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posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous, Keepsake Photographs
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We can only guess when this keepsake photograph was taken. We know that it is a photograph of direct ancestor Everest Elliott Watrous in front of a cabin he built near the present-day Spruces Campground in Big Cottonwood Canyon outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. Nearby was the mine that consumed so much of Everest’s […]
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Direct ancestor Henry Reynolds Watrous spent a lot of time in the mountains. After his successful career as an attorney came to an end, he and his sons continued to dream of finding the right mine and striking it rich. The barber in this keepsake photograph is Henry’s son and our direct ancestor Everest Elliott […]
posted by Sandy on Stories Within Stories
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Hartson Jerome Fitzgerald was born in 1860 in Missouri. In 1885 he married Mary Watrous Reynolds. Mary was the daughter of William Reynolds, who was brother of our direct ancestor Mary June Reynolds Watrous. Thus, Mary Reynolds Fitzgerald was the niece of Mary June Reynolds Watrous. It is not known why the younger Mary had […]
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This is the death certificate for direct ancestor Henry Reynolds Watrous. He died at the Salt Lake County Hospital which was located at 2100 South and State Street in Salt Lake City, Utah. At one time, the hospital was considered to be centrally located and served all of the Salt Lake Valley. It has since […]
posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous, Keepsake Photographs, Stories Within Stories
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The history of the Cottonwood Metals Mining Company was researched and compiled in 2005. It tells the story of the efforts of direct ancestors Henry Reynolds Watrous, his sons and grandson to develop what they hoped would be a promising mine in Big Cottonwood Canyon outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. The company was incorporated […]
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Charles Reynolds Fitzgerald was born in Muscatine, Iowa in 1888 to Hartson Jerome Fitzgerald and Mary Reynolds. His mother Mary was the first cousin of our ancestor Henry Reynolds Watrous. Charles was the oldest of three children born to his parents. Charles’ father was known as Hart Fitzgerald. He was an attorney who specialized in […]
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This is a keepsake photograph of the mine which was a part of the family of Everest Elliott Watrous, his brother Earl Pancake Watrous, their father Henry Reynolds Watrous and Everest’s children. It was called the Lindell Lode. It was located in the area now known as The Spruces in Big Cottonwood Canyon outside of […]
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Henry Reynolds Watrous was born in 1846 in the small, farming town of Terre Haute in Henderson County, Illinois. This town is near LaHarpe and quite close to Nauvoo. Henry was the oldest child and only son born to his parents Jerome Timothy Watrous and Mary June Reynolds. However he had a half-sister named Caroline […]
posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous, Keepsake Photographs
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This keepsake photograph shows Everest Elliott Watrous on the left, an unknown man in the middle and a man we believe to be Henry Reynolds Watrous. Henry is Everest’s father. Since Henry died in 1923 this photograph was taken before then. Taken in about 1921, Everest would have been in his late thirties. For the […]
posted by Sandy on Keepsake Photographs
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This keepsake photograph of Mervin Reynolds and Wayne Elliott Watrous was taken in front of the family cabin in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Their father Everest Elliott Watrous and mother Mary Maria Jenkins, and other family members worked at mining in the canyon and lived there until the children were ready to go to school. After […]