 1883 - 1963 (79 years) Submit Photo / Document
Has 2 ancestors and 8 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Madora Laverna Rogerson |
| Birth |
18 Jul 1883 |
Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
2 Oct 1918 |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWC6-LRT |
| Death |
25 Feb 1963 |
Monticello, San Juan, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
28 Feb 1963 |
Monticello, San Juan, Utah, United States |
| Person ID |
I94461 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
John Edward Rogerson, b. 28 Feb 1848, Preston, Lancashire, England d. 22 Jun 1928, Monticello, San Juan, Utah, United States (Age 80 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah Jane Perkins, b. 17 Jan 1861, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States d. 3 May 1936, Monticello, San Juan, Utah, United States (Age 75 years) |
| Marriage |
23 Oct 1879 |
Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F30651 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Frederick Young Jensen, Jr, b. 5 Jan 1884, Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States d. 1 Oct 1978, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States (Age 94 years) |
| Marriage |
2 Oct 1918 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Frederick Lisle Jensen, b. 2 Dec 1919, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 9 Jul 2013, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 93 years) |
| | 2. Edward Quinn Jensen, b. 2 Dec 1919, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 29 May 2004, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States (Age 84 years) |
| | 3. Warren Clyde Jensen, b. 16 Apr 1921, Monticello, San Juan, Utah, United States d. 26 Apr 2016, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age 95 years) |
| + | 4. James Neale Jensen, b. 27 Jul 1923, Monticello, San Juan, Utah, United States d. 9 Apr 2013, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 89 years) |
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| Family ID |
F3660 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Nov 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 18 Jul 1883 - Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 2 Oct 1918 - SLAKE |
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 | Marriage - 2 Oct 1918 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Death - 25 Feb 1963 - Monticello, San Juan, Utah, United States |
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| Burial - 28 Feb 1963 - Monticello, San Juan, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- Born July 18, 1883, Parowan, Iron County, Utah, the second child and on l y daughter of John Edward and Sarah Jane Perkins Rogerson.
She lived with her parents in Parowan Canyon where her father worked t a t Cooper Saw Mill hauling logs and making shingles. Her parents were ca ll ed in 1886 to settle in Mancos, Colorado. They lived where for two yea rs . In answer to a call by President Hammond they left their new home i n Ma ncos, July 23, 1888, and arrived in Monticello, July 27, 1888. Laver na wa s then 5 years old. Upon arriving in Monticello there were two lo g cabin s built by Brothers FI Jones and CE Walton. For the first winte r they liv ed in a one room shanty.
She attended the first school in Monticello which was held in their ho m e and taught by her mother, Sarah Jane. In the school were nine studen t s including her two brothers Ed and Gene and six students.
Some of the experiences of her childhood were: One morning she and her b r other Ed were sent to the only store within miles for groceries. They t ru dged down the dusty path hand in hand in silence—solemn little faces r efl ecting their shyness. They approached the store and stopped—eyes popp in g and hearts pounding. Here was a miracle. The grass of the yard was i n f ull bloom with candy. There were gum drops, chocolate drops and cand y cor n in abundance all over the yard. They marched straight on into th e stor e and made their purchases, then the merchant invited them to hel p themse lves to the candy.
This was a miracle to the children but one of those heart breaking loss e s for the merchant. Cowboys—so called—in a drunken frenzy had, the nig h t before, taken the large old fashioned wooden pails of candy out, sho t t he bottoms out of them and ___________________over the yard.
Cowboys were the plague of these early pioneers, some of them were goo d h onest workman it is true, but others were temporary visitors who ha d paus ed briefly here on the border of civilization in their flights fro m the l aw. Many times had this wild crowd destroyed the property of thi s pionee r merchant. The small pioneer girl remembered having seen more t han once , some cowboy with the end of a bolt of cloth tied to his saddl e horn gal loping down the road with the whole bolt of cloth streaming ou t behind. S he remembered an expensive side saddle, bought with great sac rifice, slas hed to ribbons by these same drunken cowboys. She remembere d the terror o f a gun battle at a dance. Two cowboys galloped away leavi ng another cowb oy and a pioneer mother, an innocent by stander, dead.
Every summer she and her family went to the mountain to milk cows, mak e c heese and butter, and take mild to the stamp mills on this side of th e mo untain, and over to Camp Jackson on the other side. The milk was car rie d in five gallon barrels in panyards and pack saddles.
Many times they would bring logs down to build on to their house.
LaVerna often rode on these logs, while coming to town to enjoy dancin g w hich was one of her favorite pastimes.
As a young woman, LaVerna took care of the household duties while her mo t her, Sarah Jane Rogerson, worked as County Recorder. Beginning at an ea rl y age she was busy and active in the church, holding many positions su c h as Sunday School teacher, Primary officer and teacher, Relief Societ y o fficer and teacher, and Beehive teacher and officer in the MIA She w a s a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers and other civic organizati on s and clubs.
She sang in the Monticello ward choir for fifty years. She enjoyed mus i c very much, being a member of the first orchestra organized in Montice ll o. This consisted of two guitars, a mandolin, a violin and sometimes a n o rgan.
She met Fredrick Young Jensen Jr. of Ephraim, Utah, in 1906, while he w a s working in Monticello. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple, Oct ob er 2, 1918, returning to Monticello to make their home. To this unio n wer e born four sons, Lisle and Quinn, (Twins) Clyde and Neale.
Laverna supported her children in all of their activities, enjoying th e d ances and sports as much as they did.
Laverna was especially gifted in handicrafts, handwork and in the raisi n g and arranging of flowers. For many years, she furnished flowers for c hu rch services.
In later life she and her husband served on a Stake Mission for two year s .
She enjoyed visits from her sons and their families, who had moved fro m M onticello.
She is survived by her husband, Fredrick Young Jensen Jr. and four son s , Fredrick Lisle, Kearns, Utah, Edward Quinn, Centerville, Warren Clyd e , Mesa Arizona, and James Neale, Centerville, Sixteen grandchildren, t w o brothers, Lynn and Ed, Rogerson, Provo, Utah.
She passed away February 25, 1963, 9:15 p.m. San Juan County Hospital, M o nticello, Utah, at the age of 79.
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