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posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Sandra Gale
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Amanda Jane was born in Provo, Utah County, Utah to Thomas Poulsen Cloward and Mary Page. She married Charles Gale as a plural wife in 1869 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her sister wife was Emily Blake Gale. Charles was a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and […]
posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Sandra Gale, Stories Within Stories
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Sarah Jane Pugmire was the second child of eleven born to her parents Joseph Hyrum Pugmire and Eleanor Creighton. She was born in Cedar City, Iron County, Utah. By the time she married, in 1877, her family had left Cedar City and resided in Laketown, Rich County, Utah. Laketown is on the border of Utah […]
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Mary Smith was born in New York to Samuel Smith and Jane Stephens. In 1811 she married direct ancestor James Newberry. They heard the message of the missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and were baptized along with many members of both families. They migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois where they gathered with […]
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George Sant was the oldest child and son of his parents John Sant and Mary Shaw. He was born in England, where as an adult, he heard the message of missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and was baptized. He emigrated to America along with other members of his family. In 1855, […]
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A summary of the life of Mary Shaw Sant is found on this site. This entry is a portrait of Mary which was taken at the same time as a portrait of her husband John Sant. She was born in England in 1814 and died in Clifton, Idaho in 1877. She was baptized a member […]
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This is the grave stone for Ithamer Thomas Sprague. It is located in the Bunkerville City Cemetery across the Utah border into Nevada. The cemetery holds many members of Ithamer’s family. Bunkerville was the only successful early Mormon settlement where the United Order was lived. Ithamer participated in this effort. A great deal is known […]
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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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Caroline Penn was the first wife of Henry Maiben. She heard the message of the missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and was baptized in her native England. Caroline was a dressmaker. In 1845 she married direct ancestor Henry Maiben. They emigrated from England to America and made the trek west in […]
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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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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 […]