A is for ancestors, Atkin & aunts
Ancestors are family who lived long ago...
They gave us our heritage and today help us grow.
B is for Buchmiller, bears, bottle-fed lambs, Burton Farm & baby in a basket
C is for 8 children, courage, cousins & Christine
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| John & Effie Buchmiller with their 8 children bottom, left to right: John Jr., Effie, John, Naomi top, left to right: Fay, Karl, Norlene, Max, Ramona, Golden |
D is for dugout, dry farm
A dugout was a lean-to
Built into the earth
Humble and crude
Still a home of great worth.
E is for Effie, education, egg money, Emma & England
F is Fay & Russ, faith, father, family, fan chart & family prayer
G is for Golden & Carol, Germany, green bread, grandparents, games, George & the gospel
H is for hats, headlights, handcart & hard work
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| Grandma Emma Johnson Atkin went to dress making school in Salt Lake City and later opened the first Millinery in Tooele, Utah in 1911 |
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| Sisters--Rebecca & Effie Atkin in Emma's hats |
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| Emma's Millinery (Hat Maker Store) in Tooele |
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| The inside of Emma's Millinery |
Grandma Emma Johnson’s family walked to Utah pulling a handcart.
Emma was born in Utah.
I is for Idaho, immigrants, instruments
J is for John Henry, jokes, journal and Jesus Christ
K is for Karl, Klingler, Karl Heinrich
L is for letters, lightening, love & Logan, Utah
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| Written to Grandpa John Buchmiller on his 75th birthday, about 2 years before Grandma Buchmiller died. |
M is for Max & Charlene, music, mother, Mormon missionaries & miracles
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| Max & Charlene and their 6 kids: Kaylin, Linda, Patti, Susan, Karl & Geoff |
N is for Norlene & Kenny
N is for Naomi & Dene
O is for ocean
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| The Zetland |
Our ancestors sailed the ocean blue
Because of their faith and what they deemed true.
P is for purple house, pioneers, potatoes, prayer & piano
Q is for quilts
Q is for quilts and questions galore--
"Where is he going?" "What shall I do?"
"What is this feeling that makes my heart soar?"
Like a pieced quilt, stitched together with love--
These questions wove fabric with divine help from above.
R is for Ramona, reunions, ranch, Rexburg, raspberries & Ricks
S is for sheep, Saints, sand dunes, Sweden & Sabbath Day
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| 1950? Randy feeding lamb in Grandma Effie's backyard, Rexburg, Idaho and sheep shearing tools |
T is for train, temple, Tooele, track & Teton Dam
Before they met, Karl Buchmiller & Christine Walz immigrated from Germany & came west on the train after the pioneer era.
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Grandpa Karl Buchmiller worked for the railroad walking track,
looking for dangerous spots for the railroad to repair.
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U is for Utah & uncles
V is for values
W is for wagons, wild horses, Walz, white table cloth
Grandpa George Atkin & his family crossed the plains in a covered wagon.
George was 11 years old.
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X is for eXtended family
Y is for you
Y is for you...
You two...
You three...
You are important to this Family!
Z is for Zion
They came for Zion
The pure in heart
Their legacy lingers
When we all do our part...
Buchmiller Family
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The John & Effie Buchmiller family with spouses in December 1960--gathered for Grandma Effie's funeral.
Front row: Dene & Naomi Ogden, Carol Buchmiller (Golden’s wife), John H. Buchmiller, Nola Buchmiller (Karl’s wife). Back row: John Jr., Ramona and Hy McLain with Golden between them, Max & Charlene Buchmiller, Norlene & Floyd Kenison, Fay & Russell Kern, and Karl Buchmiller.
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