~Lambert Family Reunion 2002~
April 27, 2002
A Tribute to Pearl Ethel Tomlinson Lambert--
Celebrating her 119th birthday

THE LIFE AND LOVE OF PEARL LAMBERT

   WE ARE HERE TODAY TO HONOR OUR BELOVED MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER & GREAT GRANDMOTHER ON HER 119^TH BIRTHDAY,
AND CELEBRATE TOGETHER OUR LAMBERT FAMILY REUNION.
  

WE WANT TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE AND LOVE OF
PEARL ETHEL TOMLINSON LAMBERT AND THOMAS GILHESPY LAMBERT.

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#2

JAMES TOMLINSON, JR.

    I AM JAMES TOMLINSON JR.  PEARL’S GRAND-FATHER.  I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THE LORD AND BEEN A SPIRITUAL MAN.  I WAS LEFT  WITH FOUR SMALL CHILDREN TO RAISE AFTER MY FIRST WIFE DIED.  I BECAME A METHODIST MINISTER AND TRAVELED THROUGH OUT THE COUNTRY PREACHING.

    ONE DAY AS I WAS TRAVELING I HEARD A VOICE OF A YOUNG GIRL SINGING, I WAS SO IMPRESSED THAT I STOPPED AT THAT HOUSE TO ASK FOR A DRINK OF WATER.  THERE I BEHELD A YOUNG QUAKER GIRL NAMED SARAH BERRY.

#3

SARAH BERRY

    I FELL IN LOVE WITH HER, I CORRESPONDED WITH HER FOR A YEAR AND THEN ASKED HER TO BE MY WIFE. A YEAR LATER OUR FIRST SON WAS BORN IN JAMESTOWN INDIANA. WE NAMED HIM JAMES BERRY TOMLINSON.  I HEARD OF THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH AND WAS SOON CONVERTED TO THE TRUE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.   I LEFT MY MINISTRY AND  FOLLOWED THE PROPHET TO FAR WEST MISSOURI AND THEN TO NAUVOO.  THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH OFTEN WOULD TAKE OUR SON JAMES BERRY ON HIS KNEE AND PLAY WITH HIM.

#4

JAMES BERRY TOMLINSON JR.

     I AM PEARL’S FATHER JAMES BERRY TOMLINSON. WHEN I WAS YOUNG, A NEW RAILROAD WAS BEING BUILT FROM QUINCY TO CHICAGO, THE FIRST ONE BUILT IN ILLINOIS .  OUR FAMILY DECIDED TO MOVE TO CAMP POINT THRU WHICH THE RAILROAD WOULD HAVE TO RUN.  I BECAME  A CARPENTER AND WAS INVITED TO HELP A DOCTOR WELLER DRAPER ROOD BUILD A HOME.

#5

DR. WELLER DRAPER ROOD

    I HAD A VERY STRANGE BUT  STRONG IMPRESSION THAT DR.  ROOD HAD A DAUGHTER NAMED MARY AND THAT SHE WOULD BECOME MY WIFE, BUT WEEKS PASSED AND I SAW NO DAUGHTER. THEN ONE DAY A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY, ARRIVING HOME FROM COLLEGE ARRIVED AT HIS HOME.  HER NAME WAS MARY.

#6

MARY CARRIE   ROOD

    I AM MARY CARRIE ROOD.  I WAS BORN IN QUINCY ILLINOIS TO A DOCTOR WELLER DRAPER ROOD AND LAURA CAROLINE WOOD.  MY FATHER WAS A NEW YORK EDUCATED PHYSICIAN.  I WAS THE SECOND CHILD BORN TO THEM.  THEIR FIRST SON DIED AT BIRTH.  I HAD TWO SISTERS, EMILY WHO DIED AT 4 YEARS OLD, AND CALISIA WHO DIED AT 18 MONTHS.  THEY BOTH DIED WITHIN 10 DAYS OF EACH OTHER. BEFORE I WAS 8 YEARS OLD, MY MOTHER ALSO DIED LEAVING ME ALONE WITH MY FATHER.   ALTHOUGH HE TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING FOR ME, HE HAD TO LEAVE ME OFTEN BECAUSE OF HIS PRACTICE.

ONE DAY, HE CALLED ME, AND ON HIS KNEE HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS TO BE MARRIED AGAIN, SO THAT I WOULD HAVE A MOTHER.

#8 -  MARY ROOD (continues): I WAS SENT TO THE VERY BEST SCHOOLS... MONEY NEVER SEEMED TO BE AN OBJECT.  FATHER WANTED ME TO HAVE A VERY GOOD EDUCATION. WHEN I WAS 16 YEARS OLD, I WAS SENT TO NEW YORK TO A VERY HIGH CLASS LADIES SEMINARY TO SCHOOL.  I WAS THERE FOR 2 YEARS.  WHILE I WAS IN NEW YORK, MY FATHER RETIRED AND BOUGHT A FARM IN QUINCY ILLINOIS, AND STARTED TO BUILD A HOME THERE.   HOW GRATEFUL I AM THAT HE MADE THIS DECISION SO THAT I COULD MEET MY JAMES BERRY TOMLINSON.

#7

MARY DAVIS BALDWIN

   FATHER MARRIED MARY DAVIS BALDWIN, A LOVELY WOMAN WHO HAD GONE THROUGH  MANY GREAT SORROWS ALSO. 
SHE WAS ALWAYS VERY KIND TO ME.

#9

JAMES AND MARY TOMLINSON

AFTER TWO YEARS, JAMES AND I WERE MARRIED.  FATHER GAVE US A PIECE OF PROPERTY IN QUINCY TO BUILD A HOME.

#10
JAMES AND MARY WITH 3 CHILDREN

AT THAT HOME OUR FIRST 3 CHILDREN WERE BORN.  LATER, WE MOVED CLOSER TO MY HUSBANDS PARENTS SO THAT WE COULD HELP TO TAKE CARE OF HIS MOTHER WHO WAS BLIND.  AT THAT HOME WE HAD 6 MORE CHILDREN.

WITH 9 CHILDREN WE NEEDED A LARGER HOME.  WE DECIDED TO BUY A 160 ACRE FARM IN LYON COUNTY, KANSAS.

#11  PEARL AT ONE YEAR OLD

THIS IS WHERE OUR PEARL WAS BORN.  OUR 10^TH CHILD.  THE PRIDE OF OUR LIFE.

#12  JAMES BERRY TOMLINSON

I WAS ALWAYS A STAUNCH LATTER DAY SAINT, ALTHOUGH I HAD BEEN SEPARATED FROM THE CHURCH SINCE I WAS A YOUNG MAN.  I NEVER LOST MY STRONG TESTIMONY.  IT HAD BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME  NOT BE ABLE TO OPENLY TALK ABOUT THE GOSPEL IN OUR HOME, SINCE I HAD MADE A BINDING PROMISE TO MARY’S FATHER BEFORE RECEIVING HIS PERMISSION TO HAVE MARY AS MY WIFE, THAT I WOULD NEVER DISCUSS MORMONISM TO HER OR TRY TO CONVERT HER.  HOWEVER, I NEVER MADE A PROMISE THAT I WOULD NOT DISCUSS MY FAITH WITH MY CHILDREN AT ANY OPPORTUNITY I HAD.  MANY TIMES I WOULD TAKE PEARL BESIDE ME ON THE BIG WAGON SEAT WHEN GOING TO TOWN AND TELL HER THE WONDERFUL STORY OF THE 1^ST VISION.  PEARL LOVED THE GOSPEL AND WANTED TO KNOW ALL SHE COULD. PEARL’S MOTHER TAUGHT HER AN ABIDING FAITH IN GOD BUT SHE WAS S VERY DEVOUT BAPTIST AND VERY BITTERLY TRAINED AGAINST THE MORMONS.  IT WOULD GRIEVE HER DEEPLY IF A MEMBER OF HER FAMILY SHOULD EVER JOIN SUCH A LAWLESS SECT.

   #13-DAD AS A YOUNG  BOY   

BACK IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, A LONG  WAYS FROM KANSAS, A YOUNG BOY BY THE NAME OF THOMAS GILHESPY LAMBERT LIVED AT 1025 SOUTH 2^ND WEST.

#14   CHARLES LAMBERT

I AM CHARLES LAMBERT,  FATHER OF THOMAS GILHESPY LAMBERT, I  WAS BORN IN YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND IN 1816.  WHEN I WAS ONLY 12 YEARS OLD, I  WENT TO WORK FOR MY  UNCLE THOMAS LAMBERT AND LEARNED THE TRADE OF STONE CUTTING AND BUILDING.  AT I9 I WAS A   CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER ON THE YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILROAD.   I  WAS A DEEPLY RELIGIOUS MAN AND UNABLE TO RECONCILE MYSELF TO ANY OF THE FORMS OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP,  CONSTANTLY SEARCHING FOR WHAT I CONSIDERED A TRUE RELIGION.  A FRIEND TOLD ME OF THE MORMONS AND THRU  A LETTER I LOCATED THEM,  HEARD THEIR DOCTRINES, AND WAS BAPTIZED WITHIN A FEW WEEKS.  MY  FAMILY WAS MUCH OPPOSED, BUT COULD NOT CHANGE MY CONVICTIONS.  I  WAS DETERMINED TO LEAVE ENGLAND TO JOIN THE MORMONS IN AMERICA.  I LEFT FOR LIVERPOOL AND SAILED ON THE SHIP “FANNY OF BOSTON” FOR NEW ORLEANS, ARRIVING 5 WEEKS LATER.  I WENT STRAIGHT TO NAUVOO, WHERE I OFFERED MY SERVICES FOR WORK ON THE TEMPLE WITHOUT PAY.   I MET AND MARRIED MARY ALICE CANNON.

#15   PICTURE OF JOSEPH SMITH

THE PROPHET JOSEPH  USED TO HOLD MEETINGS IN A LOG HOUSE SOMETIMES A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK, I  NEVER MISSED ONE, AND WAS PRESENT WHEN THE PROPHET PREACHED HIS LAST SERMON FROM THE HOUSE TOP.

#16   CHARLES LAMBERT

WE CROSSED THE PLAINS WITH  ALLEN TAYLOR’S COMPANY.  AND I  WAS APPOINTED CAPTAIN OVER TEN WAGONS.  I  HAD SUCH FEELING OF KINDNESS TOWARDS THE ANIMALS THAT I SPARED THEM THE BURDEN OF CARRYING ME,    WALKING NEARLY ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE PLAINS  REFUSING TO CARRY A WHIP TO PROD THEM. “LEST I  MIGHT SOMETIME BE TEMPTED TO USE IT.”

WHEN I ARRIVED IN SALT LAKE , A LOT HAD BEEN RESERVED FOR ME  AT 2^ND SOUTH  AND  MAIN  STREET. (WHERE THE WALKER BANK NOW STANDS).  MY BROTHER IN LAW, GEORGE Q. CANNON,  HAD BOUGHT PROPERTY in the 7^th WARD FOR $16.00.   I  THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE BETTER FOR GARDENING AND RAISING A FAMILY, SO I SOLD MY LOT ON 2^ND SOUTH FOR 75 CENTS TO A MR.  HARRISON. IN 1870  I WAS CALLED TO GO ON A MISSION TO ENGLAND. RETURNING IN  1871.  ON THE BOAT COMING HOME I  MET A BEAUTIFUL GIRL NAMED MARTHA EUPHEMY GILLHESPY, AND HER MOTHER.   WE BECAME GOOD FRIENDS.

WHEN I  RETURNED FROM MY  MISSION, PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG ASKED ME  TO TAKE A SECOND WIFE.  PRESIDENT BRIGHAM SAID FOR ME  TO TALK IT OVER WITH MY WIFE MARY ALICE.  MARY ALICE SAID “IF PRESIDENT BRIGHAM ADVISES THIS, I WILL AGREE”.  I THOUGHT OF THE YOUNG GIRL ON THE BOAT,  LOOKED HER UP, AND ASKED HER TO BE MY WIFE.   MARY ALICE ACCOMPANIED US TO THE TEMPLE WHERE WE WERE MARRIED ON NOVEMBER 19, 1873

#17  MARTHA EUPHEMY GILHESPY

I AM MARTHA EUPHEMY GILHESPY.  I WAS BORN AT SOUTH SHIELDS ENGLAND ON THE 29^TH OF MAY 1851. I HAD MEDIUM DARK HAIR, WITH VERY FAIR SKIN, ROSES IN MY CHECKS AND VIOLET BLUE EYES.  I LIVED WITH MY MOTHER IN THE FIFTH WARD, SHE HAD BOUGHT A LITTLE STORE THERE.

AFTER I MARRIED CHARLES, HE TOOK ME TO LIVE WITH HIS OTHER FAMILY OF MARY ALICE AND 13 CHILDREN. I STAYED THERE FOR SOME MONTHS, BUT THE OLDER CHILDREN, BEING NEARLY AS OLD AS I WAS, IT MADE ME FEEL VERY SENSITIVE OF MY CONDITION.  I WAS VERY UNHAPPY, SO CHARLES ALLOWED ME TO GO HOME AND LIVE WITH MY MOTHER UNTIL OUR BABY WAS BORN.  THIS WAS A LITTLE GIRL AND WE NAMED HER ELIZABETH.  MY MOTHER FELL, AND DIED SHORTLY AFTER SO I WAS LEFT WITHOUT A HOME.  CHARLES BOUGHT A PIECE OF PROPERTY ON 2^ND WEST NEARLY TO 12^TH SOUTH AND BUILT A HOUSE FOR ME OUT OF ADOBE.  IT WAS VERY COMFORTABLE.

I WAS VERY HAPPY IN MY NEW HOME AND HAVING BEEN BLESSED WITH A CHEERFUL DISPOSITION, I ALWAYS TRIED TO MAKE THINGS PLEASANT WHEN CHARLES CAME.  HE ALWAYS CALLED OUR HOME HIS “LITTLE HAVEN OF REST.”

#18   MARTHA WITH CHILDREN

WE HAD BEEN BLESSED WITH FIVE WONDERFUL CHILDREN.  ELIZABETH, WILLIAM, ISAAC, THOMAS, AND MARGARET.  ON MAY 2, 1892 AT 76 YEARS OLD CHARLES DIED.  I WAS ONLY 41, AND TOM WAS ONLY 10 YEARS OLD. I WAS LEFT WITH ONLY THE HOUSE IN MY NAME AND HAD TO MAKE ENDS MEET BY RAISING   AND SELLING VEGETABLES , EGGS, AND CREAM FROM OUR COW.  THE BOY’S HAD TO LEARN TO WORK.  THEY DID CHORES FOR NEIGHBORS AND HERDED COWS TO MAKE A LITTLE SPENDING MONEY.

CHARLES OWNED A FARM IN GRANGER AND A LARGE ACREAGE BEYOND THE JORDON RIVER, BUT HIS FIRST FAMILY GOT ALL OF HIS FINANCIAL POSSESSIONS. CHARLES HAD 14 CHILDREN WITH MARY ALICE AND FIVE WITH ME.

#19   MOTHER AS A YOUNG GIRL

I AM PEARL ETHEL TOMLINSON.  BACK IN LYON COUNTY, KANSAS.  MY TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER HAD BEEN QUIETLY TAUGHT ABOUT THE CHURCH AND MOVED TO UTAH, LIVING IN HEBER CITY.   WHEN I WAS 9 YEARS OLD, MY SISTER WAS GOING TO BE MARRIED AND WANTED MY MOTHER AND ME TO COME TO HER WEDDING.  MY MOTHER HATED THIS, BUT AFTER MUCH PRAYER AND A VISION SHE HAD, SHE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD GO TO UTAH. MY BROTHER JOHN PICKED US UP AT THE RAILROAD STATION IN SALT LAKE CITY AND TOOK US TO THE TEMPLE GROUNDS TO SHOW US THE TEMPLE AND LISTEN TO THE TABERNACLE CHOIR.  PRESIDENT WOODRUFF WAS THERE AND SAID A FEW WORDS.  JOHN ASKED MOTHER WHAT SHE THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT SHE HAD SEEN AND HEARD.  SHE REPLIED, “DELIGHTFUL, DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I HEARD ABOUT THE MORMONS.  I THOUGHT THEY WERE NOT LAW ABIDING PEOPLE." WE ARRIVED IN HEBER CITY, JUST IN TIME FOR THE 24^TH OF JULY CELEBRATION AND THAT MADE AN IMPRESSION ON MOTHER.  I MADE FRIENDS AND WENT TO PRIMARY WITH THEM.  PRETTY SOON MOTHER STARTED TO GO WITH ME AND THEY ASKED HER TO PLAY THE PIANO.  BAPTISM DAY WAS SOON AND I ASKED MOTHER IF I COULD BE BAPTIZED.  SHE TOLD ME I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO MAKE MY OWN DECISION.  THREE MONTHS LATER MOTHER WAS BAPTIZED.  WHEN SHE WROTE DAD TO TELL HIM TO SELL THE FARM AND BRING JUDSON, MY YOUNGEST BROTHER AND COME TO HEBER CITY, BECAUSE SHE WAS NEVER GOING TO LEAVE UTAH.  THE JOY IT MUST HAVE BROUGHT TO MY FATHER FOR HE HAD BEEN PRAYING AND WAITING FOR MANY YEARS FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.      WHEN I WAS 11 YEARS OLD, WE MOVED TO A HOME THAT MY TWO SISTERS HAD ARRANGED TO HAVE BUILT FOR OUR FAMILY AT 275 PAXTON AVENUE.  THIS IS WHEN I MET THOMAS GILHESPY LAMBERT.  TOM JUST LIVED A BLOCK SOUTH OF ME.  I HAD TO PASS HIS HOUSE EVERY DAY AS I WENT TO SCHOOL.  TOM AND HIS BROTHER ISAAC WERE ALWAYS IN THE GARDEN WORKING , BUT TOM WOULD NEVER LOOK UP. THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO HIS HOME TO A PARTY THAT HIS SISTER MAGGIE WAS GIVING,   TOM WAS NOT THERE.  I WONDERED WHERE HE WAS, BUT LATER FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS WORKING IN THE FARM UNTIL THE GIRLS WENT HOME.  HE WAS VERY BASHFUL.., BUT NOT FOR LONG.

#20   MOTHER IN PIGTAILS

TOM AND I ASSOCIATED TOGETHER AT PARTIES.  TOM WAS A GREAT FAVORITE WITH THE GIRLS.  HE WAS VERY GOOD LOOKING, SOME MIGHT SAY HANDSOME.  HE HAD A FINE BUILD.  LARGE AND STRONG, BUT SWEET AND AMIABLE, WITH SUCH A GENTLE WAY, AND A STRIKING PLEASING PERSONALITY, HE WAS ALWAYS READY TO SERVE ANYONE TO MAKE THEM HAPPY.  HE WAS ESPECIALLY  KIND TO OLD PEOPLE AND LITTLE CHILDREN.

#21   GRADUATION PICTURE

I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I WAS 16 YEARS OLD.  I WAS ALWAYS VERY INVOLVED IN WORKING IN THE CHURCH.  AT THE AGE OF 15 I WAS THE SUNDAY SCHOOL SECRETARY AND AT 16 I WAS THE WARD ORGANIST.

#22    MOTHER (Pearl Tomlinson)
       AS A YOUNG LADY

AS MY ACQUAINTANCE WITH TOM GREW, OUR RESPECT DEEPENED, AND SOON WE BECAME  BEST FRIENDS.  WE WERE IN MANY PLAYS TOGETHER, WENT TO WARD DANCES, SAW THE BEST STAGE PERFORMANCES AT THE SALT LAKE THEATER.

#24- TOM AND I HAD MANY HAPPY TIMES TOGETHER, AND ONE NIGHT WHEN WE CAME HOME FROM MUTUAL, WE WERE STANDING ON THE PORCH.  WE GOT TALKING SERIOUSLY OF THE FUTURE, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,

#25    MOM AND DAD TOGETHER - HE SAID, IN HIS USUALLY CALM WAY, “WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE MY WIFE?”  I SAID, “ I WOULD HATE TO THINK OF BEING ANYONE ELSE’S. AND WE SEALED IT WITH A KISS AND BECAME ENGAGED. HE WANTED TO BUY ME A DIAMOND AND I SAID, “DIDN’T YOU RECEIVE A CALL TO GO ON A MISSION?”  I WOULD RATHER HAVE YOU GO ON A MISSION THAN TO RECEIVE A DIAMOND.”

#23   DAD (Thomas Lambert)
            AS A YOUNG MAN

AS TOM GREW IN HIS BUSINESS EXPERIENCE, HE WAS PERFECTLY AT HOME AND AT EASE IN ANYONE’S COMPANY, RICH OR POOR, GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH, OR ANY PERSON OF RANK OR POSITION.  ONE PERSON SAID OF HIM, “HE ALWAYS KNOWS JUST WHAT TO TALK OF THAT WILL BE OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO EACH INDIVIDUAL.”  I NEVER HEARD ANYONE SAY A UNKIND WORD ABOUT HIM.

#26    DAD GOES ON A MISSION -  I LEFT FOR MY MISSION TO ENGLAND IN OCTOBER 1905, GOING BY BOAT.  I SPENT TWO YEARS PREACHING THE GOSPEL TO THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

#27   HEBER J. GRANT

HEBER J. GRANT WAS MY MISSION PRESIDENT.  I GOT TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH HIM.  I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TOURING TO SPECIAL SIGHTS IN ENGLAND FOR 3 DAYS WITH PRESIDENT GRANT.

#28   PEARL ETHEL TOMLINSON

WHILE TOM WAS GONE I KEPT BUSY TAKING CARE OF MY PARENTS AND TEACHING PIANO LESSONS.  I WOULD GO TO PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH ONCE A WEEK AND TEACH 8 STUDENTS.  SOMETIMES IF THE WEATHER DID NOT PERMIT ME RETURNING HOME, I WOULD STAY OVERNIGHT.  MY CHURCH ACTIVITIES KEPT ME BUSY BUT I STILL HAD A VERY ACTIVE SOCIAL LIFE.

TOM WAS SO DEDICATED IN WRITING ME LETTERS.  THEY WEREN’T JUST SHORT ONES, BUT PAGES OF HIS ACTIVITIES,

#29   DAD'S HANDWRITING

HIS BEAUTIFUL HAND WRITING MADE LETTERS EXTRA SPECIAL.

To read this letter from Thomas to Pearl,  click on the letter to see a larger size.

#30    DAD WITH MUSTACHE

 AND IN ONE OF HIS LETTERS HE SENT ME A SNAP SHOT WHERE HE HAD GROWN A  MUSTACHE.  WHILE HE WAS THERE HE HAD MADE LIFE LONG FRIENDS.  HE WAS THE MEANS OF MANY BEING CONVERTED AND COMING TO UTAH.

#31   DAD COMING HOME
            FROM HIS MISSION

HE CAME HOME NOVEMBER 1907.  I WELL REMEMBER THE MYSTERIOUS PHONE CALL I RECEIVED, “THIS IS TOM”... “OH YES?”  WAS MY REPLY, AND HUNG UP, THINKING IT WAS ONE OF THE BOYS OF THE WARD PLAYING A JOKE ON ME, AS THEY KNEW HE WAS COMING HOME. IN ABOUT A HALF HOUR, THE DOOR BELL RANG.  I WAS PLAYING THE PIANO, MY HEART JUMPED, IT MUST REALLY BE TOM.  SURE ENOUGH IT WAS.

#32   HONEYMOON PICTURE
              ON THE TRAIN    
(DAD SPEAKING)

I  WAS HOME ABOUT THREE MONTHS WHEN WE GOT MARRIED ON FEBRUARY 26, 1908 IN THE SALT LAKE TEMPLE.  WE HAD A VERY LARGE WEDDING RECEPTION AT PEARL'S HOME ON PAXTON AVENUE.  ABOUT 150 WERE PRESENT.  HER SISTER LEOLIA MADE HER LOVELY DRESS. WE MOVED IN WITH MY MOTHER TO HELP HER AS SHE WAS ALONE.  SHE MOVED EVERYTHING IN ONE ROOM AND GAVE US FULL CHARGE OF THE HOUSE, NEVER INTERFERING WITH ANY OF OUR PLANS.  I WAS WORKING AT LAMBERT PAPER COMPANY AND WAS A  SALESMAN. WE LIVED THERE FOR ONE YEAR, AS I WAS BUILDING US A HOME RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HER. 

#33   ELVA

ELVA WAS BORN THERE, OUR FIRST LITTLE BUNDLE OF JOY.

#34  ELVA, ALLAN, JIM &
       MELVIN

OUR NEW ADDRESS WAS 1031 SOUTH 2^ND WEST.  WE WERE BLESSED WITH 3 LITTLE  BOYS, ALLAN, JIM, & MELVIN.  WHAT A HAPPY FAMILY WE WERE.

#35 MOTHER WITH A COW    (MOTHER SPEAKING)

WE OWNED A COW AND WE BECAME  GOOD FRIENDS.  I EVEN MILKED HER.

#36   MOTHER & DAD ON HORSE

WE ALSO HAD A HORSE AND BUGGY.  THE HORSE WAS NAMED MAUD.

#37   ALLAN

ALLAN WAS OUTSIDE WITH TOM AS THEY WERE FEEDING MAUDE.  ALLAN GOT TOO CLOSE AND MAUDE KICKED HIM IN THE UPPER LIP.  HE CARRIED THAT SCAR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

#38 TROLLEY CAR AND JIM

THE TROLLEY CAR WENT DOWN 2^ND WEST RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR HOME.  ONE DAY JIM SLIPPED OUT OF THE HOUSE AND RAN ACROSS THE STREET, JUST AS THE TROLLEY WAS COMING DOWN THE TRACK.  THE CONDUCTOR, SEEING HIM, QUICKLY PICKED HIM UP WITH THE COW CATCHER, AS IT WAS CALLED, ON THE  FRONT OF THE TROLLEY, AND SAVED JIMMY’S  LIFE

#39   GRANDPA TOMLINSON

MY FATHER JAMES BERRY TOMLINSON DIED IN 1915.  THE NEXT YEAR WE WERE BLESSED WITH  OUR 5^TH CHILD. 

#40   PEARLIE

A BEAUTIFUL BLOND HEADED DAUGHTER THAT WE NAMED PEARL, AFTER ME.

#41   MARTHA EUPHEMY
         GILHESPY LAMBERT    (DAD SPEAKING)

MY MOTHER DIED ONE YEAR AFTER PEARL WAS BORN        

#42 LAMBERT FAMILY                 

SO WE DECIDED TO MOVE TO A NEW LOCATION.  WE MOVED TO 847 RAMONA AVENUE IN THE RICHARD’S WARD.  WE LOVED LIVING THERE.     

#43 MOM AND DAD AT  SALTAIR   (DAD SPEAKING)
ONE OF THE FUN THINGS PEARL  AND I LOVED DO WAS TO GO TO SALTAIR SWIMMING.  PEARL WASN’T A VERY GOOD SWIMMER, BUT SHE DIDN’T HAVE TO SWIM THE SALT WATER JUST LET HER  FLOAT.

#44   DAD - THOMAS LAMBERT   (MOTHER SPEAKING)

TOM WAS A GREAT CHURCH WORKER, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE YOUNG PEOPLE, USUALLY ACTING ON THE AMUSEMENT COMMITTEE IN WHICH HE WAS VERY EFFICIENT BECAUSE HE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE SO MANY IDEAS, AND HE LOVED MAKING PEOPLE HAVE A GOOD TIME. HE LOVED HAVING HIS FAMILY WITH HIM.  WHEN EVER HE WOULD TRAVEL TO SEE A CLIENT, HE WOULD CALL AND SAY TO GET THE KIDS READY TO GO FOR A RIDE. I’LL BE HOME IN 15 MINUTES.  THE KIDS LOVED IT.  HE WOULD TAKE THEM IN THE STORES WITH HIM, AND THEY WOULD ALWAYS COME OUT WITH SOMETHING IN THEIR HANDS.  ALMOST EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT WE WOULD PACK UP THE CAR AND GO TO THE CANYON.  TOM HAD SO MANY FRIENDS THAT LOVED TO DO FOR HIM THAT WE ALWAYS HAD A CABIN TO STAY IN.  ONE AFTERNOON AS THE CHILDREN WERE PLAYING IN FRONT OF THE CABIN, THEY STARTED TO SCREAM.  I RAN OUT.  TOM HAD GONE TO MAKE A CALL.  I WAS THERE ALONE.  THERE WAS A HUGE RATTLE SNAKE CLOSE TO MY CHILDREN.  I RAN AND GOT A SHOVEL AND CHOPPED OFF HIS HEAD.  I’LL NEVER KNOW HOW I DID IT, AND AFTER I COULDN’T STOP SHAKING.

#45   DAD  CATCHING   FISH
( DAD TALKING)

I LOVED TO GO FISHING AND TAKE THE BOYS , AND THEY USUALLY CAUGHT A BUNCH OF FISH.  WE LOVED BEING OUTDOORS TOGETHER

#46    DOROTHY

OUR NUMBER 6TH CHILD WAS BORN...  OUR DOROTHY. RIGHT AFTER HER BIRTH I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY HORTON BOOK STORE AT 80 EAST 3^RD SOUTH.  IT WAS A FRAMING SHOP, THE BEST IN THE CITY.  I  WAS SO EXCITED TO LEAVE THE LAMBERT PAPER COMPANY, AS IT HAD BEEN BOUGHT BY ZELLERBACH.  BUT WE HAD TO SELL OUR HOME ON RAMONA AVENUE TO FINANCE OUR NEW ADVENTURE.

#47   PICTURE  OF   STORE

I WAS SO HAPPY IN MY  OWN BUSINESS BUT COULD NOT AFFORD TO HIRE A HELPER SO ELVA, ONLY 13 BECAME MY SALESLADY AND EVEN LEARNED HOW TO FRAME PICTURES   WHEN I  WAS OUT GETTING BUSINESS, AND BUSINESS WE GOT.
(MOTHER SPEAKING)
AFTER THE STORE WAS CLOSED.  AT HOME, WE WOULD MAKE A 1000 POM POMS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES, CARDBOARD MICROPHONES TO YELL THRU, NUT CUPS BY THE THOUSANDS FOR PARTIES, PAPER FLOWERS AND PAPER COSTUMES OUT OF CREPE PAPER.  ALL OF THE CHILDREN WOULD HELP UNTIL IT WAS TIME FOR BED.  THEN ELVA, AND THE OLDER BOYS AND I WOULD STAY UP HALF THE NIGHT TO GET THE ORDERS DONE.  TOM GOT THE BUSINESS OF DECORATING THE SALTAIR DANCE HALL.  HE WAS A MAN OF THIS WORD, TRUTHFUL, DEPENDABLE AND INGENIOUS, AND HAVING SUCH A WINNING WAY WITH HIM THAT HE WAS WELCOMED INTO ANY PLACE OF BUSINESS.

#48   AUNT LEOLIA

IN 1923 MY SISTER LEOLIA DIED. SHE HAD BEEN TAKING CARE OF MOTHER IN OUR FAMILY HOME, SO WE PACKED UP OUR FAMILY AND MOVED AGAIN TO BE WITH MOTHER AT PAXTON

#49 MARVA

A YEAR LATER WE WERE BLESSED WITH ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER.  WE NAMED HER MARVA.

#50 THE LAMBERT FAMILY    
(DAD SPEAKING)

 I   LOVED TO HOLD MARVA ON MY  LAP.   WE WERE HAPPY TO BE AGAIN IN A HOME LARGE ENOUGH FOR OUR BIG FAMILY.

#51   CALVIN

IN THREE YEARS ANOTHER BUNDLE FROM HEAVEN CAME TO US, OUR LITTLE SON WE NAMED CALVIN, AFTER   PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE.  HE WAS THE JOY OF THE WHOLE FAMILY.

#52    HELLSTROM STORE
        WITH ELVA AND JIM

ACROSS THE STREET FROM US ON PAXTON AVENUE WAS A STORE CALLED HELLSTROM, WHERE THE CHILDREN COULD TAKE THEIR PENNIES AND BUY A PIECE OF CANDY.

#53    JIM AND THE NASH

ONE OF OUR PRIZE POSSESSIONS WAS OUR NASH AUTOMOBILE, AND OUR SON JIM WOULD TAKE IT AS OFTEN AS HE COULD GET IT.

#53A  PICTURE OF ELVA AND MELVIN

ELVA AND MELVIN WERE ALWAYS READY AND WILLING TO LOOK AFTER THE YOUNGER CHILDREN.

#54    PICTURE OF FAMILY NIGHT... PEARL, DOROTHY, MARVA & CALVIN

WE HAD SO MANY HAPPY MEMORIES ON PAXTON AVENUE.  EVERY WEEK WE WOULD HAVE HOME NIGHT.  THE FOUR YOUNGEST WOULD ENTERTAIN US WITH PEARLIE PLAYING THE PIANO AND THE THREE YOUNGER ONES SINGING.  MOTHER AND I WOULD TAKE TURNS TELLING STORIES FROM THE BIBLE.  THEN OUR FAMILY ORCHESTRA WOULD ENTERTAIN US.  ELVA ON THE PIANO, ALLAN ON THE VIOLIN, JIM ON THE SAXOPHONE, AND MELVIN ON THE CLARINET.  THEN THE EVENING WOULD END WITH REFRESHMENTS AND PRAYER.  I WAS SO PROUD OF OUR FAMILY ORCHESTRA THAT I WOULD HAVE THEM PLAY FOR ANY OF THE WARD ACTIVITIES THAT I WAS IN CHARGE OF.

#55    ALLAN GOES ON HIS MISSION

WE WERE SO HAPPY WHEN ALLAN GOT HIS CALL FOR HIS MISSION, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT WAS TO GO TO ENGLAND WHERE  I  HAD SERVED.

#55A   PICTURE OF MARJORIE AND MELVIN

OUR MARJORIE WAS ALWAYS A PART OF OUR FAMILY.  EVERYONE LOVED HER AS THEIR OWN SISTER.  WHILE  ALLAN WAS ON HIS MISSION, SHE FILLED OUR HOME WITH LOTS OF FUN AND JOY.  SHE AND MELVIN WERE THE BEST OF FRIENDS.

#56     PICTURE OF GRANDMA TOMLINSON     (MOTHER   TALKING)

GRANDMOTHER TOMLINSON DIED IN SEPTEMBER 1931 AND SO WE ONCE AGAIN HAD TO MOVE.

#57    PICTURE OF 618   SOUTH  9^TH  EAST

WE MOVED TO 618  SOUTH 9^TH EAST.    WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DEPRESSION AND THE ECONOMY WAS VERY BAD.  TOM’S BUSINESS WAS FEELING THE EFFECTS OF IT SO ELVA HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET ANOTHER JOB.

#58    PICTURE OF ELVA AT WALGREEN’S

 AT SCRAMN JOHNSONS DRUG STORE AT 2^ND SOUTH AND MAIN STREET.

#59    PICTURE OF MELVIN  Life History

 MELVIN NOW TOOK OVER   HELPING IN THE STORE WITH DAD.  MONEY WAS SO TIGHT THAT TOM WOULD WALK TO WORK TO SAVE THE CAR FARE SO THAT HE WOULD HAVE A DIME IN HIS POCKET TO BRING A TREAT HOME FOR THE CHILDREN.   

#60    PICTURE OF THE WHOLE   FAMILY

ALLAN ARRIVED HOME FROM HIS MISSION   IN JULY OF   1932.   THIS WAS THE LAST TIME WE HAD THE PICTURE OF OUR ENTIRE FAMILY TOGETHER.

#61    PICTURE OF DAD’S DEATH IN THE NEWSPAPER

ON   SEPTEMBER 17, 1932... THE BLACKEST DAY OF OUR LIFE. TOM WAS KILLED CROSSING THE STREET FROM OUR HOME.  A HIT AND   RUN ACCIDENT.  THE LAST EVENING WE SPENT TOGETHER WE WERE SO HAPPY AND WORDS OF LOVE AND APPRECIATION WERE SPOKEN BY BOTH OF US FOR EACH OTHER.  AT THE DINNER TABLE CALVIN, OUR YOUNGEST CHILD, AGE FIVE, SAID, “DADDY, LET ME SIT BETWEEN YOU AND MAMA.”  DADDY SAID, “NO SON, NOTHING CAN EVER COME BETWEEN YOUR MOTHER AND ME.”  AND IN LESS THAN AN HOUR WERE SEPARATED FRO THIS LIFE. OUR HOME WAS CROWDED WITH FRIENDS FOR MANY DAYS.  MANY OF HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES BROUGHT MONEY, AND THE DOCTORS SENT THEIR BILLS MARKED CANCELED. HIS FUNERAL WAS HELD IN THE PIONEER STAKE HALL, WEDNESDAY THE 21^ST OF SEPTEMBER.  BROTHER LARKIN.  ONE OF TOM’S GOOD FRIENDS, OF LARKIN MORTUARY SAID IT WAS THE LARGEST FUNERAL HE HAD TAKEN CARE OF EXCEPT FOR A GENERAL AUTHORITY.  THE MANY FRIENDS AND BEAUTIFUL FLORAL OFFERINGS BESPOKE THE GREAT LOVE AND ESTEEM THEY HAD FOR HIM.  HAROLD B. LEE WAS ONE OF THE MAIN SPEAKERS.

#62   PICTURE OF ALLAN & MARJ

MARJORIE WAITED FOR ALLAN FOR THE TWO YEARS HE WAS ON HIS MISSION.  THEY WERE MARRIED IN DECEMBER OF 1932.

#63   PICTURE OF 862 BROWNING AVENUE

FRANK BOWERS A GOOD FRIEND OF OURS OFFERED TO FIND US ANOTHER HOME. IT WAS A RED BRICK BUNGALOW AT 862 BROWNING AVENUE.

#63 A    PICTURE OF FAMILY IN BACK YARD AT 862 BROWNING AVE.

THIS WAS THE PERFECT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR RAISING MY YOUNGER CHILDREN.  IT WAS DURING THE YEARS OF DEPRESSION, THINGS WERE VERY TOUGH AND THE ONLY INCOME WE HAD WAS WHAT THE OLDER CHILDREN COULD CONTRIBUTE FROM THEIR JOBS.

WHEN WE WERE ALL SETTLED I ASKED PRESIDENT HAROLD B. LEE IF WE WOULD DEDICATE OUR HOME..  HE AND HIS LOVELY WIFE CAME AND WE HAD A NICE PROGRAM WITH ALL THE CHILDREN PARTICIPATING, AND THEN HE DEDICATED OUR

HOME TO THE   LORD.  FROM THAT DAY ON THERE WAS SUCH PEACE AND LOVE WITHIN THE WALLS OF OUR HOME, AND THE LORD  HELPED ME TO RAISE MY CHILDREN.

#65    PICTURE OF MOTHER                       

WITHIN TWO YEARS ELVA, PEARL AND JIM WERE MARRIED.  LEAVING ME WITH ONLY 4 CHILDREN AT HOME..  AS WE HAD NO MONEY COMING IN.  I DECIDED TO BRING WELFARE CHILDREN INTO OUR HOME.  WE ALSO FIXED UP A ROOM DOWN OUR BASEMENT SO WE COULD RENT IT TO GIVE US SOME INCOME.

#66   THREE  PICTURES OF   JIM AND FAMILY AT HEBEGAN LAKE

IN JUNE OF 1936 JIM CALLED AND TOLD US TO GET READY AS HE WAS GOING TO TAKE US TO YELLOWSTONE PARK AND GO FISHING AT HEBEGAN LAKE.  HE ONLY HAD A SMALL COUPE WITH ONE SEAT AND THERE WERE  4 OF US PLUS JIM. WE  WERE SO EXCITED TO BE GOING ON A TRIP THAT WE FIGURED OUT THAT ONE OF THE CHILDREN COULD TAKE TURNS LAYING IN THE SHELF OF THE BACK WINDOW WHILE THE 4 OF US COULD SQUEEZE IN THE FRONT SEAT.  IT WAS CROWED, BUT WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME IT WAS FOR US.  I’LL NEVER FORGET THE THRILL IT WAS TO SEE MY CHILDREN  CATCH THE FISH. 

#67   PICTURE OF MOTHER

WE DID NOT OWN A CAR, SO MY THREE YOUNG CHILDREN NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO ON A VACATION.  NOT EVEN FOR A SUNDAY DRIVE.  HOW OFTEN MY HEART WOULD ACHE AS I SAW THEM SITTING ON THE LEDGE OF THE FRONT PORCH JUST HOPING SOMEONE WOULD STOP AND TAKE THEM SOMEPLACE.  IN SEPTEMBER OF 1936 MY SON MELVIN HAD BEEN VERY ILL AND THE DOCTOR THOUGHT IF WE COULD MOVE TO CALIFORNIA IT WOULD HELP HIS HEALTH.  JIM WAS WORKING FOR THE HOLLAND FURNACE COMPANY AND SAID THAT MR. HOLLAND NEEDED TO RENT A HOME AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO RENT OURS, SO WE FELT WE COULD DO IT.  DOROTHY HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AT LAGOON AND RECEIVED $400.00.  WITH THIS MONEY, WE FIGURED THAT IT WOULD TAKE US THERE ON THE BUS AND PAY THE RENT UNTIL JIM COULD SEND US THE MONEY FROM THE RENT.

#68   REPEAT PICTURE OF MOTHER

OUR MONEY SOON RAN OUT AS MR. HOLLAND NEVER DID PAY JIM ANY RENT, AND WE WERE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE.  WE RENTED ONE OF OUR  BEDROOMS FOR SOME  INCOME,  BUT THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH, SO WE RENTED THE BACK PORCH TO A MR. CRANNY.  IT HAD A  LITTLE STOVE FOR HIM TO COOK ON AND HE WOULD GO TO THE STORES AND PICK UP THE VEGETABLES THAT THE PRODUCE DEPARTMENT HAD THROWN AWAY AND MAKE SOUP.  AND HOW GRATEFUL WE WERE IF HE WOULD SHARE SOME OF IT WITH US.

#70   PICTURE OF PEARL & PAUL

PEARL & PAUL LIVED IN LOS ANGELES, AND EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT THEY WOULD DRIVE TO LONG BEACH AND BRING US A SACK OF GROCERIES.  HOW WE ALL WAITED FOR FRIDAY.  WE COULD NOT HAVE MADE IT WITHOUT THEIR GENEROSITY.

WE STAYED IN LONG BEACH FOR ONE YEAR, AND FINALLY GOT ENOUGH MONEY TO COME BACK HOME TO SALT LAKE CITY.  MY YOUNGER CHILDREN KNEW WHAT IT WAS TO GO WITHOUT, BUT WE WERE BLESSED BY OUR HEAVENLY FATHER TO HAVE A HOME TO COME BACK TO.

#71   PICTURE OF DOROTHY

I GOT A JOB AT THE KRESS COMPANY TO HELP PAY THE BILLS.  EVEN CALVIN AT  8 YEARS OLD WAS SELLING MAGAZINES DOOR TO DOOR TO HELP, AND MOTHER TOOK IN FOSTER CHILDREN.  OUR WONDERFUL BISHOP CURTIS GAVE MOTHER A KEY TO THE WARD, AND EACH MORNING AT 6:00 AM, SHE WOULD GO OVER TO THE CHAPEL AND PLAY THE ORGAN.  THIS WAS GREAT THERAPY FOR HER.  SHE WAS ALWAYS HOME IN TIME TO GET THE CHILDREN OFF TO SCHOOL.

#71A   REPEAT OF #67 OF MOTHER

I BECAME THE RELIEF SOCIETY PRESIDENT IN THE HAWTHORNE WARD.  I HAD NO CAR, AND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE WARDS WERE MUCH GREATER THEN.  THERE WAS MUCH WALKING TO DO.  I COULD NOT AFFORD NEW SHOES, SO I WOULD PUT THICK CARDBOARD INSIDE THEM AND BY THE TIME I GOT HOME, THEY WERE WORN THROUGH, BUT I WAS ON THE LORD’S ERRAND, AND THIS BROUGHT OUR FAMILY MANY GREAT BLESSINGS.   I WOULD TAKE WELFARE FOOD AROUND TO THE POOR IN CALVIN’S LITTLE RED WAGON, WITH CALVIN PULLING THE WAGON AND ME DELIVERING THE FOOD.

#72   PICTURE OF CALVIN

WE DID NOT HAVE MUCH OF THE MATERIAL THINGS OF LIFE WHILE GROWING UP, BUT THERE WAS A GREAT LOVE IN OUR HOME, AND MOTHER’S FAITH AND COMPANIONSHIP WITH THE LORD WAS FELT IN GREAT ABUNDANCE.  HER MOTTO  WAS “O TRUST, O TRUST”   WE ENLARGED THE BASEMENT ROOM AND MADE A KITCHEN SO WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE MORE  INCOME.  IN MAY OF 1941 MY BEST FRIEND DOROTHY WAS MARRIED TO THE MOST HANDSOME MAN I HAD EVER SEEN.  HE BECAME MOTHER’S “DO IT MAN”, AND MY HERO. MARVA  AND I WERE NOW THE ONLY ONES HOME WITH MOTHER.  IN DECEMBER OF THAT YEAR, WAR WAS DECLARED.  LIFE BECAME VERY DIFFERENT, GASOLINE, SUGAR, AND MANY OTHER ITEMS WERE RATIONED AND DEFENSE PLANTS WERE BEING BUILT.

#72A   PICTURE OF MOTHER AT ARMS PLANT

TO MY ASTONISHMENT, MOTHER APPLIED AND WAS HIRED TO WORK AT THE ARMS PLANT ON REDWOOD ROAD, SHE HAD TO TRANSFER ON THE BUS FROM OUR HOME TWICE TO GET TO WORK.  SHE WAS ONE OF THE OLDEST ONES THERE.  EVERYONE LOVED HER AND TREATED HER AS A QUEEN.  SHE WOULD SAY, “THERE IS A WAR TO WIN, SO PULL UP YOUR BOOTS, AND BUCKLE IN”. IN MAY OF THAT YEAR, I TURNED 16 AND HAD SAVED ENOUGH MONEY ($200.00) TO BUY A CAR.  ON THE DAY OF MY BIRTHDAY, MOTHER AND I GOT ON THE BUS TO TOWN AND I PURCHASED MY FIRST USED CAR.  THIS CHANGED OUR LIVES.  WE NOW COULD GO PLACES AND DO THINGS WE HAD NEVER DONE BEFORE,  AND I COULD NOW TAKE MOTHER TO WORK. WE DECIDED THAT OUR BASEMENT APARTMENT WAS PRETTY BAD, SO WE HIRED A COMPRESSOR AND JACK HAMMERED OUT THE CEMENT SHELVES TO MAKE A LARGER APARTMENT TO GIVE MOTHER MORE INCOME.  IT WAS ABOUT MORE THAN WE HAD PLANNED, BUT ELVA, DOROTHY, AND ELVA’S OLDER KIDS STAYED WITH ME UNTIL IT WAS FINISHED.  OUR LIVES WERE CHANGING.  THE ARMS PLANT WAS GOING TO CLOSE.  MARVA WENT TO CALIFORNIA TO LIVE WITH PEARL AND PAUL.

#73   PICTURE OF MELVIN    (MOTHER SPEAKING)

#74   PICTURE OF CALVIN IN SAILORS SUIT

CAL JOINED THE NAVY, AND ALL AT ONCE, I WAS ALONE.   I DECIDED TO GO TO WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT NIGHT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF TOWN, TO LEARN HOW TO TYPE.  IT TOOK 2 TRANSFERS ON THE BUS TO GET THERE, BUT I WS DETERMINED TO DO IT.

#75 PICTURE OF MOTHER AND UNCLE JOE

WITH TIME TO SPARE, I STARTED DOING GENEALOGY WITH MY BROTHER.  I WOULD WRITE A FAMILY LETTER EACH WEEK TO ALL OF MY CHILDREN ON THE TYPEWRITER WITH ALL OF THE NEWS AND DUPLICATE IT ON A PURPLE JELL THING THAT I BOUGHT.

#76 AND #77   TWO PICTURES OF THE WHOLE FAMILY

WHEN CAL CAME HOME ON LEAVE FROM THE NAVY, ALL OF THE FAMILY GOT TOGETHER AT ELVA’S HOME FOR A CELEBRATION DINNER.  JIM & EDITH CAME FROM  OGDEN, UNCLE ROB FROM LONG BEACH, PEARL AND PAUL FROM CALIFORNIA, GLEN WAS STILL OVER SEAS AND COULD NOT BE WITH US. IT WAS SO WONDERFUL TO HAVE PICTURES TAKEN OF OUR WHOLE FAMILY TOGETHER. AFTER THE WAR, CAL CAME HOME FROM THE NAVY AND WENT TO LIVE WITH JIM & EDITH IN OGDEN TO GO IN BUSINESS WITH HIS BROTHER JIM AT JUDY’S ICE CREAM. IN 1947 CALVIN WS CALLED ON A MISSION.  HE HAD SAVED SOME MONEY AND SOLD HIS NEW CAR SO THAT HE COULD HELP PAY FOR HIS MISSION, BUT I FELT RESPONSIBLE AND WANTED TO SEND MY SON ON HIS MISSION AND SUPPORT HIM MYSELF.  I DIDN’T KNOW HOW I COULD DO THIS, BUT I KNEW THAT I WOULD RECEIVE HELP AND BLESSINGS FROM THE LORD AND THAT HE WOULD PROVIDE. I DECIDED TO RENT THE UPSTAIRS, AND AS THE BASEMENT APARTMENT WAS RENTED, I WOULD MAKE A ROOM IN THE OLD COAL BIN WHERE COAL WAS STORED IN THE DAYS OF OUR HAVING A STOKER.  WE HAD GAS INSTALLED IN OUR FURNACE SO THIS COAL BIN WAS AVAILABLE.  IT WAS VERY DIRTY, BUT DAVID AND HIS UNCLE CAME OVER AND KNOCKED THE WALLS DOWN, CLEANED IT UP, PIPED IN WATER AND MADE ME A SINK AND HOOKED UP A SMALL GAS STOVE.  NOW I HAD A LITTLE APARTMENT AND COULD AFFORD TO HELP MY SON ON HIS MISSION. WHILE CALVIN WAS ON HIS MISSION TO ENGLAND, MY SON JIM DIED.

Lambert Siblings with Spouses

Lambert Siblings with children

#78 PICTURE OF JIM

WHAT A TERRIBLE THING IT WAS TO HAVE HIM LEAVE HIS WIFE AND 3 BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRLS.  HOW COULD WE TELL CALVIN.  WE FELT THAT HE SHOULD STAY ON HIS MISSION AND NOT COME HOME FOR THE FUNERAL.  WE KNEW THAT THIS WOULD BE HARD BECAUSE HE AND JIM WERE SO VERY  CLOSE.

#79   PICTURE OF MOTHER

WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR CALVIN TO COME HOME FROM ENGLAND, MY CHILDREN SURPRISED ME WITH A TICKET TO NEW YORK SO THAT I COULD MEET HIM AS HE GOT OFF THE BOAT.  THIS WAS A WONDERFUL AND JOYFUL TIME FOR ME.  CALVIN HAD MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO PICK UP A CAR IN DETROIT AND DRIVE IT HOME FOR SOMEONE.  WE HAD A MARVELOUS TIME DRIVING HOME TOGETHER.

#80  PICTURE   OF CALVIN    (CAL SPEAKING)

THE YEARS ROLLED BY VERY FAST.  MOTHER AND I HAD MANY GOOD TIMES TOGETHER.

#81   PICTURE OF MOTHER

MOTHER WAS ALWAYS BUSY, SHE NEVER IDLED A MINUTE OF HER TIME.  SHE WAS ALWAYS  DOING SOMETHING FOR SOME ONE, SENDING ANY ONE THAT HAD A PROBLEM, A CARD OF LOVE.  EVERYONE CALLED ON MOTHER TO GIVE THEM PEACE AND SOMETHING TO CLING ON TO.  SHE WAS AN INSPIRATION TO EVERYONE THAT KNEW HER.  SHE WOULD ALWAYS TELL US, “DON’T WORRY ABOUT ME, I HAVE PLENTY OF THINGS I NEED TO DO”.  ALL OF THE CHILDREN WERE ATTENTIVE TO MOTHER, DAVE WAS ALWAYS ON CALL FOR ANYTHING THAT NEEDED REPAIR, MARJ & ALLAN CAME OVER EVERY SUNDAY, AND SOMETIMES DURING THE WEEK.  PEARL WOULD NEVER MISS A WEEK WRITING AND SENDING STAMPS TO HER, MARVA CALLED OFTEN FROM CALIFORNIA, AND ELVA, DOROTHY WERE ALWAYS DROPPING IN AND CHECKING ON MOTHER. AFTER I WAS MARRIED, MOTHER WAS ALONE IN THE HOME, BUT SHE WAS NEVER LONELY AS SHE HAD SUCH A COMPANIONSHIP WITH THE LORD AND SO MUCH TO GIVE TO EVERYONE.

OUR YOUNGEST SON STEVEN WAS BORN ON APRIL 5, 1971.  ON SUNDAY, MAY 1^ST. HE WAS BLESSED IN OUR WARD.  MOTHER WAS THERE, HAD DINNER WITH US AND HELD STEVEN.  THE NEXT DAY, WE FOUND THAT MOTHER WAS HAVING SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS.  MARJORIE SUGGESTED THAT WE MOVE A BED IN THE FRONT ROOM, AND WE TOOK TURNS BEING WITH HER.  IN A FEW DAYS, SHE WENT INTO A COMA.  ONE EVENING, WE CALLED ALL OF THE FAMILY DOWN TO BE WITH MOTHER.  THE ROOM WAS COMPLETELY FILLED WITH HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.  MOTHER LAYING ON THE BED IN A COMA, SUDDENLY, SHE  SAT UP IN BED, LOOKED AT US AND CALLING EACH ONE OF WE CHILDREN INDIVIDUALLY BY OUR FULL NAME, AND GAVE EACH OF US A PERSONAL BLESSING.  SHE THEN LAID DOWN AGAIN IN A DEEP COMA.  THIS WAS THE MOST SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE WE HAD EVER WITNESSED.  IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, ONE AFTERNOON ELVA, DOROTHY AND I WERE THERE WITH  HER WHEN SHE OPENED HER EYES,  SMILING  AT US AND SAID. “DON’T WORRY ABOUT ME.  TOM IS HERE WITH ME.  I AM VERY HAPPY, AND LITTLE HYRUM, HE IS A BEAUTIFUL CHILD”.  SHE LOOKED AT DOROTHY AND TOLD HER WHERE HER TEMPLE CLOTHES WERE AND TOLD HER TO BE SURE TO TAKE CARE OF EDITH AND HER THREE CHILDREN.”  SHE THEN AGAIN SLIPPED INTO A DEEP COMA.  THE DOCTOR SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE US TAKE MOTHER TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SOME OBSERVATION.  SHE ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL ON MAY 14^TH.  ON MAY 16^TH AT 2:00 AM SHE DIED.

 MOTHER’S FUNERAL WAS HELD SATURDAY, MAY 19^TH 1971 AT THE HAWTHORNE WARD.  I BELIEVE HER LIFE CAN BE SUMMED UP IN A FEW OF THE REMARKS OF PRESIDENT HAROLD B. LEE, WHO WAS THE SPEAKER.

#83   PICTURE OF MOTHER

    PEACE BE WITH YOUR FAMILY, STAY CLOSE TO THEM AND INSPIRE THEM SO THAT THEY WILL CLIMB HIGHER.  HELP THEM TODAY TO REALIZE THE BATON THAT YOU HAVE PASSED ON TO EACH OF THEM, YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS AND ALL OF YOUR POSTERITY.”

(CALVIN SPEAKING)
DEAR MOTHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LIFE, AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO US, MAY THE  LEGACY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO  US HELP US TO HAVE RENEWED DETERMINATION AND DESIRE TO IMPROVE OUR LIVES AND LIVE WORTHILY TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN.   WE LOVE YOU ALWAYS.

CLOSING REMARKS, APRIL 27, 2002
TODAY WE ALSO PAY A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO OUR BELOVED SISTER, MOTHER, & GRANDMOTHER, MARY ELVA LAMBERT POHLMAN [PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 25, 2002].   I AM SURE THAT SHE WAS HERE TODAY WITH OUR DEAREST MOTHER AND FATHER TO REJOICE TOGETHER IN THE WONDERFUL HERITAGE THAT THEY GAVE TO US.   ALL  THAT COULD BE SAID ABOUT OUR ANGEL MOTHER PEARL, COULD BE REPEATED ABOUT OUR BEAUTIFUL SISTER ELVA, AS SHE WAS JUST LIKE HER MOTHER PEARL, A SPECIAL ANGEL HERE ON EARTH. 

 WE GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OF YOU THAT TRAVELED SO FAR AWAY TO BE WITH US TODAY.  WE ESPECIALLY GIVE OUR THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO CHAD AND VICTORIA SALEY WHO PRODUCED ALL OF THE SLIDES SHOWN HERE TODAY, AND  TO ALL OF THOSE WHO TOOK PART ON THIS PROGRAM, AND  TO ALL OF THOSE WHO BROUGHT FOOD AND HELPED TO MAKE OUR REUNION SUCCESSFUL. 

WE CAN NOW GO BACK INTO THE CULTURAL HALL FOR SOME DESERT AND TO HAVE PICTURES TAKEN OF EACH FAMILY, AND HAVE TIME TO VISIT WITH EACH OTHER AND TO GET BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH YOUR COUSINS AND FAMILY MEMBERS.