Archive for the ‘Ancestors of Thomas Watrous’ Category
This keepsake photographs is of Mervin Reynolds Watrous and his brother Wayne Elliott Watrous. They are the oldest of three sons born to Everest Elliott Watrous and Mary Maria Jenkins. The third son and youngest child of these parents is direct ancestor Everest Raymond Watrous who married Mildred Bates.
Clarence Roland Gittings was born in LaHarpe, Hancock County, Illinois to James Gittings and Susannah Thompson. He was the oldest of three children born to his parents. His father had been married once before he married Charles’ mother. His parents moved from Ohio to LaHarpe in 1836. When Clarence grew to adulthood he purchased 200 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
Direct ancestor William Painter was possibly born in New Jersey and died in Pennsylvania. From 1780 through 1783, William served in the Revolutionary War. He served in the company of Capt. William Smith, 6th Battalion, Chester County Militia. After he returned from three years of service, he married Martha Torton in 1784 in the Second […]