A Sketch of the Life of Our Mother,
Sarah Ann Lewis Goold
Born Dec. 25 1853 in Monmouthshire, Wales
Great Briton.
Mother and
father grew up in the same neighborhood, but as he was near eight years older,
she was still a child when he left their native land to emigrate
to America. But he could not forget the brown-eyed girl
he left behind. The first years his
money was saved to help pay their way for his mother and three children to come
to America.
By June 1873 he
had saved enough money to emigrate his special friend Sarah Ann Lewis. He made the trip 300 miles from St. George to
Salt Lake City to meet her
and on July 28th 1873 they were
married in the Endowment House in Salt Lake
City. After a
short visit in the City, father returned to St. George. Mother remained in S L C to meet the next
emigration train, as she expected her mother to be there, but was dissapointed as she did not come till the second
group. In the meantime she contracted
the mountain fever, and lost her hair, so for a long time had to keep her head
covered. After five months she arrived
in St. George and at once they went to housekeeping in a house owned by Brigham
Young. They had the use of the house and
lot free from rent. Their first child
was born while living there name Sarah Emma.
Their second child Mary Elizabeth was born in S. L. C. while on a visit
to see her mother. Third
child Emma Maria also born in St. George.
In the spring
of 1880 moved to Belvue in Washington Co. and on the 18
day of Sept. their first son was born, named Samuel William Jr. They lived in
this place three years and while there, their 5th child was born, named her Ida
Rebecca.
Should
have stated that while living in St George one friend by the name of Beachem was a wonderful friend and counsler
for mother, helping her to adjust to life in a strange country. There were Indians roaming around and begging
for food, all this was frightening to mother.
As life was so different than where she had lived in Wales.
In the spring
of 1883 they moved to a new place called Graves Valley, but this
proved to be an unsuccessful move because of drouth
and in Dec. 1883, they moved to Monroe, Sevier, Co. Utah, where they
remained the rest of their lives. The
last four children were born in Monroe, Effie May,
Luella, Robert Franklin and Leo Linden.
Mother had a
sweet singing voice, and she with father sang together. But when Franklin was still a
baby she took a treatment for goiter which poisioned
her blood and nearly cost her life, and made her an invalid for a long
time. This affected her voice so that
she couldent sing much any more.
On our lot in
Monroe, beside the house and coral and garden, we had a fine orchard, apples,
plums and cherries. Father made a large
scaffold for drying fruit on, as that was the way they preserved their fruit
for winter. And when dried it would be
stored in new seamless sacks and put up in the atic
of the house for keeping. Mother use to give much of it away to some who did not have any. I remember father saying at one time, to
mother, "No matter what else the good St. Peter will charge you with, it
will not be for short weights and measures." She was very generous in her nature. One pleasent memory
of childhood days was the evenings spent in front of our fireplace all singing
together. For Christmas we would all
hang our stockings on the mantle above the fireplace, and in the morning all
enjoy our gifts together. Any time one
of us got sick it would be a cure all just to get in mothers bed.
Mother [and
Father were] very devoted to home life and family. My brother, Will has written a good
description of our home life in his book called "Family Memoirs".
". . .
There is still many to continue on with the great work he started in the
church, back in early years of the church.
And we hope they will all be faithful and continue on to the end of
life."
Rocker
given to S. W. Goold.
.
Now in
G-grand-daughter, Margie
Waldron's
possesion.
Welsh Dolls
Doll a gift to
Evan Roberts while in
South
West British Mission. Book,
The
Welsh Doll by Joan Perkins. Coal doll
hand carved from
coal. Sarah Ann Doll
Sarah Ann's
teacup and saucer.
