Saints, Witches, and Murderers

Over the past 30 years, I have unearthed a cache of family history stories. I have been stunned to find many heroic stories and a handful of colorful ones. Here I will share the fascinating stories of my ancestors.

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Alvin Moroni Jensen Funeral program

This is the program from Alvin Moroni Jensen's funeral in 1978.

Memories of Alvin and Emily Jensen by daughter Iona Jeanne

Jeanne wrote a wonderful addition to the histories of her parents Alvin and Emily Jensen in this memo to their posterity. She also wrote up...

Monday, October 7, 2013

Emily Steele Jensen's Life Story

Alvin and Emily Alvin Moroni Jensen lived over 22 years after his beloved wife Emily died. He used that time to do gene...

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Alvin Moroni Jensen's Book of Remembrance

Pop (Alvin Moroni Jensen) made several Books of Remembrance for his grandchildren in the 1970's. Using an Exacto knife and ruler, copie...

Friday, October 4, 2013

Alvin Moroni Jensen Shoots Off an Indian Chief's Toe

Alvin was comfortable around horses, as shown in this photo taken in the 1970's Gary Alvin Jensen, grandson of Alvin Moroni Jensen, ...

Alvin Moroni Jensen Helped Notorious Butch Cassidy Visit His Family

Butch Cassidy, neighbor of young Alvin Moroni Jensen. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia. In a previous post I uploaded my Great Grandpa Alv...

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Melanie J. Johnson: I'm a wife and mother of 7 beautiful kids and also a grandmother. I am a designer with a degree in Art from Brigham Young University. I'm a Jack of many trades and master of none,

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