Archive for the ‘Ancestors of Thomas Watrous’ Category
This keepsake photograph is of Everest Raymond Watrous on his way to Heart Lake in Wyoming. Isn’t it interesting that people used to go many places without all of the fancy equipment that is available today ? He has the essentials: a sleeping bag and backpack, a pail, a lunch sack and a fishing pole. […]
The Home and Garden Variety Store was owned by Everest Raymond Watrous and his wife Mildred Bates. It was located on the corner of 17th South and 17th East in Salt Lake City, Utah. The store sold a variety of goods, offered plants in season and sporting goods. In December Christmas trees were sold. Many […]
This keepsake photograph answered a question. Why did Grandpa Ray always thumb his nose at the grandchildren to make them laugh? The question was answered in this photograph of “Grandpa Ray” on the left, his friend Jim in the middle and his father Everest Elliott Watrous on the right. The elder Watrous is . . […]
This keepsake photograph shows Everest Elliott Watrous on the left, an unknown man in the middle and a man we believe to be Henry Reynolds Watrous. Henry is Everest’s father. Since Henry died in 1923 this photograph was taken before then. Taken in about 1921, Everest would have been in his late thirties. For the […]
This wonderful keepsake photograph is of Everest Raymond Watrous on the left with a friend. Ray was the youngest of three sons born in 1909 to his parents Everest Elliott Watrous and Mary Maria Jenkins in Big Cottonwood Canyon outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. Ray appears to be about eight or nine in this […]
This keepsake photograph shows direct ancestor Everest Raymond Watrous, center, and two friends. This photograph was taken about 1930 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Everest Raymond’s parents were Everest Elliott Watrous and Mary Maria Jenkins. He was the youngest of three sons born to his parents. He grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah . […]
This photograph shows Everest Raymond Watrous behind the counter of his Brighton Village Store. It was located in Big Cottonwood Canyon outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. It was a wonderful, busy store and a favorite destination for skiers and those just out for a drive in the canyon. The store sold food and some […]
This is a photograph of the construction of the Brighton Bowery in Big Cottonwood Canyon outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. It was built on the property owned by Everest Raymond Watrous where he owned and operated the Brighton Village Store. It was built in 1966 from logs cut and transported from Oregon. Ray and […]
This keepsake photograph of Mildred Bates was taken in about 1928. Her parents are Nephi James Bates and Flora Louise Maiben. Mildred married Everest Raymond Watrous in 1932. They became the parents of three children.