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posted by Sandy on Stories Within Stories
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Among the inspiring stories surrounding our ancestors is the story of John Painter Reynolds. He was the youngest child of eleven born to his parents Henry Reynolds and Sarah Painter. He came to Illinois from his birthplace in Pennsylvania in 1836. His father Henry bought a farm two miles north of LaHarpe. After the death […]
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The events which took place in and around Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois are laced through the lives of many of our ancestors. Many were converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints in their native lands of Europe and in their towns and cities across New England and in other parts of America. They […]
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This keepsake photograph is of Mervin Reynolds Watrous, born 1903 on the right and his brother Wayne Elliott Watrous, born 1905 on the left. They were the two oldest sons of Everest Elliott Watrous and his wife Mary Maria Jenkins. Their younger brother Everest Raymond, born 1909 is our direct ancestor.
posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous, Keepsake Photographs
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This keepsake photograph is of Everest Elliott Watrous and his wife Mary Maria Jenkins. They were married in 1902 when he was nineteen and she sixteen. This photograph was most likely taken in about 1915 in either Salt Lake City or Park City, Utah.
posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Sandra Gale, Keepsake Photographs
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Samuel Sant Winterbottom was the second child of six born to his parents Thomas Winterbottom and Elizabeth Sant. His youngest sister Hannah Elizabeth Winterbottom is our direct ancestor. She married Justin Pugmire. Samuel was just seven when his father Thomas drowned while working on a barge where the family lived. He was baptized a member […]
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This keepsake photograph was taken in 1958 at the home of Everest Elliott Watrous and Susan Shirts Watrous in Salt Lake City, Utah. The occasion was Everest’s funeral. These are his three sons. Left to right they are Everest Raymond 1909, Wayne Elliott 1905 and Mervin Reynolds 1903. All have posterity to the present day.
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This keepsake photograph was taken at the family’s cabin near the present-day Spruces Campground in Big Cottonwood Canyon outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. Everest Raymond was the youngest son of three born to his parents Everest Elliott Watrous and Mary Maria Jenkins.
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This keepsake photograph was taken early in the marriage of Justin and Clara. They are our direct ancestors. Justin was born in 1892 and died in 1949. Clara was also born in 1892 and died in 1969. They are buried together in the Midvale City Cemetery, Midvale, Salt Lake County, Utah
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Many of our direct ancestors received religious ordinances in The Endowment House. It was built under the direction of Brigham Young in 1855 to serve the Saints until the Salt Lake Temple was completed. It was located in Salt Lake City, Utah on the north-west corner of the Temple Block which is today Temple Square. […]
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This home was built by direct ancestor Joseph Hyrum Pugmire for his family which included our ancestor Justin Pugmire. We do not know how long the family lived in it but eventually, Joseph sold it to his daughter Sarah Jane Pugmire and her husband Samuel Newton Henderson. Sarah and Samuel became the parents of thirteen […]