Rebecca Jane Dame

1885 - 1955  (70 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has more than 100 ancestors and 19 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Rebecca Jane Dame
  Birth	12 Jan 1885	Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
  Gender	Female
  Census	1900	Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status Years Married Children Born/Living BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation 32 1845 Sarah R Stott Head Female White Mar 42 Divorced 0 Utah England England 33 1845 Alice L Watts Daughter Female White Sep 19 Married 0 Utah Utah Utah 34 1845 Rebekka J Dame Daughter Female White Jan 15 Single 0 Utah Utah Utah 35 1845 Joseph E Dame Son Male White Jan 13 Single 0 Utah Utah Utah 36 1845 William F Dame Son Male White May 8 Single 0 Utah Utah Utah 37 1845 Noble Dame Son Male White Mar 4 Single 0 Utah Utah Utah 38 1845 John A Watts Son in Law Male White Apr 23 Married 0 Utah Mississippi England  ED:  0107  Sheet:  11A    Microfilm:  1241683   Transcript ID is  dbid=7602&iid=004115258_00740
  Initiatory (LDS)	2 Sep 1903	MANTI
  Census	1940	Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 1 2009 William Reay Head Male White abt 1887 53 Married Utah Farmer 2 2009 Jane Reay Wife Female White abt 1885 55 Married Utah 3 2009 Van Reay Son Male White abt 1916 24 Single Utah Farm Laborer 4 2009 Fay Reay Son Male White abt 1920 20 Single Utah 4 2009 Fay Reay Son Male White abt 1920 20 Single Utah 5 2009 Rebecca Stott Mother-in-law Female White abt 1858 82 Divorced Utah   Transcript ID is  dbid=2442&iid=m-t0627-04214-00598
  FamilySearch ID	KWCF-B7G
  Death	9 Oct 1955	Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States
  Burial	14 Oct 1955	Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
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  Person ID	I5229	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph Smith Dame,   b. 17 Mar 1856, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 16 May 1929, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Sarah Rebecca Stott,   b. 18 Mar 1858, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 13 Sep 1940, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1879	St. George, Washington, Utah, United States
  Family ID	F3379	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Henry Reay,   b. 5 May 1886, Kanosh, Millard, Utah, United States d. 15 Jun 1948, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	3 Jan 1910	Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States
  Children	1. Don Reay,   b. 16 Apr 1910, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States d. 28 Jun 1990 (Age 80 years)   2. Lee Reay,   b. 9 Apr 1912, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States d. 17 Jun 2001 (Age 89 years) + 3. Delmar H Reay,   b. 16 Mar 1914, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States d. 19 Oct 2000 (Age 86 years) + 4. Von Reay,   b. 12 Aug 1915, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States d. 25 Dec 1983 (Age 68 years) + 5. Claree Reay,   b. 30 Sep 1917, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States d. 9 Nov 2007, Orem, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 90 years)   6. Fay Reay,   b. 29 Dec 1920, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States d. 30 Jan 2005, Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F3688	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Jan 1885 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Census - 1900 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 2 Sep 1903 - MANTI Marriage - 3 Jan 1910 - Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States Census - 1940 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Death - 9 Oct 1955 - Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States Burial - 14 Oct 1955 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Reay, William H b1886 - Dame, Rebecca J b1885

  
  

• Notes

  Description of Home I grew up in Meadow, Utah, population 190 people. We lived in a two bedr o om frame house located on the same four-acre town lot that we shared wi t h Grandma Dame. Grandma’s house was a small two-bedroom home made of r e d brick, and her pride and joy. The lot was divided up into a large cor ra l, pasture, garden area, and two orchards. This was in addition to lar g e door yards around each home. The corral was equipped with a barn, pi g p ens, chicken coop, and granaries. The area around the homes was well organized and virtually self sufficie n t. The orchard provided apples, pears, walnuts, and goose berries. Oh , an d I must not forget: grandma’s peppermint for tea. The gardens provi ded c orn, tomatoes peas, cucumbers, potatoes, carrots, radishes, lettuce , aspa ragus, and rhubarb. It also provided a lot of hard work. The corr als an d pasture area housed and partially fed the animals which provide d milk , beef, pork, chicken, butter, and eggs. The door yards were adorn ed wit h large beautiful flower gardens which were the pride of Mom and G randma . The family had a great deal of pride in how things looked. Wash Day In fact this was taken to great lengths at times: for instance, on was h d ay. Washing was a big production before automatic washers. Several la rg e tubs were used in sequence. First a tub with lye soap in it: The soa p h ad to be cut in small pieces so it would dissolve in the water. The n ther e was a rinse tub and tubs with bluing. Each article of clothing h ad to b e agitated and wrung out by hand several times as it went throug h the pro cess. Well anyway it was a matter of great pride to get your wa shing ou t on the line first on wash day. Also the appearance of the was h was ver y important. Tradition had developed on just how each piece wa s hung: han ging the wash was no haphazard affair. Each category Of cloth ing had to h ang together and in strict order, such as first all the shee ts, then al l the towels, etc. Making Soap The family was self-sufficient in many other ways. I mentioned lye soa p , well it was home made. Every spring Mom would take all the lard, bac o n rinds, and grease drippings which they had been saving all year, an d ma ke soap. They would take a large cast iron pot out into the corral a nd ha ng it on an A frame. They would then fill it full of the lard, thro w in s everal cans of lye and build a large fire under it. That big pot hanging over the fire always reminded me of a witch’s cauld r on. Anyway, it would boil all day until the mixture started to get stri ng y. I remember Mother dipping in a spoon then holding the spoon over th e p ot slowly dripping the contents back into the pot to check it’s progr ess . When these drips would form long strings it was ready. They would s ki m off all the debris and then strain the mixture. After the mixture co ole d it was poured into forms, making a cube three inches on a side. After a few days of drying in the sun, the cubes of soap were knocked o u t of the frames and placed on drying tables. The soap would be left t o dr y in the sun for several days until it was dry all the way through . Mother Reay Mother was very active in the church and she had her primary focus on se r ving her Father in Heaven. She held many callings but she seemed to ha v e a gift for teaching and was frequently called to teach. She had lon g sh iny brown hair that came down to the middle of her back when she le t it d own. She kept her long hair though out her life. I recall when sh e woul d wash her hair and dry it. She would go into the sunlight and lea ning fo rward and slowly combing it until it was dry. She would then care fully ma ke it into two long braids which she fashioned into a crown arou nd her he ad. It was something she took joy in. She loved her flower gardens and she would work tirelessly and would ha v e beautiful roses and geraniums. I don’t remember her asking us to wor k b ut anything we felt like doing we did and then we would go off to pla y. S he never insisted that we work with her. I look back and wished tha t I ha d done more. Taking Care of Sarah Rebecca Dame My Grandmother Grandmother lived in the red brick house on the corner and she was menta l ly ill. She would sometimes just wander off and someone would always ha v e to be with her to watch her. We kids would take turns sleeping at Gra nd mas to make sure she was kept safe . Sometimes she would get out of the house without us knowing, but she did n 't get far before someone in town would come and tell us where she was . W e would drop everything and run to find her before she could get hurt . I t would take quite a while for us kids to get her back home. She woul d so metimes grab on to something and refuse to let go. Well we would si t ther e until she decided to let go. Other times she would just drag he r feet a nd insist that her back was broken. Taking care of Grandma wa s a great bl essing for us kids because we got a chance to serve. It is interesting to note that many people of that time thought that men t al illness was inherited and that no one wanted their kids to marry you r s if they knew that there was someone in the family who was mentally il l . Grandma felt that one day she may end up like her mother. She had a s pe cial bedroom prepared in such event that was equipped with locks and i t s own heating system. Of course she never needed it but she did not wa n t to be a burden. Friends --Loa Stewart Loa lived on the same town block with us. We had a hole through the fen c e so that we could go back on fourth without the need to climb over . I re member one of our favorite places to play was around the base of t he ha y derrick. The derrick was constructed out of large poles that wer e eigh t inches in diameter. These poles were laid in a square attached a t the c orners. There was a pole that laid over the center of the rectang le bisec ting it through the center forming two large rectangular opening s which w e pretended were the outline of our homes. She would work i n a portion o f the base and me in mine. We would mark out the enclosed s pace with scra p wood and make pretend rooms and we played there most o f summer. Herding Cows One of my more pleasant duties as a child was herding cows. I would wa l k behind the cows with a switch and direct them out to a nearby wildern es s area and let the cows graze on the new spring grasses. Mom would ha v e me pack a sandwich and I would lie down in the shade and just watch t h e clouds and in my mind imagine seeing all sorts of things. Sometimes o n e of my friends would be herding some cows nearby and we would get toge th er to eat lunch. It was just very laid back, a very slow idyllic child hoo d. Going To Church The Church was the focus of not only our spiritual lives but also our fo c us for culture, fun and games. We would have traveling shows and orches tr as which would always serve as an excuse for a town to have party or g e t together. The Church events were also highly integrated with the scho ol s and we would put on plays, relief society bazaars, and dances with t h e music provided by the Meadow band. In the garden was a long row of asparagus and rhubarb. At that time it w a s called pie plant. One day our neighbor boy, Melvin Duncan, came ove r t o our house, knocked on the door, and asked if he could get some rhub arb . My brother, Fay, answered the door, and said, “Sure can.” He looke d i n the cupboard and the medicine cabinet. He couldn't find any, so h e wen t back to the door and asked, “What did you bring to get it in/” Me lvin h eld up a gunny sack. Fay was flabbergasted and said, “Do you kno w where t hey keep it/” “Sure. Out in the garden.” So they filled the sac k with fre sh rhubarb. Going to Warm Springs One of our favorite summer time activities was going to Warm Springs a n d we would manage to get there at least once a week. I recall it bei n g a very informal thing. Someone would get their horse drawn hay wago n wh ich we called a hay rack and then they would drive around town and h olle r out that they were going to warm springs. Anyone that wanted to wo uld r un out and jump on the slow moving wagon . We would visit, sing and generally have a party just getting there whi c h would take about an hour and a half. I don’t ever remember anybody b ei ng overly concerned about the safety aspect of these trips. There seem e d to be an inherent trust that everyone would look out for each other . W e then would return having just as much fun as we had going there. No bod y ever got hurt or was drowned--the Lord must have assigned several h ard - working guardian angles that kept us safe.