Posts Tagged ‘Merrick’
posted by Sandy on Stories Within Stories
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 […]
posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous, Stories Within Stories
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 […]
posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous, Stories Within Stories
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 […]
posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous, Stories Within Stories
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 […]