John and Marian Jensen Black Immediate Family

JOHN BLACK,  1ST GENERATION

JOHN BLACK 2ND GENERATION

REUBEN BLACK –

Reuben was born in Lehi (Mesa),Arizona. When he was a young man his family moved to Utah. His first job was going door to door selling Maytag washing machines. He later got a job with U.S. Gypsum in Sigurd, Utah. He started out by breaking gypsum rock with a sledge hammer and progressed to a truck driver. His next move was to observe and understand how to operate the heavy duty shovel used to dig gypsum. During this same time he and his wife, Beatrice,Dastrup Black  took over operation of the Mercantile in Sigurd, Utah.  Beatrice was the only clerk on the day shift and Reuben, in addition to his full time job, would take care of the store nights and weekends. When World War II broke out he left the gypsum plant and applied for a crane operator, and was accepted to work as an Operating Engineer building the Tooele Army Depot Base in Tooele, Utah. Once that job was over he went to Hanford Washington to build the nuclear production complex. Upon completion of the nuclear facility, he took a job as crane operator building the Geneva Steel plant Provo, Utah. Once the Geneva plant was finished he worked as a Operating Engineer doing projects assigned by the Union until he retired.

BEATRICE DASTRUP BLACK –

Beatrice was born in Sigurd, Utah. After high school graduation she married Reuben Black and joined him in operating the Sigurd Mercantile store. When World War II broke out, Reuben and her left the Mercantile and for a couple years she would catch a bus to Manti, Utah. And work as a seamstress making parachutes for the military men and women. Towards the end of World War II the family moved to Provo, Utah where Reuben was working. Shortly after, her and Reuben got divorced. Once she was alone, she got a job as a cook at Woolworths store. She left Woolworths and helped her daughter and son-in-law build and operate a restaurant in Moses Lake, Washington. After a time, she moved back to Provo and got a job working as an attendant at the Utah State Mental Hospital. She retired from there and accepted a job as Supervisor at Deseret industries. Where she worked for a number of years before retiring for the second time.

JOHN BLACK 3RD GENERATION

NEPHI BLACK –

PHOEBE LORRAINE BLACK –

JOHN DASTRUP –

MINNIE SNOW DASTRUP –

MARIAN FAYE JENSEN BLACK 1ST GENERATION

MARIAN FAYE JENSEN BLACK 2ND GENERATION

JAMES CHRISTIAN JENSEN –

DELLA SCOTT TAYLOR JENSEN –

MARIAN FAYE JENSEN BLACK 3RD GENERATION

CHRISTEN JENSEN –

ANE MARGRETHE JENSEN –

WILLIAM JOSEPH TAYLOR JR. –

ABBY JANE SCOTT –

OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS OF INTEREST

SARA “THE INDIAN GIRL” HARROP –

WILLIAM YOUNG BLACK –

JANE JOHNSTON BLACK –