I was born in a red brick home in West Weber, Weber County to James Rankin McFarland and Mary Eliza Etherington. It was on a hot summer day of July 29, 1897. My mother has said that she suffered from the heat that summer.

After coming into this world, I wanted the attention of those around me so I did a lot of crying, as a baby, making it hard for mother to get her rest.

I am one of 9 children. There were 5 boys and 4 girls. William Albert, Laura Isabella, Olive Thomas, Archibald, John Mitchel are still living. Those who have passed on to the other side are Sarah Jane, James Earl and Mary.

I had most of the children's diseases but the one that lingers in my mind is the measles. I was about 14 years old and my temperature was rather high, I thought mother was piling chairs on top of my bed. I was glad when I was Well again.

My sister Olive had the smallpox and the rest of the family had to be vaccinated. I was real sick from the vaccination. It was quite a task for mother to keep us from going in the room where she was.

My first recollection of playmates were my many cousins. My Dad and Mother used to take the team and wagon and later the white top and go and spend the day with our Aunts and Uncles.

How well I remember those big hot dinners of chicken and noodles and Roly Poly boiled puddings.

We children would spend the afternoon playing house and dressing our kittens in dresses and bonnets and putting them to bed, They would sleep just like a baby.

My first doll was very special and I never did get too old to want one. The last Christmas I asked for a doll I got a beautiful picture album with a pink rose that stood out on the cover. I was disappointed at first but enjoyed the album so much and was happy that I had received it.

when I grew in to my teens I had many wonderful friends. We used to spend the nights with each other. How I longed to join the MIA and when I was old enough I enjoyed it so much. I took part in the various activities and with others was chosen with my brother as my partner to learn a dance to be put on later in the ward, we enjoyed the associations we made there. I played the part of Rose Walton in a 3 act comedy called "Why Smith Left Home" Cast of characters were Heber Gibson, John Heslop, Thomas Cook, David W. Hancock, Charles L. Heslop, Lula Telford Marsela Gibson, Leomie Green, Margaret McFarland, Irene McFarland, Mary M. McFarland, Florence Telford.

After one of our rehearsals we decided to go to an MIMA dance in Plain City. It was in Feb. and the mud was really deep. The horse was in mud to her knees and the shares broke loose and there we were. Florence Telford climbed out on the horse and drove or rode her to David Hancocks and borrowed another buggy and we were off to the dance. Father had to get the buggy out of the mud the next day.

The first time I ever worked away from home was in the canning factory in West Weber owned by James W. Levitt. I earned $50.00 for the season and it thrilled me to have my own money.

I was encouraged to pay tithing as my parents believed in the law of tithing. I went to the Bishop, who happened to be my Uncle Geo W. Etherington at that time, and paid my tithing. I valued the receipt of that tithing very much and still haven't among my keepsakes.

With my enrollment in MIA came parties and dates and I soon found myself being interest in one certain fellow.

After 2 years of courtship and many good times with our many friends we were married on the 22 of Dec 1915 in the Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah to Gordon F. Thompson of Plain City, Utah. We have been blessed with 7 children 5 boys and 2 girls. Our second child June only lived 3 weeks. She died of Pneumonia.