Archive for the ‘Keepsake Photographs’ Category
Robert Clinton Watrous was the son of LeRoy C. Watrous and Eva Strickland. His father was the first cousin of our ancestor Henry Reynolds Watrous. Thus, Robert was the grandson of William Watrous and Harriet Janet Rose. In 1920 he married Anna Elizabeth Melcer. They were the parents of one daughter named Virginia. Robert was […]
Eugene was the sixth child born to William Watrous and Harriet Janet Rose. His sister Jane is also featured on this website. He was born in Peoria County, Illinois. In 1883 he married Hattie Mohler. Nothing else is known about her or whether they became the parents of any children. He later married for a […]
Jane Marion Watrous was born in 1844 to William Watrous and Harriet Janet Rose. She was the oldest of ten children born to her parents. Her father William and our ancestor Jerome Timothy Watrous were both half-brothers and first cousins. Jane’s father’s parents were Timothy Watrous and Mabel Rowley. Our ancestors were Timothy Watrous and […]
Harley Younker was born in Colorado in 1871 to Jason T. Younker and Rachel Ann Thompson. Rachel Ann was the daughter of Jane Pancake Thompson who was the daughter of William Pancake Senior and a sister to our direct ancestor Samuel Crawford Pancake. Harley is found on the “Early Student” list at Notre Dame University […]
This is one of several mystery photographs found in an album kept by the daughter of Nephi James Bates and Flora Louise Maiben. Several of the photographs include direct ancestor Nephi James Bates (1875-1958) in the company of other young men. The occasion appears to have been a science fair. We assume they were taken […]
The family of Nephi James Bates and his wife Flora Louise Maiben was faithful when it came to taking family photographs. It would seem that they never missed an opportunity when they were together. This photograph was taken in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah in the 1950s. Nephi died in 1958 so it was taken before […]
This keepsake photograph was taken in the late 1920s on the front porch of the Bates home in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah. Left to right: Henry, Stella, Reta, Alta. Behind Alta is direct ancestor Mildren and behind Henry is Lucile. On the far left are Nephi and his wife Flora. Of great interest to us […]
This keepsake photograph was taken at the home of Nephi and Flora Bates in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah in about 1950. Seated is Sarah Sprague Bates. Behind her is her son Nephi James Bates (1875-1958) and her granddaughter Lucile Bates Ford. On either side of Sarah are her great-grandchildren. They are the children of her […]
This keepsake photograph is of Sarah Sprague Bates. She was born in Utah in 1853 to Ithamer Sprague and Sarah Stedwell. In 1870 she married Nephi James Bates 1848-1921. They became the parents of twelve children but later divorced. This photograph was taken at the home of her son Nephi James Bates 1875-1958. The place […]