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posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous, Stories Within Stories
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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 […]
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Frank Chance was certainly a well-known baseball player and coach of the Chicago Cubs and other major league teams. Our interest in him is not about baseball but is in his marriage and connection to our family history. Frank was born in Fresno, California. He married Edythe Lillian Pancake, who was the daughter of Stewart […]
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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 […]
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Everest Elliott Watrous was the third of four sons born to Henry Reynolds Watrous and Edith Glendora Pancake. He was born in the tiny Iowa town of Red Oak where his father Henry had gone to practice law. He joined an older brother named Earl and followed the death of an infant brother named Wayne. […]