Arthur Lewis

  Generelle notater:

Arthur Lewis was born July 13, 1866. When he was about 8 years old his mother died. His family had joined the LDS church and wanted to go to Utah. His father sent Arthur alone when he was about 14 years old. He made it to Utah and was taken in by a Bishop of one of the Wards and put to work driving wagons. He met Rosalie Nielsen and they married. He obtained work at Brown floral and worked 12 hours a day 6 days a week. He had a very large family and was very poor. He decided to join a group of people and establish a ranch in Nevada. The ranch had several reverses and failed so he moved his family to nearby Overton. Rosalie suffered a stroke and Arthur took care of her and the family with the help of his grown daughters. He was very involved in church work and took good care of his family. He was respected in the small community and several of his children became very successful in the area.

Arthur's mother died when he was 6 years old. He was cared for by relatives and attended the public school, where he displayed diligent scholarship,being the reciipient of two books--a prestigious prize for that period of time. Then, when he was 13 his father sent him to the United States of America all alone, with only the meager belongings a boy could stuff into a carpetbag. He arrived in New York alone, friendless and often hungry. He crossed America with the Morman immigrants and arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah. At age 17 he was a sheepherder in Wyoming, but later returned to Salt Lake City to work and later to wed a young Danish immigrant. became aitizen of USA 9-21-1895

  Begivenheder i hans liv:

• Beskæftigelse: florist: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

• Bopæl, 1871, St George Bloomsbury, London, Middlesex, England.

• Bopæl, 1900, ED 15 Precinct 15 Salt Lake City Ward 2, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

• Indvandring, 1881.

• Bopæl, 1910, Overton, Clark, Nevada, United States.

• Bopæl, 1920, Overton, Clark, Nevada, United States.

• Bopæl, 1930, Clark, Nevada.

Arthur blev gift med Anna Rosalie Theodora Nielsen, datter af Christian Nielsen og Christiane Vallentin, den 13 Jul. 1887 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Utah, USA. (Anna Rosalie Theodora Nielsen blev født den 14 Aug. 1866 i Holbæk, Holbæk, Danmark, dåb den 14 Okt. 1866 i Tveje Merløse, Holbæk, Danmark, døde den 4 Dec. 1950 i Pioche, Lincoln, Nevada USA og blev begravet den 10 Dec. 1950 i Pioche, Lincoln, Nevada USA.)