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| Name |
Elizabeth Cluley Greaves |
| Birth |
21 Oct 1856 |
Provo, Utah, Utah, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
4 Jun 1884 |
LOGAN |
 Census |
1910 |
Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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| 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 |
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| 13 | 531 | David O | Eames | Head | Male | White | abt 1852 | 58 | Married | 0 | | | Utah | Wales | England | | | | 14 | 531 | Elisebeth | Eames | Wife | Female | White | abt 1857 | 53 | Married | 0 | | | Utah | England | England | | | | 15 | 531 | Aerial G | Eames | Son | Male | White | abt 1890 | 20 | Single | 0 | | | Idaho | Utah | Utah | | | | 16 | 531 | Nathaniel H | Eames | Son | Male | White | abt 1893 | 17 | Single | 0 | | | Idaho | Utah | Utah | | | | 17 | 531 | Leland | Eames | Son | Male | White | abt 1896 | 14 | Single | 0 | | | Idaho | Utah | Utah | | | | 18 | 531 | Ilah | Eames | Daughter | Female | White | abt 1903 | 7 | Single | 0 | | | Idaho | Utah | Utah | | |
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| FamilySearch ID |
KWCD-QWQ |
| Death |
5 May 1942 |
Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
| Burial |
8 May 1942 |
Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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Eames, David Cullen - Greaves, Elizabeth
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| Person ID |
I368 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Joseph Greaves, b. 22 Feb 1832, Liverpool, Lancashire, England d. 19 Jun 1904, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 72 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah Priscilla Cluley, b. 13 Feb 1831, Liverpool, Lancashire, England d. 13 Apr 1865, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 34 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Feb 1853 |
Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Family ID |
F385 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
David Cullen Eames, b. 1 Sep 1851, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 9 Feb 1929, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States (Age 77 years) |
| Marriage |
29 Dec 1877 |
Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Edward Eames, b. 21 Aug 1878, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 21 Aug 1878, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 0 years) |
| + | 2. David Greaves Eames, b. 29 Sep 1879, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 27 Jan 1961, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States (Age 81 years) |
| + | 3. Sarah Greaves Eames, b. 1 Nov 1881, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 27 Nov 1970, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States (Age 89 years) |
| + | 4. Elizabeth Greaves "Lillie" Eames, b. 6 Jun 1884, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 28 Dec 1966, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 82 years) |
| + | 5. Rebecca May Eames, b. 28 Dec 1886, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 25 Jul 1955, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 68 years) |
| + | 6. Aerial Guy Eames, b. 18 Jul 1889, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 27 Jan 1971, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 81 years) |
| + | 7. Nathaniel Howard Eames, b. 3 Aug 1892, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 27 Jan 1921 (Age 28 years) |
| + | 8. Joseph Leland Eames, b. 23 Jun 1895, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 12 Feb 1970, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 74 years) |
| | 9. Rowland Eames, b. 14 May 1898, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 16 May 1898, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States (Age 0 years) |
| + | 10. Ilah Eames, b. 8 Jun 1902, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 17 May 1994, Orem, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 91 years) |
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| Family ID |
F97 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
3 Sep 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 21 Oct 1856 - Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
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 | Marriage - 29 Dec 1877 - Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 4 Jun 1884 - LOGAN |
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 | Census - 1910 - Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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| Death - 5 May 1942 - Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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| Burial - 8 May 1942 - Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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| Notes |
- 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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