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Nephi James Bates (Junior) and Flora Louise Maiben celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary in Richfield, Utah in 1951.  They were married in 1901 in the Manti Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints by Flora’s uncle John Bray Maiben.

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William Morris was born in England to Joseph Morris and Elizabeth Vernon.  He was the third child of seven born to his parents.  He was the brother of our direct ancestor George Morris.  He married Mary Ann Durham in England, where she died in 1852.  He then married Sarah Durham, Mary’s sister.  They emigrated to […]

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James Washington Newberry was born in New York to James Newberry and Mary Smith.  He was the fourth of ten children born to his parents.  He moved with his family to Ohio and later to Nauvoo, Illinois.  All were converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints.  James’ parents became antagonistic towards their new […]

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Mathew Morris was the youngest child of seven born to his parents Joseph Morris and Elizabeth Vernon.  His brother George Morris is our direct ancestor through George’ wife Hannah Maria Newberry Morris.  He was born in England and died in Utah.

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This keepsake photograph is of Everest Elliott Watrous and his wife Mary Maria Jenkins.  They were married in 1902 when he was nineteen and she sixteen.  This photograph was most likely taken in about 1915 in either Salt Lake City or Park City, Utah.

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Samuel Sant Winterbottom was the second child of six born to his parents Thomas Winterbottom and Elizabeth Sant.  His youngest sister Hannah Elizabeth Winterbottom is our direct ancestor.  She married Justin Pugmire.  Samuel was just seven when his father Thomas drowned while working on a barge where the family lived.  He was baptized a member […]

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This keepsake photograph was taken in 1958 at the home of Everest Elliott Watrous and Susan Shirts Watrous in Salt Lake City, Utah. The occasion was Everest’s funeral.  These are his three sons.  Left to right they are Everest Raymond 1909, Wayne Elliott 1905 and Mervin Reynolds 1903.  All have posterity to the present day.

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This keepsake photograph was taken at the family’s cabin near the present-day Spruces Campground in Big Cottonwood Canyon outside of Salt Lake City, Utah.  Everest Raymond was the youngest son of three born to his parents Everest Elliott Watrous and Mary Maria Jenkins.

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This keepsake photograph was taken early in the marriage of Justin and Clara.  They are our direct ancestors.  Justin was born in 1892 and died in 1949.  Clara was also born in 1892 and died in 1969.  They are buried together in the Midvale City Cemetery, Midvale, Salt Lake County, Utah

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Many of our direct ancestors received religious ordinances in The Endowment House.  It was built under the direction of Brigham Young in 1855 to serve the Saints until the Salt Lake Temple was completed. It was located in Salt Lake City, Utah on the north-west corner of the Temple Block which is today Temple Square.  […]