The Minor Family of Somerset

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Archibald was the only member of (the James Frame-JanetBrown fa
mily) who became a member of the Church. One could well believ
e that he was influenced by the saintly demeanor of Janet Dick
, who was quietly and unwittingly disseminating Gospel truths a
s her skilful fingers were producing well made articles of cloth
ing and millinery for the Frame family. Muchof the time durin
g the twelve years she was thus engaged, her charming friendHel
en Duff was employed at that home also. The two girls became cl
ose friends. The friendship was enhanced by Gospel ties, taugh
t to Helen by her future sister-in-law, Janet. Helen married Ja
net's brother, David Dick, Later.On September 8, 1864, Archiba
ld Frame (now 22) married Janet Dick. Exactlyone month, to th
e Day thereafter, he was baptized a member of the Church of Jesu
s Christ of L.D.S. The ordinance was performed by John V. Hood
. On the29th of April, 1865, they left home in "Bonnie Scotlan
d" and emigrated to America...crossing the Atlantic in the saili
ng vessel 'Belle Wood' which set sail from Liverpool, England
. They landed at Castle Gardens, New York, after a perilous voyag
e of four weeks and three Days. The vessel sprang a leak enrout
e and the water had to be pumped out. It sank on its return tri
p. They probably traveled from N.Y. to Nebraska (present home o
f the researcher-compiler)by train. They started from Wyoming
, Nebraska in the Ox Team Company of Captain Sidney S. Willis
. The company arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, November29, 186
5.....exactly seven months enroute from Scotland. On Septembe
r 28the company halted for a short while, honoring the arriva
l of a new member: the infant son of Archibald and Janet Dick Fr
ame, at Ash Hollow, Nebraska. The young son was given the nam
e of Sidney Willis Frame: James, in reverence for his grandfath
er James Frame; and Sidney Willis in honor of the Capt. of the C
ompany...Grandfather Archibald, being a Carpenter and a builder
, made the necessary repairs and additions(to a 4-room house own
ed by the physician who delivered their son James located on Eig
hth East on South Temple in Salt Lake City) sufficient for thei
r own family needs, and also for John and Elizabeth Dick, grandm
other Janet Frame's father and mother.
Thus, most if not theentire Dick family were religious convert
s accompanying Archibald Frame, whobecame "in the little hamle
t of Taylorsville, Utah, a builder of wide repute"...writes Zere
tta Frame Smith. Archibald later became a Counsellor in the fir
st Bishopric of the "North Jordan Ward" in Taylorsville and serv
ed in manyother Church capacities including Taylorsville Sunda
y School Superintendant, where he chose as assistant one Adam S
. Bennion, who later became a "Mormon" Apostle.
One can easily surmise that James Frame of LarkHall was a builde
rof great skill, who passed his knowledge along to at least tw
o of his sons:David and Archibald, if not all of them (The wri
ter is anxious to learn moreabout their remaining siblings.) A
rchibald for example built the original Taylorsville Ward House
, where his funeral was held December 23, 1923. David's work i
n Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, stands as a monument to his own skil
l inthe form of quality homes, Churches and other structures st
ill in good repair. He to passed on in Cambuslang a family hom
e of his own design and construction. The fact that both Jane
t and Helen worked for many years for the LarkHall Frame househo
ld suggest the Frames were citizens of means for that period
by Zeretta Frame Smith. Utah Frame family historian.
1880 U.S. Census, enumerated 18th & 19th June, Utah Territory,Sa
lt Lake, District 61, North JordanPrecinct
Frame, Archibald, white male 39 Carpenter, Scotland, Scotland, S
cotland
Frame, Jeanette, white female 35 wife, Scotland, Scotland, Scotl
and
Frame, J. Sidney Willis white male 14 sn Wyoming, S