| Show mrs eliza nelson awaits on her birthday feb there is a lady in tooele thoele who was born in 1852 yet she has only had 24 birthdays how old does that make hera according to her years 96 for she was wa born on feb 29 1852 in tooele thoele and her name is mrs eliza nelson being born on february 29 means that only once in every four years does mrs nelson have a birthday for the month of february as you all know has but 28 29 days normally mrs nelson will celebrate her birthday sunday quietly at her home with some of her children and grandchildren probably drop ping in to wish her many happy returns of the day some of them we say because it would hardly be b p possible for all of them to see her in one day mrs nelson has 28 grandchildren 41 great grandchild ren and 3 great great grandchild ren she was born in thoele tooele too ele 96 years ago the daughter of john bowber ry and eliza barker Bow berry at that time her father was bishop of tooele thoele county a position simi lac lar to that costake oS take jares dent m the present days she was raised berland spent most of her life in too ele working in the sunday school primary relief society and other church organizations she was mar ned ried to william woodward nelson at the endowment house in salt lake city on sept 18 1873 and the couple were blessed with 2 sons and 6 daughters one son and 4 daughters are still living and are as follows mrs maude brown mrs came carrie nelson and mrs pearl gil lespie of tooele thoele rollin nelson of grantsville Grants ville and mrs bertha tripp of redding california all of her children were married and raised families as can be seen from her large number of descendants mr and mrs winford hector and mr and mrs james bradford mot ored to provo last friday evening to attend the B Y U musical con cert held at the provo tabernacle miss barbara hector daughter of mr and mrs hector is a member of the BYU chorus mr don worthington of grants ville returned to his home last week after spending a two week weeks s vacation in state college P A mrs worthington and daughter marj one orie gwen will remain with her parents for a more extended visit |
