Maude Twitchell

  General Notes:

Calvin Warby notes:
LIFE HISTORY OF MAUD TWITCHELL & MARLA WARBY By Maude Twitchell Green, & John Green, Jr Maud Twitchell was born in Beaver, Utah, July 21, 1890 to Franklin Twitchell and Maria Warby. I moved with my parents to Manila, Utah, at the age of six years. We were the first group of settlers to enter the valley in 1896. The country was full of wild burros, horses, and cattle. In the valley, there weren't any houses, but along the creek, on the north, there was a number of white men with their cattle, their Indian wives and children. We saw some rough times in the following years. Two or three of these men and their wives were very kind to the settlers. This kindness greatly helped us through the struggle. In 1901 my mother died leaving three children, myself, 11 years, Ray, 9, and Steven, two years old. I helped care for them. Two years later my brother, Ray, died of croup. In our school, we had some very mean teachers. In those days a teacher was allowed to rule with a hickory stick, and most of them did. I, being left handed, one of my teachers punished me for it. He would have me stand up in front of the class and hold out my arm with three or four books on my hand until my arm would ache. I finally, told my father about it. He threatened to whip the teacher if he didn't quit. John Green came to our valley in the spring of 1905. There we met, and on February 25, 1920, my only brother died. February 23, 1921, my father died, I am the mother of nine children, seven of whom are living. I have worked in the Relief Society and the Primary and kept up home for my family. Although we have had misfortune and sorrow, yet, we have had a very happy fifty two years of married life. My parents, Franklin Twitchell and Maria Warby, were married in Beaver, Utah They took up a farm just off from North Creek, up in the cedars, where they cleared the ground, and farmed for a few years. They lost one little girl, Jeneva, their brother Joe owned a place that joined theirs, and they helped each other on these places. My mother's health wasn't very good, her being a twin. She was the sickly of the family. She had a kind and loving husband, always willing to help about the house, and make things as pleasant as he could for her. My mother, Maria, and her sister-in-law, Mary Hannah Warby, were very fond of each other, and visited each other real often, and were to each other's side in time of sickness or distress. When my mother took a stroke and was bedfast, Aunt Mary Hannah was there every day to do her bit in helping care for her. My mother died in the early hours of the morning, and I, Maude, was staying at the home of Aunt Mary Warby, with the help of relatives and friends. I carried on the duties of keeping house for my father until several years later. He met Myrtle Potter and was married to her. Father was always a pleasant man, and loved by all. He took an active part in church work.

  Noted events in her life were:

• source. Kirrily Cant (nee Stock)

Maude married John Andrew Green on 19 Feb 1906 in Green River, Sweetwater, Wyoming USA. (John Andrew Green was born on 21 Apr 1882 in West Ham, London, Essex England and died on 7 Apr 1963 in American Fork, Utah USA.)