Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-04
And civil Life,

rh,s denartment Is prepared by the
,,aoiosv committee OF the DauBnters
10 pionoers. Elizabeth Clarldse Nc
o,,,n chairman. Edith a. Smith, MIN
,Ie Horne James, Josephine i'Vu''U
Burton.
-. HOSE who were acquainted with
tho extensive work done by the
late Bishop George u. Taylor
will reap a comforting thought
rror, Tho magnificent welcome when
to received from the thousands of spir-
az whom he released from prison ana
sont on their upward, heavenly way re-
jocIng. . an
George Hamilton Taylor was an
AnerIean from New Jersey. lie was
,,ot related TO President John Iaylov,
t,mr 10 Iosnnh f. Taylor both OF thcSc
t"e,e of English birth. Bishop Georse
" Taylor's mother was an osppr''e'
and her mother was d BALDWIN
some years ago the bishop was ~.
the Logan temple. w hle thple ~ h.
advised to begin with the names ne
b@d and start on his temple WORK, nv
hishon replied tina, he had so little M
yornation or so few names that IL was
scarcely worth while. He was pro,'i-
,sed that If he would do all he couid,
other information should be prouSIi'
10 him, yea, thousands of names, ny
bishop accordingly began ms Worh ~.
bofnre he had really completed Mha'
,vna already In his possession, Elaer
n u. Cummings. then In the east
wrote him that there was large rec
ord of BaidwIns just published arlois
them being his own grandmother balu-
win. He at once sent for the pooh
and found himself IN possession OF
thousands of names OF ms KIM. eu
dead Since that time, the bishop mas
had hundreds, yea. thousands of these
people redeemed and he kept one nlnn
ana woman constantly at work on ms
record. And even then, the balu
win book is not half finished. BIS work
is left as a legacy TO his children Frec-
ious legacy!
The Baldwins collected in this book
number over %, 900. und they were com
niied nv Charles Candee Baldwin, NJ
A.. Of cleveland. Ohio, The gentle
man saws in his preface that he was
twenty years in preparing MS mater
nal. and that he has spent more money
IN IL than will ever be returned TO MIN
we may well wonder If he VIII not De
rewarded with something better thah
money The lives of some OF ines"
Baldwins are carried BACK, III EhS
land, for over 200 years
Baldwin Is an old name, and was
quite common as early as the conquest
OF England There was BALDWIN as
early as 672. The Baldwlns were Earls
OF Flanders. and the second BALDWIN
married Elstruth daughter OF Altreu
The Great. But there may be no con-
nectlon between these and later Bald
wins, for il was not TIL the time OF
Edward n l307-l329), that surnames
were used in England. Plain Jo!n
Baldwin was patriot of the English
Revolution. And thereafter, the name
was quite common Some suppose the
name to have originated in Normandy.
Baldwin was emperor of the east IN
1887. and the Earls of Devonshirc
spelled their names Baiidoin, DIES RiVi-
ers. or Baldwin de rIsle. The name
sim hourishes In France, in Germany
and even In Denmark. While one writer
asserts il Is of Saxon origin and Sig
nlles Bold winner"
The American l5aldwins came from
County Bucks, England. 1t WAS OF
very early origin in that country.
Sir John Baldwin was lord of the
manor of Aylesbury, and was very rich.
He was a favorite of Henry VIII. and
had large estates. other Baldwins
were famous in English history.
Richard Baldwin, who died In 1867,
was the first of the direct line, of
Bucks county, Eng. His numerous de-
scendants all lived In this vicinity, and
Il was his descendant Sylvester, who
died In the ship Martin, 1888, leaving
his wife Sarah and son Richard, who
began the family history in Milford,
Conn. This Richard was something of n
lawyer and a very shrewd and able
man withal He is very prominent In
the town ana county history being en-
poyed by the early settlers in settling
disputes as 10 lands and Indian claims.
This Richard had a number of broth
ers, sons of Sylvanus. and these men
formed strong branches of the Bald
win family in Stonington, Conn.,, and
In Milford, Conn. There was a Henry
Baldwin, who came from Devonshire in
1910, and settled In Woburn, Mass.
Also John OF Bilerlca, Mass.
The Baldwlns have been lawyers,
physicians, missionaries, ministers, and