CROWTHER, William John

1865 - 1908  (43 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	CROWTHER, William John
  Birth	14 May 1865	Monroe, Sanpete, Utah, United States
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Dec 1908	Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States
  Death	9 Dec 1908	Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States
  WAC	19 May 1909
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  Father	CROWTHER, George ,   b. 25 Nov 1825, Ironbridge, Shropshire, England Ironbridge, Shropshire, Englandd. 16 Apr 1895, Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States (Age 69 years)
  Mother	WYLEY, Janet ,   b. 29 Oct 1823, Kilberney, Ayrshire, Scotland Kilberney, Ayrshire, Scotlandd. 22 Dec 1904, Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1848	Kilberney, Ayrshire, Scotland
  Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland. ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 27 Dec 1861, EHOUS.
  Family ID	F10743	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	OLSEN, Serena ,   b. 8 Oct 1867, Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United Statesd. 23 Oct 1957, Hazelton, Jerome, Idaho, United States (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	24 Oct 1889	Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States
  Family ID	F10815	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  History was taken from the book, The Descendants of Hans Peter Olsen, Compiled by Bertha Allred Riddle, 1998, Nielsine Serine Olsen was born 8 Oct 1867 in Fountain Green, Sanpete County, Utah. She was the daughter of Hans Peter OLSEN and Ellen Kjerstene Jensen AAGARD. Nielsine died 24 Oct 1957 in Hazelton, Jerome County, Idaho, and was buried 28 Oct 1957 in Fountain Green, Sanpete County, Utah. Nielsine Serine, called Rena, fourth daughter of HansPeter and EllenK. was a pretty little blue-eyed auburn-haired girl who enjoyed working-out-of-doors with her father. By the time Rena started school two of her older sisters had died, but two brothers and two more sisters completed the family by the time Rena was 12. On October 24, 1889, 22 year old Rena married William John Crowther, who was two years her senior. They made their home in Fountain Green. Daughter Lorena was born the following year; Ella was born in 1892; Virgil was born in 1897; Zetell was born in 1900. Wll Crowther was a generous, friendly and hard-working man. The family grew and prospered. The History of Sanpete and Emery Counties published 1898 says of him: "William was raised on the farm and when he grew up began herding sheep. He now has about 800 sheep, a farm of 41 acres, and a nice brick house in town". An economic downturn soon after caused Will and Rena to have to sell their house and move into a smaller one. Rena and Will felt great their sorrow in having to leave their lovely home. But greater tragedy awaited them. Virgil was stricken with typhoid fever at age 11. After the fever broke and he was beginning to recover, he suddenly died on 28 October 1908. His father, who was also ill, seemingly could not recover from the shock of the death of his young son. Will Crowther died on December 9, 1908, six weeks later. Though devastated by grief, the family carried on bravely. Lorena married John Hansen and Ella married Wilford Coombs. Both couples settled down in Fountain Green. Zetell, who was only 8 years old when her father died, later married a young man from Fountain Green, also. Rena managed the farm and herd with the help of her brother Pete. Eight years after the death of her husband, Rena and Zetell had the two-room house torn down, and a larger brick one built in its place. Courageous Rena was carrying on in the service of her family. She continued to live in that home for part of every year until old age and ill health made it impossible for her to live alone Zetell and Lee Coulson built a home next to Rena's where they lived for several years until Lee, a farmer, purchased a farm in Idaho. They moved with their family to Hazelton, Idaho in 1938. Further sorrow awaited Rena. In 1940 her daughter Ella Coombs became ill. After much pain and suffering Ella died in early September, leaving a husband and 9 children. Rena loved to read. Fountain Green had a small library, and Rena read its supply of good books. One of her grand-daughters, Lois Moss, recalls reading stories to her grandmother. She said they enjoyed reading in bed on long winter nights. Once they even finished a book by flashlight after "lights-out-time" in Hazelton. Rena missed Zetell and her family after they moved to Idaho. Sometimes members of the family would come to spend summer time with her, but as years went on, she found it necessary to spend some of each winter in Hazelton, after spending the summer and fall inher Fountain Green home. Rena had many friends and family members in Fountain Green, but she enjoyed Zetell's family also and spent much of the time during the last fourteen years of her life with her daughter, Zetell, and family, in Idaho. She died in Hazelton, Idaho, on 28 October 1957, age 90 years. She is buried by Will and Virgil in the Fountain Green cemetery. Type into TREE by Roger A. Christensen - Great Grand Son Lorena May Crowther Hanson Written by Ina Hanson Christensen About 1976. Lorena May Crowther Hanson was a daughter of William John Crowther and Serena Olsen and was born July 23, 1890 at Fountain Green, Utah. She has lived her entire life in Fountain Green. At the age of twenty she was married to John David Hanson on October 26,1910. He was born February 2, 1881. I have heard it stated many times that John’s parents, Hans Lars Hansen and Matilda Caroline Backus met while they were both in the employ of Hans Peter and Ellen Olsen (Lorena’s grandparents), Hans was working on the farm and she helped in the house. There were three other children in the Crowther family, namely Ellen Janet, Virgil, William, and Bertha Zetell. Of these only Lorena and Zetell are living. Zetell has been living in Idaho for the last thirty some years. Ellen died in 1940 after a prolonged illness, and Virgil died at the age of eleven after a siege of great pneumonia. His passing was a great shock to his father who was ill with a bad cold at the time. He never recovered dying about six weeks later. This left the three women alone to face quite a few problems. Lorena being eighteen at the time. The family met with financial reverses, and had trouble adjusting after their loss. Two years later Lorena married. Three children were born of this marriage, Ina, Vernile John, and Harry Montel. Lorena was a good wife and mother. John died October 14, 1957. As soon as the funeral was over Lorena left to go to Idaho to see her mother who died two weeks later. Lorena is grandmother to fourteen young people and great grandmother of four (20). Two of her children have been married in the temple, and all four of her married grandchildren went through the temple. She attended 3 of these ceremonies. One boy (Roger Christensen) has fulfilled a mission to Norway. As a young girl, I was an interested on-looker while Lorena, her mother and two sisters performed tasks that are all but obsolete now. They cooked lye soap in a copper kettle. It was made out of grease and scraps of fat. They used leftover potatoes in the spring to make potato starch which was very much like cornstarch. They corded wool for quilts. They used scraps of cloth to make various kinds of rugs and quilted patchwork quilts. Had real house turning upside down house cleaning and many enjoyable picnics up the canyons. Rode wagons. I was always awed to peek inside Grandma Olsen’s old house to view all the pioneer relics, spinning wheels, etc. All these activities gave me an insight into pioneer life that children today do not even hear of much less see. Lorena’s lifetime has spanned two eras. She was truly a daughter of pioneers, and has seen many changes occur. Now approaching seventy-six, we trust that she will be privileged to see more years. Her family loves her and wishes her years of healthful pleasant days.