Alma Eldredge

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• FamilySearch ID: KWVS-9GH
• Initiatory (LDS): 22 Nov 1861, EHOUS

Alma married Marinda Margaret Merrill on 24 Jan 1863 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Marinda was born on 27 Jun 1846 in Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa, United States; died on 23 Jan 1927 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 27 Jan 1927 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWVP-JWY
• Initiatory (LDS): 22 Oct 1884, LOGAN

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJ8-VLC
• Initiatory (LDS): 1 Dec 1886, LOGAN

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• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: KWVP-J4B

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• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: KWVP-JW1

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• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: KWVP-J45

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZH-19P
• Initiatory (LDS): 21 Jun 1899, SLAKE

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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.

Lawrence married Flora Marian Cluff on 21 Jun 1899 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Flora (daughter of William Wallace Cluff and Ann Whipple) was born on 7 Jun 1879 in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States; died on 15 Dec 1953 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States; was buried on 21 Dec 1953 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWC1-9Q2
• Initiatory (LDS): 27 Feb 1959, LANGE

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• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: KWVP-J49

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZ8-8SM
• Initiatory (LDS): 4 Dec 1998, LVEGA

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• Initiatory (LDS): SLAKE
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• FamilySearch ID: KWVP-J4P
• Initiatory (LDS): 30 Oct 1959, LANGE

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• FamilySearch ID: KWVG-LVV
• Initiatory (LDS): 10 Jun 2004, OKLAH

Emery married Mary Elizabeth Jones on 22 Jun 1935 in Pleasant Green, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Mary (daughter of Oliver Augustus Jones and Mary Elizabeth Thomas) was born on 2 May 1906 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 23 Apr 1976 in Los Angeles, California, United States; was buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWVG-LVK
• Initiatory (LDS): 19 Apr 1929, SLAKE

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• FamilySearch ID: KWVG-LV2
• Initiatory (LDS): 25 Aug 2009, SACRA

Florence married Thomas William Galvin on 26 Apr 1939 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Thomas (son of William F Galvin and Sarah Ellen McCaffery) was born on 17 Jan 1909 in Lynbrook, Nassau, New York, United States; died on 15 Dec 1980 in Los Angeles, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZJ-CBK
• Initiatory (LDS): 17 Apr 2004, SEATT

Alma married Katharine Bates Standish on 22 Apr 1937 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Katharine (daughter of Roland Dion Standish and Bertha Marion Bates) was born on 13 Nov 1916 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States; died on 5 Feb 2005 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 11 Feb 2005 in Paradise Memorial Gardens, Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZH-19N
• Initiatory (LDS): 20 Aug 1954, SLAKE

Evelyn married James Ernest Allard on 20 Aug 1954 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. James (son of Peter Levi Allard and Dora Lillian Parent) was born on 5 Oct 1915 in Schroeder, Cook, Minnesota, United States; died on 9 Dec 2003 in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States; was buried in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: 9VL7-K57
• Initiatory (LDS): 6 May 2008, SEATT