1902 (Tuesday) – I have been working around all day. This morning Vic Candland and Brother Paxton (William Paxman) called in a buggie [sic] and took me up to register. Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) tended the babies (Alfred Oscar, Jr. and Lillian Lunt) while I was gone. While we were eating dinner Mrs. Whitmore and […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1902 (Monday) – When Grandpa Lunt (Alfred Lunt) passed away by going to do his chores, at five o’clock in the morning, he called me and I got up. It was very dark then, I did my washing, was through by noon. Grandma Lunt (Priscilla Pitt) came in and asked me over to dinner. After […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1902 (Sunday) – I got dinner at Grandmother Lunt’s (Priscilla Pitt) while she went to Meeting. Pearl (Eva Pearl Sperry) took Alfred (Alfred Oscar Lunt, Jr.) up to Mother’s (Caroline Webb). In the afternoon I took the baby (Lillian Lunt) up to Mother’s. Alfred was playing on the lawn, he ran to meet us and said: […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1902 (Saturday) – Was home all day and stayed alone with the children (Alfred Oscar, Jr. and Lillian Lunt). Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) went home.
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1902 (Friday) – In the meeting Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) and I took the children (Alfred Oscar Lunt, Jr. and Lillian Lunt) and went up to Mother’s (Caroline Webb).
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1902 (Thursday) – Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) kept Alfred (Alfred Oscar Lunt, Jr.) for me and I took Lillian (Lillian Lunt) and went to Relief Society. We had a lovely meeting, the officers were sustained. Besides Sisters Cazier, Wheeler and Pettigrew, there is a Secretary, Sister Daniel Brown, Assistant Secretary Sister Parley Christensen; Treasurer, Sister […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1902 (Tuesday) – My cousin Zoa Garret (Zoa Christensen), with her two babies (Brigham Floyd and James Lawrence Garrett) was here and spent the day, her husband, Brigham (Brigham Garret), came and had supper with us. They went home about eight o’clock in the evening. She has a little boy about Alfred’s (Alfred Oscar Lunt, […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1902 (Monday) – I have been washing, Grandma Lunt (Pricilla Pitt) came over and took baby (Lillian Lunt) over while I finished my washing, which was a great help to me. When she returned with her, she told me who we were to have for president and councilors in this the first ward Relief Society; […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1902 (Sunday) – Tonight I am sitting here alone, my babies (Alfred Oscar Lunt, Jr. and Lillian Lunt) are in bed and asleep. While sitting here I thought I would begin a journal of my own life for my babies lives are so interwoven with mine that I can write of them while for myself. […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1902 (Friday) – I took Alfred (Alfred Oscar Lunt, Jr.) up to his Grandma Lunt’s (Priscilla Pitt), Lillian (Lillian Lunt) seems to be getting better natured, she is splendid at night, goes to bed at seven o’clock and does not get up until after eight in the morning.
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Loony Lunts and Company 