Thursday, November 12, 2015
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Picture of CFB Lybbert and his family
This picture was taken of Christian Fredrick Bernard Lybbert and his family after Enoch C. Lybbert returned from his Norway Mission. Enoch C. is standing on the left of this picture. Can you identify others in this picture?
Friday, September 21, 2012
A Student in the Technology of Today
Some of us are not today's computer and web operators, in fact few are and it is difficult to maintain a blog of this sort. Other's have born with a silver spoon, or gift that enables them to post a lot of fun family experiences so we all can enjoy them also. Thank you for the insight of your family and the great experience you are having. Yes, this is a great family and we need to become better acquaited with those who are among us that should be reconized for their controbution to our country, family and community.
This is my next attempt to suply you with information of those who have passed on to their next step in their journey in eternal life.
These feature stories will be gathered from family members or other media sources that I find on the internet or have been emailed to me by you. My email address is 4home_call_enoch@centurytel.net
I encourage send me life experiences of your parents that other do not know about. Here is one of my fathers close encounter in his life that he told me many years ago you may want to read.
A Miracle at Fort Peck Dam
Written
by: Enoch H. Lybbert, Son
This is a short story about a close
encounter with death Harden Olden Lybbert experienced while working at the Fort
Peck Dam construction project in the State of Montana.
To build a large dam one must prepare
the dam site to be stable to hold back miles of water, called a reservoir.
The workers who work on excavation
of this loses or waste rock is lowered down over the face of the cliff by a
machine that has a series of wenches, each wench lower and raised one worker
who is attached to rope that dangled him over the edge of the cliff. It is
operated by one man who has the responsibility of the safety of each worker.
Rope running back and forth over hard rock soon wear out. Between the
operator and the worker
a close eye on the condition of the rope is essential to the workers survival.
After the worker became acquainted
with his environment perched on the end of a rope they became very acrobatic in
maneuvering themselves into the positions they are assigned to drill. Dad
explained to me how it felt to kick off from the face of the cliff, hundred
feet above the ground, while hanging onto a 30 lb. jack hammer and at the right
time flipping his rope up and over at the right moment to move the rope one way
or the other, adjusting to where the next hole was to be drilled.
Each morning after arriving at work
he would go to the tool wagon to check out a jack hammer and harness. After
little small talk with tool man and other workers he would sling the jack
hammer over his shoulder and walk to the edge of the cliff, he would strap on
his harness attach a rope to the harness signal the operator when he was ready.
He would then be lowered over to the position he was assigned to drill holes in
the face of the mountain.
For a break or at the end of a
shift father would give the operator a signal, to be raised up. On the way up he
would have to push off from the cliff several times swing back and forth to
avoid obstacles as protruding rock. Just as one reaches the top it toke lot of
strength to lift the rope from off the edge of the cliff to walk to the safe
zone, rather than be drug up over the edge of the cliff.
After the drilling team finished
their drilling the explosive crew comes in on the swing shift to pack dynamite
into the holes.
Then the midnight shift had the
responsibility of setting off the dynamite that blasts away the slag rocks. After a couple of hours the mucking crew come
in with large equipment that loaded huge dump trucks with the lose rock to be
dump downstream to protect the river from erosion after the dam is built.
Each night when the blast occurred, father
would be awakened and it would remind him of the dangers his job presented.
After completing a series of holes in cliff
face, he backed his jack hammer drill bit out of the hole an inch or two,
leaving his jackhammer attached to the drill bit. This procedure protects the
drill bit of becoming lodged in the hole so the operator can immediately begin
working on his return to his drilling area. He then gave the operator a signal
that he want to lifted up for a break.
On this occasion when he was
lowered down to his jack ham, it was not there. A large rock had broken free
from the cliff above the area where had been drilling, hitting the jackhammer square
on, busting it to pieces. They found it at the bottom of the cliff in many
pieces. If he had taken that break a little later he would have been one of the
many casualties of that dam building project.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Joachim Friedrich Lybbert
Joachim according to his Son CFB Lybbert was amenable in joining the Church when CFB contacted him while on his mission in Denmark at the age of 18-20. Shortly after this time he received word that his father died of a unusual death. Joachim was found with his head in a creek.
Questions of research:
Has anyone any knowledge at the time of his death was he a bachelor? or was he remarried? Were other children of a second marriage, if remarried? Where did he live when he died?
If you have information of these above question would kindly post them as you obtain them.
Thanks Enoch
Friday, September 5, 2008
Lybbert & Olsen Family History
This is our first attempt to communicate with the family of Christian Fredrick and Anthonette Marie (Olsen) Lybbert.
We want to annouce, there will be a upcoming Lybbert/Olsen reuion. Detail will be given in the near future from our President Melvin Olsen.
We will be listing in this blog highlights of our family, feature pictures, history, personal experienses of our family ancestors.
In turn we would appreciate your responce and your contributions, as information you have of your forefathers who are related to the CFB & Marie Lybbert family.
Signing off,
Your third and fourth generation cousins
We want to annouce, there will be a upcoming Lybbert/Olsen reuion. Detail will be given in the near future from our President Melvin Olsen.
We will be listing in this blog highlights of our family, feature pictures, history, personal experienses of our family ancestors.
In turn we would appreciate your responce and your contributions, as information you have of your forefathers who are related to the CFB & Marie Lybbert family.
Signing off,
Your third and fourth generation cousins
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