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Huldah Priscilla Hjorth was born to Danish parents as the seventh child of eight. Her parents were August Adrainus Hjorth and Huldah Content Terry. She lived in many different places in Utah including Fairview and Indianola. In 1910 she married William Thomas Gale. They became the parents of five children. Four grew to adulthood and […]
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Elizabeth Thompson was the oldest child of four born to her parents John Thompson and Ann Odell. In 1825 she married Thomas Barker and together they became the parents of twelve children. The first five of six died as infants. Biographical sketches by Elizabeth’s children and grandchildren describe her as a kind and faithful woman. […]
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Hannah Maria Newberry Morris was born in New York to James Newberry and Mary Smith. She was the sixth of ten children born to her parents. Nothing is known about her childhood except that which is recorded in her father James’ ancestral summary. Hannah heard the message of the Gospel from missionaries of The Church […]
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Some stories are hard to read. The story of the life of Sarah Stedwell is one of those stories. She was born to Abraham Stedwell and Rebecca Shefield in New York. She was the second of ten children born to her parents. Her family moved from New York to Ohio and then to LaHarpe in […]
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Mary Shaw was born in England to Richard Shaw and Elizabeth Postles. She was the eleventh child of twelve born to her parents. She married John Sant in 1831 and became the mother of twelve children. Their daughter Elizabeth who married Thomas Winterbottom is our direct ancestor. Mary’s husband John met the missionaries of The […]
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Juliet Galena Conwell Giesy was born in Utah and died there after being a resident for 50 years. Her first name was for her aunt Juliet, her mother’s sister. Her middle name, by which she went, is the name of an ore. Perhaps as her father was a miner, the name appealed to them. Her […]
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I have always loved this church. It was built on a corner just one half block from the home where I lived when I was born and where I lived until I was almost five. It was called the 29th Ward. When the Salt Lake valley was first settled, The Church of Jesus Christ of […]
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There are so many tragedies related to the early days of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. One such tragedy occured at a place called Mt. Pisgah, which is a name from the Old Testament. Here, the Saints were camped by the hundreds awaiting the time when they would move on to The Valley […]
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James Newberry is one of the most interesting ancestors in our lines. He was born in New York to John Newberry and Jemima Benedict. His father was from New York and his mother from Connecticut. He was the eleventh child of thirteen born to his parents. In 1811 he married Mary Smith. They became the […]
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Henry Maiben was born in England to William Adam Maiben and Catherine Williams Cater. He was the fourth child of twelve born to his parents. His Maiben ancestors were originally from Scotland but his father moved from there to Brighton, England before Henry’s birth. Henry and his closest sibling John Bray Maiben were both educated […]