This site is our latest attempt to provide a place to share the information we have about our ancestors. The "postings" are in no particular order, except the order they were entered.
The best way to consume the content on this site is to either "search" for a name (top-right) or click on "ancestors" (top-left) and then select a name. When you do, all the information we have about that person shows up, stories, photos, attachments, whatever.
Give it a try, click on "ancestors" and then select "James Andrus"...
This is the full bridge picture. The red dots are the three talked about, no indication which is which.
The back of the photo is written by Mary Andrus (William Gordello Worthen's Wife) apparently to her children:
Time - 1930
Large round boulders, that had rolled down the mountain were used. Four head of horses used to turn one over to be shaped for use. Johnson brothers were brought in to shoot the boulders into sizes to be shaped and dressed to be laid up properly.
Company furnished room and board. The rooms were tents with wood floors and sides, tent tops.
Weekends Granpa, your daddy and Uncle Bob Worthen came home in their car, either Uncle Bobs or Daddy's.
This is a closeup of just the people in the bridge picture. The red dots are the three talked about, no indication which is which.
The back of the photo is written by Mary Andrus (William Gordello Worthen's Wife) apparently to her children:
Time - 1930
Large round boulders, that had rolled down the mountain were used. Four head of horses used to turn one over to be shaped for use. Johnson brothers were brought in to shoot the boulders into sizes to be shaped and dressed to be laid up properly.
Company furnished room and board. The rooms were tents with wood floors and sides, tent tops.
I have no date for this photo. It says on the front "Children of James Andrus". On the back is the following:
* - 2nd wife's children
+ - 1st wife's children
Back Row Left to Right
* Pearl Andrus, married Clair Morris
* Ethel Andrus, married Bert Sorenson
+ Milo Andrus, married Mary Nixon
* Charles Andrus, married Rose Turner
* Moses Willard Andrus, married Elizabeth Orpha Morris
* Alexander Burto Andrus, married
* Thomas Garland Andrus, married (Lizzie) Whitehead
+ Gideon Andrus, Married
+ Thauizan (Tam) Andrus, Married George Lund
Front Row Left to Right
+ Laura Jane Andrus, Married
Here is the GEDCOM file I have at this point. I have also created this fan chart that shows some of the contents of the file, but not all.
As I have entered some of the stories I have found other names that are not in the GEDCOM file, so I'm sure someone has a more up-to-date copy.
But here is what I have for what it is worth.
by
Clesta Worthen Adams, daughter
William Gordello Worthen, son
William Worthen was born April 16. 1879, in St. George, Utah, to Joseph Smith Worthen and Mary Jane Heap Worthen. He was the fifth in a family of twelve children.
We don't know much about his childhood except that he was taken out of school each spring as soon as the grass became green to herd cows and also to work as a mason's helper carrying 'mud' or mortar. This work helped support his father's family. Mother has said she remembered him in the seventh grade when she was in the sixth, but didn't know if he finished that grade. Missing so much school accounted for his being so far behind. She was almost six years younger than he. In spite of his lack of education, he was a very refined person. He spoke quietly in a deep-toned voice, with no swearing or vulgar language.