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posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous, Keepsake Photographs
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These portraits are sisters Mary Maria and Ada Rosella Jenkins. They are the daughters of John Jenkins and Rosella Newberry Morris. Since our direct ancestor, Mary, married Everest Elliott Watrous at the age of sixteen in 1902, we estimate that these portraits were taken about the same time. They were taken in Salt Lake City, […]
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Hartson Jerome Fitzgerald was born in 1860 in Missouri. In 1885 he married Mary Watrous Reynolds. Mary was the daughter of William Reynolds, who was brother of our direct ancestor Mary June Reynolds Watrous. Thus, Mary Reynolds Fitzgerald was the niece of Mary June Reynolds Watrous. It is not known why the younger Mary had […]
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JosephThompson Painter was born in Pennsylvania to William Painter and Martha Torton. He was the seventh of nine children born to his parents. His sister, Sarah Painter Reynolds is our direct ancestor. She married Henry Reynolds. Among the many accomplishments of Joseph Painter there are these: Served three years for the Union in the Civil […]
posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Sandra Gale, Keepsake Photographs
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This is a keepsake portrait of the family of William Thomas Gale and Huldah Priscilla Hjorth. They became the parents of five children but had four when this portrait was taken in about 1918. The children are Claude and Lavon in the back, Floyd on the left. He is the direct ancestor, and Maxine who […]
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August was born in Denmark to Niels Gregersen Hjorth and Johanna Dorthea Larson. He was the third of four children born to his parents. August’s parents were very poor. At the age of seven, he was sent to live with a man named Mr. Hansen who was responsible for August’s room, board and clothing in […]
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Charles was born in England to Charles Gale and Anna Marie Woodford. He was the oldest of six children born to his parents. At the age of twenty-two he married Emily Blake in the Copey Thorne Church in Cadham. He had always been a member of The General Baptist Church and was actively involved with […]
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This photograph includes children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of John Jenkins and Rosella Newberry Morris. It was taken in Pleasant Green which is today Magna, Salt Lake County, Utah.
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Amanda Jane was born in Provo, Utah County, Utah to Thomas Poulsen Cloward and Mary Page. She married Charles Gale as a plural wife in 1869 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her sister wife was Emily Blake Gale. Charles was a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and […]
posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Sandra Gale, Stories Within Stories
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The dictionary defines a keepsake as “something to be kept for the sake of or in memory of the giver”. These are keepsakes. My grandfather, Justin bought them for me one by one when I was too little to know. My mother carefully tucked them away until I was old enough to handle them and […]
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Sarah Jane Pugmire was the second child of eleven born to her parents Joseph Hyrum Pugmire and Eleanor Creighton. She was born in Cedar City, Iron County, Utah. By the time she married, in 1877, her family had left Cedar City and resided in Laketown, Rich County, Utah. Laketown is on the border of Utah […]