Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Fred and Ella - Move to Lehi (Mesa) in 1911

It isn't clear exactly when Fred and Ella moved to Lehi, Arizona. Frederick Kohlhepp Nash reported that his family and his grandparents (Fred and Ella) moved there in the Springtime of 1911. However, there are records that question this timeframe by at least a few months. In 1911, there are a few notes about the Kohlhepp's. One of the Kohlhepp girls was noted as playing in the position of Center for her basketball team. They got shut out by the Pocatello team in February 1911:


Most importantly, a notice appeared in the June 22, 1911 issue of the American Falls Press regarding the timing of the move:

"Mrs. F. J. Kohlhepp left for Los Angeles the first of the week for a short visit, after which she will go to Mesa, Nevada, to make her home. She has been advised to seek a lower altitude on account of failing health. Mr. Kohlhepp will be here for some time yet. Mr. and Mrs. Kohlhepp have resided in this locality for many years, and are classed among the early settlers. It is to be hoped that the change will prove beneficial."


The following is of note:

(a) What would have taken Ella out to Los Angeles?
(b) This places Ella moving down to Mesa in the early summer of 1911, not the spring time.
(c) The move for Ella sounds motivated by personal health reasons. Was this the rheumatism that was often referred to?
(d) Fred is described as still being there (in American Falls) for some time yet, suggesting he perhaps did not go down with Ella at the same time. Yet it's hard to imagine Fred taking the trip himself?

We do see a sales notice in the American Falls Press the next week for items owned by Fred:


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