Person:George Pierce (27)

DOUBLE COUSINS CHILDREN George Leonard Pierce was the brother of Elda LaVerne Pierce Dora Cornelia Throckmorton was the sister of Ammon Dee Throckmorton Len Pierce and Dora Throckmorton were married living in Payson, Utah. One evening Elda Pierce was visiting her brother Len. Along came Ammon to visit his sister Dora. Ammon Throckmorton and Elda Pierce were star struck. They talked the evening through. They eventually got married. The children of these four special people called each other double cousins.

1.   1900 United States Federal Census about Harriet Pierce.

   1900 United States Federal Census about Harriet Pierce
   Name: Harriet Pierce
   Home in 1900: Huntington, Emery, Utah
   Age: 25
   Birth Date: Aug 1874
   Birthplace: Iowa
   Race: White
   Gender: Female
   Relationship to head-of-house: Wife
   Father's Birthplace: Sweden
   Mother's Birthplace: New Hampshire
   Mother: number of living children: 1
   Mother: How many children: 5
   Spouse's Name: Martin Pierce
   Marriage year: 1889
   Marital Status: Married
   Years married: 11
   Household Members: Name Age
   Martin Pierce 29
   Harriet Pierce 25
   Emma Pierce 10
   Ernest Pierce 8
   Leonard Pierce 6
   Syrilda Pierce 4
   Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Huntington, Emery, Utah; Roll: T623_1683; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 197.
   Source Information:
   Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

2.   1910 United States Federal Census about Ada E Pierce.

   1910 United States Federal Census about Ada E Pierce
   Age in 1910: 11/12 [0]
   Estimated Birth Year: abt 1910 [1910]
   Relation to Head of House: Daughter
   Father's name: Martin R Pierce
   Mother's name: Hariet A Pierce
   Home in 1910: Giles, Wayne, Utah
   Race: White
   Gender: Female
   Neighbors:
   Household Members: Name Age
   Martin R Pierce 40
   Hariet A Pierce 36
   Ernest R Pierce 17
   George L Pierce 16
   Syrilda Pierce 13
   Tressie A Pierce 9
   Vena M Pierce 7
   Dora A Pierce > 4
   Vernon W Pierce 2
   Ada E Pierce 11/12 [0]
   Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Giles, Wayne, Utah; Roll: T624_1610; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0213; Image: 804; FHL Number: 1375623.
   Source Information:
   Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

3.   Dora Luella Pierce Ewell, daughter, in George Leonard Pierce.

   When he was a baby, his family was moving to Colorado. Their first night out, the camp fire blazing, he was safely tied into his high chair and placed a safe distance from it, but his 4 year old sister felt that he should be nearer the fire and in an attempt to do this, pushed the chair and baby first into the fire. He was very badly burned. This left his face scarred which he was self conscience of but his scars were never noticed by those who loved him.
   When he was a baby, his family was moving to Colorado. Their first night out, the camp fire blazing, he was safely tied into his high chair and placed a safe distance from it, but his 4 year old sister felt that he should be nearer the fire and in an attempt to do this, pushed the chair and baby first into the fire. He was very badly burned. This left his face scarred which he was self conscience of but his scars were never noticed by those who loved him.
   His father got him a job as a sheep herder when he was 8 years old to help earn money for the family. Because of this, his education only consisted of the 3rd grade. However, he was a self-educated man. He was a good reader, a good speller and a whiz at math. He helped us with our high-school math. He read the Book of Mormon several times.
   Father was very good with horses. He loved to break horses...especially the ones that were a challenge...the ones no one else could break.
   Father was a very kind man. I never ever remember a swear word coming from him. He loved Mother very much. They never quarrelled. He was a shy, quiet man. He loved western music. He had perfect pitch. He never knew how to play the guitar but he taught his children and their friends how to play it. Father and Mother had beautiful voices, and they loved to sing together. They were asked to sing at many funcions, especially church.
   After marriage they lived in Marysvale, Utah, and then moved to Genola, Utah County, Utah in about 1923. Here he had a farm, worked in a mine (where he ruined his lungs), and also sheared sheep in the Spring. When we were little, it was during the terrible depression so we were very poor (along with everyone else). Father had to work at many different jobs to keep things going. He was a hard worker all of his life. At one time, he worked in a sawmill in Santaquin Canyon. On one trip down the canyon with a load of logs, the neck yoke broke on the wagon, and he jumped out, but the wagon wheel ran over his leg. It never healed correctly so he had a real bad limp the rest of his life. This caused him a lot of pain in his back. He later (along with some of his children) owned a sawmill.
   We could always feel of Father's love for us. He fixed us things to play with in the yard when we were little (like a huge swing on onur derrick and a huge barrel 6 feet deep that we filled with water and 3 kids at a time could get into it) Kids from all over the valley came to our place to play with us on our swing and to play in our "water slide" (the canal). Father always had a treat for each of us every year when he came back from shearing sheep. We wre always anxious to see what it would be.
   We had family home evenings often. We would pop popcorn and gather around the organ that mother played, and we would all sing.
   Mother and Father moved to Las Vegaa in 1951. There he went to work at Nellis Air Force Base as a carpenter and stayed there until he retired.
   Mother and Father were active in the church. They loved the Lord very much. After he retired, they went to St. George many times and stayed at the temple cabins and worked in the temple all day long.
   His grandchildren loved to visit with him. He always took time to play games with them, or they would enjoy just watching TV together. They could feel his great love for them.
   
   Father was very good with horses. He loved to break horses...especially the ones that were a challenge...the ones no one else could break.
   Father was a very kind man. I never ever remember a swear word coming from him. He loved Mother very much. They never quarrelled. He was a shy, quiet man. He loved western music. He had perfect pitch. He never knew how to play the guitar but he taught his children and their friends how to play it. Father and Mother had beautiful voices, and they loved to sing together. They were asked to sing at many funcions, especially church.
   After marriage they lived in Marysvale, Utah, and then moved to Genola, Utah County, Utah in about 1923. Here he had a farm, worked in a mine (where he ruined his lungs), and also sheared sheep in the Spring. When we were little, it was during the terrible depression so we were very poor (along with everyone else). Father had to work at many different jobs to keep things going. He was a hard worker all of his life. At one time, he worked in a sawmill in Santaquin Canyon. On one trip down the canyon with a load of logs, the neck yoke broke on the wagon, and he jumped out, but the wagon wheel ran over his leg. It never healed correctly so he had a real bad limp the rest of his life. This caused him a lot of pain in his back. He later (along with some of his children) owned a sawmill.
   We could always feel of Father's love for us. He fixed us things to play with in the yard when we were little (like a huge swing on onur derrick and a huge barrel 6 feet deep that we filled with water and 3 kids at a time could get into it) Kids from all over the valley came to our place to play with us on our swing and to play in our "water slide" (the canal). Father always had a treat for each of us every year when he came back from shearing sheep. We wre always anxious to see what it would be.
   We had family home evenings often. We would pop popcorn and gather around the organ that mother played, and we would all sing.
   Mother and Father moved to Las Vegaa in 1951. There he went to work at Nellis Air Force Base as a carpenter and stayed there until he retired.
   Mother and Father were active in the church. They loved the Lord very much. After he retired, they went to St. George many times and stayed at the temple cabins and worked in the temple all day long.
   His grandchildren loved to visit with him. He always took time to play games with them, or they would enjoy just watching TV together. They could feel his great love for them.
   Father died 30 March 1971 in Las Vegas, Nevada and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetary in Las Vegas. He died at Sunrise Hospital of pneumonia after having a gall bladder operation

4.   "United States Census, 1940," Len Pierce, age 46, Genola.

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   "United States Census, 1940," Len Pierce, Genola Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States
   Name: Len Pierce Event Year: 1940
   Event Place: Genola, Genola Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States
   Gender: Male Age: 46
   Marital Status: Married Race (Original): White
   Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
   Birthplace: Utah Estimated Birth Year: 1894
   Residence in 1935: Same House Enumeration District Number: 25-15
   Family Number: 54 Sheet Number and Letter: 3B Line Number: 76
   NARA Publication Number: T627 NARA Roll Number: 4219
   Digital Folder Number: 005459992 Image Number: 00199
   Household Gender Age Birthplace
   Head Len Pierce M 46 Utah
   Wife Dora Pierce F 40 Utah
   Daughter Violet Pierce F 16 Utah
   Son Guy Pierce M 18 Utah
   Daughter Leola Pierce F 12 Utah
   Daughter Venice Pierce F 10 Utah
   "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VT4H-PR2 : accessed 06 Aug 2012), Len Pierce, Genola, Genola Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 25-15, sheet 3B, family 54, NARA digital publication T627, roll 4219.