By: Mark B.
Great find, Ardis!! Those were heady days for the Borough of Brooklyn, which contained both the Brooklyn Ward and the Bay Ridge Branch–Bay Ridge is the neighborhood in far south-west Brooklyn directly...
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My great-grandmother’s name was Martha Caroline Thomander. I wonder if she was related to this guy.
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Jeannine — since you’re commenting on a Mormon history blog, which means we can probably assume that your great-grandmother was a Mormon, I’d estimate the probability of a fairly close relationship...
View ArticleBy: The Other Clark
Fantastic. I can tell that this is exactly like the current Mormon moment because it’s (a) a Newspaper Article (2) about Mormons (3) that mentions Romney (well, a Romney…) Seriously, the most...
View ArticleBy: Ardis E. Parshall
I don’t know about the hobbies, TOClark, but there *were* some sermons and some admonishment to missionaries about not preparing sermons — you were supposed to rely completely on the Spirit and speak...
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I know the 1st edition Mormon Doctrine strongly diapproved of those that read their sermon. Nowadays, it seems that reading is the rule rather than the exception. Interesting to see how practiced...
View ArticleBy: Mark B.
I’ve mentioned this before, but one of my dad’s memories from that same era in Snowflake, Arizona, is that nobody was asked to speak in advance–they were all just called up from the congregation to...
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By: Julia
An interesting article. Fascinating that there was a fairly accurate article without any particular bias. At least not that I can discern.
View ArticleBy: Laurie
There is a Veron Samuel Thomander born 1 jun 1902 in Castle Dale, Emery, Utah. He is the son of Daniel Theodore Thomander, brother of Martha Caroline Thomander. She is also my great grandmother.
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