We are going to jump the gun a little bit for out Ancestor Birthday Spotlight. We were a little lean in our May birthdays, there were only two; Susan Burnett Brunt and Inez Player Smith. There are 10 June birthdays so we will start a few days early. Today we will highlight the grandmother of Inez Player Smith - Amazina Lees Player. She has a most unique birth story. Her birth is included in detail in the history of her father, John Lee quoted below.
"In April 1853, with the rest of his family, he (John) joined a group of Mormon emigrants who were coming to America from England. The trip from England to New Orleans took three months' time. Upon his arrival in New Orleans he immediately started for Utah. He traveled up the Mississippi River on the boat Amazon. After several days on the river the boat docked for repairs and the passengers were forced to leave the boat until it was safe to proceed again. It was while waiting here that their first child was born. It was a baby girl, who at the request of the ship's captain was named Amazina after the ship they were traveling on. When John knew that his wife was ill, he borrowed a mattress from the ship and made a bed for her under a tree. It started to rain, and with an umbrella held over her, in a driving rainstorm she gave birth to a lovely baby who came to the valley with her parents and grew to womanhood here."
Now that is a birth story that would be fun to share at a baby shower. That day was June 1, 1855. She lived the rest of her life in Bennion Utah until the age of 79. Happy Birthday Amazina.
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