Posts Tagged ‘utah’
Everest Elliott Watrous in 1944. As one would expect, Everest is fishing with the photographer. We see two poles and Everest’s fishing basket. The license plate helps us to date the photograph and place it in his home of Utah. Everest left a legacy of fly fishermen and women to the present day. His great […]
Everest Elliott Watrous worked as a custodian in the public schools of Salt Lake City, Utah in his old age. This photograph was taken about one year before his death. After years of work in the mining business, he worked his last years in this capacity. Everest is our direct ancestor. We assume that the […]
This portrait preserves the six daughters of Henry Maiben and Flora Louisa Maddison. Eventually all would marry and add their husbands’ names. They are Elizabeth Harriett Maiben Magleby, Flora Louise Maiben Bates, Phoebe Maiben Candland, Catherine Mary Maiben Candland ( Phoebe and Catherine married brothers ), Emily May Maiben Robbins and Rosina Maria Maiben Jones. […]
This is the original home which John Jenkins (1846-1930) built in Pleasant Green, Utah. He came to Utah from Wales with his family who were converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. The name of the town was later changed to Magna. Over time the home changed as additions were made and the […]
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 […]
This is a photograph of Grace McVey and Sherman Adams. Grace McVey was born in Illinois to Ophelia Pancake and William Franklin McVey. She was the oldest child of six born to her parents. She migrated with her family from Illinois to Utah and then to California. Sometime before 1896, she married Ulysses Sherman Adams […]