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This photograph includes children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of John Jenkins and Rosella Newberry Morris. It was taken in Pleasant Green which is today Magna, Salt Lake County, Utah.
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This is the entrance to the Pleasant Green Cemetery on top of a hill in what is today Magna, Salt Lake County, Utah. This cemetery was an early Utah cemetery and is relatively small and modest. It sits on a hill out of view from the roads below. Today, the property which surrounds it is […]
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In the 1800s and early 1900s it was customary for a new bride to have calling cards. Usually she had them printed upon her marriage. She handed them to friends and family and used them in other ways. This is the calling card which Mary Maria Jenkins had printed upon her marriage to direct ancestor […]
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These are the children of James Newberry Morris. There were nine surviving children born to his wife Harriette Elliot and one from his marriage to Betsy Scholes. James was the brother of direct ancestor Rosella Newberry Morris Peck Jenkins. This page is taken from The Families of James Newberry Morris.
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This is the family of George Morris and wife Hannah Maria Newberry. Our direct ancestor is Rosella Newberry Morris who is child number three. She married Lucius Peck and later John Jenkins.
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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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This portrait was taken in Utah upon the marriage of direct ancestors John Jenkins and Rosella Newberry Morris. They became the parents of seven children. The sixth child, Mary Maria Jenkins married Everest Elliott Watrous when she was sixteen and he was nineteen. They are also direct ancestors.
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This is one of many keepsake photographs in our collection of direct ancestor Rosella Newberry Morris Peck Jenkins. She was born in Lee County, Iowa in 1848. Her parents, George and Hannah Maria Newberry Morris had been driven from their home in Nauvoo, Illinois by a mob. Rosella was born just across the Mississippi River […]
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Ephraim Newberry Morris was born to George Morris and Hannah Maria Newberry in 1864. He was twelve of twelve children born to his parents. His sister Rosella Newberry Morris, born third in the family, is our direct ancestor. She married John Jenkins. Their daughter Mary Maria married Everest Elliott Watrous. In 1885, he married Harriett […]
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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 […]