Service Station in Idaho.

George and Lillie operated a gas station in Idaho for some time, as did Lillie's parents, Bill and Rose Jardine.

It's unclear who was running the station at the time these photos were taken, but they all come from the personal albums of Alice Hullinger, daughter-in-law of Violet J. Ward, scanned April 2015.

Texaco Station.

Jackie Lythgoe in front of pump.

 

Violet and friend on service station sign.

Violet and friend posing on bikes in front of station.

Violet on front of bike with friend, at the station.

Violet Jardine in front of station advertisements.

Life & Death info on (Aunt) Leila Margaret Borthwick Slorach

Leila Margaret Borthwick was William Jardine's eldest sister, 

making her Lillie's aunt.

From the personal albums of Lane Lythgoe, 

inherited from Lillie Jardine, scanned April 2013.

According to the most reliable sources, the following dates apply:

BIRTH: 15 Jan 1877, Thomastown, Kilkenny, Ireland

DEATH: 21 May 1941, Fort William, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

It appears she was born 2 years before her mother married John Jardine, so many records show her surname as Borthwick, although some show it as Jardine.

What was her mother doing in Ireland at age 23?  My assumption is working.  Not aware of what means she became pregnant with Leila, but it appears Leila considered John as her father figure, as far as the paper trail goes.

Her younger years were assumed spent on the Isle of Arran as her father attended to sheepherding business there, but she is listed in 1881 (age 4)  living with her maternal grandparents and other cousins (Lawrence and Joan Borthwick)... why not with her parents?

After her mother died in 1888, and her father died in 1890, the children were divided among relatives. Leila appears to have stayed on with the maternal grandparents in 1891 (age 14), and in 1901 is still living with her aged grandmother and uncle (Joan Borthwick and Uncle Walter) at age 23, working as a domestic servant in the area.

Screenshot of "Lily M" in 1881 Scotland census:

SOURCE: familysearch.org

Screenshot of Leila in 1891 Scotland census:

SOURCE: familysearch.org

Screenshot of Leila in 1901 Scotland census:

SOURCE: familysearch.org

Leila immigrated to the Ontario, Canada area sometime between 1901-1907... there are vast discrepancies with those dates, and no immigration paperwork has been found, but at least we have a ballpark.  We also have this letter from her to her brother Bill dated 1906.  Bill immigrated in about 1904, and the letterhead here is of scenes from Kenora, so sometime around 1905 is a safe guess.

Letter from Leila to brother Bill (Lillie's dad)

From a family envelope with Shirley Lythgoe, scanned July 2014.

*Letter transcription:

Kenora, Ont, March 22, 1906

Dear Brother

I have been waiting for a letter from you this long time I got a letter back that I wrote to you about two months ago I also wrote to J Blyth to know if you were dead or alive if you are alright I wish you would write (p2) and let me know if you are well.  Bill we are having pretty cold weather here yet but it wont last much longer spring is getting pretty close.  I am firing yard engine In [Ignnue? likely name of town] but I intend going back to Kenora pretty soon to fire (p3) a main line engine there is going to be all kinds of water here this summer on the CTR I hope is last for two or three as we think it will.  Bill I intend sending you that $$50 dollars back this summer so [don't] be afraid that I am not sending it to you-- (last pages likely lost).

Leila was listed as a housemaid at the time of her marriage to William John Storoch (a fireman, age 25) 31 March 1910 in Kenora, Ontario, Canada.  The math here doesn't add up because she lists her age as 29, but based on the year she was born she would have actually been closer to 33... hmm...

Marriage register:

SOURCE: familysearch.org

Her daughter Helen Eileen Slorach was born about 5 months later on 5 Sept 1910 in Kenora, Ontario, Canada.

Leila gives birth to a daughter:

SOURCE: ancestry.com

Ontario, Canada births, 1858-1913

It appears they spent their whole life in the Kenora area.

Their daughter married in 1937, and Leila developed complications from Pulmonary tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus, after a 17-day stay at the Fort William Sanitarium in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Helen Eileen's wedding notice:

SOURCE: Kenora Miner and News 1937, May 25, p6.

Fort William Sanitarium, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

SOURCE: found online via google search.

Newspaper death notice:

SOURCE: Kenora Miner and News 1941, May 23, p1

Death certificate:

SOURCE: ancestry.com

There are many discrepancies on these records

(Note: It shows her parents were from Ireland?  And her birthdate is listed as 17 March 1885 (St. Patricks Day) although the 1901 Scotland census shows her birth year as 1878, and the Ireland birth register index shows her birth date as 15 Jan 1877.

Bill Jardine: Ladies Man

Bill Jardine was Lillie's father.

Among the photos left to Lillie were quite a handful of past girlfriends that her father had had over the years.  There's no way of fully understanding each story, but the fact that they were all thus labeled as girlfriends AND KEPT for all these years, means Bill had quite the colorful history... I wish we could inquire further.

The following photos are all from the personal collection of Lane Lythgoe (scanned April 2013), inherited from Lillie Jardine, unless otherwise stated.  Their labels in quotes are what was found written on the photo somewhere, usually the back.

"Engaged girl friend of Bill Jardine he left in Scotland". (middle girl)

"Dad's widow in Almo- 1st engaged girl friend in USA"

"Girlfriend of Bill Jardine"

They are all in similar dress and fashion, which makes me place them around 1900-1909.

Rosetta Badger, born 1877

Rosetta Badger was Lillie's mother.

She was born on 15 Feb 1877

in Fielding, Box Elder, Utah

Center Street, Fielding, Box Elder, Utah

(google maps screen shot taken by me).

She was born to John Chamberlain Badger (of Vermont) and Isabella Burt (of Scotland)

She was the 5th of 7 known children to that couple.

(There are no Utah birth certificates available until 1905)

Map of Fielding, UT, in relation to Ogden, UT to the south and the Idaho border to the north.

Other noticeable events that occurred the same year as her birth:

Rutherford B. Hayes is determined President of the United States.

Earmuffs are invented.

Crazy Horse surrenders in Nebraska, and is later killed.

Thomas Edison invents the phonograph.

Brigham Young dies in August.

William Jardine, born 1881

William Jardine was Lillie's father.

William was born 13 September 1881,

in the Benlester District of Kilbride, County Bute (Isle of Arran), Scotland

at 10:15am.

Benlister Road, Kilbride district, Isle of Arran

(google maps screen shot taken by me).

He was born to John Jardine (a shepherd) and Joan Jardine (maiden surname Borthwick)

who were married 28 May 1879 in Moffat Parish.

Map of Isle of Arran, and the Kilbride area in relation to the mainland.

screenshot of google maps by me.

His father was likely engaged in shepherding on the island during this time as many of his other siblings were born here as well, although the bulk of their extended family were based in Selkirkshire, Scotland.

The birth was registered on 21 Oct 1881 in Lamlash, Bute, Scotland. 

SOURCE: ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk

Birth registers, search by name and year

He was born the 3rd of 5 children in that family.

Photo from online, of the view from West Kilbride on the island.

Other noticeable events that happened the same year as his birth in 1881:

Queen Victoria reigns.

Savoy Theatre opens in London and showcases the first public building with electric lights.

P.T. Barnum circus begins performing "Greatest Show On Earth"

American Red Cross is founded.

Sitting Bull surrenders to US federal troops.

Statue of Liberty is being erected in New York City.

Gunfight at the OK Corral.

Lillie J Lythgoe writes a quick bio

This scan was taken out of the genealogy books belonging to Shirley Lythgoe, Feb 2012.

TRANSCRIPTION:

"LILLIE JARDINE LYTHGOE

I was born on a stormy winter's night, at nine p.m. of February 14, 1911.  I missed my mother's birthday by three hours.

My Dad was William Jardine, who came to United States from Benlester, Kilbride Island of Arran, Scotland.  My mother was Rosetta Badger, daughter [of] John Chamberlain and Isabell Burt Badger.

We were living on an eighty acre farm called the Christopher place.  The log house had three rooms and a dirt roof.  A stream of water ran near the road and my folks hauled water by bucket for drinking and washing.

Lawrence, my brother was born eighteen months after I was, August 15, 1913.  My father was a sheep man and had herded sheep in Scotland.  He borrowed the money from Uncle Charles Kempton, with a hand shake for security, and bought eight hundred head of sheep.  He paid off the money to Uncle Charles in two years.

My mother was a very good manager, an excellent cook and sewed all our clothes.

I remember being chased by buck lambs, gathering the eggs and hauling wood chips for mother to heat the water to scrub our clothes on a wash board and to heat water to boil the white clothes in a boiler on the stove.

Dad entertained us in the evenings by playing for us on his father's violin.  He and Uncle Roy Badger furnished the music, violin and organ, for dances winter and summer in the old red brick school house.

Mama danced all the Virginia reels and old dances, with her brothers, Uncle Oscar and neighbors.  About midnight a supper was spread and then children put to bed on the benches pushed up against the wall.  Dancing continued all night.  Our young lives were happy and carefree.

Bonita Mae was born May 1, 1915 and Dad decided he needed more room for his sheep so he traded Uncle Roy Badger for the one hundred sixty acre Lee place and gave him cash difference.  This house had five room and mother soon had it looking nice.

My mother was a registered nurse and cared for my father and I when we got the flu and almost died.

I attended eight grades of school in Standrod then went to Acequia for Junior High and stayed with Uncle Roy and Aunt Olive Badger.  I was home Christmas and being homesick never went back.  The next fall I was sent to Yost, Utah for the ninth grade and my tenth was at Sacred Heart Academy in Ogden, Utah then back to Rupert, Idaho for eleventh grade.  I managed to get three years of high school.

I met and married George W. Lythgoe July 3, 1929 in Farmington, Utah.  We built and ran a Shell Service Station in Strevell, Idaho.  Jacqueline was born June 21, 1931 and we moved to Salt Lake and had a coal business.  We had three trucks.  Hartley was born August 28, 1934, then Sandra Lee was born July 22, 1938.

During World War II, I volunteered and trained for Red Cross and Home Nursing and nursed for two years.

We sold out because of George's health and moved to Heber, Utah and bought a five unit motel which we were able later to have twelve more units.  We lived there till January 1, 1955.

Jacqueline married Albert Winterrose and Hartley married Shirley Mahoney.  Hartley then volunteered for army service.  Shirley followed him to Colorado Springs, Colorado and worked in the bank.

Sandra Lee married Bud Sulser.

We sold the motel and bought a four hundred acre ranch in Pleasant Valley, Utah.  We built it up into an excellent ranch and sold it January 1, 1970 and Hartley built us a new home in Center Creek, Utah.

I cooked for the new Wasatch Company Hospital for three years and made all the salad dressings at the Homestead, Midway, Utah, for many years.

Our health has caused George and I to retire.  We enjoy going camping in our campers.

All our three children have been married in the LDS Temple and have raised their children in the LDS church and are all better people for having done so.

We just celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary.

Lillie J. Lythgoe"