Zemira George Wilhelm
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| spouse = [[Nancy Naomi Gibbons]], [[Alice LeSueur]] | | spouse = [[Nancy Naomi Gibbons]], [[Alice LeSueur]] | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| - | On [[September 8]], [[1872]], a son was born to [[Bateman Haight Wilhelm]] and [[Lydia Hannah Draper|Lydia Hannah Draper Wilhelm]]. He was named Zemira George after his grandfather Zemira Draper. | + | On [[September 8]], [[1872]], a son was born to [[Bateman Haight Wilhelm]] and [[Lydia Hannah Draper|Lydia Hannah Draper Wilhelm]]. He was named Zemira George after his grandfather Zemira Draper. George was the 4th child of Bateman and Lydia. His brothers and sisters were: [[Bateman Haight Wilhelm, Jr.|Bateman Haight, Jr.]], born [[June 27]], [[1865]]; Lydia Isora, born January 10, 1867/68; Clarissa Isabell, born Mar 27 1870; Amy Elnora, born Feb. 27 1876, died Oct. 29, 1877; Fanny Marilla, born Apr. 13, 1878 and John Benjamin, born Sept. 6, 1881. All the children were born in Rockville, Utah save John Benjamin, who was born in St. Johns, Arizona. George's father was a polygamist and George also had 6 half-brothers and sisters; Marion Lee, born Dec. 1870; Frances Viola, born Dec. 12, 1873; Susan Amelia, born Aug. 3, 1875; Lucy Louisa, born May 27, 1877; Independence Grace, born July 4, 1880 and Mary, born Apr. 1, 1882. |
| - | The family lived in Rockville until 1873, when they moved to a little town called Mount Carmel. George’s grandmother Clarissa Wilhelm and his oldest Aunt, Susan moved with them. They lived there until about 1874, when | + | The family lived in Rockville until 1873, when they moved to a little town called Mount Carmel. George’s grandmother Clarissa Wilhelm and his oldest Aunt, Susan moved with them. They lived there until about 1874, when Bateman was called to help head the United Order at Orderville, which was about two miles from Mount Carmel. A little while after the move to Orderville a little sister was born to the family, she was named Amy Elnora. She lived until she was 21 months old and then according to her sister Clara, she died of indigestion. Clara said that her mother was unable to get proper food for her and that she was a sweet, little golden-curly headed doll like kid. |
In her autobiography Clara described life in Orderville. She said, “They built the houses in fort shape and right in the center of the square of buildings was built a large kitchen and dining room. They would select a set of 12 women to work for six weeks as cooks in the kitchen and one man helper and at the end of six weeks, they would chose another 12 women, and so on. There were enough women so they would only have to go into the kitchen every three mouths. But while our mothers were working, we children would have a good and lonesome time of it, for a home without a mother in it is a pretty lonesome place for little kiddos, especially. Mother would go at 4 o’clock in the morning and probably wouldn’t get home until 10:00 o’clock at night. That made the days pretty long. (At the time they moved to Orderville George was only about 2 years old.) In the dining room, they had three long rows of tables, the length of the dining hall. I don’t remember the length of the hall, but it seemed very large to me then. In the mornings, they had a bugle call to call every one out of bed and they had one to call the grown people to their meals. The tune “Hard Times” was used to call people to arise of a morning and the tune “Do What is Right” or “The Old Oaken Bucket” for the meals. Then they would clear away the dishes and wash them and call the young people over 12 years of age to eat and the tune was “Oh, Come, Come away from Home” a school song. Then came the children’s turns under 12 years of age and their tune was: “In Our Lovely Deseeret” and it has always sounded like something to eat to me since then. They had nice old ladies to help serve us children. We always called them Auntie. I remember Auntie Harmon, and Auntie Blackburn (the name now a little spoiled) and Auntie Clarage. Of course there were more of them but these were My Aunties that waited the tables where us children ate. There was also a man that walked up and down in the aisles between the tables to keep the children quiet. I remember of how I have been hit a lick on the side of my head with a roll of papers for whispering to some child eating near me. It would sure make ones head ring when a lick came unexpected. They also had little girls 9 years, well I said little girls I should have said little girls over 9 years old, none younger and oh my, I did so want to be old enough to help wait on the tables. But I was Baptised in the summer and we left there in the fall, that same year, so I never had the pleasure of waiting tables before we left there.” | In her autobiography Clara described life in Orderville. She said, “They built the houses in fort shape and right in the center of the square of buildings was built a large kitchen and dining room. They would select a set of 12 women to work for six weeks as cooks in the kitchen and one man helper and at the end of six weeks, they would chose another 12 women, and so on. There were enough women so they would only have to go into the kitchen every three mouths. But while our mothers were working, we children would have a good and lonesome time of it, for a home without a mother in it is a pretty lonesome place for little kiddos, especially. Mother would go at 4 o’clock in the morning and probably wouldn’t get home until 10:00 o’clock at night. That made the days pretty long. (At the time they moved to Orderville George was only about 2 years old.) In the dining room, they had three long rows of tables, the length of the dining hall. I don’t remember the length of the hall, but it seemed very large to me then. In the mornings, they had a bugle call to call every one out of bed and they had one to call the grown people to their meals. The tune “Hard Times” was used to call people to arise of a morning and the tune “Do What is Right” or “The Old Oaken Bucket” for the meals. Then they would clear away the dishes and wash them and call the young people over 12 years of age to eat and the tune was “Oh, Come, Come away from Home” a school song. Then came the children’s turns under 12 years of age and their tune was: “In Our Lovely Deseeret” and it has always sounded like something to eat to me since then. They had nice old ladies to help serve us children. We always called them Auntie. I remember Auntie Harmon, and Auntie Blackburn (the name now a little spoiled) and Auntie Clarage. Of course there were more of them but these were My Aunties that waited the tables where us children ate. There was also a man that walked up and down in the aisles between the tables to keep the children quiet. I remember of how I have been hit a lick on the side of my head with a roll of papers for whispering to some child eating near me. It would sure make ones head ring when a lick came unexpected. They also had little girls 9 years, well I said little girls I should have said little girls over 9 years old, none younger and oh my, I did so want to be old enough to help wait on the tables. But I was Baptised in the summer and we left there in the fall, that same year, so I never had the pleasure of waiting tables before we left there.” | ||
