DUP Museum Celebrates 50 Years
DearREADERS,
As a Daughter of Utah Pioneers on seven lines, I am pleased to note that the International Society DUP Museum is celebrating it's 50th anniversary. The Deseret News, a leading Salt Lake City newspaper,
reports:
"Records show that the DUP had a relic display as early as 1903. The first relic hall was established in the old LDS Tithing Office on South Temple and Main, the site of the present Joseph Smith Memorial Building and former Hotel Utah. In 1915 the display was moved to Temple Square, and in 1919 the Daughters were given space in the state Capitol building."
For details:
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,180006703,00.html
When I take my children to the museum we can see a black bonnet and a plate which belonged to Betsey Oades Player who was born in Kruel, Lincolnshire, England on 25 Sep 1829. She married Charles Warner Player in Iowa, traveled to the Salt Lake valley and died there on 27 Oct 1912. Betsy's father-in-law William Warner Player was a stone setter on the Nauvoo Temple, and her husband was a stone mason on the Salt Lake Temple.
The DUP museum also has the paisley fringed shawl which was carried across the plains by Mary Coucom born in Thrybergh, Yorkshire, England on 25 Apr 1816. She married Thomas Wasden and they ultimately settled in the Gunnison, Sanpete, Utah area.
The DUP historical department can provide potential members with the lineage papers of current members, as well as first and second-hand biographies of early Utah pioneers, mostly members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum
300 N. Main Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
(801) 538-1050
Hopefully, you'll be able to find historical societies in the localities your ancestors helped develop. Their displays provide a clearer picture of our progenitors' life and times.
Myrt :)
DearMYRTLE,
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