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Victoreen Elizabeth Walker Eaton
13 Dec 1850 – 13 Mar 1893
| Birth | 13 Dec 1850 |
| Death | 13 Mar 1893 |
| Cemetery | Vernal Memorial Park Vernal , Uintah County , Utah , USA |
| Added by | SRBentz on 10 Sep 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41279934 |
Bio
Daughter of Henson Walker, Jr. and Elizabeth Foutz Wife of Joseph Orlando Beckwith Eaton, married 2 January 1864 in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah Victoreen Elizabeth Walker was born on Dec. 13, 1850, the first daughter of Henson Walker Jr. and Elizabeth Foutz. Not much is known about her girlhood, only that she was brought up in a fine spiritual home. She grew to be a large woman in stature. She was very friendly with a lot of patience and understanding. She met Joseph Orlando Beckwith Eaton when a very young girl. He was nearly 12 years older than she was, but they fell in love and he wanted to marry her. So like young fold will do, they ran off to a little place near Heber and were married without telling her folks and without any thought of where they would live afterwards. In those days it was not required to have a marriage license so that was no problem. When they returned to tell her folks about it, they were quite upset and Victoreen's father told young Joseph that they would have to leave Victoreen at home with her folks until he had a home for her and then they must prepare themselves to go to the Endowment House and be married. On Jan. 2, 1864, they went to the Salt Lake Endowment House and were sealed for time and eternity. They homesteaded a place near Pleasant Grove and went through all the trials and tribulations of the pioneers. They lived there for 19 years and then decided to help pioneer the Uintah Basin. So with their six children, having lost two while they were small, they went into Vernal and made their home. For the next ten years, they lived as many of our pioneer ancestors did--having babies, fighting the elements, struggling to make a living, and finding joy and happiness in their love and working together. Victoreen was a wonderful mother and homemaker. She taught her children the Gospel and brought them up in the ways of the Lord. The children were not allowed to go out and play on Sunday until they had first attended Sunday School. She was an excellent seamstress, a good housekeeper, a wonderful cook, and a friendly neighbor. She made such good salt-rising bread that all the children, not only her own but the neighborhood children as well, called it cake. Her butter always tasted better than anyone else's. Her sweet, clean-smelling cellar was always filled with good things to eat. She knit all the children's socks and her son, Irvin, learned to knit just by watching her. She was the most kind and gentle soul and Irvin said that he never remembered his mother ever raising her voice to her children. Joseph, her husband, slaughtered all their meat and with her help they cured it. She had a beautiful character and was one of God's angels on earth. At the age of forty-two and with a baby girl only eighteen days old, she was called home to our heaven;y Father on Mar 13, 1893. She had brought fourteen children into the world and it was a tragic day in the lives of this pioneer family when she left them. The oldest son, Henson and his wife, took the baby. Elmer and his wife took Zera, one of the twins, five years old. Little Ethel was passed from one to another for a long time. Afterward, Earnest married Susie McKowen, they took Ethel into their home and that was a happy day for Ethel. When John married, he took Vernie, the other twin. The rest of the family of children lived with their father. He was a good cook and a good hand with the children. Life in those days was quite different from these modern times. All the cloth used had to be made and cooking wasn't a matter of picking it up" at the grocery store. Washing of clothes was done on the washboard. Irvin was such a good boy to help his mother with the washing, cooking, and other household duties. he was a great help to his father after his mother passed away. It was just seven years after Victoreen passed away that Joseph joined her. By Elva Eaton Davis and Musetta Eaton Hatch- granddaughters
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Siblings
- John Walker 1843–1846
- Henson Walker III 1848–1914
- Lewis Heber Walker 1853–1869
- Martha Jane Walker Mayhew 1853–1928
- Appollos Benjamin Walker 1855–1910
- Cordelia Phylinda Walker Thorne 1855–1919
- John Young Walker 1858–1922
- Mary Medora Walker 1858–1864
- Ezra Foutz Walker 1859–1950
- Mary Melissa Walker Harper 1859–1900
- Susan Marie Walker 1860–1860
- William Henson Walker 1861–1940
- Eveline Walker Iverson 1862–1888
- Sanford Foutz Walker 1863–1916
- Cassa Ann "Cassie" Walker West 1866–1928
- Emma Isabelle Walker Noe 1868–1926
- Delbert "Dell" Walker 1871–1934
- Perry Walker 1874–1884
- Lewis Samuel Walker 1879–1885
Children
- Joseph Walker Eaton 1864–1866
- Orlando Henson Eaton 1867–1956
- Elmer Beckwith Eaton 1869–1911
- Elizabeth Eaton Winn 1871–1913
- Earnest Eaton 1875–1939
- John Burton Eaton 1876–1955
- Benjamin Eaton 1878–1878
- Irvin Eaton 1879–1958
- Lewis Eaton 1882–1974
- Byron Sagers Eaton 1884–1924
- Zera E. Eaton 1888–1949
- Vern Eaton 1888–1953
- Ethel Minerva Eaton Hunting 1890–1979
- Evelyn Eaton Wardle 1893–1959
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