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Maternal Grand-Parents of Thomas G. Lambert
Father and Mother of Martha Euphemia Gilhespy Lambert –
Ralph GIlhespy and Margaret Thompson were married in Liverpool, England. They had sixteen children. One of their little girls was burned to death, Little Elizabeth. This grieved her Mother so continually, until one night, she saw her little girl in a vision, playing on a harp, and she was so happy, her Mother never grieved again. Margaret was converted to Mormonism by Parley P. Pratt. Her husband never joined the Church. They used to get all the water, the family used at a neighbors, as they had no well. After she joined the Church, they denied her the privilege of getting water. She did not know what to do but Pray to God. One night she had a vision, of where water could be found in her own garden. Her husband laughed at this, but was finally influenced to dig there, and when he had dug five feet he struck water. A good well was dug, the flow was sufficient for all needs. Once, her husband had been very sick and the rent had not been paid for a long time and they were to be put out of the house the next day. She prayed very earnestly for help. As she walked along, she heard a coin drop, she looked down, and there found just enough to pay her rent. She went home and very humbly thanked God for His answer to her prayer. After her husband died she toiled in the fur business to keep her family and a little new comer she expected. She had to deliver some furs, one day to a neighboring town, there she took sick, in the home of a friend. A baby girl was born, the friend named it after herself, Martha Euphemia. This was the Mother of Thomas G. Lambert. Margaret Gilhespy opened her home to the Mormon Missionaries at all time, and many times had to go out and pond [pawn] her clothing to get food for them. She had great faith in the Lord, and He never failed her. She later went into the bakery business, and was very successful. She was a wonderful financier and prospered by the toil of her hands. Once a Minister came to convince her of the great mistake she had made in joining the Mormons. She bore such a strong testimony to him he said, “It must be true, you be faithful to it. I cannot join for I have to make my living by preaching, so I cannot give up the Church of England. When she was baptized it was winter, and they had to break the ice to baptize her. She longed to come to Utah, but could not get the money to come. Once she got in a rail-road accident. She got enough money to come to Utah and had a little for property when she got here. She bought a hundred and sixty acres over Jordon and a little store in the Fifth Ward, where she lived. She brought her daughter, Euphemia with her, also her brother, James Gilhespy and his son. She lived in this new home some years very happy and contented. She died January 1, 1875. Her death was the result of a fall, which caused a severe hemorrhage.
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