Posts Tagged ‘Bates’
posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous, Stories Within Stories
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Maria Susannah Merrick was born in England to James Merrick and Mary Vaux. Her life story has been somewhat difficult to tell. That is because for many years, from the time she came to America until just two years ago, the written history of her life contained incorrect information. We have corrected the record in […]
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Nephi James Bates was born to Nephi James Bates and Sarah Sprague in Fillmore, Millard County, Utah. He was the second child and first son of 12 children born to his parents. His personal journal has been preserved and tells us much more about him. In 1901 he married Flora Louise Maiben in the Manti […]
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Nephi James Bates was born to Mary Ann Jones Jacaway and James Bates. Nephi’s mother was a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and was living in the city of New Orleans at the time of James’ birth. She had children from her first marriage to Fields Jacaway, who had died an […]
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Flora Louise Maiben was the ninth child of eleven born to Flora Louisa Maddison and Henry Maiben. She was born in Provo, Utah and died in Richfield, Utah where she is buried next to her husband. She married Nephi James Bates (Jr.) in the Manti, Temple in 1901. Her uncle, John Bray Maiben performed the […]
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Flora Louisa Maddison was born in Belgium to Maria Susannah Merrick and John Maddison. Her parents were not married but were living as husband and wife. Her father John was married to Georgianna Curtis until his death. With Georgianna, John already had two daughters and with Flora’s mother he had four children. Three of the […]