Daughter of Henson Walker and Caroline Elizabeth Farnsworth
1- married to Reuben George Weeks, married 3 Sep 1904- Sealed in SLake Temple- 1907.
2- married to Erick B. Berg, married 3 Jul 1942
Ida May Walker, the sixth child of Henson Walker III and Caroline Elizabeth Farnsworth, was born July 8, 1885 at LaPlata, Grand County, New Mexico, while her father was on his mission. They moved back to Pleasant Grove where Ida grew up and attended school.
Sept. 3, 1903 she married Reuben George Weeks, son of Reuben and Mary Hurst Weeks. In 1907 they were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple.
Rube used to drive a team of horses and hauled vegetables and fruit to Salt Lake City to sell on the market. He also hauled ore out of American Fork Canyon.
Rube and Ida moved out on a railroad job. While Rube worked with the men, Ida would help the bosses' wife cook for all the men. Noma, their baby girl, would sit in a box while her mother worked.
In 1907 when the section in burley, Idaho, was opened to homestead, Ida & Rube took a team and wagon, a cow, a few chickerns, with what little other belongings they owned and settled there. They left their families and friends behind to help build up this new country. Here they really pioneered in earnest. All water they used had to be hauled in tanks. It would take a day to go and birng the water back. Their first home was a two-roomed log house which they built themselves. Thru ingenuity and hard work they broke up the sagebrush covered ground. Ida worked right out in the fields with Rube. Now they had a little boy which they named Robert LeRoy and he would ride on the plow with his mother while she broke up the ground. They planted sugar beets, potatoes, grain and hay. They soon acquired a dairy herd and beef cattle. At this time thier third child was born who was named Edna. They became very successful and soon were able to build a very fine modern brick home.
In 1920 they sold their place in Idaho and moved back to Utah. For a while they lived in Pleasant Groe, then they moved to Salt Lake City. About a year later, they bought into a garage business and moved to Logan. Rube took over the gas business and drove a gas truck and delivered gas to all sevices stations around that area while his partner sold cars. Being honest himself, Rube trusted his partner but soon found himself out of business.
Ida and Rube moved back to Pleasant Grove and built a home. There another son was born to them but he died at birth.
Later they bought a ranch in Provo Canyon and operated it until the Government bought the farm ground when they built Deer Creek Dam. Then the moved back to Pleasant Grove and raised chickens- still taking care of the camp grounds in the canyon.
In 1940 Ida and Rube seperated; later they both remarried. July 3, 1942 Ida married Erick G. Berg.
She passed away 8 Mar 1961,in Eugene, Lane, Oregon and buried in the Plesasnt Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, UT
By Edna Weeks Atkinson (daughter)
1- married to Reuben George Weeks, married 3 Sep 1904- Sealed in SLake Temple- 1907.
2- married to Erick B. Berg, married 3 Jul 1942
Ida May Walker, the sixth child of Henson Walker III and Caroline Elizabeth Farnsworth, was born July 8, 1885 at LaPlata, Grand County, New Mexico, while her father was on his mission. They moved back to Pleasant Grove where Ida grew up and attended school.
Sept. 3, 1903 she married Reuben George Weeks, son of Reuben and Mary Hurst Weeks. In 1907 they were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple.
Rube used to drive a team of horses and hauled vegetables and fruit to Salt Lake City to sell on the market. He also hauled ore out of American Fork Canyon.
Rube and Ida moved out on a railroad job. While Rube worked with the men, Ida would help the bosses' wife cook for all the men. Noma, their baby girl, would sit in a box while her mother worked.
In 1907 when the section in burley, Idaho, was opened to homestead, Ida & Rube took a team and wagon, a cow, a few chickerns, with what little other belongings they owned and settled there. They left their families and friends behind to help build up this new country. Here they really pioneered in earnest. All water they used had to be hauled in tanks. It would take a day to go and birng the water back. Their first home was a two-roomed log house which they built themselves. Thru ingenuity and hard work they broke up the sagebrush covered ground. Ida worked right out in the fields with Rube. Now they had a little boy which they named Robert LeRoy and he would ride on the plow with his mother while she broke up the ground. They planted sugar beets, potatoes, grain and hay. They soon acquired a dairy herd and beef cattle. At this time thier third child was born who was named Edna. They became very successful and soon were able to build a very fine modern brick home.
In 1920 they sold their place in Idaho and moved back to Utah. For a while they lived in Pleasant Groe, then they moved to Salt Lake City. About a year later, they bought into a garage business and moved to Logan. Rube took over the gas business and drove a gas truck and delivered gas to all sevices stations around that area while his partner sold cars. Being honest himself, Rube trusted his partner but soon found himself out of business.
Ida and Rube moved back to Pleasant Grove and built a home. There another son was born to them but he died at birth.
Later they bought a ranch in Provo Canyon and operated it until the Government bought the farm ground when they built Deer Creek Dam. Then the moved back to Pleasant Grove and raised chickens- still taking care of the camp grounds in the canyon.
In 1940 Ida and Rube seperated; later they both remarried. July 3, 1942 Ida married Erick G. Berg.
She passed away 8 Mar 1961,in Eugene, Lane, Oregon and buried in the Plesasnt Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, UT
By Edna Weeks Atkinson (daughter)
Daughter of Henson Walker and Caroline Elizabeth Farnsworth
1- married to Reuben George Weeks, married 3 Sep 1904- Sealed in SLake Temple- 1907.
2- married to Erick B. Berg, married 3 Jul 1942
Ida May Walker, the sixth child of Henson Walker III and Caroline Elizabeth Farnsworth, was born July 8, 1885 at LaPlata, Grand County, New Mexico, while her father was on his mission. They moved back to Pleasant Grove where Ida grew up and attended school.
Sept. 3, 1903 she married Reuben George Weeks, son of Reuben and Mary Hurst Weeks. In 1907 they were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple.
Rube used to drive a team of horses and hauled vegetables and fruit to Salt Lake City to sell on the market. He also hauled ore out of American Fork Canyon.
Rube and Ida moved out on a railroad job. While Rube worked with the men, Ida would help the bosses' wife cook for all the men. Noma, their baby girl, would sit in a box while her mother worked.
In 1907 when the section in burley, Idaho, was opened to homestead, Ida & Rube took a team and wagon, a cow, a few chickerns, with what little other belongings they owned and settled there. They left their families and friends behind to help build up this new country. Here they really pioneered in earnest. All water they used had to be hauled in tanks. It would take a day to go and birng the water back. Their first home was a two-roomed log house which they built themselves. Thru ingenuity and hard work they broke up the sagebrush covered ground. Ida worked right out in the fields with Rube. Now they had a little boy which they named Robert LeRoy and he would ride on the plow with his mother while she broke up the ground. They planted sugar beets, potatoes, grain and hay. They soon acquired a dairy herd and beef cattle. At this time thier third child was born who was named Edna. They became very successful and soon were able to build a very fine modern brick home.
In 1920 they sold their place in Idaho and moved back to Utah. For a while they lived in Pleasant Groe, then they moved to Salt Lake City. About a year later, they bought into a garage business and moved to Logan. Rube took over the gas business and drove a gas truck and delivered gas to all sevices stations around that area while his partner sold cars. Being honest himself, Rube trusted his partner but soon found himself out of business.
Ida and Rube moved back to Pleasant Grove and built a home. There another son was born to them but he died at birth.
Later they bought a ranch in Provo Canyon and operated it until the Government bought the farm ground when they built Deer Creek Dam. Then the moved back to Pleasant Grove and raised chickens- still taking care of the camp grounds in the canyon.
In 1940 Ida and Rube seperated; later they both remarried. July 3, 1942 Ida married Erick G. Berg.
She passed away 8 Mar 1961,in Eugene, Lane, Oregon and buried in the Plesasnt Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, UT
By Edna Weeks Atkinson (daughter)
1- married to Reuben George Weeks, married 3 Sep 1904- Sealed in SLake Temple- 1907.
2- married to Erick B. Berg, married 3 Jul 1942
Ida May Walker, the sixth child of Henson Walker III and Caroline Elizabeth Farnsworth, was born July 8, 1885 at LaPlata, Grand County, New Mexico, while her father was on his mission. They moved back to Pleasant Grove where Ida grew up and attended school.
Sept. 3, 1903 she married Reuben George Weeks, son of Reuben and Mary Hurst Weeks. In 1907 they were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple.
Rube used to drive a team of horses and hauled vegetables and fruit to Salt Lake City to sell on the market. He also hauled ore out of American Fork Canyon.
Rube and Ida moved out on a railroad job. While Rube worked with the men, Ida would help the bosses' wife cook for all the men. Noma, their baby girl, would sit in a box while her mother worked.
In 1907 when the section in burley, Idaho, was opened to homestead, Ida & Rube took a team and wagon, a cow, a few chickerns, with what little other belongings they owned and settled there. They left their families and friends behind to help build up this new country. Here they really pioneered in earnest. All water they used had to be hauled in tanks. It would take a day to go and birng the water back. Their first home was a two-roomed log house which they built themselves. Thru ingenuity and hard work they broke up the sagebrush covered ground. Ida worked right out in the fields with Rube. Now they had a little boy which they named Robert LeRoy and he would ride on the plow with his mother while she broke up the ground. They planted sugar beets, potatoes, grain and hay. They soon acquired a dairy herd and beef cattle. At this time thier third child was born who was named Edna. They became very successful and soon were able to build a very fine modern brick home.
In 1920 they sold their place in Idaho and moved back to Utah. For a while they lived in Pleasant Groe, then they moved to Salt Lake City. About a year later, they bought into a garage business and moved to Logan. Rube took over the gas business and drove a gas truck and delivered gas to all sevices stations around that area while his partner sold cars. Being honest himself, Rube trusted his partner but soon found himself out of business.
Ida and Rube moved back to Pleasant Grove and built a home. There another son was born to them but he died at birth.
Later they bought a ranch in Provo Canyon and operated it until the Government bought the farm ground when they built Deer Creek Dam. Then the moved back to Pleasant Grove and raised chickens- still taking care of the camp grounds in the canyon.
In 1940 Ida and Rube seperated; later they both remarried. July 3, 1942 Ida married Erick G. Berg.
She passed away 8 Mar 1961,in Eugene, Lane, Oregon and buried in the Plesasnt Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, UT
By Edna Weeks Atkinson (daughter)
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