Note: WorldConnect family trees will be removed from RootsWeb on April 15, 2023 and will be migrated to Ancestry later in 2023. (More info)

Individual Page


Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Lucille Bodily Allen: Birth: 6 Mar 1906 in Mapelton, Oneida County, ID. Death: 12 Dec 1969 in El Centro, Imperial, CA

  2. Fred Bodily Allen: Birth: 23 Jan 1908 in Cornish, Cache, UT. Death: 17 Jan 1909

  3. Horace Bodily Allen: Birth: 17 Nov 1909 in Richmond, Cache, Utah. Death: 3 Sep 1974

  4. Wanda Bodily Allen: Birth: 4 May 1912 in Cornish, Cache, UT. Death: 27 Sep 1966

  5. Joseph Bodily Allen: Birth: 14 Nov 1914 in Farmington, Davis, UT. Death: 14 Nov 1914

  6. Person Not Viewable


Notes
a. Note:   A CHURCH FOR ALL LANDS -- TAH IT! A storm hits
  The year was 1903. Elder Heber J. Sheffield and his companion, Joseph E. Allen, were laboring on Hikueru, a low atoll only about 30 feet above sea level at its highest point. About eight miles long, Hikueru enclosed a lagoon. Coconut trees grew where there was enough soil. The population of 1,700 people lived in huts and a few frame houses.
 On Jan. 14 the wind began to blow, from the northwest, bringing rain with it. Increasing in force, the storm finally became a hurricane. Houses windward were either destroyed or filled with water, while people took refuge on the leeward side of the island. Near the end of the day a slight calming raised hopes that the storm was subsiding.
  But in the middle of the night the storm revived with renewed force. By daylight the two missionaries, still sheltered in their house were apprehensive, and they had good reason to be. They saw a huge wave coming their way. When it hit, the house was shattered and the elders jumped for their lives. Picked up by the rushing water, they were carried along by the torrent, tumbling head over heels. Separated from each other, gasping for their lives, each brushed against a cocoanut tree, hung on, and climbed up to safety. Later they made their way to the lower part of the island, climbing a tree each time the sea surged in.
 Hikueru was a chaos of wind, water, and human tragedy. The powerful waves continued to come in, the wind reaching a velocity of 70 to 90 miles an hour. Not a building was left standing. Debris was everywhere. Clothes were torn from people. Many lost their footing and disappeared under the water. Cries of anguish mingled with the sound of the wind.
  By the time the storm finally subsided, 514 people had been drowned. For many days the missionaries assisted with burials. Grieving for the victims, the elders expressed gratitude to the Lord for preserving their own lives.
  Davis Bitton
 Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 7VZF-F2


RootsWeb.com is NOT responsible for the content of the GEDCOMs uploaded through the WorldConnect Program. The creator of each GEDCOM is solely responsible for its content.