| Show DEATH OF MOTHER CALDER abw JOHNSON CALDER died at the residence of her daughter mrs john mckay in n granger ward at five minutes after midnight november ath the cause of death was general debility super induced by old age deceased being in her year she was born in caithness scotland march 1 1801 and was early left a widow with seven small children the youngest six years old to support and care for this noble woman heard the gospel when it was aa first carried to her native land by apostle orson pratt she received it with gladness and was one of the initial thirteen who were baptized into the church in the city of edinburgh August 1840 her children margaret mary ann georgina and david 0 followed her footsteps the same year while the younger ones W william ill law isabella and george became associated ted with the work of god soon afterwards from the time the deceased became identified with the chu church ach until the family left their native land for america Ameri tier her home was a resting place for the missionaries Buter Calder and most moist of her children left their native land in 1851 for the United States and located at Cincinnati ohio where one of the daughters who had preceded the rest resided they remained f there for some time in the hope that she georgina would accompany them I 1 but such was not to be the case can as she was taken ill III and died in that city margaret another of the daughters daug liters named had previously died in scotland subsequently mary ann who did not leave great britain with the mother died at new orleans while on the way to join the family here after a residence of two years in cincinnati the survivors came on to utah where they arrived in the latter part of 1853 sister calder was a model mother discharging the arduous duties associated with the rearing of a family without the support of a husband ausban d with affectionate and scrupulous care she was a true unwavering and faithful latter day saint and lived lived to have every desire of her heart gratified in relation to the administration of sacred ordinances to bind together in eternity the family fur whom she had bad shown so great a degree of devotion she leaves a numerous posterity who will cherish her memory so long as life and memory endure she was the mother of seven children sixty grandchildren grand children and 40 great grand child children making in all direct descendants |
