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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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Willia Adam Maiben was born in England shortly after his parents’ move from Scotland.  His parents were Adam Maiben and Sarah Osmer.  William was the third child of seven born to his mother Sarah.  She died when William was eight years of age.  In 1814, William married Catherine Williams Cater.  They became the parents of […]