tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post8023270662530988171..comments2024-03-25T17:48:53.875-04:00Comments on Heissatopia: British DramaAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14785629874138416100noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-25279582723182328932012-11-17T21:49:45.346-05:002012-11-17T21:49:45.346-05:00I went to Robyn's website, and it was really i...I went to Robyn's website, and it was really interesting, but her entry for Clarence Layton just astounded me, because, having grown up in Taber, I knew that a couple of things about him were incorrect. The reason it astounded me was that he lived relatively recently, compared to the others, and my dad knew him really well, so I grew up hearing stories about him. Also, I knew his second wife, Elva, well, and was frequently in her home with two of her granddaughters. I couldn't see how to contact Robyn on her blog, so I am just putting this information here, in case she comes back for a visit to Heissatopia. Clarence Layton's profession was indeed known. According to "From Tank 77 to Taber Today" published in 1977, ISBN 0-919213-63-4,"Clarence became janitor of the old brick Central School on its completion in 1910--and held that position some 43 years until his death October 13, 1954. [Which is not to say that he didn't die in Calgary; lots of people got sick and taken to the hospital in Calgary]He was familiarly known as "Pop Layton" by the hundreds of students passing through the school in the intervening years. His years of dedicated service as caretaker, and friend to students and teachers, placed him in high regard and esteem." And I can attest that is true, because my dad had lots of stories about Pop Layton. During the flu epidemic the school was used as a hospital, and Pop helped out as an orderly during that time when school was not in session. He did the whole vinegar to ward off colds thing, and stayed very healthy all those years of working with germ-carrying children. <br /><br />But the most mouth-dropping hole in the "Pop Layton" story--when he married Elva Layton he had two more children! Patricia and Lynn. Patricia married and had four children, including a set of twins (as Laytons are prone to do--at least on our Layton line). Lynn was the post master in Taber my entire growing up life. He and his wife had three children, the oldest of which was my good friend Donna, with whom I would visit Elva Layton's home, along with her cousin and my other good friend Cindy, a child of one of Elva's Fallon children, of which she had four. Patricia was born in 1932, and Lynn in 1936, so they were much younger than Pop's other children. I just wanted Robyn to know that those children exist! I never knew Patricia, but Lynn was very much a part of my life growing up in Taber, both because of his position as post master and as the father of my friend.Myrnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450610418971329885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-9290921587623729382012-11-17T02:05:40.375-05:002012-11-17T02:05:40.375-05:00http://gj.robynjwilliams.com/layton.html
I just w...http://gj.robynjwilliams.com/layton.html<br /><br />I just wrote you a comment, but I'm not sure if it went through or not. I descend from Samuel Layton, and can answer several of your questions. My link above will take you to the Layton page of my website, where you'll find info and pictures.RJWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09422799567842862426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-20025762449511442162012-11-17T02:02:55.835-05:002012-11-17T02:02:55.835-05:00Hi there,
I descend from Samuel Layton, and have...Hi there, <br /><br />I descend from Samuel Layton, and have done quite a bit of research. Charles was indeed William Martin's son, and William did live a long life, going on to have 10 children with a woman named Mary Gentle. Charles converted as a teen, and actually made the trip to the US alone - he had to stop for a long time in Missouri to earn enough cash to make it the rest of the way. Interestingly, despite William Martin's apparent ditching of his duties, the Martin and Layton families intermarried a couple more times (Bathsheba's sister Priscilla married William's brother Samuel, and Bathsheba's brother Christopher married William's sister Sarah).<br /><br />Bathsheba did not ever move to the US. She was long deceased by 1874 (she died in 63).<br /><br />If you're interested, my website has a lot of this info included, with sources and photos:<br /><br />http://gj.robynjwilliams.com/layton.htmlRJWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09422799567842862426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-49485665386876065152012-05-15T16:55:10.741-04:002012-05-15T16:55:10.741-04:00Could you possibly send me (scanned and emailed) c...Could you possibly send me (scanned and emailed) copies of those letters? As far as I know we have nothing like that.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08631734965938273438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-40383172660598044202012-05-15T16:27:54.575-04:002012-05-15T16:27:54.575-04:00Hello Layton Cousin! Samuel John Layton is my grea...Hello Layton Cousin! Samuel John Layton is my great-grandfather and I, too work on the Layton line. <br /><br />Don't worry about Mr. Martin. Bathsheda never married him so we really have no connection. Bathsheba and Nathaniel had a fine family (I have letters from them to Charles and Betty) and Charles was very happy that his Uncle Christopher paid his way to America...he was never considered Christopher's son. He was very loved by Bathsheba and Nathaniel, to whom he is sealed. He came to America because of his testimony. <br /><br />Bathsheba was a lace maker (I think she made the lace she is wearing in her photo), as was her daugher. After she died Nathaniel married again and he and his new wife came to Kaysville. <br /><br />Best Regards,<br />Shauna Kuykendallshaunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09890975163014008289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-84275041422076994452012-05-15T16:27:16.895-04:002012-05-15T16:27:16.895-04:00Hello Layton Cousin! Samuel John Layton is my grea...Hello Layton Cousin! Samuel John Layton is my great-grandfather and I, too work on the Layton line. <br /><br />Don't worry about Mr. Martin. Bathsheda never married him so we really have no connection. Bathsheba and Nathaniel had a fine family (I have letters from them to Charles and Betty) and Charles was very happy that his Uncle Christopher paid his way to America...he was never considered Christopher's son. He was very loved by Bathsheba and Nathaniel, to whom he is sealed. He came to America because of his testimony. <br /><br />Bathsheba was a lace maker (I think she made the lace she is wearing in her photo), as was her daugher. After she died Nathaniel married again and he and his new wife came to Kaysville. <br /><br />Best Regards,<br />Shauna Kuykendallshaunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09890975163014008289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-77800451726882646942012-01-31T01:18:49.838-05:002012-01-31T01:18:49.838-05:00And since I grew up in Alberta, I knew all the Sam...And since I grew up in Alberta, I knew all the Samuel Layton descendants long before I met and married a Timothy Layton descendant, just saying. My piano teacher was a Layton; I had good friends at school who were from the Samuel crop of Laytons. Small world.Myrnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450610418971329885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-69049268588025938182012-01-31T00:10:09.198-05:002012-01-31T00:10:09.198-05:00Who hasn't been watching too much Downton Abbe...Who hasn't been watching too much Downton Abbey?Bonnie Parkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13874843569918400023noreply@blogger.com