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Charles Henry West
14 May 1846 – 24 Apr 1912
| Birth | 14 May 1846 |
| Death | 24 Apr 1912 |
| Cemetery | Pleasant Grove City Cemetery Pleasant Grove , Utah County , Utah , USA |
| Added by | Gus Pendleton on 02 Dec 2008 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37647 |
Bio
Charles Henry West was born in Burrowash, Derbyshire, England the Eldest son, (2nd child) born to David and Amelia Hooley West. When Charles Henry was but a toddler his father was introduced to the Mormon Church and was baptized in the Derwent River June 20, 1848. They subsequently made plans to emigrate to Zion. At the time of their emigration to Utah in 1852, the young family consisted of Father David, Mother Amelia, Mary Hannah age 7, Charles Henry age 6, and David Fisher age 4. An infant sister to Charles Henry named Mary Ann died in March of 1852 at 17 months of age and a brother Willam was born in St. Joseph Missouri in December 1852. Charles Henry walked with his family from Missouri to Salt Lake City, Utah at seven years of age - arriving in the valley September 27, 1853. Times were very hard in the new city and the following spring they moved to Kaysville, Utah to be near another English family named Flint. The Flints had crossed the Atlantic on the same ship with the Wests. Crops seemed to do well initially but plagues of grasshoppers and draught compelled the West family to find other means of survival and they moved back to the SLC 6th ward where Charles Henry's father worked as a plasterer. The following year the West's finally settled in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Charles Henry married Frederikke Claudine Ahlefeldt-Laurvigen on April 17,1867. Fredrikke bore 13 children over the next 23 years. By 1876, through great thrift and labor, Charles Henry and Frederikke Claudina were able to puchase a 100 acre farm and farmhouse and moved 4 miles south of Pleasant Grove to Stringtown (now Lindon.) They grew alfalfa, grain and sugar cane on their farm over the next 9 years. There was no church in Stringtown and no school; therefore in 1885 the Wests made a trade with Shoemaker Swenson for a small home with 2 rooms, a back porch and 2 acres of land in Pleasant Grove (where the 3rd Ward Chapel was since located). Their children could now attend church and school more regularly. Three years later the measles hit the family but all came through it well. However, they would soon face one of the greatest trials of their life. Their Eldest son who had been working at Bingham Canyon came home ill with a sore throat in the winter of 1890. The doctor diagnosed him with Quinzy and lanced his throat; however, several of the children bacame ill soon after and were diagnosed with Diphtheria in its most severe form. Within 11 days 3 of the children had died and subsequently Henry ( the eldest son) died of diptheria as well. The house was fumigated and thoroughly cleaned; however the following January brought the dread disease back into the home and son Henson died from it. Son Waldemar was very ill also but recovered. The city of pleasant grove offered $1,200 to the family for their home and its contents and burned it to the ground. Using those funds they were able to purchase a lot and build a brick home in Lindon.
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Siblings
- David Fisher West 1848–1928
- William West 1852–1941
- Hyrum West 1855–1883
- Amelia Matilda West Brown 1857–1942
- Elijah Alphias West 1859–1865
- Nathaniel West 1861–1954
- George Daniel West 1863–1925
- Amasa West 1866–1950
- Benjamin West 1867–1935
- Harriet Josephine West 1869–1873
Children
- Henry West 1868–1890 FaG
- Annie Amelia West Thompson 1870–1957 FaG
- Hensen J. West 1872–1891 FaG
- David Waldemar West 1874–1958 FaG
- Lester Gay West 1876–1952 FaG
- Minnie Fredrikka West 1878–1890 FaG
- William West 1879–1879 FaG
- Baby Boys West 1880–1884 FaG
- Alroy Hooley West 1881–1975 FaG
- Mary Ellen West 1882–1890 FaG
- Heber C. West 1884–1884 FaG
- Nellie Elmira West 1886–1897 FaG
- Frank Ernest West 1889–1890 FaG
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