Showing posts with label Black Vernon Alvin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black Vernon Alvin. Show all posts
Sunday, January 16, 2011
An interview with Vernon Alvin Black
An Interview with Vernon Alvin Black
(Interviewer unknown)
Why did they give you that name?
I was named after my Father. I was the second boy because they didn't know if they would have another boy.
How old was your mom when you were born?
Mother was 23 years old when I was born. I was the 2nd of 5.
Date: 3/9/11
Place: Hunting ton, Utah
Time: 1:30am
Weight: 8lbs 2 oz
Length: 21 1/2"
Hair color: Dark Brown
Temperament: average
Did you ever fight with your brother and sisters?
Yes
Who treated you the nicest and who the worst?
Older brother worst, younger brother best
Vernon Alvin Black - some autobiographical notes
Vernon Alvin Black
autobiographical notes
Born March 9, 1911, Huntington, Utah
Lived in Bluebell, Utah 1915-1916
Started school in Huntington, Utah, 1917.
Moved with parents to Roosevelt, Utah 1918. Went to second, third and part of fourth grade there.
Was baptized a member of the Church in 1919 in Roosevelt, Utah. Moved to Wellington, Utah, in 1920 and finished the fourth grade in school there.
Vernon Alvin Black - a short biography
Vernon Alvin Black
son of Alvin Black and Sarah Elizabeth Cox
born March 9, 1911 at Huntington, Emery, Utah
died November 11, 1996 at Kanab, Kane, Utah buried at Kanab Cemetery
Vernon is the second of six children, three sons and three daughters. He has an older brother, Claude, a younger brother Clell, and two younger sisters, Marelda, and Leora.. The youngest child, Wanda, died shortly after birth.
His father sold Studebaker cars, wagons, and buggies, and was also a miller, so this family moved from place to place. Vernon started school in Huntington, Utah but moved to Bluebell, Utah during the first grade. He started second grade in Roosevelt, Utah but moved to Wellington, Utah to start the fourth grade. The family moved to Glendale, Utah during his fifth grade. Here he completed the eighth grade in a two-room school. High school was in Orderville, Utah, where he either drove or walked four miles each way to attend school. He was a good student and excelled in basketball and sports. He was the captain of the basketball team. He graduated high school in 1931. He had active recruitments from three colleges in sports, but was unable to accept any of these.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Vernon Alvin Black - all about me book
These pages are copied from "grandpa was quite a boy", filled out by Vernon Black in 1991. The pages are in no particular order. Click on each image to enlarge it.
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