Lorenzo Archibald (1906 - 1984)

Born 22 May 1906 in Plymouth, Box Elder, Utah, United States

Husband of Anna Agnete Rasmussen — married 10 Aug 1929 in Weber, Utah, United States

Died 12 Mar 1984 at age 77 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States

Biography

Lorenzo was born in 1906. He passed away in 1984.

• Fact: Residence (1910) Fielding, Box Elder, Utah, United States
• Fact: Residence (1920) Tremonton, Box Elder, Utah, United States
• Fact: Residence (1935) Same Place
• Fact: Residence (1940) Legislative District 3, Ogden, Ogden City Election Precinct, Weber, Utah, United States
• Fact: USER_DEFINED (16 Oct 1940) Draft Registration Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
• Fact: Burial (15 March 1984) Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch This is your Life Lorenzo Archibald

Written by Ellen Parry Gemar half sister.

Lorenzo is the seventh child born to James Halliday Archibald and Lola Lorena Pierson. His fore bearers were early converts to the church and stalwart builders of the Western Empire. At the time of Lorenzo's birth, the Archibald family was in precarious circumstances as the father was ill. When Ren was nine months old his father died leaving the young widow with five children to care for. What a courageous woman his mother was. Without flinching she took her children with her to the field, placed the older boys on the horse, then she held the plow and put in the crop. When the baby would cry, she carried him in her apron or on her back, but she persisted until the wheat was planted. Conditions improved when a kind older man befriended the family. Dan Parry was born crossing the plains in 1849. He was a rancher and a cattleman. Dan Parry and Lola Archibald were married and he became Ren's beloved Papa. The family lived in Plymouth during the school year but moved to the ranch in the spring. Pete and Billy were hitched to the old buckboard and a load of household paraphernalia along with the children was transported to the big cattle ranch where the boys worked all summer branding cattle, putting up hay and harvesting wheat. Ren was a skinny, shy, towheaded youngster, who could run like a rabbit. He grew up with his three older brothers, but his companions called him "the Kid." His playmates and contemporary companions were an older sister, Beulah and the two younger sisters, Ellen and Annie. One day their mother burned the bread. Ellen and Ren ate the burnt crust, Ellen hoping that it would make her hair turn curly- Ren hoped that the black crust would make his hair turn dark like the color of his brothers and sisters hair. Ren was no sissy. He romped and played with tomboy little sisters. They played cowboys and indians over the granary and they listened to the coyote’s howl, whenever the children slept out under the stars. Ren do you remember the lady who worked for mama and gave us bread and butter and then scraped the butter off the bread? When Papa found out he fired her. We were always tickled when Annie Broom came to stay with us. She was the old Indian lady who worked at the ranch and always put plenty of butter on our bread. Old Moll was one of our most dependable horses. Papa would hitch Old Moll with the flightier horses to hold them down, and then one of the older boys would plough a straight furrow through the field. It would be Ren’s turn then to finish the plowing with Old Moll running the furrow. Some times a huge rock would be plowed up and it was necessary to pick rocks. Wander was another favorite old horse on the ranch. It was Ren’s job to run the derrick horse and many tedious trips did Ren and Wander make backwards and forwards putting the sweet smelling hay in the big stack. Come September and Peach Day at Brigham City, the whole family would be up at dawn and attending to their chores. Then off to Collinston to catch the old Bamberger and go to the celebration. Everybody wore a hat and when we all sat down on the Bamberger seats we put our hats up on the rack. Ren’s hat was a magnificent straw hat with a flat crown and broad brim. The blonde hared boy stood watching the sideshow barker go into his spiels, his hat on the back of his head and his mouth wide open. All at once the man bellowed, ”Hey little boy, you’d better shut your mouth, you’ve got a big fly trap their.” Then it was off to the merry-go-round and the Ferris wheel. The winters were the happiest times of all. The mother would gather her children around her and read Tom Sawyer, Gulliver’s Travels, and Aladdin to the eager listeners. The entire family attended the dances and traveled by bobsled to Garland, Fielding, Tremonton and Deweyville to watch the boys play basketball. The Archibald boys were all good dancers.

• Fact: Residence Weber, Utah, Ogden

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 11 October 2020, 00:26), entry for Lorenzo (Ren) Archibald(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KWCW-Y6B); contributed by various users.
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