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This keepsake photograph shows Everest Elliott Watrous on the left, an unknown man in the middle and a man we believe to be Henry Reynolds Watrous.  Henry is Everest’s father.  Since Henry died in 1923 this photograph was taken before then.  Taken in about 1921, Everest would have been in his late thirties.  For the […]

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This wonderful keepsake photograph is of Everest Raymond Watrous on the left with a friend.  Ray was the youngest of three sons born in 1909 to his parents Everest Elliott Watrous and Mary Maria Jenkins in Big Cottonwood Canyon outside of  Salt Lake City, Utah.  Ray appears to be about eight or nine in this […]

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This brochure was just one  of the many offerings at the Home and Garden Variety Store at 17th South and 17th East in Salt Lake City, Utah and the Brighton Village Store in Brighton, Utah.   Everest Raymond Watrous, the owner of both stores, was the first representative merchant in the Salt Lake City area […]

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This keepsake photograph shows direct ancestor Everest Raymond Watrous, center, and two friends.  This photograph was taken about 1930 in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Everest Raymond’s parents were Everest Elliott Watrous and Mary Maria Jenkins.  He was the youngest of three sons born to his parents.  He grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah . […]

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This photograph shows Everest Raymond Watrous behind the counter of his Brighton Village Store. It was located in Big Cottonwood Canyon outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. It was a wonderful, busy store and a favorite destination for skiers and those just out for a drive in the canyon.  The store sold food and some […]

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This is a photograph of the construction of the Brighton Bowery in Big Cottonwood Canyon outside of Salt Lake City, Utah.  It was built on the property owned by Everest Raymond Watrous where he owned and operated the Brighton Village Store.  It was built in 1966 from logs cut and transported from Oregon.  Ray and […]

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This keepsake photograph of Mildred Bates was taken in about 1928.  Her parents are Nephi James Bates and Flora Louise Maiben.  Mildred married Everest Raymond Watrous in 1932.  They became the parents of three children.

Mildred Bates 1920

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Mildred Bates is the daughter of Nephi James Bates and Flora Louise Maiben.  She was born in 1909 in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah.  This keepsake photograph was taken on the steps of their Richfield home.  Mildred Bates married direct ancestor Everest Raymond Watrous.

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This keepsake photograph of Mervin Reynolds and Wayne Elliott Watrous was taken in front of the family cabin in Big Cottonwood Canyon.  Their father Everest Elliott Watrous and mother Mary Maria Jenkins, and other family members worked at mining in the canyon and lived there until the children were ready to go to school. After […]

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Jesse Rowley was born in Connecticut to Elnathan Rowley and Lydia Wells.   He was the eighth child born to his parents.   The seventh child died at birth and had been named Jesse.  When our ancestor was born, his parents used the same name for him.   About 1774, Jesse and Bathsheba married.  They became the parents […]