Posts Tagged ‘utah’

posted by on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous

No comments

Mary Maria Jenkins was born to Rosella Newberry Morris and John Jenkins in the town of Pleasant Green, Utah.   Her father was a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and her mother the child of recent converts from New England.  Mary was the sixth child of seven born to her parents.  At […]

posted by on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous

No comments

This wonderful portrait of Pansy and Maude McVey was generously shared with us by Maude’s daughter Mary.  Pansy is the older of the two. Pansy was born in Salt Lake City, Utah during the time when her parents and extended family were living there and investing in various mining ventures.   It was for these two […]

posted by on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous, Stories Within Stories

No comments

Maude McVey was the youngest child of six born to Ophelia Pancake McVey and William Franklin McVey.   In 1909 she married Harvey Buteau Mount and became the mother of three daughters; Roberta, Mary Emma and Elizabeth.  In about 1910, Maude’s father William built two beautiful Victorian- style homes in Fresno, California for his youngest daughters, […]

posted by on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous

No comments

Myrnie McVey was the daughter of Ophelia Pancake and William Franklin McVey.   She was the second child and second daughter born to her parents.  She was one of six children; four girls and two boys.  Their names were Grace, Myrnie, Ernest, William, Pansy and Maude.  In 1898 Myrnie married Mark Hutchison.  They became the parents […]

posted by on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous

1 comment

Rosella was born to goodly parents, George Morris and Hannah Maria Newberry in Nauvoo, Illinois.  George was a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints from England and Hannah was from an early New England family who had also joined the Mormon Church.   Rosella was the third child and third daughter born to […]

posted by on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous

No comments

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 […]

posted by on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous, Stories Within Stories

No comments

William Lee McVey, also known as Willie was the son of William Franklin McVey and his wife Ophelia Pancake.  Thus, William was one of many cousins of his generation which included our direct ancestor Everest Elliott Watrous.  Willie is thought to be about four years old in this portrait, which was taken in Salt Lake […]

posted by on Ancestors of Sandra Gale

No comments

Hannah Elizabeth Winterbottom was the daughter of Elizabeth Sant and Thomas Winterbottom.  She was born in England, where her parents lived on a boat and hauled freight up and down the waterways, rivers and canals.  She was the youngest of six children and should not be confused with an older sister named Elizabeth Hannah who […]

posted by on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous

2 comments

Flora Louise Maiben was the ninth child of eleven born to Flora Louisa Maddison and Henry Maiben.  She was born in Provo, Utah and died in Richfield, Utah where she is buried next to her husband.  She married Nephi James Bates (Jr.) in the Manti, Temple in 1901.  Her uncle, John Bray Maiben performed the […]

posted by on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous, Stories Within Stories

No comments

Flora Louisa Maddison was born in Belgium to Maria Susannah Merrick and John Maddison.  Her parents were not married but were living as husband and wife.  Her father John was married to Georgianna Curtis until his death.  With Georgianna, John already had two daughters and with Flora’s mother he had four children.  Three of the […]