Andrus Recorder Archive

December 21, 2006

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The Andrus Recorder was a newsletter published by the family organization from 1964 to 1984.  It’s purpose was to promote genealogical research, compile historical materials such as personal histories, journals, etc., and, enable family members in general to contribute. Hyrum L. Andrus (Jane Munday) served as the editor during those years.

 

Volume 1, Number 1 — October 1964

President’s Message 1 — Andrus Family Officers 1 — Reunion (1963), 1 — Need for Wife-line Reps Notice 2 — News Note 2 — Genealogical Report 2 — Andrus Family ID Code 2 — Our Immediate Responsibilities in Genealogy 2 — Ruluf Andrus Research 2 — Research and Study Project 2 — Genealogical Finances 2 — Family Histories, Autobiographies, etc. 2 — Autobiographical Sketch by Milo Andrus 3

Volume 1, Number 2 — February 1965

Over the Hills and Far Away 1 — Announcing 1965 Reunion Holiday, Utah 2 — Historical Information 2 — History of Elvira, Ohio 2 — Genealogical Section 2 — Wife-line Chairmen 3 — Finances 3  — Genealogical Mission to Ohio 4

Volume 1, Number 3 — June 1965

President’s Note 1 — Ruluf Andrus Information 1 — Reader’s Responses to Recorder 1 — 1965 Reunion: Agenda & Committees  2 — Report of Ohio Trip: Ray & Faye Andrus  2 — Biographical Materials: Ruluf Andrus by Edna Townsend  4

Volume 1, Number 4 — November 1965

President’s Message 1 — New Recorder Information Editor 1 — News Notes 1 — Open House for ‘Aunt Till’ 2 — 1965 Reunion Report: 300 in attendance  2 — Genealogical Section 4 — New Appointments 5 — Crossing the Plains in 1850: Milo Andrus  5 — Writing Life Histories Checklist 10

Volume 2, Number 1 — June 1966

President’s Message 1 — Announcing 1966 Andrus Reunion—Spanish Fork, Utah 1 — What’s Happening 1 — Andrus Family Officers 2 — Genealogy Section 2 — Milo Andrus in St. Louis: Part One 2 — In Memoriam: Marlon Andrus 6

Volume 2, Number 2 — July 1966

President’s Message 1 — 1966 Reunion Outline and Program 1 — What’s Happening 2 — Genealogy Section 2 — Hyrum Andrus Message 2 — Report by Mrs. Townsend 2 — Mission to Ohio Report 2 —  Milo’s Nauvoo Property Located   9

Volume 3, Number 1a — January 1967

President’s Message 1 — Family Reunion Report (Spanish Fork) 1 — Thomas Andrus appointed Finance Chairman 2 — Family News 2 — Genealogical Section 3 — Milo in St. Louis: Part Two — Short History of Juletta Berrett Andrus  14

Volume 3, Number 1b — April 1967

President’s Note 1 — Notice for 1967 Reunion in St. George 1 — Financial Statement 1 — In Memoriam: “Aunt Zill” Rozilla Andrus Porter 1 — A Letter of Interest 1 — Genealogical Section 2 — The Day and Age of Milo Andrus 2 — 1967 Reunion Committees 4

Volume 3, Number 2 — October 1967

President’s Message 1 — A Bit of History—Pearl H Nordick 2 — Report of the St. George Family Reunion 2 — News Notes 3 — Genealogical Section 3 — Milo Andrus’ Second Journey to England 4 — Short History of Life of Emma Covert & Family 5

Volume 4, Number 1 — March 1968

President’s Message 1 — Charlie’s Farewell to Milo 1 — News Reports 2 — Reunion Notice: Ucon, Idaho 2 — Genealogical Section 2 — Report on the Andrus-Smith Problem 3

Volume 4, Number 3 — December 1968

President’s Message (new Pres. –Thomas E. Andrus) 1 — 1969 Reunion Notice—Canada 1 — News Briefs 1 — Genealogical Section 2 — Ruluf Andrus Research Report 2 — Ruluf Andrus Family Column 3 — Notes on Milo Andrus 3 — Life History of Isadore Andrus Larson 5 — Message to the Family 5 — Life History of Millard Andrus 6 — Life History of Minerva Deseret Terry Andrus 6 — Family Group Sheet of Ruluf Andrus 7

Volume 5, Number 1 — April 1969

President’s Message 1 — Genealogical Section 1 — Ruluf Andrus Family Column 1 — Family of Milo Andrus 3 — Life History of Jane Munday Andrus 3 — Memories of  Josephine Andrus Thompson 4 — News Item: Benjamin W. Andrus dies  5 — Family Group Sheet of Milo Andrus/Abigail Jane Daley  7

Volume 5, Number 2 — December 1969

President’s Message 1 — Minutes of Andrus Reunion in Canada 1 — Genealogical Section 2 — Ruluf Andrus Family Column 2 — Life Story of Sarah Ann Miles Andrus 3 — Life Story of Milo Andrus Jr. 4 — Life Story of Elizabeth Boyes Andrus  6 — Family Group Sheet of Milo Andrus/Sarah Ann Miles 8

Volume 6, Number 1 — March 1970

President’s Message 1 — 1970 Reunion in July in Draper 1 — Genealogical Section 2 — Life History of Lucy Loomis Tuttle 2 — The First Hotel In Spanish Fork 3 — The Life of Alma Andrus 3 — The Life of Serena Gardner Andrus 5 — Sketch of the Life of Newton Andrus 7 — News Notes 8 — Notice: Need Updated Addresses 8 — Reference Chart Family of Milo Andrus 9 — Family Group Sheet Milo Andrus/Lucy Loomis 10

Volume 6, Number 2 — October 1970

President’s Message 1 — Announcement: 1971 Reunion in Holiday 1 — Minutes of 1970 Reunion 2 — Genealogical Section 3 — Ruluf Andrus Column 4 — Family of Milo Andrus 7 — Adeline Alexander 7 — Autobiography of Dolph Andrus 7 — Life of Matilda Sandberg Andrus 9 — Life or History of Heber Andrus 10 — Life of Ann Ireland Bawden Andrus 12 — Life History of Joseph Boyce Andrus 13 — Life History of Emma Maude Gee Andrus 15 — Family Group Sheet of Milo Andrus/Adeline Alexander 16

Volume 7, Number 1 — April 1971

President’s Message 1 — Pictures: Robert & Lovenia Andrus Family 1 — Reunion Notice: Holladay, July 1971 1 — Genealogical Section 2 — Life History of Sarah Jane Andrus 2 — Life History of Sherman Andrus 2 — Life History of Robert Andrus, Son of Jane Munday 3 — Life History of Lovenia E. Bawden Andrus 4 — Missionary Journal of Milo Andrus in England 7

Volume 8, Number 1 — February 1972

President’s Message 1 — Pictures: Milo & Mary Ann Webster Family 1 — Report on July 31, 1971 Reunion 2 — Milo Andrus Honored 2 — Racing Tribute to Mel Andrus 2 — Life History of Mary Ann Webster 2 — Genealogical Section 3 — Ruluf Andrus Family Column (Orin Andress, Almon Andress) 3 — Log Book of 1861 Ship "Underwriter" of Liverpool 5 — Christening Entry: Mary Ann Webster 10 — Marriage License: Mary Ann Webster 10 — Family Group Sheet: Milo and Mary Ann Webster 11

Volume 8, Number 2 — August 1972

President’s Message 1 — Reunion Announcement: St. George 1 — Genealogical Section 1 — Ruluf Andrus Family Column (Almon Andrus) 2 — Journal of Company No. 5 1861 3

Volume 9, Number 1 — April 1973

President’s Message 1 — Pictures of Milo & Ann Brooks Family 1 — Family Reunion: Provo June 15-16, 1973 Chairman A. LaMar Andrus  2 — Genealogical Section 2 — Life History of Ann Brooks Andrus 2 — Ann Brooks’s Piano 4 — Life History of Orson Andrus 4 — Life History of Mary Alberta Williams 5 — Ruluf Andrus Family Column (Newton Andress, Will of Carrie C Andrus) 5 — Family Group Sheet: Milo & Elizabeth Brooks 10 — Family Group Sheet: Milo & Ann Brooks 12

Volume 9, Number 2 — September 1973

President’s Message 1 — Pictures: Millard and Newton Andrus Families1 — 1973 Reunion Minutes 2 — Genealogical Section 4 — Ruluf Andrus Family Column 4 — Posterity of Jane Munday & Milo Andrus 9 — Burial Places 9 — Past Publications on Jane Munday Family 9 — Life Sketch of Heber Andrus 10 — Portrait of Newton Andrus 11 — My Mother, Juletta Berrett Andrus 14 — Life Sketch of Robert Andrus 16 — Legal Documents of Munday Family 18 — Family Group Sheet: Milo & Jane Munday 25

Volume 10, Number 1 — February 1974

President’s Message 1 — Pictures Margaret Ann Boyce Family 1 — Family Organization Meeting October 6, 1973 2 — Genealogical Section 3 — Ruluf Andress Family Column 4 — Sally (Sarah) Minerva Andress — Obituaries: Alma ‘Arch’ Andrus 5 — Emily A. Andrus 6 — Mary C. Andrus 6 — Howard P. Andrus 6 — Ruth C. Andrus 6 — Life Sketch of Margaret Ann Boyce 6 — Life Sketch of Hyrum Andrus 7 — Life Story of Virginia Garner 10 — Life Sketch of Mansfield Andrus 11 — Reunion Announcement: June 29, 1974 12 — Family Group Sheet: Milo & Margaret Boyce 14

Volume 10, Number 2 — April 1974

President’s Message: A Proposed Constitution for the Milo Andrus Family 1 — Reunion Announcement: June, Idaho Falls, Idaho 3 — Next Recorder to feature Emma Covert 4

Volume 10, Number 3 — December 1974

President’s Message 1 — New Family Officers 2 — James A. Andrus, President — Board of Directors Meeting Minutes Oct 5, 1974 4 — Genealogical Section 5 — Obituary: Eula Leavitt Andrus 5 — Ruluf Andress Family Column: Minerva Andress Powers Abbott 5 — History of Milo Andrus 8 — History of Rose Victoria Bateman 12 — Family Group Sheet: Milo and Emma Covert 14

Volume 11, Number 1 — May 1975

President’s Message 1 — Pictures of Family of Francenia Lucy Tuttle 1 — Board of Directors Meeting Minutes 2 — Reunion Notices 4 — Deaths of Family Members: Zola K. Andrus and Orvid R. Cutler 4 — Ruluf Andress Column 5 — Life of Francenia Lucy Tuttle 6 — Life of Francenia Lucy Tuttle 7 — Life Sketch of Oscar Andrus 7 — Life Sketch of Lucy Emeline Houghton Andrus 8 — Family Group Sheet: Milo and Francenia Lucy Tuttle 10

Volume 11, Number 2 — December 1975

President’s Message 1 — Pictures of James Andrus Family 1 — General Meeting Andrus Organization 2 — Ruluf Andrus Family Column: Life Sketch of Mary Jane Andrus & William 4 — Dorris Hendricks 6 — Life of Laura Altah Gibson Andrus 9 — Life of Manomas Lovina Gibson Andrus 10 — Notice of 1976 Reunion: June 25 and 26  12 — Family Group Sheet: Wm Dorris Hendricks and Mary Jane Andrus 13 — Family Group Sheet: James Andrus and Laura Arvilla Altha Gibson 15 — Family Group Sheet: James Andrus and Manomes Lovina Gibson 16

Volume 12, Number 1 — May 1976

President’s Message 1 — Pictures of William Fredrick Fisher Family 1 — Executive Board Minutes 2 — History of Abigail Jane Daley Andrus 4 — Memories of Millennium Andrus Fisher 5 — Experiences of Wm. Edgar Fisher 11 — Victor Russell Fisher 15 — History of Howard Ransom Egan 17 — Life of Mary Jane Andrus Hendricks 19 — Family Group Sheet: John Daley Andrus and Cynthia Caroline Wheatherbee 27 — Family Group Sheet: Wm. Frederick Fisher and Millennium Andrus 29 — Family Group Sheet: Howard Ransom Egan and Amanda Ann Andrus 31

Volume 12, Number 2 — December 1976

President’s Message 1 — Pictures of Abigail Jane Daley 1 — Report Andrus Reunion June 26, 1976  2 — Exec. Board Meeting Minutes 3 — Ruluf Andress Family Column 4 — Family Background of Abigail Jane Daley 6 — Conversion of Henry Eyring 7 — Interview with Manomas Lavina Gibson Andrus 8 — History of Millennium Fisher and William Frederick Fisher 12 — Brief History of Oxford, Idaho 15

Volume 13, Number 1 — June 1977

President’s Message 1 — Pictures of Sarah Ann Miles Family 1 — Andrus Family Meeting Minutes 2 — Obituaries: Grant Macfarlane, Joseph Daley Andrus 4 — First Milo Andrus Sr. Reunion (early 1900’s) 4 — Ruluf Andress Family Column: Emily Andress 5 — Milo Way, Holladay, Utah 6 — Life Story of George Boyes 7 — Life Sketch of Elizabeth Taylor 8 — Life Story of Milo Andrus, Jr. 10 — Life Story of Elizabeth Boyes Andrus 13 — Family Group Sheet: Milo and Elizabeth Boyes 17

Volume 14, Number 1 — January 1978

President’s Message 1 — Pictures of Alma Andrus Family 1 — Reunion Notice for Sept. 1-3, 1978   1 — Exec and Board Meeting Minutes 2 — Genealogical Section 4 — Biography of Esmeralda Andrus McKell 4 — Biography of Alma Archabald Andrus 8 — Journal of Alma Archibald Andrus 10 — Family Group Sheet: Alma Andrus & Serena Gardner 25 — Family Group Sheet: James Miller & Lavenia Andrus 27 — Family Group Sheet: Wm. James McComb & Lavenia Andrus 29

Volume 15, Number 1 — March 1979

President’t Message 1 — Special Issue: Milo Andrus 2 — Biographical Sketches 4 — Mission to England 13 — Journey to America 28 — Emigrant Company of 1850 29 — Life in Salt Lake Valley 1850-54 38 — Life at Mormon Grove 63

Volume 15, Number 2 — August 1979

President’s Message 1 — Pictures of Milo’s & Wives Grave Stones 1 — Executive & Board Meeting Minutes 2 — Report on 1978 Reunion 4 — Obituaries 9 — Andrus Graves 9

Volume 15, Number 2b — December 1979

President’s Message 1 — Pictures of Milo Home in Sandy 1 — Milo Andrus, History Part II 2 — Emigration Company of 1855 6 — Life In Salt Lake Valley 1856-59 12 — Second Mission to England 1859-61  16 — Journey to America 1861   27 — Immigrant Company of 1861   36 — The Dry Creek Hotel 42 — Life in Salt Lake Valley 1862-1872  46 — The United Order 50 — Life in St. George 52 — The Green River Mission 63 — Life in Oxford, Idaho 63

Volume 16, Number 1 — April 1980

President’s Message 1 — Reunion Notice: June 28, 1980 1 — Genealogical Section 1 — Executive & Board Meeting Minutes 2

Volume 18, Number 1 — May 1982

President’s Message 1 — Robert McKell Family Pictures 1 — Executive Committee & Board Meeting Minutes 2 — Death of Charles H. Andrus 3 — William B. McKell Progenitors 3 — Autobiography of Robert McKell 5 — Historical Note on Robert McKell 11 — History of Elizabeth Boyack 11 — History of Robert & Elizabeth McKell 13 — Tribute to McKell Family 18 — History of Wm B. & Esmarelda Andrus
McKell 18 — Life Story of Lucy Tuttle McKell 20 — Robert Dewey McKell 21

Volume 19, Number 1 — February 1983

President’s Message 1 — Minutes of Executive Committee Meeting 2 — Letter from Pioneer Trail State Park 3 — Andrus Half Way House 4 — Additional Information On The Half Way House 5 — The Pioneer Home of Milo Andrus in Cresent, Utah, 1858   6

Volume 20, Number 1 — May 1984

President’ Message 1 — Pictures of Randolf Andrus Family  1 — History of Adaline Alexander Andrus 2 — Life Sketch of Steen Sandberg  5 — Memories of Bengta  Kronvall  6 — Autobiography of Randolph Andrus  6 — Biographical Sketch of the Randolph Andrus Family 7 — Family Reunion Announcement  21

Hyrum L. Andrus’ Introduction to the 2004 PDF Edition of the Andrus Recorder

December 18, 2006

TO THE ANDRUS FAMILY AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS

At the time I was appointed the Genealogical Chairman of the Milo Andrus Family I was participating in a BYU Education Week program and was not present at the Reunion. Yet I appreciated the honor the family placed on me and I determined to promote the genealogical research, which a few individuals in the family had been carrying on by their own efforts, in a way that would enable family members in general to contribute.

I was also aware that there were historical materials regarding family members that existed, such as personal histories, journals, etc. J. Roman Andrus was President of the Family Organization, so I suggested to him that we publish a family newspaper and the name The Andrus Recorder was given to the proposed paper. Roman devised the mast head for the paper and we published the first issue in October 1964. To finance the paper and our family research we proposed that each family contribute a specified amount.

The Andrus Organization was composed of Central Officers and Wife Line Chairpersons who were asked to collect historical materials and promote genealogical research on their respective lines. I took the initiative in getting the family group sheets for each of Milo’s wives thoroughly researched and made available to the family. The records which I received when asked to serve as the Genealogical Chairman were very sparse, with many inaccuracies. In this task I turned to the genealogical institution in Provo that was headed by J . Grant Stevenson and utilized his skills and staff and in time we had authenticated Family Group Sheets for each of Milo’s wives. I also gave attention to the problem of determining the parentage of Ruluf Andress and Azubah Smith, who were Milo’s parents. The Ruluf problem still needs solution, but I did find, while working in the Historical Department of the LDS Church, in Salt Lake City, that Milo was baptized in the Mississippi River for John and Sarah Smith, the parents of Azubah.

There were key members of the family who contributed to the Recorder, but I shall not mention their names for fear of missing some who should be mentioned. As I look back over the years, I remember with fond feelings of gratitude those who were willing to go the extra mile to publish the issues that were given to the family. Those were very busy years for me, with many pressures on my time, which increases my appreciation for their interest and efforts. I was released from these responsibilities and asked to write a history of Milo, or to get one written, so I turned to my longtime friend and colleague on the Religion Faculty, Ivan J. Barrett, who, during his later years at BYU, was without doubt the man who best knew the details of church history in the broad sweep from 1820 to the turn of the nineteenth century. Though much of the book, Trumpeter of God (1992) had to be improvised to put Milo in the given historical settings, Professor Barrett’s insights into the details of church history gave accuracy to the general picture. Before he finished the manuscript his health failed him and I found it necessary to write some of the chapters of the book. I also carefully read the total manuscript and made additions along the way, where it seemed appropriate to do so.

I do hope that every effort will be made to make these issues of the Recorder available to the family, and heartily commend those who are doing this important work.

Hyrum L. Andrus
Alpine, Utah
June 14, 2004