Posts Tagged ‘utah’
This keepsake photograph was taken in the late 1920s on the front porch of the Bates home in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah. Left to right: Henry, Stella, Reta, Alta. Behind Alta is direct ancestor Mildren and behind Henry is Lucile. On the far left are Nephi and his wife Flora. Of great interest to us […]
This keepsake photograph was taken at the home of Nephi and Flora Bates in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah in about 1950. Seated is Sarah Sprague Bates. Behind her is her son Nephi James Bates (1875-1958) and her granddaughter Lucile Bates Ford. On either side of Sarah are her great-grandchildren. They are the children of her […]
This keepsake photograph is of Sarah Sprague Bates. She was born in Utah in 1853 to Ithamer Sprague and Sarah Stedwell. In 1870 she married Nephi James Bates 1848-1921. They became the parents of twelve children but later divorced. This photograph was taken at the home of her son Nephi James Bates 1875-1958. The place […]
This photograph came from the collection of Julie Martin. This couple is connected to the Newberry-Morris-Jenkins families and was among other portraits taken in Utah. It appears to be a marriage portrait. Do you know this couple?
This keepsake photograph shows three generations of this Watrous family. Left to right back row: Mervin and Maryan Watrous, Everest Raymond and Mildred Watrous, Freida and Wayne Watrous. Middle row left to right: Everest Elliott Watrous and his second wife Susie, Gary Watrous and Michael Watrous. Front row left to right: Patricia Watrous, Carolyn Watrous, […]
This keepsake photograph shows Everest Elliott Watrous on the right, with his three sons. They are Wayne Elliott, Everest Raymond and Mervin Reynolds Watrous. This photograph was likely taken in the early 1950s at the home of Everest and Susie Watrous in Salt Lake City, Utah. The center son, Everest Raymond Watrous is our direct […]
This keepsake photograph shows Everest Elliott Watrous and his second wife Susan Irvine Shirtz. Everest boarded in her home and later married her. Everest’s children and grandchildren loved her and called her Grandma Susie. Susie was a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints who had been baptized in her native Scotland by […]
We can only guess when this keepsake photograph was taken. We know that it is a photograph of direct ancestor Everest Elliott Watrous in front of a cabin he built near the present-day Spruces Campground in Big Cottonwood Canyon outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. Nearby was the mine that consumed so much of Everest’s […]
Direct ancestor Henry Reynolds Watrous spent a lot of time in the mountains. After his successful career as an attorney came to an end, he and his sons continued to dream of finding the right mine and striking it rich. The barber in this keepsake photograph is Henry’s son and our direct ancestor Everest Elliott […]
This keepsake photograph was taken about 1950 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Left to right are Watrous cousins Gary, Carolyn, Diane, Patricia, Michael and Mervin Watrous, father to Michael and Diane and uncle to the rest. Mervin is the brother of direct ancestor Everest Raymond Watrous. The family is standing in front of The Home […]