Davinah Elizabeth Roderick Waldron was born June 5, 1859, in Pendoylan Parish, Glamorganshire, Wales. She was the daughter of David and Hannah Spencer Roderick. They lived near the mines and her father worked as a carpenter there. Davinah Elizabeth, or “Lizzie,” as she was always called, was one of nine children in the family. She …
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BENJAMIN WALDRON
Ben Waldron, the second son of Benjamin Waldron and Emeline Savage, was born in Salt Lake City, on August 18, 1853, shortly after their arrival by wagon train from Council Bluffs, Iowa, where their first son, Levi Savage Waldron, had been born in 1850. The next spring the family moved to Centerville, Davis County, Utah, …
JOSEPH ROBBINS
(Joseph Robbins) Joseph Robbins, son of Edward and Agnes McAllister Robbins was born 6 January 1837, in Manchester, Lancastershire, England. He attended the English school and learned the trade of glass blowing. When Joseph was twelve years of age his father left the family in England and came to America to try and earn enough …
Arnold Goodliffe
Picture of Arnold Goodliffe Born–2 April 1837 Married–Esther Arbon On 17 Jan 1870 Died–9 June 1913 Arnold Goodliffe came quite early because he was in Salt Lake with some of the leading men to meet the Johnson Army who were sent out to see what the Mormons were doing in the West; but the army …
Esther Arbon Goodliffe
A Few Thoughts From Memory By Anna Jane Goodliffe (picture of Esther Arbon Goodliffe) Born–28 Mar 1842 Married–17 Jan 1870 Died–7 Feb 1924 Esther Arbon, your great grandmother and her sister, 2 brothers and parents crossed the plains and met with hardshi[s through sickness and finally the death of her mother and father who were …
Charles W. Goodliffe
(Picture of Charles Willard Goodliffe and wife Annie Eliza Carter Goodliffe) (Condensed from a paper given on his life by LuAnn Secrist Harris, a granddaughter, at his funeral, January 7, 1970, in Brigham City, Utah.) Charles Willard Goodliffe was born at Bingham, Salt Lake County, Utah, October 22, 1877, the son of Arnold and Elizabeth …
Henry Gleed-Life History as remembered by his son Hubert
Born January 1, 1882- Died October 16, 1959 Education: My father always said that he had received only a couple of years of schooling and that was only a few months each year. I cannot be sure about this because it seems now that he was never very definite about it. We all know however …
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Henry Jones’ Diary
May the 25th, 1868, I came from Llanelly to prepare for emigrating this season. June the first I went to Pencader Station to see Isaac Jones and his family going to Liverpool and David Owen (?) and Galch and his family, both of them were going to Utah on the sailing ship John Bright which …
Dr. Orsen Henry Mabey
Former Malad doctor and mayor to be inducted into 2014 Hall of Fame To be inducted to the Oneida County Hall of Fame for 2014 is Dr. O.H. Mabey, who will be honored for his public service to his community, especially as a medical doctor. Dr. Orsen Henry Mabey, also known as Dr. Mabey or …
Anna Jane Josephson Goodliffe
(an autobiography in her own words) I came from a family of twelve children. I was the oldest. My father came with a trade from Sweden. When he established a home in St. John, Idaho he set up his shoe shop. Our big room served several purposes, that of a shoe shop, kitchen, and study …
