Joseph Hepworth #12 of 13. He never Married.

     On my last post I didn't know when or who of the Hepworth family was the first to  open the Albion Meat Market. I found this advertisement(pictured below) in a (rough draft) book Titled A History of Albion Pioneers by Verlene L. Powell.   The add appeared in the Albion The General News  11 November 1898 and the Proprietor is Joseph Hepworth.  Joseph is number twelve of the thirteen children of GGGrandfather Thomas and Mary Hepworth. 
     He was born 22 May 1870 in Salt Lake City and died at the age of sixty two on 31 Dec 1932 and is buried in Albion.  He never married.  
             In 2005 a third cousin Lee living in Colorado sent me lots of valuable information on the Hepworth family that I have looked  over and over and is much appreciated. From the "'History of Joseph Hepworth"  it states that Joe came to Albion in 1892 and was partners in the meat business with Cyrus Albertson.  Cyrus was his nephew the son of his older sister Mary Ann Hepworth.   In fact Mary Ann married Charles L. Albertson  in 1869 before Joseph was born.  Cyrus was just seven years younger than Joe and if the information is right Cyrus was a mere fifteen years old when they opened up the meat market business.   I just this moment identified the young man in the Albion Meat Market picture. 

Cyrus Albertson b 1877 Albion d 1956

At the right is Cyrus and Yes, he looks like a teenager.  
    According to  Joseph's life history he  left the Salt Lake City Meat Market before the death of his father Thomas in 1895.  This surprises me because I thought it was after the death of father Thomas before Joe moved on.   I didn't realize the Albion Meat Market was in business for over twenty years before  Great Grandfather James moved to Albion to be a partner with Joe after the partnership with Cyrus was dissolved.  I'm not certain of the exact year James moved to Albion but, I do know that GGrandmother Sadie did not join him in Albion for several years.  
     
      The picture below of Joe  was cropped from the 'Butcher Shop' picture taken in Salt Lake City.  What a handsome man with a sturdy strong chin.  I do see a resemblance between Uncle Joe and his nephew Cyrus.   The picture of Joe on his right is a much older picture of him  was  taken in Albion, Idaho with James his brother and my  Great Grandfather.
 
     The ad below 'Albion Meat Market' ad is another business 'Harnesses and Saddlery'   owned by the
Seymour Jacob  NUTT .   Joe's older sister Frances Amelia Hepworth married a NUTT and this business is owned by her father-in-law.   Until putting this post together I had no idea of the number of Hepworth  relatives that were living in Albion during this time.
     The background of the pictures is of the Albion Valley.
  
  Joe, until just before his death never lived alone.   The1900 Census shows Joe  living with with his sister's family, Edwin and Frances Nutt.  In 1910 he was living with Cyrus and Emma Albertson 's family.    By 1920 Great Grandfather James had moved from Salt Lake City to the Albion Valley; Joe and his brother were sharing a house. Great Grandmother Sarah was living in Ogden with Grandmother Ethel.  Sometime before 1930 Great Grandmother Sadie finally moves to Albion to be with James.  So in the 1930 Census living in the Hepworth house are James, Sadie, Grandmother Ethel and her children Vern (my father) and Louise and Uncle James. 

    Maybe,  he felt it was a little crowded because by 1932 for the first time is his life he was either living in a house located across from the Butcher Shop or the Banner Hotel.  At this writing it is unclear which fact is correct. 

     For $5.00 a year I get the Albion Valley News each month.  This months 'History Page; Titled A GLANCE AT THE PAST BY Verlene I. Powell  is about Farm wives; Keeping milk & meat cold.
This is what was written about Joseph Hepworth.  Another question:  how did they keep meat cold?
Joe Hepworth, owner of a meat market and the slaughter house, had a big pond out from the slaughter yard which he would fill with water during the winter to freeze.  The ice was hauled to the 'ice house' in back of the butcher shop.  Several men with teams and wagons went to the pond; cut the ice into blocks with ice saws and sharp wedges, then hauled and stored them in the ice house.  Sawdust was poured between each layer. 
   
     More on Great Uncle Joe continued

Renée

          

     

     
      

Hepworth Butcher Shop Pic.

   

     Butcher, Baker but no Candlestick Maker.  In the England 1841 Census (first censusin England) Samuel Hepworth the 'head' of the household, his occupation is listed as a Butcher.   His son John is eighteen years old, his occupation is a warehouse man, James who is twenty, his occupation is baker and 2nd Great Grand Thomas is fourteen years old and going to school.  
     Ten years later in the 1851 England Census, father Samuel is now the Bread Baker, son James who is married to a Mary Ann and living next door is now a Butcher.  John is now married to Frances Amelia and is a butcher and GGGrandfather Thomas who now is married to Mary, his occupation is also Butcher.  
 Mary is even listed as the Butcher's Wife.  
     Now living in Salt Lake City, Thomas establishes his own butcher shop at 62 West and 1st. South. He names it Thomas Hepworth and Sons.  Thomas died in 1895.
His son's James, Samuel, and Joseph continue with the butcher shop in Salt Lake.

Two sons of James Fletcher Hepworth, James Edward and Charles Vern  join the family business when they become of age.
At this writing I'm not sure of the date but, Joseph opened a butcher shop in Albion, Idaho with his brother-in-law Charles Albertson.   Eventually Great Grant-father James Fletcher Hepworth, his sons James and Charles Vern joined him in running the butcher shop in Albion.

    Renée

Children of James and Sarah Ann Hepworth

Charles Vern -  Ethel (my grandmother) - James Edward Hepworth

     Five children were born to Great-grand-father James Hepworth and Sarah Ann Kidgell.  This is a picture of the first three children; all who grew to adulthood.  On the left is  Charles Vern, he was born 16 July 1885.  If it wasn't for his boy haircut he sure could pass for a beautiful little girl. The baby is my grandmother Ethel Hepworth born 9 May 1887.  I'm guessing she is about nine months old. She is dressed in a very fancy dress.   Next is James Edward; he was born 21 September 1883.
     When Grandmother Ethel was nine years old another child Walter was born 26 May 1896.  He died three days later  29 May 1896 and was buried in the Salt Lake Cemetery 31 May.   A little more than two years later another boy was born  Fred Kidgell Hepworth, named after Sarah's brother. He lived thirty hours born 13 January  died on the 15 January 1898.  All the children were born in Salt Lake City.
I wonder why such a gap between the first three children and the next two children.  
     James Edward was married for a short time to Susie Theresa Tarbet a widower with one child.  That marriage ended in divorce.  He did not have any children; he died at age sixty three.
     Charles Vern married Mabel Ann Duffy. Mabel died at age thirty eight leaving five children the youngest was about five years old.   Charles died at age sixty one.
      Grandmother Ethel married George Tomlinson.  They had two children.  She separated from George in 1928.  Grandmother died at age eighty one. 

Renée

    

Cousin Catcher or Cousin Hunter.

     Another name for a Genealogy Blog is Cousin Catcher. (or Cousin Hunter.)  Hopefully, new found cousins (readers) will contact you with more information but, that is not always the case.  They may read your blog and not make contact with you, very sad.   I am very grateful for fourth cousin Kathy (her second great grand parents are John and Frances Amelia, my second great grand Uncle and Aunt) Just after posting about the 'Jim' Hepworth's cousins Kathy sent me a digital copy  of  a hand written family record via e-mail  on the John and Frances Amelia Family.

John Hepworth Family Record 

      It was hard to read but, not impossible.  What a treasure trove; one more child was born to John and Frances that was not on the family group sheet.  A boy they named Joseph ; born 30 March 1864, he only lived six weeks, died on 15 May 1864.  No details of the cause of death.  It also recorded James year date at 1858 and not 1860 which makes more sense because another sibling Mary Ann was born in May of 1860.  I think when 'Jim' died at age twenty eight the family was so distraught they couldn't think clearly and gave the wrong birth year.
       That makes twelve children for John and Frances, five boys, three died as babies, one died as a young adult (did not marry) and seven girls one died at age two.

     Family of second Great Grand Parents Thomas and Mary Hepworth;  Total thirteen children, four boys, one boy died at age two and nine girls one died in infancy.
      Always surprises in Family History.  Always can find one more piece of the puzzle.    Love it.
     
         

Renée