Esther Ellen Martin, daughter of John Martin and Anna Jenkins (Martin), began her mortal life 17 July 1879 at Samaria, Idaho. Her paternal grandparents were John Martin and Mary Ann Gibbs. Her maternal grandparents were David Jenkins, and Anna Evans. While a young woman she lived on the homestead property of John and David, her …
Tribute to Mary Davis (Lewis)
By Maisie Harris Williams, July 1990 You have probably heard of the show, “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” but as I look back I could write a show called, “One Sister for Seven Brothers.” Thus it was that Mary Davis was born into a family with seven brothers: Joe, Hen, Dale, Bud, Harold, Zeph, and …
St. Valentine’s Day for Leff Larson
Written by Ethel Colton in 1979 St. Valentine’s Day, February 14th will be a big day in the life of Charles Lafayette (Leff) Larson of Malad City. Leff was born on that day in 1879. Leff is the son of Civil War veteran James Larson and his wife, Anna Sorenson Larson. The family left their …
Life of William D. Lewis
By Catherine Morgan (daughter) Father was the son of Lewis J. Lewis and Eleanor Davis Lewis. He was born July 23, 1857 at South Wales. He came to America with his parents when he was five years old. They came to America and settled at Ogden, Utah on the Weber River for the first …
James and Anna Sorensen Larson
James (Jens) Larson James was born July 7, 1835, at Foerlev (Frejlev, Laaland), Denmark, son of Lars Jensen and Maren Petersen (there were eight children, four of whom died very small); his father and brother were baptized into the Mormon Church on May 15, 1853, by Elder Knute Brown. The family came to America on …
History of James Larson
James Larson was born near Copenhagen, Denmark, on July 7, 1835, and immigrated to America 17 years later. He left Hamburg, Germany, May 4, 1853, and landed in New York , August 24, 1853, making the trip in three months and 20 days. (Photo of James Larson). He first went to the state of Michigan …
Ann Lewis
By Martha Lewis, St. John Mother Ann Lewis was born Jan 4, 1864, the daughter of David and Mary Jones at PenCadder, South Wales, the oldest child of a family of nine. Ann and her brother, David S., sailed with their parents across the Atlantic Ocean, taking six weeks to make the trip to America. …
My Life Story
By Elizabeth Thorpe Josephson I was the first child of a family of twelve children born to Joseph Thorpe and Mary Mason at Samaria, Oneida, Idaho, on 12 May 1881 in a little two-room log cabin with my grandmother Thorpe assisting as mid-wife since there were few doctors available in such sparsely settled towns in …
Martha Ann Price
Martha Ann Price was born in Merthyr, South Wales, December 12, 1854. Youngest twin of thirteen children. Her father, Jeremiah Price, was a foreman in a coal mine, employing five hundred men-the job being handed down from generations back. Her mother, whose maiden name was Jane Morgan, was the youngest of seven children. Her rearing was on …
Short History of the William and Mary Hughes Family
Written for the Jones Reunion By Hannah Deschamp At about the time the Revolutionary War was at its height in America, an infant son was born to Mary and John Hughes at Llangbyther, Carmarthan, South Wales. While this son who was christened William was of no more importance to the world than thousands of other children, yet to this group assembled …
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