Family QUIZ
Updated July 20, 2019
(next update July 27th)
Currently Open Questions
(open until midnight July 25th)
Answers & winners in next Newsletter (and then here)
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“”Which relative worked in American Samoa restoring the water system to keep the fish canneries open?” [hint: this answer is found in one of the featured family write-ups and this relative will be at the family reunion.].”
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“Bert and Martha’s daughter, Lucille, was a resourceful woman. At a home where she lived as a young wife and mother, she planted a little area of grass so her children could play. What did she use to cut her grass?”
Winners from the correct answer(s) to the Questions:
- resorted water in American Somoa —
- Lucille used to cut grass —
- Grown on homestead — Deborah Nowland (GW> Bert> Esther> George> wife)
- Arizona Desert Poet — Ron Huntzinger (GW> Bert> Ivon> son)
- newspaper editor — Lucia Pabst (GW> Bert> Lucille> daughter)
- crow’s phrase — stumped ’em
- George W’s occupation — Veroica Saldivar (GW> Bert> Ivon> Ron> Becky> daughter)
- Was in Olympics — Ron Huntzinger (GW> Bert> Ivon> son)
- Cowboy Wannabe — stumped ’em
- Politician — stumped ’em
- Luez’s Cake — stumped ’em
- Favorite song — stumped ’em
- Gored by Bull — Oscar Saldivar (GW> Bert> Ivon> Ron> Becky> son)
- Tire Plant Worker — Deborah Nowland (GW> Bert> Esther> George> wife)
- CIA — Maryanne Snell (GW> Bert> Ivon> Bob> daughter)
- Lifeguard — Alyssa DeHart (GW> Bert> Ralph> LaVar> daughter)
- Pregnant Hiker — stumped ’em
- Echo Point burial — Alan Huntzinger (GW> Bert> Hubert> son)
- Costly Coat — Ron Huntzinger (GW> Bert> Ivon> son)
- Apiculturists — Debra Nowland (GW> Bert> Esther> George> wife)
- Historical Site Couples — Julie Mason (GW> Bert> Lucille> Sarah> daughter)
- Oldest Living Descendant — George Nowland (GW> Bert> Esther> son)
- Photographer — Lucia Pabst (GW> Bert> Lucille> daughter)
- Pioneers — Rebecca Alatorre (GW> Bert> Esther> George> daughter)
- Military — Alyssa DeHart (GW> Bert> Ralph> LaVar> daughter)
- Magician —Veronica Salvidar (GW> Bert> Ivon> Ron> Becky> daughter)
- US Marshal — George Nowland (GW> Bert> Esther> son)
- Killer Huntzinger — stumped ’em
- Pop Mosiac — stumped ’em
- Mutton Busting — stumped ’em
- US Tragedy — Lucia Pabst (GW> Bert> Lucille> daughter)
- CA Rock Band — Stephanie Young (GW> Bert> Lucille> Ivon> daughter)
- Kid History — Julie Mason (GW> Bert> Lucille> Sarah> daughter)
- Lizard Bump AZ –– stumped ’em
- Baby Animal — Liz McMullen (GW> Bert> Ivon> Bob> daughter)
- Broken — stumped ’em
- Piano Teacher — Carolyn Allen (Edgar> Taylor> Dwight> daughter)
- French 43rd Infantry — Rebecca Alatorre (GW> Bert> Esther> George> daughter)
- Flowers — Becky Saldavar (GW> Bert> Ivon> Ron> daughter)
- Video Game voice — Brent Huntzinger (GW> Bert> Ivon> Ron> son)
- Longest lived — Lucia Pabst (GW> Bert> Lucille> daughter)
- Tombstone Silver Miner — Lucia Pabst (GW> Bert> Lucille> daughter)
Questions & Answers
(with links to more details)
“Which relative worked in American Samoa restoring the water system to keep the fish canneries open?” [hint: this answer is found in one of the featured family write-ups and this relative will be at the family reunion.] (7/20/19)
“Bert and Martha’s daughter, Lucille, was a resourceful woman. At a home where she lived as a young wife and mother, she planted a little area of grass so her children could play. What did she use to cut her grass?” (7/20/19)
“Name something grown on Hubert and Martha Louise’s homestead.”(7/13/19)
“Dad wanted the homestead to be a fruit ranch and self-producing for the family food. He knew nothing about farming when he started, so sometimes it could be discouraging and expensive. The work was hard but Dad was in good health. The soil was rich and did not have to be irrigated being a good 1,000 feet lower than the surrounding hills. He planted and raised farm crops as well as a garden.
In the orchard, he planted various trees: peaches, apricots, plums and some cherries. I don’t think we had any apples. We raised watermelons and corn. Kaffir corn, or sorghum, grew well in the semi-arid soil, and he saved all of that and used it for cattle fodder. In the garden Dad planted all kinds of vegetables, some of them grew better than others. The melons, especially the yellow ones, not the red, tasted sweet and syrupy and many said the food grown by Dad could not be equaled. Dad used a farming technique called dry dust mulch farming.” (Ivon Huntzinger, pg 23 Life’s Adventure)
“One of our relatives was called the “Arizona Desert Poet”, was elected an honorary member of the Literary and Art Institute of France, granted from Mexico the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature, from England membership in the Poetry Society of London, and from Canada membership in the League of Western Writers, and was twice nominated Poet Laureate of Arizona. Name this relative.” (7/13/19)
Charlotte Huntzinger married Dewitt Coombs Bushby and they had a son, Don Maitland Bushby. He was born 7 November 1900 in Pueblo, Colorado and died 28 January 1969 in Fresno, California. He was a member of the editorial staff of various literary magazines and owned and edited two poetry magazines in Arizona – Palo Verde and Tom Tom. He was principal of a school in Pinedale, Arizona. His books include Mesquite Smoke, 1926; Oscatillo Blossoms, 1927, Golden Stallion, a compilation of southwestern poets, 1929; Don Felipe, a play, 1930; and Children of the Gods, 1931. He was adopted by the Indians and was given the name of Chief Whispering Pine.
“Here is a master’s etching In the crimson flood of dawn— A thousand monks are marching With a prayer to cheer them on. Their pleading arms are reaching Ever upward thru the haze; I think they must be preaching For the souls of other days…” ~Don Maitland Bushby (1900–1969), “Desert Monks (Impressions of the Sahuarro)”
Which relative’s father was an editor for a county newspaper called “The Democrat Clarion”? (7/6/19)
Allen P. Bentley
“Sylvia Louise Bentley Sessions’ father, Allen P. Bentley live in Bloomfield, Iowa where he edited the county newspaper, “The Democrat Clarion. In 1862 they moved to Burlington, Iowa on the Mississippi River where he edited the “Argus” during the years of and just after the Civil War.” [Pg 33 Always To A New Frontier ]
While on the homestead, Bert and Louise’s son, Hubert, tamed a crow and taught it to talk. What did the crow say in the morning? (7/6/19)
“Wake up! Wake up!”
“There was a milk cow and a few other cattle and animals. Their flock of brown turkeys foraged into the hills during the day. At evening when Bert called the, they lifted into the air and coasted on widespread wings down to the little homestead. Son Hubert tamed a crow and taught it to talk. It said several words and phrases. In the moorings, it would pull the covers off the boys, who slept in a lean-to attached to the house, and squawk, “Wake up! Wake up!” [ Always to a New Frontier, page 73]
“What was George W Huntzinger’s occupation” (6/29/19)
Dry goods clerk
“Which relative was in the Olympics?” (6/29/19)
David Heliopas Huntzinger (1927-2002) (GW> Bert> Hubert> son)
Both David and Hugo Huntzinger made careers with the National Park Service. David was the naturalist for Timpanogos Cave National Monument up American Fork Canyon UT during the early 60’s and Chief Park Naturalist at the Olympic National Park headquartered in Port Angeles WA in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Most of the Olympic Mountains are contained within ONP and the western slopes are the wettest place in the 48 contiguous states.
Ron Huntzinger said — “One summer David and I hiked down the Wilderness Coast of the Park. It took three days. We had to time our hike around the rocky points on the low tides and camp above the high tide lines. Dave took many photographs that later he had published in one of the Nation Park Service books on the Olympic Park. I was in one of the published pictures. We found several intact glass fishing net floats that had come across the Pacific Ocean from Japan and had not yet been broken on our shore. We packed four or five out to civilization. I found a piece of jade on the beach about the size of a baskeball. It must have weighed more than 30 lbs; I carried it for about a mile, then put it on the beach and we walked away from it.”
When Ralph Huntzinger moved to Washington he stayed with David & Rita in Port Angeles while looking for a broadcasting job: while working at KONP he and David’s family spent much time together, through Dave’s urging Ralph was one of the first VIPs (Volunteers In Park) and produced several multi-media projects for Olympic National Park.
David moved to Crater Lake National Park OR, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument MT, and retired from Lake Mead National Recreation Area NV.
“Which one of George and Ida”s children ran away from home because he/she wanted to be a cowboy and had a mule?” (6/22/19)
Harry Homo Huntzinger
“Harry also ran away from home,” Betty said. “He wanted to be a cowboy and had a mule.” — Our Hughes Ancestors, page 204
“What Sessions ancestor entered into politics?” (6/22/19)
Edgar Sessions
As a boy, Edgar’s favorite amusements were running footraces, wrestling, and jumping competitions that occurred whenever families or a crowd gathered. “At all of these I excelled”, he said, “until I entered politics at which I didn’t excel because I was on the wrong side.” “Nevertheless”, he added,” it was exciting while it lasted.” This evidently refers to a foray into politics when he was an adult in Arizona or California. The details are unknown, but Edgar seems to have taken it all in stride with his usual laconic, good natured sense of humor. — Always to a New Frontier, page 25
“When Martha Louise Sessions Huntzinger was living with her daughter, Lucille Huntzinger Young, Lucille made and iced a cake one day. She had to leave for about an hour and when she returned, what had Martha Louise done?” (6/15/19)
“Mom (Lucille) told the story of baking and frosting a cake. Left grandma home for about an hour. When she came home, grandma had taken the rollers out of her hair and placed them on the cake as if they were candles.” — A memory from Ivon Young Sr, son of Lucille Huntzinger
“Robert Leo Huntzinger owned a music publishing company in Cincinnati. He was an excellent musician who could play by ear. He had a song he especially liked. What song was it?” [Hint: popularized by The Mills Brothers] (6/15/19)
Robert Leo Huntzinger was born 1 September 1889 in Salisbury, Chariton County, Missouri, and died 31 January 1955. He owned a music publishing company in Cincinnati. He was playing piano in a music store in Pueblo, and Ada Thatcher fell in love with him. He played by ear and was an excellent musician. He especially liked “Glow Worm.” — Our Hughes Ancestors, page 204 —
Glow Worm song facts – Charted at #1 in May 1908. Also a #1 hit for Lucy Isabelle Marsh in 1908. From the operetta, Lysistrata. Original title: Das Glühwürmchen. Written by Paul Lincke and Heinz Bolten-Backers. English lyrics by Lilla Cayley Robinson. The lyrics were later expanded by Johnny Mercer and a new version of the song became a 1952 hit for the Mills Brothers. Link to the song being played on the piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMcU7oXlUzc
“Which ancestor was not permitted to join the military because he worked in a tire plant?” (6/8/19)
Ivon Clare Huntzinger (GW> Bert> son)
Ivon worked at the Goodyear Tire Plant in Los Angeles during the war. It was a necessary war effort job. So he was exempt from the military draft. They were producing newly invented nylon tires.
From Ron Huntzinger – “I remember Dad brought home a box of nylon thread that had tangled in the tire making machinery. It was going to be thrown away. Mom, Aunt Cecile and Grandmother Louise used part of it to make doilies and lace pieces. Some of these pieces may still be saved in the family treasures. Do any of the cousins remember this?”
“What relative died after being gored by a bull? (6./8/19)
Pierre Huntzinger (15 Feb 1812 – 7 Aug 1889)
“Peter Huntzinger, one of Tremont Schuylkill, was killed in a singular manner this week. He owned a bull, and noticing the animal was entangled in some chains, entered the stall to make the matters right. The bull turned on Mr. Huntzinger and butted him severely. He cried for help, and members of the family were soon on hand to get him out. He was taken to the house and it was found that several ribs had been broken and that he had sustained other internal injuries. He grew worse and early on Thursday morning death ensued. Mr. Huntzinger was born in France in 1812, and came to this country many years ago. Mrs. Huntzinger and six children survive. Charles, Lewis, and Albert live here, and George, Rosie, and Mary live in the West. The time for holding a funeral had not yet been fixed at the time of going to press.”
“Which living relative was believed to be a CIA operative in three different countries?” (6/1/19)
Robert George Huntzinger (GW> Bert> Ivon> son)
- Hiking the hilly spine snaking its way down the Luzon peninsula in the Philippines, they paused above the small city of Naga. A Filipino friend and hiking mate turned to Bob, a Peace Corps Volunteer, and asked him if he was a covert CIA agent. He, Bob, was working on an economic survey of how much vegetable produce was moving from Legazpi City to Manila by train. I suppose there’s enough content there to be a US conspiracy. (?)
- Out and about in the Vietnamese province of Go Cong checking progress on various development projects, Bob’s job with the US Agency for International Development looked too much like, once again, covert prying. That time it was one of his own team members who asked him the CIA question.
- On the streets of London, a fellow Bank of America employee, a Brit from Manchester, was “just wondering” about all this living abroad and being a member of an exciting organization like England’s MI6. Too many James Bond movies. (of course Bond worked for MI7 which never really existed. Unless … better ask Bob.)
“Name a relative (living or past) who has been a lifeguard.” (6/1/19)
LaVar Huntzinger
Beau Bagley, Clay Bagley, Cy Bagley
Tammy Huntzinger
Jacob DeHart
Ron Huntzinger
“Which Sessions ancestor hiked Mt. Whitney when she was pregnant with her first child?”
(hint: she will be attending the reunion) (5/25/19)
Carolyn Sessions Allen (Edgar> Taylor B> Dwight> daughter)
“My husband and I hiked Mt. Whitney when I was pregnant with our first child. We didn’t know I was pregnant yet!”
Carolyn is the oldest living Sessions relative from her generation that we know of. We are so excited that she will be at the family reunion!
Which one(s) of Hubert and Martha Huntzinger’s children are buried at the Echo Point homestead in Arizona?” (5/25/19)
Edgar Bruce Huntzinger.
Edgar, known as Eddie, was born in California on August 22, 1908. He was born with Hydrocephalus, or “water on the brain”. Eddie lived until he was 11, dying on November 19, 1919. They were told to bury him in an obscure place on the property so no one would know where it was. They were afraid someone would come and steal the body to use in scientific research since not much was known about Hydrocephalus at that time. The neighbor’s son helped Bert dig a grave on the side of the knoll on the homestead.
“In his hand I placed the only flowers we had, three little weed blossoms, two small wild asters (blue) and a two-inch spike of “slippery-elm” (scarlet). He died the early A.M. of 19th November 1919 – buried 21st November 1919. Even though our voices broke, Hubert, Bert and I sang Hymns, we prayed and sang again. Bert and I carried the coffin to the buckboard, the horses standing hitched. We covered it with a quilt and drove to the graveside. There in the rain, we together laid our son away. Absolutely no one came to be with us.”
Journal entry of Martha Louise Sessions Huntzinger
“Name two relatives who work with bees.” (5/18/19) 
(We would have accepted any of these names or any new ones that came to light. 😊)
Edgar Sessions
Craig & Kami Huntzinger (GW> Bert> Ivon> Ron> son & wife)
The Bees Brothers (pictured above) — Sam & Nathan Huntzinger (GW> Bert> Ivon> Ron> Craig> sons)
Kim Huntzinger (GW> Bert> Ivon> Ron> daughter)
George and Deborah Nowland (GW> Bert> Esther> son & wife)
Jared Nowland (GW> Bert> Esther>George> son)
David Huntzinger was an entomologist (GW> Bert> Hubert> son)
Ralph T. Huntzinger (GW> Bert> son)
We assume Bert Huntzinger had bees at the Echo Point homestead since he was experimenting with growing fruit trees.
“Which Sessions ancestor sewed money into the lining of her dress?” (5/18/19)
Martha Louise Sessions Huntzinger, born in 1887, tells in her journal about a very expensive dress that she wore. It was 1907, and she and her husband, Bert were living in Globe, New Mexico. They decided to travel to Thatcher, Arizona, to spend Christmas with her family. They didn’t want to leave their money behind in Globe while they were gone. Neither did they want to just carry it loose in their luggage. So Louise took a baking soda can and made it into a carrying pouch. Then she wrapped each of their $20 gold pieces separately so they wouldn’t make any noise rattling and put them in the can. Dresses with bustles were in style in those days, so she attached it to the dress inside the bustle. She says this dress was worth, now about $3,000.00!
Ron Huntzinger said, “I have lifted her coat in the 50’s when she traveled to our house in Utah. It was heavy!! Silver dollars were sewed in the bottom hem, all the way around.”
“Which couple(s) served an LDS mission(s) at a church historical site?
Ralph and Cecil Huntzinger — Ralph T had the job of ‘blacksmith’ while on his Nauvoo mission with Cecil, among his many other jobs. He hammered out tiny horseshoes for the visitors as a memento of their time spent in the early 1800’s.
John and Ann Young — John and Ann served a one-year mission at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. They worked with over 600 missionaries throughout the year. Worked on Temple Square, North and South Visitors Center, the Tabernacle, organ recitals, the Joseph Smith Building, and youth conferences visiting temple square. Their favorite part was working with the sisters – there were always 200 sister missionaries on the square.
Frank and Betty Young — “We served three missions in Palmyra, New York, then we served a two-year full-time mission building furniture for the Priesthood Restoration Site in Pennsylvania. We did this while living at home. We then had a two-year break by serving as directors at the West Valley Book Scanning Center. While there we had eighty missionaries serving with us. I am currently on a new mission building period furniture for Nauvoo, Illinois; this one is an at home mission too. As far as Church History Sites we have had five missions at three different sites. We get to go to Nauvoo for a couple of weeks next month.”
“Who is the oldest living descendant?
Bernice (“Bunny”) Irene Bonewitz (GW> Bert> Irene> daughter)”
A New Addition To our population arrived 9 – 17 – ’33, weight 6# 10 1/2 oz. name Bernice Irene Bonewitz, Mr & Mrs E. D. Bonewitz”
Bunny will be visiting via technology Saturday August 3rd. (Irene’s family was featured in our last newsletter.)
“What child(ren) of George W Huntzinger was a photographer?“ (5/4/19)
We actually would have accept several of George W’s sons since we are not sure who was involved in the Huntzinger Railroad Studio.
Hubert (Bert) George Huntzinger
Bert is the son who spent his life as a photographer.
There must be thousands of portrait photos out there that we don’t know about because they belong to some other family’s photo albums. I’d love to have someone start searching and sharing copies of these “products”.
“Which Sessions ancestors, and how many qualify us to be Sons or Daughter of the Utah Pioneers? ” (5/4/19)
Qualification is having an ancestor who came to the stare of Deseret before May 10, 1869.
We have five from the Sessions (you may have more, e.g. Youngs. )
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Edgar Session (March 25, 1843 – March 25, 1843)
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Thomas Broady Sessions (June 4 1809 – December 6, 1881)
[Thomas Brody Sessions died in “Center Creek, Wasatch, Utah” — the Sessions homestead was near present day Heber UT] -
John Haws (July 23, 1798 – April 11, 1852)
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Sarah Ellen (Sally) Haws (April 4, 1822 – April 26, 1902)
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Martha Masters (Feburary 12, 1802 – September 2, 1867)
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“Name three relatives who have served in the military.“ (4/27/19)
We had many answers and the one chosen was submitted by Alyssa DeHart —
“In our family we have had many serve our country – THANK YOU. We are aware of Ivon Young Sr, Ivon Young Jr, James Lester Myron Huntzinger, Ralph Timothy Huntzinger, Ronald J Huntzinger, Franklin M Young, George Deray Huntzinger Sr, George Deray Huntzinger Jr, Dustin Huntzinger, Lotie Sawyer, Ralph LaVar Huntzinger, Jaim Huntzinger, Richard Huntzinger, Pierre Huntzinger, David Michael Gannon, James Clyde Sessions, and Joshua Nowland. “
The May 25th “Memorial Day Issue” of the Reunion Newsletter was devoted to known Military Members. That list is on its own page. We are adding military members and details as family supplies that information.
*An interesting side note is that James Lester Myron Huntzinger (Bert’s son) tried to join the military in WWI by lying about his age but his father intervened and pulled he out. [expand on this story]
*Another interesting story is about how an ancestor was almost tricked into joining during the Civil War. [expand on this story]
Which living relative(s) is a magician? (4/27/19)
Ralph Evelyn Huntzinger (GW> Bert> Ivon> son)
Ralph vaguely remembers the remains of a Gilbert Mysto Magic set (without instructions and missing stuff) discarded by his older brothers and being a brat not letting his cousin, Sarah Young, hold a set of Adams Linking Rings (the old methods); however the turning point was a Sacred Rite of Passage chiseled into his memory. Ivon, his father, would teach a “trick” (chewing two pieces of string into one whole string) to each of the boys when they reached a certain age but not until they reached that age. Ronnie learned, Richie learned, Robbie learned, and Ralphie impatiently waited until he was old enough to be admitted into that sacred circle. Oh, the horrors of being the last child or the demands of being a father of five, Ivon forgot to teach his youngest son that secret! Ralph had to figure it out by himself. Ivon & Evelyn did give him a copy of the next expensive volume in the “Tarbell Magic series” each year as a Christmas present. One of his minor regrets is that neither parent saw his professional performances. (He performed a variation of the string effect at Ivon’s Memorial and a more involved effect for Evelyn’s Memorial.) The meager share of “the estate” helped outfit his career and Zinger always paid homage to his mother “Queen Evelyn” during his performances.
An amateur for 10 years, an enthusiast for 30 years , and a professional since before the turn of the century Ralph has been in magic for over 60 years. He has performed in 38 of the 50 states and 5 foreign countries, instructed at McBrides Magic and Mystery School, and has a small shelf of honors. He traveled the Western US with “Royal Magick touring troupe” which was the premier stage magic show for Renaissance Faires as “Zinger, the Magick”, a crown prince pretending to be a lowly magician. He is now switching gears performing as a GREAT (Magical) Uncle. Of course, as any magic uncle in any family closet, he will do a small performance at the reunion, has offered a GrandParents’ Magic Workshop, and will place “the secret to one of my effects” in the Auction/Drawing.
Family folklore says that Edgar Sessions was deputized to help transport a prisoner by horseback to the US Marshall. Who was the (now famous) person who deputized him? (4/20/19)
Wyatt Earp
“Taylor Kenneth Sessions said his Grandfather Edgar used to tell him stories in his life when he lived in Tombstone and worked in the Silver mines there. He was personally acquainted with Wyatt Earp. In fact he told him, once Earp deputized him to help take a prisoner to Tucson, horseback, to the US Marshall there. That would have been a 75 mile ride.” (Copied from records written by his daughter, Louise Sessions Huntzinger and family records by Taylor Kenneth Sessions.)
“Which Huntzinger ancestor was a killer?” (4/20/19)
Hubert Gilead Huntzinger (21 May 1906 – 15 January 18, 1981) (GW> Bert> son)
“Boosting Death Rate Among Ladies
The death rate among the ladies is appalling since H.G. Huntzinger, Jr has come to town. He is a terrible lady killer, and when he makes his appearance on the street, of evenings, attired in full Scottish regalia, with kiltie, plaid and bonnet, and proudly led by his grandpa, G. W. Huntzinger, there are few feminine hearts can resist him. The young man is only about five years of age.”
Clipped from the Daily Arizona Silver Belt, 17 Oct 1908, Sat, page 8
“Which living relative made a 3’ x 6’ mosaic of the singer, Christina Aguilera? (Hint: comes through Lucille’s line)?” (4/13/19)
Ivon Young Jr (GW> Bert> Lucille > Ivon> son)
Ivon Jr is the second child of Ivon Sr and currently resides in Salem, Oregon with his two fur babies, Isabella and Guinevere. In 2005, he made this mosaic of Christina Aguilera because she is a “pop” star. It took him one month and 2,379 pop bottle caps. He enjoys kayaking, binge-watching stupid shows, the occasional camping trip and feeding his Amazon Prime addiction. He is a graduate of the Art Institute of Portland and is a veteran of the Army.
Which living relative won a belt buckle for mutton busting? (Hint: comes through Ralph T’s line)?” (4/13/19)
Katie DeHart (GW> Bert> Ralph> LaVar> Alyssa> daughter)
Mutton busting is an event held at rodeos and similar to bull riding or bronc riding. In this event, children between the age of 4 and 7 and weighing between 35 to 55 ride or race sheep. Katie won a belt buckle for the longest ride. (The picture is not of Katie — we’ll find one and put it on the website.)
“Ida Elizabeth Huntzinger’s maiden name is Sawyer. Her line links us to a great grandmother who was a victim of a major United States tragedy over 300 years ago. What is this tragedy?” (4/6/19)
Salem Witch Trials
Goodwife Rebecca Towne Nurse 1621 – 1692
(Rebecca Towne> Francis Nurse> Sarah Nurse> Josiah Sawyer> Benjamin Sawyer> Inglis Kittridge Sawyer> PT Henry Hubbard Sawyer> Ida Elizabeth Sawyer> GW & Ida Huntzinger’s children> )
or backwards
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According to Ivon Young Sr (Lucille’s son), “For my generation, Rebecca Nurse is my 8th great grandmother. There is a lot of speculation on how this could happen. I read a book where Ann Putnam Sr lost an infant baby and the doctor couldn’t find anything wrong and told her that the baby died as witchcraft. They believed witchcraft was real. Did they take advantage of it? Maybe. 19 people died. 18 were hanged and one was tortured. The first hanging was in June and the last was in Sept. Rebecca was hanged in July and her sister was hanged in August. The governor finally stepped in and said they needed more than spectral evidence to hang people and it stopped immediately.
In Danvers MA, the Rebecca Nurse homestead stands today. I visited the homestead with my wife Nancy, brother John and his wife Ann. When we were there, both John and I had the somber feeling that we had come home.”
A very readable account with reference is History of Massachusetts.
Bob Huntzinger provides a look at the connection to Rebecca Towne Nurse: “Ida Sawyer was married to GW Huntzinger, so that accounts for the beginning of any “Huntzingers” among the relatives being related to the infamy. “Huntzinger” gets into the mix when Bret or his siblings married. (This line doesn’t connect anyone related to the “Huntzingers” through Edgar Sessions-Sylvia Louise Bentley marriage except Martha Louise’s children. Posterity of Taylor Sessions or Alma Sessions may be connected to Rebecca, but the linage below isn’t the one.)”
“Which relative is in a rock band in Northern California?” (4/6/19)
Gary Huntzinger (GW> Bert> Hubert> James> son)
GROUNDWAVE is a Northern California classic rock band performing hard-rocking, legendary covers, including guitar-driven anthems from AC/DC to ZZ Top, and dance tunes from The Beatles to Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. GROUNDWAVE is a practiced and professional group, delivering high-energy, entertaining performances at public, private, community or charitable venues.
Gary got his first drum kit around age 8 after destroying his mother’s pots and pans. In high school, while his contemporaries were listening to New Wave, he was listening to his father’s record collection that included Bob Dylan, Hot Tuna, and Simon & Garfunkel. Until now, Gary has played in predominantly alternative rock bands. His drum god idols include John Bonham, Stewart Copeland, Mick Fleetwood, and Keith Moon. Groundwave
“What living relative and her husband are two of the stars in the Kid History videos shown on the Bored Shorts YouTube channel and the Kid History Facebook page?” (3/30/19)
Randy and Kristina Conover Roberts (GW> Bert> Lucille> Sarah> daughter)
Kristina is married to Randy Roberts. Randy and his brothers Brett, David, John, and friend Richard Sharrah launched their YouTube channel on March 3, 2011. Bored Shorts TV publish the video series Kid History, Kid Snippets, and others. The channel has 522.269 subscribers and over 200 million upload views. The channel is best known for its Kid History series where each episode has a group of children tell a true story from the Roberts brothers’ lives. The stories are acted out by the brothers using the voices of the children.
The Roberts brothers grew up making home videos but Kid History—the flagship series on BoredShortsTV—was not created until after their success in a video competition. Randy Roberts developed the concept and enlisted the help of his brothers to create the first episode to enter into the Lingos Film festival, a small LDS film festival in New York City, which it won gaining 80 percent of the votes. Kid History episodes feature several additional members of the Roberts extended family.
https://www.youtube.com/user/BoredShortsTV
“Which Sessions ancestor was born in Lizard Bump, AZ Territory?” (3/30/19)
Taylor Kenneth Sessions (Edgar> Ben> son)
At the time Taylor Kenneth Sessions was born (1909 – 1986), “Bryce” was located in the Arizona Territory. Arizona became a state in 1912. “Bryce” is located in Graham County and all the locals called it “Lizard Bump”. In 1909, downtown Lizard Bump consisted of a small general store, which had the town post office in one corner, and a country school building, which doubled as the church meeting place and community center.
Bryce is a census-designated place in Graham County, Arizona located in the upper Gila River valley, about two miles north of Pima, Arizona and north of the Gila River. The first settlement at Bryce was made in 1883. Ebenezer Bryce (1830 – 1913) relocated his family to Arizona in 1880 from Utah but his name lingered in the Paria Valley, known as “Bryce’s Canyon”, when Bryce quipped that the amphitheater was “a helluva place to lose a cow.”. Bryce Canyon National Park was officially designated in 1928 and named in his honor. Bryce, Arizona, is also named in his honor.
“When the children lived at the Echo Point homestead they raised a baby animal with a bottle. It was allowed in the house until it discovered the bed and tore up the bed covers. What was the animal?” (3/23/19)
goat
Ivon Huntzinger retells the story: “The goats had their babies right up there in the rocks. When they finally could return to their sheds up the canyon, we were left with one of the babies whose mother had died. We raised the baby with a bottle right in the house until it got bigger and would climb on everything in the house. It discovered the bed springs would bounce and begin jumping up and down. This wouldn’t have been so bad, but it tended to jump with all four feet right in a bunch and when they hit, he would spread them. That was how goats would kill a rattlesnake: clamping them to pieces with their sharp hooves and then spreading the feet and tearing them up. And, this little guy also tore up the bed covers. Mom wouldn’t let the goat in the house anymore.” (pg 24, Life’s Adventure. Ivon Claire and Evelyn Schultz Huntzinger, An Autobiographical Biography.)
“When Martha Louise and kids moved to Thacher AZ they had a rope swing — she fell off and broke something. What did she break?” (3/23/19)
broke rib
Ivon Huntzinger retells the story: “We had a rope swing that Mother fell off of and broke her ribs. All the children were there except Hubert. He had gone to California to find work. The swing hung from a tree that grew on the slope of a hill. We didn’t have enough rope to make a proper swing with a seat with ropes, so we used what we had for a single rope swing with a stick tied to the end that we held with both hands. We’d walk back up the hill, pick up our feet and swing down and out. We’d go out maybe twenty feet above the ground, back and forth until we slowed. The hill kept going down so the dismount was a little flip of the feet, turn around and drop to the ground. My mother tried to make that little flip to turn around (she always came back dragging her feet up the hill backwards) and when she flipped, she forgot and let go of the stick. She fell face down, facing the hill. The rolling and tumbling took the wind out of her and cracked a couple of ribs.” (page 33, Life’s Adventure. Ivon Claire and Evelyn Schultz Huntzinger, An Autobiographical Biography.)
“Which ancestor was Spencer Kimball’s piano teacher when he was a child?” (3/16/19)
Martha Louise Sessions (Edgar> daughter) or Sylvia Louise Sessions (Sylvia)
Handwritten note on letter to Taylor Kenneth Sessions from President Spencer Kimball, Feb 14, 1974, “Thank you for bringing back to me so many pleasant memories. Yes, I remember well Edgar and Sylvia Sessions and the aunt [Louise] who gave me music lessons and Ralph Lucas, and your father Bentley Sessions and Alma … It was good to hear from you.”
Sylvia’s father had the piano shipped by boat from a New York City harbor across four oceans, around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America and into the San Francisco port. In May 1895 when the piano was hauled from the railroad depot in Bowie to their home, the men Edgar had hired to move it, jokingly said they would not unload the last wagon until Sylvia played ’em a piece. Sylvia climbed into the wagon and played “Listen to the Mockingbird” with elaborate variations (according to daughter Martha Louise). [see “History of the First Piano to Enter the Gila Valley”] In 1898 Andrew Kimball came to Thatcher, and later built a home near the Sessions’ home on Church Street. His son Spencer became good friends with Sylvia’s youngest son Alma. Both Spencer and his sister Ruth were taught on this piano.
In 1926 when Edgar, Sylvia, Martha Louise and her kids moved to Los Angeles the piano was given to Elizabeth Allred. It was later rescued by Bertha May Green and is now in the Eastern Arizona Museum & Historical Society of Grahamn County, Pima Arizona. [“History of the Bertha May (Morris) and Jesse Lee Green Family Piano”, Leola Green Porter]
Sylvia Louise Sessions ordered her new piano from New York City and arranged shipping by steamboat around South America to Santa Monica, CA. It was brought to Pima, AZ in May 1895, when she, her husband and family moved East.
Neighbors helped move furniture from the freight car in Bowie, AZ for the wagon trip to Pima. The wagons stopped on the street, the contents were uncrated and carried into the house. Her library was a marvel; no one there had heard of anyone having over four hundred books. The piano was in the last wagon. After the packing was removed, the men sat down in the yard and said “we won’t do another thing until you play for us.” She climbed into the wagon and played song after song. The piano was the first to enter the Gila Valley; many settlers had never seen one.
Sylvia would play the piano in the evenings and the neighbors would silently gather on the front lawn to listen. If she stopped before midnight, they would beg for more.
“Which Huntzinger ancestor was in the French 43rd Infantry Regiment in the 1800s?” (3/16/19)
Pierre Huntzinger (1812 – 1889)
Peter Huntzinger (born Pierre Hunzinger on February 15, 1812 in Petersbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France) served in the French 43rd Infantry Regiment, probably between 1832 and 1839, during the period known as the July Monarchy (1830 – 1848), where the conservative government of the Bourbon king Charles X was replaced by the liberal government of the Orleans king Louis Philippe I. According to the law of 1832 that governed French military conscription, young men were compelled to serve at age 20 for a period of up to seven years. We don’t (yet) know how long he served, but Pierre returned to Petersbach by August 13, 1840 when he married his first wife, Marguerite Helmsteter (Marie Helmsteter).
This portrait is believed to be a souvenir card commemorating conscription. The text on the card reads “pierre hunzinger” (lower-case) followed by “Driller au 43eme des Lign[e] Campagne hesany” which means “Soldier in the 43rd (Infantry Regiment) of Line Company Hesany”. Hesany refers to the name of the company, which may be the name of its commander. Formed in 1638, the 43rd Infantry Regiment officially disbanded in 2010.
Lucia Pabst commented on FaceBook: Years ago my mother sent this photo to the French government to get some clarification on it. (This was when we were still trying to get our Pierre (Peter) connected to a location in France. They said it was not a French uniform, but was probably from Prussia decades earlier than our Pierre was alive. Since Pierre’s grandfather had the same name, I believe this is a picture of that Pierre. We know it is a family member because George Washington had the picture. He must have had more than one because Hubert had one and Don had one and probably more of his kids, too. On this picture and his birth certificate it says “Hunzinger ” and so does the birth certificate; when was “t” added for Huntzinger? His father’s death certificate has both spellings on it. Jacque’s is with a “t” and a witness named Phillip (probably his brother) doesn’t use a “t”. Peter used the “t” on census records and marriage certificates in the sources on family search. So maybe he changed when he came to the United States.
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“In the middle of winter in Utah, Ivon Huntzinger grew what family of flower?” (3/9/19)
Orchids.
Orchids is the common name of the Family. Dad grew many species of orchid. At one time he had 70 or so plants in the greenhouse attached to the house. There were at least a 12 to 15 separate species. Ron remembers the year he was bigwig in college fraternity at USU every month there was a new “arrangement of fresh blooming flowers” in the frat house front room (may not have been noticed that it was exotic in the mid 1960s).
[Bob’s book plus talk to Marty about when she donated them to Orchid Society.]
“What relative’s voice is in a classic video game and how are they related?” (3/9/19)
Kia Huntzinger (GW> Bert> Hubert> David> daughter)
Kia Huntzinger is the daughter of David and Reta Huntzinger.
In 1995 she was working at Westwood Studios in Las Vegas as receptionist and did a voice test which resulted in her voice becoming EVA in the Command & Conquer series of video games. Her voice is heard in: Command & Conquer (1995), Command & Conquer (Special Gold Edition) (1997), Blade Runner (1997), Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor (1997), Command & Conquer: Renegade (2002), Earth & Beyond (2002), Production credits include: Emperor: Battle for Dune (2001), Command & Conquer: Renegade (2002), Ultima Online: Mondain’s Legacy (2005).
Brent Huntzinger remembers seeing her name in the credits when he purchased the first Command & Conquer game. [see if can load clip of voice]
One of the “Ten Most Influential PC-Games”. It is the milestone which stands for the change from turn-based to real-time strategy games. Guinness Book of Records — game sold more than 10 million times worldwide. [link to page with articles]
Married “co-worker” around 2004, “full time mom”, rode in Western Pleasure competitions – lost track of her after 2015 – 2016.
Which Huntzinger ancestor lived the longest? (3/2/19)
Peter Playford “Don” Huntzinger was born Jan 21, 1880 in Kansas City, Kansas and died April 4, 1982 in San Bernadino, California. He lived to be 102 years old with a bonus of 2 months and 14 days.
Don was the 2nd brother and third child of eight born to George W. Huntzinger and Ida Sawyer Huntzinger. Kathy Nowland Hatch recalls her mother and Aunt Lucille explaining that Peter was a talented young teenager who obtained a job playing piano in a bar. His sisters walked him to work and home as it was not safe to be out alone on the street. Peter thought that he was pretty hot stuff to have a job so young. His older brothers teased him and said he thought himself so important that they should call him “Don Pedro”, like a wealthy land owner. The name stuck and he went by “Don” the rest of his life.
His father whipped him so hard, he ran away from home when he was 13.
Don and wife Cora circa 1913. children? et cetera
He sent walnuts from his tree in California to his nieces and nephews (Rose’s children) in Albuquerque. They all laughed, Dorothy Hughes didn’t understand it; they took it as “NUTS” from Uncle Don.
Which Sessions ancestor lived in Tombstone, Arizona and worked in the silver mines? (3/2/19)
Edgar Sessions
“Taylor Kenneth Sessions said his Grandfather Edgar used to tell him stories in his life when he lived in Tombstone and worked in the Silver mines there.” (Copied from records written by his daughter, Louise Sessions Huntzinger and family records by Taylor Kenneth Sessions.)
Taylor Bentley “Ben” Sessions
There is no record of Ben working in Tombstone but we accepted him as a possible answer since he worked in the area copper mines. [picture is Ben, Martha Louise, Sylvia, and Alma Sessions]
Three months before his son, Clyde’s third birthday, he was killed in a mine cave in at the Sacramento Mine in Bisbee AZ. This was October 13, 1921. His funeral was the largest I ever saw. A mining official representing the Copper Queen said…”You hear of 100% men…..Mr. Sessions was a 100% man.” — [Written by Martha Louise Sessions and recorded in Taylor Kenneth Sessions files, in Three Rivers, California]
Alma, Martha Louise, and Ben had dinner several weeks before his death.
Ralph Lucas notes that he tried to get work in Tombstone but could find nothing to do; worked in Bisbee at the Calumet & Arizona Mine for about three weeks and the Lowell Mine from 1903 – 1906.