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James Merrick and Mary Vaux are direct ancestors. Their daughter Maria Susannah Merrick became the mother of direct ancestor Flora Louise Maddison whose father was John Maddison. Flora Louise Maddison first married Emanuel Long but divorced in the first year of the marriage. She then married direct ancestor Henry Maiben. This is a copy of […]
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The family records of the the James Newberry Morris Family are a wonderful example of diligence and attention to detail. They document the lives of James and his two wives, Harriette Louisa Elliott and Betsey Sholes. We obtained a copy of the extensive record from members of the family in 2003. James Newberry Morris was […]
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The history of the Cottonwood Metals Mining Company was researched and compiled in 2005. It tells the story of the efforts of direct ancestors Henry Reynolds Watrous, his sons and grandson to develop what they hoped would be a promising mine in Big Cottonwood Canyon outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. The company was incorporated […]
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Photographers of the past developed quite a talent for portraiture. This portrait is of Harriett Bailey who was born in England in 1854 and came to America as a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. In Salt Lake City, in 1869, she married another convert named James Bailey McGregor. He was from […]
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To our surprise, after the stories and memories of two generations, we discovered that direct ancestor Henry Reynolds Watrous had a second wife. After his divorce from his first wife and direct ancestor Glendora in 1892, he married a much younger Clara Harriett McGregor. They were married in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1893, which […]
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This book was provided by Sue Simonich who is a descendant of James Newberry. She puts forth the theory that the Newberry’s were of Native American origin. Other Newberry researchers and descendants disagree as noted in the comments following this entry. I am grateful for the extensive research and comments which have been provided about […]
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Not much changed in Wellington, Kansas from the first photograph we found in 1890 to this photograph in 1907. By this time, ancestor Edith Glendora Pancake Watrous had been in Wellington for twelve years. Her sister’s husband Charles, worked in town. That means that the buildings we see included the place where he had an […]
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This is St. Luke’s Hospital in Wellington, Kansas. This photograph was taken in 1910. In 1920 direct ancestor Edith Glendora Pancake Watrous died here. For the week prior to her death, she had been under the care of a nurse in the nearby town called Geuda Springs. The medicinal properties of the springs in the […]
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When ancestor Glendora Watrous left Salt Lake City, Utah for Wellington, Kansas it was 1895. Just five years after this photograph was taken. Washington Street, which is the main street into downtown Wellington is today lined with homes and trees. The street is paved and has curbs and gutters. Glendora lived with her sister Camilla […]
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Ancestor Edith Glendora Pancake Watrous, mother of Everest Elliott Watrous and grandmother of Everest Raymond Watrous died in Geuda Springs, Kansas in the same year that this photograph was taken. She had traveled from nearby Wellington to Geuda Springs for medical care in the hopes that her condition might be improved. In October of 1920 […]