This Day In Our Family History

1564  William Lount was born in Sutton Coldfield, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom to Richard Lount, about 33 years old, and Mary Alen, about 31 years old. He was the 3rd of 9 children, and the 2nd of 6 sons, born to the couple. He was born to his parents only known marriage. He joined older […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1946 (Sunday) – I intended going to Sunday School, but I got up so early I thought I would take a nap and when I awoke it was too late to go. I had slept over an hour. Evening, I attended Sacrament meeting. Earl (Earl Sperry Lunt) went down with me, he sang in the […]

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1946 (Written on this day) – **It has been two weeks since I wrote last and it is hard to remember details. Have been doing a lot of shopping for Christmas. Sent packages to Alfred (Alfred Oscar Lunt, Jr.), Georgetta (Georgetta Marie Lunt), Eva (Eva Ruth Lunt) and Lillian (Lillian Lunt). Gave Agnes (Agnes Coalter […]

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1946 (Wednesday) – It is Father’s (Alfred Oscar Lunt) birthday. I gave him a lovely jacket. He received some candy from Dorothy (Dorothy Snader), Earl (Earl Sperry Lunt) and Eva (Eva Ruth Lunt) and some lovely birthday cards. 

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1946 (Tuesday) – Yesterday I received a picture of Dorothy (Dorothy Snader) and her husband (Carl Hatch Hunter), it was lovely. Today I took it down to Esther’s (Emily Esther Sperry) for them to see, left it with them until tomorrow. I went to Relief Society. It rained most of the morning, in fact it […]

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1946 (Saturday) – Earl (Earl Sperry Lunt) did not feel well enough to return to work today, he is having trouble with his stomach.  I was busy at home all day, Eva (Eva Ruth Lunt) and George (George Thornton Holman) called here for a few minutes before leaving for home. They left around five o’clock.

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1946 (Friday) – Cleaned my bedroom, front room and dining room and defrosted the fridge. Eva (Eva Ruth Lunt) and George (George Thornton Holman) were here for lunch. Earl (Earl Sperry Lunt) had a headache so came home from work, and was with us.

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1946 (Thursday) – I went up to the Library for a little while, doing some recording of ordinances and some checking in the Index Bureau, then I went to two banks, called at the market and home. In my absence, George (George Thornton Holman) and Eva (Eva Ruth Lunt) came, but left again. Eva phoned […]

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1946 (Wednesday) – Eva (Eva Ruth Lunt) and George (George Thornton Holman) came in for a few minutes on their way in from Nevada. They are going to stay at Holman’s home. They came again the afternoon and had dinner here.  Later in the evening, they came for me and I went to a wedding […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1946 (Thursday) – Made two quarts of bread & butter pickles. Received a letter from Dorothy (Dorothy Snader) telling us that her husband’s (Carl Hatch Hunter) brother’s (Arvel Hatch Hunter) wife (Vera Elayn Allen) gave birth to a baby boy (Alen Baird Hunter) Monday 9th (Edit: He was born the 8th) and then she passed […]

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