“Here are several videos that track the rise and fall of states in Scandinavia during the medieval period.“ Medievalists.net, How the borders of Scandinavia changed in the Middle Ages <medievalists.net.
Author: Justin Durand
Stephen Luce on a Jury
Stephen Luce (1801-1872) served on a grand jury in Salt Lake City in 1858. There’s an interesting story there. This was at the end of the Utah War. Stephen had served in the re-activated Nauvoo Legion. He appears on a 20 July 1857 muster roll as Sgt. Stephen Luce, 3rd Platoon, Company B, of the…
Utah Freighters’ Last Haul
The following is a transcript of a 1910 article about Utah freighters, including Bill Luce. Photos and photo captions are omitted. The year 1868 was known throughout this whole Rocky Mountain region as the big railroad year. The screech of the Union Pacific locomotive was heard upon the plains, and the great road was soon…
Where was Wilford Luce Born?
Was Wilford Luce (Sr.) born in Vinalhaven? It seems like a trick question, doesn’t it? But I think it’s fair to ask. His 1906 obituary says Wilford Luce was born in Vinalhaven, meaning on North Fox Island, where his parents Stephen Luce and Mary Ann (Wheeler) Luce lived before their 1838 conversion to Mormonism. Some…
A Distant Cousin visits Vinalhaven
When our Luce ancestors converted to Mormonism, they were living in Vinalhaven, Maine. Nowadays Vinalhaven means South Fox Island, but in those days it was both the north and south islands. The Luces came from North Fox Island, then part of Vinalhaven, now called North Haven. A few days ago I came across a brief…