This Friday was one of the first since we were released from our LDS Employment mission that we did not have to go when we were home. It felt good to have the time to work on the curriculum. Basically we went twice to the gym and ate three times and I over indulged in ice cream bars and worked on curriculum.
Today we arose at 7:00 a.m. and showered, read, prayed and ate breakfast before we went to the Family Search Center. We were not busy for people who needed help. Kate Billings was there teaching a class. Larry was working on Diane's line and I started out working on Dad and adding sources of City Directories that are listed on Ancestry but then the computer I was on was giving me some problems so I started working on my own computer. I could not work on Ancestry on my own computer because it does not have the Family History Center portal so I could use it for free. I decided to put sources on a great-great grandmother Lucy Edwards. When I went in to look at her on the 1900 census it said that she was a widow and head of household with several children at 40. Having been a widow in my 40's I was curious when her husband died. So I looked at him. It said that he had died in 1932!! so I was hooked. I had to find out what was going on. I started looking at sources for him, William Nephi Casper. I found several censuses for him through the years. Most of the time he was with a wife named Agnes McFarland or McFarlane. So I looked at him in 1900 and he was there above listed as the head of household for Agnes and listed as married for 31 years to her. Lucy was below but she was listed as a widow. As I got further down on the list of sources there were several sources on Fold 3 for him listed as a file for case 173 for the Territorial Court. He was charged with unlawful cohabitation. His second wife, Lucy, was called as a witness and they were both in jail for about a month before they were able to post a bond of $500 for him and $250 for her. It was really interesting reading and I learned something because I did not remember knowing that there were polygamists on Mom's side of the family.
We left the Family Search Center and then had lunch. Then we went to Mom's. Mom sounded like she had a cold and she said that she had not felt very good for a few days. Larry did several errands she wanted done and she didn't feel like doing and I vacuumed. Then Mom said that she just wanted us to visit with her. She sent Larry to buy some dinner and she was as excited as a child when he brought back her kids meal from Culver's. She said that she had been hungry for that for a week. Larry and I got Subway because it was easier to find something to eat for Weight Watchers. We had a good time talking while we ate and then we decided that we needed to get home. Grandma needs visitors a lot.
When we got home I paced back and forth while we watched a couple of Bones on TV and recorded my Weight Watchers. I was worried that I would have high points because I ate a bunch of candy kisses at the Family Search Center but it turned out to not be too bad.
We read from Preach My Gospel in preparation for our mission and said prayer and then Larry went to bed but I stayed up and made a jello salad for Maryn's missionary farewell and made the salsa I have been trying to find time to make all week and of course finished my blog.
Well best go to bed as it is 11:33 p.m.
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