The Autobiography of Ruth Tagg Caley

fireworks. I don’t drive a car or beg a ride. The city buses put on extra buses in the evening andtook people free to see the fireworks. But it’s no fun going alone and the bus is not on my street.Being the age of 69 years and no car to travel in I would rather stay home and relax.Some of our friends have passed away in the past 20 years. Winifred Bentley died at age73 years about two years ago. Cleve McDonald died several years ago also. He climbed a tree inhis own back yard and fell on the side of his head and got brain damage and was ill for a year ormore and got worse and took his own life by a gun, that is, they found a gun by the body. He wasdesperate and couldn’t stand his condition any longer. Paul and Viola are still living. Paul is 85years old and Viola not too far behind him.The years pass by so quickly. I’m now 69 years old and not much more to write about asthI’m up to date on my life’s story, July 12 1976. I came to Utah July 12, 1928. It’s also mybrother Bob’s birthday. I hope he gets my letter. He is over in England on his third missionsince 1950.Eulogy of Ruth Tagg Caleygiven by Margi GaarsoeRuth died March 23, 2000funeral services were March 25, 2000Ruth Caley was born March 2, 1907 in Wandsworth, Surrey, London, England. Herparents were James Tagg and Kate Flint. She was the eighth child in the family and wasfollowed by a brother Raymond who died as an infant so Mom was the baby of the family formost of her growing up years. Her other sisters and brothers were Florence, Gertrude, James,Stephen, Robert, Eva and Winifred. They have all preceded her in death - she was the lastsurviving child in the family. Her father was a shoemaker and his sons Jim and Bob also becameshoemakers. He met his future wife when he delivered some shoes to the dress shop that herfamily owned.He was the first member of his family to join the LDS Church and his wife and childrenall followed him in converting to Mormonism. Mom was just a little girl when her father joinedand she was baptized when she was eight years old. The church was very important to the familyand was the reason that they left London and emigrated to Canada. Their daily life became muchmore difficult in Canada.Her brothers emigrated first. Steve left in May 1913 followed by Bob and Jim in 1914.In October 1916, Mom left for Canada with her father and her sisters Eva and Winifred. Hermother was concerned about going to Canada because Winifred had been ill with lung problemsand the doctor advised her not to let Winifred go. She sent the girls to the park so that theirfather couldn’t find them but her mother told grandfather where they were and he found them andleft for Canada. Mom’s mother didn’t leave to join the family until December 1916.Ruth Tagg Caley pg 55