Show VALENTINE FAM MEET IN REUNION the valentine family reunion which was held in the second ward meeting house last saturday may was a success in every sense ot of the word the reunion was held on the anniversary ot of the birth ot of valentine valentine patriarch of the family in this th s country but who has been decease ed for many years relatives gathered from various parts oi of utah and idaho numbering about in ill all including a few invited guests the reunion convened at about 1130 a in and the following Is tho the program of the day calling assembly to order by master alaster ot of ceremonies C 11 valentine of salt lake city opening prayer august valentine address of welcome christian V valentine of paris iyabo cong congregational relational singing count your many blessings A choit sketch of the patriarch of the family wis was then read by leon valentine a synopsis of which is as as follows grandfather valentine was born may 24 1813 on the island of bornholm denmark ills his parents were poor anil and he was early sent out among strangers to work and shift for himself ile he wits apprenticed to a shoemaker but not liking king the trade took to farming when he be was about 23 years old lie he married angel kotord koford anil and they had five children four boys bosq tin au I 1 one girl three of the boys gr ear v to manhood ono one boy and the girl alyin in childhood lie he vaa nas a rustier he worked aly early and late when he be married he movel buo el into his fathers little house and tool goold care ot of his parents until they tied lied A few years later he bought a farni farm though he had little to pay with but by bi incessant inces sint toil and frugal living he managed to extricate himself from debt deb tafter a d er some years ile he was wel informed fw those lays and used to leuci leach the neighbors from co millo u school books lie he was an officer sn in the militia for many years and used to go to church at stated times but generally caroe came home an angry ry because he think the minister was teaching the truth ile he read the bible and pondered over the things that bere iere ere incomprehensible to him hain about the year 1850 the dormos el filers ders came to the island aland and started to preach their new religion which brought down a storm of persecution upon them lie ile became interested and wanted to know what these men had to tell so lie he sent for some of the elders to come to his home to see it if there was really re ally anything worth while in this new religion elders ole swenson and christopher faulkman came to his home and expounded the gospel to them and they at once became convinced of its truthfulness ile he invited the missionaries to come to his house and hold meetings which started persecutions in earnest ile he laid away an nis oad bad habits and began to lead a steady ccady sober and god fearing life ile he no longer met with his friends at the inn where they would sit and play cards card sand and drink all night but instead would spend his evenings vt at home st studying the bible or meet with the few saints in their small but spirited gatherings in 1852 he and his wife and oldest son august joined the church ile he often had to flee tor for his life and the elders were threatened with destruction it they did not leave the island in the summer of iza 2 it was decided to baptise the family so the elders came cameto to the home only to find a crowd of brats awaiting them one ot of the elders christopher raul faulkman kman was dragged out and cruelly beaten and real mal treated but was finally left bleeding and senseless by the mob who supposed they had bad killed him ile he regain ed consciousness and was cared for by the few saints grandfather valentine labored as a missionary about a year on the island when be sold his farm and prepared to leave tor for utah so in the fall of 53 3 lie he together with john johnson and james dames ipsen left jett for the promised land ills his oldest son august had preceded them a year and was now staying with john forsgren in brigham city together with james olsen grandfather paid for seven other people who had nothing to come over with ile he was able to buy two yokes of oxen three BOWS sows a stove and some bo household goods in fact he possessed what was considered quite a fortune in those days they arrived in utah the next year in the fall of 1854 and came right to brigham city where he be lived until his bis death now NOB began another struggle that for an all elisten existence ce in a new and strange country nhe chere re n nature adur atur itself was forbidding and often unyielding rut put though our grandparents had many hardships and much to put up lip with together with the rest of the saints they rem remained staunch staunch I 1 and faithful to the last grandfather acted as teacher in the city for years and was also a i counselor to it 11 11 jensen in the danish ass association ocia tion lie married three wires after he came here only one of which is still livin living mrs hannah valentine grandfathers posterity as faras we have been able able to ascertain today numbers 1 13 that is with the children gaugh daughters I 1 in law sons ln in law grand childrs child children rp great grandchildren and great great grandchildren S song 0 n g erma Vale valentine neine song mr ir wilkes of paris idaho early reminiscences seene es aunt hannah valentine ir 7 s P speeches Shee ebes by ya air ai P aikman i 4 akman kman of plain city alty a and n ait tn blackburn refreshments and so sociability cl clity 1 ancess Ar cess wai was ihen hen fill taa until n iii about t efio U p iu N the p party art t iea Ts the Pr program coan paced with a humorous speech by C 11 valentine song florence valentine music Ius lc leona valentine paris idaho I 1 selection loom boom the weller keller family ot of slink link creek idaho address on future reunions by N J valentine i an organization was perfect perfected ted and hereafter reunions will be held annually the day s program concluded by the sin singing ing of god de be with you till we sleet meet again and the bened benediction action I 1 |