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Huldah Priscilla Hjorth was born to Danish parents as the seventh child of eight. Her parents were August Adrainus Hjorth and Huldah Content Terry. She lived in many different places in Utah including Fairview and Indianola. In 1910 she married William Thomas Gale. They became the parents of five children. Four grew to adulthood and […]
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“The Quaker Lovers” by Homer Pyle Henry Reynolds was born in Delaware in 1786 to James England Reynolds and Hannah Webster. He was the oldest of eleven children born to his parents. By 1803 he was living in Pennsylvania where he settled near New Castle and built a grist mill. In 1809 he married Sarah […]
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This is a photograph of Grace McVey and Sherman Adams. Grace McVey was born in Illinois to Ophelia Pancake and William Franklin McVey. She was the oldest child of six born to her parents. She migrated with her family from Illinois to Utah and then to California. Sometime before 1896, she married Ulysses Sherman Adams […]
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Elizabeth Thompson was the oldest child of four born to her parents John Thompson and Ann Odell. In 1825 she married Thomas Barker and together they became the parents of twelve children. The first five of six died as infants. Biographical sketches by Elizabeth’s children and grandchildren describe her as a kind and faithful woman. […]
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Effie Miretta Watrous was born in Illinois to Nathan Watrous and Amanda Jane Johnson. She was the oldest of three daughters. Her grandfather was Samuel Watrous, brother of our direct ancestor Jerome Timothy Watrous. In about 1886 she married Walter Robinson. They became the parents of five sons. Effie was born in Illinois and lived […]
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We came to know Abraham Maple during our quest to find the parentage of our ancestor Timothy Watrous. Timothy Watrous had two sons from his marriage to Mabel Rowley. They were Samuel and William. Timothy had one son from his marriage to Mabel’s sister Mary Rowley. He was our direct ancestor Jerome Timothy Watrous. Louisa […]
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This is the city cemetery in Terre Haute, Henderson County, Illinois. I remember when I began my research into our ancestors in this place. The person I contacted was maintaining a website for US Genweb. She informed me that there was no such place as Terre Haute in Illinois. Well, here it is and we […]
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Hannah Maria Newberry Morris was born in New York to James Newberry and Mary Smith. She was the sixth of ten children born to her parents. Nothing is known about her childhood except that which is recorded in her father James’ ancestral summary. Hannah heard the message of the Gospel from missionaries of The Church […]
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Some stories are hard to read. The story of the life of Sarah Stedwell is one of those stories. She was born to Abraham Stedwell and Rebecca Shefield in New York. She was the second of ten children born to her parents. Her family moved from New York to Ohio and then to LaHarpe in […]
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Mary Shaw was born in England to Richard Shaw and Elizabeth Postles. She was the eleventh child of twelve born to her parents. She married John Sant in 1831 and became the mother of twelve children. Their daughter Elizabeth who married Thomas Winterbottom is our direct ancestor. Mary’s husband John met the missionaries of The […]