Lythgoe Motor Lodge

 The following are photos of the motel George and Lillie ran for several years in Heber City, Utah.  The property appears to have been called El Rancho Motel at one point in time, and earlier called the Lythgoe Motor Lodge.It's unclear how many years it was operated under their supervision, but based on ages of pictured children and cars, my guess is between the late 1940s-1960s, although clarity on that subject through further research is welcome.

The following were from the Scot Lythgoe personal albums, scanned November 2012. TIF files of the same images were largely found in the personal albums of Lane Lythgoe as well.

Unknown girl deeper inside the motel property with the Main Street behind her.

These are photos of it all boarded up, and with cars dating to the 1970s... were these photos of when their era with it ended?

Ab Winterrose (son-in-law to George and Lillie) allowed scans of his personal albums as well on June 2008, which yielded the following images as well:

I suspect the woman here is one of Lillie's sisters, and George is halfway seen on the right.

The following image is a clip of a plat map which was found in the Lane Lythgoe personal albums, scanned March 2010, although its unclear which property buildings align with the Motor Lodge in question.

The following were negatives from that same collection of Lane Lythgoe, scanned at the same time, but I finally took the time to invert the image, showing a progressive evolution of the Motor Lodge, as seen in the covered porch of the unit entries. Note also the swapping of a street tree for the signage.

Lythgoe Lodge early days

 Photo dump of images before they get lost on the computer of what the Lodge looked like in the 1990s.

Scanned from the collections of Shirley Lythgoe, May 2019.

Life and death info on (cousin) Helen Eileen Slorach

 Helen Eileen Slorach was born to William John Slorach and Leila Margaret Borthwick on 5 Sept 1910, in Kenora, Ontario, Canada.  

Eileen's birth registry:

via: ancestry.com

This would make her Lillie's cousin, about 6 months older than her, and appears to have gone by the name Eileen.

Home of her youth:

217 Fourth Ave North, Kenora, Ontario, Canada

(via: google maps street view, July 2020)

The following provides the paper trail I have on Eileen, including her marriage to Mr. Albert Edward Ede (of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) on 24 May 1937, in Kenora, Ontario, Canada.

Bridal shower for Eileen:

SOURCE: Winnipeg Tribune 1937, May 21, p.12

via newspapers.com, Sept 2019

Wedding at home notice:

SOURCE: Winnipeg Tribune 1937, May 25, p.8

via newspapers.com, Sept 2019

Additional wedding notice:

SOURCE: Kenora Miner and News 1937, May 25, p.6

Eileen's husband Albert preceded her in death 1977 at age 65.

She died 9 May 2002 at age 91.

She is buried in the Lake of the Woods Cemetery, in Kenora, Ontario, Canada

SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65719617/eileen-ede

I would like to find further death info, such as obituaries, to further confirm their history and potential descendants.

Life and Death info on (Aunt) Isabella Charters Jardine

 Isabella Charters Jardine was Lillie's aunt, 

being the baby sister to William Jardine (Lillie's father).

According to these documents the following dates apply for her:

BIRTH: 27 March 1886, 

Benlester, Lamlash, Isle of Arran, Scotland

DEATH: 23 August 1888, 

Colquhar, Innerleithen, Peebleshire, Scotland

It appears she died from the effects of hydrocephalus and epilepsy (fluid on the brain) after suffering from it for at least a year.

She was nearly 2 1/2 years old when she died,

so William would have been about 5 years old when she passed away.

Birth Notice:

SOURCE: Southern Reporter (Selkirk, Scotland) 1886, Apr 1, p3, 

via findmypast newspaper archive

Death record:

SOURCE: ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk

Death notice:

SOURCE: Southern Reporter (Selkirk Scotland) 1888, Aug 30, p3, 

via findmypast newspaper archive

Life and death info on (Uncle) William John Slorach

William John Slorach was Lillie's uncle.

He was married to Lillie's father's eldest sister, Leila.

The story on him thus far is as follows:

He was born 4 May 1885

in Hutchesontown (Glasgow), Lanarkshire, Scotland

 to father Alexander Slorach

and mother Helen Ingram (Slorach)

View of Hutchesontown

SOURCE: online

He was the second known child in what became a family of seven children (known).

Earliest records show him involved with the railway (as did his father) at age 15 as a telegraph clerk in 1901.

It appears he immigrated to Canada at age 21 (listed as a Locomotive Fireman by trade) in May 1907.

He applied for a homesteading grant in the summer of 1909, but he was listed as a Fireman in the Kenora, Ontario, Canada region when he married "Leila B Jardine" on 31 March 1910.

Marriage register:

SOURCE: familysearch.org

Their daughter Helen Eileen Slorach was born just a few months later in September 1910.

Google maps image of home their baby was brought home to in 1910

(217 Fourth Ave North, Kenora, Ontario... it's the duplex on the right covered by the bush).

The little family lived in Kenora when their daughter married in 1937, and after Leila died in May 1941, at some point William moved to British Columbia and married Martha Krempin.

He died 7 March 1982, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

He was 96 years old.

William's death certificate:

SOURCE: http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy

He is apparently buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, in Burnaby, BC, Canada.

Death info on Sandra Lee Sulser

Sandra Lee (Lythgoe) Sulser was George and Lillie's youngest daughter.

Sandra Sulser:

From the personal albums of Alice Hullinger, April 2015

(cropped from a Christmas card)

According to these documents the following dates apply:

BIRTH: 22 July 1938, Salt Lake City, Utah

DEATH: 4 March 2009, Helper, Carbon, Utah

She was 70 years old when she died.

Sandra's obituary:

SOURCE: Deseret News 2009, March 6, p.B7

As her death was recent, I won't transcribe it at this time.

Funeral program (outside):

Funeral program (inside):

From the personal albums of Lane Lythgoe, scanned March 2009