Lewiston Utah Landscape Image

We created this site to help researchers of our heritage learn of the lives and struggles of their progenitors. We gain brief glimpses in to the lives of our family members and appreciate immensely the legacy they have left in this life. This is also a place of ongoing collaboration, where we can share stories and provide feedback. Refer to our Rawlins History and Genealogy site for insights on how these stories and histories relate to family groups.

My Father Jasper Alfonzo Rawlins

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 14:24 — leroyb

Life Sketch by Mae Rawlins Jorgensen (Daughter)

Jasper Alfonzo Rawlins was born 1 February 1872 in Richmond, Utah to Harvey M. and Margaret Elzirah Frost Rawlins. He was the eleventh of twelve children. His father was homesteading in Lewiston and moved back to Richmond for the winter. When they returned to Lewiston in the Spring of 1872 they established a permanent home there. The first house was of two rooms made of upright boards.

Jasper Alfonzo Rawlins

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 14:07 — leroyb

Life Sketch by Ethel Rawlins

Jasper Alfonzo Rawlins was born February 1, 1872 In Richmond, Cache County, Utah, to Harvey M. Rawlins and Margaret E. Frost He was the eleventh of twelve children. His father homesteaded at Lewiston, Utah, known at that time as "Poverty Flat" because of late frosts in the spring which froze the grain. His father farmed his homestead in 1871 and moved back to Richmond for the winter. This was when Jasper Alfonzo was born. The next year the family moved to their new home in Lewiston.

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