Homes of My Ancestors Part Two

     Last week I posted pictures of my Cook line and so this week I want to spotlight my Proctor line.  Once again I want to reiterate just how much these wonderful people have done for me and all of their posterity.  I love them all so very much and am so grateful for the sacrifices they made in my behalf.  I am who I am because of them.  It will be awesome to someday meet them again and express my love and appreciation to them.  Thanks to all my ancestors.

George Kidd and Annie (Ludlow) Proctor

These are the parents that raised my Mother, Ruth Elizabeth.

George Kidd and Annie Proctor

A view of the street Mother lived on.  She is running away with Aunt Rozella's lollipop.

The Proctor Family in Malta, Montana 1926

Grandma Proctor, Ethel, (Max or Woody) Grandpa Proctor

Inez, my Mother Ruth, Rozella

Grandpa Proctor, Mother, Grandma Proctor, Rozella, Ethel and Inez

Home in Tooele, Utah

Grandpa and Grandma instead home in Tooele, Utah on their 50th Wedding Anniversay

Franklin DH, George Kidd Jr and George Kidd Sr Proctor in Eureka, Juab, Utah

Uncle John and Aunt Effie Williams with Annie Caroline Proctor

at the Williams homestead in Lake Shore, Utah.

Homes of My Ancestors Part One

     In doing my family history, I have come to realize just how very very blessed I am and how very thankful I am for those ancestors who have paved the way for me to have the great blessings that I enjoy and so often take for granted.  I am come to appreciate their great sacrifices for me.  They gave so much so that I could have so much.  Sometimes I feel guilty for all that I have when they had so little.  Anyway, I thought I would post some pictures of some of the homes that my ancestors lived in. Some I have visited and some I have not.  It is fun to reminisce about these people and places. Hope you enjoy!

Grandpa and Grandma Cook

James Edward and Christina Magdalena Buchmiller Cook

Of course this was taken along after anyone live in it.  Below are some pictures of what it looked like back when they were living in it.

Grandpa Cook holding my brother Franklin.

My mother, Ruth with my brother, Franklin

My brothers, Franklin and Theron 

Franklin and Theron again.

My Dad, Cleo taking a picture of someone or thing.

My sister, Joyce, Mother, and Franklin

Franklin, Theron and Joyce

A modern day picture of the home of my Grandpa James  and Grandma Lena Cook in Grant, Idaho on the Lewisville Highway.  The lived here with several children.  

My Dad and Mom

Cleo Earl and Ruth Elizabeth Proctor Cook

Dad and Mom in Roberts

Wayne Rottweier, Theron Cook, Dean Rottweier, Franklin Cook in Roberts

Franklin and Theron in Roberts

Theron and Franklin in Roberts.  

Mother, Franklin, Theron, Joyce and me Lois at our home in Rigby, Idaho.

Me on Old Pal at our home in Rigby, Idaho

Dad at our home in Menan, Idaho

Dad in Menan

Lena Beyeler with Theron and Cindy Cook at the home in Menan, Idaho

Karl Heinrich Buchmiller and Christine Gertrude Walz

    Grandpa and Grandma Buchmiller actually lived in a dugout in the side of the canal in Rexburg, Idaho.  After Grandfather Buchmiller passed away, Grandma Buchmiller married Fiedrich Ludwig Klingler.  They built this home 376 West 4th South.  Now it is used for BYU-Idaho student housing. It must have been quite the lovely home when they built it and lived there.  It is just around the corner from where the dugout home was locate.

George Trevor Proctor

George Trevor Proctor

1907-1981

     George Trevor Proctor was born 14 June 1907 in Leland, Utah to Franklin DH Proctor and Elizabeth Sarah Williams. 

Birth Certificate

I really don't know a lot about Uncle George but I will write what I know and what the facts say are so.  Uncle George lived most of his life in Utah so I am not sure but think he must have been visiting his sister and brother-in-law Atha and Opal Staker who lived in Robert, Idaho, when he met and married Louella Poulson.  They were married 15 June 1932 in Roberts, Idaho.  To this union was born 2 children Afton Ann Proctor 31 Jan 1933 and David Trevor Proctor 19 May 1936.

      Uncle George and Louella's marriage wasn't to last.  Shortly before or after David was born they were divorced.  The 1940 census shows Louella and the 2 children living with her parents in Pocatello.  This record states that they were living at the same place in 1935.  So I am not sure just when the divorce took place.

      Uncle George was inducted into the army 5 June 1942 at Fort Douglas, Utah.  His enlistment was for the duration of the war plus 6 months.  I don't know if he ever saw any action or just how much this affected his life. 

     He married Lydia Elizabeth Staker 22 July 1945 in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Lydia Elizabeth Staker Proctor

I only ever knew of Uncle George and Aunt Libby as she was called.  They never had any children but were a super great Uncle and Aunt to me.  When my family lived in Lovelle, Wyoming, Uncle George and Aunt Libby lived in a trailer house right next to the basement I lived in with my family. 

Joyce and Lois Cook 

Uncle George and Aunt Libby's trailer in the background

So we saw a lot of them.  Dad and Uncle George were working on the high power lines there in Wyoming.  I remember that we would go to Yellowstone National Park nearly every weekend and camp there with them.

     I remember him as always being happy and good natured.  He was quite a tease and was always a barrel of fun to be around.  There was never a dull moment when Uncle George was there.  I loved him and Aunt Libby and enjoyed being around them.

    This entry was taken from a booklet that was published for the reunion of the Spanish Fork Class of 1925.  It appears that the reunion was held in 1970 with the sketches from the class members being gathered the prior year:

     George Proctor-2400 South 4th East, Salt Lake City, Utah - Spouse: Luella Polson (Div); Lydia Elizabeth Staker.  "I have had a very good life.  I have lived in Salt Lake most of my life.  I work on construction (electrical) and at present working as a maintenance man for Utah Power.  I travel around a lot and work where I am needed.  I have been married twice and have had two good companions.  At present I am in Idaho doing work on a pole line."

Ruth, Atha, George, and Annie Carol Proctor

Bill, Annie Carol, George, Atha, and Ruth Proctor

     Uncle George died 3 March 1981in Salt Lake City, Utah at the age of 73.  He is buried in the West Valley City Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah.

     Aunt Libby lived to the ripe old age of 100.  She was born 2 March 1904 in Sunnyside, Utah and died 23 August 2004 in Bountiful, Utah.  She is buried next to Uncle George in the West Valley City Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Elwood and Jennie Proctor-Obituaries

Elwood Leslie Proctor

     When I blogged last week about Uncle Woody and Aunt Jennie, I inadvertently left off their obituaries that appeared in the newspapers.  I really wanted these to be in the blog and so I am adding them this week.