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1914-1919 World War I. Helen Melvina "Mellie" Groesbeck Morgan worked with...
Someone must have said, “Oh, Mother, you look so nice in your uniform, let me take a picture.”Cousin Karen M. asked me some time ago if I’d like a picture she had of Great Grandmother Helen Melvina...
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Bessie Morgan Rex's history of her Grandfather Nicholas Groesbeck. 1935.
I purchased this picture of Salt Lake City's Kenyon Hotel on e-Bay last year. It was cut from a pamphlet of some sort. The Kenyon Hotel Nicholas Groesbeck built undoubtedly stood on the same corner...
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Percy Harold Rex letter to his son Harold. March 22, 1937.
P H Rex standing in front of his wife, or his mother's, flower garden in Randolph, Utah. About 1937. It had to be a Sunday! Randolph, UtahMarch 22 - 37.My Dear Boy,I will try and write you a few lines...
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Percy Harold (P. H.) Rex. Letter to Harold April 18, 1937.
Picture of the P. H. Rex sons; L-R, Maeser, Morgan, Harold, 1930.Note: The note across the top of this letter reads: Being chief cook and bottle washer along with going to work is some job. I do think...
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Bessie Morgan Rex. Undated 1937 Spring letter.
These Spring 1937 letters explain so many things. Cousin Gail H. gave me this picture of her Grandmother Gail Clayton. It is a picture of Bessie Morgan Rex (L-R) and her sisters Gail Morgan Clayton and...
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Bessie Morgan Rex. May 30, 1937 letter.
Flora Rex Lamborn 1937-38. At home, Sunday evening.May 30, 1937. My very dear boy, Helen has the typewriter from the office here, and so I shall make good use of it. Her typewriter hasn't come yet,...
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Bessie Morgan Rex. Letter June 23, 1937.
Choke Cherry Blossoms from Wikipedia. Randolph, UtahWednesday, June 23, 1937.My dear boy,Well, this is your sister’s new typewriter, that is, the writing, and this is your mother doing the thinking of...
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was bombed December 7, 1941.
John Morgan Rex at Hamilton Field, Marin County, California about 1941 Glenn and Helen Rex Frazier were living in Oakland, California and attending Church on Sunday December 7, 1941 when the Japanese...
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"Well it looks as though we are in the war at last" December 9, 1941.
Continued from here. December 9, 1941. John Morgan Rex wrote: “Well it looks as though we are in the war at last. I hope they soon get us to where we can do something”. Johnny sent these post cards...
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USS President Polk (AP-103) transport--Voyage to New Zealand. John Morgan...
Continued from here. USS President Polk (AP-103) was a President Jackson-class attack transport in the service of the United States Navy during World War II. Picture from Wikipedia.This entire...
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Broome One Day War
A little history from Glenn and Helen Rex Frazier's library.Collier’s Photographic History of World War II, P. F. Collier & Son Corporation, publishers, New York, Copyright, 1946 by P. F. Collier...
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Clarence O. Donoho. Newspaper Account of Broome, Australia One Day War.
Continued from here.Friday, May 19, 1944, The Enid Morning NewsSgt. M. Donoho Made 32-hour swim to safetyBattled South Pacific Current, Faced Sharks, but lived by Melvin DonohoAs related to a member of...
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Monuments to John Morgan Rex (1920-1942)
John Morgan Rex 1941 Marker in Memory Grove, Salt Lake City, Utah. North side of the Meditation Chapel below.Meditation Chapel, Memory Grove is a space set apart for quiet reflection. Mr. and Mrs. Ross...
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Hair, Hair Everywhere--Whose Is It?
The History Room at the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum in Salt Lake City holds an interesting framed work of Hair Art. It’s a collection of hair samples from early prominent Church leaders...
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Bessie Morgan Rex letter. June 29, 1937.
Bessie and P.H. Rex's Randolph, Utah home about 1941. 1 of 2 parts of a long typed letter.Randolph, Utah, June 29, 1937.My dear boy,Helen would laugh at me if she could see the way I am using up all...
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Bessie Morgan Rex. Letter written June 29, 1937, concluded.
The front walk gate into P. H. and Bessie Rex's Randolph Home (about 1941).(continued from here)Well, this is the next morning, and I must finish this letter. Daddy and the boys have gone out to milk,...
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John Morgan Rex's B24 Liberator
Uncle John Morgan Rex’s B24A Liberator #40-2374 (in peacetime markings)Unexpected good things:"All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or...
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Elizabeth Abbott (1816-1896)
Elizabeth Abbott My nephew's request for an ancestor's picture, sent me to my "pictures and notes I haven't yet identified pile." This lady isn't the picture he was looking for, but I'd just seen her...
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Percy Harold Rex. Letter to his son August 2, 1937.
Visiting Rex family members - the hay-field, Randolph, Utahabout the time this letter was writtenPercy Harold Rex 1940sRandolph, UtahAug. 2-37.My Dear Son,(I added some punctuation to make the letter...
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71st anniversary of the loss of Sgt. John Morgan Rex.
From this morning's e-mail:Hello Bessie,Just a short note to express my thoughts to you and your family today on the 71st anniversary of the loss of your Uncle Sgt John Morgan Rex.I plan to go out...
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