In the 1870 United States Census, Elizabeth Givens is shown as living with her parents in West Virginia, and she is shown as having been born in the state of Ohio.
Elizabeth Ann 'Lizzie'/'Lizie' West was a seamstress. Her husband Ami Marvin West passed away on 7 November 1907, leaving her a widow with 7 children.
In the 1940 United States Census, Lizzie A. West is shown as widowed and living in Springfield, Summit County, Ohio.
If you would like to add details to Mrs. West's biography please contact Chief Funologist through the link below.
This article was written about Lizzie. I found it in the documents of her daughter, Grace West Taylor. No information was given about the article, as to who wrote it or where it was printed.
Article:
Tiny, cheerful and sprightly, that is Mrs. L. A. West. She is known to the village folk for her fine sewing and her attendance at the Methodist Church.
Her tiny hand clasped mine in a freiendly welcome as I entered her charming little home. She lives alone in peace and comfort in a neat white house on Dick St. Her six children are her pride and joy. One son, Glen, resides here in Magadore.
Mother love glistened in her soft blue eyes and her pretty white head was held high as she told me about her family. "I was both mother and father to my children," she said, "I was widowed when the children were small."
To rear her family she made a business of sewing and even now, at almost eighty-two she still sews a fine seam. "The children think I should quit sewing," she told me, "but I just couldn't sit idle all day." Each orderly little room in her house made me wonder when she could possibly be idle. Potted plants in the windows also spoke of careful attendance. Then she took me to a kitchen window and pointed to a plot of ground. "I always have a nice garden there, in the summer," she grinned, and looked longingly at the plot of gound. With a happy little chuckle, she said, "Of course if I fell like execise I can go to the cellar and tend the fire. Walking up and down the steps is good exercise for me."
Mr. West likes to go riding and crochets dollies and rugs but most of all she likes to go to church gatherings. Though she isn't a native of the village, she likes Magadore and thinks the people here are grand. She has lived here for twelve years.
I noticed that she smiled a lot and when I mentioned it she said, "Oh, that has always come easily to me, I like to smile. I never did worry too much about anything."
She doesn't go about the village much but she loves to get company. She's a grandmother and a great-grandmother, having eleven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren and has their pictures proudly displayed on her living room walls.
A good feeling lingered with me as I left that tiny lady and that tiny house and I couldn't help repeating silently, "Smile and the world smiles with you," the rest I didn't try to remember.
Elizabeth Ann 'Lizzie'/'Lizie' West was a seamstress. Her husband Ami Marvin West passed away on 7 November 1907, leaving her a widow with 7 children.
In the 1940 United States Census, Lizzie A. West is shown as widowed and living in Springfield, Summit County, Ohio.
If you would like to add details to Mrs. West's biography please contact Chief Funologist through the link below.
This article was written about Lizzie. I found it in the documents of her daughter, Grace West Taylor. No information was given about the article, as to who wrote it or where it was printed.
Article:
Tiny, cheerful and sprightly, that is Mrs. L. A. West. She is known to the village folk for her fine sewing and her attendance at the Methodist Church.
Her tiny hand clasped mine in a freiendly welcome as I entered her charming little home. She lives alone in peace and comfort in a neat white house on Dick St. Her six children are her pride and joy. One son, Glen, resides here in Magadore.
Mother love glistened in her soft blue eyes and her pretty white head was held high as she told me about her family. "I was both mother and father to my children," she said, "I was widowed when the children were small."
To rear her family she made a business of sewing and even now, at almost eighty-two she still sews a fine seam. "The children think I should quit sewing," she told me, "but I just couldn't sit idle all day." Each orderly little room in her house made me wonder when she could possibly be idle. Potted plants in the windows also spoke of careful attendance. Then she took me to a kitchen window and pointed to a plot of ground. "I always have a nice garden there, in the summer," she grinned, and looked longingly at the plot of gound. With a happy little chuckle, she said, "Of course if I fell like execise I can go to the cellar and tend the fire. Walking up and down the steps is good exercise for me."
Mr. West likes to go riding and crochets dollies and rugs but most of all she likes to go to church gatherings. Though she isn't a native of the village, she likes Magadore and thinks the people here are grand. She has lived here for twelve years.
I noticed that she smiled a lot and when I mentioned it she said, "Oh, that has always come easily to me, I like to smile. I never did worry too much about anything."
She doesn't go about the village much but she loves to get company. She's a grandmother and a great-grandmother, having eleven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren and has their pictures proudly displayed on her living room walls.
A good feeling lingered with me as I left that tiny lady and that tiny house and I couldn't help repeating silently, "Smile and the world smiles with you," the rest I didn't try to remember.
In the 1870 United States Census, Elizabeth Givens is shown as living with her parents in West Virginia, and she is shown as having been born in the state of Ohio.
Elizabeth Ann 'Lizzie'/'Lizie' West was a seamstress. Her husband Ami Marvin West passed away on 7 November 1907, leaving her a widow with 7 children.
In the 1940 United States Census, Lizzie A. West is shown as widowed and living in Springfield, Summit County, Ohio.
If you would like to add details to Mrs. West's biography please contact Chief Funologist through the link below.
This article was written about Lizzie. I found it in the documents of her daughter, Grace West Taylor. No information was given about the article, as to who wrote it or where it was printed.
Article:
Tiny, cheerful and sprightly, that is Mrs. L. A. West. She is known to the village folk for her fine sewing and her attendance at the Methodist Church.
Her tiny hand clasped mine in a freiendly welcome as I entered her charming little home. She lives alone in peace and comfort in a neat white house on Dick St. Her six children are her pride and joy. One son, Glen, resides here in Magadore.
Mother love glistened in her soft blue eyes and her pretty white head was held high as she told me about her family. "I was both mother and father to my children," she said, "I was widowed when the children were small."
To rear her family she made a business of sewing and even now, at almost eighty-two she still sews a fine seam. "The children think I should quit sewing," she told me, "but I just couldn't sit idle all day." Each orderly little room in her house made me wonder when she could possibly be idle. Potted plants in the windows also spoke of careful attendance. Then she took me to a kitchen window and pointed to a plot of ground. "I always have a nice garden there, in the summer," she grinned, and looked longingly at the plot of gound. With a happy little chuckle, she said, "Of course if I fell like execise I can go to the cellar and tend the fire. Walking up and down the steps is good exercise for me."
Mr. West likes to go riding and crochets dollies and rugs but most of all she likes to go to church gatherings. Though she isn't a native of the village, she likes Magadore and thinks the people here are grand. She has lived here for twelve years.
I noticed that she smiled a lot and when I mentioned it she said, "Oh, that has always come easily to me, I like to smile. I never did worry too much about anything."
She doesn't go about the village much but she loves to get company. She's a grandmother and a great-grandmother, having eleven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren and has their pictures proudly displayed on her living room walls.
A good feeling lingered with me as I left that tiny lady and that tiny house and I couldn't help repeating silently, "Smile and the world smiles with you," the rest I didn't try to remember.
Elizabeth Ann 'Lizzie'/'Lizie' West was a seamstress. Her husband Ami Marvin West passed away on 7 November 1907, leaving her a widow with 7 children.
In the 1940 United States Census, Lizzie A. West is shown as widowed and living in Springfield, Summit County, Ohio.
If you would like to add details to Mrs. West's biography please contact Chief Funologist through the link below.
This article was written about Lizzie. I found it in the documents of her daughter, Grace West Taylor. No information was given about the article, as to who wrote it or where it was printed.
Article:
Tiny, cheerful and sprightly, that is Mrs. L. A. West. She is known to the village folk for her fine sewing and her attendance at the Methodist Church.
Her tiny hand clasped mine in a freiendly welcome as I entered her charming little home. She lives alone in peace and comfort in a neat white house on Dick St. Her six children are her pride and joy. One son, Glen, resides here in Magadore.
Mother love glistened in her soft blue eyes and her pretty white head was held high as she told me about her family. "I was both mother and father to my children," she said, "I was widowed when the children were small."
To rear her family she made a business of sewing and even now, at almost eighty-two she still sews a fine seam. "The children think I should quit sewing," she told me, "but I just couldn't sit idle all day." Each orderly little room in her house made me wonder when she could possibly be idle. Potted plants in the windows also spoke of careful attendance. Then she took me to a kitchen window and pointed to a plot of ground. "I always have a nice garden there, in the summer," she grinned, and looked longingly at the plot of gound. With a happy little chuckle, she said, "Of course if I fell like execise I can go to the cellar and tend the fire. Walking up and down the steps is good exercise for me."
Mr. West likes to go riding and crochets dollies and rugs but most of all she likes to go to church gatherings. Though she isn't a native of the village, she likes Magadore and thinks the people here are grand. She has lived here for twelve years.
I noticed that she smiled a lot and when I mentioned it she said, "Oh, that has always come easily to me, I like to smile. I never did worry too much about anything."
She doesn't go about the village much but she loves to get company. She's a grandmother and a great-grandmother, having eleven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren and has their pictures proudly displayed on her living room walls.
A good feeling lingered with me as I left that tiny lady and that tiny house and I couldn't help repeating silently, "Smile and the world smiles with you," the rest I didn't try to remember.
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