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Effie Miretta Watrous was born in Illinois to Nathan Watrous and Amanda Jane Johnson.  She was the oldest of three daughters.  Her grandfather was Samuel Watrous,  brother of our direct ancestor Jerome Timothy Watrous.    In about 1886 she married Walter Robinson.  They became the parents of five sons.  Effie was born in Illinois and lived […]

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We came to know Abraham Maple during our quest to find the parentage of our ancestor Timothy Watrous.    Timothy Watrous had two sons from his marriage to Mabel Rowley.  They were Samuel and William.  Timothy had one son from his marriage to Mabel’s sister Mary Rowley.  He was our direct ancestor Jerome Timothy Watrous.  Louisa […]

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This is the city cemetery in Terre Haute, Henderson County, Illinois.  I remember when I began my research into our ancestors in this place.  The person I contacted was maintaining a website for US Genweb.  She informed me that there was no such place as Terre Haute in Illinois.  Well, here it is and we […]

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Hannah Maria Newberry Morris was born in New York to James Newberry and Mary Smith.  She was the sixth of ten children born to her parents.  Nothing is known about her childhood except that which is recorded in her father James’ ancestral summary.  Hannah heard the message of the Gospel from missionaries of The Church […]

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Rufus Richardson was born in Vermont to Jesse Richardson and Anna Jones.  He was the youngest child of four born to his parents.  He migrated with his family from Vermont to Connecticut to Ohio along with many others, including our direct ancestor Timothy Watrous and his family.  They settled in Muskingum County, in Monroe Township […]

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The Evergreen Cemetery in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa Wayne Watrous was the infant son of Everest Elliott Watrous and Edith Glendora Pancake.  He was the second child in a family of four sons.  Only two lived to adulthood.  Of Earl, Wayne, Everest and Martin, only Earl and Everest survived.  Wayne followed brother Earl Pancake […]

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Henry Maiben was born in England to William Adam Maiben and Catherine Williams Cater.  He was the fourth child of twelve born to his parents.  His Maiben ancestors were originally from Scotland but his father moved from there to Brighton, England before Henry’s birth.  Henry and his closest sibling John Bray Maiben were both educated […]

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Elsewhere on this website is information about the owners of these two Victorian homes.  In 1910, William Franklin McVey had them built for his daughters Maude McVey Mount and Pansy McVey Burke.  They sit side by side in Fresno, California.  Maude and Pansy McVey were first cousins of direct ancestor Everest Elliott Watrous.  Their mother […]

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John Jenkins was born in Wales to James Jenkins and Elizabeth Davis.  He was the middle child of three, an older sister and a younger brother.  John’s parents heard the Gospel from the missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and were baptized in 1847.  Speaking only Welsh, they were taught and baptized […]

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Maria Susannah Merrick was born in England to James Merrick and Mary Vaux.  Her life story has been somewhat difficult to tell.  That is because for many years, from the time she came to America until just two years ago, the written history of her life contained incorrect information.  We have corrected the record in […]