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William Thorn was born in England. He heard the message of the missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and was baptized. He emigrated to America and settled in Salt Lake City, Utah where he met our direct ancestor Maria Susannah Merrick. Maria had come from England as well, and brought with her […]
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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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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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William Thomas Gale was the seventh child of twelve born to his parents Charles Gale and Amanda Jane Cloward. Six of his siblings died in infancy. His father heard the message of the Gospel from missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints and was baptized in his native England. Charles came to America […]
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John Bray Maiben was the seventh child of eleven born to his parents William Maiben and Catherine Williams Cater. He, along with his brother Henry heard the message of the Restored Gospel from missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints in their native England and were baptized. They came to America and became […]
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Abraham B. Newberry was born in New York to James Newberry and Mary Smith. He was the third child of ten born to his parents. In 1842 he married Eliza Duty in New York. They migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois as converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints along with Abraham’s family. His youngest […]
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William Morris was born in England to Joseph Morris and Elizabeth Vernon. He was the third child of seven born to his parents. He was the brother of our direct ancestor George Morris. He married Mary Ann Durham in England, where she died in 1852. He then married Sarah Durham, Mary’s sister. They emigrated to […]
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Mathew Morris was the youngest child of seven born to his parents Joseph Morris and Elizabeth Vernon. His brother George Morris is our direct ancestor through George’ wife Hannah Maria Newberry Morris. He was born in England and died in Utah.
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Joseph Morris was the fifth child of seven born to his parents Joseph Morris and Elizabeth Vernon. We know him as the brother of our direct ancestor George Morris and as the leader of the apostate church called the Morrisites. Joseph was born in England. He worked in the mines and is said to have […]