Rose's first Fiancé

When my mom (Glenna) passed away, we divided up her belongings  I got an old Bible, among other things, that I learned today belonged to George Ellingson.  Inside is a photograph which, I assume, is of George.  There is also a notation inside of his death.  Photos below.

Story of Rose's Marriage to Len

From Rose's "diary" we found references to Grandpa.  The first mention of him is dated April 19, 1903, a Sunday, she was at the house of a friend in the evening and was escorted home by  "L. Pearson."  She would have been 25 years old and was still suffering, no doubt, from the death of her fiancé, George Ellingson,  three years earlier.  Lennart would have been 30.

The next mention of grandpa is:  “Sunday May 3 and 10 went home with Pearson.”

“May 15th 1903 I went to hear Miss Ramsy at Provo with Pearson”

“July 24, 1903 Susie Goates and I went to Salt Lake and met him Pearson at Sandy, we went to Calders Park in the morning * * *."

“August 9th 1903 I went to Provo to the Ringling Brothers Circus with L. E. Pearson.”

“Sunday Sept 1 Mr Pearson and I went to meeting in the 3rd Ward.  After meeting he ask me if I would be his wife  * * * .  I received letters from him all the time."

On Christmas (her birthday) "Mr. Pearson was up for dinner."  

Rose notes that she was given a ring as she and grandpa were traveling to "American Fork to the Sugar Company Dance."  [Apparently the ring was given to her between Christmas and New Years.]  

On New Years day, 1904 "went to West Jordan with Mr. Pearson to see his folks and stayed a few days.”

“Feb 22, Mr. Pearson came down from West Jordan and we went to a dance at 3rd Ward.”

May 30 Len asked Rose's father for consent to marry her.

June 18, 1904 “I quit the store and they gave me a set of dishes.”  

"Monday night June 20 I went to West Jordan and stayed with Len’s  folks.  

"Tuesday 21 we went to Salt Lake got our marriage license and our furniture.  

"June 22 Married in the Temple"

Here are some additional photos of Rose.

On 14 April 1823, in Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England, Joan Glover and Richard Mounter had a son named James Glover.  In 1856, James became a Mormon and, in 1866,  he and his family, including George, sailed to New York City on the HMS Arkwright.  From there they travelled to Salt Lake City.  George was Rosalind Glover's father.

This link contains details of the journey.

http://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/Search/showDetails/db:MM_MII/t:voyage/id:49/keywords:william+morris#.UkN-avu-Dog.email

Photos of Rosalind Glover Pearson

When my mother, Glenna Fullmer Pearson, passed away, we found a large collection of photos. Here are some of the photos of Rose from that group. If you have more, please share.

The top photo is of the Glover family, with Rose, on the left of the back row, her brother and sister, and her parents, George and Harriet. The photo showing two people is Rose and her daughter, Vivian Varney. The bottom photo shows Rose and her daughters: Clara and Ellen in the back, Vivian and Valeria on either side of her.

Rose's Ancestors

Rose's father was George Glover. His father was James Elmer Glover.  After a lot of work, I now know that James' father was Richard Mounter.  I have a document I obtained from a researcher in England showing that Mounter and Joan Glover, who were not married, had James on 14 April 1823.

James sailed to America with George and other members of his family.  See later entry, above.

This clears up a long standing mystery in the family history.  This is a copy of the document.

Photo of Family of Lennart and Rose taken in June 1946

Here is a really nice photograph of Lennart and Rose's family taken in their backyard.

Back Row, left to right: Clara Adolphson, Lynn Blatter, Earnest Adolphson, Glenn Blatter, Glenna Pearson, Bill Pearson, Ellen Campbell, Allen Campbell, Reed Blatter, Richard Varney, and Kay Blatter.

Front Row, left to right: Marilyn Blatter, Mary Varney (back), Susan Pearson (front), Lennart Pearson, Jon Pearson, Rosalind Glover Pearson, Cheryl Blatter (back), Vickie Blatter (front), Valeria Blatter, Carol Ann Campbell, Vivian Varney, Joel Varney (back), Robert Campbell (front).