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Margaret Rebecca Christina PATERSON (1869 - 1910)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Pearl SKINNER (1890 - 1954)
Margaret SKINNER (1900 - )
Clark SKINNER (1903 - 1907)
Earl SKINNER (1903 - 1980)
Albert (twin) SKINNER (1909 - )
James Alvin SKINNER (1909 - )
 Margaret Rebecca Christina PATERSON (1869 - 1910)

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Horace Austin SKINNER (1867 - 1951)
 Robert PATERSON (1840 - 1916) Andrew PATERSON (1815 - 1879) Robert PATERSON (1793 - 1878)
Mary DRYSDALE (1797 - 1849)
Margaret FIFE (1814 - 1848) John FIFE


Christina Sophia Rebecca BOHN (1850 - 1925)











Margaret Rebecca Christina PATERSON Horace Austin SKINNER
Margaret Rebecca Christina PATERSON
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b. 28 Jan 1869 at Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA
m. 24 Jul 1889 Horace Austin SKINNER (1867 - 1951)
d. 03 Feb 1910 at Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA aged 41
Near Relatives of Margaret Rebecca Christina PATERSON (1869 - 1910)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Andrew PATERSON 25 Oct 1815 Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 1879 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 64
Grandmother Margaret FIFE 13 Oct 1814 Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 05 Aug 1848 Grovey, St. Louis, Missouri, USA 33

Father Robert PATERSON 25 Nov 1840 Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 09 May 1916 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 75
Mother Christina Sophia Rebecca BOHN 15 Jun 1850 Aalborg, Denmark 17 Mar 1925 Reed, Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 74

Self Margaret Rebecca Christina PATERSON 28 Jan 1869 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 03 Feb 1910 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 41

Husband Horace Austin SKINNER 17 Oct 1867 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 18 Jul 1951 Orem, Utah County, Utah, USA 83

Daughter Pearl SKINNER 15 Jun 1890 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 06 Nov 1954 Orem, Utah County, Utah, USA 64
Daughter Margaret SKINNER abt 1900
Son Clark SKINNER 1903 1907 4
Daughter Earl SKINNER 04 Nov 1903 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 09 Sep 1980 Cedar City, Utah, USA 76
Son Albert (twin) SKINNER 16 Dec 1909 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA
Son James Alvin SKINNER 16 Dec 1909 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA

Brother Andrew Bohn PATERSON 25 Oct 1866 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 20 Jan 1924 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 57
Brother Joseph Adolph PATERSON 29 Jan 1871 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 15 May 1943 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 72
Brother Robert PATERSON 17 Aug 1873 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 05 May 1876 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 2
Brother Thomas Oscar PATERSON 08 Dec 1875 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 08 May 1953 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 77
Brother Adam Sharp PATERSON 17 Oct 1877 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 07 Dec 1948 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 71
Brother John PATERSON 1880 Utah, USA
Brother Albert PATERSON 05 May 1880 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 28 Sep 1910 Smyths, Beaver, Utah, USA 30
Brother Lewis PATERSON 18 Aug 1882 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 23 Nov 1952 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 70
Brother William PATERSON 01 Nov 1884 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 08 Feb 1917 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 32
Brother James PATERSON 10 Jan 1887 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 19 Apr 1968 Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, USA 81
Brother Horace PATERSON 03 Jun 1889 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 24 Jan 1968 78

Son in Law Alvin Alexander LOVERIDGE 25 Nov 1886 Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA 06 Aug 1970 Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA 83
Son in Law Gladys Irene BALDWIN 24 Jun 1916 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA

Aunt Margaret PATERSON 1838 Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Aunt Agnes Ann PATERSON 10 Apr 1844 Newtonshaw, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 01 May 1909 Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, USA 65
Uncle Philo Taylor FARNSWORTH 21 Jan 1826 Hockhocking, Burlington, Ohio, USA 30 Jul 1887 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 61
Aunt Mary Roy PATERSON 10 Apr 1844 Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 20 Aug 1927 Tetonia, Teton, Idaho, USA 83
Uncle Samuel MOFFAT 30 Oct 1835 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 23 May 1910 Legrand, Union, Oregon, USA 74
Uncle Edward PATERSON May 1852 Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA 25 Oct 1926 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 74
Aunt Martha Harriet DEAN 15 Sep 1858 Burnley, Lancashire, England 04 Nov 1944 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 86
Aunt Catherine Banks PATERSON 30 Aug 1852 Cedar City, Utah, USA 04 Dec 1924 Milford, Beaver, Utah, USA 72
Uncle Thomas Jefferson Gustin SLY 16 Sep 1858 Sanaquin, Utah, USA 23 Aug 1927 Milford, Beaver, Utah, USA 68
Aunt Alexzandra PATERSON 1854 Cedar City, Utah, USA 1854 Cedar City, Utah, USA 0
Uncle Andrew PATERSON 1854 Cedar City, Utah, USA 1855 Cedar City, Utah, USA 1
Uncle Son PATERSON 1855 Cedar City, Utah, USA 1856 1
Uncle Alexander PATERSON 1856 Cedar City, Utah, USA
Uncle Thomas Morgan PATERSON 01 Jul 1857 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 19 Sep 1937 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 80
Aunt Martha Jane PATERSON 1864 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 11 Jan 1955 91

Cousin Andrew Stephen FARNSWORTH 21 Dec 1861 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 18 Feb 1862 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 0
Cousin Robert John FARNSWORTH 20 Feb 1863 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 24 Jul 1932 Twin Falls, Idaho, USA 69
Cousin Lewis Edwin FARNSWORTH 30 Jul 1866 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 08 Jan 1924 Provo, Utah County, Utah, USA 57
Cousin Mary Ann FARNSWORTH 02 Feb 1868 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 23 Feb 1868 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 0
Cousin Albert Stephen FARNSWORTH 04 Jan 1870 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 05 Apr 1945 San Francisco, California, USA 75
Cousin Edward FARNSWORTH 13 May 1872 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 24 Oct 1948 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 76
Cousin Charles FARNSWORTH 26 Sep 1874 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 06 Dec 1928 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 54
Cousin Margaret Agnes FARNSWORTH 09 Dec 1876 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 04 Apr 1877 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 0
Cousin Martha Jane FARNSWORTH 20 May 1878 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 22 Apr 1969 Afton, Lincoln Countym Wyoming, USA 90
Cousin Samuel Dennis FARNSWORTH 24 Mar 1882 Joseph, Sevier, Utah, USA 29 Nov 1967 St. George, Washington, Utah, USA 85
Cousin Samuel Patterson MOFFAT 05 Feb 1862 Logan, Cache, Utah, USA 23 Aug 1932 Butte, Montana, USA 70
Cousin Elizabeth MOFFAT 11 Sep 1863 Logan, Cache, Utah, USA 05 Apr 1940 Cedar City, Utah, USA 76
Cousin Mary Ann MOFFAT 19 Mar 1866 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 09 Jan 1946 Boise, Idaho, USA 79
Cousin Margaret Japp MOFFAT 30 May 1868 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 09 Jun 1941 73
Cousin Joseph MOFFAT 13 Sep 1870 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 07 Oct 1940 Tetonia, Teton, Idaho, USA 70
Cousin Andrew MOFFAT 03 Mar 1873 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 23 Oct 1945 Driggs, Teton, Idaho, USA 72
Cousin John Peter MOFFAT 05 Aug 1876 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 24 May 1955 78
Cousin Isabelle MOFFAT 27 Apr 1879 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 04 Dec 1966 Tetonia, Teton, Idaho, USA 87

Niece Daughter PATERSON
Nephew Son PATERSON
Nephew Andrew Morgan PATERSON 07 Jun 1893 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 04 Dec 1966 Applegate, Placer, California, USA 73
Niece Eva Naomi PATERSON 1894 Utah, USA
Nephew John Albert PATERSON 1895
Nephew Robert Allen PATERSON 07 Jun 1895 Athens, Coosa, Alabama, USA
Niece Stirling Kent PATERSON 1896
Nephew Robert Edward PATERSON 16 Nov 1897 Joseph, Sevier, Utah, USA 12 Dec 1902 Joseph, Sevier, Utah, USA 5
Nephew Angus Newby PATERSON 09 Oct 1899 Frisco, Beaver County, Utah, USA 10 May 1941 San Diego, California, USA 41
Nephew Jennings Wells PATERSON 08 Oct 1903 Caldwel, Cardston, Alberta, Canada 12 Oct 1981 Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA 78
Niece Sophia Elizabeth PATERSON 14 Feb 1909 Caldwell, Alberta, Canada
Nephew Hugh Hudson PATERSON 20 Jul 1916 Raymond, Alberta, Canada 14 Jan 1917 Raymond, Alberta, Canada 0
Niece Ann Elizabeth PATERSON 18 Jan 1920 Raymond, Alberta, Canada 18 Jan 1920 Raymond, Alberta, Canada 0

Sister in Law Annie Elizabeth NEWBY 13 Jun 1875 Joseph, Sevier, Utah, USA 20 Jan 1920 Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada 44
Sister in Law Leah Ann ROSS 17 Jul 1878 Joseph, Sevier, Utah, USA 11 May 1912 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 33
Sister in Law Sarah Jane WILLIAMSON
Sister in Law Margaret Ellen DAVIS
Sister in Law Lavern WILLIAMS 20 Aug 1886 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 21 Feb 1958 Milford, Beaver, Utah, USA 71
Events in Margaret Rebecca Christina PATERSON (1869 - 1910)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
28 Jan 1869 Margaret Rebecca Christina PATERSON was born Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 54
24 Jul 1889 20 Married Horace Austin SKINNER (aged 21) 54
15 Jun 1890 21 Birth of daughter Pearl SKINNER Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 54
abt 1900 31 Birth of daughter Margaret SKINNER 54
1903 34 Birth of son Clark SKINNER 54
04 Nov 1903 34 Birth of daughter Earl SKINNER Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 54
1907 38 Death of son Clark SKINNER (aged 4) 54
16 Dec 1909 40 Birth of son Albert (twin) SKINNER Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 54
16 Dec 1909 40 Birth of son James Alvin SKINNER Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 54
03 Feb 1910 41 Margaret Rebecca Christina PATERSON died Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA 54
Personal Notes:
Copied from Loveridge Family Tree - Ancestry
CHRISTINA SOPHIA REBECCA BOHN PATTERSON

By Marlin Patterson
In the little town of Aaloborg, Denmark, on 15 June 1850, a blonde haired, blue eyed baby girl was born to Adolph Joseph and Karen Maria Neilsen Bohn. The name given her was Christina Sophia Rebecca Bohn. She was a strong, healthy baby and was to grow up to be a beautiful young lady. At the time of her birth, she had a little 3 ½ year old brother, Antric Sabastian Bohn. Her father worked in the iron mines at Aalborg and did very well for his family.

Around this time, Joseph heard two LDS elders preaching the gospel. He became very interested but hesitated to tell his wife because she had heard some bad stories about the Mormons and how the men had many wives. Joseph was baptized by the Elders on 10 December 1850. After his baptism, Adolph’s mother talked to Karen Marie and they too heard the elders many times. On the 23 March 1851 his mother, Dorothy Kistin was baptized into our church. Karen Marie was baptized on 13 April 1851.

They were very happy after joining the church. At this time, many people were making plans to go to America. Grandfather Bohn began putting some of his earnings aside, not telling Grandmother Bohn, because he knew she was contented with things as they were.

In June 1852, another lovely baby girl was born to Grandfather and Grandmother Bohn and she was named Emma. Emma was a very pretty child, but not quite as strong as the other two children.

Grandfather continued working very hard and his desire to go to Zion grew gradually stronger. The months passed, and Grandfather’s brother, Olef, who was very close to him, spoke often of moving to America. Many people in Denmark were sailing to America and Grandfather talked with his sweet wife, Karen Maria, about moving to Zion. He was completely surprised when she seemed so calm about the idea. He told her he had been saving his money for the journey.

Adolph’s father had passed away in 1837, at the age of 54. He was very fond of his mother, but as she was quite old, she didn’t want to leave her home in Aalborg. (I remember Grandmother Patterson telling me when and where she passed away).

In the early winter their plans were working out for a vessel was taking the saints from Liverpool, England to America. Adolph Joseph, his wife Karen Marie, and the three children signed up to sail on this ship. Little Antric was 6 ½ years old , Christina 3 ½ years old and Emma 1 ½ years old. On 3 January 1854 the ship, Jesse Munn’ sailed from Liverpool, England with 300 Scandinavian and 33 German saints aboard, under the direction of Christian Larsen. It arrived at New Orleans 10 February. The emigrants continued up the river to Kansas City, Missouri, which this year was selected as the outfitting place for the saints crossing the plains.

To leave Aalborg, their family, friends, their comfortable home and his work, to come to America and Zion was quite an important decision in their lives. They were happy but sadness was also in their hearts to leave all this behind.

The voyage was, as usual, some good days and some bad, as the sea was unusually rough at this time of year. But they had faith that all would go well. They had faith that they would get to Zion safely and start a new life and home.

After three weeks out to sea, their baby, Emma, became seriously ill. Three days later she passed away. The small body was then buried at sea, wrapped in a sheet and then sewn into a canvas. Grandmother Karen Marie became so ill after Emma’s death that she suffered a heart attack. It was some time before she regained any strength and the rest of the journey was terribly hard on her. She kept faith, however, and the Lord blessed her many times. They lived in Salt Lake City for some time, then moved to Cedar City to work at the iron mines there. Grandfather was well skilled in this field.

While living in Cedar City they found it necessary to find someone to come into the home and help Karen Marie with the children and the other house work as Karen Marie’s health was very poor at this time. They were told about a Swedish girl, Suzette Bonnelli, a convert to the church living in Santa Clara, who might come to work for them. Grandmother Christia recalled the good stews Suzette made so many time for them. She also recalled many other things done that showed the kindness of Suzette.

Suzette and Grandfather Bohn were later married in Cedar City. In 1857, Grandfather, with his two wives and two children, Antric Sabastian, aged 10 years, and Christina, age 7 years, moved to Beaver. He built a small home on the lot where Emmerett Willden now lives.

Grandfather Bohn had a trade as a shoemaker after moving from Cedar. In his ship he made all sizes of shoes needed. (I find many of the Bohns and Kuhns were shoe makers). He also farmed along with other odd jobs available. He was a great beer maker as well. I remember George Woodhouse telling me a story of Grandfather Bohns beer making. The soldiers stationed at the fort would come into town on occasions and would head directly for Grandfather Bohns. Here they would indulge in the beer he made. It seems Grandfather would let them drink only as much as he thought would take them down the street on their own power. He wouldn’t let them have any beyond their ability. They would go up town arm in arm, singing, “Old Dad Bohn won’t sell us any beer. He believes in some, but not too much.”

Christina said she remembered how her father told her to learn to talk like the children did at school. She would count up to 4 or 5 in English then continue on in the Danish language for 6 and etc. The children would all laugh and make fun of her. Her brother, Antric, was 10 at the time and he would fight the boys that laughed at their Danish accent. But she did real well in her English as she grew up.

Grandmother Karen Marie had two girls and one boy after they moved to Beaver. Adolphina was born in 1859, Catherine in 1861 and Albert in 1863. Karen Marie was of a very sweet disposition and loved her children a great deal. They were taught love and kindness toward each other, as well as to work hard and be truthful in all they did. Karen Marie was ill at times and Christina had to care for the family much of the time. She told me one time how she would put the children to bed, then wash their clothes. Her mother, Karen Marie would sew and mend their clothes while propped up in bed. They had to manage just right to get along.

They had a large family to care for. Suzette had 12 children along with Karen Marie’s 6 children. Suzette’s children were Daniel, who died an infant, Erastus, Ross who also died in infancy, Clara, Adeline Marie, Emma, Edwin, Monetta, Lorenzo, Louis H., Hulda and LeRoy. Grandfather Bohn was loved a great deal by all of his children.

Grandfather was a very fine drummer and played many years in the Marshall Band. The Bohn people all had such a good sense of humor. They all had good singing voices and musical ability. Christina recalled her father coming down and telling about Aunt Addias baby being born. Grandfather Bohn’s English wasn’t very good at times and he told Chistina the baby was real cute, but what a name they were giving him, “Yosper.” (Jasper)

Christina had many friends and they had good times at school and church. Her mother would plan so she could have some free times to do the things she liked as well. She was a strong, well-built girl and was getting quite groanup. Grandfather Bohn, she recalled, bought enough cloth to make a very pretty dress for her. The dress was blue and matched her beautiful blue eyes. The dress was trimmed in white. She also had some new shoes to match.

A young boy once asked her if he could walk home with her from Sunday School. Her father was shocked and told the boy to go for home. He told Christina she was too young to be thinking of boys. So that romance was over.

She had another boy come to see her once. Her father put him to work washing wheat to make beer. The boy came back the next day to get his cap, but not to see Christina. Her brother, Antric, got into the beer and the boyfriend got blamed for it. So Christina’s father told him to stay away from the place.

She was 14 now and destined for the eyes of many young men. Another young man noticed how pretty she was. He would wait for her to come down the street and then would talk to her. She said he was a real good-looking fellow and she liked him, but didn’t tell her father and mother so. But Antric told them for her. Christina’s father called him a busy-body for telling on his sister the way he did. This boy too moved on so that was over.

In the spring of 1865, Robert Patterson, a dark-haired, black-eyed, good looking fellow came into Christina’s life. She told her parents he was the one for her. On her birthday, 15 June 1865, Robert asked her to be his wife. They were married on his 25th birthday, 25 November 1865. (Grandfather Patterson told me “She was the prettiest woman he ever saw, and the smartest. No man had a more perfect wife.” I said, “Well, what about your sons wives?” He told me we were all right, but not like her.) What a lovely compliment to pay her.

Grandmother was young, but had grown up in a home where her training was to make a good wife and companion. She was happy with what they had to do with. She planned and worked to make a home for herself and her husband.

One day her father bought her 2 yards of cloth. She made a small lunch cloth and curtains for her windows. Talking about it, Grandfather Bohn said they were real good and never wore out. Her brother Antric and Grandfather Bohn made her a cupboard for her birthday. It was a beautiful piece of furniture.

They were expecting a new baby, so Christina made some baby clothes. She had some more cloth to do with this time. She made a pretty quilt for the crib. She and Robert were very happy with their baby boy born 25 October 1866. They named their first child Andrew as he was born on his Grandfather Andrew Patterson’s birthday. They had a good supply of food and vegetables and plenty of fruit and meat and a warm house for the winter months.

Christina was a true homemaker, always working and planning to build a better home. Her second home was two rooms. Now she had more room, so a new piece or two of furniture was added. Grandfather put a fireplace in one end, and a pretty hearth of flat rock. She took white ashes mixed them with water, then painted the rock. It would dry white, giving the rock a beautiful finish.

In January of 1869, a lovely baby girl was born to them. This child was named Margaret Fife after Robert’s mother. We all remember her as Aunt Maggie Skinner and she was to be the only daughter. In the spring of that year they moved to a farm at Devil Creek. (As I remember, Grandmother Patterson said Joseph Adolph was born down on this farm. He was named after Christina’s father only the names were reversed.)

Grandfather and Grandmother Patterson and their three children left their home for a trip to Salt Lake City in October of 1871. They went with their wagon and team, taking three weeks vacation. It took about 8 days travel each way. They went to Little Cottonwood, where Grandmother’s Uncle Olef and family lived. After visiting there for three days, they left the children with the Bohn family and went into Salt Lake City, where they went to the Endowment House and took their temple endowments. This was on 10 October 1871. Grandmother said this was their honeymoon also.

They had a family of 7 boys born down at this farm. In 1873, their baby son Robert was born. When he was 3 years old he got whooping cough and passed away. This was a sorrowful time for the family. Thomas Oscar was only 5 months old when he too became very ill with whooping cough. But his life was spared. After Uncle Tom, there were four more sons born, Adam Sharp, Albert, Lewis and Billie.

Their farm life was as usual, lots of hard work with some disappointments, and some good farming years. No electric lights or electric devices as today. No running water or bathrooms as we have in our homes. Their transportation didn’t include automobiles. Many trips to town were by foot. But happiness was there, and they lived from day to day, enjoying life.

Grandfather Patterson decided to move to town. He bought the Patterson family home, which is the old Horace Patterson home, now standing. In this new home, Uncle Jim was born on 10 January 1887, making him 80 years old. Horace was born 3 June 1889, making him 78 years old. This was a total of 11 children. Uncle Jim and Uncle Horace are both still with us.

Grandmother and Grandfather Patterson loved to sing and every 24th of July they were on the program singing, “Hard times Come Again No More”. Their voices were beautiful and they put so much meaning into their songs. I remember one year Abe Murdock asked them to sing it over again. I asked Grandfather Patterson what he thought about the ovation, he said, “The darn fools don’t know when they are well off”. They knew all the old songs.

Christina was a Relief Society teacher more than 25 years. She helped with sewing and other preparations for the burial of many sisters and children. She made many beautiful Temple aprons. She had clever fingers for quilting and sewing of all kinds. Many pairs of stockings were knit by her also. So you see, she kept very busy and believed in helping others. She helped deliver many babies. Grandmother would put her shoes and stockings by a chair, and she would lay her other clothing in the chair. This way, if she was needed at night, it would be just a matter of minutes before she was ready. One night a knock came on the door and Uncle Tom told his mother to come quick that Nellis needed her. They were living up at North Creek and before morning little black hair Margaret was born. She had the same experience when Emma arrived. She was so kind and thoughtful to all when her help was needed. She was always ready to go out day or night with sickness. Sister Hattie Yardley told me one time, before Grandmother passed away, she didn’t know how she could have had her family without Grandmother to be with her.

Many others depended on her also. She was with sister Jane Yardley when the twin girls, Grace and Gladys, were born. I could go on and on. She had an account of 80 babies that she had helped into the world. Many were her own grandchildren. She was a grandmother to twin sons, Alvin Jim and Alvin Skinner. She was a sweet mother to me. She helped each of our five sons. I believe the last four babies she helped deliver were Bill Patterson in august 1921, then Andrew Cartwright soon after, our son Don October 1921, and Leo Patterson one week later. During these years she was lovingly called Aunt Sophie by all who knew her, instead of Christina.

Grandfather and Grandmother enjoyed going out to all entertainment such as the 24th of July activities. And any other gatherings held by a small town. Election time was always real exciting 50 and 60 years ago. Rallies were held by both parties. Some became quite amusing. They held many dances and town suppers. The Pattersons were real Democrats. I asked Grandfather why they weren’t Republicans. He said, “Because they didn’t have anything to give the people.”

The first time I saw Grandmother was to a dance in the old opera house that stands just east of the Val Beeson home. Grandmother was dancing the ‘Quadrille’. Her partner was her son, Uncle Joe Patterson. She was the most graceful person I have ever seen on the dance floor. I asked one of my friends who the Lady was. She told me it was Sophia Patterson, mother of Horace. I shall never forget how beautiful she looked dancing the ‘Quadrille’. She loved to dance and she and Grandfather enjoyed going to the married folks dance every New Years Eve. She could have reigned as Queen at any party. They loved having home parties. They always joined in with the games and fun.

Grandmother was a serious thinking person. She did not believe in wasting time with frivolous nothings. She did not like foolish jokes and never cared to have a joke played on her. But she was gracious, warm and sweet to everyone. She could see the best in everyone. Her advice and counsel could be appreciated by everyone. She knew the power of prayer and kept faith in what she knew was right. I am sure if we would have the high ideals she always lived by; we would be an honor to Christina Sophia Rebecca Bohn Patterson. Let us honor her name by living a good, religious, clean life that we may again be with her in Eternity.



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DATES OF DEATH MARRIAGES

Karen Marie, 30 August 1872 Antric Sabastian married Eliza Shelton

Suzette, 24 August 1904 Adolphina married Thomas Patterson

Grandfather Bohn, 8 September 1901 Catherine married Joseph Jackson

Christina, 17 March 1926 Albert married (1) Cecelia Bliss

Grandfather Robert Patterson, 6 May 1916 (2) Sarah Banks


Andrew married (1) Jane Morgan

(2) Annie Newby

Margaret married Horace Skinner

Joseph Adolp married (1) Leah Ann Ross

(2) Sarah Jane Lund

Robert died in childhood

Thomas married Margaret Ellen (Nell) Davis

Adam married Lavern Williams

Albert married Jessie White

Lewis married Sarah Ann (Sade) Baldwin

William (Billie) an invalid never married.

James married (1) Ruby White

(2) Mae Hutchings
Horace married Merlin Evans
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