Comments on: Eulah Marie Jewett: Queen for a Day, Daughter Forever

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:38:18 +0000

So nice to hear from you, R. This is one of my favorite stories, and I’m so glad she found her way back home to a family who wanted her.

By: R. Hoyt

R. Hoyt — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:33:09 +0000

Eulah is my great-great cousin, My grandmother has told me this story several times as a child. My family was elated to have her home and with us again and so glad she decided to take her friends advice. Her story is truly amazing and one that shows strength in family ties. I myself would want to know who I truly was if I was in her shoes. She has been a treasure to our family and we were blessed to have her back.

By: Michele Taylor

Michele Taylor — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:41:52 +0000

Katherine Taylor was actually a model on the show. I recently found a DVD on line of Queen For a Day with her in it.

By: Raymond Takashi Swenson

Raymond Takashi Swenson — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:50:26 +0000

My father’s mother was adopted from the Catholic orphanage on 21st South that was a parochial school the last time I was in town. Her birth mother tried to kidnap her at least once. In later life, she visited with her birth mother on a friendly basis, but her birth mother still kept a secret all her life from the daughter she had abandoned. Shortly before her own death, my grandmother was contacted by two women who said they were her neices, the daughters of a younger brother that her birth mother had never spoken of. He had grown up in Orem in a Mormon family and had just passed away. In going through his papers, his daughters discovered his adoption and birth mother, and in checking the records discovered the sister he had never known about.

In contemplating this story and the one in your blog post, what strikes me is how much children used to be treated more like pets than people. The importance of maintaining the human connections between parent and child, and among siblings, seemed to be little appreciated by some people, parents and otherwise.

By: Mormon Soprano

Mormon Soprano — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:41:32 +0000

Awesome! Thanks for sharing Eulah Marie’s compelling and miraculous story. Truly amazing.

By: Stephen Taylor

Stephen Taylor — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:05:37 +0000

One more really interesting article, Ardis.

By: Michelle Glauser

Michelle Glauser — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:03:14 +0000

Wow.

By: Maurine

Maurine — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:55:02 +0000

I think it is interesting that the foster family did not change Eulah Marie’s name to one they wanted, which would have made the reunion next to impossible to achieve. As it is, this is a very incredible story.

By: Hunter

Hunter — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:03:47 +0000

Wow — an interesting story. And this:

Eulah Marie very quickly had her reunion with her family – and was surprised, and delighted, to learn that except for one of her siblings, her entire family had joined the church just as she had.

Double wow!

By: Mina

Mina — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:25:08 +0000

A Keepa Kollection could be easily realized via an online publishing venue like Lulu.com which publishes volumes only as they are ordered. It would be a quick way of getting a nice collection to the loyal ninnies who want one.

Ultimately, though, a collection of your historical essays would made an interesting and solid “real” book and I hope you have something like that planned for the future…