PEDIGREES OF LOTT AND SARAH WRIGLEY KIRKHAM

I have included the above pedigrees so that when information is published on this post, you can see where you fit in.

HIS NAME IS WHAT???? JASPER OR RUSSON

When I was young, I believed my Grandfather's middle name was Jasper. However, when I showed the records I had for him to my mother, she informed me that he HATED that name, and had never acknowledged it. However, it must have come from somewhere since so many people believed it was his middle name.

I have NOT found a birth certificate for him - so do not know what is on his birth certificate.

However, below is a typed copy of a will his mother instructed her son Thomas to write on December 8, 1929. Because of what is in this will, I have personally decided to list my Grandfather's name as Lott Russon Kirkham on my records. Even were we to find Jasper on his birth certificate, I believe that his mother thought of him as Lott Russon and therefore, I want to respect he wishes and refer to him as Lott Russon, especially since I know it to be an honor to his mother's family, and I know that Lott did not want the name of Jasper as a middle name. The typed copy of the will follows:

FIRST PAGE - All Centered

This is a Copy of the
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
of
SARA RUSSON KIRKHAM
Written by
Thomas Franklin Kirkham

Between six and seven A.M.
Sunday, December 8, 1929
Lehi, Utah County, Utah

Children of George and Sara Russon Kirkham
Heirs name in Will

William Kirkham
Thomas Franklin Kirkham
Lott Russon Kirkham
Maude Kirkham Russell
Oliver George Kirkham
Bessy LaVerne Kirkham\Denzil Washington Kirkham
Raymond Lee Kirkham

(Other Children, Deceased)
Joseph Kirkham unmarried at death
Sarah Kirkham unmarried at death
Avery James Kirkham unmarried at death
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Second Page - not centered

My Dear Children:
I have decided to make my will so that there will be no trouble among you and that you will all be happy and love each other. I want you all to be satisfied with what I am going to say for you to have left to you all.

Now my dear children, God bless you all, be true and faithful so we can all meet again when all is over and we have fought the good fight and won the crown. I do love you all, there is not a pin difference. You are all my dear loved ones and so dear to your Mother and Father. He loved his children. Be true to each other and united.

O my son William, may God help and bless you in your last days, be faithful:
To my son Thomas F. who has been always true and obedient to his parents, my missionary:
And my dear old Maudie, true to her mother and her Lord, my missionary girl;
And dear son Lott R., the peacemaker, true to his family and all, God bless him;
And my son, Oliver George, born in exile for our religion, or those days;
To my Bessy LaVerne who is my provider and a blessing to me, God bless her;
And dear Denzil Washington, my missionary boy, true and faithful to his Lord;
And last of all, O my baby, Raymond Lee, who is now on a mission in Germany,
And my Missionaries, and such a grand man, he is true to his God and his mother,

May God bless you, I am proud of such an honorable family. You are true and faithful children. God bless the missionaries of mine, thanks to the Lord.

I want the home to stand as it is and not to be touched till the last one is married, then to be sold and then divided equally. I want the furniture to be divided, and the pictures have the names on them and the dishes and my clothes to my two girls. Now be honest and true to each other. God bless you all. Your mother,
(Signed) Mrs. Sara Kirkham

I appoint my son, William, to be administrator of estate and request that he sees to it that my desires as expressed in this will be carried out faithefully.

(Signed) Mrs. Sara Kirkham

(The victrola is LaVerne's own)

TABLE MADE BY GEORGE KIRKHAM

This table appears in one of the houses in the Pioneer Park at Lagoon. It is one of two tables made by George Kirkham, one for each of his two wives. It is pieced with scraps of wood he brought home when working on the Salt Lake Temple. It has been said he made some railings in the temple. Some of the pieces look like they could have been cut from railing scraps.

GEORGE KIRKHAM ROCKING CHAIR

This rocking chair is in the Lehi Museum and was probably made by George Kirkham. We know that George was a master craftsman. If anyone has pictures of other items he made, please post them.

KAREN KIRKHAM TUFT

The following is background information for Karen Kirkham Tuft and how she ties into the Kirkham Wrigley Ancestors.

Background info: My dad: Robert Stoddart Kirkham
His parents: Birdie Stoddart - Joseph Hyrum Kirkham
Birdie's parents: Ada Lucy Steel - Robert Stoddart
Joseph Hyrum's parents: Joseph Kirkham - Tyresha Cragun

Joseph Kirkham was a widower for many years.Ada Lucy Steel Stoddart was a widow for many years with her unmarried daugher Mary Jane (nicknamed May) living with her and taking care of her. When Joseph Hyrum and Birdie met and married, his father Joseph Kirkham met Birdie's sister Mary Jane Stoddart. The two of them subsequently married. But that would have left Ada Stoddart alone, so she moved in with Joseph and May.

When my dad was a little boy, his family would travel from Garland, Utah down to Lehi to visit his grandma, his grandpa, and his Auntie May. In his child's mind, he couldn't figure out why his grandma wasn't married to his grandpa, especially when they all lived in the same house! ( Actually, his Grandpa was married to his Aunt.)

The relationships in the house:
His Grandma STODDART
His Grandpa KIRKHAM - married to -
His AUNTIE May Stoddart Kirkham (and step-grandma)

TEA SET OF KAREN KIRKHAM TUFT

The following was written by Karen Kirkham Tuft about this tea set. To tie this to the blogspot, Ada Lucy Steel was the mother of Edward Wrigley, who was the father of Sarah Kirkham. Therefore Edward is a half brother of Anna Forman Stoddart Barlow and Anna is an aunt of Sarah Wrigley Kirkham.





















Anna Forman Stoddart Barlow was the youngest child of Ada Lucy Steel and Robert Stoddart. Her sister Birdie Stoddart Kirkham was my grandmother. (Joseph Hyrum Kirkham was my grandfather.) . Birdie died when I was five months old, so I never knew her. Aunt Anna never had children. She was a widow for many years, and worked as a bookkeeper at the old Mormon Handicraft on South Temple, retiring at the age of seventy-eight. My father, Robert Stoddart Kirkham, played the role of son for Aunt Anna and took care of her until her death. She was my "adopted grandma". When I turned seven, she gave my a toy tea set that she said she'd gotten at the age of seven. Since she was born in 1892, that would have been in 1899. She told me that she had taken very good care of it (it is only missing the lid to the sugar bowl), and made me promise that I would, too. The set includes six 2" cups and saucers, a teapot, sugar bowl, and creamer, each showing scenes of children at play. It appears to be earthenware, with printed decals, apparently a common practice at the turn of the century. It has a surprisingly delicate design, compared to some I saw online that look a lot more sturdy and kid-durable. Karen Kirkham Tuft

SARA RUSSON KIRKHAM JOURNAL INSCRIPTION

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This is an image of a flyleaf in a journal given by Sara Russon Kirkham to one of her sons at Christmas, 1919. This image was sent to Carolyn Christensen by Donna O-Neil in order to show that Sara did not include an "H" on her first name when she wrote her own name. If you click on this image, it should enlarge and you can see it better.