Harriett Blair

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• FamilySearch ID: KWC4-64G
• Initiatory (LDS): 10 Nov 1909, LOGAN

Harriett married Franklin Benjamin Woolley on 11 Nov 1909 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. Franklin (son of Franklin Benjamin Woolley and Elle Seegmiller) was born on 25 Jan 1888 in Graham, Kane, Utah, United States; was christened on 2 Feb 1888; died on 17 Jul 1973 in Weber, Utah, United States; was buried on 21 Jul 1973 in Washington Heights Memorial Park, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Harriet Woolley was born on 21 Jan 1911 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States; died on 1 Jun 1988 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
2. Franklin Benjamin Woolley was born on 21 Aug 1913 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States; was christened on 30 Nov 1913 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States; died on 25 Jan 1980 in Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States; was buried on 30 Jan 1980 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States.
3. Julia Woolley was born on 6 Jun 1916 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States; died on 12 Sep 1996 in Utah, United States; was buried on 16 Sep 1996 in Ogden City Cemetery, Weber, Utah, United States.
4. Helen Woolley was born on 10 Sep 1919 in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States; died on 28 Dec 2001 in Longview, Gregg, Texas, United States.

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• FamilySearch ID: KWCP-TGK
• Initiatory (LDS): 20 Oct 1876, EHOUS

Jedediah married Julia Susanne Ballif on 11 Dec 1879 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Julia (daughter of Serge Louis Ballif and Henriette Jeanette Vuffray) was born on 15 Jun 1858 in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States; died on 14 Jun 1949 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 18 Jun 1949 in Logan City Cemetery, Cache, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWCP-TG2
• Initiatory (LDS): 11 Dec 1879, EHOUS

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJH-XT3
• Initiatory (LDS): 26 Jul 1851

Seth married Sarah Jane Foster on 3 Feb 1853 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Sarah was born on 31 Jul 1836 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; died on 26 Jan 1910 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States; was buried on 30 Jan 1910 in Logan City Cemetery, Cache, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJH-XT9
• Initiatory (LDS): 24 Apr 1854, EHOUS

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• FamilySearch ID: KWNB-FT5
• Initiatory (LDS): 10 Feb 1858, EHOUS
• Census: 1860, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States

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Pioneer
Robert L. Campbell Company (1854)
Age at departure: 33
397 individuals were in the company when it began its journey from t h e o u tfitting post at Westport, Missouri.


History of Serge Louis Ballif

Serge Louis Ballif was born on April 17, 1821 in Perroy, Vaud, Switzerla n d the son of Jean Francois Frederic Ballif and Henriette Louise Clermon d e Susanne Alexandrine Begue. The Ballif family was an upperclass wealt h y and influential Vaudois family, especially with their legacy as Prote st ant preachers in the Lausanne Cathedral. Jean Francois Frederic wa s a ca ptain in the Swiss Army and served in Russia under the duc de Rich elieu . Serge’s mother died when he was only fourteen years old, and hi s fathe r shortly after Serge’s first marriage. As a youth Serge was ref ined an d well educated in both Switzerland and Russia. He became fluen t in Fren ch, German, Italian, and Russian and could read Latin, Greek an d Hebrew . Serge became a well respected Protestant minister at the Laus anne Cath ederal.

While working in Russia in 1849, Serge met and married a Swiss travele r , Elise Marie LeCoultre. When Elise was about to give birth to their f ir st child, they hired a governess to help. Her name was Henriette Jean net te Vuffray. She was a hard working, devoted, and loving woman who wo ul d later become Serge’s second wife. Henriette was born on May 7, 183 4 i n Morges, Switzerland the daughter of Marc Jean Francois Vuffray an d Susa nne Marie Porchet.

In the fall of 1851 the missionary Thomas B. H. Stenhouse came to Lausan n e from Geneva where he had received a cold welcome. That same year th e L ausanne city council passed a law forbidding Mormons to hold public m eeti ngs. In 1852 after secret meetings held in the basement of the Laus ann e Cathedral, Serge was converted by Brother Stenhouse to the truthful nes s of Christ’s restored church. Serge left his family legacy of the P rote stant faith behind and was baptized a member of the LDS church in La ke Ge neva in 1852. His conversion shook the entire city of Lausanne bec ause o f his high position, and the newspaper dedicated a full page to th e proce edings of his excommunication.

The large home which Serge had aquired by his grandfather, the Protesta n t Reverend Jean Francois Louis Ballif had earlier been a meeting plac e fo r their religious get togethers and now was used as a meeting plac e for t he small group of Mormons in Lausanne. The home is still standin g and i s located around the corner from the Cathedral and across the str eet fro m the Academy, the forerunner of the present-day University of La usanne . Serge took in Brother Stenhouses wife and children as he preache d a s a missionary, housed the local missionaries on the third floor, fin ance d the printing of Mormon literature in French, and paid for the publ icati on ‘Le Reflecteur’ which spread the message of Mormonism in French -Switz erland. Soon after his conversion, Serge left Lausanne in 1853 t o serv e a mission in Basel and Neuchatel, Switzerland and baptized thre e famili es. The missionaries in Switzerland came across much oppostitio n, and ma ny were beaten and stoned by the locals .

Serge was so absolutely devoted to the truthfulness of the church tha t h e was willing to give up all his resources and his status for the ne w fai th. In 1854 Serge took his wife, three children and their governes s Henr iette along with other converts, to America to join the Saints i n Utah . It was a sad journey as his daughter died and was buried at sea . Notw ithstanding the hardships, they arrived in New Orleans in May o f 1854. T hey reached Salt Lake after a difficult journey on October 28 , 1854.

Upon arriving in the Valley, Serge settled on some land near Big Cottonw o od Canyon where he could look up at the mountains and remember Switzerl an d. On February 8, 1857 Serge married Henriette as his second wife. T oge ther they had ten children between 1858 and 1878, four of whom died y oung . Serge joined the bretheren to defend Utah when Johnston’s Army t hreat ened to invade. After the incident was over, he took his familie s and se ttled in Logan, Utah which was green, lush and rugged and remind ed the fa mily of Switzerland. In Logan Serge took up the trade of farmi ng. In 18 60 he was called on a mission to his home land of Switzerland . When he l eft he only had thirty- eight cents in his pocket and signe d as a crewma n on a Europe bound vessel from New York. Upon his retur n he was in char ge of a company of emigrating Saints to Utah. In 1862 S erge served as le ader of the German speaking Saints in Logan .

In 1872 Serge’s wife Elise died leaving Henriette to raise her survivi n g seven children along with her own totaling thirteen children, with ma n y of the children overlapping in age. Henriette was a woman of stron g co nstitution and provided the physical strength and loving devotion t o rais e and nurture a large family. In 1879 Serge was called to return t o Switz erland as President of the Swiss-German mission. During this mis sion o n a trip to Berlin, he was jailed as a result of his missionary ac tivites . He returned to Logan leading another company of Saints in 188 1 and liv ed the remainder of his years there, but always continued to ha ve a kee n interest in the events taking place in Switzerland. Serge co ntinued t o preside over the German group in Logan and also was a preside nt of hi s quorum of seventy. He passed away on April 25, 1901 and was b uried i n the Logan Cemetery.

Serge was remembered by his grandchildren as a refined gentleman who w a s kind and understanding of children. One of his grandchildren throug h h is wife Elise was the LDS Prophet Ezra Taft Benson. Serge always spo ke F rench with his children, and even sat one grandson up on a kitchen t able , putting pebbles in his mouth and patiently teaching him how to mak e th e proper sounds in order to speak French. At some point Henriette e ithe r moved to or was visiting in Preston, Idaho where she died on Octob er 16 , 1924, surviving Serge twenty-three years. Henriette was buried b y Serg e in the Logan Cemetery.




"The Ballif home in Lausanne, Switzerland. Missionaries moved into th e t hird floor of this home, being spared much hardship by the kindness o f th e Ballifs." Copied from the August Ensign 1982 page 42 & 43.
In the same Ensign article it says "Serge Louis Ballif and his wife, Eli s e.[refering to photos which are already in the photos memories]. A wea lt hy man, Brother Ballif gave of his money freely to support the mission ari es and publish tracts and newsletters. He served as a local missiona ry , baptized several families, and then emigrated to America. He late r ret urned to Switzerland as a missionary in 1860, and as a mission pres iden t from 1879 to 1881. His son, Serge Frederick, served as presiden t of th e Swiss and German Mission from 1905 to 1909, and from 1921 to 19 23."

Serge married Henriette Jeanette Vuffray on 8 Feb 1857 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Henriette (daughter of Marc Jean Francois Vuffray and Susanne Marie Porchet) was born on 7 May 1834 in Vufflens-le-Château, Morges, Vaud, Suisse; died on 16 Oct 1924 in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States; was buried on 19 Oct 1924 in Logan City Cemetery, Cache, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWNB-FTR
• Initiatory (LDS): 1 Mar 1974, SGEOR

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Converted to the church in Switzerland. Came to America in 1854 and marr i ed in the Salt Lake Temple as the second wife of Serge Louis Ballif.


Henriette is the daugheter of Marc Jean Francois Vuffray (Vuffrey) and S u sanne Marie Prochet. She was born in Morges, Vaud, Switzerland .

She traveled to America as the governess to her future husband Serge a n d his wife Elise in 1854. They settled in Logan, Utah .

Serge and Henriette married in 1857 and had ten children .

Henriette died in Preston, Idaho but is buried next to her husband Ser g e in the Logan Cemetery.

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• FamilySearch ID: LL93-GCL
• Initiatory (LDS): 11 Feb 1891, LOGAN

Jean married Henriette Louise Clermonde Begue on 9 Oct 1815 in Allaman, Morges, Vaud, Suisse. Henriette (daughter of Cesar Benjamin Charles Francois Begue and Jeanne Louise Li Forte) was born on 5 Sep 1786 in Genova, Ligûria, Italia; was christened on 26 Nov 1786 in Genova, Ligûria, Italia; died on 16 May 1835 in Perroy, Nyon, Vaud, Suisse. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LL93-GZM
• Initiatory (LDS): 23 Aug 1955, SLAKE

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• FamilySearch ID: LHGB-CZT
• Initiatory (LDS): 1 Jan 1914

Marc married Susanne Marie Porchet in 1830. Susanne was born on 16 Sep 1802 in Dompierre, Vaud, Suisse; was christened on 26 Sep 1802 in Dompierre, Vaud, Suisse. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LHGB-C82
• Initiatory (LDS): 18 Sep 1912, LOGAN