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Issue 34 “ Love, Unity, Solidarity “ 2020 An Official publication of the Gilbert Family Organization, a non-profit ancestral organization for all descendants of Utah Pioneer Gilbert Belnap, created to preserve, perpetuate, and promote family solidarity. Issue 34 “ Love, Unity, Solidarity “ 2020 Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing, and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God (D&C 109:8). 1 IN THIS ISSUE R. Kirk Belnap, then Vice President of the Belnap Family Organization, opened the 2018 Belnap Family Reunion Held in reunion and speaker Steven G. Belnap spoke Sandy, Utah ………………………………….…...1 on Gilbert Belnap’s conversion to the Gospel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day 2020 Belnap Family Reunion……………………1 Saints in the days leading up to his baptism 2021 Birthday Anniversary ……………………...2 in 1841. Matthew Purcell spoke of Gilbert’s Belnap Family Organization News……………...2 years in Nauvoo followed by Julie Mosselle speaking on Gilbert and his family’s trek Belnap Family News (Seva Robertson)………..3 across the plain to Utah. A special video was Gilbert Belnap, Attorney for the Defense………4 presented by Ashley Belnap on The Life of Ancestry DNA Study and Covid-19 …….……….7 Gilbert Belnap (part 1), which presented a video glimpse of Gilbert’s early life. What the “State” of Utah looked like in 1918-1919 ……………………………………....7 Following the presentations and family Ebenezer Belknap ………..………………..…....10 group pictures, as well as introductions of family members and guests, the Belnap BBQ In Memoriam …………………………………….17 was held under the pavilion with special Crier Index (2002-2020)....................................... 26 music performed by “Bluegrass Thunder.” The reunion was informative, fun and well Belnap Family Organization Officers …...….….27 attended. Family Representatives…………………….…....28 2020 BELNAP FAMILY REUNION 2018 BELNAP FAMILY REUNION HELD IN SANDY, UTAH A gathering of the Belnap Family Organization (BFO) was held on 11th August 2018 at the Sandy Crescent Stake Center and Pavilion. The weather was hot as a heat wave was passing through the area, but we managed to stay cool in the Stake Center building for the BFO program and afterwards under the pavilion for a fine Belnap Style BBQ. The 2020 Belnap Family Reunion is being held by virtual media this year, due to the restrictions on gatherings mandate. A Issue 34 - 2 - 2020 “ZOOM” meeting is set for August 8, 2020 http://wp.belnapfamily.org/. Watch for with Keynote Speaker this year Dr. Ugo A. improvements to come within the next Perego, Director of the Rome, Italy Institute several months. I think you will like the new of Religion and visiting scientist at the look! University of Perugia, Italy. Dr. Perego holds a PhD. in Genetics and Biomolecular The BFO now has its own YouTube channel Sciences and has given over 200 lectures on for videos of interest to Gilbert’s DNA and Family History related topics. descendants, available here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3V_hH Also being presented this year is part 2 of GFNZENJwb2Bj1F8KA The Life of Gilbert Belnap , a video by Ashley Belnap. After the presentation the video will The BFO’s checking account at Wells Fargo, be available to view on the Belnap Family which had gone dormant and was about to Organization YouTube Channel. be closed due to no activity since 2018, has been reactivated. Test deposits have been 2021 BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY made through both direct transfers and PayPal to ensure the account is again fully operational. The BFO’s PayPal account has now been fully linked to the BFO Wells Fargo checking account. It is now possible for BFO to send and receive payments via PayPal. Donations/payments may now be sent directly to BFO via PayPal under this name: PayPal.Me/belnapfamilyorg 2021 will bring the 200th anniversary of both All BFO banking and social media accounts, Gilbert Belnap and Henrietta’s McBride including Instagram and Square, should now Belnaps’ birth. Gilbert was born in Hope be linked to the “master” BFO email address, Township, New Castle District, Ontario, which is: [email protected] Canada on 22 December 1821 and Heneritta was born 1 September 1821 in York, The BFO’s annual IRS Form 990-N for tax Livingston, New York. year 2019 has been filed. Please see attached confirmation of filing. BELNAP FAMILY ORGANIZATION NEWS The BFO’s annual corporate renewal with The following developments that have the State of Utah for 2020-2021 has been happened over the past 9 months or so since filed. the last full officers and family representative conference call: In response to inquiries from interested descendants, a new “Lineage Society A professional web developer has been hired Membership Information” page has been set (at no cost to the BFO) to update or up on the BFO website where lineage ”refresh” the BFO website, found here: application information specifically Issue 34 - 3 - 2020 developed for Gilbert’s descendants is important to have regularly updated (a) gradually being made available: genealogical information and (b) contact http://wp.belnapfamily.org/genealogy/lineage- information on all descendants. Let me society-membership-information/ know if you need help in developing an action plan to locate and keep in touch with In response to inquiries from interested descendants through your respective descendants, a new “DNA Research” page branches. Meanwhile, here’s the updated has been set up on the BFO website to info: communicate Y-chromosome, mitochondrial, http://wp.belnapfamily.org/interesting-info/fa and autosomal DNA test results important to mily-statistics/ Gilbert’s descendants. The page is still in some development. Meanwhile, check out BELNAP FAMILY NEWS this link to learn about DNA research opportunities: The Daily Spectrum (Saint George, Utah) http://wp.belnapfamily.org/genealogy/dna-res 1 Mar 2019 earch/ Seva Milan Robertson, A new history on the “Origin of the Surname daughter of Summer Belknap or Belnap” has been uploaded and is Belnap (Oliver) and available here: Joel Gilbert Robertson http://wp.belnapfamily.org/genealogy/belkna p-surname-origin/ Seva Robertson performed Clementi's New information is being posted regularly on Sonatina Concertata the BFO website. It would be wonderful if No. 3 Op. 36,1st everyone copied on this email could go Movement. Seva, age through their old photos and letters and send 12, was born in in digital copies of what you have—now—to Manhattan, New York to Joel and Summer the BFO for preservation and sharing. Robertson, and developed a passion for Please note that while FamilySearch, music at an early age. At five, she studied through the “Memories” module, provides a guitar with Kylee Peterson, Lisle Crowley wonderful way to share information with and Hal Stead, and by seven began piano others, it is limited in the amount and certain instruction with Paul Nickels. Under his types of information that can be shared. direction Seva received superior rankings in piano at the Southern Utah Performing Arts The “Family Statistics” page on the BFO Festival in 2015, 2016 and 2018 and superior website was recently updated with statistical ranking at the Zion Piano Festival in 2017. information on Gilbert’s descendants by She attended the Castle Rock Music Festival generation and by family branch. We for piano in 2018 at Dixie State University currently have information in the master and was recognized for her abilities in database on almost 11,500 descendants, improvisation. She currently studies cello although a rough estimate of total with Peter Romney, is part of the Sunrise descendants is somewhere between Ridge Intermediate Orchestra under the 14,000-16,000. We’re missing a lot! To keep direction of Kristen Candland, and is a the family organization functioning, it is very member of the Cello Society of Southern Issue 34 - 4 - 2020 Utah under the direction of Dr. Ka-Wai Yu. The Case of James (Jr.) 1 and Samuel At the 2018 Southern Utah Performing Graham2 is interesting in that the two boys Arts Festival, she received superior grew up without their mother, who had died rankings for cello, was recognized as an in Illinois, and their father, who was sent on outstanding performer and was asked to a mission for the LDS Church. A classic present a cello solo at the awards ceremony. example of a negative impact on children She also participated in the Dixie State from displaced homes. University Cello Festival in 2017 and 2018. Seva would love to learn a few more James Graham Sr. an instruments, and she dreams one day of Irish born Mormon conducting orchestras. She searches ways to convert, established share her love of music with others and is himself as a honest and grateful and humbled to perform with the religious man, being Southwest Symphony. You can watch a familiar with Joseph performance of Seva’s at: Smith in Nauvoo and was https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr called to assist Joseph =yhs-sz-001&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=sz&p=s Smith's presidential eva+robertson#id=3&vid=94375eab5ce8a865 campaign in 1844. He emigrated to Utah in 5671eba1cd0b8047&action=view the Howard Egan Company in 1849 along with sons Robert and James Jr. James GILBERT BELNAP Graham was the first permanent settler at An Attorney for the Defense what is now Riverdale, Weber County, Utah and settled there with his wives and Gilbert Belnap was one numerous children. In 1850 the remainder of the most civic of the Graham Family headed west in the minded individuals I Wilford Woodruff Company, but part way have ever researched. through the trek they were evicted from the He served as Ogden, train and traveled without the support of the Utah’s first Marshal, organized wagon train.
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