Huldah Priscilla Hjorth Gale Lambert Cannon 1886-1974
2010
Huldah Priscilla Hjorth was born to Danish parents as the seventh child of eight. Her parents were August Adrainus Hjorth and Huldah Content Terry. She lived in many different places in Utah including Fairview and Indianola. In 1910 she married William Thomas Gale. They became the parents of five children. Four grew to adulthood and one was killed in a tragic accident. Priscilla, as she was known, was in an elevator with all of her children in a downtown Salt Lake City office building. Somehow, her little four-year-old daughter Maxine became trapped between the elevator and the wall and was crushed. It was a very difficult and heartbreaking loss for Priscilla and for her family. She was widowed at a young age and so worked at many jobs. When her children were grown, she spent some years in the Boston Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints taking care of the mission home. At that time, the missionaries lived at the home rather than out in the community.
In 1954, she married Alma Cannon Lambert, an old acquaintance whose wife had recently died. They lived in St. George, Washington County, Utah. After Alma’s death she married Claud Cannon and continued to live in St. George. She was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints who had been taught by her parents who were converts to the Church from Denmark. She gave freely of her time and talents in many endeavors and was loved by all who knew her.