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100

Who sneaked "Levi" pants into a school backpack so they could change into something more casual at school?

Anne.  Rumor has it that she also had run-ins with the police.

100

Carl L. Bennett spoke at how many funerals?

51 or Over 50.

100

Which ancestor has the same birthday at Braden?

Dora Roberts Hayward, who is Braden's great grandmother and the namesake for his middle name.

100

What romantic couple were first cousins?

Carl Bennett and Ila Talbot.  She sent back his engagement ring while he was on his mission and he through it in the Arkansas River.  But they later married in Elko Nevada.

100

Name this person?

Steve Dennis in 1974

200

What are the unofficial middle names for Jessica and Cassie?

Jessica "Lucy" and Cassie "Rosie"

200

Which King of England is a direct great-grandfather who commissioned an English edition of a special book?

King James commissioned the King James Version of the Bible and was my 10th great-grandfather.

200

Who are four pioneer ancestors that lived in Nauvoo?

James Bennett & Ellen Pincock Bennett

Elizabeth Patrick Taylor

Samuel Driggs & Elizabeth Ann Taylor Driggs

Alexander Neibaur & Ellen Breakell


200

What ancestor joined the church in South Africa and then migrated to Kaysville Utah?

Henry Talbot or Ruth Sweetnam.  This was my grandmother's grandparents.

200

Who is the soldier in this photo?  Do you know which war?

Darrel Stuart

300

At what age did our earliest walker walk unassisted?

Jessica walked at 9 1/2 months. She also was our earliest talker and spoke in full sentences at 15 months.

300

Which relative drove on the streets of Moscow?

Darrel or Afton Stuart

300

Which "pen pal" ancestors were engaged three weeks after they first met?

Ellen Bennett and William Dennis.   William was in the Air Force with Wayne Bennett in Japan and started writing Ellen.  A year later, he visited her in Logan, and three weeks later (Christmastime) they were officially engaged in Bakersfield CA.
300

Which ancestor practiced polygamy and was imprisoned for a time with other church leaders?

David Marshall Stuart.   He served 10 missions and was a mission President.   He had two wives.

300

Name the ancestor in this photo?

Carl L. Bennett.  My grandfather on his mission in Arkansas in 1927-28

400

What was the name of Nathan's alter ego as a child?

Cowboy Leadant wore boots, a Cowboy hat, and rarely pants.  He corrected those who mistakenly called him "Nathan."

400

Who was the great uncle who fell off the Mayflower?

John Howland.  His brother Henry Howland is our 8th great-grandfather. His daughter, Sarah,  married into the Dennis Family.

400

Which ancestor survived the Indian Gauntlet, which required them to run through two lines of Indians who beat them with clubs as they passed?

David Marshall Stuart.  The story was written by Claude Stuart who won first prize literary award.  He completed seventh grade.

400

Which ancestor grew up in Paris?

Ira Hayward.  Anne's grandfather who taught English at USU and also didn't own a car.

400

Who is the ancestor?

Dora Roberts Hayward. She is Afton Hayward Stuart's mother.   She grew up in the Bear Lake area.
500

Which child went bungee jumping from a second-story window without the bungee?

Braden.  Mom was a little impatient with the old lady at the emergency room who was ahead of us.

500

How many eggs could Ellen Dennis hold and wash at one time?  And how many crates of 360 eggs did they fill each day?

She could hold and wash 5 eggs in her hand, and they filled 2.5 - 3 crates each day.

500

Which ancestor won a mink coat for writing a jingle about Maidenform bras?

Claude Stuart.   He wrote many jingles and short stories and won many prizes.

500

Who are four living ancestors whose first name was given in honor of their ancestors?

Ellen Bennett after Ellen Maria Bennett Talbot

William Dennis after William Brown Dennis or his Uncle Will Dennis

Ellen Stuart Lemaster after Ellen Fernelius Stuart

David Stuart after David Marshall Stuart.

Harold Stuart after Harold Hayward.

John A. Dennis, Jr. after John A Dennis, Sr.


500

Who is the young girl in this photo?

Evelyn Hoagland Dennis.  William A. Dennis's mother who was raised in Bakersfield, CA.

600

List all the cities we have lived in since Jessica was born in 1986?

Logan, UT; Orem, UT; Redmond, WA; Everett, WA; Issaquah, WA; Logan, UT; Fayetteville, AR; Cabot, AR; Rexburg, ID
600

Who was the ancestor who was shot in the head at the Battle of Sandusky during the Revolutionary war?

Captain John Hoagland (1730-1782) was one of the early casualties of the Revolutionary War at the Battle of Sandusky. A ballad was written by Dr. John Knight that describes the battle. In it he writes:

There was brave Captain Hoagland, I must not go past

He fought out and bravely while the battle did last

And on the retreat, to a fire did he go

What became of him after, we never could know

600

For at least how many generations in the Dennis family has the "crooked pinky" been evident?

Matthew or Derek?

Cassie

Steve

William

John

600

Who is John Gault?

The father of Mary Gault Dennis.  Mary and John Dennis, Sr. met in Finleyville PA when he was a school teacher at Mingo Schoolhouse and boarded with the Gault Family since John Gault was a school board member.

600

Name two of the four people in this photo?

John A. Dennis, Sr.  (went by Fred)

John A. Dennis, Jr.  (went by Jack)

Helen Dennis Hubbard

Mary Gault Dennis. (daughter of John Gault)

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