Rosalettie Evans was born on 8 April 1895 in Provo, Utah County, Utah to George and Emma Eliza Head Evans. Her father, George Evans was born on 12 July 1845 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England to Richard and Sarah Yarnell Evans and died 28 May 1913 in Provo, Utah, Utah. Her mother, Emma Eliza Head was born 26 February 1860 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut to Jesse and Eliza Adeline Bacon Head and died 22 December 1914 in Provo, Utah, Utah.
There is no exact way to spell Rosalettie's name, as births were not recorded in Provo until years after she was born. Her name on official records has been spelled "Rose Lettie", "Rosa Lettie" but mostly it is "Rosalettie". Either way, no one knows for certain which is correct.
Rosalettie’s oldest sister was Emma Evans who was born 23 May 1868 in Provo to George Evans and his first wife, Emma Hone. Emma Hone was born 1 September 1841 in Bodicate, Oxfordshire, England and died 21 April 1871 in Provo, leaving young Emma for George to care for. George Evans and Emma Hone were married 31 March 1867 in Provo.
Rosa's second oldest sister was Amelia "Mille' Jane Evans; she was born 7 December 1877 in Provo, Utah to George's second wife, Amelia Jane Allsworth. Amelia Allsworth was born 29 January 1951 in Canterbury, Kent, England and died of heart disease on 7 May 1880 in Provo, Utah. George and Amelia were married in February, 1876 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. With Amelia, George also had one son, George Alva Evans who was born 21 May 1880 in Provo and died on 21 September 1880 of Cholera, months before his mother’s own death.
Rosalettie's father married one last time on 11 February 1886 to Emma Eliza Head who was born 26 February 1860 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut to Jesse Head and Eliza Adeline Bacon. Emma Eliza died 22 December 1914 in Provo of Pneumonia.
The first child born to George Evans and Emma Eliza Head was a son who was born prematurely and died 18 August 1887 in Provo, Utah. Their first daughter together was Sarah Eliza Evans was born on 22 March 1889; Mary Ellen Evans was born 2 March 1891; Annie Columbus Evans was born 21 October 1892; Rosa was the last.
George Evans, Rose's father, built a 4 room home with gas lights at 395 South 700 East (State Street) in Provo for his family. This home still stands as a business (2016).
Rosa attended school at Maeser Elementary, Farrer Junior High, graduating from the 8th grade in 1908 with all the formal schooling she was going to have. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; her father came across the plains as a child with the Mormon hand-cart companies.
After the death of their parents, Rosalettie rented various places on the East side of Provo. As a single young woman on her own, she worked at the Utah State Insane Asylum (Utah State Hospital), where she stayed on the property in the dorms reserved for employees. After leaving the employment of the hospital, she found work at the Provo Woolen Mills and worked there until her marriage.
Rose Evans married on 24 September 1919 in Provo, Utah to Carlton Burns Hope who was born on 4 May 1888 in Rye, Pueblo, Colorado and died on 24 September 1965 in Provo, a son of Edwin and Lucetta Pettijohn Hope. Rose became step-mother to Carl's three children from a previous marriage; these children were George Edwin Hope born 5 August 1906 St. Mary's, Colorado; Mary Faith Hope born 12 July 1909 St. Mary's, Colorado and Bertha "Babe" Alva Hope born 30 June 1911 in Colorado.
Carl had moved from Colorado and started a small sheep ranch at the mouth of Crandall Canyon, just west of Castle Gate, Carbon County, Utah, where he had started a homestead. The Mammoth Dam for the creation of Schofield Reservoir had burst in 1917, flooding out his 7
When asked how Carl and Rose met by his oldest daughter, with a teasing sparkle in his eye he replied, "Well, I was driving by a farm one afternoon and Rose was out slopping the pigs and somehow she just stood out and I fell in love with her on first sight." Those who were there thought it was very sweet and funny, however Rose did not seem to enjoy his sense of humor so Carl went over and gave her a big hug and told her how pretty she was.
The first of Carl and Rosa's children was Richard Elmo Hope who was born in Provo while they were living upstairs at 210 West Center Street. At the time, Carl was running a business downstairs called "Bob's Coffee Shop". A post card from Edwin Hope to Carl at this address put all the rumors to rest that "Grandpa had a 'speak-easy".
The second child came after they had moved from above the coffee shop to the home Rosa's father had built at 395 S. 700 E. Provo. Barbara E Hope arrived 13 November 1926. Ruth R Hope was born on 2 August 1928. The family lived at this home for many years. Carl built a screened porch on the back of the house.
Times were just as hard on the Hope family as anyone during the Great Depression. At one point Carl was working for the Railroad from 1926 to 1931, then as the financial crisis took hold he was let go and found himself taking in the laundry of his previous coworkers to make ends meet. He was a proud man in his ability to find work when others chose to get by on handouts and pity. If he couldn't find work, he made work. Rosalettie made use of her great cooking skills and prepared hot home cooked meals for the railroad workers. Money was hard to come by, but the family was never left wanting for anything. A few times, they even took in borders to help alleviate the household expenses.
Dolls, toys and carriages were repaired, given a fresh coat of paint and received as "new" the next Christmas morning. Sewing was carried on long into the night after the children had gone to bed, as Rosa made pretty new dresses the girls and sharp looking shirts for her son and husband. She made certain that no matter how bad the times were, her family was always well clothed and never went hungry.
The children of Rose and Carl never realized until they were adults, just how much their parents had sacrificed to give them a good and comfortable life.
After the children were older and Elmo was out on his own, Carl and Rose moved with Barbara and Ruth into a basement style home just around the corner at 775 East 400 South Provo, Utah. The reason the "basement house" was never finished, as explained by Barbara to one of her daughters, was because they were running out of funds and simply couldn't afford to add the top, so they put on the roof and called it good.
Things became easier for the Hope family after Carl was able to obtain employment with Provo City as the dog tax collector, Police officer, Pound Master, retiring after 19 years. Of course his duties were so much more than just rounding up loose dogs. His experience on the ranches in Colorado was just the ticket he needed to become the exact animal control officer Provo City was looking for. His strength yet gentle nature with animals of all types was what was needed in handling the farm animals that were also abundant in the city.
With Elmo, Barbara and Ruth now raising families of their own, Rose and Carl moved one more time to 516 South 600 East, Provo, Utah. This would be the final home they would share together. The grandchildren remember the barn where he kept and cared for the smaller strays he rounded up and the pasture in the back where he kept larger lost livestock. Carl’s gentle nature also came in handy herding the city's children across the busy streets as a school crossing guard.
Rosalettie suffered greatly from depression most of her life. Both her parents died when she was just coming into adulthood. Rosa’s father had been blind in one eye since he was 20 years old. In 1910 his other eye started to bother him. He was taken to LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City for surgery and lost the sight in his other eye, causing him to be totally blind. George was bed-fast for four years with Erysipelas; undoubtedly Rose would have helped greatly with his care and farm chores until his death in 1913. Still rather fresh from the loss, Rosalettie’s mother contracted pneumonia and died on 22 December 1914, only 18 months later.
Added to her depression were other painful physical ailments, many that were still unknown at that time. Rosa suffered with varicose veins and had her veins stripped, which caused more harm than good. Rose bandaged her legs daily and wore support hose to ease the pain. Severe leg and foot cramping, nervous leg syndrome and possibly undiagnosed osteoporosis or scoliosis was also causing her pain. In those days, for some reason, doctors didn't take their patients off prescriptions, nor did they recognize the dangers of mixing certain medications. Rosa ended up with a cupboard full of medications that had been prescribed but was never told to stop.
After the death of her grand-daughter in 1958, Rosalettie voluntarily had herself committed to the Utah State hospital after suffering a major and severe breakdown from stress and sorrow. Carl pleaded with the doctors at the hospital to take his wife off the many medications she had been put on and begged them to help her, as he was at a loss of what else he could do for her. Both he and Rose felt the excess medication she was still required to take was a great contribution to her fragile stability.
In her patient records, which as her granddaughter I was able to obtain, it was noted that every night, in order to alleviate the severe cramping and pain she felt in her legs and feet, Rosa would walk the halls for hours while the other patients slept. Her inability to find relief only added to her exhaustion and depression she felt. There was pain, sorrow and depression behind her smile, though she was capable of such great love.
After being released from the Utah State Hospital, Rose resumed the role she loved so much of being a great homemaker and loving wife.
Never being one to stay idle, Rosalettie was humbly proud of the beautiful yard her hard working husband created for them. He surrounded her with the beauty she deserved. It was said that Carl wasn't born with a green thumb, he was born with two. Roses for Rosalettie; beautiful rose hedges surrounded the yard on all around, while thick beds of Iris lined the driveway.
A planter was built in the northeast corner of the yard where a large decorative multi-branched post was installed, for hanging flower baskets, as well as hanging baskets from their porch. Flower beds surrounded the outside walls of the home, with every color of smaller sized flowers, snapdragons being the favorite among the grandchildren.
Rosalettie Evans Hope was a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, ever expanding her love of family, history and genealogy, passing the interest on to her children and grandchildren.
Always staying busy, she continued her sewing, needlework, crocheting and beautiful embroidery work. She spent many hours creating book bags and blankets for her grandchildren, which she would painstakingly decorate with Artex paints, matching the blocks, design and colors to each one's personality.
On 24 September 1965, Carlton Burns Hope, the love of Rose's life passed away. Trying to stay strong without him, she continued to live in the home they last shared for several more years. Her children helped her to realize the tremendous effort to keep up the beautiful yard Carl created for her was just too much for her to continue handling on her own. Seeing they were right, Rose moved from the little pink brick home to a duplex apartment at 1580 North 1350 West Provo, Utah; just a few houses south of her daughter Ruth's home. Several of Rose's grandchildren took turns at having a sleepover at Grandma Hope's.
In the summer of 1974 Rose slipped into a coma. After a few days stay at the Utah Valley Hospital, the hard decision was made to place Rose in a nursing home where she could be cared for by medically trained staff. While there, Dementia had set in, this was really hard for the family to watch. Having a conversation with her daughter, Barbara, she said, "I'm worried, Barbara" (the name of an old friend), I think a 'gold-digger' is chasing after Carl."
Rosalettie had reverted back to her younger days and no longer recognized her family whom she had loved for so long and loved her as well.
Word came on 20 February 1976 that Rosalettie Evans Hope had passed away peacefully. She was 80 years old at the time of her death.
There wasn't a person she met that she wasn't kind and loving to; such was her nature, her upbringing and the lessons in life she learned, lived and taught.
Compiled from various sources by Janalou Adams-granddaughter 9 April 2006
There is no exact way to spell Rosalettie's name, as births were not recorded in Provo until years after she was born. Her name on official records has been spelled "Rose Lettie", "Rosa Lettie" but mostly it is "Rosalettie". Either way, no one knows for certain which is correct.
Rosalettie’s oldest sister was Emma Evans who was born 23 May 1868 in Provo to George Evans and his first wife, Emma Hone. Emma Hone was born 1 September 1841 in Bodicate, Oxfordshire, England and died 21 April 1871 in Provo, leaving young Emma for George to care for. George Evans and Emma Hone were married 31 March 1867 in Provo.
Rosa's second oldest sister was Amelia "Mille' Jane Evans; she was born 7 December 1877 in Provo, Utah to George's second wife, Amelia Jane Allsworth. Amelia Allsworth was born 29 January 1951 in Canterbury, Kent, England and died of heart disease on 7 May 1880 in Provo, Utah. George and Amelia were married in February, 1876 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. With Amelia, George also had one son, George Alva Evans who was born 21 May 1880 in Provo and died on 21 September 1880 of Cholera, months before his mother’s own death.
Rosalettie's father married one last time on 11 February 1886 to Emma Eliza Head who was born 26 February 1860 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut to Jesse Head and Eliza Adeline Bacon. Emma Eliza died 22 December 1914 in Provo of Pneumonia.
The first child born to George Evans and Emma Eliza Head was a son who was born prematurely and died 18 August 1887 in Provo, Utah. Their first daughter together was Sarah Eliza Evans was born on 22 March 1889; Mary Ellen Evans was born 2 March 1891; Annie Columbus Evans was born 21 October 1892; Rosa was the last.
George Evans, Rose's father, built a 4 room home with gas lights at 395 South 700 East (State Street) in Provo for his family. This home still stands as a business (2016).
Rosa attended school at Maeser Elementary, Farrer Junior High, graduating from the 8th grade in 1908 with all the formal schooling she was going to have. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; her father came across the plains as a child with the Mormon hand-cart companies.
After the death of their parents, Rosalettie rented various places on the East side of Provo. As a single young woman on her own, she worked at the Utah State Insane Asylum (Utah State Hospital), where she stayed on the property in the dorms reserved for employees. After leaving the employment of the hospital, she found work at the Provo Woolen Mills and worked there until her marriage.
Rose Evans married on 24 September 1919 in Provo, Utah to Carlton Burns Hope who was born on 4 May 1888 in Rye, Pueblo, Colorado and died on 24 September 1965 in Provo, a son of Edwin and Lucetta Pettijohn Hope. Rose became step-mother to Carl's three children from a previous marriage; these children were George Edwin Hope born 5 August 1906 St. Mary's, Colorado; Mary Faith Hope born 12 July 1909 St. Mary's, Colorado and Bertha "Babe" Alva Hope born 30 June 1911 in Colorado.
Carl had moved from Colorado and started a small sheep ranch at the mouth of Crandall Canyon, just west of Castle Gate, Carbon County, Utah, where he had started a homestead. The Mammoth Dam for the creation of Schofield Reservoir had burst in 1917, flooding out his 7
When asked how Carl and Rose met by his oldest daughter, with a teasing sparkle in his eye he replied, "Well, I was driving by a farm one afternoon and Rose was out slopping the pigs and somehow she just stood out and I fell in love with her on first sight." Those who were there thought it was very sweet and funny, however Rose did not seem to enjoy his sense of humor so Carl went over and gave her a big hug and told her how pretty she was.
The first of Carl and Rosa's children was Richard Elmo Hope who was born in Provo while they were living upstairs at 210 West Center Street. At the time, Carl was running a business downstairs called "Bob's Coffee Shop". A post card from Edwin Hope to Carl at this address put all the rumors to rest that "Grandpa had a 'speak-easy".
The second child came after they had moved from above the coffee shop to the home Rosa's father had built at 395 S. 700 E. Provo. Barbara E Hope arrived 13 November 1926. Ruth R Hope was born on 2 August 1928. The family lived at this home for many years. Carl built a screened porch on the back of the house.
Times were just as hard on the Hope family as anyone during the Great Depression. At one point Carl was working for the Railroad from 1926 to 1931, then as the financial crisis took hold he was let go and found himself taking in the laundry of his previous coworkers to make ends meet. He was a proud man in his ability to find work when others chose to get by on handouts and pity. If he couldn't find work, he made work. Rosalettie made use of her great cooking skills and prepared hot home cooked meals for the railroad workers. Money was hard to come by, but the family was never left wanting for anything. A few times, they even took in borders to help alleviate the household expenses.
Dolls, toys and carriages were repaired, given a fresh coat of paint and received as "new" the next Christmas morning. Sewing was carried on long into the night after the children had gone to bed, as Rosa made pretty new dresses the girls and sharp looking shirts for her son and husband. She made certain that no matter how bad the times were, her family was always well clothed and never went hungry.
The children of Rose and Carl never realized until they were adults, just how much their parents had sacrificed to give them a good and comfortable life.
After the children were older and Elmo was out on his own, Carl and Rose moved with Barbara and Ruth into a basement style home just around the corner at 775 East 400 South Provo, Utah. The reason the "basement house" was never finished, as explained by Barbara to one of her daughters, was because they were running out of funds and simply couldn't afford to add the top, so they put on the roof and called it good.
Things became easier for the Hope family after Carl was able to obtain employment with Provo City as the dog tax collector, Police officer, Pound Master, retiring after 19 years. Of course his duties were so much more than just rounding up loose dogs. His experience on the ranches in Colorado was just the ticket he needed to become the exact animal control officer Provo City was looking for. His strength yet gentle nature with animals of all types was what was needed in handling the farm animals that were also abundant in the city.
With Elmo, Barbara and Ruth now raising families of their own, Rose and Carl moved one more time to 516 South 600 East, Provo, Utah. This would be the final home they would share together. The grandchildren remember the barn where he kept and cared for the smaller strays he rounded up and the pasture in the back where he kept larger lost livestock. Carl’s gentle nature also came in handy herding the city's children across the busy streets as a school crossing guard.
Rosalettie suffered greatly from depression most of her life. Both her parents died when she was just coming into adulthood. Rosa’s father had been blind in one eye since he was 20 years old. In 1910 his other eye started to bother him. He was taken to LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City for surgery and lost the sight in his other eye, causing him to be totally blind. George was bed-fast for four years with Erysipelas; undoubtedly Rose would have helped greatly with his care and farm chores until his death in 1913. Still rather fresh from the loss, Rosalettie’s mother contracted pneumonia and died on 22 December 1914, only 18 months later.
Added to her depression were other painful physical ailments, many that were still unknown at that time. Rosa suffered with varicose veins and had her veins stripped, which caused more harm than good. Rose bandaged her legs daily and wore support hose to ease the pain. Severe leg and foot cramping, nervous leg syndrome and possibly undiagnosed osteoporosis or scoliosis was also causing her pain. In those days, for some reason, doctors didn't take their patients off prescriptions, nor did they recognize the dangers of mixing certain medications. Rosa ended up with a cupboard full of medications that had been prescribed but was never told to stop.
After the death of her grand-daughter in 1958, Rosalettie voluntarily had herself committed to the Utah State hospital after suffering a major and severe breakdown from stress and sorrow. Carl pleaded with the doctors at the hospital to take his wife off the many medications she had been put on and begged them to help her, as he was at a loss of what else he could do for her. Both he and Rose felt the excess medication she was still required to take was a great contribution to her fragile stability.
In her patient records, which as her granddaughter I was able to obtain, it was noted that every night, in order to alleviate the severe cramping and pain she felt in her legs and feet, Rosa would walk the halls for hours while the other patients slept. Her inability to find relief only added to her exhaustion and depression she felt. There was pain, sorrow and depression behind her smile, though she was capable of such great love.
After being released from the Utah State Hospital, Rose resumed the role she loved so much of being a great homemaker and loving wife.
Never being one to stay idle, Rosalettie was humbly proud of the beautiful yard her hard working husband created for them. He surrounded her with the beauty she deserved. It was said that Carl wasn't born with a green thumb, he was born with two. Roses for Rosalettie; beautiful rose hedges surrounded the yard on all around, while thick beds of Iris lined the driveway.
A planter was built in the northeast corner of the yard where a large decorative multi-branched post was installed, for hanging flower baskets, as well as hanging baskets from their porch. Flower beds surrounded the outside walls of the home, with every color of smaller sized flowers, snapdragons being the favorite among the grandchildren.
Rosalettie Evans Hope was a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, ever expanding her love of family, history and genealogy, passing the interest on to her children and grandchildren.
Always staying busy, she continued her sewing, needlework, crocheting and beautiful embroidery work. She spent many hours creating book bags and blankets for her grandchildren, which she would painstakingly decorate with Artex paints, matching the blocks, design and colors to each one's personality.
On 24 September 1965, Carlton Burns Hope, the love of Rose's life passed away. Trying to stay strong without him, she continued to live in the home they last shared for several more years. Her children helped her to realize the tremendous effort to keep up the beautiful yard Carl created for her was just too much for her to continue handling on her own. Seeing they were right, Rose moved from the little pink brick home to a duplex apartment at 1580 North 1350 West Provo, Utah; just a few houses south of her daughter Ruth's home. Several of Rose's grandchildren took turns at having a sleepover at Grandma Hope's.
In the summer of 1974 Rose slipped into a coma. After a few days stay at the Utah Valley Hospital, the hard decision was made to place Rose in a nursing home where she could be cared for by medically trained staff. While there, Dementia had set in, this was really hard for the family to watch. Having a conversation with her daughter, Barbara, she said, "I'm worried, Barbara" (the name of an old friend), I think a 'gold-digger' is chasing after Carl."
Rosalettie had reverted back to her younger days and no longer recognized her family whom she had loved for so long and loved her as well.
Word came on 20 February 1976 that Rosalettie Evans Hope had passed away peacefully. She was 80 years old at the time of her death.
There wasn't a person she met that she wasn't kind and loving to; such was her nature, her upbringing and the lessons in life she learned, lived and taught.
Compiled from various sources by Janalou Adams-granddaughter 9 April 2006
Rosalettie Evans was born on 8 April 1895 in Provo, Utah County, Utah to George and Emma Eliza Head Evans. Her father, George Evans was born on 12 July 1845 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England to Richard and Sarah Yarnell Evans and died 28 May 1913 in Provo, Utah, Utah. Her mother, Emma Eliza Head was born 26 February 1860 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut to Jesse and Eliza Adeline Bacon Head and died 22 December 1914 in Provo, Utah, Utah.
There is no exact way to spell Rosalettie's name, as births were not recorded in Provo until years after she was born. Her name on official records has been spelled "Rose Lettie", "Rosa Lettie" but mostly it is "Rosalettie". Either way, no one knows for certain which is correct.
Rosalettie’s oldest sister was Emma Evans who was born 23 May 1868 in Provo to George Evans and his first wife, Emma Hone. Emma Hone was born 1 September 1841 in Bodicate, Oxfordshire, England and died 21 April 1871 in Provo, leaving young Emma for George to care for. George Evans and Emma Hone were married 31 March 1867 in Provo.
Rosa's second oldest sister was Amelia "Mille' Jane Evans; she was born 7 December 1877 in Provo, Utah to George's second wife, Amelia Jane Allsworth. Amelia Allsworth was born 29 January 1951 in Canterbury, Kent, England and died of heart disease on 7 May 1880 in Provo, Utah. George and Amelia were married in February, 1876 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. With Amelia, George also had one son, George Alva Evans who was born 21 May 1880 in Provo and died on 21 September 1880 of Cholera, months before his mother’s own death.
Rosalettie's father married one last time on 11 February 1886 to Emma Eliza Head who was born 26 February 1860 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut to Jesse Head and Eliza Adeline Bacon. Emma Eliza died 22 December 1914 in Provo of Pneumonia.
The first child born to George Evans and Emma Eliza Head was a son who was born prematurely and died 18 August 1887 in Provo, Utah. Their first daughter together was Sarah Eliza Evans was born on 22 March 1889; Mary Ellen Evans was born 2 March 1891; Annie Columbus Evans was born 21 October 1892; Rosa was the last.
George Evans, Rose's father, built a 4 room home with gas lights at 395 South 700 East (State Street) in Provo for his family. This home still stands as a business (2016).
Rosa attended school at Maeser Elementary, Farrer Junior High, graduating from the 8th grade in 1908 with all the formal schooling she was going to have. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; her father came across the plains as a child with the Mormon hand-cart companies.
After the death of their parents, Rosalettie rented various places on the East side of Provo. As a single young woman on her own, she worked at the Utah State Insane Asylum (Utah State Hospital), where she stayed on the property in the dorms reserved for employees. After leaving the employment of the hospital, she found work at the Provo Woolen Mills and worked there until her marriage.
Rose Evans married on 24 September 1919 in Provo, Utah to Carlton Burns Hope who was born on 4 May 1888 in Rye, Pueblo, Colorado and died on 24 September 1965 in Provo, a son of Edwin and Lucetta Pettijohn Hope. Rose became step-mother to Carl's three children from a previous marriage; these children were George Edwin Hope born 5 August 1906 St. Mary's, Colorado; Mary Faith Hope born 12 July 1909 St. Mary's, Colorado and Bertha "Babe" Alva Hope born 30 June 1911 in Colorado.
Carl had moved from Colorado and started a small sheep ranch at the mouth of Crandall Canyon, just west of Castle Gate, Carbon County, Utah, where he had started a homestead. The Mammoth Dam for the creation of Schofield Reservoir had burst in 1917, flooding out his 7
When asked how Carl and Rose met by his oldest daughter, with a teasing sparkle in his eye he replied, "Well, I was driving by a farm one afternoon and Rose was out slopping the pigs and somehow she just stood out and I fell in love with her on first sight." Those who were there thought it was very sweet and funny, however Rose did not seem to enjoy his sense of humor so Carl went over and gave her a big hug and told her how pretty she was.
The first of Carl and Rosa's children was Richard Elmo Hope who was born in Provo while they were living upstairs at 210 West Center Street. At the time, Carl was running a business downstairs called "Bob's Coffee Shop". A post card from Edwin Hope to Carl at this address put all the rumors to rest that "Grandpa had a 'speak-easy".
The second child came after they had moved from above the coffee shop to the home Rosa's father had built at 395 S. 700 E. Provo. Barbara E Hope arrived 13 November 1926. Ruth R Hope was born on 2 August 1928. The family lived at this home for many years. Carl built a screened porch on the back of the house.
Times were just as hard on the Hope family as anyone during the Great Depression. At one point Carl was working for the Railroad from 1926 to 1931, then as the financial crisis took hold he was let go and found himself taking in the laundry of his previous coworkers to make ends meet. He was a proud man in his ability to find work when others chose to get by on handouts and pity. If he couldn't find work, he made work. Rosalettie made use of her great cooking skills and prepared hot home cooked meals for the railroad workers. Money was hard to come by, but the family was never left wanting for anything. A few times, they even took in borders to help alleviate the household expenses.
Dolls, toys and carriages were repaired, given a fresh coat of paint and received as "new" the next Christmas morning. Sewing was carried on long into the night after the children had gone to bed, as Rosa made pretty new dresses the girls and sharp looking shirts for her son and husband. She made certain that no matter how bad the times were, her family was always well clothed and never went hungry.
The children of Rose and Carl never realized until they were adults, just how much their parents had sacrificed to give them a good and comfortable life.
After the children were older and Elmo was out on his own, Carl and Rose moved with Barbara and Ruth into a basement style home just around the corner at 775 East 400 South Provo, Utah. The reason the "basement house" was never finished, as explained by Barbara to one of her daughters, was because they were running out of funds and simply couldn't afford to add the top, so they put on the roof and called it good.
Things became easier for the Hope family after Carl was able to obtain employment with Provo City as the dog tax collector, Police officer, Pound Master, retiring after 19 years. Of course his duties were so much more than just rounding up loose dogs. His experience on the ranches in Colorado was just the ticket he needed to become the exact animal control officer Provo City was looking for. His strength yet gentle nature with animals of all types was what was needed in handling the farm animals that were also abundant in the city.
With Elmo, Barbara and Ruth now raising families of their own, Rose and Carl moved one more time to 516 South 600 East, Provo, Utah. This would be the final home they would share together. The grandchildren remember the barn where he kept and cared for the smaller strays he rounded up and the pasture in the back where he kept larger lost livestock. Carl’s gentle nature also came in handy herding the city's children across the busy streets as a school crossing guard.
Rosalettie suffered greatly from depression most of her life. Both her parents died when she was just coming into adulthood. Rosa’s father had been blind in one eye since he was 20 years old. In 1910 his other eye started to bother him. He was taken to LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City for surgery and lost the sight in his other eye, causing him to be totally blind. George was bed-fast for four years with Erysipelas; undoubtedly Rose would have helped greatly with his care and farm chores until his death in 1913. Still rather fresh from the loss, Rosalettie’s mother contracted pneumonia and died on 22 December 1914, only 18 months later.
Added to her depression were other painful physical ailments, many that were still unknown at that time. Rosa suffered with varicose veins and had her veins stripped, which caused more harm than good. Rose bandaged her legs daily and wore support hose to ease the pain. Severe leg and foot cramping, nervous leg syndrome and possibly undiagnosed osteoporosis or scoliosis was also causing her pain. In those days, for some reason, doctors didn't take their patients off prescriptions, nor did they recognize the dangers of mixing certain medications. Rosa ended up with a cupboard full of medications that had been prescribed but was never told to stop.
After the death of her grand-daughter in 1958, Rosalettie voluntarily had herself committed to the Utah State hospital after suffering a major and severe breakdown from stress and sorrow. Carl pleaded with the doctors at the hospital to take his wife off the many medications she had been put on and begged them to help her, as he was at a loss of what else he could do for her. Both he and Rose felt the excess medication she was still required to take was a great contribution to her fragile stability.
In her patient records, which as her granddaughter I was able to obtain, it was noted that every night, in order to alleviate the severe cramping and pain she felt in her legs and feet, Rosa would walk the halls for hours while the other patients slept. Her inability to find relief only added to her exhaustion and depression she felt. There was pain, sorrow and depression behind her smile, though she was capable of such great love.
After being released from the Utah State Hospital, Rose resumed the role she loved so much of being a great homemaker and loving wife.
Never being one to stay idle, Rosalettie was humbly proud of the beautiful yard her hard working husband created for them. He surrounded her with the beauty she deserved. It was said that Carl wasn't born with a green thumb, he was born with two. Roses for Rosalettie; beautiful rose hedges surrounded the yard on all around, while thick beds of Iris lined the driveway.
A planter was built in the northeast corner of the yard where a large decorative multi-branched post was installed, for hanging flower baskets, as well as hanging baskets from their porch. Flower beds surrounded the outside walls of the home, with every color of smaller sized flowers, snapdragons being the favorite among the grandchildren.
Rosalettie Evans Hope was a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, ever expanding her love of family, history and genealogy, passing the interest on to her children and grandchildren.
Always staying busy, she continued her sewing, needlework, crocheting and beautiful embroidery work. She spent many hours creating book bags and blankets for her grandchildren, which she would painstakingly decorate with Artex paints, matching the blocks, design and colors to each one's personality.
On 24 September 1965, Carlton Burns Hope, the love of Rose's life passed away. Trying to stay strong without him, she continued to live in the home they last shared for several more years. Her children helped her to realize the tremendous effort to keep up the beautiful yard Carl created for her was just too much for her to continue handling on her own. Seeing they were right, Rose moved from the little pink brick home to a duplex apartment at 1580 North 1350 West Provo, Utah; just a few houses south of her daughter Ruth's home. Several of Rose's grandchildren took turns at having a sleepover at Grandma Hope's.
In the summer of 1974 Rose slipped into a coma. After a few days stay at the Utah Valley Hospital, the hard decision was made to place Rose in a nursing home where she could be cared for by medically trained staff. While there, Dementia had set in, this was really hard for the family to watch. Having a conversation with her daughter, Barbara, she said, "I'm worried, Barbara" (the name of an old friend), I think a 'gold-digger' is chasing after Carl."
Rosalettie had reverted back to her younger days and no longer recognized her family whom she had loved for so long and loved her as well.
Word came on 20 February 1976 that Rosalettie Evans Hope had passed away peacefully. She was 80 years old at the time of her death.
There wasn't a person she met that she wasn't kind and loving to; such was her nature, her upbringing and the lessons in life she learned, lived and taught.
Compiled from various sources by Janalou Adams-granddaughter 9 April 2006
There is no exact way to spell Rosalettie's name, as births were not recorded in Provo until years after she was born. Her name on official records has been spelled "Rose Lettie", "Rosa Lettie" but mostly it is "Rosalettie". Either way, no one knows for certain which is correct.
Rosalettie’s oldest sister was Emma Evans who was born 23 May 1868 in Provo to George Evans and his first wife, Emma Hone. Emma Hone was born 1 September 1841 in Bodicate, Oxfordshire, England and died 21 April 1871 in Provo, leaving young Emma for George to care for. George Evans and Emma Hone were married 31 March 1867 in Provo.
Rosa's second oldest sister was Amelia "Mille' Jane Evans; she was born 7 December 1877 in Provo, Utah to George's second wife, Amelia Jane Allsworth. Amelia Allsworth was born 29 January 1951 in Canterbury, Kent, England and died of heart disease on 7 May 1880 in Provo, Utah. George and Amelia were married in February, 1876 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. With Amelia, George also had one son, George Alva Evans who was born 21 May 1880 in Provo and died on 21 September 1880 of Cholera, months before his mother’s own death.
Rosalettie's father married one last time on 11 February 1886 to Emma Eliza Head who was born 26 February 1860 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut to Jesse Head and Eliza Adeline Bacon. Emma Eliza died 22 December 1914 in Provo of Pneumonia.
The first child born to George Evans and Emma Eliza Head was a son who was born prematurely and died 18 August 1887 in Provo, Utah. Their first daughter together was Sarah Eliza Evans was born on 22 March 1889; Mary Ellen Evans was born 2 March 1891; Annie Columbus Evans was born 21 October 1892; Rosa was the last.
George Evans, Rose's father, built a 4 room home with gas lights at 395 South 700 East (State Street) in Provo for his family. This home still stands as a business (2016).
Rosa attended school at Maeser Elementary, Farrer Junior High, graduating from the 8th grade in 1908 with all the formal schooling she was going to have. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; her father came across the plains as a child with the Mormon hand-cart companies.
After the death of their parents, Rosalettie rented various places on the East side of Provo. As a single young woman on her own, she worked at the Utah State Insane Asylum (Utah State Hospital), where she stayed on the property in the dorms reserved for employees. After leaving the employment of the hospital, she found work at the Provo Woolen Mills and worked there until her marriage.
Rose Evans married on 24 September 1919 in Provo, Utah to Carlton Burns Hope who was born on 4 May 1888 in Rye, Pueblo, Colorado and died on 24 September 1965 in Provo, a son of Edwin and Lucetta Pettijohn Hope. Rose became step-mother to Carl's three children from a previous marriage; these children were George Edwin Hope born 5 August 1906 St. Mary's, Colorado; Mary Faith Hope born 12 July 1909 St. Mary's, Colorado and Bertha "Babe" Alva Hope born 30 June 1911 in Colorado.
Carl had moved from Colorado and started a small sheep ranch at the mouth of Crandall Canyon, just west of Castle Gate, Carbon County, Utah, where he had started a homestead. The Mammoth Dam for the creation of Schofield Reservoir had burst in 1917, flooding out his 7
When asked how Carl and Rose met by his oldest daughter, with a teasing sparkle in his eye he replied, "Well, I was driving by a farm one afternoon and Rose was out slopping the pigs and somehow she just stood out and I fell in love with her on first sight." Those who were there thought it was very sweet and funny, however Rose did not seem to enjoy his sense of humor so Carl went over and gave her a big hug and told her how pretty she was.
The first of Carl and Rosa's children was Richard Elmo Hope who was born in Provo while they were living upstairs at 210 West Center Street. At the time, Carl was running a business downstairs called "Bob's Coffee Shop". A post card from Edwin Hope to Carl at this address put all the rumors to rest that "Grandpa had a 'speak-easy".
The second child came after they had moved from above the coffee shop to the home Rosa's father had built at 395 S. 700 E. Provo. Barbara E Hope arrived 13 November 1926. Ruth R Hope was born on 2 August 1928. The family lived at this home for many years. Carl built a screened porch on the back of the house.
Times were just as hard on the Hope family as anyone during the Great Depression. At one point Carl was working for the Railroad from 1926 to 1931, then as the financial crisis took hold he was let go and found himself taking in the laundry of his previous coworkers to make ends meet. He was a proud man in his ability to find work when others chose to get by on handouts and pity. If he couldn't find work, he made work. Rosalettie made use of her great cooking skills and prepared hot home cooked meals for the railroad workers. Money was hard to come by, but the family was never left wanting for anything. A few times, they even took in borders to help alleviate the household expenses.
Dolls, toys and carriages were repaired, given a fresh coat of paint and received as "new" the next Christmas morning. Sewing was carried on long into the night after the children had gone to bed, as Rosa made pretty new dresses the girls and sharp looking shirts for her son and husband. She made certain that no matter how bad the times were, her family was always well clothed and never went hungry.
The children of Rose and Carl never realized until they were adults, just how much their parents had sacrificed to give them a good and comfortable life.
After the children were older and Elmo was out on his own, Carl and Rose moved with Barbara and Ruth into a basement style home just around the corner at 775 East 400 South Provo, Utah. The reason the "basement house" was never finished, as explained by Barbara to one of her daughters, was because they were running out of funds and simply couldn't afford to add the top, so they put on the roof and called it good.
Things became easier for the Hope family after Carl was able to obtain employment with Provo City as the dog tax collector, Police officer, Pound Master, retiring after 19 years. Of course his duties were so much more than just rounding up loose dogs. His experience on the ranches in Colorado was just the ticket he needed to become the exact animal control officer Provo City was looking for. His strength yet gentle nature with animals of all types was what was needed in handling the farm animals that were also abundant in the city.
With Elmo, Barbara and Ruth now raising families of their own, Rose and Carl moved one more time to 516 South 600 East, Provo, Utah. This would be the final home they would share together. The grandchildren remember the barn where he kept and cared for the smaller strays he rounded up and the pasture in the back where he kept larger lost livestock. Carl’s gentle nature also came in handy herding the city's children across the busy streets as a school crossing guard.
Rosalettie suffered greatly from depression most of her life. Both her parents died when she was just coming into adulthood. Rosa’s father had been blind in one eye since he was 20 years old. In 1910 his other eye started to bother him. He was taken to LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City for surgery and lost the sight in his other eye, causing him to be totally blind. George was bed-fast for four years with Erysipelas; undoubtedly Rose would have helped greatly with his care and farm chores until his death in 1913. Still rather fresh from the loss, Rosalettie’s mother contracted pneumonia and died on 22 December 1914, only 18 months later.
Added to her depression were other painful physical ailments, many that were still unknown at that time. Rosa suffered with varicose veins and had her veins stripped, which caused more harm than good. Rose bandaged her legs daily and wore support hose to ease the pain. Severe leg and foot cramping, nervous leg syndrome and possibly undiagnosed osteoporosis or scoliosis was also causing her pain. In those days, for some reason, doctors didn't take their patients off prescriptions, nor did they recognize the dangers of mixing certain medications. Rosa ended up with a cupboard full of medications that had been prescribed but was never told to stop.
After the death of her grand-daughter in 1958, Rosalettie voluntarily had herself committed to the Utah State hospital after suffering a major and severe breakdown from stress and sorrow. Carl pleaded with the doctors at the hospital to take his wife off the many medications she had been put on and begged them to help her, as he was at a loss of what else he could do for her. Both he and Rose felt the excess medication she was still required to take was a great contribution to her fragile stability.
In her patient records, which as her granddaughter I was able to obtain, it was noted that every night, in order to alleviate the severe cramping and pain she felt in her legs and feet, Rosa would walk the halls for hours while the other patients slept. Her inability to find relief only added to her exhaustion and depression she felt. There was pain, sorrow and depression behind her smile, though she was capable of such great love.
After being released from the Utah State Hospital, Rose resumed the role she loved so much of being a great homemaker and loving wife.
Never being one to stay idle, Rosalettie was humbly proud of the beautiful yard her hard working husband created for them. He surrounded her with the beauty she deserved. It was said that Carl wasn't born with a green thumb, he was born with two. Roses for Rosalettie; beautiful rose hedges surrounded the yard on all around, while thick beds of Iris lined the driveway.
A planter was built in the northeast corner of the yard where a large decorative multi-branched post was installed, for hanging flower baskets, as well as hanging baskets from their porch. Flower beds surrounded the outside walls of the home, with every color of smaller sized flowers, snapdragons being the favorite among the grandchildren.
Rosalettie Evans Hope was a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, ever expanding her love of family, history and genealogy, passing the interest on to her children and grandchildren.
Always staying busy, she continued her sewing, needlework, crocheting and beautiful embroidery work. She spent many hours creating book bags and blankets for her grandchildren, which she would painstakingly decorate with Artex paints, matching the blocks, design and colors to each one's personality.
On 24 September 1965, Carlton Burns Hope, the love of Rose's life passed away. Trying to stay strong without him, she continued to live in the home they last shared for several more years. Her children helped her to realize the tremendous effort to keep up the beautiful yard Carl created for her was just too much for her to continue handling on her own. Seeing they were right, Rose moved from the little pink brick home to a duplex apartment at 1580 North 1350 West Provo, Utah; just a few houses south of her daughter Ruth's home. Several of Rose's grandchildren took turns at having a sleepover at Grandma Hope's.
In the summer of 1974 Rose slipped into a coma. After a few days stay at the Utah Valley Hospital, the hard decision was made to place Rose in a nursing home where she could be cared for by medically trained staff. While there, Dementia had set in, this was really hard for the family to watch. Having a conversation with her daughter, Barbara, she said, "I'm worried, Barbara" (the name of an old friend), I think a 'gold-digger' is chasing after Carl."
Rosalettie had reverted back to her younger days and no longer recognized her family whom she had loved for so long and loved her as well.
Word came on 20 February 1976 that Rosalettie Evans Hope had passed away peacefully. She was 80 years old at the time of her death.
There wasn't a person she met that she wasn't kind and loving to; such was her nature, her upbringing and the lessons in life she learned, lived and taught.
Compiled from various sources by Janalou Adams-granddaughter 9 April 2006
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