History of Emma Margaret Tree Pace

History of Emma Margaret Tree Pace

19April 1878 - 25 December 1965

Emma Margaret Tree was born in London, England, 19 April, 1878, a daughter of Edward William and Julia Holland Tree.  She went to school and Sunday School until almost 7 years old when the family came to this (America) country in Nov. 1883.  The family consisted at that time of Father, Mother, Brother Edward, and a Sister Ellen.  Her mother left all her relatives, Mother, Brothers and Sisters and none ever came to this country but her Father had an uncle and aunt, a Father, a brother, and two sisters.  The trip on the water was very hard on her mother, who was very sick all the way over.  They went to Centerville, Davis Co. and lived with uncle and Aunt, Uncle John and Aunt Mary Ann.

The father worked on the farm.  In Feb. another sister was born, Amelia.  After some time they moved to Idaho and father herded sheep or anything he could get to do.  They did not have much and it was very hard on Mother but she learned to cook and bake and sew, something she had not done in England.

Amos Franklin Pace and Emma Margaret Tree Pace family - 1950

March 5th, 1950, Amos F. Pace was honored on his 75th birthday by his wife Emma, their 11 sons and daughters with their husbands and wives, by attending an endowment session in the Salt Lake Temple.

Amos and Emma were the witnesses while their 11 children and their mates formed the prayer circle. After the temple session dinner was enjoyed at the Temple Square Hotel.

Picture was taken on the steps of the Salt Lake Temple.

Amos Franklin Pace serves a mission

When Eugene was 18 months old, a letter from the headquarters of the Church (came) calling Amos Franklin Pace to serve a two-year mission to the Southern States. What a test of faith this was to this little family. Here they were, just starting to payoff a farm, buy livestock and work the ground to get the farmland productive. There was never a question of whether Frank should go ... of course he would go! The faith of this wonderful couple was strong and they knew the Lord would bless them if they did His work. And bless them He did; perhaps not with worldly or temporal wealth, but with eternal and everlasting wealth in a family of faithful children, all married for time and eternity in the Temples of the Lord.

Frank left for the Southern States Mission on 23 October 1907.  

Emma carried on this great responsibility of caring for the family, seeing to the planting and harvesting of crops, doing chores, herding sheep on the hillside, keeping up farm payments, and everything else that had to be done. Alvin was 7 years old and he became a big help with the chores. Alma Pace came to live with the during the winter months to help and to attend school in Coalville.
Emma did not deprive her children of their church activities, nor of the opportunity to grow in the gospel. She would hitch up a team of horses and into the buggy they would pile, and off they rode to the ward house 2 miles away. What a wonderful woman with such faith! Frank filled an honorable mission and returned home 25 months later on 13 November 1909. 

Life History of Amos Franklin Pace by Thelma Pace Brown

Life History of

AMOS FRANKLIN PACE

written June, 1984

Compiled by Thelma Pace Brown

Amos Franklin Pace, a son of George Milton and Sarah Alvira Standley Pace, was born 5 March 1874, at Atkinson, Summit County, Utah (Atkinson was sometimes called Parley's Park). He was the sixth child in a family of 14. There were eight boys and six girls. Sarah Alvira was given some cows by her mother, so they went into the dairy business. They lived on a ranch at the head of Silver Creek. They milked cows and made butter and cheese which they sold in Salt Lake City or in Park City.

Frank, as he was always called, worked hard on the ranch, along with his brothers. Their father, George Milton Pace, was made bishop of the Parleys Park Ward in 1879. Frank was only four years old, so his father was bishop all of his growing up years, since he served in this capacity for 23 years.Publish Post

Amos Franklin Pace by Emma Margaret Tree Pace

History of Amos Franklin Pace

5 March 1875 - 11 February 1955

As written by his wife, Emma Margaret Tree Pace in 1958

Amos Franklin Pace, Son of George Milton and Sarah Alvira Stanley Pace, was born 5 March, 1875 at Atkinson, Swnmit County, Utah. He was the sixth son of a family of fourteen; six girls and eight boys.

The family lived on the ranch at the head of Silver Creek Canyon in Summit County. They milked cows, made butter and cheese, which products they took by horse team and buggy into Salt Lake City and sold them, or traded for other commodities.

Frank, as he was most commonly known, went to school in Snyderville and later in Coalville. His father was Bishop of what was called the Parley's Park Ward. He was still Bishop at the time of his death, and had served in that capacity for 23 years.

Amos Franklin Pace death certificate

Amos Franklin Pace and Emma Margaret Tree Pace headstone