Margaret Eliza Shoemaker Clement's Cupboard

As mentioned previously, Margaret Eliza Shoemaker Clement is the daughter of Margaret Taylor and the one to whom we owe much of the memories we have of Margaret Taylor. One of the treasured keepsakes of Margaret Eliza and Thomas Alma Clement is the cupboard they purchased while living in Menan, Idaho. Thankfully it survived when their Mesa home burned. Granddaughter, Alta Clement Willis, tells about this cupboard in the podcast to the left labeled "Margaret Eliza Clement's Cupboard."
Margaret Eliza Shoemaker Clement is shown with her husband, Thomas Alma Clement in the inset above.

Margaret Eliza Shoemaker and Thomas Alma Clement's home in Menan Idaho is pictured above.

The new home of Emily Maude Johnson and Lester Elden Clement is pictured above.

Granddaughter Mary Clement Johnson is shown above with her husband Tone Johnson. She was the first to store the cupboard after Maud and Lester Clement's deaths.

Grandson, Donald Clement is shown above in his younger years. Donald was the second grandchild to store the cupboard.

Granddaughter Nione Clement Larsen is shown with her husband Roger Larsen. Roger and Nione restored the cupboard to its present condition.

The restored cupboard of Margaret Eliza Shoemaker and Thomas Alma Clement.

Fire Claims Margaret Eliza Shoemaker Clement's Home

Further memories of Margaret Eliza Shoemaker Clement are shared by her granddaughter, Alta Clement Willis. [Margaret Eliza Shoemaker Clement is the daughter of Margaret Eliza Taylor Shoemaker.] You can listen to these memories through the podcast to the left labeled "Fire Claims Margaret Eliza Clement's Home." Below are photos of some of the people who are mentioned in these memories.



Lester Clement is the youngest child of Margaret Eliza Shoemaker and Thomas Alma Clement. He is also Alta's father who she fondly remembers as "Papa."

Emily Maud Johnson Clement is Alta's mother ("Mama") and wife of Lester Elden Clement.

Lester and Maud's family a few years after this incident. Margaret (sitting on your right) was a toddler at the time of the fire.

Margaret Shoemaker Clement, daughter of Margaret Taylor, was about 68 years old at the time of the fire. She is Lester's mother and Alta's grandmother.

Alex Clement was Margaret Eliza Clement's son and Lester's older brother. Margaret Eliza was visit his home (also in Mesa, Arizona) at the time of the fire.

Margaret Clement shown here as a toddler with her older sister Mary. She had followed her mother, Maud, outside and therefore escaped the fire. Margaret and Mary are Alta's older sisters.

Margaret Eliza Shoemaker Clement's home after it was rebuilt.

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Roger Larson, digitized photos.

Alta Willis Clement, Memories of My Grandmother, Margaret Eliza Shoemaker Clement, interviewed by daughter, Janet Willis.

Margaret Eliza Shoemaker Clement

Margaret Eliza Taylor's daughter, Margaret Eliza Shoemaker Clement was instrumental in the details we know about Margaret Eliza Taylor. In her later years she gave a history that included many details about her mother and father and their experiences. Alta Clement Willis is her granddaughter and a living link to her past. Alta lived near Margaret Eliza Shoemaker Clement during her final years. Although just a young girl at the time, Alta retains some memories of Margaret Eliza Shoemaker Clement, held strong through the bond of love she developed for her soft-spoken, loving grandma. A debt of gratitude is owed to Alta for sharing these memories and to Janet Willis, her daughter, for recording them. You can listen to a portion of these memories as you look through the following photographs. Just click the black button to the left labeled "Margaret Eliza Shoemaker Clement daughter of Margaret Taylor."
Margaret Eliza Shoemaker and Thomas Alma Clement family photograph. Their youngest child, Lester, is Alta's father and is sitting on Margaret Eliza's lap.

Lester Clement's home, which he moved near his mother's home to help her in her aging years.

Margaret Eliza Taylor's home in Mesa, Arizona. She moved to Mesa from Menan, Idaho in 1906.

Alta Clement (Willis) is shown here as a young girl. Her grandmother passed away on February 14, 1929 at the age of 81 years. Alta was 7 years old at the time.

Alta's sister, Dora was born in April of 1928, giving a reference to about the time the following photos were taken.

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Larson, Roger and Nione Clement Larson. Digitized Photographs.

PODCAST
Kearns, Richard. "Study 6." Studies for piano. Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license, 2000. Posted 29 September 2009. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category: Piano_solos. Accessed 3 March 2011.

Willis, Alta Clement. Memories of Margaret Eliza Shoemaker Clement. Recorded by Janet Willis.