Lelia Tuckett

26 March 1855–23 March 1937

Born 26 Mar. 1855 in Salt Lake City.[1] Daughter of Henry Tuckett and Mercy Ellen Westwood.[2] Baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Abraham Hoagland, 3 June 1863.[3] Attended Morgan’s Commercial College, in Salt Lake City.[4] Served as a counselor and secretary in the Salt Lake City Eleventh Ward Retrenchment Association, 1871–1878; edited the Eleventh Ward’s Star, a manuscript journal, 1870.[5] Married James Perry Freeze Jr., 14 June 1875, in Salt Lake City; four children.[6] Founding member of the general board of the Primary Association; general secretary to President Louie B. Felt, 1880; first counselor, 1888.[7] Served as an aid-at-large for the Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association (YLMIA) general board while serving in the Primary, 1890–1904.[8] Wrote articles for the Deseret News, Woman’s Exponent, Improvement Era, Young Woman’s Journal, and Children’s Friend while on the general board of the YLMIA.[9] Released from the YLMIA, Sept. 1904.[10] Cowrote a hymn, titled “Hymn of Praise,” with her brother, H. A. Tuckett, which was included in the Deseret Sunday School Songs, 1909.[11] Living in Los Angeles, 1919; resided in the Ocean Park Ward in the Los Angeles Stake, by 31 Oct. 1920.[12] Served as counselor and president of the Ocean Park Relief Society.[13] Served as a member of the California Relief Society mission board, 1920–1924.[14] Died 23 Mar. 1937 in Salt Lake City.[15]

 

[1] “Endowments of the Living, 1868–1872,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. G, p. 238, line 7, Leila Tuckett, 20 Feb. 1871, microfilm 1239501, DGS 7751472 (restricted access), FHL.  “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org,  accessed 28 Aug. 2018), Lelia Tuckett (KWJD-4MD). 

[2] “Endowments of the Living, 1868–1872,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. G, p. 238, line 7, Leila Tuckett, 20 Feb. 1871, microfilm 1239501, DGS 7751472 (restricted access), FHL. 

[3] Record of Members Collection, 1836–1970, Ocean Park Ward, 1920–1928, p. 136, Lelia T. Freeze, CR 375 8, image 37/411 (restricted access), CHL.

[4] Dennis Lythgoe, “Education Pioneer,” Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 26 June 1998, C-1. Susa Young Gates, History of the Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from November 1869 to June 1910 (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1911), 149–152.

[5] Eleventh Ward, University West Stake, Manuscript History and Historical Reports, 1849–1979, YLMIA, LR 2569 2, CHL. Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History, 1901–1936), 4:284. Eleventh Ward Salt Lake Central Stake, Our 130th Birthday, 1849–1979: History of Eleventh Ward ([Salt Lake City]: Eleventh Ward, [1979]), 6.

[6] “Sealing of Couples, Living and by Proxy, 1851–1889,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, vol. J, line 3708, James Peery Freeze Jr. and Leila Tuckett, 14 June 1875, microfilm 183400, DGS 5270323 (restricted access), FHL. 1910 U.S. Census, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, ED 141, p. 4A, Lelia T. Freeze.

[7] Susa Young Gates, History of the Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from November 1869 to June 1910 (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1911), 149–152. Lillie T. Freeze, Papers, Writings and Mementos, MS 316, CHL. “Primary Associations,” Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 12 Dec. 1880. Jill Mulvay Derr, Carol Cornwall Madsen, Kate Holbrook, and Matthew J. Grow, eds., First Fifty Years of Relief Society: Key Documents in Latter-day Saint Women’s History (Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2016), 623. “Afternoon Session,” Deseret Evening News, 6 June 1904. Susa Young Gates, Papers, ca. 1870–1933, MS 7692, box 89, folder 30, CHL.

[8] Susa Young Gates, History of the Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from November 1869 to June 1910 (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1911), 149–152. Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History, 1901–1936), 4:284. Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star, 19 Nov. 1903, 740. “Current Events: Y.L.M.I.A. Association Conference,” Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 17 Oct. 1891, 551.

[9] Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History, 1901–1936), 4:284. “The Fruits of Our Labor,” Woman’s Exponent, 15 Nov. 1880, 95. “The Fruits of Our Labor,” At the Pulpit, edited by Jennifer Reeder and Kate Holbrook (Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2017), 69–71. Susa Young Gates, Papers, ca. 1870–1933, MS 7692, box 89, folder 30, CHL.  

[10] History of Women Files, Research Materials, Primary Association, Tributes to Primary Women, 1904, 1914, 1922, Susa Young Gates, Papers, ca. 1870–1933, MS 7692, CHL. “Members of General Board,” Children’s Friend, Feb. 1906, 58. 

[11] Lillie T. Freeze and H. A. Tuckett, “Hymn of Praise,” Deseret Sunday School Songs, 186.

[12] Record of Members Collection, 1836–1970, Ocean Park Ward, Ward Record of Members, 1920–1928, Index, p. 136, Lelia T. Freeze, CR 375 8, image 37/411 (restricted access), CHL.

[13] Lillie T. Freeze, Papers, 1886–1928, MS 316, images 4–7, 30–38/40, CHL. “Lillie T. Freeze,” Relief Society Magazine, May 1937, 330.

[14] “Editor’s Table: Conference at Gridley, California,” Improvement Era, Jan. 1922, 267–268.

[15] Utah State Archives Indexes,” database and images, Utah State Archives (https://archives.utah.gov, accessed 3 Sept. 2018); Utah Department of Health Office of Vital Records and Statistics Death Certificates, series 81448, file no. 587 (1927), Lelia Tuckett Freeze. “Lillie F. Freeze,” Relief Society Magazine, May 1937, 330. “Death Closes Rich Career of Church Worker, Mother,” Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 24 Mar. 1937, 3.