Tribune Features Malad Couple In commemoration of the completion of fifty years of married life, Mr. and Mrs. Jedd Jones, Sr., were the recipients of one of the most delightful and thoroughly enjoyable surprise parties ever held in Malad. The couple were married in Malad, March 20, 1883, by Richard M. Evans, probate judge. Both …
Mary Jane Morse Jones
By Bertha Jones Thompson and Rachael Jones Rich Mary Jane Morse Jones was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, South Wales, January 26, 1860, a daughter of William and Margaret Evans Morse. She had six sisters and one brother: Ann, Emma, William, Margaret, Rachel, Sarah and Sophia. She came to Utah with her parents and one sister at …
Mary Jane Jones by
Constance Bowen Mary Jane Jones was born 23 Dec 1834 in Pontayeats, Carmarthonshire, South Wales. She was the daughter of John Jones and Ja Jane Trehorne. She left Wales in Feb 1849 with her family when she was 14 years old. When they arrived in the United States, there was much Cholera. It raged from New Orleans to Council Bluffs, Iowa, …
The Story of Mary Ann Jenkins and her Family
This was told by her daughter Martha Lusk Evans and written down by her daughter in law, Gladys Thorpe Evans, wife of her son William Lusk Evans. (about late 1940’s) Mary Ann Jenkins was born, 14 May 1867, in Pendoylan, Glamorganshire, Wales. Her father, Thomas Jenkins, born 23 August 1831, in Llanbury, Glamorganshire, Wales, came from a well to do family …
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LIFE SKETCH OF MARY JANE DANIELS JONES
My grandmother, Mary Jane Daniels Jones, was born August 15, 1853 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was the eldest child of Thomas Daniels and Mary Davis. Thomas Daniels and his wife, Mary Davis, had seven children. The other six children were: Thomas Daniels, Daniel M. Daniels, David Daniels, Sarah Ann Daniels Jones, John Daniels and Joseph Daniels. My grandmother, Mary Jane was …
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Life Sketch of
Margaret Mae Palmer Jones In the year 1877, on April 16, a baby girl was born to Joseph and Maria Gardner Palmer. She was the third child in a family of nine children–three boys and six girls. The oldest to the youngest respectively were: William H., Martha Elleanor, Margaret Mae, Sarah, Elizabeth, Maria, Joseph, John G. and Ida. …
Life of Mary Stephens Jones
By Mrs. Ann Jones Lewis, February 26, 1935 (PIONEERS – Brief Biographies of Malad Valley’s Early Settlers) Mary Stephens Jones was born June 20, 1842, at Pencader, South Wales. She was raised on a farm. She was talented in singing. She and Aunt Margaret Stephens, Uncle Dan’s wife, used to sing for most every gathering. She was also a …
Lewis Daniel Jones
By Sarah S. Ward Lewis Daniel Jones was born at Willard, Box Elder County, Utah, on June 28, 1861. He was the son of Lewis William and Sarah Williams Jones. When he was but a small boy the family moved to Logan, Utah and then to Henderson Creek, Idaho, where they had purchased a farm. In 1874 the family moved to …
Letitia John
Letitia John was born 6 April 1853 at Castle Redding Parish at Mathry, Pembs., S-Wls. She was the eighth child of Thomas John and Margaret Thomas. There were nine children-five boys and 4 girls. In the year 1861 she crossed the ocean with her parents. It took them 33 days to make the trip. They came on the sailing vessel-”The New York Manchester.” Their first …
Lawrence Jones
“90 Years of Good Living” Idaho Enterprise, 6 May 1982 (Photo of Lawrence Jones, Idaho Bank & Trust of Idaho) (Photo of Marie Jones and her husband, Lawrence) Banker, sheepman, automobile dealer, theater owner, “doughboy.” “It’s been a good life,” according to Lawrence Jones, who celebrated his ninetieth birthday Wednesday, April 28. A reception was …