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Rufus Richardson was born in Vermont to Jesse Richardson and Anna Jones. He was the youngest child of four born to his parents. He migrated with his family from Vermont to Connecticut to Ohio along with many others, including our direct ancestor Timothy Watrous and his family. They settled in Muskingum County, in Monroe Township […]
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Juliet Galena Conwell Giesy was born in Utah and died there after being a resident for 50 years. Her first name was for her aunt Juliet, her mother’s sister. Her middle name, by which she went, is the name of an ore. Perhaps as her father was a miner, the name appealed to them. Her […]
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Demie Seville Pancake was born in Jefferson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio to Samuel Crawford Pancake and Catharine Darling. She was the fourth of thirteen children and was named for her maternal grandmother Demie Butler Darling. In 1877 she married Theodore Washington Whiteley at her parents’ home in Blandinsville, Illinois. She and her husband Theo migrated […]
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Albert G. Conwell was born in Illinois. He married Carrie Virginia Pancake, daughter of Samuel Crawford Pancake and his wife Catharine Darling in about 1876. Albert and his wife Carrie were the first of her large family to come to Utah to work and invest in the explosion of profitable mines. Albert and Carrie settled […]
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I have always loved this church. It was built on a corner just one half block from the home where I lived when I was born and where I lived until I was almost five. It was called the 29th Ward. When the Salt Lake valley was first settled, The Church of Jesus Christ of […]
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There are so many tragedies related to the early days of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. One such tragedy occured at a place called Mt. Pisgah, which is a name from the Old Testament. Here, the Saints were camped by the hundreds awaiting the time when they would move on to The Valley […]
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The Evergreen Cemetery in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa Wayne Watrous was the infant son of Everest Elliott Watrous and Edith Glendora Pancake. He was the second child in a family of four sons. Only two lived to adulthood. Of Earl, Wayne, Everest and Martin, only Earl and Everest survived. Wayne followed brother Earl Pancake […]
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James Newberry is one of the most interesting ancestors in our lines. He was born in New York to John Newberry and Jemima Benedict. His father was from New York and his mother from Connecticut. He was the eleventh child of thirteen born to his parents. In 1811 he married Mary Smith. They became the […]
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Henry Maiben was born in England to William Adam Maiben and Catherine Williams Cater. He was the fourth child of twelve born to his parents. His Maiben ancestors were originally from Scotland but his father moved from there to Brighton, England before Henry’s birth. Henry and his closest sibling John Bray Maiben were both educated […]
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Elsewhere on this website is information about the owners of these two Victorian homes. In 1910, William Franklin McVey had them built for his daughters Maude McVey Mount and Pansy McVey Burke. They sit side by side in Fresno, California. Maude and Pansy McVey were first cousins of direct ancestor Everest Elliott Watrous. Their mother […]