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Mary Ann Jones was born in Tennessee, the oldest child of eleven born to her parents Richard Jones and Margaret Jenkins. Her family heard the message of the missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and were baptized. The family migrated through several states and towns with the Saints, settling for a time […]
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Emily Jane Gale was born to Charles Gale and Amanda Jane Cloward in Payson, Utah County, Utah. She was the oldest of twelve children born to her parents. In 1892 she married Isaac Albert Hancock. We do not know if they had children. Emily was the sister of direct ancestor William Thomas Gale who married […]
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Direct ancestor Margaret Jenkins Jones was born in Tennessee to John Jenkins and Ann Stevens. She was the oldest of eight children born to her parents. In about 1816 she married Richard Jones. To them were born eleven children. The oldest, Mary Ann Jones Jacaway Bates Davies is our direct ancestor. Our ancestral line comes […]
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John Francis Maddison was born in England to Maria Susannah Merrick and John Maddison. He was the oldest of four children born to these parents. John’s parents were not married but lived together during the time when their children were born. John was the oldest brother of ancestor Flora Louisa Maddison Long Maiben. He heard […]
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This is one of many keepsake photographs on this site of Flora Louisa Maddison Long Maiben. It is believed that this portrait was taken of her while she was in her thirties. Another entry on this site tells her story and includes a portrait of Flora as a young girl while another entry shows Flora […]
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Herbert Sant was the son of Isaac Sant and the grandson of Abel Sant and Ellen Smith. His grandfather was brought from England to Australia on a convict ship for the crime of having a file in his lunchbox. Such were the questionable crimes that allowed England to have labor for the new colony. Herbert’s […]
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To appreciate this man, Isaac Sant, one must read the summary about his father Abel Sant. Isaac was born in New South Wales in 1852 to Abel Sant and Ellen Smith. His father was brought to Australia on a convict ship from England. His crime was having a file in his lunchbox. At the time, […]
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This is an excerpt from a much larger article about ancestor Anthony Sadowski. Our personal files contain it in its entirety. This ancestral line of Thomas Watrous intercepts the line which includes the Vansant Family. Anthony, sometimes written as Antoni, married Mary Bird. Their daughter Sophia married William Darling. Their son Robert Darling married Mary […]
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This is one of the ancestral lines of Thomas Watrous and thus his children and grandchildren. Beginning with the oldest ancestor mentioned in this summary, we descend as follows: Harman Gerretszen Van Sandt, son of Gerret Stoffelse Van Sandt. Harman married Elizabeth Brauwers Cathrina, daughter of Harman and Elizabeth Van Sandt married Daniel Severns Elizabeth, […]
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John Ulrich Giesy was born in Ohio to William Giesy and his wife Annie. At the age of two he is found with his parents in Kansas and at some point, he came to Utah with his parents. His father set up an insurance business and John became a physician. They listed their office spaces […]