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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 […]
posted by Sandy on Keepsake Photographs, Stories Within Stories
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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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 […]
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Hartson Jerome Fitzgerald was born in 1860 in Missouri. In 1885 he married Mary Watrous Reynolds. Mary was the daughter of William Reynolds, who was brother of our direct ancestor Mary June Reynolds Watrous. Thus, Mary Reynolds Fitzgerald was the niece of Mary June Reynolds Watrous. It is not known why the younger Mary had […]
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JosephThompson Painter was born in Pennsylvania to William Painter and Martha Torton. He was the seventh of nine children born to his parents. His sister, Sarah Painter Reynolds is our direct ancestor. She married Henry Reynolds. Among the many accomplishments of Joseph Painter there are these: Served three years for the Union in the Civil […]
posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Sandra Gale, Stories Within Stories
The dictionary defines a keepsake as “something to be kept for the sake of or in memory of the giver”. These are keepsakes. My grandfather, Justin bought them for me one by one when I was too little to know. My mother carefully tucked them away until I was old enough to handle them and […]
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Sarah Jane Pugmire was the second child of eleven born to her parents Joseph Hyrum Pugmire and Eleanor Creighton. She was born in Cedar City, Iron County, Utah. By the time she married, in 1877, her family had left Cedar City and resided in Laketown, Rich County, Utah. Laketown is on the border of Utah […]
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Juliet Pancake was born in Ohio to Samuel Crawford Pancake and Catharine Darling. She was the twelfth of thirteen children born to her parents. She was just fifteen when her parents left Illinois for Utah. In 1892, Juliet married Ralph Guthrie. They settled down in Utah where they lived their lives. Juliet and Ralph became […]
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Ralph Guthrie was born in Ohio and died in Utah. He married Juliet Pancake in Salt Lake City in 1892. Juliet and our direct ancestor Edith Glendora Pancake Watrous were sisters. When Ralph and Juliet were first married, he was listed as a stockbroker. In 1901, Ralph and Juliet became the parents of a son […]
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Joseph Albert Pugmire was born to direct ancestors Justin Pugmire and Hannah Elizabeth Winterbottom. He was the third child of thirteen born to his parents. The oldest child was direct ancestor Justin Gerald Pugmire. Joseph was born in Fish Haven, Idaho and died in California. He served in World War I. This portrait was taken […]