Life History Outline for Lillie Esplin Harmon
1898 Born 21 February 1898 at Orderville Utah
Christened 1 March 1898 at Orderville by her father John James Esplin
1898 24 March Lillie's oldest sister Margaret, was married to Myron A. Holgate in the St. George Temple
1899 Lillie had scarlet fever in the fall
1899 28 July Lillie's niece, Lucy Holgate was born. Lillie was an aunt at 1 ½ years of age
1903 8 December Lillie's oldest brother Israel was marred to Chastie Stolworthy
1904 21 March 1904 Lillie's youngest brother John Lynn was born
15 August 1904 her nephew Grandon was born
Fall 1904 Lillie started school.
29 September 1904 Lillie's grandmother Hoyt died
1906 Lillie was baptized
1907 Lillie's brother Israle went on a mission to the southern states
1908 18th of February 1908 Lillie's grandmother Esplin died
1909 Lillie had the whooping cough in the spring
1910 Lillie's brother James went on a mission to the western states
1913 Lillie was made secretary to the Primary
1914 Lillie had the measles
Lillie graduated from district school
1915 Lillie took her first trip to Salt Lake
In the fall she started to school at the BAC in Cedar City
Christmas time James was home for the first time in years
1916 21 February 1916 Lillie's brother James died in Logan
Summer trip to Salt Lake and southern Idaho
Became secretary to the Mutual
1916-1917 Attended school at the BAC
1917 World War 1 started in April
1918 16 April 1918 Lillie's brother Lawrence married Lucy Heaton. He left for the service in May
1919 Worked in the Coop store in Orderville in the spring
Attended Dixie Normal College in St. George
13 December 1919 Lillie had her first date with Frank Harmon
1920 In May Lille returned home to Orderville
24 July 1920 Frank N. Harmon came to visit Lillie in Orderville
1920-21 Lillie attended Dixie College in St. George
15 October 1920 Lillie's niece Lucy was married to Alvin Englestead
Lillie received her first vaccination for small pox
3 July Lillie's nephew Delbert H. died
1921 31 August 1921 Lillie married Frank N. Harmon in the Salt Lake Temple by T. Richards
Fall Lillie attended the UAC at Logan
1922 In the spring Lillie and Frank moved to the practice farm
21 July 1922 their first child Emily was born
31 July 1922 their first child Emily died
1923 Lillie attended the summer session at the UAC
1923-24 Lillie and Frank moved to Orderville where Frank taught school
1924-25 Frank was principal of the high school
1924 Attended the UAC Summer Session in Logan
1925 23 November 1925 Frank Wendell was born
In July Frank and Lillie bought their first car
1926 24 July in Orderville on a visit
In August Lillie and Frank moved to Riverside, California for a government job
They lived at 33 Lacadena Drive
They spent Christmas in St. George
1927 They moved to 167 E. Ninth Street in Riverside.
They spent vacation time in St. George and Orderville
On 13th of November Frank became the branch president
On 20th of November Lillian Elinor was born
Lillie's parents came to visit for a while
1928 In February they went on a trip to Catalina Island with Israel
Vacation in St. George and Orderville
Building a chapel in Riverside
1929 29th of August 1929 Duane McMurrin was born
In the fall Lillian and Wendell had whooping cough
10th December 1929 they moved to Shafter Experiment Station
1930 17th of February 1930 Lillie's mother died
They bought a new car
1931 Lillie spent May in St. George while the house in Shafter was being remodeled
1933 1 September they moved to Fresno
Lillie taught in the Primary
1934 Lillie's niece, Emily, stayed with them while she attended beauty college
Frank Wendell was baptized
1935 22 December Lillian was baptized
Lillie was a counselor in the Primary to Sister Jarvis
1936 Winter the family all had the mumps
Spring They bought a lot on the corner of Cedar and Hamilton
Lillie was a counselor in the Primary with Sister Bain
In the summer they built one wing of a house on the lot on Cedar
15 August 1936 they moved to the new house
16th December Lillie's father was hit by a car as he was out walking early in the morning
30th December Lillie's father died
31st December they left for Utah
1937 Snowed in for the first week in January
28th March Lillie's oldest brother Israel died
October Duane was baptized
1938 Frank was made branch president
12th April 1938 Frank's father died
Easter vacation in St. George
Went to Utah and brought Frank's mother back to California
1939 Had a temple excursion to St. George
Went to the world's fair in San Francisco
1940 Vacation spent at Huntington Lake in California
1941 Lillie became a counselor in the Relief Society
7th of December was Pearl Harbor
1942 2nd of April Lillie had an operation for cancer. She recuperated slowly taking x ray treatments
1943 June Wendell graduated from high school
10 November Wendell left for Boot Camp- the first Christmas with one of the family gone.
1944 War new - rationing, no trips to Utah, family growing up.
June invasion of France by the Allies
July Spent a week in the mountains with Sister Mooney
Wendell in Treasure Island. Home every few weeks
Christmas - all of the family home. They didn't know when they would be together again
1945 January The branch was divided Lillie was the branch clerk
Wendell left for overseas in the Pacific
Lillie was counselor in the Relief Society
In June Lillian graduated from high school as the valedictorian
In July and August the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan
14th August the war was over
3 November poured the cement for the foundation of the addition to the house
January Helped to shingle the roof, and paint
1946 February Lillian was queen of the Gold and Green Ball
1 May Frank Wendell home from overseas
They moved into the new part of the house
June the branch meets at 5th and Illinois
Lillie was still the branch clerk
29 June They went to Glendale to Dora Harmon's wedding
August all the family went on a vacation to Utah
14th October Frank Wendell called on a mission to the Eastern States
20 October Frank Wendell left for Salt Lake mission home
25th of December first Christmas in the new home with plenty of room
1947 In January the home was all upset putting in hardwood floors
June Duane got his first job
September Notice to be a juror
October Painting the house
June 10 Duane graduated from high school
1948 They took Lillian to Salt Lake to work for the summer in the Church Historians Office
They brought Lillie's sister Margaret and Grandma Harmon for a two week visit
4 July they took a trip up and around San Francisco and down to Los Angeles
1 September they went to Salt Lake to get Lillian, meet Ruth Rockwood and family
Duane started to college
23 September ground was broken for the new East Branch Chapel
13 December Frank Wendell returned home from his mission
25 December all the family home for Christmas
1949 Family home - all going to College
April Conference Frank Wendell became engaged to Ruth Rockwood
May We helped paint the church building
May Duane received a call to a mission in Mexico
17th June Frank Wendell went to Salt Lake to work
Ruth came for a visit
18th June Duane left for his mission
26th June the East Branch Chapel was dedicated. The branch was reorganized and Lillie was released from being the branch clerk
Lillie became the teacher in the genealogy class
20th of August they left for Utah
31st of August Frank Wendell and Ruth were married
Frank Wendell starts to school at the U of U and works for the Deseret News
1950 January Lillian graduated from college and started teaching
Sewing in the summer getting everything ready for Lillian to go to Salt Lake to teach
Made Frank Wendell a genealogy book
7 August Left for Salt Lake - wored in the genealogical library and learned to read films
24th of August Frank and Lillie returned to Fresno - just the two of them again.
6 September Their first grandchild, Brent Rockwood was born to Frank W. and Ruth
October, November and December knitting, making Christmas presents and working on g
genealogy
21 December They left for Salt Lake to spend Christmas with the children. The Christmas dinner was at the Rockwoods
1951 January They were home again
4 April they went to conference with Shirley and Dean Hyde
20 May Fresno Stake organized
29 June They went to Salt Lake to get Lillian
9 July they had returned home
16 August Frank N. Harmon had an operation for appendicitis
26 August Lillie became the assistant in the stake on genealogy
Last of August Lillian left for Salt Lake to teach
December They went to Salt Lake for Christmas
27th December Duane returned from his mission
1952 1 January they returned to Fresno
Duane enrolled at BYU
1 March The second grandchild was born Craig Rockwood
June Frank Wendell graduated from the University of Utah
Lillie and Frank N. went to graduation and stayed for June conference
Lillian and Duane returned to Fresno with them
Duane got a job at the machine shop of Hollenbeck and Bush
29th July Lillie's sister's husband Myron died
Last of August Lillian went back to Salt on the bus
18 August Frank and Lillie bought a new Nash
September Frank Wendell started teaching in Bountiful