Did you know?

Both Smith and Bernice were the oldest children in their families.

Alonzo Smith was the oldest of seven siblings.  His younger brothers and sisters are:  Karl Lamar (died in infancy), Eugene Calvin, Richard Smith, Catherine Elaine (died at 11 months old), Josephine, and Farrell Smith.  Did you notice that 3 of the boys had the same middle name: Smith.  Sarah Smith Pond was very proud of her Smith heritage and gave that name to 3 of her sons.  Alonzo Smith Pond was always called “Smith” to distinguish him from his father Moses Alonzo Pond who went by “Lon” or “M.A.”

 

Left to right:  Richard, Smith, and Calvin

  

Left to right:  Josephine, Farrell               

        

Afton Bernice had an older sister who was stillborn, so she was the oldest child to live to adulthood.  She always went by her middle name, Bernice, which was very common in that time period.  Her younger brothers and sisters are:  Genevee, Charles LaMar, Newell Stanley, Martha Louise,  Cenella Frances, Byron Grant, and Carolynn.  Three of her siblings also went by their middle names.

Here is Bernice on the porch with some of her siblings.  She is the one on the top left. Going clockwise from Bernice I believe her siblings are: Genevee, LaMar, Stanley, and Louise.

Here is Bernice’s family at a later time.

Charles and Martha Fagg, sitting

From left to right:  LaMar, Carolynn, Bernice, Genevee, Cenella, Louise, Grant, and Stanley

Here is Smith’s family:

Left to right:  Richard, Smith, Sarah, Calvin, M.A.

Front row: Farrell, Josephine

This is my favorite picture of Bernice as a child.  I have the original in my possession.

What did the young lovers look like?  They don’t have a wedding portrait, but I believe that this is Bernice’s engagement picture.

                                 Here is Smith at a similar age.

How about at the end of their lives?  There are many similar pictures of Smith taken in his last years.  They all look almost the same.

Here is Bernice as a teacher when she is in her late fifties.  She lived to the age of 72.

Smith died on April 1, 1959. It was the cruelest April Fools joke ever for Bernice, Douglas (age 17), Virginia (age 12), and Donna (age 10).  He died 5 days before his 54^th birthday. 

Here is one of the last pictures taken of the family before Smith died.  It was taken at a family reunion in the summer of 1958.

If you haven't already, make sure to mark your calendars for Friday, April 3, 2015

Come and celebrate Smith's 110th birthday!

Party from 5:00 -9:00 p.m

For those who are interested, there will be a

family sealing session at the Mt. Timpanogos Temple

Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.

Love, Donna