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This portrait preserves the six daughters of Henry Maiben and Flora Louisa Maddison.  Eventually all would marry and add their husbands’ names.  They are Elizabeth Harriett Maiben Magleby, Flora Louise Maiben Bates, Phoebe Maiben Candland, Catherine Mary Maiben Candland ( Phoebe and Catherine married brothers ), Emily May Maiben Robbins and Rosina Maria Maiben Jones.  […]

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Five surviving children of John Thompson Barker and his wife Jane Pickett.  They are, left to right, Clara Lzina Barker Pugmire, Nancy Alice Barker Henderson Johnson, Amos Eli Barker, Annie Pearl Barker Merkley and Mary Elizabeth Barker Sorenson.  All were born in St. Charles, Bear Lake County, Idaho.   By 1970, the last child of John […]

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After giving birth to seven healthy children, Clara Lzina Barker and her husband Justin Gerald Pugmire became the parents of two additional daughters.  Both died upon their births and are buried in the Midvale City Cemetery, Midvale, Salt Lake County, Utah next to their parents.

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This photograph was taken upon the birth of Wilma Watrous in 1916 in Utah.  She was the only daughter of Earl Pancake Watrous and Florence Nelson.  This is a three generation photograph.  On the left is Mary Maria Jenkins Watrous and her husband Everest Elliott Watrous.  The three boys are the children of Mary and […]

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This ancestor is a bit elusive.  We do know that her name is Catharine.  Some records show her as Catherine Cater Williams and others as Catherine Williams Cater.  Her connections are further confused by the fact that reliable records show her as the only daughter of John Hignall and Mary Green.  Thus, we are left […]

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Thomas James Barker was born in England to William Barker and Elizabeth Sanders.  He was the sixth of ten children born to his parents.  Nothing has been recorded about his childhood that we have found.  In 1825, direct ancestor Thomas married Elizabeth Thompson.  They became the parents of twelve children including their eighth child John […]

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Thomas Winterbottom was born in England to Samuel Winterbottom and Hannah Lees.  We do not know if he had siblings.  Nothing is known about his childhood.  In 1861 he married ancestor Elizabeth Sant.  Over the next nine years they became the parents of six children.  The youngest, Hannah Elizabeth Winterbottom was born one month after […]

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This is a photograph of the family of  Nephi James Bates 1848-1921 and children by his first wife Sarah Sprague Bates.  The photograph was taken in Monroe, Sevier County, Utah in about 1905. It was the site of the family homestead and family farm.  On the far left is direct ancestor Nephi James Bates 1875-1958 […]

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Mary Lucinda Pancake was born in Jefferson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio to William Pancake (Junior) and Maria Wilmot Gallagher.   She was the second child of four born to her parents.  Mary Lucinda and both sisters lived to adulthood while a younger brother Oliver died as a young child.   Mary’s family lived in the same vicinity […]

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This is the original home which John Jenkins (1846-1930) built in Pleasant Green, Utah.  He came to Utah from Wales with his family who were converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. The name of the town was later changed to Magna.  Over time the home changed as additions were made and the […]