Vera Durrant

1903 - 1990  (86 years)

• Name	Vera Durrant
  Born	20 Aug 1903	Provo, Utah, Utah, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	27 Apr 1910	Provo, Utah, Utah, USA   [3]
  	Census 1910 Utah, Utah, Provo, Ward 3, District 194, SD 1 Utah, ED 19, sheet 11B, Dwelling 227, Family 227 Arthur J. Durrant, head, 37. Josephine, wife 39. First marriage for both; married 15 years, 7 children born, 7 living. Children: Arthur J. Jr., son 14; Aretta B., daughter 13; LeRoy G., son 10; Wallace P., son 8; Vera, daughter 6; Dora, daughter 4; James, son 1. All were born in Utah. He is a farmer working on his own account. Owns home with a mortgage. All can read and write except for the 4 youngest children. Arthur, Aretta and LeRoy are attending school. Next door to Rodney and Fusan Carter; Hela B. and Laura C. Johnson. Note: Durrant transcribed as Darraut; census is very hard to read.
  	Age: 6
  Census	15 Jan 1920	Provo, Utah, Utah, USA   [4]
  	Census 1920 Utah, Utah, Provo, District 207, 15 Jan 1920, SD 2, ED 207, sheet 13A, Farm, Dwelling 254, Family 258 A. J. Durrant, head, 47. Josephine, wife, 49. Children: Alfred J., son 24; Aretta, daughter 22; Elroy, son 20; Wallace, son 17; Vera, daughter 16; Dora, daughter 14; Monroe, son 10; Josephine, daughter 6. They own their farm free of a mortgage. All were born in Utah. He is a farmer working on his own account. All can read and write. Alfred and Wallace are farm helpers. Wallace, Vera, Dora, Monroe and Josephine are attending school. Next door to Mrs. Daniel Halladay; Mary E. Harvey.
  	Age: 16
  Died	9 Feb 1990	Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, USA   [1, 2]
  Obituary	10 Feb 1990  [5]
  	Vera Durrant Matthews, age 86, our loving mother and grandmother, died on February 9, 1990. She was born August 20, 1903 in Provo, Utah, a daughter of Arthur Joseph and Josephine Peay Durrant. On June 12, 1929, she married Douglas D. Matthews Sr. in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He preceded her in death on December 8, 1976. Vera attended Brigham Young University and was an active member of the LDS Church, serving in various capacities including, Relief Society President, South Cottonwood Ward; organist in the Primary and Sunday School and as a visiting teacher for many years. She was also a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, South Cottonwood Camp. Survivors: sons, Douglas D. Matthews and his wife, Elaine, Midvale; Leland D. Matthews and his wife, Karen, Salt Lake City; eight grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by seven brothers and sisters. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, February 13, 1990 at 12 Noon in the Little Cottonwood 6th LDS Ward Chapel, 6410 South 725 East, Murray. Friends may call at Goff Mortuary, 8090 South State Street, Midvale on Monday from 6-8 p.m. and on Tuesday at the Church one hour prior to the services. Interment: Larkin Sunset Gardens.
  	Age: 86
  Buried	Larkin Sunset Gardens Cemetery, Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, USA   [6]
  		Vera Durrant Matthews (1903 - 1990) - Find A Grave Memorial
  Person ID	I934	clanSoren
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Arthur Joseph Durrant,   b. 13 Sep 1872, American Fork, Utah, Utah, USA ,   d. 4 Jul 1949, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Josephine Peay,   b. 14 Aug 1870, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA ,   d. 28 Feb 1945, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Married	17 Oct 1894	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA   [7]
  Family ID	F347	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Douglas D. Matthews Sr,   b. 7 Jun 1904,   d. Dec 1976  (Age 72 years)
  Married	12 Jun 1929	Salt Lake LDS Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
  Children	01. Douglas David Matthews Sr,   b. 30 Mar 1930, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA ,   d. 12 May 2001  (Age 71 years)   02. Living
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2011
  Family ID	F1693	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S157] Findagrave.com, (Findagrave.com), Memorial# 33800978 (Reliability: 3). [S93] Social Security Death Index, Master File, Social Security Administration, (Ancestry.com.), Number: 528-03-5829;Issue State: Utah;Issue Date: Before 1951 (Reliability: 3). [S98] 1910 United States Federal Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, (Ancestry), Year: 1910; Census Place: Provo Ward 3, Utah, Utah; Roll: T624_1610; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 194 (Reliability: 3). [S82] 1920 United States Federal Census, Fourteenth Census of the United States, (Ancestry.com), Year: 1920;Census Place: Provo Ward 3, Utah, Utah; Roll: T625_1868; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 207 (Reliability: 3). [S140] Newspaper Articles, Clippings, On-Line Documents, Published in the Deseret News on 2/10/1990. (Reliability: 3). [S157] Findagrave.com, (Findagrave.com), Memorial 33800978 (Reliability: 3). [S172] BYU Idaho Special Collections and Family History, (BYU Idaho) (Reliability: 3). Groom's Last Name: DURRANT Groom's First Name: Arthur Joseph (22) Bride's Last Name: PEAY Bride's First Name: Josephine J. (24) Bride's Residence: Provo Groom's Residence: Provo State: Utah County: Utah Place: Salt Lake City Marriage Date: 17 Oct 1894 Partial Date: null Volume: 2 Comment: null Page: 215