Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-05

| All communications for this depart
nent should be addressed to the sec
rotary Of the Genealogical society, Ell
der Joseph +. Smith. Jr.. care OF His
| torian's office, Salt Lake City, Utah.
sTUBBs FAMILY.
| Numerous are the testimonies of the
eagerness of those on the other side for
recognition at the hands; of their rela-
tives and friends here in attending to
work in the temples Among the sim
gular and Interesting incidents of this
character, is the chain of events which
befell q descendant of the Stubbs fam
lily en- the track OF their family line.
Mrs. Mary Wagstaff Stubs Clark,
wife of Lorenzo Clark of this city. 1850
south Eleventh East, has been greatly
exercised in her mind concerning her
dead for several years. At last, she
joncd the Genealogical society In ac-
cordance with q, suggestion made to her
by Bishop Joseph Christensen, record
CT OF the Salt Lake Temple, and yet
she was so unaccustomed to doing this
work, and so lost III the large array of
genealogical books In the library that
she could not guess where or how to go
to work So she wandered about for
q year after, lost and bewildered in her
mind. Finally, she tasted and prayed
one Sabbath day for the Lord to mani
fest to her by putting her on the right
track il He was pleased with her eff.
forts In the direction of searching out
her kindred dead.
At this time, she decided to seek her
step-morther, who might be able to
give her some clue to work on in the
dreadful maze in which she found her.
self. Her stepmother, Mrs. Wagstaff,
related 4 dream she had just expert
enced concerning Mrs. Clark. She
dreamed that she saw her stepdaughter
in her burial lot In the cemetery, work
ing away as If for dear life. Her
Eohldrens lot lay next to her own, and
she was filling the whole place with
white and purple lilacs. Mrs. Clark
begged her stepmother, in the dream,
10 come and assist her to decorate the
graves, as there was a very large and
soodly company about to visit them in
this unusual spot And while they
We're thus engaged, there was a great
&Joise and there came a company, hun
dreds. nay, thousands of them. All
dressed in the quaintest and most an
Client clothing, looking as If they had
teenth century pictures. Tho step
mother complained OF this strange
company, asking her daughter why she
could not have invited "a more modern
crowd CT people to her place.
The very next day being Monday,
Mrs. Clark again went down to the
genealogical rooms. and this time she
was aided by a friend who showed her
how to use the English guides, and at
once her difficulty was gone and she
found 60 names in that one day alone.
And In six weeks she had obtained
over 1000 namessof the English Stubs
family. She has gone right along with
this glorious work, and now has many
thousands of names, all the time .flnd
*, 4. 4
other family lines which she is work
ing upon. This sister raises flowers to
sell to the market for her pin nnpned.
and her roses and clry
bloom and blossom with that luxur-
liant wealth that testifies to this simple
and faithful soul that some one helps
her from the other side, even In this
homely task, for she devotes every
cent thus gained to her temple work.
And she thus uses more than q hun
dred dollars a year. She has reared
her family, and takes care of her home.
works in the temple and Genealogical
society, and yet manages to raise flow
ers to sell for her Temple money.
Sisters, go thou and do likewise!
CHARLES DICKENS FAMILY.
This same sister, Mary w. stubbs
Clark, is a fourth cousin Of the famous
Charles Dickens. Her grandfather,
Thomas Stubs was a playmate of the
great novelist, and always at Christ
mas time. their families interchanged
visits, takingbpresents Of apples and /
other farm products. The cousins
Stubbs always received two barrels OF
apples every Christmas from theS
father CT Charles Dickens. Her moth
err remembered the novelist Very we'll
having been q. little playmate of his
own children. and was often party to
the merry romps held IN the old Dick
ems home.
STUBS. WAGsTAFF'. HALL, COLE,
DANDY AND FREESTONE
FAMILIES.
Mrs. Mary S. Clark. 1860 south
Eleventh East, Salt Lake City, is
working on all these English families,
mostly Of Warwick and Worcester
shires. and she invites correspondence
from all who are Interested.
HANSON FAMILY.
A letter from VIM. D. hanson Of
100 Summit avenue. Summit. New Jer-
sey, reaches the department, that he
Is. engaged in preparing a gehealogy
Of the Lalnson family of New England
All who may be connected with this
family, will please write at once to
Elder Joseph Il. Smith. Jr., caro- His
torlans Office, Salt Lake City.
DEWEY FAMILY.
Louis Nj. Dewey, Of Westfield, Mass.
wishes to inform the readers of this
department. that he has a fine Dewey
of 1.117 pages, 10000 names,
price So. Dewey coat of arms, cm-
belllshed. for framing, 81.
IMPORTANT TO GERMAN SAINTS
The good news has been received
from Germany that in the city Of
Leipzig, an association has sprung in
existence to promote genealogical
researches. is title, die Zentralstele
II Deutsche Personnen und FamiIien-
hi q, T.,