Archive for the ‘Ancestors of Thomas Watrous’ Category
This is a photograph of Everest Elliott Watrous and his second wife, Susan Irvine Shirts. Everest had been a widower since his wife’s death in 1929 and boarded in the home that Susan owned. In 1945 they married and remained in her home until near Everest’s death in 1958 when he went to live with […]
Everest Elliott Watrous married Mary Maria Jenkins in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1902. Everest was nineteen and Mary sixteen. This portrait was taken upon their marriage. They became the parents of three sons who were Mervin, Wayne and Raymond. The youngest, Everest Raymond is our direct ancestor.
The biographies of Everest Elliott Watrous and his son Everest Raymond Watrous were written by Thomas Watrous. Both tell the tale of this family and their efforts over many years to find the magical mine. Henry Reynolds Watrous is on the left. He was a prominent attorney in the Utah Territories but his heart was […]
This is direct ancestor George Morris after he came to Utah. It is thought that this portrait was taken in about 1865 when he was forty-eight years of age.
On the right is Maria Susannah Merrick Maddison Thorne, on the left is her daughter Flora Louisa Maddison Long Maiben and in the back Flora’s daughter Rosina Maria Maiben Jones with her daughter Mary Maiben Jones. Both Maria Susannah and Flora Louisa are direct ancestors.
Everest Elliott Watrous on the porch of his Salt Lake City home in 1953. This is a home his grandchildren remember. Here, he lived with his second wife Susan Irvine Shirtz Watrous whom the family loved and called Grandma Susie.
Everest Elliott Watrous in 1944. As one would expect, Everest is fishing with the photographer. We see two poles and Everest’s fishing basket. The license plate helps us to date the photograph and place it in his home of Utah. Everest left a legacy of fly fishermen and women to the present day. His great […]