Various photos of Roxa

Roxa Taylor was Vera's mother.

There are other posts with photos of her, but these are the remaining photos I have of her with various members of her family.  Most photos look to be taken around the 1930s-1940s.

Jesse Gray and Roxa Taylor.
Jesse married Roxa's eldest granddaughter, Althea, daughter of Zelma.
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber 

Roxa Taylor and Clarence Jensen.
Clarence was Roxa's first son-in-law- he married Roxa's eldest daughter, Zelma.
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber

Roxa, Doris, Keith, Vera, and Roy in back holding a baby.
Photo was taken at the home of Doris & Keith Ross
(Doris being one of Roxa's younger daughters)
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber

Roxa with coat on.
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber

Zelma in back, Della, Ruth (Ralph's wife), Roxa, Althea (Zelma's daughter), and unknown.
Lady on far right pops up a lot in photos- I wish I knew who she was.
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber

Zelma, "Nanna" (Roxa), Doris, two Ross boys and Keith Ross
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber

Vera standing with mother (Roxa) holding unknown grandchild
From the personal albums of Rhea Merkley

"1942, Doris, Nanna (Roxa), Keith, Rex, Cynthia- FRONT Jake, Bryce and Terry Ross"
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg

Cynthia (Rex's wife) and Roxa Taylor.
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg

Nana (Roxa) Taylor and Jake Ross (grandson via Doris)
And white dog.
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg

Doris, Roxa, and baby Gene Nyberg in foreground
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg

Nyla & Loa (granddaughters) and Nana Taylor holding Alan (grandson)
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg

Ralph holding dog, Rex, Nana Taylor holding Alan (grandson),  Loa and Nyla (granddaughters)
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg

Caption reads: "Our Mom (Roxa) and Clara Jensen (Zelma's mother-in-law).
Gene, Dean, Thea, and Kay.  Two Grandmothers." (Assumed written by Della Nyberg)
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg

Caption reads: "Zelma, Cynthia, Our Mother (Roxa), Deltha and Grandma Jensen.
This is June 1929.  This was the year we had so many babies.
Cora was living in Idaho.  Mart wrote to her and told her we had sure had a mess of babies it made her homesick and she came home to see them." (Assumed written by Della Nyberg)
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg

Roxa, granddaughter Althea, and daughter Zelma- 3 generation shot
(Although based on the build, I would guess this is Grandma Jensen (Zelma's mother-in-law) and not Nana Taylor... but I could be wrong)
From the personal albums of Althea Gray

Zelma, and Roxa holding baby
I'm assuming the baby is one of Zelma's but I can't verify.
From the personal albums of Althea Gray

Girl (unknown from earlier photos) with baby, Roxa, and other unknown with little girl
(My guess is it's Roxa with her granddaughters and their kids?)
From personal albums of Althea Gray

Unknown, Roxa, and Della holding small girl
(My guess is it may be a multi-generational shot?)
From personal albums of Althea Gray

Nana Taylor with Jesse Gray sitting in bottom right of photo
From personal albums of Althea Gray

Della and Doris through the years

Doris and Della were Vera's two younger sisters.

As they spent significant time together as the youngest of 11 living children, there are a handful of photos of them enjoying life together.
* The "personal albums of Gene Nyberg" are the albums he inherited from his mother, Della.  They are all attributed to her assembly and to his wisdom in holding on to them.

"Doris & Della-
Two little girls when they're dressed in blue,
always know just what to do."
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg

"Della and Doris when they first came to Lapoint; making their own recreation.  Their nicknames at this time were Day and Dode.  Della is about five, Doris about four.  It's probably 1916 or 1917."
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg

"Doris and Della dress for last day of school program 1923"
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg

Doris and Della in their teens
From personal albums of Gene Nyberg

"Della, Doris, and little Loa"
From the personal albums of Rhea Merkley

Della Nyberg and Doris Ross
From personal albums of Althea Gray

Doris Ross and Della Nyberg
From personal albums of Althea Gray

Martin Taylor photos and such

The following are additional photos and scanned paper items of Martin Taylor, Vera's youngest brother.  All photos and articles are from the personal albums of Della/Gene Nyberg.

Martin's birth certificate
and notes from his sister Della's book of remembrance

Notes transcribed:

"Mart was the last but not least in this large family.  He was such a beautiful baby.  His skin was so fair, he had brown eyes and red hair.  He was loved so much and had so many to take care of him.  He was a joy to his parents when all the rest had married and gone.  He was an honor to his country.  He gave his life for it."

*Punctuation & spelling adjusted by me.

Martin in coveralls

Martin with large hat

Martin and his baby nephew Gene

Labeled as, "Some of Mart's art"

Martin on the family farm

Labeled as Martin "raising some bum lambs to get some spending money"

Martin's Seminary Graduation Award

Labeled as "Our Handsome Young Man"

Martin at time of enlistment,
with notes written in sister Della's book of remembrance

Notes transcribed:

"When Mart went to Salt Lake to join the Air Corps April 1941.  Ralph thought that would be the best place for him to get and helped him get everything fixed up to enlist."

Labeled as "Martin (far left) and 2 buddies in the service" 

Huber Family Reunion- July 2012

 Password: Huber Family

Family Summary- Roy Taylor & Roxa Althea Anderson

The following is a brief summary for the family union of:

Roy Taylor

and

Roxa Althea Anderson Taylor

Roy Taylor

b. 18 Feb 1872- Levan, Juab, Utah, to Martin Taylor & Johannah Jennings Taylor

d. 26 Feb 1941- Lapoint, Uintah, Utah

Roxa Althea Anderson

b. 27 Mar 1876- Levan, Juab, Utah, to Rasmus Anderson & "Zina" Jensen

d. 8 Dec 1951- Lapoint, Uintah, Utah

Roy Taylor married Roxa Althea Anderson

on 26 Dec 1894 in Juab, Juab, Utah

Born to this union were the following:

Zelma Helen Taylor

b. 2 Dec 1895- Levan, Juab, Utah

m. 31 Oct 1917- Moroni, Sanpete, Utah to Clarence Jensen

m. 1 Nov 1969- Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington to Henry R. Miner

d. 7 Mar 1988- Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington

Cora Louise Taylor

b. 1 Sept 1897- Levan, Juab, Utah

m. 20 Oct 1915- Chester, Sanpete, Utah to Coy Hayward

d. 28 Aug 1968- Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Earldean Taylor

b. 21 Apr 1899- Levan, Juab, Utah

d. 25 May 1914- Chester, Sanpete, Utah

Roy LeGrand Taylor

b. 14 Dec 1900- Levan, Juab, Utah

m. 31 Mar 1920- Vernal, Uintah, Utah to Ethel Elizabeth Swensen

d. 11 Oct 1960- Craig, Moffatt, Colorado

Willmer Rex Taylor

b. 25 Feb 1903- Levan, Juab, Utah

m. 16 May 1928- Manti, Sanpete, Utah to Cynthia Lyman

d. 6 Oct 1968- ?, Uintah, Utah

Leslie Duke Taylor

b. 5 Oct 1904- Chester, Sanpete, Utah

m. 19 Sept 1931- Vernal, Uintah, Utah to Audrey K. Whitlock

d.31 Jan 1966- Bennett?, Uintah, Utah

Sherman A. Taylor

b. 6 Jan 1906- Chester, Sanpete, Utah

m. 21 Dec 1927- Vernal, Uintah, Utah to Deltha Thompson

d. 25 Sept 2004- Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado

Vera Johanna Taylor

b. 3 Feb 1908- Chester, Sanpete, Utah

m. 22 Oct 1924- Vernal, Uintah, Utah to LeRoy Huber

d. 5 May 1990- Provo, Utah, Utah

Ralph Taylor

b. 13 Jan 1910- Chester, Sanpete, Utah

m. 10 Mar 1936- ??? to Ruth Eva Nichols

d. 9 July 1950- Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah

Della Frances Taylor

b. 11 May 1911- Chester, Sanpete, Utah

m. 5 May 1927- Vernal, Uintah, Utah to George Nyberg

d. 25 Feb 2002- Vernal, Uintah, Utah

Doris Althea Taylor

b. 18 Jan 1913- Chester, Sanpete, Utah

m. 26 Oct 1934- Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah to Keith Ross

d. 24 Dec 2010- Vernal, Uintah, Utah?

Martin Verdon Taylor

b. 19 Apr 1920- Lapoint, Uintah, Utah

m. 25 Oct 1943- South Dakota? to Cleora Kay New

d. 29? Nov 1944- Japanese Territory

From the personal albums of Della/Gene Nyberg

Confirming documents for dates and places on all these family members can be found within the posts on this blog.

Martin Taylor & Cleora Kay New

Martin Taylor was Vera's youngest brother.
He married Cleora Kay New (of South Dakota?) on 25 Oct 1943 possibly on a military base in South Dakota.
Thus, she became Cleora Kay New Taylor.

Photo from the personal albums of Althea Gray

Newspaper notice:

SOURCE: Vernal Express 1943, Nov 4, p.8

Newspaper notice transcribed:

Mrs. Roxa Taylor received word that her son Martin Taylor and Cleora Kay New of South Dakota were married October 25.  Martin has been in the Air Corps 2 1/2 years and is stationed at South Dakota.

Photo from the personal albums of Clayton Huber
Apparently taken in Salt Lake City, UT at Ralph & Ruth Taylor's house before he left for the Pacific.

I have been unable to track down a marriage record for these two, and am unsure how easily that may be obtained as the marriage is assumed to have happened on or near the military base Martin was stationed on in South Dakota.  Apparently the Taylor family was not too fond of this sudden marital union and considered Cleora only marrying Martin for the benefits that came with being war bride.

After Martin was listed as LIA in Nov 1944, a military letter was addressed to Cleora in Salt Lake City, Utah, but she vanishes off the radar from that point forward.  I can only assume that she remarried, but finding any further information on her has proved terribly difficult.  Martin's military card lists her location as "Norcatur, Kansas" and the newspaper notice above states that she is from "South Dakota" so hopefully either of these locations may yield good leads on tracking her down in the future.  (Check THIS post for the military info on Martin Taylor & letters sent regarding him.)  If anything new develops on her story, I will post it here.

Death info on Ruth Taylor

 Ruth Eva Nichols Taylor was Vera's sister-in-law.  She married Vera's brother, Ralph.

Photo from the personal albums of Althea Gray
Photo cropped by me from larger image.

According to this obituary, the following dates apply:

BIRTH: 10 Apr 1908- (near) DeBeque, Mesa, Colorado

DEATH: 29 Apr 2002- ,, Colorado

She was  94 years old when she died (wow.)

Obituary:

SOURCE: Salt Lake Tribune 2002, May 4, p.D5
Found in the personal albums of Althea Gray, April 2012

Obituary transcribed:

Ruth E. Nichols Williams

4/10/08-4/29/02

Ruth E. Nichols Williams was born April 10, 1908.  For several years she had a summer home that she and her third husband, Albert Williams had restored.  In Nov. 2000, Ruth moved back to Grand Junction to be near friends and relatives.  She passed away April 29, 2002.

She is survived by her daughter, Patsy of Grand Junction, CO; one stepdaughter, Reita Lynne Williams Poulton of Oakley, ID; and one stepson, Dewey Charles Williams of Caldwell, ID; and many loving nieces and nephews.

A family service was held May 2nd at the Fountains Retirement Home in Grand Junction, CO.

Colorado obituary:

SOURCE: The Daily Sentinel 2002,  May 1, p?
Sent to me via email from the Museum of Western Colorado

Colorado obituary transcribed:

Ruth E. Nichols Williams

April 10, 1908- April 29, 2002

Ruth E. Nichols Williams was born April 10, 1908, to Clarence Charles J. and Eva King Nichols, near DeBeque, CO.  She was the youngest of nine children, all of whom have preceded her in death.  She grew up in the Molina/Mesa area attending school at the Bull Creek school at Molina.  Ruth married Murry Collins, of Clifton, CO and one child, Patsy Ruth Collins was born to them, she survives.  The marriage ended in divorce.  Ruth attended the School of Cosmetology in Salt Lake City, Utah.  She later married Ralph Taylor, and together they operated several barbershops at military installations in the Salt Lake area.  Ralph entered the Navy in World War II and Ruth took over management of the shops, at one time she managed four barber shops and three beauty salons.  Ralph passed away in 1950.  Ruth continued in the business for several years.  A year and a half later, she married Albert Williams.  He passed away in 1976.

In Ruth's lifetime she was successful in many areas, she was a licensed realtor and a successful developer.  She started painting when she was 64 and became an outstanding artist.  Ruth was a talented poet and had a book of her poems published.

Ruth also found time to raise a lovely garden and with her flower arrangements won countless ribbons and awards in the Salt Lake County fairs and in southern Idaho, where, for several years she had a summer home that she and her third husband, Albert Williams had restored.

In November 2000, Ruth moved back to Grand Junction to be near friends and relatives.  She passed away April 29, 2002, and is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews.

A family memorial service will be held at a later date.

We will miss her.

Photo from the personal albums of Althea Gray

Death info on Henry Miner

Henry Miner was Vera's brother-in-law.  He married Vera's sister Zelma- her second husband after Clarence Jensen died.

Zelma & Henry Miner
Photo from the personal albums of Althea Gray

According to these documents, the following dates apply:

BIRTH: 10 Aug 1888- Seattle, King, Washington

DEATH: 5 Mar 1985- Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington

He was 96 years old when he died.

Death notice:

SOURCE: Bremerton Sun 1985, Mar 7, p.6
Courtesy of the Kitsap Regional Library, WA

Obituary:

SOURCE: Bremerton Sun 1985, Mar 7, p.6
Courtesy of the Kitsap Regional Library, WA

Obituary transcribed:

Henry Miner

Lifetime Northwest resident Henry R. Miner, 96, of Bremerton, died Tuesday at Bremerton Convalescent Center.

He was born Aug. 10, 1888, in Seattle.

In his younger years, he traveled around the country as an amateur boxer.

In 1916, he moved to Bremerton and went to work for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

Also that year, in March, he married the former Cenci Schmauser.  She died May 1, 1969.

In August 1932, Mr. Miner started the Glenwood Dairy, and ..... .... he retired from PSNS to devote all his time to the venture.  He closed the dairy in 1967.

On Nov. 1, 1969, he married the former Zelma Jensen in Bremerton.

A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  Mr. Miner enjoyed traveling, gardening and walking.

Survivors include his wife; a sons, Dan Miner of Olalla; two stepsons, Kenneth Jensen of Bremerton and Clair Jensen of Santa Clara Calif.; one step-daughter, Althea Gray of Salt Lake City, Utah; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; 13 step-grandchildren; and 23 step-great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be Sunday from 6 to 7 p.m. at Miller-Woodlawn Funeral Home.

Services will take place on Monday at 11 a.m., also at the funeral home.  Burial will follow at Sunset Lane Cemetery in Port Orchard.

Funeral program:

Program from the personal albums of Althea Gray