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Layton & Taylorsville Temple Open Houses

Paul, Hiram, and Aliza Ross at Vernal Utah Temple

Before I talk about the Layton and Taylorsville Temples, I thought I better throw in another temple visit we made since I last updated. While on Spring Break this year, we made a stop in Vernal, Utah. While there, we scheduled and attended the Vernal Utah Temple with the kids. Glad we stopped to make another memory at another House of the Lord.

Hiram and Aliza at Vernal Utah Temple on 27 March 2024

Since the kids have a goal to attend the temple every month this year, we did also make it in April to the Twin Falls Temple. In May, while going to Utah for the open houses, we made sure to stop off and fulfill the monthly goal. May took us to Ogden Utah Temple.

Hiram and Aliza Ross at Ogden Utah Temple 17 May 2024

Later that evening, we attended the open house of the Layton Utah Temple with Amanda’s parents. Beautiful.

Paul, Lillian, Amanda, Aliza, James, and Hiram Ross with Bryan and Jill Hemsley 17 May 2024

We look forward to attending the temple after it is dedicated.

The next day we attended the open house for the Taylorsville Utah Temple, again with Amanda’s parents. We were also excited to run into the Brad and Rachel Hales family as well as Sarah Sanderson!

Bryan and Jill Hemsley with James, Aliza, Lillian, Hiram, Amanda, and Paul Ross 18 May 2024

It has been a crazy year for temple attendance and temple open houses. We have attended quite a few and quite a few are coming up for open houses. Wow, should be fun. It is exciting that the Kingdom and Church of God on the earth is in such a position to build so many beautiful houses to the Lord. We are blessed to attend the open houses and hopefully return some day to participate in holy ordinances there.

When I was interviewed for my first temple recommend in 1998, President Gene Hansen indicated he had a goal since he was first endowed to attend the temple every single month. He challenged me to do the same. As long as I have held a recommend, or I had permission to attend, I have attended the temple every single month since 1998. That meant a full day off of work in Missouri as it was a 4 hour drive one way from Branson, Missouri, to St. Louis, Missouri. Or from Richmond, Virginia, to Washington, D.C., that was a 4-5 hour drive and we often would go up and spend the night and return home on Saturday or Sunday depending on the circumstances.

Many open houses are upcoming, including Deseret Peak Utah; Casper Wyoming; Grand Junction Colorado; Elko Nevada; Syracuse Utah; Burley Idaho; Lindon Utah; Ephraim Utah; Smithfield Utah; Montpelier Idaho; Heber Valley Utah; Teton River Idaho; Salt Lake City Utah; Provo Rock Canyon Utah; Cody Wyoming; Lethbridge Alberta; Lehi Utah; and West Jordan Utah. Hopefully we can make some of the more exotic ones, particularly Birmingham England; Edinburgh Scotland; Honolulu Hawaii; and Vancouver British Columbia. We will see what our future holds.

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Hutton – Donaldson Wedding

Archibald and Sarah Waddell Hutton are pleased to announce the marriage of their son Francis Osborne Hutton to Mary Donaldson, son of William and Catherine Scott Donaldson.  Francis and Mary were married 7 January 1862 in Frontenac Township, Ontario.

I have previously written of Mary’s brother, Joseph Russell Donaldson, who is my third great grandfather.  My cousin, Mark, stumbled upon these pictures so I thought I would make them available.

Francis and Mary had eight children which I will list what I know below.

Francis Osborne and Mary Donaldson Hutton with unknown individuals

Francis Osborne and Mary Donaldson Hutton (on the far right) with unknown individuals

Francis and Mary Hutton with unknown family

Francis Osborne and Mary Donaldson Hutton (sitting center) with unknown family

William Osborne Hutton born 29 March 1863 in Pittsburgh, Frontenac, Ontario and died 27 June 1930 in Lethbridge, Alberta.  He married Mary Christine Gillis (1870-1958) 1 June 1893 in Fort MacLeod, Alberta.

Nancy Etta Hutton born 6 February 1866 in Pittsburgh and died 27 April 1956 in Lethbridge.  She married David James Whitney (1861-1936) 23 May 1886 in Pittsburgh.  She remarried after David’s death to Newton Parsons in 1940.

Archibald Hutton born 14 February 1868 in Pittsburgh and died 24 May 1946.  He married Emma Flora Todd (1878-1953) 9 June 1897 in Joyceville, Frontenac, Ontario.

Francis Henry Hutton born 27 March 1870 in Pittsburgh and died 14 March 1937 in Lethbridge.  He married Lillian May Sinclair (1887-1977).

James Alexander Hutton born 30 May 1972 in Pittsburgh and died 5 May 1938.  He married Mary Loney (1881-1963) in 1902.

John Albert Hutton born 14 November 1876 in Pittsburgh and died 25 December 1967 in Grand Forks, Yale, British Columbia.  He married Sarah Mary McLean 15 September 1909 in Whitmount, Frontenac, Ontario.

Ernest Stafford Hutton born 4 March 1879 in Pittsburgh and died 29 July 1916 in Calgary, Alberta.  He married Mabel Rosemont Keeler.

Mary Elizabeth Hutton born 2 February 1883 in Pittsburgh and died 18 May 1968.  She married Francis Orton McLean (1884-1956) 30 January 1907.