 1874 - 1923 (49 years) Submit Photo / Document
Has 2 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Lawrence Emery Eldredge |
| Birth |
26 Aug 1874 |
Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
21 Jun 1899 |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWZH-19P |
| Death |
3 Nov 1923 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
6 Nov 1923 |
Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I154539 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Alma Eldredge, b. 13 Oct 1841, Warren Township, Marion, Indiana, United States d. 21 Feb 1925, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 83 years) |
| Mother |
Marinda Margaret Merrill, b. 27 Jun 1846, Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa, United States d. 23 Jan 1927, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 80 years) |
| Marriage |
24 Jan 1863 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F39507 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Flora Marian Cluff, b. 7 Jun 1879, Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States d. 15 Dec 1953, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 74 years) |
| Marriage |
21 Jun 1899 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Emery Cluff Eldredge, b. 26 Jan 1901, Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States d. 8 Dec 1985, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 84 years) |
| | 2. Blanche Eldredge, b. 2 Sep 1903, Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States d. 9 Feb 1913, Price, Carbon, Utah, United States (Age 9 years) |
| | 3. Florence Claire Eldredge, b. 9 Mar 1906, Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States d. 8 Sep 1997, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 91 years) |
| + | 4. Alma Eldredge, b. 15 Feb 1909, Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States d. 11 Feb 1990, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age 80 years) |
| | 5. Evelyn Eldredge, b. 28 Mar 1918, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 3 Apr 2003, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 85 years) |
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| Family ID |
F39474 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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 | Birth - 26 Aug 1874 - Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 21 Jun 1899 - SLAKE |
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 | Marriage - 21 Jun 1899 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Death - 3 Nov 1923 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - 6 Nov 1923 - Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- Lawrence Emery Eldredge was born August 26, 1874 in Coalville, Utah to A l ma Eldredge and Marinda Merrill. Lawrence went to grade school in Coalv il le, and later attended Logan State Agricultural College. After finishi n g his education, he found work in Coalville as the County Recorder. Dur in g this time Lawrence started to date a childhood acquaintance Flora Ma ria n Cluff who was born June 7, 1879 in Coalville, Utah. Flora, who wa s als o known as Follie, was the youngest daughter of William Wallace Clu ff an d Ann Whipple. Their fathers served together in the Summit Stake Pr esiden cy, and thus their families were intimate friends. Lawrence and Fl ora wer e married June 21, 1899 in Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Ut ah. At t he time of their marriage, Lawrence’s parents presented them wit h a beaut iful new home on the lot adjoining theirs in Coalville. Flora’ s parents f urnished the home for them.
Together they had five children between 1901 - 1918. They were; Emery Cl u ff, Blanche, Florence Claire, Alma, and Evelyn. Shortly after Alma wa s bo rn they sold their house and moved to Salt Lake City where both of t hei r parents had moved as well. They were only in Salt Lake a short tim e whe n they moved to Price, Utah. Flora’s older sister lived there, an d she po ssibly influenced their decision to move there. They were in Pri ce a fe w years when Blanche became ill with tonsillitis which left her w ith a rh eumatic heart condition. She died a year later at the age of nin e. Flor a was very unhappy in Price after the death of her daughter, an d the fami ly moved back to Salt Lake City, It was a bad time as ther e was a depre ssion and Lawrence had difficulty finding work. Finally thr ough a friend , he obtained a position with the Utah Conservatory of Musi c as busines s manager. He had a deep love of music and enjoyed working t here. After c onditions improved Lawrence bought a home in a new sectio n of Salt Lake C ity called Westmoreland. Later things began occurring ca using them unhapp iness, mostly things concerning their children and neig hbors. Finally the y sold their home and moved to California where Lawren ce opened a grocer y store in Lynnwood.
They are found on the 1920 Census as living in Compton, California. Lawr e nce did very well there until it became known they were Mormons. From t he n on his business went downhill. At the same time their oldest child , Eme ry, started having problems with his lungs. The doctors said the cl imat e was bad for him, so they sold their store and moved back to Salt L ake C ity where Flora’s mother gave them her home, as she was in Californ ia. La wrence obtained work as a night manager of the Newhouse Hotel. Eme ry show ed improved health, however Lawrence became quite ill and was dia gnosed w ith typhoid fever. He passed away after one month on November 3 , 1923 a t the age of forty-nine.
Flora was left with the welfare of her family, and took in borders to he l p the family survive financially. Flora lived to watch her four childr e n grow up and marry, some of whom moved back to California. Later on i n t he 30’s, Flora went to live with her daughter Evelyn in California an d pa ssed away in Los Angeles on December 15, 1953 with her daughters clo se by . Lawrence and Flora are buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery, o n the sa me lot as both their parents.
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