Posts Tagged ‘Watrous’
Everest Elliott Watrous married Mary Maria Jenkins in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1902. Everest was nineteen and Mary sixteen. This portrait was taken upon their marriage. They became the parents of three sons who were Mervin, Wayne and Raymond. The youngest, Everest Raymond is our direct ancestor.
The biographies of Everest Elliott Watrous and his son Everest Raymond Watrous were written by Thomas Watrous. Both tell the tale of this family and their efforts over many years to find the magical mine. Henry Reynolds Watrous is on the left. He was a prominent attorney in the Utah Territories but his heart was […]
Everest Elliott Watrous on the porch of his Salt Lake City home in 1953. This is a home his grandchildren remember. Here, he lived with his second wife Susan Irvine Shirtz Watrous whom the family loved and called Grandma Susie.
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 wonderful photograph was taken before “catch and release”. Everest on the left and Earl are the sons of Henry Reynolds Watrous and his wife Edith Glendora Pancake from whom Henry was divorced in 1892. Everest is our direct ancestor. He married Mary Maria Jenkins. They became the parents of three sons: Mervin, Wayne and […]
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 […]
“The Quaker Lovers” by Homer Pyle Henry Reynolds was born in Delaware in 1786 to James England Reynolds and Hannah Webster. He was the oldest of eleven children born to his parents. By 1803 he was living in Pennsylvania where he settled near New Castle and built a grist mill. In 1809 he married Sarah […]