By Estella written Feb. 24, 1992 This is a history of my life as I remember it at 94 years of age. I was born in Malad, Idaho at my grandfather Thomas Daniels’ home, October 7, 1897. My father was George Daniels and my mother was Mary May Bolingbroke Daniels. My father homesteaded at West …
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Henry Bolingbroke Henry Mitchell Bolingbroke was one of the first white men to settle in Arbon Valley, especially in the northern portion of the valley. He, along with other settlers, filed for his water rights on Rattlesnake Creek in 1889. He built a one room log cabin on his homestead which is today still standing …
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. …
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 …
(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 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 …
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 …
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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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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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 …
