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Emily Jane Gale was born to Charles Gale and Amanda Jane Cloward in Payson, Utah County, Utah.  She was the oldest of twelve children born to her parents.  In 1892 she married Isaac Albert Hancock.  We do not know if they had children.  Emily was the sister of direct ancestor William Thomas Gale who married […]

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Direct ancestor Margaret Jenkins Jones was born in Tennessee to John Jenkins and Ann Stevens.  She was the oldest of eight children born to her parents.  In about 1816 she married Richard Jones.  To them were born eleven children.  The oldest, Mary Ann Jones Jacaway Bates Davies is our direct ancestor.  Our ancestral line comes […]

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John Francis Maddison was born in England to Maria Susannah Merrick and John Maddison.  He was the oldest of four children born to these parents.  John’s parents were not married but lived together during the time when their children were born.  John was the oldest brother of ancestor Flora Louisa Maddison Long Maiben.  He heard […]

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John Ulrich Giesy was born in Ohio to William Giesy and his wife Annie.  At the age of two he is found with his parents in Kansas and at some point, he came to Utah with his parents.  His father set up an insurance business and John became a physician.  They listed their office spaces […]

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These portraits are sisters Mary Maria and Ada Rosella Jenkins.  They are the daughters of John Jenkins and Rosella Newberry Morris.  Since our direct ancestor, Mary, married Everest Elliott Watrous at the age of sixteen in 1902, we estimate that these portraits were taken about the same time. They were taken in Salt Lake City, […]

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Hartson Jerome Fitzgerald was born in 1860 in Missouri.  In 1885 he married Mary Watrous Reynolds.  Mary was the daughter of William Reynolds, who was brother of our direct ancestor Mary June Reynolds Watrous.  Thus, Mary Reynolds Fitzgerald was the niece of Mary June Reynolds Watrous.  It is not known why the younger Mary had […]

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August was born in Denmark to Niels Gregersen Hjorth and Johanna Dorthea Larson.  He was the third of four children born to his parents.  August’s parents were very poor.  At the age of seven, he was sent to live with a man named Mr. Hansen who was responsible for August’s room, board and clothing in […]

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Charles was born in England to Charles Gale and Anna Marie Woodford.  He was the oldest of six children born to his parents.  At the age of twenty-two he married Emily Blake in the Copey Thorne Church in Cadham.  He had always been a member of The General Baptist Church and was actively involved with […]

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This photograph includes children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of John Jenkins and Rosella Newberry Morris.  It was taken in Pleasant Green which is today Magna, Salt Lake County, Utah.

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Amanda Jane was born in Provo, Utah County, Utah to Thomas Poulsen Cloward and Mary Page.  She married Charles Gale as a plural wife in 1869 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Her sister wife was Emily Blake Gale. Charles was a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and […]