Mom would have been about 13 years old when she was completing this workbook.
Family stories & keepsakes
Old photographs, handwritten pages, and small keepsakes connect us to the people who came before us. Meet my family through the stories and collections below—and share a memory of your own in the discussion.
1930s Valentines, Cards, and Letters
My mom was born in 1927 and was raised in a Mormon family in a small farming town in Northern Utah. My grandfather was heavily involved in the Mormon church…
Nedra Robson Devlin
My mother, Nedra Robson Devlin, was born on January 3, 1927, in Logan, Utah.
Edna Rebecca Hansen Robson
My maternal grandmother, Edna Rebecca Hansen Robson, was born on August 14, 1884, in Plain City, Utah.
The History of James Patterson Robson – Born 1841
Meet my great-grandfather, James Patterson Robson, born in 1841, through this account of his life and our family history.
The History of Joseph Skeen
Joseph Skeen was my Great Great Grandfather (Nedra Robson Devin – Mother, John Elmer Robson – Grandfather, Eliza Jane Skeen – Great Grandmother, Joseph Skeen – Great Great Grandfather).
The information below was taken from a typewritten version with Electa Skeen Johnson’s name typed in the bottom right of the last page. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected but spelling for many words/names and punctuation were maintained.
The actual hand-written version of Joseph Skeen’s diary is held in the Catalog of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.