I was just watching the News at Noon where they were talking about the
extra highway patrolmen out watching for infractions this holiday. And I
remembered how a young lady started our Relief Society lesson yesterday.
She had two volunteers try standing about 4 feet from a table in front of
the room and try throwing bean bags into a bucket. One just barely got
all three to fall in. The other one joked and threw them just off to one
side. Then the teacher had them put on a pair of goggles that simulate
how we see when drunk (her husband is a city policeman), and then neither
one could get anywhere near throwing them in the bucket. It was hilarious
- but sobering.
To change the subject. This morning I was looking over a new site the
Family History Library is testing - with newly indexed data bases. The
instructions told me to check some of the different things - including
the Utah Death indexes. So I chose Lynnville Bonham Smith - youngest son
of your ancestor, Thomas Smith who came to the US from England. I didn’t
find him but suddenly up came the death certificate for Lloyd Bonham
Smith. It really hit me. Years ago Grandpa Smith (Herbert W) made out a
family group sheet for his uncle Lynnville Bonham Smith and listed three
children, Lynville Thomas (born 1903), Lloyd Bonham (with no dates or
places) and Elenora (born 1908). I had tried to find information for
years on this family who didn’t join the church. But could never find
anything about Lloyd Bonham Smith and so took him off the family -
thinking he was just a rumor.
Here was this two year old’s death CERTIFICATE with his birth date and
place, death date and place. Cause of death. Parent's names. His
mother’s signature. The whole story. I was just tingling.
Death Certificate from State of Utah:
Place of death: County of Salt Lake
City: Salt Lake
Street and No.: 95 Rio Grande Ave
Lloyd Bonham Smith
Male, White, Date of birth Oct 13, 1904
Age at death 2 yr, 9 mo, 23 days
Birthplace Helper, Utah,
Father: L.B. Smith who was born in Pa.
Mother Clara Akers born in Wisconsin
Informant Mrs. L. B. Smith, 95 Rio Grande Ave,
Place of burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Date of burial Aug 8, 1907
I hereby certify, that I attended deceased from 16 June, 1907 to Aug 6,
1907and that I last saw him 6th and death occured on above date at 3:20
p.m. Cause of death was Cerebro Spinal Meningitis. Where contracted Salt
Lake , duration 60 days. (signed by unreadable MD signiature.)
