Lynn's Birth Registration

Lynn's Tribute to His Dad, Vane

About my Dad.  Although a quiet, reserved, private person outwardly; inwardly, during his life he had demonstrated more drive and determination to succeed than anyone that I have ever known.  

He was raised in the small Utah town of Garfield.  The town had one small school that contained grades one through nine.  Garfield was owned and maintained by Utah Copper Corporation, which later became Kennecott Copper.  

The nearest high school was West High in Salt Lake City, thirty miles east of Garfield.  Every school day he would walk to the Garfield train station at 5:30 am, then ride the rails to and from West High, returning home at 6:00 pm.  He did that for three years.  That was the easy part.  

After graduating from high school, he enrolled at the University of Utah.  For the next five years he did an even tougher routine.  He rode the same train to the city, then would catch the trolley cars to the university.  In the meantime, in order to finance his education, he worked for a Salt Lake baking company.  His job, which he did every day after his classes at the university, was to deliver bakery product to the people living in the avenues (north section) of Salt Lake.  His means of delivery was a horse drawn wagon.  Needless to say, he didn’t return to Garfield at 6:00 pm.  He wasn’t to see very many sunsets in his home town during those five years.  He was a proud member of the University of Utah class of 1927.

Vane and Lynn

Lynn's History

My dad was a funny, creative and meticulous writer.  It took him hours to write and rewrite to get it perfect.  

Letter from Flora

A letter to Alexander from his sister, Flora, written 14 April 1887

Alexander's obituary

Kennecott Copper

My dad, Lynn worked for Kennecott Copper, in the refinery, for 33 years.  His dad, Vane, also worked most of his life at Kennecott in the assay office.  My mom's dad worked in the smelter at Kennecott his adult life.  Almost anyone who lived in the area worked there.  

So, when the union workers went on strike every four years, it affected a lot of families.  I remember, as a child, knowing how stressful this was in our family with my dad out of work.  He would do his best to find employment.  One winter, he and my Grandpa Barrus lived in a trailer and worked in Evanston, Wyoming.  

Lynn's Year Book Pictures

7th grade

freshman

sophomore

junior

senior

Fraser Clan

Lynn and Connie's Headstone

Lynn and Baseball

La Ree's Census Records

1910 Census

Oakley, Unita, Wyoming

With her dad, John G. Barratt, and her mom, Ethel A.

1920 Census

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

With her dad, John G. Barratt, her mom, Ethel, and sister Vera, and brother, Dale.

1930 Census

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

With her dad, John G. Barratt, her mom, Ethel A, her sister, Vera, and her brothers, Dale and Jack.

1940 Census

Magna, Salt Lake, Utah

With her husband, Vane A Fraser, her son, Lynn B, her daughter, Norma C, and her mother in law, Clara M.