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Life of Edith Ethel Tomlinson Robinson |
| I was born on January 19th, 1908,
in Salt Lake City, Utah. My father was John Enoch Samuel Tomlinson; my
mother was Mary Schank. I was the eighth child in a family of nine
children. When I was about three years old my parents moved to Chesterfield, Idaho. My father took up a homestead, and we lived there for ten or eleven years. I did not like living in the country very well, for as long as I can remember I've enjoyed being around crowds of people. We moved back to Salt Lake when I was fourteen years old. Father went to work for the Hoffman Real Estate Company as a carpenter. I met Corlos Stoffel Robinson in 1926 and we were married Nov. 14, 1928. Our first child, Colleen Patricia Robinson was born Nov. 18, 1929. A year later we moved to Los Angeles, Calif. We ran a Cleaning Shop while we were there, but I will admit we knew nothing about Dry-Cleaning, so we learned by experience. When customers started bringing clothes in to be altered we thought we were finished. I had never re-lined a coat in my life. So I decided I'd have to find some way out, therefore I'd draw a picture of the clothes before taking them apart, so I would remember how to put them together again. I think Corlos did the same. I am quite proud to say that before long we were doing a nice business. Soon Corlos left the Shop two afternoons a week, to press at another Shop, leaving me alone to take care of all the customers. One evening when I was alone a very well dress fellow stepped in, he looked at me and smiled. Then he asked, "Where is the Boss." I replied, "Right here." He grinned and handed me a tuxedo and asked how soon could he get it pressed. I was very frightened. I had never pressed a man's suit, let alone a tux. I had to think fast. I felt if I could be alone a few minutes I might figure out how to press it. So I told him if he would come back in a half an hour I would have it ready for him. But to my surprise he said, "If you don't mind, I'll just come to the press room and watch you." What could I say? As he watched me press he'd keep saying, "You're sure fussy." I thought to myself, "Mr. if you only knew." Well that's how we learned the cleaning business. About a year later we came back to Salt Lake to make our home. Our second child, Corlos LaMont was born August 20, 1934. Jeanene Bertha, our third child, was born September 21, 1936. Our last child, Wallace Stanley, was born July 5, 1939. Colleen worked at Hill Field in one of the offices where she was made Manager of her Department. She moved to Denver about a year ago [1952?]. She has three boys, Gordon Randall Tucker, by her first marriage; and James Taylor, and Gerald Stanley Taylor, from her last marriage. La Mont married Ida Faye Mecham, June 16, 1955. They have one little girl, Rebecca Jean, Born May 8, 1956. La Mont is living in Bountiful and is employed by Clyde Williams. They are building homes in Bountiful. Jeanene has been attending the Brigham Young University in Provo. She has also attended the University of Utah. She is majoring in psychology. Wallace, our youngest son, is serving four years in the Marines. They are putting him through an Airplane Mechanics School. He went for three months to Jacksonville, Florida, and from there to Memphis, Tenn. He is now in California, near Santa Ana. He is studying to be a flight mechanic for helicopters. He expects to leave about January for a six month cruise in Hawaii and the Phillipines. My husband is now Supervisor of the Pioneer Furniture Company, where he has been employed for about twenty years. He bought us a lovely home in Bountiful, where we live now, near our son, La Mont. This concludes my autobiography. I am grateful for the religious environment provided by my parents, and their love and understanding of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which has enriched my life. It has given me strength to "carry on," and raise my family, to be a better mother and wife to a devoted and loving, kind husband. Our children and grandchildren are our greatest joy & happiness. |