This keepsake photograph is likely that of one of the sons of John Jenkins and Rosella Newberry Morris. His face appears in another photograph in front of the Jenkins home in what was Pleasant Green, Utah. If he is a son as described, then he is the brother of our direct ancestor Mary Maria Jenkins who married Everest Elliott Watrous.
This mystery keepsake photograph came from the collection of Julie Martin. The children are connected to the Newberry-Morris-Jenkins families of Utah.
This keepsake portrait is from the collection of Julie Martin. The couple is connected to the Newberry-Morris-Jenkins families of Utah.
This mystery keepsake photograph is from the collection of Julie Martin. He is connected to the Newberry-Morris-Jenkins families of Utah.
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 at the local high school in Sevier County, Utah. Probably in Richfield or Monroe. The identities of the other young men are not known to us. The year 1893 would make the young men about 17 or 18 and thus the age of seniors. Perhaps you know who they are?
Several keepsake photographs, including this photograph, were together in a photo album in the possession of Mildred Bates Watrous at the time of her death in 2001. Viewed together (and all are on this site) it appears that they were taken of the participants in a high school science fair. Ancestor Nephi James Bates (1875-1958) appears in some. They appear to have been taken on the same day. Since Nephi was from Richfield and Monroe in Sevier County, Utah . . . we assume that these keepsake photographs were taken at the local high school in about 1893. We do not know who the other young men are in the various photographs. Perhaps you do !
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 that year. Left to right behind their parents are Reta, Stella, Henry, Lucile, Mildred. Mildred is our direct ancestor. She married Everest Raymond Watrous. Missing from the photograph is daughter Alta Bates Christiansen. Also missing is a daughter named Irene who died at the age of one in 1904.
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 is the rocking chair on the right. This chair was in the possession of direct ancestor Mildred Bates Watrous all of her life. In her old age, she gave the chair to her only son. It is now in his possession and will be passed along to one of his children and then to a grandchild.
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 granddaughter Lucile. On the left are Dorothy and John and on the right aare Margaret and Diane.
Our research introduced us to the Younker family. Our ancestor William Pancake had three children. The oldest, a daughter named Jane Pancake Thompson, died following childbirth. She was the mother of two daughters including the daughter born upon her death. The daughter, Rachel Ann married Jason T. Younker. Rolland descends through Jane Pancake Thompson while we descend through Jane’s brother Samuel Crawford Pancake.
Rolland was born in 1891 in Colorado and died in 1952, also in Colorado. His wife Edith was born in 1893 in Nebraska and died in 1980 in Colorado. They married in 1913. They became the parents of four children. The oldest, Dorothy married Thomas Lazzeri. It was through the descendants of this line that we were able to share information about our connected families.
Rolland spent his life as a railroad engineer and died unexpectedly at the age of fifty-one. This photograph was provided by the descendants of Dorothy Younker Lazzeri.