Utah Wedding
Obsolete 0705 - 521-20 Wedding and Engagement Rings
Obsolete 0705 - 521-20 Wedding and Engagement Rings Effective Date: Prior to June 30, 2005 Exempt from the asset test one engagement ring and one wedding ring, regardless of value. ... [Read More]
Utah History To Go - The Exiled Greeks
The weeklong wedding festivities in Greece, which began after the haggling over the dowry was completed, had to be done away with in America. There was not time in the industrial, shift-work days; Americans looked down on immigrant customs; and parents did not come with the young to insist on all of the old customs. Weddings were solemnized on Sundays, the holy day for weddings, baptisms, and funerals, and were followed by feasts in backyards of mine company houses, boardinghouses, and in the church basement. The Cretans kept their customs longer. For three days after a wedding, they ate, sang, danced, and stayed away from work. ... [Read More]
Utah History To Go - Beehive and Lion Houses
Under church direction both buildings were restored—the Beehive House in 1960 and the Lion House in 1968. The Beehive House is now a historic site open for public tours, while the Lion House remains a social center for wedding receptions, group meetings, and birthday parties. Its lower floor, called the "Pantry," operates as a cafeteria. ... After Brigham Young's death, the Young family maintained the homes for several years and then sold them to the LDS Church. While the Beehive House became the official residence for LDS Church presidents, the Lion House became a home economics center for the Latter-day Saint University, which was located on the same block. When the university closed in 1931, both homes were acquired by the Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association. The Beehive House was used as a dormitory, while the Lion House became a social center for young women of the church. In the Lion House the Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association held classes in such subjects as art and needlework, listened to lecturers including John A. Widtsoe and Joseph Fielding Smith, and rented the rooms for wedding receptions. ... [Read More]
Utah History To Go - Conclusion:
Tied directly to the issue of tribal status is that of marriage. Until 1997, Native Americans had to be married by a duly recognized authority figure of the dominant society. This person could be a justice of the peace, a Mormon bishop, a minister or priest from another Christian denomination, or a Jewish rabbi. Many Indians were offended by the fact that spiritual leaders from their own tribe were not given the same status and that often a traditional wedding needed to be followed by a ceremony with one of the other "recognized" authorities. ... [Read More]
Utah Events Calendar
Salt Lake's Premiere Wedding Show - Salt Lake's Premiere Wedding Show - held at the historic Joseph Smith Memorial Building 15 East South Temple in Downtown Salt Lake City - will showcase over 40 select wedding merchants from across the Wasatch Front. Admission is free to the public. Please visit our website at www.htsc.net or call us at 1-800-881-5762. Free to the public. Register online at www.htsc.net ... [Read More]
Utah History To Go - Dr. Willem Kolff's Artificial Heart
Two days after the implant, Clark returned to surgery, where doctors stapled his leaking lungs. Seizures struck Clark on 7 December, and he never fully recovered from their effects. Additional surgeries to fix a broken valve on the heart and to stop nosebleeds allowed him to move into a private room where he and his wife, Una Loy Clark, celebrated their thirty-ninth wedding anniversary and began to discuss going home. Two weeks later, however, Clark developed problems, and whole body systems began to fail. He died the night of 23 March. ... [Read More]
Utah History To Go - Black Youths Helped Blaze Mormon Trail
Lizzie Rowan died in 1903 and is buried beneath an impressive granite marker in San Bernardino. The Flake family of Snowflake, Arizona, still cherish the silver set she gave William as a wedding present. Lizzie Rowan's story is only one of dozens told in Violet T. Kimball's just-published Stories of Young Pioneers in Their Own Words , aimed at readers ten to fifteen years old. Kimball describes what daily life was like on the trail and how children gathered buffalo chips and hauled water. Chapters describe the dangers, animals, chores, romances and Indians they met on the way West, and how after an exhausting day, pioneers could dance and sing. ... [Read More]
Utah History To Go - Life in Early Utah
As Dalton lived in the Ogden community, he grew more impressed with the people and their religion. He was fitting in. By early December 1850 he had accepted their religious faith; he was no longer an outsider. His attraction to Rozilla had developed into a friendship and then blossomed into marriage by mid-December. It was now time for another party in Dalton's log house-shop. A merry crowd of over 100 guests gathered for a wedding dinner, including all the best things available to eat, even imported apple cider that had crossed the plains. In the evening it was time for the second dance in the Dalton cabin. To be sure, Mathew was not a "looker on" this time around but a full and lively participant. He was now "one of the people," according to his biographer Fred J. Holton. ... [Read More]
Marriage
What is the Process for Having a Judge Perform myWedding Ceremony? ... For those wishing to be married, a marriage license is necessary. In order to obtain a marriage license, you mustcontact a county clerk within thirty days of your scheduled wedding. For a list of county clerks offices Click here. ... A common law marriage is a situation where a man and woman have never had a formal wedding ceremony butmay be declared husband and wife. Filing for common law marriage will allow the court to assist in matters suchas custody or the division of property. Utah does recognize the validity of common law marriages. In order for acommon law marriage to be filed, the following qualifications must be met: ... [Read More]
Utah History To Go - The Pioneer Chinese of Utah
The same newspaper reported the first known Chinese wedding, attesting to the presence of Chinese women in the territory. ... …on the evening of Saturday, the twenty-third, by Justice Sewell, Mr. John Tip ["John" was a nickname applied to all Chinese males in frontier times.] to Miss Ma Choy both of the Flowery Kingdom, but now residents of Corinne. The affair took place at the restaurant of Mrs. Clemmens and the happy bridegroom indulged in quite a handsome "set out of cake, wine and other delicacies. Several ladies and gentlemen of the Anglo-Saxon "Persuasian" were present by invitation and the novel affair was by them pronounced a very pleasant occasion. We understand that the history of the lovers has been a romantic one, and that John secured his fair one by a regular American runaway. The surroundings were well worthy of the first Mongolian wedding in Utah. 23 ... [Read More]
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