Written by Mary Edith Bolingbroke Henry Mitchell Bolingbroke was born April 25, 1850, at Coventry Warwickshire, England. He was blessed by the minister of the Church in England, May 20, 1850. He migrated. Baptized by Elder James Thomas on October, 1864. His father, Thomas John Bolingbroke was born March 4, 1812 at Coggeshall, Essex, England. …
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Mary Edith Bolingbroke
I was born, 20th of January, 1886, in a log house at Malad City, Oneida County, Idaho. My father, Henry Mitchell Bolingbroke, was born April 25, 1850, at Warwickshire, England. His father’s name, Thomas John Bolingbroke, born March 4, 1812, his mother, Mary Ann Mitchell. My mother, Mary Elizabeth Lusk born May 7, 1855, Pleasant …
Henry Mitchell Bolingbroke & Mary Elizabeth Lusk
(Family photograph with caption underneath: 1. John Henry Bolingbroke 7. Ethel 2. David Lusk Bolingbroke 8. Edward-Died shortly after birth 3. Clara Esher Bolingbroke 9. Delbert-Died shortly after birth 4. Arthur Lusk Bolingbroke 10. Ada-Stillborn twins 5. Chester Lusk Bolingbroke 11. Ida-stillborn twins 6. Mary Edith Bolingbroke Biography of Mary Bolingbroke Mary Elizabeth Lusk Bolingbroke …
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Guy Bolingbroke
Guy was born January 14, 1901 at Malad, Idaho, to Charles E and Margaret Elizabeth Roberts Bolingbroke. He lived with his parents in Arbon, Idaho. He was the youngest in the family of ten children. He attended grade school at Arbon in the fall and spring and in Malad during the winter months. He helped …
David Barber
Historical Sketch My grandfather, David Barber, was born in Chiddingly, Sussex, England, September 5, 1833. Baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on May 2, 1857, he came to Utah in the year 1877. He brought with him his family of 5 boys and 2 girls. His wife, Sarah French Barber had …
Brave Idaho Pioneer Woman Called to Well Earned Rest
By Edna R. Stark Another of Idaho’s valiant pioneer characters, in the person of Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Billingsley, has ceased her earthly journey and passed to her reward. Monday, the 2nd of November, 1931, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. B. B. Harger, in Homedale, Mrs. Billingsley calmly and peacefully went to sleep. The …
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Life Sketch of Erastus Zacharia Bloxham
Grandpa Bloxham was a grandson of English immigrants. His Grandfather and Grandmother, Thomas Bloxham and Diana Harris Bloxham lived in Deerhurst, Worcestershire, England. They were the parents of six children, four boys and two girls. Thomas Bloxham joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and immigrated to America in 1841 with his wife …
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History of the Bell Family
From the Pen of Faye Byington Barfus (Submitted by Gladys Brown) The wedding of Abner and Nancy Garwood Bell was an attractive feature of pioneer life. Marriages were always celebrated in the house of the bride, and she was generally left to choose the officiating clergyman. A wedding, however, engaged the attention of the whole …
Matilda Mae Gardner Bassett
Matilda Mae (affectionately called Tillie in her younger days) was born July 21st 1879 in the little town of Mendon, in Cache County, Utah, to Henry F. Gardner and Mary Walker. She was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Alfred Gardner, a Church Elder, on September 5, 1887. …
Charles Edward Bolingbroke and wife Margaret Elizabeth Roberts
January 14, 1936. History of my Grandmother and Grandfather Bolingbroke. Margaret Elizabeth Roberts and Charles Edward Bolingbroke. I just spent one of the happiest evenings of my life, visiting with Grandma and Aunt Jane Thomas and by asking them questions, hearing them relate as they remembered their earlier days. I am taking the pleasure to …
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