Locks of hair mean different things to different people!

Throughout history, a lock of hair carries symbolic value, depending on religious, cultural or sentimental roles. In the case of the Harris family of Nephi, Utah, we believe it is related to the Victorian Era, as it was common for bereaved family members to keep locks of hair from deceased children or family members, but also the giving of ones own hair to another was in consideration of love and devotion. Last week, we discovered a Scrap Book belonging to LaVon Harris Jones which has been sitting in an undiscovered box for over forty years. The inside cover shows who is to receive the lock of hair, and as such, our mothers two foot lock of braided silk hair was given to Jaynette Jones Grimard today, demonstrative of the love and devotion her mother had for her daughter. From various items in the secluded scrapbook, we are making a guesstimation the lock was taken in 1930. We have also included the lock of hair from her sister-Maggie Vera Harris, who died in 1907, at the age of eight. Both locks show the likeness of the soft fine dark blond hair of the sisters, both of whom promoted my action today.