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Show • • • FAMILY HISTORY JANETTA ANDERSON HOGG DURRANT Janett a H. Durrant was born in Morgan, Utah, February 1, 1867 . Her paren t s, Robert Hogg and Janet McNiven, were converted to the Church of Jesus Chris t of Latter Day Saints religion in Scotland and immigrated t o Utah in 1860. <According to the history of Robert Hogg, his first wife , Isabella Swan, was never converted to the religion and did not come t o Utah with him. He married Janet McNiven after he came to Morgan, Utah . They were married in 1862. > They were among the very first families to s ettle on the present site in South Morgan <290 W. 100 N. ). As a child, Janetta Durrant <known as Nettie ) passed through two very severe illnesses, smallpox and diphtheria, during which time she bad the band of the Lord manifest in her behalf. She was married to Alfred Owen Durrant, :Karch 1, 1885, in the Logan Templ e. Ten children were born to this union, eight of whom are living at the present time. CI CGwenith Creager Durrant) am copying this on May 5, 1989, and there is only one child living--Jessie Durrant Bohman; Lel and Durrant , her brother, having died on February 25, 1989.) The names of the 10 children born to Alfred Owen and Janneta Hogg Durrant are: Robert James, Pearl, LeRoy (Dick), Leland, Don Carlos, Jennie, Clifton, Naomi, Jessie, and Dale. NOTE: Lee Durrant, my husband Mac's father, told us at one time that bis mother had taught school while she was still a teenager in a s chool in Round Valley, Utah. This is a little settlement about 4 or 5 miles east of Morgan. We were riding on the back road to Round Valley, the one that goes up above Como Springs Resort, when he was telling us that she used to walk from Xorgan to Round Valley and back every day to teach school. He said she wore long skirts, and in the snow or when it was muddy her skirts would get wet and/or muddy. At an early age she accepted responsible positions in the church. Her first public position was Assistant Secretary of the Y.L.M. I.A. <Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Association> of Morgan, Stake. She ~~s called to this position on October 25, 1887. She later served as first counselnr to Sarah Eddington in the Y.L.X. I.A., and in 1905 she became president of same organization. In 1909 she was chosen president of the Morgan Ward Relief Society. In 1910 she became first counselor to Sister Mariette Waldron in the Morgan Stake Relief Society. This position was held for eleven years. In 1924 she became President of the Y. L.M.I.A. of Morgan Ward and held this position for two years. She was a class leader in this organization for several years. She was a Relief Society visiting teacher for many years. This position she held at the time of her death. She was a charter member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers of Morgan County and has held positiions in that organization almost continuously since it began here until just a few years before her death . [Native Pioneer] •···. • I -- ' • During the flu epidemic of 1918 and 1919, Sister Durrant went to many homes and nursed the sick. Not only in her own neighborhood but to Henefer and Devil's Slide as well. Many of the sick owed their recovery to the efforts of her and other fine women. Her testiDXJny of the gospel never wavered throughout her entire life, and she was a most faithful attendant at church and all other public functions when her health permitted her to be there. Janetta Hogg Durrant died November 23, 1944, and is buried beside her husband, Alfred Owen Durrant in the South Morgan Cemetery. She left a posterity of 65, 12 of whom are in the armed forces. <This history was written by her daughter-in-law, Celeste Dearden Durrant, wife of Lee Durrant, and is not dated but must have been written shortly after Janetta Durrant died.) S.itbmdhid b'/./Ji .agr,-.e ar5ay+- [Submitted by Marge Taggart] - 2 - |
