ALVEY, Charles Howard

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• Name	ALVEY, Charles Howard
  Birth	10 Sep 1910	Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States
  Gender	Male
  WAC	21 Oct 1931	MANTI
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  Burial	Sep 2005	Sandy City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Death	11 Sep 2005	Sandy City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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  Person ID	I40467	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
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  Father	ALVEY, Thomas ,   b. 21 Jun 1878, Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England Arnold, Nottinghamshire, Englandd. 24 May 1959, Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States (Age 80 years)
  Mother	PORTER, Emily Cornelia ,   b. 2 Apr 1880, Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United Statesd. 25 May 1922, Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1899	Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States
  Family ID	F22059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BARNEY, Scytha Solena ,   b. 11 Feb 1909, Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United Statesd. 18 Jul 2002, Sandy City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	2 Jul 1931	Junction, Piute, Utah
  Children	5 sons and 2 daughters
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  Family ID	F2349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Find A Grave Memorial# 94450193 Birth: Sep. 10, 1910; Escalante, Garfield County, Utah, USA Death: Sep 11, 2005; Utah, USA Burial: Larkin Sunset Gardens Cemetery, Sandy, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA; Parents: Thomas Alvey (1878 - 1959), Emily Cornelia Porter Alvey (1880 - 1922) Married Scytha Solena Barney on July 2, 1931 in Junction, Utah. They later were sealed in the Manti Temple. Dad and mom were blessed with seven children; Leva (Wayne) Brierley, Roy UT; Charles Jr. (Karla), Sandy; Barney (Shirley), West Jordan; James (Judy), Albania Mission, Gay (Ivan) Hill, Vaughn (Kay) and Michael (Lex Ann), all of Sandy. Dad was preceded in death by his sweetheart, Lena, his parents, two brothers, three sisters and a daughter-in-law, Sharon. Dad is survived by a posterity of 211, including 33 grandchildren, 96 great-grand-children and 26 great-great-grand-children and a brother-in-law, Vay Barney. Created by: Lorena; Record added: Jul 29, 2012 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Thomas Alvey Age: 41 Birth Year: abt 1879 Birthplace: England Home in 1920: Escalante, Garfield, Utah Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1889 Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Emily Alvey Father's Birthplace: England Mother's Birthplace: England Home Owned: Own Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Household Members: Thomas Alvey 41 Emily Alvey 39 Arnold Alvey 17 Lavina Alvey 15 Idella Alvey 11 Howard Alvey 9 Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Escalante, Garfield, Utah; Roll: T625_1862; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 74; Image: 995. 1940 United States Federal Census Name: Howard Alvey Age: 29 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1911 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Utah Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1940: Escalante, Garfield, Utah Street: Center Street Farm: No Inferred Residence in 1935: Escalante, Garfield, Utah Residence in 1935: Same Place Sheet Number: 13B Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 207 Household Members: Howard Alvey 29 Lena S Alvey 31 (b 1909 Utah) Leva Alvey 7 Charles H Alvey 5 Barney Alvey 3 James D Alvey 1 Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Escalante, Garfield, Utah; Roll: T627_4213; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 9-7. Thomas Alvey was born in Nottinghamshire, England, on June 21 1878. His parents both worked in a shirt factory to support a large family of ten children. When Thomas was about nine years old, the missionaries came to their little village, His parents, James and Sarah Mayfield Alvey, were converted to the gospel, the LDS church. They immediately started to make preparations to come to America. With the help of the missionaries, all arrangements were made for passage on a steamboat. After about thirty days they arrived in New York. From New York, they made plans to come to Utah by train. Before getting on the train, James was inspired that he should put his family on the last car. Sarah was very upset over this decision because there were more comfortable cars available, but James listened to the prompting he had. They boarded the very last car on the track. This inspiration saved their lives. Just out of New York, the weather changed and a very bad storm came up that caused a flash flood. As the train was crossing a bridge over a river, the bridge gave way and all the cars went into the river except the car that the family was in. Many people lost their lives in this terrible accident. but by James listening to the prompting of the Spirit, his family was saved from drowning. The family settled in Escalante, Utah where all the boys in the family were hired out for 25 cents a day. Their father collected all their wages. This money was saved and in the year 1900, a house was built for the family. Most of Thomas's time was spent herding sheep and farming. In his 21st year he married Emily Porter in the Manti Temple on October 18, 1899. Emily was the daughter of Jared Riley and Alice Lovina Griffin Porter. IN November of that same year he accepted a mission call the Southern States. He left his new bride of about one month and on the 15th of November he left for the Southern States without purse or script. He told he had about $7 in his pocket to take him to Kentucky. This turned out to be a very hard time for him, as all the Southern States hated Mormons. He and his companion almost starved to death. When they would ask for accommodation and the people found out they were Mormons, on one would take them in an feed them. He told me about going to a farm house after walking all day and asking the lady for something to eat. When she found out they were missionaries of the Mormon church she ordered them off the farm and said:" I have a pitcher of milk and an apple pie you can have". They, being so hungry, went back and ate the pie and drank the milk. They thanked her and left. They hadn't gone very far when they both became very sick, realizing then that the food was poisoned. They got down on their knees and asked the Lord what they should do. One of them suggested that they run their finger down their throats which caused them to vomit. This quick action saved their lives. With great effort, they finally came to a family of members and there they were confined to their beds for two weeks. All their hair came out. The family nursed them back to health. They also had many faith promoting experiences when he came home. His brother George met him in Marys Vale. He had a load of freight for one the merchants in Escalante. When Thomas got off the train the whole seat of his pants gave way: he had darned them and pressed them for the last time. Uncle George found a crate with overalls in it on his freight wagon and they got out a pair of bib overalls and that is what he was wearing when he got home from his mission. While he was away on his mission Emily gave birth to their first child. Five other children were born from this union. My father was the only one from his family that filled a mission. Many people that knew him told me he was a very honest man and that his word was as good as his bond. He was very active in the church (teaching mostly). He had a very fine singing voice and sang in public, at funerals etc. with his sister Mary Ann. He had a strong testimony of the restored church and lived to the best of his ability. After Emily died on May 25, 1922, he lived most of his life alone. He died at the age of eighty, in Richfield, Utah, May 25, 1959. Father: James Alvey. Mother: Sarah Mayfield. Born: 21 Jun 1878 in Nottinghamshire, England. Blessed: 18 Mar 1883 by J. C. Reader. Baptized 1888, by Elder Shertlef. Priesthood Ordinations- Elder: 18 Oct 1899 by A. O. Woodruff. Seventy: 8 Nov 1899 by A. O. Woodruff, High Priest: 30 Jun 1912 by James Houston. Married: Emily Porter 18 Oct 1899 in the Manti Temple by J. D. Mcallister. Mission served in Southern States on 15 Nov 1899. Died: 25 May 1959 in Richfield, Utah.