Author: mvfh
David E. West, (d. 1999, age 80)
Ronald L. Thomas, (1927)
Henry Ward Thomas, (1913)
The Daltons in Ireland
1137 A.D. She was Eleanor of Acquitane, a daughter of the Duke of Acquitane, married to Louis VII, the King of France. It sounds so beautiful, married to a King, but alas, she bore him no sons, only two daughters. The marriage was not pleasing to either Louis or Eleanor, so by mutual consent they …
DAISY JOHNSTONE DEVLYN DAVIS
On a cold February 29, 1888 Peter Devlyn and his wife Jessie Gillespie had a two month premature baby girl. This being in the days before incubators, she was wrapped in cotton, placed in a basket, and set on the oven door for warmth. They named her Daisy Johnstone Devlyn and this is her story. …
Ben Davis Evans
(Contributed by Mrs. Hannah Deschamps) (Newspaper clipping?-Pioneers Brief Biographies of Malad Valley’s Early Settlers.) Ben Davis Evans, son of Thomas L. Evans and Jane Edwards, was born in Yatalfia, Glamorganshire, South Wales, on March 15, 1844. He started working in the tin-works at the age of eight years, where he remained until he immigrated to …
Edith Price Evans
[On] May 11, 1903 at Samaria, Idaho the ninth child and fourth daughter was born to Emma Morse Price and John E. Price Jr. The name Edith was chosen for this baby because of the love my mother had for her dear friend, Edith Bowen. When I was four years of age my father passed …
Edward J. Evans
(Thursday, July 29, 1976, The Idaho Enterprise) Another 1864 Settler (Headshot picture of Edward J. Evans at the beginning of this article) According to family history, Edward J. Evans first came to Malad Valley in October 1864, after talking with Henry Peck and sons. He was so impressed with the Valley that he located a …
Family History of David R. Evans
Born, Fillmore, Missouri 23 Aug. 1853. Copied from information given to H. W. Steffens by David R. Evans. Parents landed in Orleans, then up the Mississippi River, moved to Fillmore, Missouri in 1850, then moved to Nebraska City in 1856, then moved to Logan, Utah in 1863. David R. Freighted to Silver City, Montana with …
