Boy Killed By Companion
Didn't Know the Old Gun Was Loaded.
George Gutke the Victim
Joe Murray Fired the Fatal Shot.
While playing yesterday afternoon with an old rusty shotgun, not supposed to be loaded, George Gutke, an 11-year-old boy, was accidentally shot and killed in Camp lane, over the Jordan, by Joe Murray, a 10-year-old companion. The entire load of shot from a 12-bore gun entered the lad's left shoulder, grinding the bone to fragments and burying itself in the chest. He lived for forty-five minutes in terrible agony, but before a physician could get to the scene of the accident, death relieved the sufferer of his agony. The scene after the shooting was heart rending. Young Murray, realizing what he had done, threw his arms about the form of his dying companion and moaned as though his heart would break until some men forced him away.
The accident occurred about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the residence of Martin Murray in Camp lane, beyond the Jordan river. Young Gutke and his brother, who live further down the lane, were visiting young Murray and were playing in the yard, the Murray family being away from home. The shotgun, a rusty weapon with one barrel broken, had been stowed away in the coal shed in the yard and was supposed to be empty. While playing about the shed, young Gutke, it is said, took the gun and sat down by the shed to look at it.
Snapped the Gun.
"I took the gun away from him," said young Murray, "and not knowing that it was loaded I snapped it." Murray said that he did not notice that Gutke was in front of the gun, but unfortunately the boy was within two feet of the muzzle, and as he leaned forward, the whole load went through his shoulder, burying itself in his chest.
With the cry, "O, my God, don't," the lad fell over, apparently unconscious, with the blood streaming from his shoulder. Dropping the gun, young Murray threw his arms about his dying companion and moaned in agony until some carpenters who were working on the Murray house ran and took him away.
The wounded boy was carried in the house and a messenger was dispatched for Dr. Wright, while another notified the parents of the two boys. Young Gutke suffered great agony for forty-five minutes, but died before Dr. Wright could arrive. The news of his death almost prostrated the mother and sister and the father hung over the form of his child, sobbing in pitiful grief. Dr. Wright, after examining the body and investigating the circumstances, stated that there would be no necessity for an inquest and the body was removed to the undertaking parlors of Joseph William Taylor.
An examination of the shotgun showed that the shell which had been discharged had evidently been left in the gun for a long time, as it had rusted to the barrel.
The victim of the accident is a son of A. F. Gutke, a blacksmith employed by the Rio Grande railroad.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1901-10-13/ed-1/seq-5/
Another article appears in the 10-18-1901 Davis County Clipper.
"George Gutke, the Salt Lake boy who was last week accidentally shot by a youthful companion, is dead from the injuries received."
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/davis1&CISOPTR=25125&filename=25126.pdf
Frank Gutke fifth place in road race
September 3, 1901 The Salt Lake Herald
In Athletic Contests and Other Sports at Lagoon.
The afternoon at the Lagoon was characterized by a tremendous crowd and a very enjoyable time, although the programme went very much awry....
"The eight-mile road race from Bountiful to the Lagoon was won by Jud Fowler, who did the distance in 25 minutes; .... Frank Gutke fifth, William Workman sixth."
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1901-09-03/ed-1/seq-3/
*I'm not sure if this is actually Frank Edward, so I'll have to come back and verify.
In Athletic Contests and Other Sports at Lagoon.
The afternoon at the Lagoon was characterized by a tremendous crowd and a very enjoyable time, although the programme went very much awry....
"The eight-mile road race from Bountiful to the Lagoon was won by Jud Fowler, who did the distance in 25 minutes; .... Frank Gutke fifth, William Workman sixth."
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1901-09-03/ed-1/seq-3/
*I'm not sure if this is actually Frank Edward, so I'll have to come back and verify.
This article is about a Lillie Gutke:
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1901-08-06/ed-1/seq-5/
The second article is the result of this court case:
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1901-11-23/ed-1/seq-5/
The case against DanVasconcellos, charged with ...
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1901-08-06/ed-1/seq-5/
The second article is the result of this court case:
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1901-11-23/ed-1/seq-5/
The case against DanVasconcellos, charged with ...
Andrew F. Gutke land transactions
August 12, 1900 in The Salt Lake Herald:
Real Estate Transactions.
Peter Reid et ux., to Andrew F.
Gutke, 3.68 acres in lot 1, block 15,
West Jordan plat ......................300
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1900-08-12/ed-1/seq-5/
June 16, 1901 in The Salt Lake Herald:
Real Estate Transactions.
Joseph Bull et. ux to Andrew F. Gutke, 6.21 acres southwest from lot 1, section 22, township 1 north, range 1 est
May 3, 1905 in The Salt Lake Herald:
Real Estate Transfers.
Joseph F. Smith to Andrew F. Gutke, part section 27, township 1 north, range 1 west $400
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1905-05-03/ed-1/seq-4/
October 6, 1906 in The Salt Lake Herald:
Real Estate Transfers.
William Langford to Frederick Gutke, land in section 27, township 1 north, range 1 west $1
Andrew F. Gutke to Ja?e M. Gibson, land in section 27, township 1 north, range 1 west $1,250
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1906-10-06/ed-1/seq-7/
Real Estate Transactions.
Peter Reid et ux., to Andrew F.
Gutke, 3.68 acres in lot 1, block 15,
West Jordan plat ......................300
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1900-08-12/ed-1/seq-5/
June 16, 1901 in The Salt Lake Herald:
Real Estate Transactions.
Joseph Bull et. ux to Andrew F. Gutke, 6.21 acres southwest from lot 1, section 22, township 1 north, range 1 est
May 3, 1905 in The Salt Lake Herald:
Real Estate Transfers.
Joseph F. Smith to Andrew F. Gutke, part section 27, township 1 north, range 1 west $400
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1905-05-03/ed-1/seq-4/
October 6, 1906 in The Salt Lake Herald:
Real Estate Transfers.
William Langford to Frederick Gutke, land in section 27, township 1 north, range 1 west $1
Andrew F. Gutke to Ja?e M. Gibson, land in section 27, township 1 north, range 1 west $1,250
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1906-10-06/ed-1/seq-7/
Andrew Brixen's Will in Salt Lake Herald
July 11, 1900 The Salt Lake Herald.
Andrew Brixen's Will.
Deceased Left Property Worth $25,000 to a Few Heirs.
The will of the late Andrew Brixen was filed for probate yesterday with the county clerk by Dr. E. S. Wright, who with Julia Brixen, wife of the decedent, is named as executor. The petition for probate was set for hearing on August 1.
The will, which was made in this city on March 26, 1897, devises to decedent's only aunt on his mother's side, Mrs. Iver C. Jensen, residing at Randrup, Denmark, $500, and to Mrs. Johanna Gutke, of Smithfield, Utah, his mother-in-law, $1,000. The residue of the estate is to be distributed, one-half to the widow and the remaining half equally between the only son, Martin Brixen, aged 8 years, and decedent's surviving sister, Mary Brixen. The estate is valued at $20,000 in personal property and real estate yielding $200 annual rental. The real estate is worth about $5,500, and consists of the south half of lot 4, block 15, plat A; the south half of lot 8, block 25, plat A; 3 4-5 by 10 rods in lot 5, block 19, plat B: and 5 by 10 rods in lot 7, block 71, plat C, all in Salt Lake City survey.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1900-07-11/ed-1/seq-5/
Andrew Brixen's Will.
Deceased Left Property Worth $25,000 to a Few Heirs.
The will of the late Andrew Brixen was filed for probate yesterday with the county clerk by Dr. E. S. Wright, who with Julia Brixen, wife of the decedent, is named as executor. The petition for probate was set for hearing on August 1.
The will, which was made in this city on March 26, 1897, devises to decedent's only aunt on his mother's side, Mrs. Iver C. Jensen, residing at Randrup, Denmark, $500, and to Mrs. Johanna Gutke, of Smithfield, Utah, his mother-in-law, $1,000. The residue of the estate is to be distributed, one-half to the widow and the remaining half equally between the only son, Martin Brixen, aged 8 years, and decedent's surviving sister, Mary Brixen. The estate is valued at $20,000 in personal property and real estate yielding $200 annual rental. The real estate is worth about $5,500, and consists of the south half of lot 4, block 15, plat A; the south half of lot 8, block 25, plat A; 3 4-5 by 10 rods in lot 5, block 19, plat B: and 5 by 10 rods in lot 7, block 71, plat C, all in Salt Lake City survey.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1900-07-11/ed-1/seq-5/
J. A. Gutke
July 10, 1900 in the Salt Lake Herald:
Nicholas H. Groesbeck of Provo, J. A. Gutke and Thomas C. Hanley of Ogden, David J. Evans... were each and all discharged from the bankruptcy division and given an even start with the world.
Nicholas H. Groesbeck of Provo, J. A. Gutke and Thomas C. Hanley of Ogden, David J. Evans... were each and all discharged from the bankruptcy division and given an even start with the world.
Oscar Gutke bankruptcy
April 10, 1900, Salt Lake Herald in Federal Court Notes.
Oscar J. Gutke has filed in the United States court a petition in bankruptcy, stating that his liabilities are $886.20 and his assets household goods amounting to $65 for which he claims exemption.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1900-04-10/ed-1/seq-5/
Salt Lake Herald 1900-07-10
Nicholas H. Groesbeck of Provo, J. A. Gutke and Thomas C. Hanley of Ogden, David J. Evans of Pleasant View, Miranda Wood of Eureka, A. L. Simondi and A. and Minnie Lockwitz of Salt Lake were each and all discharged from the bankruptcy division and given an even start with the world.
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/slherald1&CISOPTR=22965&filename=22966.pdf
Oscar J. Gutke has filed in the United States court a petition in bankruptcy, stating that his liabilities are $886.20 and his assets household goods amounting to $65 for which he claims exemption.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1900-04-10/ed-1/seq-5/
Salt Lake Herald 1900-07-10
Nicholas H. Groesbeck of Provo, J. A. Gutke and Thomas C. Hanley of Ogden, David J. Evans of Pleasant View, Miranda Wood of Eureka, A. L. Simondi and A. and Minnie Lockwitz of Salt Lake were each and all discharged from the bankruptcy division and given an even start with the world.
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/slherald1&CISOPTR=22965&filename=22966.pdf
Oscar marries Tillie Henderson of Ogden
April 19, 1899, Salt Lake Herald.
Ogden Briefs.
Frank A. Virtue and Miss Clara Holt, both of Salt Lake, were married at the M. E. parsonage by Rev. Wilkinson yesterday, and at the office of Justic Wardleigh, Oscar J. Gutke of Mexico and Miss Tillie Henderson of Ogden were made man and wife.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1899-04-19/ed-1/seq-7/
April 23, 1899, Salt Lake Herald.
Justice Wardleigh last Monday afternoon united Miss Tillie Henderson and Mr. Oscar J. Gutke in marriage. The ceremony occurred at the home of the bride's brother. The home of the groom is in Mexico, whither he will take his bonny bride, who will be followed by the best wishes of hosts of Ogden friends.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1899-04-23/ed-1/seq-13/
Ogden Briefs.
Frank A. Virtue and Miss Clara Holt, both of Salt Lake, were married at the M. E. parsonage by Rev. Wilkinson yesterday, and at the office of Justic Wardleigh, Oscar J. Gutke of Mexico and Miss Tillie Henderson of Ogden were made man and wife.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1899-04-19/ed-1/seq-7/
April 23, 1899, Salt Lake Herald.
Justice Wardleigh last Monday afternoon united Miss Tillie Henderson and Mr. Oscar J. Gutke in marriage. The ceremony occurred at the home of the bride's brother. The home of the groom is in Mexico, whither he will take his bonny bride, who will be followed by the best wishes of hosts of Ogden friends.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1899-04-23/ed-1/seq-13/
Oscar Gutke and daughter custody case
July 4, 1896 - Salt Lake Herald:
"Detective Franks has just succeeded in doing a neat piece of work at Terrace, and has returned to Salt Lake. It seems that two years ago Oscar Gutke, who at that time was a Southern Pacific employee at Terrace, allowed his father-in-law to have the custody of his (Gutke's) little daughter, her mother being dead, while the father was out of employment. Gutke then went to Mexico, where he obtained a good position on the Mexican Central, and determined to get his child back. This was accomplished with the aid of Detective Franks, and the father and daughter will leave for Mexico at once unless detained by legal proceedings.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1896-07-04/ed-1/seq-8/
Another article:
Local Summary.
...Oscar Gutke takes heroic measures to recover his child.
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/slt16&CISOPTR=43266&filename=43267.pdf
So, if I am getting this right, the daughter is Marie Hazel Gutke Sheranian, who was ultimately raised by Oscar's sister, Mary C. Wilcox. Marie was born in 1894, so at the time of this article, would have been two. The wife's name is Rhoda Ann Player (1874-1894). I've seen Player listed as Plair, too. (Dates/spellings from new.familysearch.org)
On March 19, 1899, O. J. Gutke is listed as arriving in Salt Lake at the Walker hotel.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1899-03-19/ed-1/seq-2/
On March 21, 1899, in "TOWN TALK" of the Salt Lake City Herald, it states:
"Mr. Oscar J. Gutke, brother-in-law of A. C. Brixen and a former Salt Lake boy, is in the city, visiting relatives and friends. Mr. Gutke is a conductor on the Mexican Central railway. He has been making his headquarters in the City of Mexico for the past three years, and is here on a sixty-days' furlough."
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1899-03-21/ed-1/seq-8/
March 23, 1899
OUR SISTER REPUBLIC
Oscar Gutke Talks Interestingly of Old Mexico.
OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED
TO THE ENTERPRISING AMERICAN THEY ARE MANY.
Great Mineral Wealth of the Country--Tom Wampler Marries a Mexican Lady is Is Wealthy--General Agramonte and His Newspaper--Diaz the Great Power.
"Mexico in some ways is right and in others all wrong," said Mr. Oscar J. Gutke yesterday, "but, taking it at large, it is a pretty good country, at least it has treated me well.
Mr. Gutke is an old Salt Lake boy and for years has been in Mexico. He is now a passenger conductor on the Mexican Central railroad, and is back on a sixty days' furlough with a pocket full of opals, not to mention money, and a head full of good stories about his new home. Some men talk "encyclopedia" when they discuss a new country and others sail along unconcernedly and mix facts and side remarks and home-made illustrations together in a way that is entertaining as well as instructive; which is more than can be said for "encyclopedia" conversation. Mr. Gutke belongs to the latter class and after an hour with him the ordinary man will calmly ask for "aguardiente" when he wants bourbon, and, drinking it, say "salud y pesetas" instead of "heresatyer."
"Mexico," said Mr. Gutke, "has its ups and downs just like any other country; when crops are good there is plenty of money and when they are poor there isn't, but the country as a whole is prosperous and the opportunities it offers are limitless. For a man without money and no calling it is the last place on earth, but to the railroad man, the machinist and any man with money, it offers splendid opportunities to grow rich. There are other ways than working for money that are successful, for instance, there is Tom Wampler, he used to live here and everybody knows him. He has married a beautiful and wealthy widow in Mexico and is happy and prosperous. General Agramonte is running the Anglo-American newspaper and is also prosperous, and frequently refers feelingly to his friends of other days in Salt Lake City.
"When it comes to railroading both countries are very much alike. There is keen rivalry between the Mexican Central and the Mexican National, one running from El Paso and the other from Laredo to Mexico City. Both roads are controlled by Americans and the service is first-class in every respect. There are three classes of tickets sold in Mexico; first-class passengers ride in chair cars; second-class in what might be called 'tourist' sleepers without the beds and the third-class in cars that are fitted with four wooden benches running the length of the car; the last are not very comfortable, but it costs only a cent and a half a mile to ride that way."
Like nearly all Americans who have lived in other countries Mr. Gutke has nothing good to say about the American consular service, but extols that of England. "When an American is arrested," he said, "he is thrown into jail and kept there until the Mexican authorities get "good and ready' to try him; that may mean in ten days, ten weeks or ten years and there is no help for him. When an Englishman is arrested, however, the Lion roars promptly and the queen's subject is given a prompt trial and immediately turned loose or convicted. A year ago Al Whitney, who used to run a bar in Ogden, was arrested in connection with some gambling trouble and he is in jail yet. Nothing has been done towards securing his release by the American minister, and for all he knows, Whitney may have to stay there forever and, mind you, all this time Whitney has been unable to secure a trial and has not been allowed to give bail. If he had been an Englishman he would have been tried and either convicted or cleared long ago."
About the mineral wealth of Mexico Mr. Gutke is enthusiastic, being interested himself in several important mining concessions. "The wealth of the mines of Mexico," he said, "is fabulous and almost inconceivable. Take the old Valenciana mine at Guanajuato, for instance. It is flooded now and no longer worked (sic), but it has already produced $1,800,000,000 in silver. Many of the richest silver mines in Mexico are situated on its banks. They use arastas there instead of mills and since the beginning the tailings have been dumped into this river. They have never saved and do not now save more than 75 per cent of the ore values and the balance is there in that river, where it has been accumulating undisturbed for hundreds of years. There is a royal fortune in it for the man who takes hold of it properly and promptly."
President Diaz commands Mr. Gutke's entire admiration. He controls the country admirably, he says, and has made it safe and prosperous, but after him no one can tell what will happen. "I do not believe that there is anyone in Mexico who can take his place," he said, "and I believe that when he dies America will step in and take control."
Last night Mr. Gutke went to Ogden to visit friends, but will return to Salt Lake Sunday.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1899-03-23/ed-1/seq-8/
"Detective Franks has just succeeded in doing a neat piece of work at Terrace, and has returned to Salt Lake. It seems that two years ago Oscar Gutke, who at that time was a Southern Pacific employee at Terrace, allowed his father-in-law to have the custody of his (Gutke's) little daughter, her mother being dead, while the father was out of employment. Gutke then went to Mexico, where he obtained a good position on the Mexican Central, and determined to get his child back. This was accomplished with the aid of Detective Franks, and the father and daughter will leave for Mexico at once unless detained by legal proceedings.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1896-07-04/ed-1/seq-8/
Another article:
| Salt Lake Tribune 1896-07-03 | |||||||||
...Oscar Gutke takes heroic measures to recover his child.
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/slt16&CISOPTR=43266&filename=43267.pdf
So, if I am getting this right, the daughter is Marie Hazel Gutke Sheranian, who was ultimately raised by Oscar's sister, Mary C. Wilcox. Marie was born in 1894, so at the time of this article, would have been two. The wife's name is Rhoda Ann Player (1874-1894). I've seen Player listed as Plair, too. (Dates/spellings from new.familysearch.org)
On March 19, 1899, O. J. Gutke is listed as arriving in Salt Lake at the Walker hotel.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1899-03-19/ed-1/seq-2/
On March 21, 1899, in "TOWN TALK" of the Salt Lake City Herald, it states:
"Mr. Oscar J. Gutke, brother-in-law of A. C. Brixen and a former Salt Lake boy, is in the city, visiting relatives and friends. Mr. Gutke is a conductor on the Mexican Central railway. He has been making his headquarters in the City of Mexico for the past three years, and is here on a sixty-days' furlough."
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1899-03-21/ed-1/seq-8/
March 23, 1899
OUR SISTER REPUBLIC
Oscar Gutke Talks Interestingly of Old Mexico.
OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED
TO THE ENTERPRISING AMERICAN THEY ARE MANY.
Great Mineral Wealth of the Country--Tom Wampler Marries a Mexican Lady is Is Wealthy--General Agramonte and His Newspaper--Diaz the Great Power.
"Mexico in some ways is right and in others all wrong," said Mr. Oscar J. Gutke yesterday, "but, taking it at large, it is a pretty good country, at least it has treated me well.
Mr. Gutke is an old Salt Lake boy and for years has been in Mexico. He is now a passenger conductor on the Mexican Central railroad, and is back on a sixty days' furlough with a pocket full of opals, not to mention money, and a head full of good stories about his new home. Some men talk "encyclopedia" when they discuss a new country and others sail along unconcernedly and mix facts and side remarks and home-made illustrations together in a way that is entertaining as well as instructive; which is more than can be said for "encyclopedia" conversation. Mr. Gutke belongs to the latter class and after an hour with him the ordinary man will calmly ask for "aguardiente" when he wants bourbon, and, drinking it, say "salud y pesetas" instead of "heresatyer."
"Mexico," said Mr. Gutke, "has its ups and downs just like any other country; when crops are good there is plenty of money and when they are poor there isn't, but the country as a whole is prosperous and the opportunities it offers are limitless. For a man without money and no calling it is the last place on earth, but to the railroad man, the machinist and any man with money, it offers splendid opportunities to grow rich. There are other ways than working for money that are successful, for instance, there is Tom Wampler, he used to live here and everybody knows him. He has married a beautiful and wealthy widow in Mexico and is happy and prosperous. General Agramonte is running the Anglo-American newspaper and is also prosperous, and frequently refers feelingly to his friends of other days in Salt Lake City.
"When it comes to railroading both countries are very much alike. There is keen rivalry between the Mexican Central and the Mexican National, one running from El Paso and the other from Laredo to Mexico City. Both roads are controlled by Americans and the service is first-class in every respect. There are three classes of tickets sold in Mexico; first-class passengers ride in chair cars; second-class in what might be called 'tourist' sleepers without the beds and the third-class in cars that are fitted with four wooden benches running the length of the car; the last are not very comfortable, but it costs only a cent and a half a mile to ride that way."
Like nearly all Americans who have lived in other countries Mr. Gutke has nothing good to say about the American consular service, but extols that of England. "When an American is arrested," he said, "he is thrown into jail and kept there until the Mexican authorities get "good and ready' to try him; that may mean in ten days, ten weeks or ten years and there is no help for him. When an Englishman is arrested, however, the Lion roars promptly and the queen's subject is given a prompt trial and immediately turned loose or convicted. A year ago Al Whitney, who used to run a bar in Ogden, was arrested in connection with some gambling trouble and he is in jail yet. Nothing has been done towards securing his release by the American minister, and for all he knows, Whitney may have to stay there forever and, mind you, all this time Whitney has been unable to secure a trial and has not been allowed to give bail. If he had been an Englishman he would have been tried and either convicted or cleared long ago."
About the mineral wealth of Mexico Mr. Gutke is enthusiastic, being interested himself in several important mining concessions. "The wealth of the mines of Mexico," he said, "is fabulous and almost inconceivable. Take the old Valenciana mine at Guanajuato, for instance. It is flooded now and no longer worked (sic), but it has already produced $1,800,000,000 in silver. Many of the richest silver mines in Mexico are situated on its banks. They use arastas there instead of mills and since the beginning the tailings have been dumped into this river. They have never saved and do not now save more than 75 per cent of the ore values and the balance is there in that river, where it has been accumulating undisturbed for hundreds of years. There is a royal fortune in it for the man who takes hold of it properly and promptly."
President Diaz commands Mr. Gutke's entire admiration. He controls the country admirably, he says, and has made it safe and prosperous, but after him no one can tell what will happen. "I do not believe that there is anyone in Mexico who can take his place," he said, "and I believe that when he dies America will step in and take control."
Last night Mr. Gutke went to Ogden to visit friends, but will return to Salt Lake Sunday.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1899-03-23/ed-1/seq-8/
Fred Gutke testifies in a 1895 court case
"The trial of James Storey for assulting Mrs. John Green with intent to commit rape was resumed yesterday morning before Judge Bartch....."
"Fred Gutke testified that he lived nearly opposite Green's house. He was up and around walking in his garden on the morning when the offense was committed, but did not see Storey leaving Green's house. If he had left the house witness though he would have seen him."
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1895-10-11/ed-1/seq-2/;words=Gutke
"Fred Gutke testified that he lived nearly opposite Green's house. He was up and around walking in his garden on the morning when the offense was committed, but did not see Storey leaving Green's house. If he had left the house witness though he would have seen him."
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1895-10-11/ed-1/seq-2/;words=Gutke
A. F. Gutke admitted to citizenship
The Salt Lake Herald, September 29, 1895: (page 8, Image 8)
New Citizens.
Philip J. Hornberger, A. F. Gutke, John A. Carlson, Charles John Boden... and Stephen Kelly were admitted to citizenship.
Retrieved from
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1895-09-29/ed-1/seq-8.pdf
New Citizens.
Philip J. Hornberger, A. F. Gutke, John A. Carlson, Charles John Boden... and Stephen Kelly were admitted to citizenship.
Retrieved from
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1895-09-29/ed-1/seq-8.pdf
Oscar Gutke arrives in 1888
Oscar Gutke arrives in 1888:
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1888-07-27/ed-1/seq-5/;words=Gutke
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1888-07-27/ed-1/seq-5/;words=Gutke
Julia Brixen as a neighbor and MIA leader
HARRIET ELLEN MC FARLANE:
"Across the street was our church and next to it the home of Sister Julia M. Brixen, a member of the MIA General Board. It was not customary to have summer mutuals, but she invited all of us young ladies to her beautiful home about twice a month. These events were about half party and half testimony meeting and they were wonderful! I know my own testimony began a good growth there, through these efforts of hers. She was a good cook, too and the desserts she served us time and again were extra special."
http://www.maystar.org/familyhistories.htm
"Across the street was our church and next to it the home of Sister Julia M. Brixen, a member of the MIA General Board. It was not customary to have summer mutuals, but she invited all of us young ladies to her beautiful home about twice a month. These events were about half party and half testimony meeting and they were wonderful! I know my own testimony began a good growth there, through these efforts of hers. She was a good cook, too and the desserts she served us time and again were extra special."
http://www.maystar.org/familyhistories.htm
1883 F. Gutke came to the Valley House
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1883-03-01/ed-1/seq-5.pdf
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1883-03-01/ed-1/seq-5.pdf
Julia Brixen, General Board of Y.I.M.I.A.
Posting in Young woman's journal,
Volume 32By Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association, Salt Lake City
found at this link:
http://books.google.com/books?id=HVUoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA694&lpg=PA694&dq=%22julia+m.+brixen%22&source=bl&ots=JjJJuuRcSE&sig=QcA8170IyfaspIEwXWXqal7oxjE&hl=en&ei=l9e9TanIFYv6sAP54bnBBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22julia%20m.%20brixen%22&f=false
Here is a link for Julia at the 1908 LDS General Conference:
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045555/1908-10-07/ed-1/seq-5/;words=Brixen+m+M+Julia
found at this link:
http://books.google.com/books?id=HVUoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA694&lpg=PA694&dq=%22julia+m.+brixen%22&source=bl&ots=JjJJuuRcSE&sig=QcA8170IyfaspIEwXWXqal7oxjE&hl=en&ei=l9e9TanIFYv6sAP54bnBBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22julia%20m.%20brixen%22&f=false
Here is a link for Julia at the 1908 LDS General Conference:
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045555/1908-10-07/ed-1/seq-5/;words=Brixen+m+M+Julia
Julia Brixen and her grandmother Julia Gutke on a ship coming from Sweden.
Julia Gutke made several trips to Denmark and Sweden to research genealogy. She took her granddaughter with her on this one. Link from: http://brixenfamily.info/showmedia.php?mediaID=66
Julia Gutke Brixen
Julia Gutke Brixen, photo retrieved from http://brixenfamily.info/showmedia.php?mediaID=61&medialinkID=89
Valley House
Here is great info about Andrew Christen Brixen, husband of Julia Gutke Brixen. Together they managed the Valley House and later the Clift House, very reputable hotels in Salt Lake City:
http://brixenfamily.info/histories/The%20Valley%20House.pdf
http://brixenfamily.info/histories/Andrew%20C%20Brixen.pdf
http://brixenfamily.info/histories/The%20Valley%20House.pdf
http://brixenfamily.info/histories/Andrew%20C%20Brixen.pdf
Researching Johannes Gutke
The earliest Gutke ancestor I am currently researching is Johannes Gutke. His “Americanized” name is John. Here is a general overview:
John was born in Sweden in 1816. He lived in Sweden until about 1878, when he came to Logan, Utah with his wife Johanna and two of their younger children. They ended up living in Smithfield. Some of John and Johanna’s married children also emigrated from Sweden and came to Utah during this time period. John's son Fred (or Andrew Frederick Gutke) is the son I am descended from.
The main reason that John and Johanna emigrated from Sweden is that they joined the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In Sweden they were both part of the leadership of the growing branch there before they emigrated. Johanna was the first Relief Society president.
John died from asthma complications in 1888. He was staying at the Clift House Hotel owned by his son-in-law, A.C. Brixen.
I am working on details ... Anyone out there from the Logan Gutke's have pictures, histories etc. to share?
Deniane Gutke Kartchner>Dennis W. Gutke>Clyde F. Gutke>Carl F. Gutke>Andrew Fredrick Gutke>Johannes Gutke
I am working on details ... Anyone out there from the Logan Gutke's have pictures, histories etc. to share?
Deniane Gutke Kartchner>Dennis W. Gutke>Clyde F. Gutke>Carl F. Gutke>Andrew Fredrick Gutke>Johannes Gutke
Info about Beatrice Gutke from sister-in-law
From Norma Gutke Ellis:
We always called her Bea. The thing that I know is that (Clyde and Gladys) were married in 1934, and see, I was born in 1924, so I was 10 years old when they married. I was really quite young when Bea died; that's what makes me think that there were a lot of years in there before he remarried. And Bea must have died around Valentine's Day.
In fact, I talked about it when we went there for Johnny's (Bea's brother-in-law) funeral, there at the cemetery, and told her (Bonnie, Bea's sister) the thing that I remember clearly... and there again, they had Bea, the viewing, in the home; they lived on State Street, I think. They were just living in a little apartment, so it was at the Olsen home that they had the viewing. And what impressed me so much, now, Bonnie was three years older (than me), you know, and what I remember is that she had made this special valentine for her sister. To me it was a gorgeous, gorgeous valentine, and she put it in the casket with Bea. And I can just see that in my mind, you know how some things in your life as you go along they're just there? I can just see that casket there with Bea, and I can see this beautiful valentine... red, kind of doily-like. It's one that she had made. But I thought how sweet, just being a little kid I thought that was really nice to do that.
From an interview with Norma Gutke Ellis at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah on 9/25/2005. Interviewed by Dennis Gutke, Norma's nephew, and Dennis's daughter, Deniane Gutke Kartchner.
We always called her Bea. The thing that I know is that (Clyde and Gladys) were married in 1934, and see, I was born in 1924, so I was 10 years old when they married. I was really quite young when Bea died; that's what makes me think that there were a lot of years in there before he remarried. And Bea must have died around Valentine's Day.
In fact, I talked about it when we went there for Johnny's (Bea's brother-in-law) funeral, there at the cemetery, and told her (Bonnie, Bea's sister) the thing that I remember clearly... and there again, they had Bea, the viewing, in the home; they lived on State Street, I think. They were just living in a little apartment, so it was at the Olsen home that they had the viewing. And what impressed me so much, now, Bonnie was three years older (than me), you know, and what I remember is that she had made this special valentine for her sister. To me it was a gorgeous, gorgeous valentine, and she put it in the casket with Bea. And I can just see that in my mind, you know how some things in your life as you go along they're just there? I can just see that casket there with Bea, and I can see this beautiful valentine... red, kind of doily-like. It's one that she had made. But I thought how sweet, just being a little kid I thought that was really nice to do that.
From an interview with Norma Gutke Ellis at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah on 9/25/2005. Interviewed by Dennis Gutke, Norma's nephew, and Dennis's daughter, Deniane Gutke Kartchner.
History of Mark Jones
A PIONEER HISTORY OF MARK JONES
GIVEN TO HIS DAUGHTER ELEANOR BY HER REQUEST
SHE BEING A MEMBER OF SEGO LILY NO. 2.
Note: Mark Jones was born at Elley Green, England, December 5,1837. His father's name was Thomas Jones, and his mother's maiden name was Martha Rauth.
So far as is known Mark Jones was the only member of the family to join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, He embraced the faith in the year 1864. He was convinced of the truthfulness of the gospel by Brother William Willis, President of the Land's End branch of the church, and was baptized by Alexander Gibson November 4, 1864.
He was united in marriage to E11en Herridge in Salt Lake City on the twenty ninth of July, 1872. The ceremony was performed by Daniel H. Wells.
List of Children as entered in the Bible of Mark Jones:
Eleanor Louisa Jones born December 31, 1874.
Arthur Jones Jr. ..............May 1, 1876.
Mark Jones Jr. ...............April 7, 1879.
Laura May..................... July 28, 1881.
Edith Maud...................· December 1, 1883.
John Henry .................... September 26, 1885.
Charles William .............. January 24, 1890.
Ethel Irene .....................March 14, 1892.
I, Mark Jones joined the church in 1864 at Plymouth, England. In 1866 I sailed out of the London docks in the old ship Caroline for New York.
We were six weeks in crossing the Atlantic Ocean. One little girl was buried at sea. We arrived in New York safely.
Sailed up the river to Wyoming. Laid around there for some time getting ready to cross the plains.[1]
We buried one of the sisters before we got to Laramie. She was sick when we left Wyoming.
When we got to Fort Steele the soldiers told Captain Chipman to keep a good lookout for the Indians as they were bad. He laughed and snickered at the officers and told them he wasn't
afraid of Indians. Two or three days after this as the teamsters unhitched the cattle, after corralling the wagons, they went into a creek to drink, There was a hedge on both sides of the ditch and as fast as the cattle drank and went out on the other side of the ditch the Indians were there and drove them off.[2]on the plains. Extract from Church Chronology by A. Jenson.
They got ninety head before the teamsters found out what was going on, and that smart aleck of a Captain was asleep in his wagon all the time, Instead of doing as the soldiers and officers told him. Then instead of' having three yoke of cattle to each wagon we had two yoke, After that the crazy fool made us walk alongside of the wagons and pack·our guns.
We arrived in Salt Lake City all right. I think it was the latter part of October. There were no railroads in Utah at that time. I worked at anything I could get to do.
That winter I built five rods of a levee to carry water across a low piece of land. This I did over Jordan where I met the girl who later became my wife.
In the spring of ‘67 I ran a sawmill up in the North Mill Creek Canyon. In the following summer I sawed all the lumber that's in the tabernacle.
The spring of '68 there was a mule train going down to Laramie after freight. I asked the boss if he would let me go down to meet the Union Pacific, for I felt sure of getting employment with the company. He said I could go if I packed wood and water for the cooks, The trip was a very rough one.
When we got to Fort Steele the old emigration road was quite a little way from the railroad. I left the train and walked across to the railroad. The boys there told me I would have to
go to Laramie. That was a hundred miles farther. I went back to the mule train again. This was in an Indian country. How many times I looked behind me to see if they were after me!
got to Laramie all right. About noon I saw a man sitting beside a small tent, I told him where I was from and that I was looking for a job. When I told him I was a locomotive engineer
he said, "You are just the man I've been looking for. Do You see those engines over there on the siding? Go over there and take charge of them. See that they are coaled up and enough wood put on the tender to fire them up." I followed this a little while. Soon I was sent out on the road as they wanted more engineers. I ran two years on freight and two years on passenger trains.
I worked out at Ophir, Tooele mines all one summer with Wm. Bath prospecting. We struck a good mine. Then I got a letter from my M. M. at Laramie. He told me if I was prepared to take an engine to inform him and he would forward me a pass.
I walked from the mines to S.L. City, forty miles that day. The city clock struck twelve, midnight as I got to the City. I sent for the pass and went back to Laramie running again.
I sold my interest in the mines to Brother Pugsley of the 19th ward. I gave a hundred dollars for a new wagon to take us out to the mines.
This is a wonderful part of my life's history to look back over. I was the oldest engineer on the Utah and Northern railway. Worked for John W. Young. We got the road constructed as far as Logan and then it was blockaded with snow. I walked back to Brigham City. Later went down to Salt Lake and got a job to run a narrow gauge engine on the Wasatch and Jordan Valley Railway. Hauled passengers up to the Emma mine and hauled granite rock down for the Temple to Sandy where it was transferred to the wider gauge cars.
We moved down to Sandy to live.
Then, when the Northern road got started, I went back up there and ran on it for years.
I can't tell you on paper half of my life's history. I ran on the Utah Central and Southern and was foreman at Juab. I ran on the D.&R.G.W..
Here I am today 92 years old, alive and well, while lots of my railroad chums are dead and gone.
Well, Nellie, this is a little of my life's history but not one half of it. You may perhaps be able to glean a little out of it.
I have quit cutting lawns - going to take life easy from now on.
Note: Mark Jones was 93 years old December 5th, 1930.
He was killed by an automobile December fourteenth
1930. The accident occurred while he was on his way
to church in the Hawthorne ward, Salt Lake City.
wpd 05-11-98 by Robert C. Gutke from typed copy of Eleanor Louise Jones
[1] May 5, 1866 The ship Caroline sailed from London, England,with 389 Saints, under the presidency of Samuel Hill. It arrivedin New York June 11th, and the company continued the journey bysteamboats and railroads to Wyoming: from Church Chronology.The Caroline was evidently a sailing vessel.
[2] Sept. 15, 1866. Capt. Wm. Henry Chipman's train of immigrants,
which left Wyoming July 13th, arrived at Great Salt Lake City. About one
hundred head of cattle were stolen from this company by Indians
Eleanor Crutchfield Herridge
This is Laura Jones Gutke's grandmother, Eleanor Crutchfield Herridge (1828-1907).
Carl F. Gutke and second wife, Ella
Ella is a cousin of Laura's (Carl's first wife) - but I haven't connected the details yet to know her full name, parents, etc.
The following is from her stepdaughter, Norma Gutke Ellis:
From an interview with Norma Gutke Ellis at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah on 9/25/2005. Interviewed by Dennis Gutke, Norma's nephew, and Dennis's daughter, Deniane Gutke Kartchner.
Norma: Dad married Ella, it was just about a year after Mother died, and it might seem like that was awfully soon, but it was the best thing in the world, cause I was in school at that time, I was going up to Utah State, and I didn't dare stay up there on the weekends and go to any of the dances or anything like that because I knew that Dad would be here alone. So I'd come down and spend the weekend, and every time I would leave, Dad would be sitting in that same chair and he would be crying as I left. It was just awful, and I just almost everytime thought, "Well, I'll just quit. You know, I just won't go back to school." But the thing that kept me going, was I knew that Mother wanted me to go to school, so I just had to make that choice. I kept going to school. And Ella, the one that he married, was Mother's cousin. Did you know that?
Dennis: No.
Norma: She was a Herridge, I think, originally, and she was Mother's cousin, and she was a lot like Mother. And she was so sweet, and she was just a talented person. And I had said, and I mean it, that she was the person that made "stepmother" a beautiful word. It really is. She was so nice. And she was the only grandma that you kids ever knew.
Deniane: Was she married before, and did she have her own children and everything?
Norma: Yeah. She had several children, but they were all married.
Dennis: And I remember going to Grandma's after school every day before Mom got home, and she'd always feed us soft ice cream. But she's the only grandma, well, I knew Grandma Monson, but I had a personal situation with her, because she was just so sweet and so kind to go visit. She was lovely.
Norma: And she was just ... she treated me so nice, you just can't imagine how nice she treated me. She couldn't have treated her own child any better than she did me. She was always just lovely.
Deniane: So did that bring about new relationships with her children, then? I mean, did you do things together?
Norma: No, because her children were all married - they were older and married and had children, and see, I was just, I was so much younger than the others, I was such an afterthought (laughs).
Deniane: You were like an only child in a lot of ways, weren't you!
Norma: Yes. Really. And so, I really didn't... I knew them, and we used to visit them, and none of them lived in town, in Salt Lake. One of them lived up in Morgan, and that's where eventually Ella went to live after Dad died.
Christina Gutke death certificate
I don't know if her official name is Maria Christina shown elsewhere or Christina Maria as written here on the death certificate, but I assume she went by Christina. She was born 17 Dec 1858 and died of "old age" at age 87.
Mark Jones accident
"Grandpa was going to church and he was crossing 9th East, just there were his house was. It must have been fast day because he had his tithing in his pocket and he was off to church. And the fellow who hit him, I don't know if he was in the bishopric of that ward, or if he was in the bishopric of some ward, he'd been skiing, (chuckles) and I guess he was rushing home to get to sacrament meeting... Oh, he (Grandpa) was 93 years old."
From an interview with Norma Gutke Ellis at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah on 9/25/2005. Interviewed by Dennis Gutke, Norma's nephew, and Dennis's daughter, Deniane Gutke Kartchner.
From an interview with Norma Gutke Ellis at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah on 9/25/2005. Interviewed by Dennis Gutke, Norma's nephew, and Dennis's daughter, Deniane Gutke Kartchner.
Viola and Violet Shoenfeld
This photo was among Gladys Gutke's things. I never knew how these cute twins fit until I stumbled across the relationship through LDS Family Search. If I got it all sorted right they are Carl F. Gutke's nieces on his wife Laura Jones' side. Their parents are John E. Schoenfeld and Eleanor Louisa Jones (who is Laura Jones' sister). Their info is Viola Schoenfeld Smith (1907-1992) and Violet Schoenfeld Ludlow (1907-1987) according to LDS Family Search info (not personally verified).
Laura Jones Gutke and sister Ethel
I have in my records that this is Laura Jones Gutke (in the back) with her sister Ethel Irene Mills (1892-1971).
Christina Gutke emigration
Here is a possibility for our Christina Gutke coming to the U.S.
First name: CHRISTINE
Last name: GUTKE
Age: 21 Gender: K (kvinna = woman)
Parish: BÄCKEFORS (where she lived before she emigrated) County: P (Älvsborg)
Port: GÖTEBORG
Date: 1881 07 01 (date of registering with the police to leave Sweden)
Destination: NEW YORK
Fellows: NEJ (Nej = no. She traveled alone on her ticket.)
Source: 18:20:13856
Emihamn database of CD Emigranten (the Emigrant CD) referred to on this site:
http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.scan-balt.sweden.general/10744.1/mb.ashx
http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.scan-balt.sweden.general/10744.1/mb.ashx
Carl F. Gutke - school and work
"Because Dad was the oldest in his family, he had to go to work at a very early age. I think he went through the eighth grade. I think that was all that Mother did, too was went through the eighth grade, and that's just the way it was then. After that you went to work. And since Dad was the oldest, he had to go to work to help take care of the rest of the family.
I think he just started at the railroad and just stayed there and worked his way up. He was a boilermaker, a boilermaker foreman, I think."
From an interview with Norma Gutke Ellis at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah on 9/25/2005. Interviewed by Dennis Gutke, Norma's nephew, and Dennis's daughter, Deniane Gutke Kartchner.
I think he just started at the railroad and just stayed there and worked his way up. He was a boilermaker, a boilermaker foreman, I think."
From an interview with Norma Gutke Ellis at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah on 9/25/2005. Interviewed by Dennis Gutke, Norma's nephew, and Dennis's daughter, Deniane Gutke Kartchner.
"I'll tell you something about Grandma (Jones). I just loved Grandma. And in all the pictures we have of her, she looked very stern. But that's because that's the way they always took the pictures! (They had to hold still for so long) and they couldn't smile, you know, and they always looked stern. But she was not that way at all. She was just a darling person.
When she died, it was at the time they used to always, instead of going to a funeral home, they always had the deceased at the home. And I can remember it so clearly, because she was the first one that I had ever seen in my life, you know. I was little. I think I was probably four years old when she died. This is my very first memory in my life, was of them going there to the viewing of Grandma. And I could not see in the casket, because it was a lot higher than I was.
So, Dad wanted me to see Grandma, and I didn't know what was going on, so he picked me up and he held me over the casket, and I just have such a memory of that, and it just frightened me to death. It just absolutely scared me to death, and I cried and cried, and Mother said that I couldn't sleep at night, I'd wake up crying and uh, it was just the trauma of it, you know, of the whole thing.
A few days after Grandma had died, and I'll cry when I tell you this, but Mother and I went in to the house, and Mother was cleaning the house for Grandpa. And uh, there was a little pantry that was just off of the ... well, it was a kind of a sitting room and where they ate and everything, you know, it was kind of all-in-one with a little pot-bellied stove there. And Mother was in this pantry, and she was standing up on a chair, and she was cleaning out the pantry. And I was sitting there in this room, and uh, I was sitting on the floor on a braided rug with this leather chair—I had my paper dolls all out in the chair,
I looked up, and Grandma was sitting there at the table. And she just smiled at me, you know. And I didn't -- I thought that was fine, and I said, "Mama, Grandma's here."
Well, poor Mother, she just about fell off her chair. But to me it was fine! I mean, Grandma was there, and she was alright, and she was smiling at me! And uh, so, Mother of course, came rushing into the room, and by then Grandma had gone. But that was just Grandma's way of telling me, it's okay, you know. "I'm still alive, there's life after death." And I'm sure that's why she did it.
Mother said after that I never had any problems sleeping.
From an interview with Norma Gutke Ellis at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah on 9/25/2005. Interviewed by Dennis Gutke, Norma's nephew, and Dennis's daughter, Deniane Gutke Kartchner.
From an interview with Norma Gutke Ellis at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah on 9/25/2005. Interviewed by Dennis Gutke, Norma's nephew, and Dennis's daughter, Deniane Gutke Kartchner.
Blown glass paper weights
Every time that we would go to Grandma's (Maria Christina Andersson Gutke), she had this fireplace and the mantel on top. And she had these paper weights on there, and I just loved them from the time I was little. And of course, I couldn't touch them, so when I got a little bit older Dad would sit me on a rug in front of the fireplace, and then he would reach up and get one and put it in my lap so I could look at it. And so, when the time came with Grandma, she ended up giving them to me. And the rest of the family have hated me forever. (chuckle)
I'm not positive, but I have always felt that ... assumed that ... they came from Sweden. It's a paperweight. They're heavy.
From an interview with Norma Gutke Ellis at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah on 9/25/2005. Interviewed by Dennis Gutke, Norma's nephew, and Dennis's daughter, Deniane Gutke Kartchner.
Swedish influences
Grandma was cute. She was really interesting. Grandpa, was ... dapper, very dapper. I think he went on several missions, and he evidently spoke English very well, but Grandma, she couldn't lose that Swedish "touch" and she said a lot of really interesting things. People didn't "eat," they "ett" was one of them. And "wind-der", she said. And my dad always said "Wind-der" instead of window. There were a lot of these little things that were passed down.
From an interview with Norma Gutke Ellis at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah on 9/25/2005. Interviewed by Dennis Gutke, Norma's nephew, and Dennis's daughter, Deniane Gutke Kartchner.
From an interview with Norma Gutke Ellis at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah on 9/25/2005. Interviewed by Dennis Gutke, Norma's nephew, and Dennis's daughter, Deniane Gutke Kartchner.
Norma Gutke's birth
Mother was at home in labor with me, and Dad and the five boys were all dressed to go to Grandpa's funeral. My dad didn't have all the patience in the world (Norma laughs), and I can remember Mother saying that Dad was pacing up and down, you know, "Let's get this over with, let's get this kid here." Evidently, I was, you know, just taking my time about the whole thing. And finally--Dr. Sheraniun was the doctor there, taking care of things--finally I was born, so Dad and the five boys whoosh, went off to the funeral. But you know, I always felt close to Grandpa. And I think our spirits passed in the night as we were going.
From an interview with Norma Gutke Ellis at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah on 9/25/2005. Interviewed by Dennis Gutke, Norma's nephew, and Dennis's daughter, Deniane Gutke Kartchner.
From an interview with Norma Gutke Ellis at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah on 9/25/2005. Interviewed by Dennis Gutke, Norma's nephew, and Dennis's daughter, Deniane Gutke Kartchner.
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