Craig M Eames

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• FamilySearch ID: LF3C-GQJ

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• FamilySearch ID: KW88-L9R
• Initiatory (LDS): 29 Dec 2012, SGEOR

Nathaniel married Joyce Winifred Manaige on 26 Dec 1949 in Miles City, Custer, Montana, United States. Joyce (daughter of Edwin Leo "Barney" Manaige and Hazel Louise Dunlap) was born on 4 Oct 1927 in Miles City, Custer, Montana, United States; died on 7 Aug 1999 in Fleming Island, Clay, Florida, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LZXX-R51
• Initiatory (LDS): 26 Nov 2014, SGEOR

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZQ-MHL
• Census: 1910, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Initiatory (LDS): 24 Apr 1912, SLAKE

Aerial married Flora Edna Geddes on 24 Apr 1912 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Flora (daughter of William Stewart Geddes and Margaret Ferguson Cullen) was born on 20 Sep 1889 in North Powder, Union, Oregon, United States; died on 16 Feb 1985 in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States; was buried on 19 Feb 1985 in Preston Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZQ-MHP
• Initiatory (LDS): 24 Apr 1912, SLAKE

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• Initiatory (LDS): 28 Oct 2009, OQUIR

Edwin married Hazel Louise Dunlap on 1 Sep 1920 in Rosebud, Rosebud, Montana, United States. Hazel was born on 23 May 1894 in Elroy, Juneau, Wisconsin, United States; died on 23 Oct 1971 in Miles City, Custer, Montana, United States; was buried in Miles City, Custer, Montana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KZ2L-LP5
• Initiatory (LDS): 30 May 2003, BOUNT

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• FamilySearch ID: KWCD-QW3
• Initiatory (LDS): 4 Jun 1884, LOGAN
• Census: 1910, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States

David married Elizabeth Cluley Greaves on 29 Dec 1877 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph Greaves and Sarah Priscilla Cluley) was born on 21 Oct 1856 in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States; died on 5 May 1942 in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States; was buried on 8 May 1942 in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWCD-QWQ
• Initiatory (LDS): 4 Jun 1884, LOGAN
• Census: 1910, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States

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Elizabeth Cluley Greaves was born in a one-room adobe house at Provo, Ut a h on October 21, 1856.
Her family spent several years clearing land near the Provo River for fa r ming.

Then one year the river flooded, completely ruining the farm. This broug h t the family of six to Logan where in late 1862, they lived out of a co ve red wagon while Joseph built a suitable dugout for a winter dwelling.
Four years following their arrival in Logan, the family lost their mom a n d their newborn sixth sister, Mary Ann .

This was truly a time of sorrow and trial for 8-year-old Elizabeth. Sh e w ould take her 2-year-old baby sister from one neighbor to another try in g to keep her from crying for her mother.

When one parent is gone, little children feel the need to draw very clos e ly around the parent who is with them. Joseph, now a widower, was lef t wi th 3 young boys ages 10, 6, and 4, and 2 daughters ages 8 and 2. The y wou ld have required nearly all of his time and attention.

The neighbors offered help, and Joseph was in no position to reject it . W ith Elizabeth taking her baby sister to various neighbors for care, J osep h found his burden bearable. He could occupy the three boys workin g wit h him on the farm.

Joseph's bishop suggested a permanent home for Elizabeth. She would be v e ry helpful in tending younger children and assisting with housework. H e r physical needs would all be satisfied. Joseph may have thought of hi s o wn half-starved childhood as an orphan in England. Here was a chanc e fo r a daughter to be well cared for while she was growing up and learn ing t he art of homemaking. He accepted the offer .

Elizabeth was taken to live in a new home in a different ward four mil e s away. With a one-hour hike separating her from her family, this wa s i n some ways like living in a different community. Unfortunately, Eliz abet h's strong emotional need to be near her father and family was overl ooked . To be pulled away from her family at this time greatly accentuate d he r grief.

While living in the household of Ada Hemingway Davidson, Elizabeth was a l ways kept very busy. Perhaps it was hoped that this would keep her fro m l onging for her family. She did get some schooling, but as recorded b y he r daughter Lillie, she would have to rush home at noon to scrub th e kitch en floor and comb Mrs. Davidson's heavy long hair, leaving no tim e to ea t her dinner.

There were many nights when Elizabeth would cry herself to sleep. She lo n ged for her family; she mourned for her mother. She felt more like a se rv ant than a daughter in this new home .

In later years, when people came to live in her home, they were always t r eated like part of the family.

Three or four years later, when Elizabeth was twelve years old, her fath e r remarried. However, Elizabeth was not invited to come back home to li ve ; we do not know why. Her father's own years of apprenticeship in Engl an d suggest a possible answer. It may not have seemed fair to him that h i s daughter was given board, room, and training for several years and th e n taken back home just as she was becoming useful enough to pay back h e r benefactors. Thus he may have looked upon her service as an indentur e d contract which only time could fill. That Joseph loved his daughter w a s never a point of question. Their separation may have been nearly as h ar d on him as it was on her.

These were pioneering days; these were times for survival. Elizabeth a n d her father both sacrificed, and they both survived!

Elizabeth lived with and served Mrs. Davidson for ten years. Elizabeth w a s a hard worker and was always very useful. She became very skilled i n al l the pioneer homemaking arts. She also worked in the garden and gre w t o love flowers.

Elizabeth kept as close to her family as possible over the years. Five a d ditional children were born to her father and his new wife. These fiv e an d the two daughters from his new wife's previous marriage were love d as m uch by Elizabeth as her original three brothers and sister. Elizab eth's d aughter Lillie was fully grown before she realized that the two g irls fro m the previous marriage were not her mother's own sisters.

Elizabeth's older brother John looked after her welfare. When they wer e o ld enough to go to the dances, John would always first see if Elizabe th h ad someone to go with. He would take her to the dance himself if sh e di d not. Lillie wrote that when John received his first wages for hiri ng ou t on a job, he gave his sister Elizabeth 35 cents. This was the fir st mon ey Elizabeth ever had. She made herself a very pretty dress with t he mate rial purchased from this money.

Elizabeth and her husband, David Eames, were lovers, right from the begi n ning to the end of their lives. Their daughter records she, “never reca l l my parents saying an unkind word to each other”. They had 10 childre n ( Elizabeth was 45 years old when her last child was born .

Elizabeth and her husband were “first” in many things: first to in the i r area to have a telephone, first to have electric lights and first t o ha ve indoor plumbing so they could have a bathroom, a tub, a washbasi n an d a toilet. Their children’s friends used to come down to take a bat h i n their big white tub. Previous to that, Saturday night all the famil y to ok their baths in the round tub in the kitchen.

The family had a big dining room table and Elizabeth always had a table c loth on, ready to feed anyone that ever came. They turned the chairs, t h e back against the table and the seat facing out, and there is where w e k nelt to have our prayer.

Elizabeth Cluley Greaves Eames was a remarkably resourceful woman, by an y one's standard. She was someone often called on when someone was sick , sh e also helped with the babies for miles around. She made her own soa p, sh e'd catch their geese, turn them upside down on her lap and pick th e dow n off from underneath their tummies, put it in a big washtub, the n fill i t into pillows. Elizabeth’s family raised a lot of sheep. She ca rded som e of this wool and made it into nice clean bats and made quilt s she als o knitted long black stockings made from their wool.

Her youngest daughter, Ilah, recalls, “My mother also taught me to lov e a nd visit my family”.

During the last few years of Elizabeth's life, Lillie made the followi n g observation about her: "Mother has worked so very constantly and so h ar d all her life until now at the age of 81 years, she is nervous if sh e si ts without something in her hands to do."

Sources:
David Cullen Eames (B.1851) and Elizabeth Cluley Greaves Family By Ral p h G. McKnight
Our Eames Heritage Transcription of an audiotape made by Ilah Eames Carp e nter to Ralph McKnight Summer of 1983

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• FamilySearch ID: KWNX-PJ4
• Initiatory (LDS): 26 Jun 1876, EHOUS

William married Margaret Ferguson Cullen on 4 Dec 1884 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. Margaret was born on 23 Mar 1865 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 6 Nov 1954 in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States; was buried on 8 Nov 1954 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Initiatory (LDS): 4 Dec 1884, LOGAN