The Hales Newsletter

Motto: United Force is Stronger

NEW SERIES Summer 1998 Vol. 4. No. 2.

The Hales Chronicles on the internet

News and Views

In Memoriam

Lillian Bradford Hales

Melba Hales Lundberg

Richard Allen "Dick" Hales

Clara Emma Hales

"The Gypsies are Coming! The Gypsies are Coming!"

Parish Register Extracts

This is on-line version of The HALES Newsletter. The HALES Newsletter is the Journal of the HALES Family. It is a quarterly publication of the HALES Family History Society and variant spellings, including HALES, HAILS, HAILES, HAYLS, and HAYLES. The information includes current events, historical sketches and genealogical information pertaining to the Hales family. The pictures can be viewed by clicking on words that are highlighted. It is published by Kenneth Glyn Hales, secretary of The Hales Genealogical Society from 1970 through 1981 and The Hales Family History Society since 1995.

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I continue to work on the Hales Chronicles with the latest update to the online master files made on May 24, 1998. If you desire to check or view this work you need to either access these files using your internet connection or find a friend that has access.

This edition now contains all of the 1881 census extracts from England, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands. In addition to working on the Kent, England Parish Register Extracts, I am extracting the Australian 1788-1905 Vital Record indexes, various 1920 US Census extracts and a large collection of information on the South-eastern Hales families supplied by Lewis Kim Hales of Georgia.

It appears that the Hales Family History Society home page is being accessed nearly three times each day. More than 1,000 accesses have been made in the last year.

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From The Venerable Robert R. Hales of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Having read and cherished the "old" newsletters and seen the work that you are presently doing, I want to thank you on behalf of so many who like me bear the same last name. I wish I had done half of the work when people were alive who had memories and stories that would have been invaluable for my particular branch of the family. Someone once said rather poorly, "We get too soon old and too late smart."

She was born September 20, 1915 in Spanish Fork, the daughter of Robert John Bradford and Mary Eliza Payzant Bradford. She married Duane Hales June 14, 1937 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He passed away on March 11, 1990.

She was born and raised in Spanish Fork. She graduated from Spanish fork High School. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many positions. She was a faithful member all of her life. She was a very hard worker. She worked at Del Monte, Hales Rest Home, and took care of many elderly friends in their homes. She was devoted to her family, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Her family was her whole life. She cared for her husband for many years prior to his death. She loved her home and loved having family and friends coming to visit her and cooking for them. She will surely be missed by many loved ones who loved her. If there was ever an angel on earth, she was one.

Survivors include four sons and two daughters: Jon Duane (Faye) Hales, Edward M. (Rita) Hales, Larry B. (Leann) Hales, all of Spanish Fork; Marlene (Jim) Holly, of Alpine; Joan (Tim) Howard, of Murray; Clifford B. (Lynda) Hales, of Salem; 26 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Mark Bradford of Spanish Fork; Henry Bradford of Mapleton. She was preceded in death by her husband; a grandson, Stephan Hales; a great-grandson, Kyler Smart; three brothers and one sister; Bob Bradford, Vet Bradford, Bert Bradford, and Mary Grotegut.

Funeral services were held Monday, July 6, 1998 in the Spanish Fork 15^th LDS Ward Chapel and burial was in the Spanish Fork City Cemetery.

Melba Hales Lundberg died September 1, 1998 at her home in Hyrum, Utah following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born April 21, 1926, in Riverside, Utah, to Earl and Marian Nye Hales.

Melba graduated from Bear River High School, where she was active in many extracurricular activities. She met Clair H. Lundberg on VJ Day, August 14, 1945, and they were married September 11, 1946, in the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by President Joseph Fielding Smith. She worked in the registrar’s office at Utah State University while her husband continued his education.

Melba was the mother of five sons who credit her with teaching them the correct values and principles in which she firmly believed. She was a selfless individual who always put the needs of her family first. Melba was foremost a mother, whose happiest hours were spent surrounded by her family, especially when they all gathered at their summer home in Blacksmith Fork Canyon.

Melba was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in various leadership positions, including president of the Primary and Relief Society. She devoted much time to the Scouting program and had a positive influence on the lives of many young men.

Melba is survived by her husband of 52 years, Clair; sons, Brent (Tiffany), of Sandy, Utah; Brian (Marilyn), of Logan, Utah; Jay (Linda), of Hyde Park, Utah; Gary (Lori), of Logan, Utah; and Daryl (Melinda), of River Heights, Utah; 22 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a sister, Lavon Hales Low, of Claremont, California; a brother, Wayne Hales, of Salt Lake City, Utah; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Dean.

Funeral services were held Friday, September 4, 1998 at the Hyrum 7^th Ward Chapel.

Richard Allen "Dick" Hales, 49 of Elk River, Minnesota, died of a rare disease as he was walking with his son, Ben, August 19, 1998.

He was born August 8, 1949 at Minneapolis, Minnesota the son of John and Gloria (Kingston) Hales. He graduated from Richfield High School, Mankato State University, and received his master’s degree at Hamline University. He married Susan Dahle on July 29, 1972, and moved to Elk River, where he began his career teaching junior high physical education and health, and coaching.

Mr. Hales was involved with the National Guard from 1971 to 1977. He was a member of The Central Lutheran Church and also belonged to the Minnesota Education Association. He devoted much time to negotiations for his local teachers union, earning respect from his colleagues for his fairness and ability to calmly reason the most difficult issues. Mr. Hales was honored by his peers when he was selected Elk River Teacher of the Year.

He had a special interest in teaching and working with junior high school kids, and had a talent for communicating with teenagers. His involvement included many years of coaching Babe Ruth, Legion and varsity baseball, football and basketball.

Mr. Hales enjoyed his children and loved any outdoor activities with them, especially waterskiing and snowmobiling.

Mr. Hales is survived by his wife, Susan and children, Amy and Ben, all of Elk River; mother, Gloria of Deerwood; brothers, Don of Deerwood and John (Shawn) of St. Cloud; mother-in-law, Harriet Dahle of Princeton; brother-in-law, bob (Mary) of Forest Lake; sister-in-law, Mary (Bruce) Kelley of Alexandria; and many nieces and nephews. Preceding him in death was his father, Jack.

Funeral service was Saturday, August 22, 1998 at Central Lutheran Church and burial followed at Orono Cemetery.

Newspaper tributes included:

The community has lost a special teacher, coach and parent, with the death of Richard (Dick) Hales.

Dick poured a lot of talent and energy into his teaching, his coaching and his parenting.

As a coach, he inspired youngsters to do their best and taught them valuable skills.

At the age of 49, Dick left us way too early, from a disease that is so rare only eight people in a million get it.

The community was the beneficiary of his many years of teaching and coaching. We wish his wife, Sue, who is a media specialist at Meadowvale Elementary School, and family our sincerest sympathy.

He had taught, coached and had been a member of the Elk River Education Association salary negotiation team. He taught physical education and health his entire teaching career at VandenBerge Junior High School from 1972 until his death.

His peers honored him as the Elk River Teacher of the Year in 1996.

His wife, Sue, believes her husband died from a disease called amyloidofis, which attacks 8 people in a million.

The disease was detected in March at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, where only a few had been treated.

His friends learned of a treatment center in Boston, which Hales had visited in June and was scheduled for treatment September 8^th.

The disease develops abnormal plasma cells which generate protein and startch that attach to organs of the body and gradually disable them.

While Hales had a quiet nature, he earned the respect of his colleagues for his fairness and ability to reason difficult issues calmly.

Family members say he enjoyed his work and was respected by his students and teachers. He taught cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid, and took pride in watching his students become certified.

Hales coached Babe Ruth, Legion and varsity baseball, football and basketball.

During that time he coached his son Ben, 18, who was a pitcher. Hales also was a pitcher and a catcher for Richfield High School.

– Don Heinzman

The Elk River teaching and coaching community is still in shock after the sudden death of Dick Hales last week. The former Elks baseball coach and teacher was wel-respected throughout the school district.

Hales was an assistant coach to Tim Nelson on the baseball team this season where he got a chance to coach his son, Ben. Nelson said he and Hales had "a great time coaching together."

Baseball in Elk River was better because of Dick Hales. He worked long and hard as the varsity coach and had his share of successes as the Elks’ top man.

I always enjoyed talking to Hales. He supported all Elk River sports teams. From all accounts he was an excellent teacher who will be missed by all.

Clara Emma Hales was born of goodly parents, her father being George Hales and her mother being Sarah Ann Gregory Hales.

George Hales was born in Rainham, Kent, England on October 30, 1822. His parents were Stephen and Mary Ann Hales. Here they lived until the year 1832 when the family emigrated to Canada and afterward moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. There he embraced the gospel of Jesus Christ and joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1840 and was baptized by Elder Orson Hyde. He was well acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith and belonged to the first Nauvoo Brass Band.

He became acquainted with Sarah Ann Gregory and was married to her November 30, 1843. George came to Utah in the year 1849. Later, his family arrived and while crossing the plains with this company his mother died; this was unexpected as her greatest desire was to reach Utah because one of her daughters came before and was living in Salt Lake at that time.

At first the George Hales family settled in Salt Lake City. He being a printer by trade, went into the business and printed the first Deseret News, June 15, 1850. He was quite active in musical circles and became a member of the Ballon's Band, which was the first organized band in Salt Lake City.

The family moved to Spanish Fork in 1861 where they lived until 1862 thence moved to Beaver. Here he became a member of the first band, and also a member of the Beaver Choir which he served faithfully for more than forty years. He made his home in Beaver, following the printing and shoemaking trade.

He was ordained a High Priest in 1891 by Elder Francis M, Lyman and was always a devoted member of the quorum until his death.

Sunday September 8, 1907, he walked to meeting and that evening was called by death.

George Hales, while writing for the local Beaver newspaper, kept the church authorities informed as to the condition of the saints in Beaver County during the Federal Government's drive to thwart plural marriage among the Mormons. It is believed that he wrote under the name of MOONSHEE.

George Hales had taken a second wife under the plural marriage doctrine of the church in December of 1852, Louisa Ann Eddins.

My grandmother, Lucile Schofield Moss, tells of many fun times when she and cousin Nell Campbell would see Grandpa George Hales, limping along with his cane. We always loved to meet him because he always had candy in his pockets and would share it with us.

Clara Emma's mother, Sarah Ann Gregory, was the daughter of William Gregory and Electa Ann Fellows Gregory. She was born in Allegany County, New York on January 26, 1823.

Her parents, being staunch Methodists, taught her this religion until she became fifteen years of age. At that time they heard the gospel which she embraced and was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After her baptism she became acquainted with the prophet Joseph Smith and lived in his home with his wife Emma for some time.

Sarah said, "I first saw the Prophet when I was about 16, at Nauvoo. While we lived there I was stricken with ague and my parents called the Prophet to administer to me. He did so, and said, 'Brother Gregory, your daughter will die here. Bring her up to our house until she is well. Emma will be glad to have her come.'

"I improved from then on. I heard the Prophet speak many times and can bear testimony that he was the true prophet of the Lord." The Hales family knew the Prophet well.

I am unable to say much about Mother's childhood days but she became acquainted with my father, George Hales, and was married to him November 30, 1843, at Quincy, Adams, Illinois and was later sealed to him in the Nauvoo Temple. After the family arrived in the valley, they settled in Salt Lake City. About this time a house was built in Salt Lake City for the Saints who came to the Valley afterward. My mother was appointed by some of the higher members of the church to live in this house and assist the emigrants who come into the valley hungry, frozen and sometimes dying. Many hardships were endured. At one time she, with the rest of the saints were compelled to dig roots and cook them for their families to keep from starving because the grasshoppers had taken their crops.

In 1861 the family moved to Spanish Fork, where Clara Emma Hales rejoined the family of 2 brothers and 4 living sisters on January 18, 1862. They resided in Spanish Fork until 1862, when they went to Beaver. Here they were among the early settlers and helped to build up the country and endured many hardships. She was the mother of ten children, four of whom are still living.

In the year 1906, she went to Huntington, Emery County, Utah to live with her son George. She died, December 27, 1908, and was buried at that place.

I, Clara Emma Hales, was born at Spanish Fork, Utah in the year 1862. Shortly after my birth my parents moved to Beaver, Utah. Here my childhood days were spent, and they were happy ones, although I didn't have the comforts of life that the children have now days.

My parents had to work very hard, my mother made gloves and sent them back to California in exchange for groceries and other articles which we could not get in Utah. I was only a small child but can remember trying to help my mother by sitting up late at night and threading needles for her while she was sewing, and snuffing candles, as oil was not in use in those days. We often got very sleepy and tired but would never complain.

My schooling was very limited. I began when about 8 years of age. Because there was no school building we were compelled to go to a neighbor woman who was hired to teach the children. She only had one room, which served as a school room, bedroom, dining room and kitchen. Here we were taught a little reading and spelling.

When about 14 years of age I was compelled to go to work in the Beaver Woolen Mills. Here I worked as a weaver for four years helping to support my mother's family.

The Beaver Woolen Mills was founded by her future father-in-law, Thomas L. Schofield. Her father, George Hales and Thomas L. Schofield were very good friends and even comrades in the Utah State Prison while they were incarcerated there for unlawful cohabitation. In a plural family it was not deemed the sole responsibility of the husband and father to support all the families. Each family worked and supported themselves as much as possible, so the reference of Clara's of "helping my mother's family" is probably referencing this kind of subsistence. This was in the early 1880's and in the era where plural marriage was at its peak in Mormon History. The Edmunds Tucker Act which the government passed specifically aimed at Mormon plural marriage practices was not passed until 1882.

The summer I became 15 years old I went to the St. George Temple with my mother to help do work for the dead.

On November 29 of the same year, 1877, I received my patriarchal blessing. It reads:

A blessing given by John Smith, Patriarch, upon the head of Clara Emma Hales, daughter of George and Sarah Ann Hales, born Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah, dated January 18, 1862.

"Sister Clara Emma, by virtue of the holy priesthood, I place my hands upon thy head and bless thee with a father's blessing, which is also patriarchal. And I say unto thee honor thy parents and hold sacred their councils, for thou are as it were in thy youth and need instruction."

"Thou art numbered with the daughters of Zion and it is thy privilege to live to a good old age and be an instrument in the hands of the Lord in doing much good. The Lord hath given thine angel charge over thee who will watch over thee through the journey of life, guide thy footsteps and direct thy course, if thou will listen to the whisperings of the monitor within thee and thou shall choose well thy part through life and fill up the measure of thy creation on the earth."

"Thou will become a mother in Israel and thy name shall be honorable in the land, for it is written in the Lamb's book of life. "

"Thou art of the lineage of Ephraim and entitled to the blessings of the new and everlasting covenant with the gift thereof. "

"Thou shalt also be prospered in thy daily avocations and health and peace shall reign in thy dwelling. Therefore, be prudent in thy daily walk and conversation and thou shall ask and receive, for the Lord is pleased with thine integrity and will honor thy judgement. Therefore, be humble and prayerful."

"This blessing I seal upon thy head in the name of Jesus Christ and I seal thee up unto eternal life to come forth in the morning of the first resurrection, even so Amen."

November 29, 1877.

For two more years she worked in the Beaver Woolen Mills where she met and was courted by Thomas Bernard Schofield. They were married 12 November, 1879 in the St. George Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The couple remained in Beaver for the next six years. Three children were born to them: Amelia "Millie", Franklin Bernard and Charles Leonard.

It was during the latter part of these six years that both Thomas and Clara helped both of their families in many ways while their fathers were running from the federal officials. The territorial marshal, Deputy Marshall, had visited both of their families regularly to apprehend the men. Thomas B. Schofield had spent the better part of a year in the 'protection' of Robert Parker and his infamous son Butch Cassidy. George Hales had spent some time running but later he made a deal with the authorities to give him some time to get his affairs in order and he would peacefully surrender himself. The two fathers served concurrent sentences from September 26, 1886 to May 30, 1887.

Thomas and Clara took their little family to Lawrence, Emery Co. in the year 1886. While in Lawrence, Millie started her schooling in the Pioneer School.

When they returned to Beaver in 1889, Thomas and Clara returned to one of the most tragic eras in their lives. Their home was near the Beaver Cemetery. While in this home their son, Leonard, about 4-5 years, passed away from typhoid fever the fifth of December, 1889. One and a half years later an epidemic of diphtheria passed through the valley. Grandma Clara had warned all her children to get to her as fast as they could if they felt any sign of a sore throat so she could start in to doctoring them. About the only medicine they had to doctor with in those days was Halls Canker Medicine. One day she was watching Frank, age 9, on his stilts when he dropped them and started to run as fast as he could to her saying he had a sore throat. She immediately started to doctoring him – but to no avail. Frank passed away within 24 hours and two weeks later little Maude, 18 months, followed. Walter and Millie had gone to stay with Grandmother Schofield at the first sign of the disease.

With the quarantine that was placed on the homes of those with diphtheria no one was allowed to help. So Thomas and Clara were left with the lonely, heartbreaking task of caring for their dead children. One of the neighbors had made them some boxes to use as caskets. Clara prepared the sweet little body of Frank the best way she could, and Thomas had to dig his grave and bury him, even if it was at nighttime. Once was bad enough, but to have the same thing repeated two weeks later with their baby daughter was heartbreaking. Their little family of five children was diminished to two children in less than two years.

After the diphtheria had run its course everything had to be fumigated or burned. Before these tragedies Thomas had started to build a new home for his family. The new home was not yet completed but Clara insisted they move into it anyway. She couldn't bear the memories the older home haunted her with. They hung blankets over the doors and windows to be able to live there.

When Thomas had finished the home it was nice. The exterior was pink adobe rock which Thomas had cut himself. Inside was a kitchen, dining room, parlor and three bedrooms. They didn't have electricity yet in Beaver so they used wood for heating and cooking and oil lamps for light. Lucile Schofield Moss's history records the following story:

"Mother liked to clean her house at night after all the kids were in bed. Father liked to sit at the dining room table and read. One night, as she was cleaning, she moved the table from its usual place. Father went to sit down in a chair – no chair. Down he went! He grabbed the table and overturned it, knocking the coal oil lamp off which subsequently exploded into flames. There were yells and much scrambling as he picked up the burning lamp and ran it outside while mother quickly threw blankets over the flames. Luckily not too much damage was done, just a little dignity lost."

Beaver is very high up in the mountains, about 7000 feet above sea level, which makes their growing season one of the shortest in Utah. Nevertheless, they always planted a garden. (Thomas' brother Lorenzo was a great gardener, and no doubt Thomas has learned much from his example.) Clara had to take advantage of every fruit and vegetable she could by canning them. Thomas had his own business hauling any kind of freight to and from Milford, about 35 miles away. They worked hard together to make life as nice as possible for their young family.

Thomas had the same love for music that his father and father-in-law had. Thomas' father had an excellent singing voice, as did many of his children. (Taken from Old West Magazine). We don't know if Thomas had as nice a singing voice as his father but he did have a love and a talent for music. He played a big bass horn in the Beaver Band. The family loved to go to the concerts and parades he played in.

The countryside around Beaver had been inhabited by Indians for several years. The tenseness of the Black Hawk war of 1865 had decreased a lot but the white population was still reluctant to totally trust the Indians. They were never turned away but when they were around they were always watched very carefully.

Clara and Thomas had two Indian squaws who visited them regularly. The Indian women would "move a glass to the side of the table and tell Clara to 'level a loaf of bread on this glass.’ Clara gave many loaves of bread away this way."

The children were always frightened of being taken away by the Indians. It seems that some years earlier, around the time of the Black Hawk War in 1865, little Orissa Harris Robinson was indeed taken from her family by the Indians and never heard from again.

Between 1892 and 1901 four more children were born to Clara and Thomas Schofield: Newell H. was born 13 August 1892; Lucile was born 8 June 1895; Emma was born 2 December 1897; and Burton was born 7 October 1901.

Sometime after, Thomas heard of a farm for sale in Syracuse, Davis County. This was where he had spent so much time as a boy. The sale of a 40 acre farm included the responsibility of postmaster. The community post office was in the front of this home. The decision to move was made and by early spring of 1903 the Schofield's had moved. They packed two wagons with all their belongings and traveled north some 300 miles. Thomas and his eldest son, Walter, each brought a wagon. Clara and her children, Lucile, Emma, Newell, and Burton, boarded a train in Milford, Utah. Millie stayed behind in Beaver to work for Mr. A.B. Cline for a few months. The family met at Lorenzo Schofield's (Thomas' older brother) home in Centerville, Utah, and after resting, boarded the wagons for the short drive to Syracuse.

All the anticipation accompanying such a move ended in despair for Clara. When she first saw her new home the stink weeds were so large and abundant that she could hardly see the house. The Coles did not moved out immediately so everyone slept in the wagons and ate their meals with the Coles. Thomas had bought the 40 acre farm from John Coles for $2,000.

The farm was located on Antelope Drive, a block west of the Bluff Road due west of the R.C. Willey store. The boundaries of Syracuse at that time included most of what we know as Clinton, West Point, Layton and Clearfield. The little road known as the Bluff Road in Syracuse today was the main road between Ogden and Salt Lake City and heavily traveled. The population of Syracuse has since shifted east about one mile due to water problems. Early settlers homesteaded closer to the lake because fresh wells were more plentiful. The sandy soil was found to be ideal for strawberries, raspberries and other fruits and vegetables. A large population of Utah was drawn to Syracuse to the Bathing Resort, at the western-most end of Antelope Drive (where the guard house and the causeway to Antelope Island were built). The railroad brought many thousands of sun bathers to experience the phenomenon of the salty waters of the Great Salt Lake. This resort had closed its doors twelve years before the Schofields arrived.

With the new home for the family came the responsibility of postmistress for Clara. The mail was dropped off at a little desk by a front window. Then it was sacked and picked up by Bodily's and taken to another Post Office at Venebel's. "When the mail was all gathered it was loaded in a big mail sack and taken up to the railroad tracks and hung on a big pole. When the train came along the baggage man would stick out a big iron hook and grab the mail sack."

Clara was postmistress of Syracuse until the post office was moved to Venebels; and later to Layton, about two years later. The mail from the Syracuse Post Office was delivered to parts of Clearfield, Clinton, and Hooper.

Two more children were born to Thomas and Clara; a daughter, Clara was born 5 Feb 1904; and a son Donald was born 5 Aug 1906.

Lucile tells a story of a time when Walter and his fiance, Gertie Summers, took Clara and her children, Lucile, Emma, Clara, and baby Donald to Summers home in Fruit Heights (then it was Kaysville). After Walter and Gertie had gone to Farmington to get a marriage license, a terrible wind storm came up. The winds were always especially bad up by the mountains. This storm was reported as the worst winds in 40 years. They were forced to spend the night and take advantage of the open homes of people who did not know them. They took cover from the storm in two different homes that were damaged severely, fleeing each one as danger became apparent. Finally, they took cover in a very safe home with several other families to wait out the winds. Every time they were outside the people hooked arms together and held onto one another. Clara clutched her baby so close to her one time her first thought when safely inside the house that she had smothered her baby. Don was all right but mother was very scared.

Sarah Ann Gregory Hales visited her daughter's home in Syracuse after the death of her husband. Grandma Hales was older and the children would tease her. She would chase them around the home with a broom. After her visit she left for Huntington to her son's home. This is where she passed away.

In early spring of 1908 sorrow again came to Clara and Thomas. On an April night, sixteen-year-old Newell, gathered with some friends to go to M.I.A. (A church meeting for the young people known as the Mutual Improvement Association). They had to wait for Gilbert Barton to milk cows before they could leave. It was necessary for the boys to carry guns for protection against wild coyotes, and young Newell carried a 22 pistol that night. To pass the time waiting for Gilbert, the boys took to target practice. Newell thought he had used all his bullets when he accidentally shot himself in the head. Clara nursed her son for 2 or 3 days. When he was awake he would follow her with his eyes all over the room. Dr. Whitlock, of Layton, advised the family that Newell should be moved to his office-hospital in Layton. He was moved but passed away shortly after. Clara and Thomas were called and told of their son's passing. His body was returned to Syracuse, and, as was the practice of the day, the body packed in ice. The viewing was held in the family home and he was buried in the Syracuse Cemetery.

Clara was a good cook. She always spread a nice table. Every other day she made bread – 10 loaves at a time. She made butter in the old butter churns. After it was molded into round pounds with a little rosebud on the top she took them across the street to Walker's Store. The butter was usually sold before it arrived.

Her home was normally busy with six children and was usually occupied by a boarder as well. For several years, Lucy Russell, the town school-teacher, was a boarder in the Schofield home. The apple orchard Thomas planted brought in hired help who also boarded with them at different times. Clara included the boarders and their needs with her daily tasks – fixing meals and doing laundry.

Clara was an excellent seamstress. She kept busy sewing, knitting, and crocheting for her family. Millie, her oldest daughter, owned a millinery shop in Kaysville for many years. Christmas presents always included house-shoes with leather souls and crocheted uppers, wool socks, and mittens. Lucile well remembers the knit stockings. They were so itchy because they were made with wool yarn that it took several days to get used to them. Christmas also meant a new dress from Millie.

She sent her children to school, first in a one room school house in lower Syracuse, then to a new school where the Syracuse Elementary now stands on 2000 West. Lucile, Burton, Clara, Emma and Don went to this school. Lucile's children, grandchildren and some great-grandchildren have gone to this school. Millie taught school for a time in Syracuse until her hearing failed her. The children had to walk the 1/2 mile walk daily – whatever the weather.

There was no electricity in Syracuse for several years. It came in the spring of 1913. All of the household chores were done by hand. Emma tells how she helped her mother with the laundry. After peeling tomatoes for the canning factory until noon, she would come home to find water being warmed in a kettle and the corner with the only cold water faucet in the house ready for washing clothes. After the clothes were washed in an old hand-cranked machine Emma took them outside to dry on the line. Clara made her own soap for the washing. When electricity finally did come into Syracuse it only went as far west as the church house on 2000 West.

In 1919 Clara and Thomas sold the farm and moved to Kaysville for a year. But, the home in Syracuse had to be repossessed so they moved back. In 1930 the farm was sold to Don and May Schofield and a new home was purchased by Thomas and Clara. They bought the home from Bishop Miller and moved it onto a lot purchased from Mark Beazer. It was up closer to the school and new church house. They lived in this home until Thomas' death in 1933.

Thomas was severely ill for a year before his death on 5 March 1933. Clara took care of her husband with love for these months.

After her husband's death Clara busied herself with her children and grandchildren. Her granddaughter, Marjorie Moss Criddle, remembers many knitted articles given as presents from Grandma Schofield. She moved into a little apartment just south of the new canning factory, where she lived until her health and memory began to fail her. Her son, Don, who still lived in the original home built a little home for her by his house so she could live close by. While she lived in this little home she had a boarder who helped her with the chores and took care of her. When Clara failed more and required constant attention she moved to Salt Lake City at 1386 S. 5th East, a nursing facility. There she lived for three years until her death.

She died on 14 June, 1950, at the age of 88. She was a wonderful mother to her family and other motherless children, and a loving wife. She served her community as postmistress. Her children mirror the teachings she left with them in their lives. They are hard working people. They all have been faithful members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Every one of her surviving children have been through the temple.

Condensed from an following article by David A. Hales which first appeared in the Fall, 1985, Volume 53, Number 4, Utah Historical Quarterly and is reprinted by permission of Mr. Stanford J. Layton the managing editor. For a full version of this story please refer to the article named above. While not an article about the Hales family, this story describes interactions with Gypsies common to the people of yore.

One of our favorite evening pastimes as children growing up in the small farming community of Deseret, Utah, was to hear our parents tell about the Gypsies coming to town. Although the stories were always the same, with no new accounts, these incidents held a great deal of interest and intrigue for us and we enjoyed hearing them time and time again. A repeated request around our house was, "Tell us about the Gypsies."

My childhood interest in Gypsies has continued over the years. In an effort to find out what has been written about the Gypsies and their visits to rural communities in Utah, I was very surprised to learn that almost nothing has been recorded. The number of people who remember the days when Gypsies brought excitement to routine living in small towns throughout Utah is diminishing. Therefore, this article is written to add to the sparse records that exist about the Gypsies in early Utah as remembered by individuals who lived in these small communities in the early 1900s.

The accounts are recorded here as given to the author and express the feelings of those individuals who had contact with the Gypsies in bygone years. Here one may detect certain elements of prejudice and stereotyping and also possible envy of the perceived carefree and happy lives of the Gypsies.

It is not known exactly when the Gypsies first came to Utah, and accounts regarding the frequency of their visits also vary. Kate Snow states that, "Rare were the occasions when an adventuresome band would brave the rough, dusty road in quest of a little easy money." (Kate B. Carter, comp., Heart Throbs of the West, 12 vols. (Salt Lake City: Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, 1939-1951), 1:203.) However, others report that Gypsies were regular visitors in the early 1900s to small Utah communities during the spring and summer months.

In Elsinore, Utah, the Gypsies were known to visit the community every year during the summer and stay for about a month. (Laverne Rigby Johnson to author, March 1985). Myrtle Western, a resident of Deseret for over sixty years, remembered when the Gypsies made their annual trips to that area. She did not remember the same groups coming back. It was always a different group who would come. (Interview with Myrtle Western, Deseret, Utah, June 1984). However, Laverne Rigby Johnson stated, "In the early 1900s, many Gypsies traveled Echo Canyon during the seasons that roads were passable. They were always traveling west. The same Gypsies called at the ranches so frequently that they were known by name and their individual personality quirks were learned. (Laverne Rigby Johnson, "A History of Castle Rock," p. 15, MS in Utah State Historical Society Library, Salt Lake City).

Who were these nomadic people who made their appearance in rural Utah communities? Historians generally agree that they were of Hindu origin and were primarily from northern India. Some believe they left India around A.D. 100. (Josef Koudelka, Gypsies (Millerton, N.Y.: Aperture, 1975), p. 1.). Others believe they were exiled because of their religious beliefs or ran away from the persecution of Tamerlane or Timur, the great Tartar conqueror who invaded India in 1398. (Konrad Bercovici, "The American Gypsy," Century Magazine, No. 103 (1922): 509).

It is generally agreed that after leaving India the Gypsies moved westward across Asia Minor and continued the dispersion westward and northward. In some areas the Gypsies settled as serfs on the lands of noblemen while others continued to wander and were tinkers, woodcarvers, minstrels, and fortunetellers. They also became horse traders and were involved in caring for sick animals and horse shoeing. A large group of Gypsies appeared in Hungary in 1417. After traveling westward across Slovakia and Bohemia, they divided into smaller groups that went into Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, and northern Spain. (Koudelka, Gypsies, P. 1.).

Old documents show that Gypsies appeared in England in the reign of Henry VIII and soon crossed the borders into Scotland. (History of the Gypsies, Salt Lake Tribune, March 14, 1923). The first English Gypsies that came to the United States were transported from Glasgow, Scotland, to a Virginia plantation on the ship Greenock in 1715. This group formed the original stock of the English Gypsies in America. (Bercovici, The American Gypsie, p. 511). Over the years, Gypsies from other parts of the world have also come to the United States. Some came directly from Europe or through Mexico and Canada where immigration restrictions were more lenient. However, most of the American Gypsies are descendants of Balkan, Eastern, and Central European Gypsies who crossed the Atlantic during the wave of immigration at the turn of the century. (Carol Tina Silverman, Expressive Behavior as Adaptive Strategy among American Gypsies, (Ph.D. diss., University of Pennsylvania, 1979), p. 6.).

There is considerable lore as to how this group of people from India became known as Gypsies. Some say they claimed to come from a country called Little Egypt, and that Gypsies was a shortened form of Egyptian. (Bercovici, The American Gypsie, p. 509.). Another source states that there was a tradition among early Christians that the Egyptians were condemned to wander forever through the far lands of the world for having kept the Israelites in captivity. Thus, these strange, dark-skinned travelers who spoke an unknown tongue, wore different clothes, and dealt in trading, fortune telling, and the like must certainly be Egyptians. Again, the corruption of the word Egyptians to Gypsies stuck fast, and the Romany tribes adopted the name too; thus, they became known the world over as Gypsies. (History of the Gypsies).

Some individuals claim that the Gypsies knew which communities to visit during their journeys in Utah. They would make markers at crossroads such as stacking stones, marking trees, and making similar signs so that the next band of Gypsies would know which towns were hospitable to them. (Interview with Lemira Roper Dutson, Oak City, Utah, June 1984).

The Gypsies brought excitement and adventure to remote farming communities. Myrtle Western recounted, "We always knew when the Gypsies were in town. As soon as the kids saw them they would call out, ‘The Gypsies are coming, the Gypsies are coming.’ Kids further down the street would pick up on the call and relay it on down the street until everyone knew the Gypsies were in town." (Western interview).

Lucile Roper Hales, a lifelong resident of the Pahvant Valley, explained, "We had a big brass bucket and a small one. The Gypsies tried to get them from us one time to make jewelry, After that, as soon as we found out that the Gypsies were in town we would run home as fast as we could calling, ‘Mama, hide the brass buckets, the Gypsies are coming!’" (Interview with Lucile Roper Hales, Deseret, Utah, June 1984).

Exotic visitors always attracted attention. Kate Snow noted,

Myrtle Western related, "The one thing I always remember about the Gypsies is the bright clothes and jewelry, especially the women with the bright red and purple skirts." (Western interview). However, she also said that the women dressed in black, including a black headdress, when they were telling fortunes.

Ralph Crafts remembered that "The ladies wore bright-colored dresses, bright scarves or bandanas, large dangly gold earrings and necklaces made of coins. (Ray Crafts to author, September 1984). Some of these coins were fifty-cent pieces, quarters or dollars, and some were gold worth twenty dollars or more. "Their skin was sun darkened. They came to the store to shop and all the kids would stare and gawk.

The Gypsies traveled in groups of about five to ten families. Each community seemed to have one or more spots where the Gypsies would always camp. In Deseret there were two major places where they would usually stay. One favorite spot was a vacant lot close to the west entrance of the town. It was covered with salt grass, and there was an old water well from which they could get water.

Bert Hales told the story of a man in Deseret who traded horses with the Gypsies. One day when he was looking at a horse, the Gypsy said, "This horse don’t look too good, but it is a real good horse." The man traded with him but found later that the horse was blind. He took it back and asked, "Why didn’t you tell me the horse was blind?" The Gypsy said, "Oh, but I did. I told you the horse didn’t look too good."

One of the Gypsies that visited was a trick roper, and he put on an hour’s demonstration of his skill at their Fourth of July celebration. George Staples recalled, "A rider would gallop past the Gypsy and he would call his shots and would rope that animal on the left front leg, then the right front leg, then a hind leg, then both hind legs, and finally by the tail. To me his skill was almost unbelievable."

Much oral testimony suggests that the Gypsies would do almost anything they though would make people give them what they wanted. Lucile Roper Hales recalled the time her mother was making pancakes and a Gypsy woman came into the kitchen and stuck her dirty finger into the batter. The mother did not want to cook it for her own family then, so she gave the batter to the Gypsy and told her to go home and cook it herself.

Blaine Winters recalled the time a Gypsy wanted him to open his money purse and just let him pass his fingers over it: "I had about two dollars in change in the purse. I opened the purse and just let him run his finger over the top of it. I was watching closely to see that the money was not taken. When I got home I opened my money purse and it was empty. The Gypsy’s fingers were quicker than my eyes."

Another story told of a very attractive Gypsy girl who wore a sheer blouse to distract male clerks as the other Gypsies roamed the store gathering what they wanted.

Some observers state the Gypsies have now lost their identity and that they have been swept into the mainstream of American life, while others claim there is a thriving Gypsy population in the United States.

In later years the Gypsies were known to travel around the state in big cars, and they were engaged in car trading. However, they did not bring the excitement or thrill that the wagon bands of the previous era brought.

Gone are the days when the Gypsies traveled from community to community in rural Utah, but the excitement they brought still lingers in the memories of those who recall the cry, "The Gypsies are coming, the Gypsies are coming."

I have had to skip over the years during the Civil War of 1640 to 1660 when there were essentially no entries made in Parish Registers.

Boughton Aluph, Kent, England (1670– 1813)

7 Jul 1695 Faith daughter of Robert and Elenor Hales

3 Oct 1697 Mary daughter of Robert and Ellenor Hales

28 Jan 1699 Robert son of Robert and Elenor Hales

26 Apr 1702 George son of Robert and Ellenor Hales

16 Dec 1698 Mary daughter of Robert Hales

Boughton Malherbe, Kent, England (1563– 1812)

6 Nov 1628 Richard son of John Hales, Gentleman

20 Sep 1632 Dorothy daughter of John Hales, Gentleman

15 Oct 1634 Samuel son of John and Margaret Hales

27 Mar 1666 Edward son of Edward Hales, Esq. and Elizabeth

1,,, Mar 1596 Edward Tooke and Elizabeth Hales, widow

25 Oct 1611 John Hylles and Agenes Bowse

25 Jan 1636 Anthony Hales and Anne Henneker

25 Feb 1675 Gerald Gore of London, Gentleman and Thomasine Halles

25 Dec 1691 William Glanville, Esq. of London and Mrs. Frances Hales

Burials

5 Mar 1635 Mr. John Hales

13 Nov 1637 Samuell son of John Hales

9 Jan 1696 Edward Hales, Esquire of Tunstall

2 Mar 1744 Mary Hales

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England (1563– 1812)

20 Aug 1778 William Hale a soldier

Boxley, Kent, England (1558 – 1858)

3 Mar 1725 Thomas son of John and Mary Hales

19 Jun 1726 John son of John and Mary Hales

31 Dec 1727 Richard son of John and Mary Hales

1 May 1729 Stephen son of John and Mary Hales

28 Oct 1730 Laurence son of John and Mary Hales

9 Jul 1732 Henry son of John and Mary Hales

24 Feb 1734 Elizabeth daughter of John and Mary Hales

30 Nov 1736 Elizabeth daughter of Jacob and Mary Hales

18 Mar 1739 Mary daughter of Jacob and Mary Hales

1 Nov 1741 Robert son of Jacob and Mary Hales

15 May 1757 Mary daughter of Laurence and Elizabeth Hales

21 Jan 1759 Margaret daughter of Laurence and Elizabeth Hales

25 Feb 1760 Thomas son of John and Margaret Hales

13 Aug 1762 Marian daughter of John and Margaret Hales

12 Feb 1764 Frances daughter of Laurence and Elizabeth Hales

8 Dec 1765 Elizabeth daughter of Laurence and Elizabeth Hales

5 Apr 1772 Ann daughter of Laurence and Elizabeth Hales

27 Nov 1785 William Jennings son of Elizabeth Hales

6 Apr 1787 John son of Thomas and Frances Hales

20 Apr 1823 Caroline Eliza daughter of John and Sarah Hales – Steward

7 Dec 1823 Robert son of George and Ann Hales – Labourer

1 Jun 1828 William son of George and Ann Hales

5 Jan 1830 Thomas son of George and Ann Hales

12 Dec 1830 George son of George and Ann Hales

5 Jan 1834 Richard son of George and Ann Hales

11 Oct 1835 Emily daughter of George and Ann Hales

16 Jul 1837 Harriett daughter of George and Ann Hales

12 Nov 1734 Jacob Hales and Mary Batchelor – banns

19 Aug 1744 John Flood and Mary Hales – banns

5 Feb 1750 David Maroney and Elizabeth Hales – banns

6 Oct 1757 John Hales batchelor of this parish and Margaret Bennet minor by consent and by license

24 Nov 1757 William Fulliger batchelor and Mary Hales spinster – banns – witness Laurence Hales and Margaret Hales

3 Mar 1764 Thomas Hogbin of Saint James, Westminster and Margaret Hales, widow of this parish

11 May 1779 William Lamb of Maidstone batchelor and Mary Hales spinster of this parish

12 May 1781 William Hales batchelor and Sarah Kidney spinster both of this parish

9 Oct 1785 Banns only. Thomas Hales of this parish and Frances Randall of Maidstone

15 Mar 1734 Elizabeth Hales

5 Jun 1735 Henry Hales

4 Jul 1737 Mary Hales wife of John aged 38 years

30 Oct 1788 Elizabeth wife of Laurence Hales

24 Sep 1742 Robert Hales

12 Oct 1754 Sarah Hales wife of John aged 81

2 Jul 1756 John Hales

12 Oct 1762 John Hales

19 Nov 1788 Laurence Hales

24 Nov 1788 Thomas Hales

31 Dec 1805 William Hales

24 Feb 1828 Susan Hales aged 2

15 Feb 1829 George Hales aged 9 months

27 Feb 1842 Marian Hales aged 4 months

Stowing (Stouting), Kent, England (1558 - 1812)

13 Apr 1640 Richard Alleyne of Artes and Elizabeth Hales

Sturry, Kent, England (1560 – 1812)

20 Dec 1617 Isabell wife of John Hales

Sutton by Dover, Kent, England (1558 – 1812)

No Hales Entries

Sutton East, Kent, England (1562 – 1813)

28 May 1568 Thomas son of Thomas Hale

18 Nov 1582 Benjamin Hale

8 Jul 1604 Francis Clarke and Maget Hale

4 Apr 1608 Thomas Allyn and Clemence Hale

1 Feb 1621 Judith Hale widow

Sutton Valence, Kent, England (1563 – 1813)

21 May 1568 Annis Haylee

2 Oct 1575 Thomas Hale and Jane

3 Sep 1755 Richard Hale and Elizabeth Champin

20 Oct 1563 John Aylee

8 Jun 1638 Thomas Hales a traveler

Teynham, Kent, England (1560 – 1812)

7 May 1565 Elizabeth Hale daughter of Jhon

4 Feb 1620 John son of Edward Halls

7 Dec 1568 John Hale son of Thomas Hale

22 Apr 1575 (Ur)...sela Hayle, Widow

Thanington, Kent, England (1563 – 1812)

18 Aug 1580 Doryte daughter of Charles Hales

29 Sep 1582 Charles Hales

1 Mar 1584 John son of Charles Hales, Gentleman

6 Sep 1612 Stephen son of Thomas Hales

29 May 1615 Anna daughter of John Hales, Gentleman

19 Mar 1614 Charles son of Thomas Hales, Gentleman

9 Jul 1616 Charles son of John Hales, Gentleman

19 May 1618 Bennet daughter of Mr. Charles Hales son of Sir Charles Hales

26 May 1619 Thomas son of Mr. Charles Hales son of Sir Charles Hales

18 Jan 1579 Edward Hales, Gentleman and Martha daughter of Thomas Hales, Esquire

20 Sep 1582 John Hylls and Margaret Halle

13 Jan 1610 Mr. Thomas Tuck of Westcliffe and Joane daughter of Sir Charles Hales

2 Feb 1615 Charles Hales of Saint Mary Magdalen, Gentleman and Margaret Finch of Coldred

22 Jul 1666 Philip Butler of Faversham and Elizabeth Hales of Saint Mildred in Canterbury

22 Sep 1579 Joyce daughter of Charles Hales, Gentleman

30 Nov 1583 Thomas Hales

7 Feb 1614 Charles son of Thomas Hales, Gentleman

10 Jul 1617 Lady Hales wife of Sir Charles Hales, buried in the Chancel

27 Jul 1618 John son of Mr. Thomas Hales, north side of Chancel

24 Nov 1622 Alice daughter of Sir Charles Hales

25 Mar 1623 Sir Charles Hales

23 Sep 1634 Ann wife of Mr. Thomas Hales of Beaksbourne, Gentleman

14 Jul 1666 Old Ma Hales of Beakesbourne

Throwley, Kent, England (1560 – 1812)

No Hales entries

Thurnham, Kent, England (1562 – 1812)

No Hales entries

Tilmanstone, Kent, England (1563 – 1812)

11 Oct 1764 Sir Thomas Pym Hales and Mary Cousmaker