Family Stories *** Whiting Family Reunion 2019

Prepared for the descendants Of Fred Arthur Whiting and Lurlene Tenney Whiting, by John Smiley

 

Family History Documents:

 

Biography of John Eagar, by Winn Smiley
Short biography of Thomas Eagar, Sr. by Cody R. Johnson
Biography of Ammon M. Tenney by Winn Smiley
Biography of Aunt Anna Tenney by her daughters Lurline and Rosalia
Remembrance of Louise Lee Udall Mother of Eloise Udall Whiting
Memories of my sister Alice by Winn Smiley

Letters to and from Lurline Tenney Whiting

 

Links to separate letters:

Mar 7, 1917*Mar 7, 1927*Dec. 23, 1927-also transcription*Aug 21, 1930*Dec. 16, 1930*Jan. 26, 1931*Jun. 19, 1934*May 10, 1935*Dec. 21, 1936*May 10, 1937*Jun. 22, 1939*Oct. 21, 1947

Undated letters from Dad (Fred) and Verna

 

School ledgers from 1922

Winn Whiting Smiley letters to her siblings

Eloise Udall Whiting letter about Winn Smiley

Vernon school ledger 1922

1985 Winn Whiting Smiley letter
1987 Winn Whiting Smiley letter

2019 letter to John Smiley

Whiting Family Stories, Coll. by Winn Smiley, compiled into one volume.

 

Divided into separate stories:
Table of Contents
Charles Whiting Family by Verona Snow Whiting
Charles Whiting, Sr. (b. 1862) by Mae Whiting Cardon
Charles Whiting, Sr. memories by Alice Whiting Gustavo
Edwin Whiting (father of Charles; b 1809)
Mary Elizabeth Cox Whiting (mother of Charles)
Verona Snow Whiting (mother of Fred; b. 1857)
Alice Smith Snow (b. 1828; Lancashire, England)
Bernard Snow (b. 1822; Pomfret, VT)
Ezriel Thurber (husband of Amy Whiting; tales of Mexico)
John Eagar family, including letter from Eagars in England
Joel Hills Johnson (father of Sariah Anna Johnson who married John Eagar)
Anna Sariah Eagar Tenney (b. 1850; mother of Lurlene)
Fred Arthur Whiting (b. 1890 in Colona Diaz, Mexico)
Lurlene Tenney Whiting (b. 1891 in Colonia Diaz, Mexico)
Phoebe Tenney Gardner (b. 1876, daughter of Eliza Udall Tenney)
Millicent Tenney McKellar (b. 1890; tales of Pancho Villa; John Slaughter Ranch where Ammon Tenney worked 1892-93)
John Eagar gravestone inscription

"Tinder" a play written by Louise Lee Udall Play about the miracle of finding a match when desperately needed
Unfinished, untitled fictional work written by Winn Smiley, reflecting the life of her grandparents' family. An up close look at pioneer life in the old west, and the effects of polygamy on the lives of a fictional extended family. Book sections in different stages of completion; some inconsistencies remain. If you wish to read the manuscript, please contact John Smiley. His email is johnterahsmiley1950 at gmail dot com .

Historical novel about a fictional pioneer family in California, Utah, Arizona and Chihuahua, Mexico

Part 1. John Burney: New York to San Francisco; life in Utah. 81 pages.
Part 2. Anna Burney Vaney: Pioneer life in Utah and Arizona. 79 pages.
Part 3. Hector Vaney Polygamy trial; move to Mexico 36 pages.
Part 4. Anna: Life in Chihuahua and exodus from Mexico. 78 pages.
Part 5. Anna, Helen: More life in Mexico. 34 pages.