saw that we were strangers, and a certain Mrs. Davis made herself acquainted with us. I told her my name and stated my purpose in xisit-inJane Lou. Mrs. Pads (whose maiden name was Van Horne), insisted that I come home w ith her, as by this time we knew we were distant relatives. Imagine my delight on learning that the home where Mrs Davis lived was built on the same spot w here my greatgrandfather, Job Van Horne, brought Trudence Pax is (my greatgrandmother) as a bride. I picked roses from the hush planted by them when they were on their honevmoon. I was even more thrilled, itj. talkof Mrs. Davis, ing to the father-in-lato learn that he owned the old Davis family Bible, and that his father was to my great granda mother, Prudence Pax is. Furthermore, Mr. Davis stated that for the past fifteen years he had been trying to secure the loan of' the - old Van. Horne Bible which xvas owned by a relative. This woman had absolutely refused to allow anyone to look at the old Bible, but for some unknown she had only yesterday permitted Mr. Davis to borrow the Bible for three days, and I was in the home two of the three days! We had the privilege of copying all the information from these Bibles. The Davis Bible recorded the genealogy back "to William Davis who came to America with William Penns half-brothe- thriving branches. We are contacting all the and Canadian organizations dants. Sunday my daughter-i- law and I drove over to Salem, West Virginia. Several years prexiouslv I had corresponded with Dean Van Horne of the University .of Salem, who xxas interested in genealogy and said he had information concerning the family which xvould he of help to me, but e. . From Page and often renexv their covenants. We are endeavoring to find all our memliers and. open up hortlc branches x here there are one or txvo families living close to each other. So far, about six places are in xiexv that in the end xx e may again company, and afterwards founded the Seventh Day Baptist Church in America. The Van Horne Bible gave Jobs brothers and sisters, and his descen- VAN HORNE BAGLEY However, xxith all this helpful information, I had as x et secured no proof of the name of the father of Job. One branch of the family stated it was Job, while another branch contended it was Abram- - and still another one said William w'as the father. I could find no clues to prove any of these statements, and returned to New Jersey without this important information. The folloxxing August I was invit-- , ed to attend the Seventh Day Baptist Conference as a guest, at Shilo, New Jersey. Here I met sixteen ministers who were distant cousins of my mother, and they xvere very coopera-tivreigiving me all information they knew concerning the family. I had the opportunity of learing my testimony to these gentlemen individually, and at one of the sessions I spoke before a congregation of about five hundred people. One of these, Booth n C. Davis, xvas a nephew of my greatHe stated Prudence. grandmother that Jobs father By W. . , Guidance In Gathering Records BY Can You Answer These? European Missions Send Reports Four) (fontinued n xvas- - Barney, and furthermore, he had in his possession a letter his father had written in. xvhich he had given the name of Jobs father. None of these people had been able to give me .any information concerning my grandfather Furrow. The house where I was a guest at Shilo was out of town a few' miles. The very first night I stayed there, sometime after I had retired; my hostess came to the door and hesitatingly asked if I would object to having a woman sleep in the other bed in the room. She stated that through a misunderstanding, a Mrs. Hemphill had been brought to her home to stay, and the people who had brought her had left before the error was discovered. There xvas no ear to send her to the home where she xvas expected, and no other bed in the houe of my hostess. I willingly consented. After introductions, I learned that Mrs. Hemphill was from North Loop, Nebraska. I asked if she knexv Marcia Rood. 'Yes, said Mrs. Hempstead, is my cousin. I explained that Well, Marcia was also my cousin. who are.'ou? she asked. Im Nina She threw her Bagleys daughter. arms around me and commenced crying. Nina was my own cousin, she y mer-iea- January 17, 1942) ANSWER: Very complete tecords of the Calkins families are on file in the At chives of t lie Genealogical Society ofYtati, All of these are verified from the cniginal records of the Natixoo Temple, Endowment House, and . Pati iarchiul Blessings of early ' . days. These show that Israel Calkins xvas mat ried twice, and (hat he had families bv both wives as follows: Israel Calkins, horn 7 June 1766, Oblong, Dutchess, X. Y. was the son of Dax id Calkins and Piiscilla Burgess; married first, Marv Giigg, who died bofoi e 1810. Children of this couple included the followingMartha Calkins, )orn 7 Mar. 1795, Hebron, Wash, N. Y, died 10 May 1882. married John Adam Fillmore. Chauncey Ira Calkins; horn 2 Jan. 17W, Hebron, Wash., N. Y.; md. 28 Feh 1822, Safah Kcllog. Israel Calkins, horn 1 Sept. 1801, Hartford, Wash, N. Y; mariied Levina Wheeler. William C. Calkins, born 1 Feb. - 1807, Franklin Co. Vt via Ann Sheiman. Rachel Calkins, Wash, ; mariied of Syl-- , Westfield, N. Y. Phebc Calkins, of Westfield, Wash., N. Y. Mary Calkins, horn 4 Jan 1801; died aht. 1871; malt ied James Wood Kel-- . Mi--i- log. Sabbath Dgy To . - Samuel Calkins, born in 1786, N. will proved 5 Oct. 1861; married Naomi Rowley. Richard S. Calkins, born in 1788, Vt ; died 1857, married Susan Clark. Israel Calkins married second, 4 born Hannah Calkins, Sept. 1773, Fredericksburg, Dutchess Co., N. Y., daughter of Aaron Calkins and Hannah Cole. Hannah Calkins married first, Elijah Row ley, third, Pliny Fisher. Children of Israel and Hannah Calkins were the follow ing: Luman Hopkins Calkins, born 15 June 1816, Marcellus. Onondaga Co., N. Y.; married First, Eunice McDear-maand second, Mohitable RusselL Deborah Calkins, born aht. 1811; md. a Mr. Madison. Charlotte Calkins, horn aht. 1813; md. a Mr. Torrey. David Calkins, died in 1889; married Caroline Sisson. Both Israel and Hannah Calkins joined the L. D. S. Church, ias they are recorded in' t lie records 'of the date of 25 Dec. Nauvoo Temple-unde- r 1815. It appears that Israel probably died before David Calkins, father of Israel, was the son of Samuel Calkins and Dam-ari- s Strong; Samuel was the son of Samuel Calkins and Hannah Gifford; Samuel was the son of John Calkins and Sarah Rovce; John was the son of Hugh and Ann Calkins. Hugh, the emigrant ancestor was born in 1600, Chepstone, Monmouth, England; died in 1690 (age 90) Norwich, New London, Conn. Also included with this 'record in the Archives is a very excellent pedi-- . gree of the Burgess ancestry of Priscilla, mother of Israel" Calkin, Y.; Theme THE current series of radio programs presenting round Table discussions of current problems of religious living will lie continued Sunday evening on the Church radio hour over KSL. The program this week, commencing at 0.15 pm wil! present a discussion of tlie subject. Can We Keep the Sabbath Day Hedy? Participants will he Elder A. Hamer Reiser, Elder Wallace F. Bennett and Gordon B. Hinckley- as moderator. All three are et members of the Sunday School Union and Elders Reiser and Bennett are prominent Salt Lake businessmen, . n, De-er- sobbed. We played together and I loved her as an own si-t- My Henry Chace 422 CAI.KINS. Dear Mr. Chare: I have ju't learned that sexfval of t jii. ancestors were members he Latter-daSaints Church ill' New York in the early days. They were James Wood Calkins, Chaney Ira Calkins, father of James, and Israel Calkins, father of Chaney. Israel was horn 7 June 17titi, near Albany, X. Y. James Wood Calkins and his family moved from Iowa to a place near Arkansas City, Kansas, and In 1898 he died there. I want to learn whether or 'not Israel Calkins had other; children than L uman 11. and Chaney Ira. If so, I want a complete family group and ancestry of Israel Calkins. J. R. in London, including con-n- ls and the office of the Dominion Commi"ioners. and xx ill file with them all the addresses of our blanches in this eoun-trfor our members to refer to in ease they w bh to attend the meetings The Genealogical xxoik in the British Mission is taking on an unprecedented actixitv The Genealogical department is being overwhelmed with callers and clumbers and xx p are extending the work to meet these requirements The project of affording our members in the Riitbh Mission some facility of getting to Zion by chartering a boat after the war on most reasonable terms has met xxith mosf enthusiast ie approval and satisfaction. We are urging the Saints to gather their genealogical data and he sure their oxv-- record- - in the branches will entitle them to receive a Temple recommend This will lc a means of improving the faith of otiiie a number of our Saints who so far might have been a little thoiwhtle-- s and careless. We are awaiting xxith "feat interest the 'counsel of th" First Presidency on this great project. We feel certain that thete xx ill l hundreds of faithful members who would le only "too happv to spend all (hex- - have to he able to go to the Temple of the Lord Wo surelv have some most wonderful Saints in this count rv. We are visualizing a trip of about 5o0 or even more members coming to the General Conference and laboring in the Temples for a short period and then returning hack home to oarrv on the Some of work in the Biitish them, of course, will lie going to settle in Zion. Be Radio f 7 THE DESERET NEWS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1942 - grandfather, John Furrow and Mrs. Hemphill's mother, Sarah Furrow, were brother and sister. After the death of their mother, "their father, William Furrow,, came to live with Mrs. Hemphills mother. Here Mrs. Hemphill, xxho xvas a young, unmarried woman, became well acquainted with her grandfather (my greatgrandfather) and from her asssocia-tiowith him she xvas able to give me information of my grandparents, and on some lines I secured from her data for four or five generations. I am very grateful to my Heavenfor the opportunity I have father ly had In gathering the genealogy of my mothers people, and I know that without His help I never would have been able to secure this information. n theAr . |