Ninth child Fredrick Cashmore Kidgell

My favorite cake is coconut!

     Is it Fredrick or just plain Fred I ask myself.  All the records I have seen (minus a birth record) is just 'Fred' but, for some reason you think he must have been given the more 'formal' name.  Fred is the ninth child of Sarah Ann and Charles born just before Christmas day.  My great-grandmother Sarah Ann would be seven years old and I'm sure she felt this newborn to be a wonderful Christmas gift for their family.   

When he was a young boy, it really made him happy when his mother or sisters made a coconut layer cake.  At school one day they were going to have a picnic, and each child was to bring something for the lunch, then put the food altogether. [A potluck lunch]  His sisters [Ellen and Sarah Ann] made him a coconut layer cake.  They dressed him in a little velvet suit with short pants and sent him on his way with the coconut layer cake.  When he arrived at the party he just didn't want to put his cake with the rest of the food, so he climbed up a tree and sat there and ate the cake.  No one could get him to come down.  (Story written my his daughters, Melba K Gedge and Stella Lily K. Olsen)

Charles KIDGELL Sr. Life in England, Utah and Kansas.

Before continuing on with the life of Sarah Ann and Charles I decided this is a good time to write about father Kidgell, Charles Sr..   Charles Sr. was born 5 Aug 1806 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England to Joseph Kidgell Jr. and Ann Platts. He has one older brother, Henry.

  Charles Sr.'s ancestral  lines end at about  1732-35.  

This is not because of my efforts of research but, of a second cousin once removed, Lily Jane Miller, who lives in Manti, Utah.  Our common ancestor is Sarah Ann and Charles Jr., they are her first Great- grandparents and, as a reminder, they are my second Great-grandparents.  Lily Jane has done considerable  research on the Kidgell's for many years back when it wasn't so easy and has done a wonderful job of sourcing.  I am very grateful for her willingness 

to share information with me.

When father Charles Sr. came to Utah in 1859 at the age of fifty three he had

 been married twice. 

At age twenty one Charles married Marie Vale on 13 August 1827 in the parish of Wolverhampton, Stafford, England.  In my minds eye she was beautiful!  Marie died just a month before their third wedding anniversary. I do not know of any children.

  Charles met another beauty Caroline Loftus who was just eighteen years old when he married her on 31 May 1831 in Aston Juxta Parish, Birmingham, Warwick, England.  Six children were born to them, Charles Jr. being the oldest and only boy, Henrietta Elizabeth b 1835, Caroline b 1836, Ann Maria b 1838, Martha b 1841, and Helen b 1844.

Mother Caroline died just before baby Helen's first birthday, 2 Oct 1845 of Pleuropneumonia, Emphysema, at St. George, Birmingham, England.  

Baby Helen died at seventeen months of pneumonia at Aston, Warwick, England in 1846.

Charles joins the Church of Jesus Christ-of-latter-day-Saints in 1853.

Daughter Henrietta married William Procter in 1855 and sadly she died in 1857, no children.

Daughter Ann Maria marries after father Charles leaves England to a John Leigh in 1861.

They would have four children which I'm thinking never see's their grandfather Kidgell. 

The only information I have on daughter Martha Harriet is she died at age eighteen in 1859 and I'm guessing this happened before father Charles left for Zion in May 1859.

Daughter Caroline who married John Higson  is the one who traveled with her father Charles Sr. just eleven months after marriage (1858) and has her first baby just as they sail out of Liverpool for America. They had six boys and one girl!   They joined the LDS Church in 1854.

Researching the Newspaper I found this ad taken out by Charles Sr., of two stray cows that came visiting and wouldn't go home.    So simple so fun to find! 

Charles married again.  I only know her by her first name, Harriet and she is twelve years younger than Charles.   I am guessing that 1861 is the year they married.    A record on 

Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946  https://www.familysearch.org/

gave me her birth year and place; Blockswitch, Stafford, England and of course

 the day she died.  The following article I found in the Newspaper explains her death. 

This says a lot.  At age sixty and forty eight, Charles Sr. and Harriet desire to adopt a child. An orphan boy.  Capt. Holladay had a stage line company and travels between Salt Lake City and Virginia City, Montana which carried much of the newly discovered gold from the Montana mines.  (Researched by me)  He would be the contact of any news about the boy.  I'm thinking she is walking down the street when she sees Capt. Holladay driving the stage coach and she is  anxious to get the latest information thinking she could climb onto the coach which is going very slow and falls.  She would be wearing a long dress and could very well catch

 her footing in the hem.

 Harriet suffered a week before she died from her injuries.  Just breaks your heart.

Deseret News  27 March 1868


It's now 1868 and Charles places an add in the Newspaper to sell two house
 in the ninth ward.
 Sounds like really nice places!
He has married again, to Ann Jenkinson (or Jennings) Barson.  Charles is now sixty two years old he is twenty eight years older than Ann who is a widow and has two children Martha age ten and John William age 7.
Ann lived in the ninth ward with  her husband Samuel Barson
 who died 25 Aug. 1865.
Charles Sr. and Ann were married on 24 Sep 1867. 
By 1870 Charles and Ann have moved to
 Pleasant View, Cherokee, Kansas.  (1870 US Census)
Charles has joined the Reorganized LDS Church and I'm guessing
 Ann is a member too. 
Five years later Charles dies on 23 March 1875.
He is buried next to Harriet in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Ann dies on 3 October 1875  and is buried in Pleasant View. 

At this writing I have no idea what happened to Ann's children Martha age 15
and John age 12. 

   

Utah War 1857-1858

An artist's sketch of the army marching past the Lion House on its way through Salt Lake City  (DUP photo Collection)

     In two and a half years after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley Charles and Sarah Ann will have to evacuate  their home, moving south.
  My  second Great -Grandparents Thomas and Mary Hepworth who came into the Valley in 1852 would also be among the great evacuation in 1858.
   I am just realizing the significance of the Utah War or (aka) The Buchanan Blunder, (or in my mind should be titled The Utah War Stand-off)  had on my Great Great-Grandparents  lives; the sacrifices they would have to make but, there are no stories written or orally handed down by any of them.  Oh, how I would love to know their feelings about this event.
      In 1857 the Johnston Army was given orders by President Buchanan to go out west and "put down a supposed Mormon rebellion and replace Young as territorial governor"
  "President Young announced on March 23, 1858,  that all settlements in northern Utah must be abandoned and prepared for burning if the army came in.  The evacuation started immediately...........about 30,000 people moved to Provo and other towns in central and southern Utah.    There they remained in shared and improvised housing until the Utah War  was over."
   (Source; Encyclopedia of Mormonism,p 1500) 
Historians [Mr.] Allen and [Mr.] Leonard write:
     "It was an extraordinary operation.  As the Saints moved south they cached all the stone cut for the Salt Lake Temple and covered the foundations to make it resemble a plowed field.  They boxed and carried with them twenty thousand bushels of 'tithing' grain, as well as machinery, equipment, and all the Church records and books.  The sight of thirty thousand people moving south was awesome, and the amazed Governor Cummings did all he could to persuade them to return to their homes.  Bringham Young replied that if the troops were withdrawn from the territory, the people would stop moving......"
The history of this event is worth reading about.
Below is the link to more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War#December_1857-March_1858:_winter_intermission

1855-1871 Sarah Ann and Charles's life in Salt Lake Territory.

     Not a day goes by that I'm not reminded of a  trial and challenge of one of my  ancestor.  Sarah Ann in the very beginning of her journey across the ocean and across the plains was pregnant with her first child.   She left her comfortable home in England To walk across the plains at a time when Indians threatened to massacre the whole wagon train.  Less than a month after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley her child was born under unfavorable circumstances.  Maybe, a midwife would attend Sarah or maybe it would be a friend or two or three.
Below is a picture of the Salt Lake Valley of how it would look like when the Kidgell's arrived. The wall was built for protection of any Indian invasion. 
The first few years they would live in the 11th ward which, looking at the map, was somewhere around Third South and 5th East. 

Soon after 1860 they built a house in the LDS 9th Ward.  See the purple 

dot on the map, the location is 5th East between 5th and 6th South right across from where Trolley Square is today.  This information is from a Salt Lake Directory, 1867.
(Taken from Charles's history)
"Charles Jr. was not able to work as an engineer in Salt Lake.  He would work hauling slabs of granite and marble with an ox team and wagon that was used to build the Salt Lake Temple.  He also helped to build the Salt Lake Theater, and Lion House, and Social Hall.  After the completion of the theater he became one of the doormen, and later acted as bodyguard for president Bringham Young and accompanied him on many trips  He and Sarah Ann danced an enjoyed many parties at the Social Hall.  Sarah Ann always felt honored when President Young asked her to dance with him." 
On the Utah US Federal Census lists Charles Jr. occupation as "runs job wagons" which I think means he was probably a foreman overseeing the wagons going to and fro in the neighboring canyons hauling granite.   In the 1867 City Directory he is listed as a 'farrier' which also makes sense. (Takes care of trimming and shoeing horses)  I would guess that being a doorman was a part time job. 

I will build a timeline for Sarah Ann and Charles starting with 1855.

First child Ellen Maria 

• 1855 October 19 - first child born; Ellen Maria
• 1857  April 1 - second child born; Charles Edward
• 1857 May 7 - Charles Edward dies at four weeks.
• 1859 July 11 - third child born; William Henry 
• 1859 September 15 - arrival of Charles Sr. and daughter Caroline with husband John Higson and five month old  son Charles James. 
• 1861 November 1 - fourth child born; Joseph James
• 1864 March 1 - fifth child born; Sarah Ann - my great-grandmother
• 1866 February 8 - sixth child born; Caroline Loftus  
• 1866 June 9 - Charles and Sarah Ann take out their endowments and are sealed for eternity in the Endowment House. 
• 1867 September 15 - Caroline Loftus dies at nineteen months. 
• 1868 February 18 - seventh child born; Albert Thomas
• 1869 July 14 - Albert Thomas dies at seventeen months. 
• 1869 July 28 - Parents of Sarah Ann; Edward and Maria Cashmore arrive.  They would travel from New York City to Ogden, Utah by train or aka the Iron Horse. 
• 1869  November 27 - eighth child born; George Daniel 
• 1870 October 13 - George Daniel dies at ten months. 
• 1871 December 20 - ninth child born; Fredrick Cashmore

                                                                                                                                            

                                                         
          

1859 - Charles Sr. - Caroline Kidgell and John Higson arrive in Zion

     It would be four years later when Charles Sr. Kidgell and his daughter Caroline her husband John Higson would join Charles and Sarah Ann in Salt Lake City.   Caroline would have her first child born on the ship William Tapscott while in port at Liverpool, England just days before it set sail for New York City.  Which is more of a challenge, being pregnant for the first time the whole journey or having a newborn to fret over?  

Father Charles joined the LDS Church in England in 1852.  Caroline and John joined in 1854 at age eighteen but, were married at age twenty two in 1858. 

This family would be in the Robert F. Neslen Company leaving Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha) on 23-26 June 1859 and arrive in Salt Lake 15 September 1859.  Can you imagine the happiness of having family with so much to talk about, catching up on the news from home and comparing their voyages's across the Atlantic Ocean and trek across the plains?!    

 Father Charles lived with Charles Jr.'s family until he marries again about 1864.  He is a jeweler by trade and opens a store on Main St. in Salt Lake City.   In the late 1860's he will join the Reorganized LDS Church and by 1870 is a resident of Pleasant View, Cherokee, Kansas where he dies in 1875.  He is buried in Kansas.  

John Higson is pictured in the book of Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah.  He and Caroline live just a couple of doors down from Charles and Sarah Ann. 

John's occupation is minor.  I don't have much information on this family, yet.  They had seven children all lived to adulthood.  

Sarah Ann's Parents arrive from England

    This is Sarah Ann's parents

 Edward Cashmore and Maria Tomlinson.  This picture was taken in Salt Lake City sometime between 1869 and 1875.    

They would be sixty eight and sixty four years old in 1869.

They came with 365 other Saints on the ship Colorado and arrived in New York City thirteen days later; a trip that took Sarah Ann and Charles thirty four days - fourteen years earlier.  On the ninth of May 1869 the transcontinental Railroad would connect the East to the West so from New York Edward and Maria would take the train (aka Iron Horse) to Ogden, Utah arriving 20 August.  They lived in the house next door to Sarah Ann that the Kidgell's had built for them.  

I can imagine the joy of the reunion after so long a separation. 

Edward and Maria would see their four grand-children for the first time sadly, one grandson Albert Thomas died just a month before their arrival.  However, Sarah Ann is six month's pregnant with her eighth child, George Daniel who  dies at ten months. 

On  3 October 1869 Edward and Maria were baptized into the LDS Church.   On 5 January 1874 they would take out their endowments and be sealed for Eternity. This would take place in the Endowment House since the Salt Lake Temple is not finished until 1893.  

They would return to England sometime between 1874 and 1880.  They became homesick for their mother land and three children and many grand-children they left behind.  In my possession I have two letters written by Edward one dated 1864, one dated 1888.

I will post them at a later date.     

Charles Kidgell applies for 'Brand' 1871

http://archives.utah.gov/research/indexes/index.html on this link I have found so much information on my Ancestors, mostly death certificate that have been digitalized and ready to print.  This find is a Book of Recorded MARKS AND BRANDS   Finds like this give a more personal touch about great great-grandfather Charles.  It gives the date his 'Brand' was recorded and that he indeed lived in the 9th Ward.  This also confirms he owned animals.