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Personal data Elva Billings 

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Household of Elva Billings

She has/had a relationship with Leo Bennion.


Child(ren):

  1. Lenore Bennion  1931-2016 


Notes about Elva Billings

Elva Billings Bennion
Brief Outline of History

Father and Mother lived in Jensen, Utah. Father was on a Mutual Mission in Jackson Hole, Wyoming when I was born. I was born in Maeser, Uintah Co. Utah at my Grandparents home. Later Grandfather & Father owned a store in Jensen and we lived in a home at the side of the store. I have vague memories of my five years there. Going to Grandmothers for Thanksgiving & Christmas. Having apples so large I could hardly hold it. Of swinging on a large gate & when it swung shut I fell off. I figure I must have broken my collar bone then - at least it is crooked now. I have memories of making bricks out of mud & building houses with them.
My Grandfather Billings was a very kind hearted man and the story has come to me that he gave credit to so many people that when money tightened up Grandfather was unable to pay his debts to those he owed money for goods (line missing on copy - I assume that they lost the store and had to move away) . . . under the Homestead law where-by we procured a ranch in Sowers canyon which is located southwest of Duchesne. Fathers desire was to raise “blooded” horses and he also raised beef cattle. We were surrounded by a large area of grazing land and Father raised some hay & grain to feed the animals in the winter when needful. We also had a small garden
We moved from Jensen in the Spring after I turned 5 years old. This was quite a turning point in my life because Mother had always kept my hair in ringlets as my hair was inclined to be curly. When we arrived at the ranch, Mother said she didn’t have time to keep it curled nice, so she braided it and besides most of my dresses were buttoned down the back & my hair would get so tangled.
On our trip to the ranch after stopping for the night at Half-way Hollow and traveling quite awhile we discovered we had left our dog, Snide, behind. Father didn’t want to go back but we all felt so badly, so Father hooked one of the horses from the wagon and went back to get our dog. In the little cabin where we camped, someone discovered a great big snake, about the largest one I had ever seen anchored at the top of the wall against the ceiling.
I guess that it took us several days to travel with a team and wagon from Jensen to the ranch. Mother had lived rather a sheltered life in Jensen and had lived her early life in Maeser.
We had come over the dusty roads and camped out at night. When we arrived at the ranch Father said “How do you like it?” Mother replied “ I would sell the whole thing for 10 cents”.
About 1909 Father built a log home in the west end of Duchesne, consisting of 2 bedrooms, a large living room and a large kitchen. We spent a lot of time tearing rags and sewing the ends together and then had them woven in long strips, which had to be sewed together to form a carpet for the living room and one bedroom. This was laid with nice fresh straw under it.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Elva Billings

George Pierce Billings
1856-1931
Lydia Ann Young
1858-1928

Elva Billings
1903-1974


Leo Bennion
1902-1974

Lenore Bennion
1931-2016

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Historical events

Birthday February 6, 1903

  • The temperature on February 6, 1903 was between -0.2 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (80%). Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
    • February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
    • June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
    • July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
    • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
    • December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Christening day July 2, 1911

  • The temperature on July 2, 1911 was between 7.6 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
    • July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
    • August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
    • September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
    • October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
    • October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.

Day of death August 18, 1974

  • The temperature on August 18, 1974 was between 8.9 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
    • January 6 » In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
    • July 26 » Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
    • September 8 » Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
    • November 20 » The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.
    • November 24 » Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.
    • December 24 » Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.

Day of burial August 21, 1974

  • The temperature on August 21, 1974 was between 7.8 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (88%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
    • February 7 » Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
    • June 1 » The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
    • August 1 » Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones.
    • September 1 » The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353km/h).
    • September 12 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.
    • December 1 » TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board.


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