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Show The family of Emma Overson Nielson, in honor of her 81st birthday, birth-day, held a family reunion on April 23, 1949, in the Leamington ward amusement hall. Present were all of her ten children who are still living. They are Fred, Wells, Spencer and Kenneth Ken-neth of Leamington; Barta, Arvilla and Shelby of Salt Lake City; Clead, Roy and Gerald of Lynndyl. Included in the family are 33 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren, most of whom were present pres-ent and partook of the wonderful chicken dinner and the entertaining entertain-ing program which followed. Emma Overson was born April 23, 1868 in Deseret, and was married mar-ried to August Nielson April 3, 1884 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City. All of their children child-ren were born in Leamington, where she has resided all of her married life and for almost 50 years has run a hotel there. Mr. Nielson died there January 8, 1937, at the age of 76 years. The toastmaster for the evening was the eldest son, .Fred. Many fond memories were brought to mind as each child reminisced of an outstanding event from their childhood. Thanks were given to the granddaughters-in-law for their part in preparation, which reached perfection in every -way |