Juliet Pancake Guthrie 1864-1957
2010
Juliet Pancake was born in Ohio to Samuel Crawford Pancake and Catharine Darling. She was the twelfth of thirteen children born to her parents. She was just fifteen when her parents left Illinois for Utah. In 1892, Juliet married Ralph Guthrie. They settled down in Utah where they lived their lives. Juliet and Ralph became the parents of one son named Boyd Leslie Guthrie.
Juliet was active in the Women’s Republican Club of Utah and in the Salt Lake Literary Club. By 1892, three years after her marriage to Ralph Guthrie, all of her large family had left Utah for other places. Upon a visit to Colorado, Juliet died. Her body was brought back to Utah by train in the company of her son Boyd. Her funeral was conducted by the Evans and Early Mortuary. The pastor of The First Presbyterian Church officiated at a service for her. The mortuary staff served as pallbearers. The pastor charged a $10 fee. The mortuary charged $75 for embalming. Ethel played the organ. Juliet had one niece still in Utah. She had actually been named for Juliet and was the daughter of Juliet’s sister Carrie Virginia Pancake Conwell Drage. She was Juliett Galena Conwell Giesy. Perhaps Galena attended the service.
Juliet was buried in the family plot purchased by her father in 1883 for $40. She joined her sister Demie Seville Pancake Whitely, her father Samuel Pancake, her brother Marion Pancake, her husband Ralph Guthrie, her nephew Martin Watrous and would later be joined by her son Boyd Guthrie, her niece Juliet Galena Conwell Giesy and Galena’s husband John U. Giesy.
The descendants of Juliet’s sister Glendora all lived in Salt Lake City. At the time of Juliet’s death her sister Glendora’s posterity consisted of two sons; one living named Everest Elliott Watrous who was Juliet’s first cousin and one deceased named Earl Pancake Watous. Everest had three sons and Earl a daughter and a son. If they knew about Juliet, they didn’t say. It seems that no one spoke of anyone in this family. It wasn’t until the year 2000 that we met Juliet Pancake Guthrie.
The migration of Juliet Pancake Guthrie
Ohio to Illinois to Utah