The Russell
& Adam Family
An historical
and photographic perspective
The Mormon Migration
Janet, Elizabeth & Margaret
Russell From Scotland to Salt Lake City, Utah
with members of the Adam,
Easton, Grant & Henderson families
Elizabeth & Margaret Russell |
Elizabeth Russell Wardrobe & John Gray
Robert Grant &
Isabella Adam |
James Easton &
Agnes Adam |
David
Henderson & Margaret Adam
Elizabeth Laird Easton
| William Thom Adam &
Margaret Thomson | Thomas
Widdison & Janet Russell
The Adam, Easton, Grant & Henderson families in California
The Easton Family in Oregon
The Mormons |
Mormon Extermination Order
| Joseph Smith Murdered |
Family Members in the Mormon Migration |
Nauvoo & The Exodus
The St. Louis Fire &
Cholera | The Gravois Coal
Mines |
The Scotch Independent Company | Salt
Lake City | The
Morrisites
The Civil War |
The Morrisite War |
The John Gray Story |
The Coal Mines at Mount Diablo |
The Black Hawk War | Carson
City, Nevada
John Henderson Elected
Marshall | The
San Bernardino Police Department |
The Great War |
Martinelli's Soda & Cider
Works
John Henderson Elected
Mayor of San Bernardino |
Adam Brothers Family Farms | DNA Match
1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930| 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990
Elizabeth, Margaret and Janet Russell are the children of Robert Russell & Agnes Adam. Isabella, Agnes and Margaret Adam are the children of William Thom Adam and Isobel Laird. Agnes Adam (wife of Robert Russell) and William Thom Adam are the children of Charles Adam and Janet Thom.
DNA: In 2013, a GEDmatch.com Autosomal Comparison between BillH and Jeff Waugh confirms a DNA match with the MRCA at an estimated 3.5 generations. This is the first DNA confirmation of the accuracy of the Waugh Family genealogical research. The most recent common ancestor (MRCA) is Robert Russell and Agnes Adam (through Elizabeth Russell Wardrobe and John Gray for BillH.) We also have an Ancestry.com match with "fullmerconnie" who goes through John T. Adam and Mahalia Haun to William Thom Adam & Margaret Thomson (and to Charles Adam and Janet Thom).
The Russell
Family of Chapelhall, Bothwell, Scotland |
The Adam Family of Coatbridge, Old
Monkland
Russell Family Index of Official Parish Registries and
Statutory Registries for Births, Marriages and Deaths
Adam Family Index of Official Parish Registries and
Statutory Registries for Births, Marriages and Deaths
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The Waugh Family Library |
| Book of Mormon, by Joseph Smith, Jr., 1830 (51 MB pdf) |
| A Voice of Warning, by Parley P. Pratt (26 MB pdf) |
| The Saints and St. Louis, 1831-1857 by Stanley B. Kimball (12 MB pdf) |
| Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley, by Frederick Piercy, 1853 (30 MB pdf) |
| History of Santa Barbara County, California by Jesse D. Mason, 1883 (77 MB pdf) |
| A Few Items in the History of the Morrisites by James A. Dove, c. 1890 (799 kb pdf) |
| Memoirs of William Laird Adam, 1903 (33 MB pdf) |
| Ingersoll's century annals of San Bernardino County, 1769-1904, by L.A. Ingersoll, 1904 (53 MB pdf) |
| History of Indian Depredations in Utah, by Peter Gottfredson, 1919 (21 MB pdf) |
| Official History of the Second Engineers in the World War 1916-1919, by Regimental HQ (19MB pdf) |
 Joseph Smith |
 Brigham Young |
"I am going like a lamb to the slaughter"
"I am going like a lamb to the slaughter, but I am calm as a summer's morning. I have a conscience void of offense toward God and toward all men. If they take my life, I shall die an innocent man, and my blood shall cry from the ground for vengeance, and it shall be said of me, 'He was murdered in cold blood.'" - Joseph Smith shortly before his death on June 27, 1844
The story of Mormonism in Scotland actually begins in Canada—not surprisingly when one realizes that for thousands of expatriate Scots in the nineteenth century, Canada was a second homeland. Two Scotsmen, Alexander Wright of Banffshire and Samuel Mulliner of Midlothian, had settled in Upper Canada (now known as Ontario) in the mid-1830s and shortly thereafter they were converted to the Mormon church. They soon let their relatives know about the new religion by sending to Scotland copies of Parley P. Pratt's A Voice of Warning, and in 1839 they were called to return to their homeland as emissaries of the new American faith. After four months of proselyting, by May of 1840, they had baptized some eighty Scots into the Church, and shortly thereafter the first Latter-day Saint branch was organized at Paisley by Apostle Orson Pratt. By the end of the century some ten thousand people had joined the Church in Scotland, and almost half of the converts had left Scotland as part of the Mormon gathering to Zion. - from The Ebb and Flow of Mormonism in Scotland, by Frederck S. Buchanan
"City of Refuge"
Latter-day Saints use the name Zion to signify a group of God's followers or a place where such a group lives. Latter-day scriptures define Zion as the "pure in heart" (D&C 97:21). Other uses of the name in scripture reflect this one. For example, Zion refers to the place or land appointed by the Lord for the gathering of those who accept his gospel (D&C 101:16-22; 3 Ne. 20-22). The purpose of this gathering is to raise up a committed society of "pure people" who will "serve [God] in righteousness" (D&C 100:13, 16). Hence, the lands of Zion are places where the pure in heart live together in righteousness. Geographical Church units are called "stakes…of Zion" (D&C 101:21-22). The Church and its stakes are called Zion because they are for gathering and purifying a people of God (D&C 43:8-11; Eph. 4:11-13). Scripture also refers to Zion as a "City of Holiness" (Moses 7:19), because the "sanctified" or "pure" live there (Moro. 10:31-33; Alma 13:11-12), and a "city of refuge" where the Lord protects them from the peril of the world (D&C 45:66-67).
- from Encyclopedia of Mormonism
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints or the Mormon Church was founded by a young man named Joseph Smith, Jr. in April 1830. Church members were severely persecuted and driven from New York, Ohio, Missouri, and ultimately Illinois. After Joseph Smith's murder in 1844, the Latter Day Saints or Mormons abandoned their homes in Nauvoo, Illinois in fear that mobs would soon come to destroy them. The Mormons fled from Nauvoo on February 4, 1846 for fear of attack. The journey was bitter cold and miserable. It took them approximately four months to cross Iowa, due to severe weather and axle-deep mud. Ultimately, they crossed the Missouri River and settled an area on the Nebraska side, which they called Winter Quarters. Some of the pioneers stayed there for the winter of 1846, while others stopped at temporary camps outside of Winter Quarters. By the spring of 1847, almost 400 lives had been lost, largely due to inadequate provisions and exposure. Having learned many lessons from the previous years hardships, Brigham Young led a vanguard group west from Winter Quarters on April 5, 1847. The first group numbered 148. However, 16,000 Mormons were to follow that year. After traversing over 1,000 miles across Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah the first group arrived in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake on July 24, 1847. - from The Mormon Trail
| 1838 | .......... |
Missouri Governor Issues Extermination Order Against Mormons, Oct 27, 1838
"The Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated..."
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Head
Quarters
of the Militia,
Since the order of this morning to you, directing you to cause four hundred mounted men to be raised within your division, I have received by Amos Reese, Esq., of Ray county, and Wiley C. Williams, Esq., one of my aids, information of the most appalling character, which entirely changes the face of things, and places the Mormons in the attitude of an open and avowed defiance of the laws, and of having made war upon the people of this state. Your orders are, therefore, to hasten your operation with all possible speed. The Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from the state if necessary for the public peace--their outrages are beyond all description. If you can increase your force, you are authorized to do so to any extent you may consider necessary. I have just issued orders to Maj. Gen. Willock, of Marion county, to raise five hundred men, and to march them to the northern part of Daviess, and there unite with Gen. Doniphan, of Clay, who has been ordered with five hundred men to proceed to the same point for the purpose of intercepting the retreat of the Mormons to the north. They have been directed to communicate with you by express, you can also communicate with them if you find it necessary. Instead therefore of proceeding as at first directed to reinstate the citizens of Daviess in their homes, you will proceed immediately to Richmond and then operate against the Mormons. Brig. Gen. Parks of Ray, has been ordered to have four hundred of his brigade in readiness to join you at Richmond. The whole force will be placed under your command.
I am very respectfully,
- from
Missouri Extermination Order
History |
| 1839 | .......... |
"Two valiant sons of Scotland were called to introduce the gospel in Scotland"
Two valiant sons of Scotland, Elders Samuel Mulliner and Alexander Wright, who had embraced the gospel in Canada and had in 1839 both received mission calls, were called to introduce the gospel in Scotland. They arrived in Glasgow on December 20, 1839, and left the following day for Edinburgh, where they were welcomed by Elder Mulliner’s parents. Elder Mulliner stayed with his parents in Edinburgh for a few days; then he began systematic missionary work at Bishopton, near Paisley. On January 10, 1840, in a small meeting room that had been procured for the purpose, he first proclaimed the gospel in public meeting in Scotland. Four days later Alexander Hay and his wife, Jessie, were baptized in the River Clyde, near Bishopton. - from History of the Church in Great Britain, Ensign Magazine, Sept, 1971
Through Parley P. Pratt’s classic missionary pamphlet (A Voice of Warning), the first seeds of testimony began to grow in that austere land. From this very small beginning, nearly ten thousand Scots would join the Church within twenty years, and more than seven thousand would emigrate to the new Zion in Utah. Scotland soon became one of the fertile mission fields of the Restoration, and her own children made it so. The first two elders who broke the ground for those to follow were Scots themselves. One of them was Alexander Wright. - from the Gospel Seeds in Scottish Soil, Ensign Magazine, Feb, 1987
"The barren desert will abound with pools and springs of living water, and produce grass, with flowers blooming and blossoming as the rose, and that too about the time of the coming of their God with vengeance and recompense, which must allude to his second coming; and Israel is to come at the time to Zion with songs of everlasting joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. Thus the curse will be taken off from the deserts and they will become a fruitful, well watered country." - From "The Voice of Warning" by Parley Pratt
| 1843 | .......... |
Robert Russell, Jr. & Chesterfield Aimer
Robert Russell, Jr. (Janet, Elizabeth and Margaret's younger brother) married Chesterfield Aimer in Dundee on Nov 6, 1843 in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the Mormon Church). Chesterfield was baptized and confirmed on July 15, 1844. - from Dundee Branch Register Robert and Chesterfield stayed in Scotland.
Dundee Branch Register of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints showing Robert and Chesterfield Russell
See
original document
At this time, there were only about 1,000 members of the Mormon Church in all of Scotland. - from The Ebb and Flow of Mormonism in Scotland, by Frederck S. Buchanan
Read more about Robert Russell and Chesterfield Aimer
| 1844 | .......... |
Joseph Smith was murdered on June 27, 1844, in Carthage, Illinois, after being charged with treason.
The first formal branch of the Church was organized in St. Louis in the Spring of 1844.
Family Members in The Mormon Migration between 1844-1853
Janet, Elizabeth, Robert and Margaret Russell (children of Robert Russell and Agnes Adam) were Mormons living in Chapel Hall, Bothwell, Lanarkshire. The three sisters would emigrate from Scotland to the USA. Agnes Adam's brother, William Thom Adam and six of his children (and the families of three of his daughters) would also emigrate. Of these family members, Robert Grant and Isabella Adam and four of their children, Isabella Easton (5), and David Henderson (and possibly his infant son Charles) would perish in the St. Louis cholera outbreak of 1849. John (brother of James) Easton's wife Agnes "Anne" Mitchell and their daughters Elizabeth and Barbara also succumbed to cholera. Robert (brother of James) Easton's wife Margaret Lindsay and their daughter Elizabeth also died in that epidemic as did Robert (9), Peter (7) and Alexander Easton (4) (sons of Alexander Easton and Mary McDougall).
| NAME | Year - Ship | Family Members |
| ADAM | 1844 - Norfolk | Isabella Adam Grant |
| 1845 - Oregon | Agnes Adam Easton | |
| 1850 - Berlin | Margaret Adam Henderson | |
| 1850 - North Atlantic | William Thom Adam and his children: Jemima, William Laird and Alexander (along with grandchildren William and Isabella Henderson) | |
| EASTON | 1845 - Oregon | James Easton and Agnes Adam and their infant daughter Isabella |
| 1850 - Hartley | Elizabeth Laird Easton and her children: Matthew, Margaret & Jean | |
| GRANT | 1844 - Norfolk | Robert Grant & Isabella Adam and their children: John, Isabella, William & Agnes |
| GRAY | 1845 - Parthenon | John Gray (may be a different John Gray than the one who married Elizabeth Russell) |
| HENDERSON | 1849 - Berlin | David Henderson & Margaret Adam and their children: Margaret, David, Janet, Mary Adam and Charles Adam |
| 1850 - North Atlantic | Isabella & William (with William Thom Adam) | |
| LIVINGSTON | 1853 - Falcon | James Campbell Livingston (would marry both Agnes & Hannah Widdison in plural marriage) |
| RUSSELL | 1844 - Norfolk | Margaret & Elizabeth Russell and Andrew Wardrobe |
| 1853 - Falcon | Janet Russell | |
| WARDROBE | 1844 - Norfolk | Elizabeth Russell & Andrew Wardrobe |
| WIDDISON | 1853 - Falcon | Thomas Widdison & Janet Russell and their children: Agnes, Hannah, Robert and William |
"the persecution became So gineral
that for the Sake of peace
we agreed to leave as early in the Spring of 1846"
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"The winter of 43 and 4 I Spent in Nauvoo enjoying the refreshing teachings from the lips of Prest. Joseph Smith & Hyrum in the Spring of 1844 the tide of emegration in to Nauvoo had for a time been gradualy increasing, and had caused a Spirit of Jelousey to arise in the breasts of our eneymies they feard that if they left us thus alone all men would believe on us and the Mormons would take away their place and nation, and hold the balance of power, acordingly our old enemies re newed the attact and new ones Joined in the percecution until it became quite warm, and then to assist Satan in his Cours of percecution several Appostatised and Joined the Mob in purcecuting the Saints and Commen ced publishing a Newspaper called the Nauvoo exposeter and one No was ishued. the City Council pronounced it a nucancer and ordered it removed. at the time I was acting in the Poliece who was called upon to re move and destroy the press type and all libilous prints &c. this Caused quite a Stir with our enemies and Soon their Cries ware So loud that the Governer of the State took the field in person at the head of a bodey of militia Br Joseph Surendered to a demand made for him and Stood his trial they not finding or not being able to prove eney thing against him, he was discharged but they soon found another endightment or Charge against him and for his Safety for a fiew days he was placed in Carthage gaol when they Saw no Chance of Substanciating eney thing against him, they arose in mob and broke open the Gaol and Killd Joseph and Hyrum and severely wounded Elder John Taylor on the 27th day of June 1844. during this time I was serveing as poliece man on almost Constant duty night and day and in So doing exposed my Self to wet and cold and Soon after was taken Sick with Chills Ague & fever and for 3 months was verry Sick in fact the Sickest that ever I was in my life. My recoverey was but Slowly. during this time our enemies ware verey active agains us and the work of a postacy was going on Sidney Rigdon J. Strang Wm Smith and several others ware excomunicated who with the 2 Laws, 2 Fosters & 2 Higbees ware figureing against us. During this time Br Brigham Young was Acknowledged presedent of the Church the Temple Continued to progress while our enemies Con tinued to Haras us in the fall of 1845 their percecution became mutch warmer even so they commenced Burning houses Grain Stacks driving of cattle catching and whiping the Breathering and some ware Killed. the persecution became So gineral that for the Sake of peace we agreed to leave as early in the Spring of 1846 as Circumstances would admit of... |
Margaret Russell & Elizabeth Russell Wardrobe and Robert Grant & Isabella Adam
Elizabeth Russell Wardrobe c 1844
Photo courtesy Norna Groff, great-great grand
daughter of Elizabeth Russell Wardrobe Gray
Elizabeth Russell Wardrobe's husband Andrew Wardrobe, Sr. (25 year old "silver chaser") died on May 27, 1838, in Glasgow. Elizabeth Russell Wardrobe (dressmaker) and her six year old son Andrew, along with Elizabeth's little sister Margaret, boarded the Norfolk in Liverpool, England on Sept 19, 1844, and arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Nov 11, 1844, en route to the Mormon settlement of Nauvoo, Illinois. Along with the Russell's were Robert Grant, his wife Isabella Adam (Elizabeth and Margaret's cousin) and their family. Robert Grant and Isabella Adam and all but one of their children (John) died in the 1849 cholera epidemic in St. Louis.
Reuben Hedlock Agent,
1844-1846
Sept 19, 1844, Norfolk, 661 tons, Captain Elliott, 143
Saints
From Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake
Valley, Frederick Piercy, 1853
The Latter Day Saints Millennial Star, November, 1844
"EMIGRATION. -- The fine ship Norfolk, Captain Elliot, sailed
from this port on the 19th September, under very favorable
circumstances, at a quarter past three p.m., having on board
about 143 souls put on by us. We rejoice to see so practical an
illustration of the faith of the Saints being unshaken by the
late tragical events in the West, and that the Saints are not
living according to the precepts of men, but the word of the
Lord. Any anxious to emigrate about the 12th instant, can have
an opportunity of doing so, by making early application. Early
in January next we expect to charter a ship, and should be glad
to receive notice as soon as possible of all who intend to go at
that time."
SS Norfolk
Photo courtesy
Report and List of the Passengers taken on board the Ship
Norfolk of Boston
Robert Grant (29), Isabella (24), John (6), Isabella (2),
William (1), Agnes (infant)
Elizabeth Wardrop (29), Andrew Wardrop (6) and Margaret
Russell (27).
From New Orleans Passenger Lists 1820-1945,
Ancestry.com
See original document
The Steamer Missouri on the
Mississippi River c 1845
Hannibal, Missouri, just down
river from Keokuk, Iowa, and Nauvoo, Illinois, c. 1841
Hannibal was the boyhood home of Mark Twain
Painting by John Stobart
Encampment on the Mississippi
River c. 1842
| 1845 | .......... |
John Gray
A John Gray (born 1820, farmer) sailed from Liverpool aboard the Parthenon on March 30, 1845, and arrived in New Orleans on May 12, 1845. - See Liverpool to New Orleans, March 30, 1845
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"Left Liverpool and set sail for America with one son & one daughter on Sunday the 30th day of March 1845 on board the ship Parthenon, Captain Woodburry. After a pleasant voyage of six weeks arrived at New Orleans on the 12th day of May in the afternoon. Arrived at Saint Louis on the 20th of May. At this place my father met us from Nauvoo who had left Liverpool one year before us on the ship "John Cummin." Arrived at Nauvoo on the 23rd day of May near night. . . . - from BIB: Bennion, Samuel. Notebook (Ms 8125), p.23. (CHL) |
Elizabeth Russell Wardrobe probably met John Gray in or near St. Louis or Nauvoo.
Elizabeth Russell Wardrobe & John Gray
Elizabeth Russell Wardrobe (daughter
of Robert Russell and Agnes Adam) married John Gray. They had
four children: Isabelle (born Dec 10, 1848 in St. Louis,
Missouri); Robert A. (1850-1852); Robert Russell (born Jan 15,
1852 in Salt Lake City, Utah); and William Wallace (born Feb 14,
1854, in Utah). - Glenda Waugh
Andrew Wardrobe &
Isabella Slack |
Isabel Gray & Henry Clay Powers |
Robert
Russell Gray & Eliza Frances Follett
James Easton, Agnes Adam (daughter of William Thom Adam and Isobel Laird) and their daughter Isabella (infant) boarded the SS Oregon in Liverpool on Sept 1, 1845, and arrived into New Orleans, Louisiana, on Oct 28, 1845. Isabella died in 1849 in the St. Louis cholera outbreak. They had at least six other children: Margaret (born about 1849 in Missouri); Agnes (born about 1852 in Utah); James Adam (born May 29, 1853 in Utah); Charles Alexander (born Dec 25, 1858); Jemima (born about 1859 in California); and John Franklin (born May 17, 1861). - Glenda Waugh
James Adam Easton & Nettie
Moad | John Franklin Easton & Elizabeth Feld
James Easton married Nettie Moad and their children were:
James Easton Jr. of Boyd; John of Alberta; Wolmont of Camas;
Agnes (Mrs. Chas. Welhelm)
"THIRTY-FIRST COMPANY. -- Oregon, about 125 souls. Some time in September, 1845, the ship Oregon, Captain Borland, sailed from Liverpool with about one hundred and twenty-five Latter-day Saint passengers, bound for Nauvoo, via New Orleans. We have been unable to glean any information about the voyage." Cont., 12:12 (Oct. 1891), p.450 "[Sep. 1, 1845] -- The ship Oregon sailed from Liverpool, England, with a company of Saints bound for Nauvoo, Illinois" CC, p.28
List of All Passengers on board the Ship Oregon
whereof James Borland is Master, at the Port of Liverpool and
bound for New-Orleans
James Easton (22) miner, Agnes Easton (21) and Isabella Easton
(infant)
See
original document (3 pages)
James, Agnes and Isabella traveled on to St. Louis, Missouri, and were there during the great fire and cholera outbreak of 1849 and where Isabella died. It's possible that they travelled all the way to Nauvoo, but then returned to St. Louis the following year during the exodus...
| 1845 | .......... |
Vancouver Island - Final Destination and Home of the Mormon People
Glasgow Herald, Friday, Nov 28, 1845
| 1846 | .......... |
Nauvoo Temple c 1846
Nauvoo c 1846
In all of Church history, perhaps nothing symbolizes the pragmatic nature of Latter-day Saint religion as does the city of Nauvoo. On the very hem of the western frontier, the Latter-day Saints drained the swamps, wrote an ambitious city charter, established a university, mounted a city militia, and built a temple.
To Nauvoo and its vicinity came the great majority of all Latter-day Saint converts for the next seven years, swelling the population to about 20,000 by 1846. At its height it rivalled Chicago as the largest city in the state. A vibrant, culturally eclectic place, it came to be known as "Nauvoo, the Beautiful."
Painting of the Exodus from
Nauvoo
On 4
February 1846, in the heart of a Midwestern winter so cold and
bitter the Mississippi River froze over, the Latter-day Saints
were driven from their homes and lands
(in Nauvoo)
down a street which came to be known as the "Street of Tears"
and into the unknown mystery of the western frontier.
"In every part of the city scenes of destitution, misery and woe met the eye. Families were hurrying away from their homes, without a shelter, — without means of conveyance, — without tents, money, or a day's provision, with as much of their household stuff as they could carry in their hands. Sick men and women were carried upon their beds — weary mothers, with helpless babes dying in their arms, hurried away — all fleeing, they scarcely knew or cared whither, so it was from their enemies, whom they feared more than the waves of the Mississippi, or the heat, and hunger and lingering life and dreaded death of the prairies on which they were about to be cast. The ferry boats were crowded, and the river bank was lined with anxious fugitives, sadly awaiting their turn to pass over and take up their solitary march to the wilderness." - from Nauvoo Guide, 1939
No odyssey in Mormon history surpasses the tragedy and triumph of the Mormon exodus (February to June 1846) from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Winter Quarters, Nebraska. Deaths and other tragedies were varied and numerous, resulting from such terrors as “black scurvy,” cholera morbus, typhoid fever, “quick consumption” (tuberculosis), and maternal deaths, not to mention the weaknesses of human beings under stress. The triumph derived from the successful emigration of thousands of men, women, children, and livestock under such abominable conditions.
- From The Iowa Trek of 1846: The Brigham Young Route from Nauvoo to Winter Quarters by Stanley B. Kimball, Ensign Magazine, June 1972. Read more at The Pioneer Trek: Nauvoo to Winter Quarters by William Hartley, Ensign Magazine, June, 1997
The Mormon Emigration to Oregon
Glasgow Herald, Monday, June 15, 1846
| 1847 | .......... |
"St. Louis was designated a gathering place for the driven from Nauvoo"
From
The Saints and St. Louis,
1831-1857 by Stanley B. Kimball
| 1848 | .......... |
Elizabeth Russell & John Gray
Evidence from land and Church records indicates that Elizabeth Russell and John Gray along with Elizabeth's son Andrew Wardrobe and their infant daughter Isabel (born in Missouri in 1846) travelled (with "unidentified companies") to Utah in 1848.
John Grant and wife and son, a number of the Easton family and others...
In the winter of 1848, Mormon Scots again began to cross the Atlantic. One group came on the Carnatic, which had about 120 Mormon emigrants on board, half of whom were from Scotland. These Scottish Saints arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in the fall of 1848, following a rough ocean crossing. The following year, Frederic Gardner noted on the voyage of the James Pennell, “I believe altogether there are about 250 souls, probably one hundred or more of whom are from Scotland. But all are filled with the spirit of the gospel, and working in harmony with each other.” John Penman remembered, “Myself, wife, and three children bid adieu to dear old Scotland and cast our lot with the Mormons and to make a home with that peculiar people in the desert wilds of North America.” During the latter half of the nineteenth century, the Scots gathered as individuals and families by the hundreds and thousands to make a desert blossom as a rose. - from Conveyance & Contribution: Mormon Scots Gather to an American Zion
"THIRTY-THIRD COMPANY, -- Carnatic, 120 Saints. The ship Carnatic, Captain McKenzie, obtained its clearance papers on the eighteenth of February, 1848, and sailed on the morning of the 20th, with a company of one hundred and twenty Saints on board, nearly one hundred of whom were adults. This company which was made up upon short notice of Saints 'with cheerful hopes and buoyant feelings,' went out under the superintendence of Elder Franklin D. Richards, assisted by Cyrus H. Wheelock, and Andrew Cahoon, Samuel W. Richards, another American elder, who returned with the Carnatic, acted as clerk for the company.
.. For thirteen days the Carnatic was tossed violently about in the Channel and Irish Sea, during which time nearly all the emigrants suffered more or less from seasickness. On Sunday, February 27th, the vessel was beating off Milford, and it was proposed by the captain, if the weather did not change, to put into Haven the next day, but she succeeded in clearing the cape and standing out to sea. Several times she ran so close upon the rocks and shoals, that the captain ordered put on all the sail she could bear, which made her roll and wallow in the seas with apparent madness; but the threatened danger was thereby avoided. This was the roughest part of the entire voyage. As soon as the elements and the seasickness would permit the emigrants were organized into such divisions as equalized the labor of cleaning, building fires, receiving water, maintaining watch, etc., among the men each day of the week. Regular hours were also appointed for prayer and meetings held on the Sabbath, when the sacrament was also administered. When the captain saw how diligent the Saints were in observing good orders, he laid aside the rigid formality of ship rules, and granted them every comfort and convenience which the vessel afforded. When warmer latitudes were reached, he also prepared shower baths and other baths which conduced much to the health and comfort of the company. - From Liverpool to New Orleans on the Carnatic Feb 20, 1848
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"On Sunday 20 February 1848, 120 Saints set sail from Liverpool on the ship Carnatic. The company was called the Franklin Richards Company. I learned from Historian Andrew Jenson that this was the first company of Saints that sailed from Europe booked for the Salt Lake Valley. The ship arrived at New Orleans about April 19th, whence the company proceeded up the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. We spent about two months on the water. In the immediate company with my parents were my aunt Mary Bulloch, John Stoddard and wife and two sons David and John Jr., Alec Keer and wife and son Alec Jr. and nephew Robert Keer, James Williamson and wife and children, Mathew Cruthers and family, and John Grant and wife and son, a number of the Easton family and others. My father and Mathew Cruthers purchased a farm near Saint Louis where they worked for two years. . . . [p.215] . . . After leaving St. Louis we traveled onward until we came to Council Bluffs where we were joined by others and organized into a large company. . . . We all arrived safely in Salt Lake two weeks ahead of the big company of 1851. . . . [p.216] - from Bulloch, David Dunn, [Autobiography], Our Pioneer Heritage, comp, by Kate B. Carter, vol. 18 (Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1975) pp. 215-16. (CHL) |
The Bulloch, Stoddard, and Kier families travelled with the John Easton (or Scotch Independent) Company from St. Louis to Salt Lake City in July, 1851. See the Passenger List for the Carnatic.
The entire company of emigrants left New Orleans Sunday morning, April 23rd, on board the steamboat Mameluke, and, after a pleasant trip arrived at St. Louis Sunday afternoon, April 30th. As the Saints were counseled not to remain at St. Louis, all who had means to go to Pottawattamie lands, began at once to make preparations to continue the journey farther up the river; and finally a contract was made with Captain Patterson of the steamboat Mustang to take the Carnatic company (as well as other emigrating Saints who had arrived in St. Louis from different parts of the United States), to Winter Quarters, at the rate of about five dollars for each person over twelve years of age, allowing one hundred pounds luggage to each. This company -- which consisted of about one hundred and fifty souls -- sailed from St. Louis about the ninth of May, and arrived at Winter Quarters about the middle of the month. (Millennial Star, Volume X, page 203.)
- From Liverpool to New Orleans on the Carnatic Feb 20, 1848James, Agnes and Margaret Easton remained in St. Louis until at least 1850.
The Mexican-American War
Map of Oregon, Upper
California & New Mexico, 1845
The Mexican-American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo sealed the American victory in 1848. In return for $15 million and the assumption of Mexican debts to Americans, Mexico gave up its hold over New Mexico and California. The enormous territory included present-day California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado and Wyoming. Mexico also agreed to finally relinquish all of Texas, including the disputed area along the border. The U.S. Congress approved the treaty on March 10. - from The Mexican American War
| 1849 | .......... |
David Henderson & Margaret Adam
Margaret Adam Henderson
Photo courtesy Chloe Perdew
Margaret Adam (daughter of William T. Adam and Isobel Laird) married David Henderson on June 23, 1833. They had at least eight children: William McDonald (born Nov 17, 1833, in Coatbridge); Isabel (born about 1835); Margaret Victoria (born about 1837); Charles Adam (born July 21, 1839, in Old Monkland or Coatbridge, and died before 1849); David Glen (born March 28, 1842); Janet Adam (born about 1844); Mary Adam (born about 1847); and Charles Adam (born 1849). - Scotland's People, 1841 Scotland Census and Liverpool to New Orleans Ship List
Margaret Adam and David Henderson and five of their children (Margaret, David, Janet, Mary Adam and Charles Adam) boarded the ship Berlin in Liverpool on Sept 5, 1849, and arrived into New Orleans, Louisiana, on Oct 23, 1849. Their children Isabella and William would follow the following year with Margaret's father (William Thom Adam).
William McDonald
Henderson & Mary Winn |
Isabel Henderson &
William Nish
Margaret Henderson & Charles Mogeau | Margaret Henderson &
Henry Yager |
David
Glen Henderson & Matilda Caroline Hawker
Janet Henderson & Thomas Benjamin Walkinshaw | Janet Henderson &
William Brown Roberds
Mary Adam Henderson & Thomas Ashcroft | Mary Adam Henderson &
William Levic
David Henderson died in the 1849 cholera outbreak in St. Louis, Missouri, and their infant son Charles probably died there, too. After David's death, Margaret married James Easton (husband of her sister Agnes) and had a son named John with him (John would go by the name of John Henderson).
". . .The ship Berlin sailed for New Orleans on the 5th day of September, carrying 253 souls of the Latter-day Saints. . . ."
"FORTY-FOURTH company. -- Berlin 253 souls. The ship Berlin sailed from Liverpool for New Orleans with two hundred and fifty-three Latter-day Saints on board, September 5th, 1849, under the presidency of James G. Brown. (Millennial Star, Vol. XI, page 363.) The company had a tedious voyage, during which the passengers suffered much from cholera and forty-three deaths occurred on board, of whom thirteen adults and fifteen children belonged to the Saints. The other deaths were among passengers and apostates of where there were a number on board. . . . . . .This was the greatest loss of life that up to that time had been experienced among the Saints wending their way to Zion, since the emigration from Europe commenced in 1840. As some of those who died had no relatives on board, their property was left with Elder McKenzie, the church agent, at New Orleans, subject to orders from their relatives in England. Their bedding and other goods that was thought affected with cholera were thrown overboard. The Saints were well pleased with Brother Brown as their presiding officer, but were highly dissatisfied with Captain Smith's conduct toward them. (Millennial Star, Vol. XI, page 363.) On the twenty-second of October, 1849, on the same day that the James Pennell reached port, the Berlin arrived at New Orleans, with that part of the company who had escaped a watery grave. The largest portion of the Saints emigrating in the Berlin was sent up the Mississippi River by the church agent, Thomas McKenzie, but some stopped at New Orleans, where they found employment for the winter. (Millennial Star, Vol. XI, page 284, 363; Vol. XII, page 14.)" "Wed. 5. [Sep. 1849] -- The ship Berlin sailed from Liverpool with 253 Saints, under James G. Brown's direction, bound for G. [Great] S. [Salt] L. [Lake] Valley; it arrived at New Orleans Oct. 22nd. Twenty-six died on the voyage, of cholera."
- from Liverpool to New Orleans, Sept 5, 1849
David Henderson (38), Margaret (33), David (12),
David (7), Janet (5), Mary (2) and Charles
(infant)
The 12 year old would be Margaret not David
It was during this time, most likely between June and September of 1849
that David Henderson died from heat stroke (or possibly cholera) while working in the coal mines near St. Louis. He was buried in St. Louis in an area known at the time as Dogtown. He left Margaret a widow at the age of 34 with 6 children to care for. This was just the beginning of hard times for Margaret. The area of St. Louis was in the grip of a major cholera epidemic. Her sister, Agnes, was so sick with the cholera, that she was on her deathbed and burial arrangements were being made. Margaret nursed her back to health while caring for her own six children, as well as Agnes Easton's five children in St. Louis. (They were living next door to each other in the 1850 census and David is not listed.) Another of Margaret's sisters, Isabelle, her husband John Grant (Ed. Note: Isabella Adam married Robert Grant on Nov 27, 1836), and all of her children but one, died from cholera while in St. Louis. The surviving child, Johnny Grant, was taken in and raised by Margaret and her sister, Agnes. - from Findagrave for Margaret Ada Adam HendersonIn December of 1848 the Asiatic cholery made its appearance in New Orleans, and thousend of its people died of the plague during the winter. In a few days after the death of my wife I sailed up the river in a steam boat for Saint Loues. and during 7 days passeg we had 37 deaths from cholerey, making an averig of 5 per day. This was a terible site, To see men and women In the very bloom of life smiten and In a few hours they ware corps. Very little ceremony was made in buring the dead. The Boat would stop. The hands would dig a trench, and place the corps side by side and huredly cover them up. And no mark left to show the resting place of the dead.
In the first week of May 1849 I arived at St. Louise ware the destroyer was reap ing a rich harvest many of the people had left the City and camped In tents outside of the City. Verey many thousands of Its people died from the pestilence during the warm wether. On my arival hear I found a large Branch of the Church Presided over by N. H. Felt. During this sumer I was sick with Billious Feaver most all the sumer. And for a time not expected to live. But through the providence of God my life was spared. - from Welsh Mormon History by John ParryThe Great Fire, St. Louis, Missouri
The Great Fire, St. Louis, Missouri, May 17,
1849
Great Fire of 1849 consumed 23 steamboats and the riverside commercial district. It gave firefighters their first hometown hero, Capt. Thomas Targee, who was blown up while clearing buildings for a firebreak.
As the fire raged, a far deadlier event was ravaging St. Louis — a cholera epidemic that killed at least 6 percent of the city's population. It decimated the immigrant slums. Many wealthier residents, including some City Council members, fled to the country. The cholera inflicted its worst in late July with a weekly toll of 640, seven times the city's normal death rate. The July 18, 1849, Missouri Republican newspaper noted 88 burials that day — not by name, only grouped by cemetery. - From StLouisToday.com"Ravages of That Fell Destroyer, the Asiatic Cholera"
From A
Mournful Elegy on the Unfortunate Victims,
Who Fell Sacrifices to the Ravages of That
Fell Destroyer, the Asiatic Cholera,
at the
Gravois Coal Diggings, Near St. Louis, Mo.,
June and July, 1849 by John Russel, teacher
in the doomed district.
Robert and Isabella Adam Grant
and four of their children also died at Gravois Coal
Diggings near St. Louis, Missouri, sometime in June,1849.
- from
A
Mournful Elegy on the Unfortunate Victims,
Who Fell Sacrifices to the Ravages of That
Fell Destroyer, the Asiatic Cholera, at the
Gravois Coal Diggings, Near St. Louis, Mo.,
June and July, 1849 by John Russel, teacher
in the doomed district.
They died on June 24,
1849, and were buried in the original "Old Picker's"
cemetery - from Find A Grave for
Isabella Adam Grant.
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Ed Note: The "Old Picker's cemetery no longer exists. From Greg Myers: "OLD " Picker Cemetery also called Picott Cemetery is long gone (operated from 1845 to 1898), it use to be where now Roosevelt High School is (Gravois & Compton & Wyoming up to about Arsenal & Compton over to Louisiana & Arsenal and down to Louisiana and Wyoming). Some bodies were moved to " NEW " Picker, others to other places, and some left. (I went to Roosevelt High School and once in awhile a human bone would surface in the football field over the years and also in some of the backyards of houses along Arsenal, I guess from the pressure of the activity and games above the remains .... worked them upward over the years). Most headstones were destroyed and used for the foundation, etc. "NEW" Picker now called GATEWOOD GARDENS is located right next to Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery (Catholic) at Gravois and Hampton. The records are hard to find, and care taker after care taker have been in trouble for not keeping to contracts and up keeping this cemetery. Read more about Old Picker's Cemetery from Find A Grave |
"Isabella, 5, daughter of James Easton", was also recorded as dying in the cholera epidemic at Gravois near St. Louis, Missouri, in the summer of 1849. - from Karen Bray Keeley, Findagrave.com and A Mournful Elegy on the Unfortunate Victims, Who Fell Sacrifices to the Ravages of That Fell Destroyer, the Asiatic Cholera, at the Gravois Coal Diggings, Near St. Louis, Mo., June and July, 1849 by John Russel, teacher in the doomed district.
The following people were recorded as being buried in the Old Picker's Cemetery at Gravois, St. Louis during the 1849 cholera epidemic: Isabella Easton (5): Agnes Ann Mitchell Easton (wife of John Easton); Elizabeth Easton (5) (daughter of John Easton); Barbara Easton (8) (daughter of John Easton); Elizabeth Easton (5) (daughter of Robert Easton and Margaret Lindsay); Margaret Lindsey Easton (wife of Robert Easton); and Alexander Easton (4), Peter Easton (7) and Robert Easton (9) (sons of Alexander Easton and Mary McDougall). - from Find A Grave - Old Picker's Cemetery
David Henderson (and possibly his infant son Charles) would also perish in the St. Louis cholera outbreak of 1849.
St. Louis experienced several cholera epidemics, which are documented in reports from the Committee of Public Health. The reports provide good documentation of the difficulties at that time, plus a list of available cemeteries. A report dated 19 July 1849 states, “in a little over one hundred days six thousand persons have been committed to the grave, and this out of a population of less than sixty thousand.” The same report lists the cemeteries in 1849: “City, Holy Ghost, Lutheran, St. Vincent, German Protestant, Catholic (old), Catholic (new), Wesleyan, Methodist, Christ Church, Presbyterian, Baptist, and United Hebrew.” - from St. Louis Genealogical Society
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The Compromise of 1850 made Utah a U.S. territory. Brigham Young was appointed its s first territorial governor in 1850 and re-appointed in 1854, but conflict soon developed between his theocracy and several non-Mormon officials who had been sent to the territory by the federal government. Those officials levied accusations of intimidation and the destruction of government documents against Young. From the beginnings of his presidency, James Buchanan judged it necessary to use force to assert federal supremacy in Utah. In the spring of 1857 he declared the territory in "rebellion," and soldiers amounting to 20 percent of the entire American army began to march west that summer. For the Mormons, this approaching force raised the specter of past "extermination orders" and state-sanctioned violence against them, and Young's followers prepared for war. In August, the Mormon leader declared himself in defiance of all "Governments, but especially ours ... I will fight them and I will fight all hell." - from The Mountain Meadows Massacre
Elizabeth Russell & John Gray in Salt Lake City
Elizabeth Russell married John Gray (born about 1818 in Scotland) sometime before 1850, and probably in St. Louis, Missouri. The 1850 Census for Utah Territory, Great Salt Lake County, USA, lists a John Gray (carpenter, 32 years old, born in Scotland) with his wife Elizabeth (40 years old, born in Scotland) and their children: Andrew (12 years old, born in Scotland), Isabel (4 years old, born in "Mo") and Robert A. (3 months old, born in "Des"). There was also a Mary J. Van Valtenburgh (11) in the household at the time.
1850 United States Federal Census
- Great Salt Lake City, Utah
Elizabeth Russell & John Gray and family
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: , Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory; Roll: M432_919; Page: 26B; Image: 56. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census. |
Andrew Gray is Andrew Wardrobe. Isabel was born in Missouri and Robert in Des Moines, Iowa.
Elizabeth Laird Easton (mother of James Easton)
On March 2, 1850, Elizabeth Laird Easton and her children Matthew (19) and twins Margaret and Jean (15) boarded the Hartley in Liverpool and arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 2, 1850.
SS Hartley
"FORTY-EIGHT COMPANY. -- Hartley, 109 souls. The ship Hartley, carrying one hundred and nine souls of Latter-day Saints, bound for the Valley, sailed from Liverpool, March 2nd, 1850, under the presidency of Elder David Cook. This closed the emigration from Great Britain until the following September. After a passage of fifty-nine days the company arrived in New Orleans May 2nd, 1850, the emigrants generally enjoying good health. During the voyage there was but a very little sickness, but the Saints were much annoyed by the Irish passengers and the conduct of Captain Morrell was shameful, as he did all in his power to make their situation as miserable as possible; and when they were holding their meetings, he took particular pains to annoy them. But while he acted as a demon to the rest of the company, he was exceedingly kind and attentive to two or three females, whom he on different occasions invited into his cabin. These, however, were not members of the Church. Otherwise the voyage was a pleasant one, and the weather was fine and agreeable, so much so that not one of the ship's sails was ever reefed from the day the vessel sailed from Liverpool until its arrival in New Orleans. Only a very few of the passengers suffered from seasickness; no births or marriages occurred during the voyage, but one child died coming up the river on the first of May, and was buried in New Orleans. At New Orleans the company was met by church emigration agent, Thomas McKenzie, who accompanied the Saints up to St. Louis, Missouri, where they arrived about the middle of May. From thence a part, or all, of the emigrants continued the journey to the Bluffs. -- (Millennial Star, Vol. XII, pages 89, 216, 217, 252, 300.)" March. Sat. 2. [1850] -- The ship Hartley sailed from Liverpool, England, with 109 Saints, under David Cook's direction. It arrived at New Orleans May 2nd."
- from Liverpool to New Orleans, March 2, 1850See also Passenger List of the Hartley
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"St. Louis, May, 1850 Dear Brother,--The ship Hartley arrived in New Orleans on the 2nd of May, 1850, with a company of Saints under the presidency of Elder David Cook, who I think has discharged his trust faithfully. The Saints that came on the Hartley as far as New Orleans were generally in good health. They had very little sickness on board, but were much annoyed by the Irish passengers. The conduct of Captain Morril was most shameful: he did all in his power to make their situation as miserable as possible; and when they were holding their meetings he took particular pains to annoy them. The Lord reward him according to his deeds. The captain was very kind to some two or three of the females, inviting them into his cabin, and at the same time acting as a demon towards the rest of the company. This is one great evil the sisters have to contend against, namely, the imprudence of some who call themselves sisters. The Saints have been warned, time after time, on coming to America to be careful of their diet, and of exposing themselves; yet, as soon as they land they commence eating fresh meat and vegetables, and drinking large quantities of water. The consequence is, that when they start up the river they are taken ill. This can be avoided by obeying counsel. The Saints I think would do well to provide themselves with spices, cayenne pepper, mustard, camphor, and peppermint. I have delayed writing at New Orleans, as I was going up with the company to St. Louis. The second day after we left some of the Saints and others were taken ill with diarrhea. I immediately gave them some remedies I had provided before I started, and all were healed directly. The destroyer is abroad on the waters, and it requires the united faith and prayers of the elders to pass through the scenes that are before them. This I know by experience. All that came on the Hartley have arrived safely in St. Louis. Many of those who are apparently good Saints when they start away, when they arrive in New Orleans find fault with everything, from Brother Pratt down to Thomas Mc'Kenzie. I am now on board the "Era" on my way to the Bluffs, in the company of some good Saints who love and worship God. Praying God to bless you, I remain your respectfully, Thomas McKenzie from BIB: Mc'Kenzie, Thomas also Cook, David. Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 12:14, (Jul 15, 1850), p. 217. (CHL) |
St. Louis, Missouri
1850
United States Federal Census - St. Louis,
Missouri
Margaret &
Agnes Adam and their families
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: St Louis (South half), St Louis, Missouri; Roll: M432_414; Page: 335B; Image: 149. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census. |
Margaret Henderson (34), Margaret (13), David
(8), Jeannette (5) and Mary (3)
See
original document
Elizabeth Laird Easton, George, Matthew, Jane and Margaret were living at Family Numbers 876, 877 and 907.
Margaret Adam Henderson soon became the second wife of James Easton. They were married on April 19, 1852, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1850
United States Federal Census - St. Louis,
Missouri
Alexander Easton & Mary
McDougall and their children
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: St Louis (South half), St Louis, Missouri; Roll: M432_414; Page: 335B; Image: 149. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census. |
1850
United States Federal Census - St. Louis,
Missouri
John Easton & Margaret Fife
and children
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: St Louis (South half), St Louis, Missouri; Roll: M432_414; Page: 335B; Image: 149. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census. |
John Easton married Margaret Fife after the death of his first wife in 1849. Elisabeth and Barbara must be the children of one of John's brothers as his daughters died in the 1849 cholera ourbreak.
William Thom Adam & Margaret Thomson
William T. Adam (54) and three of his children along with his second wife Margaret Thomson (27) departed Liverpool aboard the North Atlantic on Sept 4, 1850, and arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Nov 1, 1850, (destined for St. Louis, Missouri). Also joining William on this voyage were his grandchildren Isabella (15) and William Henderson (17) (children of his daughter Margaret Adam and David Henderson). Margaret Thomson's brother John (22) was also on the voyage. William T. Adam married Margaret Thomson on Feb 23, 1845, in Bothwell, and they had at least three children: John Thomson (born about 1853); and twins James and Agnes (born about 1855).
William
Laird Adam & Elizabeth O'Conner
Robert Grant &
Isabella Adam |
James Easton &
Agnes Adam |
David
Henderson & Margaret Adam
Jemima Adam &
George Easton |
Alexander Adam &
Esther Bradley
William Adam (54), Jemima (18), William (14) and
Alexander (11).
See
original document
"EMIGRATION. -- The ship North Atlantic sailed from Liverpool on the morning of the 4th of September, carrying 357 souls of the Latter-day Saints, under the presidency of Elder David Sudworth. Their destination is the Great Salt Lake Valley, via New Orleans, St. Louis, and Council Bluffs. . . ."
"ARRIVAL OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC. -- The ship North Atlantic, which sailed form this port September the 4th, arrived at New Orleans on the 1st day of November. The passage was rather lengthy but safe and pleasant. There were two deaths -- Betty Hulme, aged 63, Katren Bonner, aged 3 years. There was one baptized during the voyage, Ann Burton, from Whaploade, Lincolnshire, on the 15th of September. Two infants were born during the voyage. . . ."
"FORTY NINTH COMPANY. -- North Atlantic, 357 souls. On Wednesday morning, September 4th, 1850, the ship North Atlantic sailed from Liverpool, carrying three hundred and fifty-seven Saints, including children, under the presidency of Elder David Sudworth. After a rather lengthy, but safe and pleasant passage, the company arrived in New Orleans, November 1st. There were two deaths on board, namely, Betty Hulme, aged sixty-three, and Katren Bonner, aged three years. One was added to the Church by baptism during the voyage, namely, Ann Burton, from Lincolnshire, England; she was baptized September 15th. Two infants were born on the ocean. From New Orleans the emigrants continued their journey up the Mississippi River to St. Louis, Missouri. (Millennial Star, Vol. XII, pages 298, 376.)" "Wed. 4. [Sep 1850] -- The ship North Atlantic sailed from Liverpool, England, with 357 Saints, under the presidency of David Sudworth and Hamilton G. Park. It arrived at New Orleans Nov. 1st."
- from Liverpool to New Orleans, Sept 4, 1850
William Laird Adam
William Laird Adam was born in 1836 in Scotland, but in 1850, at 14 years old, he traveled with his parents
(Ed. Note: with his father and step-mother) to New Orleans. From there, the clan went up to St. Louis, then over to Iowa, where they joined a Mormon wagon train to Salt Lake City. While there, the teenager was employed as a builder on the Mormon Salt Lake Temple, before the family again picked up and moved to Cedar City, Utah. And finally, the brood set off across the southern desert to San Bernardino, "which they thought was then paradise" Dick Adam said, again receiving good-natured laughter. At 20 years of age, in 1869 (Ed. note: should be 1859), William Laird Adam settled in Santa Maria. He and his wife, Elizabeth Conner, (also known as Elisabeth O'Conner) from Canada, had about 15 children, but only 10 lived to maturity. The Santa Maria transplant purchased more than 1,000 acres of farm land and other real estate, started up a general store, and then became involved in creating structure for the young community. - from Adam brood bred success
"A large steamboat named
"Sultana" was engaged and prepared for our voyage
up the river to St. Louis, Missouri"
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Memoirs of William Laird Adam After awhile the time arrived that we should make departure for the "land of promise". For some time Father had been making preparation, getting tools of different kinds together such as he supposed would be indispensible for settlement in the new country to work in iron or wood. Six large chests were made to stow everything in. Early in September 1850 we took a steamer at the Broomielaw for Liverpool where we took ship to cross the Atlantic. Charles came with us to Liverpool and the voyage was made mostly in the night. We all stayed on deck as long as we could see any trace of Scotland. Next morning we went on board the sailing vessel "North Atlantic", one thousand tons burden, then considered a large ship. Next day Charles went back home and that was the last we seen of any of our kin in Scotland. Our stay in New Orleans was short. A large steamboat named "Sultana" was engaged and prepared for our voyage up the river to St. Louis, Missouri... The Sultana being a fast boat we had several trials of speed - and usually came out ahead. We heard of barrels of resin and piles of bacon being fed into the furnaces on such occasions, and did not wonder is such occurred as there was always some excitement whenever one boat tried to pass another. The Missouri steamboats at that time were large flat boats - the hold only six to eight feet deep. There, on the main deck was where the freight was piled, and the boilers and engines located. When loaded the boat would often be less then two feet out of the water, and when unloaded about three to five feet. It was a peculiar site to see a vast pile of cotton bales afloat with one or two smoke stacks rising out of the center. When the boat came nearer you could see every available space occupied with bales of cotton - even the cabins and hurricane deck. We were four or five days on the trip to St. Louis... |
The Gravois Coal Mines
Memoirs of William Laird Adam
The climate became cooler as we
approached St. Louis, occasionally a chilly wind being quite
a contrast from the hot calms of Santo Domingo, the Gulf of
Mexico, Cuba and New Orleans of only some two weeks before.
So along in November we landed in St. Louis where our
sisters Margaret and Agness met us. They were living at
Gravois a coal mining suburb, and father having no other
plans we went out with them in a coal waggon drawn by two
yoke of oxen. There were several Scotch families there -
mostly engaged in coal mining, and we were warmly welcomed.
Scotch folks are proverbally clanish. The novelty of the
situation was quite interesting for awhile.
I went on several trips with
Johnny Grant to St. Louis with his team of oxen and wagon of
coal, and enjoyed the occupation hugely. He would yoke up
his oxen in the morning, go to the pit and load on some 40
to 50 bushels of coal, drive into St. Louis some six miles
and go the the coal stand where people in want of coal also
came. His coal was weighed at one of the city scales and
each bushel tagged with its weight. The next thing was to
see how much he could get per bushel. (My recollection was
some 9 to 10 cents) Our expenses for weighing and our
dinners at Hide camps totalled 30 to 35 cents. Then we
picked up two or three bushels of corn at 10 cents per
bushel and would go home in the dark and cold. The poor oxen
had no shelter and were very poor. They would hang around
the door waiting for the next mornings meal. It was a very
sorry way of getting a living- looked at from our present
standpoint (1900). However, many others were in as bad, if
not worse condition. At best the world is a fight with us
all, Sister Margaret was left a widow the summer previous to
our arrival. Her husband, David Henderson, had earned
enough to buy this ox team and waggon, and for his work a
sun stroke resulted and carried him off. She also had the
care of her own family and sister Agness and Johnny Grant
the son of my sister Isabella. Their little story was a sad
one...
The year previous to our
arrival the cholera was very fatal. Robert Grant, his wife
(my sister Isabella) and all their little family, except
John, died. Sister Agness was so near death that they were
preparing to bury her. So few recovered from such an attack.
William Nish, who afterwards married Bell Henderson, told us
of this terrible time.
The St. Louis Coal Mines
from
The New
York Hearald, June 17, 1845
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Lanarkshire, Scotland
1851 Scotland Census
- Chapelhall, Bothwell, Lanarkshire
Janet Russell & Thomas
Widdison and family
Source Citation: Parish: Bothwell; ED: 21; Page: 18; Line: 6; Roll: 1162; Year: 1851. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1851 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. Reels 1-217. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. |
Thomas Widdison was a file cutter. He learned the trade from Janet's step-father, Mark Mounsey.
A Sketch in the Life of the Thomas Widdison Family of Scotland and England | A Sketch in the Life of William Livingston Widdison
1851 Scotland Census
- Hollen Bush, Bothwell, Lanarkshire
James Campbell Livingston (17) and his
orphaned brothers and sisters living with his grandmother
The other James (21) is identified as Christina's son
Source Citation: Parish: Bothwell; ED: 21; Page: 18; Line: 6; Roll: 1162; Year: 1851. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1851 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. Reels 1-217. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. |
James Campbell Livingstone would eventually marry both Agnes and Hannah Widdison
The John Easton (Scotch Independent) Company
On July 1, 1851, the John Easton Company (or Scotch Independent Company) departed St Louis, Missouri. Organized initially as the 4th Ten in the 2nd Fifty of James W. Cummings's company, they left the company on 12 July to travel independently to Utah. They were dissatisfied with the pace of the company and were concerned that they would have enough provisions for the entire distance. They reached Salt Lake several weeks ahead of the Cummings company (on Sept 15, 1851). James Easton and Agnes Adam Easton (daughter of William Thom Adam and Isobel Laird) were amongst this company as was Elizabeth Laird Easton (James mother) and most (if not all) of her children. - from John Easton Company (1851), Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel
Fourth Ten
Jno. [John] Easton[,]
Capt.: 7 Souls, 1 Waggon, 4 Oxen, 2 Cows
Alex[ande]r Easton: 8 Souls 2 Waggons, 8 Oxen, 2 Cows, 6 Horses
Ja[me]s Easton: 6 Souls, 2 Waggons, 6 Oxen, 2 Cows, 7 Horses
Alex[ande]r Meir: 6 Souls, 1 Waggon, 4 Oxen, 4 Cows
Jno. [John] Birt [Burt]: 6 Souls, 1 Waggon, 6 Oxen, 2 Cows
Jno. [John] Stodget [Stoddard]: 5 Souls, 1 Waggon, 4 Oxen, 2
Cows
Ja[me]s Bullock: 4 Souls, 1 Waggon, 4 Oxen, 2 Cows
Ja[me]s Williams: 6 Souls, 1 Waggon, 4 Oxen, 2 Cows
Will[ia]m Hartshorn: 4 Souls, 1 Waggon, 6 Oxen Henry Reese: 1
Soul, 1 Waggon, 2 Cows, 7 Horses
William Thom Adam, Margaret Thompson, John Thompson, Margaret Adam Henderson (and her children William, Isabelle, Margaret, Janet, Mary and David), William Nish (along with the Keir family above) and the Burdic family may also have been with the John Easton Company. - from Findagrave for Margaret Ada Adam Henderson John Grant may also have been with the John Easton Company. - from John W. Grant
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"...We lived here [St. Louis] untill the spring of 1851, and then we organized a company of ten to cross the plains to Salt Lake City John Easton was appointed captain of the ten. and the names of the members of the company are as follows. John Easton and family, James Easton and family, Robert Easton and family, Alexander Easton and family, Mrs. Easton, their mother, and two unmarried sons George and Matthew Easton, James Williamson and family, Sandy Kear [Kerr] and family, Sandy [David] Mustgared [Mustard] and daughter, John and Andrew Burt, Joseph Horn, James, Robert and David Bullock, James Berner, John Stoddard, my father, my mother, John Stoddard, my brother and I David Stoddard. We left St. Louis in April and were six weeks on the road to Winter Quarters. We were compelled to stop here a long time, it seemed, because the rivers had overthrown their banks and it seemed impos[s]ible to take the old road up the Platte River or that of the old Mexican Trail. So we were compelled to send out scouts to locate a route which would be posible to use in safety. After a delay of several weeks we were organised into a company of with a train of 50 wagons so as to be strong enough to insure our safety. This company was captioned [captained] by Captain [Alfred] Cardon [Cordon]. Or known as Captain Cardon's Company. After a week[']s travel we were discouraged as so much time was wasted. Captain [John] Easton called us all into council and laid before us the condition of affairs, ask[ed] if we were willing to travel alone as a company of ten and leave the others. We all agreed to do this as near as I can remember. About the fifth day of our trek, we saw a great cloud of dust in the east, we judged about one mile away. Captain Easton called a halt, we thought it was a band of Indians and we would surely be destroyed. To our surprise we found it to be a large herd of buffalo which we estimated to be around five thousand. The herd we judged to be one mile long and one fo[u]rth of a mile wide. We had all we could do to save our wagons from being turned up side down. Another day we came in sight of a large Indian camp, we passed by in peace and camped about three miles from them. We had just made fires and were preparing our suppers, when suddenly the camp was surrounded by about two hundred indians. We gave them all the camp could spare in eatables and soon they went away whooping in their Indian fashion. I could tell volumns [volumes] of incidents which happened during this trek but time will not permit. But will say that after a great many days of travel and hardship we reached Salt Lake City on Friday October 5th 1851, with Captain Cardon's Company. Source of Trail Excerpt: Stoddard, David Kerr, Autobiographical sketch. [Variant version of text also in Our Pioneer Heritage, 20 vols. (1958-77), 13:391] |
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". . . Friday July 11. Captn. Cordon a rose and Said he wished to make a few remarks and the first thing he wished to bring to Brethren’s mind was this that when we Come to place like we did to day he wanted every man when he had got out of danger to take his Cattle from his waggon and go and help the others and not lay down under the waggon or anchor his hind quarters in the waggon and get So lazey that they wished themselves Some where else and not let 6 waggons detain this Company an hour and three quarters as was the Case to day well he Said brethren the nex item of buisness I wish to Call your attention to and that is a Seperation wich is about to take place and thatis this, Captn. Easton and his ten has declared they would leave this Company because we did not travel fast enough for them. they have Some horse and ox teams that walk faster than ours and another excuse they had for leaveing was they had not provisions enough to last them and that they Could travel from 25 to 26 miles a day. they have done it and they Say they Can do it again. Captn. Cordon then gave him and his ten his mind on the Subject and that was this he did not want them to go and leave us but as long as they had taken a vote to leave amonst themselves he Said, go Brethren and let the responsibility rest on your on Shoulders for Said he I want no man nore Set of men that Cannot be united with us to Stay with us for we want no growlers here and every man that is not Satisfied with our mode of travel we want him to go with Captn. Easton in the morning[.] he Said I have been watching the Spirit of that Company for this Some time and I new it would Come to a Sepparation for the Spirit manifested it Self as not being united with this Company and Said he i want that man that Said he would go if he Could get any one to follow him and not Stop to Cook and wash he wanted to Shove ahead[.] well now their is a Chance for him to go allso and i want he Should go for Such big headedmen as him we do not want with us for Said he every man knows that it was right to Stop on that day for our wives done up their little domesticks and our waggons got sweetend and our Cattle got rested and we have gained more by it than we Should had we kept on our course. the Brethren Said we have done well by Stoping on that day. the Captn. Said that Captn. Easton had Shown a Spirit of none Confidence to him not only once but twice and a third time and Captn.. Easton Said that that Captn. Cordon had a wrong imprishion with regard to his Confidence. he Said he had the best of feelings for this Company and Said he allways had for any of the Latter day Saints and he was verry Satisfide with Captn. Cordon and he Could Say that he had the most Confidence in Captn. Cordon and allways had Since he got acquainted with him. Brother Cordon Said he would Stick by those that would Stick to him and he wanted every man to Stay with him untill all the tens Say it is wisdom to Seperate. Said he i go in for union all the time and if we are united we shall role into the Valey in Safety. the meeting was then dismised by prayer Saturday July 12th. the morning is Cool and pleasant. our Sick are getting better. the wind blows Cool from the South and it has the appearance of a good day for traveling. we rolled out at 8.o.clock and we have had a Splended day for traveling and have Come 15 miles. our road to day has been verry hilly but they were first rate good hard roads. Captn. Easton and Company and George W Johnson roled out and left us this morning and when we Camped they were out of Sight when we Campedto day their is no wood but plenty of good warter ... Wednesday July 23 . the Camp were all full of business untill 10.o.clock. then the horn was blown and all assembled to See what was the matter. Captn. Cordon Come forward and Spoke with relation to Crossing the river and Said he want every team yoked up and th Start at 12.o.clock. each ten doubled team and half of the fifty rolled over at a time. we all Crossed it in one hour and thirty five minutes. we Come up with Easton’s Company and they have lost 9 horses. they applied to us for horses to go and hunt for theirs but our Captn. told them that they Could not have them, just as we Started to Cross the Stream Easton’s Company Croweded in with ours wich was not a very good trick and when they got in the middle of the river one waggon stopped and Commenced to Settle. we went to his assistance and pulled him out. if they had a listened to the Council of Brother Cordon they would now have had their horses and not have been a burthen to their Company. but men that will go Contrary to Council and think they are So Strong and Can go So verry fast on their own responsibility must take the lash at all times. we have Come to day with Crossing the river 8 miles and Camped where their is no wood but plenty of warter and good feed. Easton’s Company Come up after we had Carrelled and Camped a quarter of a mile a head of us.Thursday July 24 th. 6.o.clock Easton’s Company is out of Sight. 8.o.clock we hitched up and rolled out[.] we found Splended roads though it was over hillsSaturday Augst. 30th . the day Broke Clear and Cold and when we got up in Camp we found ice in our Buckets and pans and it was an eighth of an inch thick. we rolled out at 8.o.clock and traveled until dinner time and turned our Cattle out to Bait below the upper ferry. we Started again at 2.o.clock and Crossed the river and come about 4. miles and Camped about ½ mile frome the river. we have Come 12 miles to day. just after we Camped three men Come in frome the mountains and told us that Captn. Easton and Company was robed of their Horses and provisions and they were in a destitute Condition- from Alfred Cordon Emigrating Company, Journal, 1851 June-Sept. |
Organized initially as the 4th Ten in the 2nd Fifty of James W. Cummings's company, they left the company on 12 July to travel independently to Utah. They were dissatisfied with the pace of the company and were concerned that they would have enough provisions for the entire distance. They reached Salt Lake several weeks ahead of the Cummings company (on Sept 15, 1851).
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Memoirs of William Laird Adam We were only able to make eight or ten miles a day and winter was on us. It must have been early October and there was a strong frost every night. We were only some 116 miles from Salt Lake City. In due time we arrived in Salt Lake and were invited to the house of John Gray whose wife was a niece of my father. There were some discontents in Utah even then, but it was good policy to say little. Father used to say "Best be very quiet while you are under the lions paw". In a quiet way some would intimate a trip to California would be very desirable. - from the Memoirs of William Laird Adam, California Pioneer, 1836-1903 |
Mormon Leader Brigham Young saw Southern California as a supply source for the salt flats of Utah, and as an immigration and mail stop between Salt Lake City and San Pedro, California. A group of almost 500 Mormons left Utah for California in 1851. They found abundant water in the valley, along with willows, sycamores, cottonwood and mustard, as well as the Yucca plant. The Mormon contingent was led by Captain David Seely (later first Stake President), Captain Jefferson Hunt and Captain Andrew Lytle, and included Apostles Amasa M. Lyman and Charles C. Rich. They first made camp at the Sycamore Grove, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of the present Glen Helen Regional Park. They stayed until the sale of Rancho San Bernardino could be arranged.
In September 1851, Lugo sold the Rancho to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). The Rancho included most of modern San Bernardino among other areas, though part of the northern areas of the City were part of Rancho Muscupiabe. The price for 40,000 acres (160 km2) was $77,000 with $7,000 down. The Mormons built Fort San Bernardino at the site of the present county courthouse. Inside the fort, they had small stores, and outside, they grew wheat and other crops. They later moved outside the walls of the fort when feared-attacks did not materialize. The Mormon Council House was built in 1852. It was used as the post office, school, church, and was the county courthouse from 1854 to 1858. - from History of San Bernardino, California, Wikipedia
The Adam, Easton, Grant & Henderson families in California
James Easton, Margaret and Agnes Adam and their children and William Thom Adam and Margaret Thompson and their children all traveled from Cedar City to California in 1854. John Easton (son of James Easton and Margaret Adam Henderson) was born in California in 1856 (and would go by the name of John Henderson). James Easton and Agnes Adam and their family would eventually travel on to Oregon.
Read more about the Mormon Colonization of San Bernardino.
Drawing of San Bernardino, California c 1852
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Isabella Henderson & William Nish
Isabella Henderson (daughter of Margaret Adam and David Henderson) married William Nish (son of Thomas Nish and Elizabeth Penman) on Jan 1, 1852, in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had at least eight children: Margaret (born about 1853 in Utah); William (born about 1855 in Utah); Elizabeth (born about 1857 in California); Robert (born about 1862); Isabella (born about 1864); James Easton (born about 1867); John (born about 1869); and Fredrick (born about 1871).
Elizabeth Nish & Alvin Bemis Hancock | Robert Glen Nish
& Isabell Shelley | Isabella Grace Nish & James Hilliard
Poole
James Easton Nish & Isa Irene Osborn | John Grant Nish &
Mary Ellen Bessant
Jemima Laird Adam & George Easton
Jemima Laird Adam (daughter of William Thom Adam and Isobel Laird) married George Easton (son of Robert Easton and Elizabeth Laird) on May 12, 1852, in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had at least eight children: Robert (born about 1853); William (born about 1855); Isabel (born about 1858); Elizabeth (born 1859); Emeline (born about 1861); George (born about 1863); Charles (born about 1866); and Alexander (born about 1868).
Robert Easton & Mary Florence Hoey | William Easton & Charlotte McLeran | Charles Easton & Amanda Eckhardt
George Easton - History of Santa Clara County
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Memoirs of William Laird Adam After a long courtship commencing in St. Louis Mo, sister Jemima and George Easton got married about then or rather in the Fall of 1852 and after much opposition from stepmother. We had longing eyes toward California so the little log cabin at Cedar Posts was disposed of and in the early Fall and in the company of George Easton and family we started South. I surrendered my musket and turned in my last library book. We got along alright until we came to Fillmore City where John Thompson and step mother wanted us to stay. Aleck and I wanted to go on with George and Jemima to Coal Creek. We could understand Thompson's motives and father, good old man, was in a quandary. Stepmother took what she could get her hands on, and Thompson stole what he could, so when we left Fillmore we had a rather light load, but we were happy to get away from that crowd on any terms. And so we journeyed on, Father, Aleck and I, Jemima was as good as she could be, helping us cook, etc. Our clothes were few and needed little attention but we were happy to have escaped Margaret... Well after getting out of Fillmore we got to Cedar City, Iron County where we lived for one year.... Stepmother Margaret expressed a wish to come back and father and Aleck took a yoke of cattle and a light waggon and brought her to us. - from the Memoirs of William Laird Adam, California Pioneer, 1836-1903 |
Map showing Fillmore City and Cedar City, Utah Territory
c 1857
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Memoirs of William Laird Adam As the summer waned we were preparing to go to California. There had been a consecration law subscribed to by many who wished to go, and those who had subscribed to it were in trouble. This law was an agreement signing over to Brigham Young's heirs and successors all their property, their wives and children and we were told those who signed would not be allowed to go, and threats made by two young fellows that they might see us before we got to the Mountain Meadows. Well we got away in very light marching order, disposing of and giving away anything that would interfere with the journey. We went buy Iron Mountain, a peak of with every detached piece as heavy as so much cast iron and in two days we camped at Mountain Meadows where a young fellow named Al Clyde overtook us and told us of four or six waggons behind that would be up next day and that they wished very much that we would wait for them. We did so, and I being selected Captain of the herd and as such was all over the immediate neighborhood keeping the cattle together and gathering pine nuts off the trees that lined the canyon where the meadow and springs of water lay. It was a fine place for a camp, plenty of grass and water, fuel and nut pine and scent cedar... After being joined by those who Al told us of, we numbered some twenty waggons. John Easton was selected Captain, and a good captain he made... - from the Memoirs of William Laird Adam, California Pioneer, 1836-1903 |
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Liverpool, England
We beg to inform the Saints intending to emigrate that we are now prepared to receive their applications for berths. Every application should be accompanied by the names, age, occupation, country where born, and £1 deposit for each one named, except for children under one year old. Although children under one year old have their passage free to New Orleans, their names and ages are required by us equally as much as other passengers’. The dietary scale may be expected in our next. Passengers must furnish their own beds and bedding, their cooking utensils, provision boxes, &c. Every person applying for a berth or berths should be careful to give their address very distinct, in order to insure the delivery of our answer to them by letter carriers.
By reference to STAR no. 32, it will be seen that £10 each was named as the lowest sum upon which single persons or families could be encouraged by us to emigrate from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake City; therefore persons not having that amount should apply for passage to New Orleans, as we do not purpose to ship any Saints but those who are prepared to go through to the Valley without detention.
Our first vessel will sail in the fore part of January 1853; and as soon as our arrangements are complete, the passengers for that ship will be notified when to be in Liverpool, and receive all further necessary information; the same routine will be observed in reference to the succeeding ship. Deposits may be forwarded until the close of the year, or later, as may hereafter be noticed.
- The Liverpool Star, Fall of 1852, Read more From Liverpool to Keokuk: The Mormom Maritime Migration Experience of 1853.
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James Gourley Widdison was born on Jan 12, 1853. - from death certificate
Margaret Fife married David Miller sometime after John Easton's death and before the 1860 US Census.
Janet Russell & Thomas Widdison
Janet Russell and Thomas Widdison and their children (Agnes, Hannah, Robert Russell, William Livingston and James Gourley) sailed from Liverpool, England, to New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 28, 1853, aboard the Falcon. James Campbell Livingston (born Dec 2, 1833, in Shotts, Lanarkshire) was also aboard the same ship. James would later marry the Widdison sisters (in a plural marriage). They arrived in New Orleans on May 18 and in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Oct 16, 1853. - from A Sketch in the Life of the Thomas Widdison Family of Scotland and England
Agnes
Widdison & James Campbell Livingston | Hannah
Widdison & James Campbell Livingston
Robert Russell Widdison & Lois Savona Thompson |
William Livingston Widdison & Mary Alice Wilding
James Gourley Widdison & Alice Pinney
Ed. Note: The Falcon, built by Gibbs & Co. in 1852, was a ship registered in Liverpool of 1640 tons used on the Liverpool to Port Philip & Adelaide route and in 1853 on the Liverpool to New Orleans route.
Samuel W. Richards Agent, 1853
March 26, Falcon, 900 tons, Capptain Wade, President
Cornelius Bagnall
From
Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley, Frederick
Piercy, 1853
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". . . On Saturday 12th of March I got notification to be in Liverpool to sail with the Falcon on the 28th of March. Sailing vessels were very scarce that year as the "gold fever" had broken out in Australia and all were going there. On Saturday 19th, I left Glasgow with about 100 Saints to sail on the same vessel. I was a little sick on the way to Liverpool. I watched the luggage at night on the steamer. On the 20th we arrived in Liverpool where I found lodgings at Mrs. Gellian's. On March 21st we removed our luggage to sheds on the Bramly [Bramley] Moor Dock. I watched the luggage part of the night. That same day I went to the office and paid the other four pounds for my passage. We watched our luggage by turns until Monday the 28th of March when we sailed out of Liverpool. It was a fine day but cold. - from the Autobiography of James Ririe in Liverpool to New Orleans aboard the Falcon March 28, 1853 to May 18, 1853 |
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"My mother died when I was five years old, and I was cared for by my stepmother, Jean Bain, until I was fifteen years old, at which time, namely February 1849, my stepmother died, and in April 1849, my father died. They died of cholera during the epidemic of that dread disease in Scotland at this time. I was the oldest of six children, the youngest, William, being then only nine months old. My brother, Charles, and myself, worked and supported the other children. My grandmother acting the part of a kind and affectionate mother to us all. On May 7th, 1849 I was baptized by Elder Paul Gourlay and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I was ordained a teacher by Elder Robert Baird in the year 1850, and I was also ordained a Priest by Elder James Letham in the year 1851. In the spring of 1853 it was considered wise for me to emigrate to Zion. My brother Charles assumed the care of the family and on March 15th I sailed from Glasgow, and on the 28th left Liverpool on the good ship Falcon, via New Orleans. We were nine weeks and two days on the sea. - from the Autobiography of James Campbell Livingston |
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"Tuesday
29th. This morning I got up about 6 o'clock for prayers but
after getting my clothes almost on I felt very sick and had
to return to my bed again. I vomited considerable and being
at the fore end of the ship [p. 47] I was brought down to
about the center to sleep with Brother [James] Livingston
for convenience of him waiting on me, and where the ship did
not heave so much. I continued sick all that day and dept
vomiting now & then. I understood that there was two
marriages this day but I was unable to attend them. - From the Diary of James Leatham in Liverpool to New Orleans aboard the Falcon March 28, 1853 to May 18, 1853 |
Liverpool to New Orleans aboard the Falcon March 28, 1853 to May 18, 1853
List of Passengers Arrived from Foreign Ports in the Port of
New Orleans, Quarter 1853
T. Widdison (45), R. Widdison (8), W.L. Widdison (6).
It seems that only males were listed...
See
original document
Passenger List, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 18, 1853
Thos Widdison (45), Filecutter, Janet
Widdison (39), Agnes Widdison (21), Hannah Widdison (14),
Robt Widdison (8)
On the following page are William L. Widdison (6) and James
Widdison (infant)
See
original
document
In 1853, a Yellow Fever epidemic killed 7,848 people in New Orleans, Louisiana.
From History of the Epidemic
Yellow Fever at New Orleans, La. in 1853, by E. D. Fenner,
M.D., 1854
St. Louis, Missouri, Daguerreotype by
Thomas Easterly, 1852
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"May 30th. Keokuk Camp by the great "Father of Rivers." I took a look upon this goodly land and remember the poor and oppressed scattered in the barren wilderness. I feel truly thankful to the Lord, I enjoy a tolerable good measure of health, and pray that God will gather his people from the four corners of the Earth unto Zion. - From the Autubiography of Peter McIntyre in Liverpool to New Orleans aboard the Falcon March 28, 1853 to May 18, 1853 |
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"We went up the Mississippi River to Keokuk a few miles below Nauvoo, the outfitting place for the emigration across the plains. We stopped at this place several weeks, breaking cattle and organizing companies for the great journey to the rocky Mountains. At this place I was detailed to guard and herd cattle as they were brought from the outfitting trains. While herding stock nearly opposite Nauvoo on the Iowa side of the river in company with R.W. Attwood, I had the pleasure of visiting the Mansion House at Nauvoo and spent the night there with Emma Smith and her children by Major Biddaman the man to whom she was married after the death of the Prophet. Our stay there was made a very pleasant one through the kindness of Major Biddaman who took us in his carriage to view the home of Brigham Young, and several of the twelve apostles including the home of Joseph Smith. The Temple had been burned but part of the walls were standing, and we were much interested even in the ruins. - from Livingston, James Campbell, Autobiographical sketch, 1. |
Ruins of the Temple at Nauvoo
From
Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake
Valley, Frederick Piercy, 1853
About 200 individuals and about 22 wagons were in the Appleton M. Harmon Company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at either Keokuk, Iowa or Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). This company crossed the Missouri River on 14 July 1853. Janet Russell, Thomas Widdison and their five children were among this group of Mormon pioneers.
The Keokuk Encampment and Outfitting Ten Wagon Trains for Utah
Map showing St. Louis, Nauvoo,
Keokuk, Council Bluffs and Winter Quarters, 1853
From
Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake
Valley, Frederick Piercy, 1853
Council Bluffs Ferry & Groups of
Cottonwood Trees
From
Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake
Valley, Frederick Piercy, 1853
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"During the westward journey we traveled in Appleton Harmon's company and he was a faithful Captain. He appointed my father as hunter for the company. Father would go ahead of the wagon train and when he could find buffalo close to the road, he would shoot one down and wait for the wagon train to divide it up. The Cholera was in the wagon train in front of us, and the one behind us, and the Captain advised that we use as little meat as possible. - from Barrus, B. F., "Biography of Barrus Family," Tooele Transcript Bulletin, 26 Jan. 1923. |
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"The Indians were on the war path. Once we were stopped by them. It seemed to me there were a thousand of them. They could easily have killed us, but the men gave them provisions, robbing themselves, and we all suffered through dividing with them. There were seven deaths in our company... The buffalo were so numerous we had to stop for them to pass. There was no going till they crossed the road. We children had to walk most of the way. - from Boren, Lucina Mecham, History of Lucina Mecham Boren. (Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah). |
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"We traveled up the Platte River, where I first saw wild Indians, the Potterwotamu tribe. One day about noon we saw four or five hundred very wild-looking Indians running across the prairie toward us. They came to a halt in front of our wagon, threw spears and tomohawks, drew their bows, threatening to shoot if we did not stop. They presented a dreadful sight, painted red and black, and their warwhoops were shreikingly fearful. They demanded the oxen, ten sacks of flour and five sacks of sugar to let us pass, but our Captain made signs on his fingers denoting one ox, one sack of sugar and one sack of flour. They finally consented. I will never forget how savage and wild they looked as we passed through their ranks. We had no further trouble with the Indians until we reached the Sioux country, where we had to make a second donation. But our Captain said that President Brigham Young told him it was better to feed the Indians than to fight them. Now we traveled along the bank of the Platte River and passed many Indian camps. In one camp I saw a white girl about twelve years of age. She was dressed well, but could not speak English. No doubt she had been taken captive from some wagon train they had burned and destroyed and from people whom they had massacred. We passed many lonely graves by the roadside with Buffalo heads as markers, the inscription having been made with black paint on the white skull. This was a source of grief and pity to me. There was a man by the mane of Savin with the company. He had a light wagon and a pair of horses and could, and did, travel miles ahead of the wagon train. Mr. Savin was a geologist and liked to pick up curious specimen of rock which he would find along the roadside. He seemed not to sense the danger but one day, sad to relate, we found him lying by the road, scalped and with a half dozen arrows in his body. He was dead, his horse was gone and his wagon had been burned. I shall never forget that sight. - from Chamberlain, John Marvin, Reminiscences [c. 1925], [2-5]. |
Elk Horn River Ferry
From Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake
Valley, Frederick Piercy, 1853
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"...There is a good spirit generally amongst the saints here, and we travel along pretty comfortable. All are anxious to reach the valley, before the snow falls if possible, if not we shall endeavor to bear all that comes with patience. Bro. Babbit is in a great hurry and we must conclude with our best wishes and kind regard to all. Yours truly in the bonds of the gospel. John Brown & A.M. Harmon - from Brown, John, and A. M. Harmon to Brigham Young, 17 Sept. 1853, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, reel 32, box 22, fd. 21. |
Great Salt Lake City in 1853
From Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake
Valley, Frederick Piercy, 1853
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"I arrived in Salt Lake City October 16, 1853 having been seven months on the journey in Captain Appilton [Appleton] Harmon’s Ox Team Company. I traveled from the Mississippi River and drove an ox team the entire distance walking and fording rivers and streams. The Lord blessed me by sea and by land for which I was very thankful especially for the good health I enjoyed. - from Livingston, James Campbell, Autobiographical sketch, 1. |
"the first house they were in was the home of Elizabeth Gray, Grandma's sister..."
Janet Russell and Thomas Widdison and their five children (Agnes, Hannah, Robert, William and James) also arrived into Salt Lake City on Oct 16, 1853. It is interesting to note that "the first house they were in was the home of Elizabeth Gray, Grandma's sister..." - from A Sketch in the Life of the Thomas Widdison Family of Scotland and England
Elizabeth Russell Wardrobe and her son Andrew had emigrated from Scotland in 1844. Elizabeth Russell Wardrobe may have met John Gray in St. Louis or in Nauvoo.
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Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley, by Frederick Piercy (30 MB pdf) |
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Agnes Widdison & James Campbell Livingston
Nine months after arrival in Salt Lake, Agnes Widdison (daughter of Janet Russell and Thomas Widdison) married a young man that she had probably known since her childhood. James Campbell Livingston was born in the same town as Agnes, in Shotts, Lanark, Scotland. He went to the same branch of the church as Agnes, and they came to America on the same ship. James indicated that they were nine weeks and two days on the sea and then went up the Mississippi River to Keokuk, a few miles below Nauvoo for outfitting to cross the plains. Agnes and James were married at the ages of 23 and 20 respectively, on June 7, 1854 by Bishop John Lytle of the Seventh Ward. Three years later, on March 13, 1857, they were both endowed and then sealed for time and eternity in the New Endowment House. - from Agnes Widdison
Dry Goods and Groceries in Early Utah - An Account Book View of James Campbell Livingston
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"called to strengthen the number of Mormon residents in Carson Valley"
On May 17, 1855, Orson Hyde, apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, prominent Mormon colonizer and newly appointed Probate Judge of Carson County, Utah Territory, left Salt Lake City for Carson Valley. His company included George F. Stiles (also Styles), judge of the Third Federal District Court that included Carson Valley; United States Marshal Joseph L. Heywood; and 36 Mormon colonizers who had been "called to strengthen the number of Mormon residents in Carson Valley". - From The Mormons in Nevada, Las Vegas Sun, 1979
The 1862 Nevada Territorial Census lists a John Gray in the Ormsby Militia, but the full census shows a John Grey, 26, so this may not be "our" John Gray. The full census also lists an Orren Clemens. This would be Samuel Clemens brother Orion who had been appointed by Abraham Lincoln as Secretary of Nevada Territory. Also listed on the full census are a number of "characters" from Mark Twain's "Irish Brigade" from Roughing It, including John and Thomas Nye.
| 1856 | .......... |
John Grant
At age 18, John
(Grant) left his Uncle George Easton’s home in Southern California to seek his fortune. For much of his early years, John was a nomadic loner, never staying more than three or four years in one place. He farmed in the Gilroy and Redwood City areas, traveled north to Idaho to work as a teamster hauling freight between Boise and the mining camps up the Fraser River. He quit when his chuck wagon horse drowned in the river. He then drove a herd of cattle back to California, which he sold for a profit at Visalia. He then went to work in the mines at Mount Diablo, hoping to double his profit. He went broke and quit while in debt to the mine. - from Profile of a pioneering family: Grant Family Homestead
| 1857 | .......... |
Their prosperity increased, and their religion flourished up to
the Fall of 1857...
From the
New York Times, Dec 12, 1867
| 1859 | .......... |
Salt Lake City, Utah
In 1859, a stone quarry was established at the mouth of the canyon on the north side of the creek to provide granite for the construction of the Salt Lake Temple. The quarry operated intermittently from 1860 to 1870, when James C. Livingston was sent to the quarry to establish a permanent operation. In 1874, the Church quarrymen moved one and one half miles further into the canyon following the route of the newly constructed railroad to its terminus at Fairfield Flat to a site where the stones were large and numerous and seemed to be of a higher grade material than those at the mouth of the canyon. The town of Wasatch was established at the terminus site not far from the quarry. The town grew from 13 people in 1874 to 300 people in 1883. The town flourished until the quarry discontinued operation in 1893 when the temple was completed. However, the remains of Wasatch continues today as Wasatch Resort, with several summer homes as well as some year around homes dotting the landscape. - from History of the Granite Community
San Bernardino, California
In 1859, a large number of the original owners returned...
From the
New York Times, Dec 12, 1867
| 1860 | .......... |
Joseph Morris, prophet and leader of the Morrisites, was born in 1817 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when he was twenty-three years old while he was living in England. He married Mary Thorpe and brought her to America, where they resided in St. Louis for two years. Moving to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Joseph became the local Mormon congregation's branch president. Morris and his family immigrated to Utah in 1853 and resided for a time in Sanpete County, subsequently moving to Provo, and then Slaterville, before settling in the small community of South Weber.
He claimed to have received numerous spiritual manifestations, but it was in 1857 before he recorded his first official revelation. This revelation established Morris's prophetic calling, placing him at odds with the leadership of the Mormon Church, designated him as the seventh angel of the apocalypse, outlined ten steps to godhood, explained the doctrine of reincarnation, and proclaimed the "immediate" second coming of Christ. Morris also taught that Brigham Young was a fallen prophet and that no more Mormon missionaries should be sent into the world.
Gathering a few followers in Slaterville, Morris moved to South Weber, where he converted Mormon bishop Richard Cook. About two hundred former LDS Church members subsequently became disciples of Morris. In February 1861 Morris, Cook, and fifteen others were excommunicated from the Mormon Church by apostles John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff. On 6 April 1861 Joseph Morris organized a new church, headquartered in South Weber, and issued a proclamation that all of his followers should gather at Kingston Fort. Firmly believing that "Christ will come tomorrow," they held all things in common and, according to some authorities, even trampled some of their crops into the ground as evidence of their faith.
- from The MorrisitesJohn Gray was one of his followers.
See the Roll of Membership, Names of Persons Baptized into the Fulness of the Gospel
1860 United States Federal Census - Great Salt Lake City
Janet Russell &
Thomas Widdison and their family
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Great Salt Lake City Ward 19, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1313; Page: 277; Image: 286; Family History Library Film: 805313. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census. |
Thomas Widdison's occupation is "file cutter".
The 1860 US Census for the
County of Great Salt Lake, July 19th, 1860, showing Janet
Russell Widdison
1860 United States Federal Census - Great Salt Lake City
Elizabeth Russell & John
Gray and their family
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Great Salt Lake City Ward 19, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1313; Page: 277; Image: 286; Family History Library Film: 805313. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census. |
The 1860 US Census for the
County of Great Salt Lake, July 19th, 1860, showing
Elizabeth Russell Gray
1860 United States Federal Census - Great Salt Lake City
Agnes Widdison & James
Livingston and their family
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Great Salt Lake City Ward 20, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1313; Page: 293; Image: 303; Family History Library Film: 805313. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census. |
Archibald George Livingston was born May 31, 1860, in Salt Lake City, Utah to James Campbell Livingston and Agnes Widdison. He married Temperance Lucinda Gillespie on August 8, 1878 in the Endowment house in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were living in Fountain Green, Sanpete County, when their first child was born (in 1879). - from Archibald George Livingston
1860 United States Federal Census - Pajaro, Santa Cruz,
California
William Thom Adam & Margaret Thomson and their family
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Pajaro, Santa Cruz, California; Roll: M653_66; Page: 529; Image: 5; Family History Library Film: 803066. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census. |
William T. Adam (64), Margaret (38), John (7, and born
in Utah), James (5) and Agnes (5).
See
original document
Margaret Adam Henderson and her children
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California; Roll: M653_64; Page: 642; Image: 28; Family History Library Film: 803064. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census. |
1860 United States Federal Census -
San Bernardino, California
Isabella Henderson
(daughter of Margaret Adam and David Henderson) and
William Nish
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California; Roll: M653_64; Page: 642; Image: 28; Family History Library Film: 803064. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census. |
San Bernardino, California c. 1865
James Easton & Agnes Adam and their family
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Gilroy, Santa Clara, California; Roll: M653_65; Page: 244; Image: 244; Family History Library Film: 803065. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census. |
1860 United States Federal Census - Gilroy, California
Alexander Easton & Mary McDougal and their
children
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California; Roll: M653_64; Page: 642; Image: 28; Family History Library Film: 803064. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census. |
1860 United States Federal Census - Gilroy, California
Jemima Adam & George Easton and family
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Gilroy, Santa Clara, California; Roll: M653_65; Page: 242; Image: 242; Family History Library Film: 803065. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census. |
William Laird Adam & Elizabeth O'Conner
William Laird Adam (son of William Thom Adam and Isobel Laird) married Elizabeth O'Conner on Nov 29, 1860, in San Jose, California. They had at least ten children: William Conner (born Sept 16, 1861); Mary Conner (born about 1862); Isabel (born about 1864); James Eugene (born Oct, 1865); Charles Augustus (born Dec, 1867); Thomas B. (born Aug 20, 1870); Anastasia (born about 1871); Kenneth (born about 1874); Katharine (born about 1876); Carlyle Alexander (born March 5, 1881); and Annie Elizabeth (born about 1886). - Glenda Waugh
William Conner Adam & Ada
Kelley | Isabel Adam & Patrick
Henry Sheehy |
James Eugene Adam & Mary Aloysius Donovan
Charles Augustus Adam & Mary
J. Porter |
Thomas B. Adam & Grace Thornburgh |
Anastasia Adam &
Isaac J. Porter
Katherine Adam & Joseph A. Rembusch |
Carlyle Alexander
Adam & Anna May Laffey |
Annie Elizabeth
Adam & Charles Leo Preisker
See The Descendants of William Laird Adam
| 1861 | .......... |
The Civil War
1861 -
1865
On April 12, 1861, the Confederate Army attacked the federal garrison at Fort Sumter, South Carolina. This was the beginning of the U.S. Civil War.
The Saints did not send men to the battlefields in the east to fight in the war, nor were they invited to do so. Some Utahns did go, but on an individual basis. Brigham Young believed that the dissolution of the Union would possibly be the end of the nation. The war was also seen by many Mormons as divine retribution upon the nation that had allowed the Saints to be driven from their homes, unprotected from the mobs, on several occasions. Following the departure of Cumming and Johnston, the troops at Camp Floyd also left by July 1861. This allowed the Saints to demonstrate their loyalty to the Union. Members of the Nauvoo Legion, the local militia, performed short-term volunteer service guarding the mail line. Another significant act of loyalty occurred when Brigham Young was given the privilege of sending the first message from Salt Lake City on the newly completed transcontinental telegraph in October 1861. His message to Lincoln: "Utah has not seceded, but is firm for the Constitution and laws of our once happy country."
In April 1862 President Lincoln asked Young to provide a full company of one hundred men to protect the stage and telegraph lines and overland mail routes in Green River County (now southern Wyoming).
In 1863 the people of Utah made their third attempt to achieve statehood. The Mormons chided their critics by reminding them that while many states were trying to leave the Union, Utah was trying to get in. This third petition was denied, however. In the meantime, a constitution was drafted for the proposed state of Deseret and a full slate of officers was elected with Brigham Young as governor. This "ghost" government of Deseret met for several years and, in many cases, made decisions that usually became law when the territorial legislature met officially.
While Utah did not achieve statehood, the withdrawal of the army, or the ability to influence the appointment of federal officials, the LDS Church generally thrived during the Civil War period. Converts still gathered and settlements continued to be established in the Great Basin. Brigham Young remained the respected leader of the Saints, and the church remained a viable, independent power. Utah Territory and its people, however, were inevitably less isolated. Compromise by both federal officials and church leaders during the Civil War helped to bring about a period of more peaceful coexistence in Utah.
- from The Civil War in Utah
| 1862 | .......... |
San Bernardino
David Glen Henderson & Matilda Caroline Hawker
In 1862 Mr.
(David) Henderson married Miss Matilda Hawker, who was born July 27, 1845, at Melbourne, Australia (daughter of Thomas Hawker and Charlotte Stapley of England). They had eleven children: David (July 8, 1863 - Aug 5, 1953); Alexander (Oct 6, 1864 - April 6, 1951); William Penn (Sept 10, 1867 - April 18, 1968); Walter Scott (Nov 10, 1869 - July 26, 1964); Nettie Jeanette (March 1, 1872 - March 11, 1961); Charles Glen (1875 - Feb 21, 1882); Robert Roy (Nov 1, 1877 - May 2, 1938); Margaret (Dec 2, 1882 - Jan 12, 1936); Lottie Belle (1884-1976); Grover Cleveland (March 15, 1887 - June 17, 1970); and Earl Elmer (May 26, 1891 - Nov 13, 1964). - from Chloe PerdewAlexander Henderson & Charlotte
Estelle Perdew | Nettie Jeanette Henderson & Joseph
E. Perdew | Robert Roy Henderson & Helen Jennings
Margaret Henderson & Clarence James Anderson |
Lottie Belle Hendserson & William St. Claire
Directly after his marriage he bought five acres, but soon sold that and purchased twenty acres, both tracts being near San Bernardino. During 1864 - 65 he was engaged in placer mining on Lytle Creek, then a boom district, though his own luck as a miner failed him. In the fall of 1865 Mr. Henderson went to the coal mines at Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County, and remained there two years, getting good wages and returning with some capital.
- from History of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties By: John Brown, Jr., 1922
Salt Lake City
East side of Main Street, with telegraph
office, Salt Lake City, Utah, c. 1862
James Campbell Livingston & Hannah Widdison
In 1862 James (James Campbell Livingston) entered into the Holy Order of Plural Marriage by marrying Agnes' sister Hannah Widdison on Feb 15, 1862, and in 1867 the three of them were privileged to receive their Second Endowments in the Endowment House from President Wells and Joseph F. Smith. But Hannah died suddenly (30 Dec. 1871) and Agnes raised her 4 children along with her own 7 children. A third wife was brought into the family, Annie Elizabeth Muir on Jan. 26, 1873. She was born 3 Feb. 1854, Salt Lake City, Utah, daughter of Thomas Walter Muir and Isabella Ann Samson. There were 18 children among the three wives. - from Agnes Widdison
James Campbell Livingston
From
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4530667/person/-591771370
James Campbell is my name. Scotland is my nation. Zion shall be my dwelling place and pleasant habitation. There I shall live to see and hear the Prophet of the Lord send forth his word as flaming fire or as a two edged sword. - from James Campbell Livingston Millenial Star Records
Morris had received additional revelations indicating that Christ would come and deliver his followers just a few days after a spectacular pageant called "The Foreshadowing of the Kingdom of God Day," which was scheduled for 30 May 1862. Therefore Joseph Morris saw the appearance of the army in the middle of June as a certain sign that the time of the Second Coming was imminent. Upon arriving at the fort, Robert Burton instructed a Morrisite herdboy to deliver a message to his leader requesting their surrender. After growing weary of the Morrisites' delay in responding to his demands, Burton ordered two warning shots to be fired to speed up the decision. The second ball struck the plowed ground in front of the settlement and ricocheted into the fort itself, killing and maiming as it went.
Joseph Morris immediately received a revelation of comfort and reassurance while some Morrisites returned the fire, killing Jared Smith of the posse. On the third day of the siege, as the Morrisites were in the process of surrendering, hostilities again broke out and Joseph Morris, his counselor John Banks, and a few others were killed. The rest, seeing their leaders dead, surrendered. The prisoners, numbering about ninety, were taken to Salt Lake City to stand trial before Judge Kenney. They were then placed under bond to appear at the next session of court. In March 1863 seven of the Morrisites were convicted of murder in the second degree, sixty-six were convicted of resistance, and two were acquitted. However, the new territorial governor, Stephen S. Hardy, pardoned all of them, and the Morrisites scattered into Idaho, California, Nevada, Montana, and other places to begin their lives anew. Seven years later, in the midst of an upsurge of anti-Mormonism, Robert T. Burton was tried for the murder of Mrs. Isabella Bowman, one of two Morrisite women killed during the surrender proceedings, but was acquitted. The Morrisite war was officially over.
- from The Morrisites
A white flag was waved in camp and [Robert Taylor] Burton, and his men, went down and disarmed them. After they were disarmed there was a large group of them standing together and Joseph [Morris] was talking to them, saying that he had taught them the principles of righteousness and he would like to know how many of them would stand by him to the death – when Burton spurred up his horse and tried to ride on to him saying “will you give up now? will you give up now?” when they had already given up and were disarmed. Joseph caught the horse by the bit and set him back upon his haunches, when [Burton] spurred him up again, saying “will your God deliver you now? We have had enough of your damned apostacy, we’ll try your God now” and then drew his pistol and shot [Morris] in the face. He reeled and fell dead. When a young woman who was standing by, holding in her arms the baby belonging to the woman who was killed by the first cannonball that was fired spoke up and said “you bloodthirsty hell hound what did you kill that good man for?” When [Burton] said “no woman can say that to me and live” and took deliberate aim at her and shot her dead too and someone else went up behind John Banks [ed. note: Banks was a former General Authority who had left LDS Church] and shot him in the back of the neck, but did not kill him. And it was said that he would probably have lived had it not been for some doctoring that he had during the night following. So after having gained such a glorious victory, they were ready to start home with all the men of the camp as their prisoners.
- from the Journal of George Morris (brother of Joseph Morris)
| 1863 | .......... |
John Gray
Reprinted from a tintype made in Ogden Utah
Courtesy Bill Hamill
According to Andrew Wardrobe's obituary, John Gray and his family moved from Salt Lake City to "California" in 1863. In the Supreme Court of the State of Utah, John Gray v. Amos Howe and Ann Smith, "the District Court found that John Gray was in the peaceable possession of the property until 1863, when he was forcibly removed by John T.D. McAllister" and "that he possessed and occupied the same up to March, 1863", and "in his declaratory statement he describes himself as being a resident of the State of Nevada". See original document The 1870 US Census has John Gray enumerated in both Alpine, California and Carson, Nevada.
It is well known that at the period of which I am writing, apostasy was a capital crime, and Gray was fortunate in getting out of the Territory alive. His wife knew this, and knew also that her own safety would be best secured by flight, so as soon as she was able to travel she made her way to Carson, Nevada, where she was was afterwards joined by her husband. - From Utah Justice, Mrs. A. G. Paddock, July 9, 1877
Ed Note: There was a John Caldwell Gray (a builder born May 24, 1820 in Massachusetts) with wife Elizabeth living in Salt Lake City in 1860, 1870 & 1880, who should not be confused with our John Gray (the Morrisite). The census records, historical documents and family lore all point to our John Gray as "the Morrisite". See John Caldwell Gray on page 38 in Biographical Encyclopedia or Condensed Biographical Sketches of Presiding Officers, Veterans, Missionaries and Other Active Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, By Andrew Jensen, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1888.
Pardon for Morrisites
... and to each of them full and perfect pardon
From the History of Salt Lake City and It's Founders by
Edward W. Tullidge
|
John Gray There was some problems while the family lived with the Mormons. One of the church elders "fell for" Elizabeth, who turned him down. The elder kicked her out of the house they were renting from him and put her furniture in the yard and took Robert and William in the stockade. When John Gray came home and found out what happened he moved the family into another house. - Eleaine Alberti, great-great-great granddaughter of Andrew Wardrobe
Supreme Court of the
State of Utah Cruelties of the Mormon Thugs
Injustice - The Case of John Gray in the Supreme Court
UTAH JUSTICE
INJUSTICE
The
Spirit Prevails |
| 1865 | .......... |
The Coal Mines at Mount Diablo, Contra Costa County, California
From the 1860s through the turn of the last century, five coal mining towns thrived in the Black Diamond area: Nortonville, Somersville, Stewartville, West Hartley and Judsonville. As the location of California's largest coal mining operation, nearly four million tons of coal ("black diamonds") were removed from the earth. The residents of the mining towns were from all over the world, and their life was characterized by hard work and long hours. Occasional celebrations and a variety of organizations and social activities served to alleviate the drudgery of daily existence.
- from East Bay Regional Park DistrictIn the fall of 1865, David Henderson "went to the coal mines at Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County, and remained there two years, getting good wages, and returning with some capital. - from History of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties By: John Brown, Jr., 1922
John W. Grant would work in the coal mines on Mount Diablo around this period of time. - from John W. Grant
James Easton and Agnes Adam were in Martinez, Contra Costa County, in the 1870 US Census.
The Black Hawk War
1865-1872
Growing frictions
over land and resources led to Utah's most intense Mormon-Indian
conflict, the Black Hawk War. The Utes and their allies killed
around 75 Anglos; the Mormons in return killed many Indians.
Both sides committed atrocities and killed many innocents before
it was over. On April 9, 1865, a group of Utes and Mormon
settlers met near Manti to resolve a quarrel. The Utes had
stolen and eaten some of the Mormons' cattle. During the talk,
one of the settlers grabbed the one of the Indians and threw him
down off his horse. This angered the Utes, including a young man
named Black Hawk. This was the start of the Black Hawk War...
- From 1865 and
beyond: The Black Hawk War
From
History of Indian Depredations in Utah, by Peter
Gottfredson, 1919 (21 MB pdf)
President Brigham Young, First Governor of Utah,
"It is
cheaper to feed them than to fight them"
|
This flag was carried by Mark Lindsey, of Captain James C. Livingston's Company under the command of Major Andrew Burt, which company was mustered into service July 25, 1866. |
"About the end of July Major-General Burton organized another company of seventy-five officers and men in Salt Lake County and hurried them southward under the command of Major Andrew Burt..."
Andrew Burt
Photo by CR Savage c 1870
| History of Indian Depredations in Utah, by Peter Gottfredson, 1919 (21 MB pdf) |
Andrew Burt "was later gunned down outside the Salt Lake House by a clearly insane (and possibly drunk) black man in 1883". Chief Burt was shot and killed while investigating a report of a man shooting a gun. The suspect was upset about not getting a job at a local store and started to menace the owner with a pistol. As Chief Burt and another officer responded the man went to another location and obtained a .45 caliber Springfield rifle. When the Chief approached the man at 2nd South and Main Street the man shot Chief Burt in the chest. The suspect then shot and wounded the second officer before being taken into custody. An angry crowd gathered at the jail, forcibly removed the man, and then lynched him. Chief Burt had been in law enforcement for 24 years and was survived by his wife. - from Officer Down Memorial Page, Chief of Police Andrew H. Burt
Read another version about Andrew Burt as a policeman in Salt Lake City.
There were so many things to be taken care of in those days. Our father Robert had ended one of these five month trips in September and the next June 1867 he was called by Major Broomhead, to take part in the Black Hawk or Indian War. He was in Captain William Binders Company, stationed at Gunnison. He was gone three months, and 16 days. He was paid $212.00 for his services. Every Memorial day they place a flag on his grave. - from A Sketch in the Life of the Thomas Widdison Family of Scotland and England
See the
Affidavit Concerning Service in Indian Wars
by Robert Russell
Widdison.
See the Affidavit Concerning Service in Indian Wars
for Charles
Livingston.
From
History of Indian Depredations in Utah, by Peter
Gottfredson, 1919 (21 MB pdf)
The Black Hawk Indian War was the longest and most destructive conflict between pioneer immigrants and Native Americans in Utah History. The traditional date of the war's commencement is 9 April 1865 but tensions had been mounting for years. On that date bad feelings were transformed into violence when a handful of Utes and Mormon frontiersmen met in Manti, Sanpete County, to settle a dispute over some cattle killed and consumed by starving Indians. An irritated (and apparently inebriated) Mormon lost his temper and violently jerked a young chieftain from his horse. The insulted Indian delegation, which included a dynamic young Ute named Black Hawk, abruptly left, promising retaliation. The threats were not idle - for over the course of the next few days Black Hawk and other Utes killed five Mormons and escaped to the mountains with hundreds of stolen cattle. Naturally, scores of hungry warriors and their families flocked to eat "Mormon beef" and to support Black Hawk, who was suddenly hailed as a war chief...
The years 1865 to 1867 were by far the most intense of the conflict. Latter-day Saints considered themselves in a state of open warfare. They built scores of forts and deserted dozens of settlements while hundreds of Mormon militiamen chased their illusive adversaries through the wilderness with little success. Requests for federal troops went unheeded for eight years. Unable to distinguish "guilty" from "friendly" tribesmen, frustrated Mormons at times indiscriminately killed Indians, including women and children.
- from the Black Hawk War
"Dear Sir: - I am glad to comply with your request to give some items of history of some of the Indian troubles in and near Round Valley (Scipio) and in the following narrative I am sure some of the eroneous stories told in regard to the death of Black Hawk, the great Indian Chief, and also Panacara, an inoffensive Indian who made his home in Round Valley, may be corrected and the truth of the matter to the people in your proposed history of the Indian troubles of early Utah days. There are probably a dozen men in Utah claim the honor of killing Black Hawk, none of which is true..." Read more from A Letter from William Probert extracted form History of Indian Depredations in Utah
From
History of Indian Depredations in Utah, by Peter
Gottfredson, 1919 (21 MB pdf)
Salt Lake City, 1869
| 1867 | .......... |
"Body guards to President Brigham Young"
James C. Livingston became superintendent of the church quarries at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon from which the granite for the Salt Lake Temple was being quarried. This was about the year 1867. He continued to hold this position until the capstone of the temple was laid in the year 1890... James C. Livingston early made the acquaintance of Bishop John Sharp and they were fast friends until the death of Bishop Sharp on December 23, 1891. They worked together in the quarries getting out stone for the tabernacle and other buildings. These two men together with Andrew Smith and other trusted and true men were body guards to President Brigham Young. - from information from James A. Muir compiled by William D. Kuhre, Sandy, Utah, Dec 12, 1935, in James Campbell Livingston
Read more about the Granite for the Temple.
Sometime between 1860 and 1867 Elizabeth Russell, John Gray, Andrew Wardrobe and William and Isabella Gray moved from Salt Lake City to Carson City Nevada. Andrew Wardrobe's obituary indicates they moved to California in 1863 and "joined the gold seekers". In the 1870 US Census he was enumerated in both Carson City, Nevada and Alpine, California, and both he and John Gray were farmers.
U.S. Land Grant to John W. Gray of Ormsby County Nevada, June 15, 1867
From US Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office
records
See
original document
Isabel Gray & Henry Clay Powers
 Isabel Gray Powers Bio of Isabel Gray Powers |
 Henry Clay Powers Bio of Henry Clay Powers |
Isabel Gray (daughter of Elizabeth Russell Wardrobe and John Gray) married Henry Clay Powers (son of Isaac Powers and Alvira Sherwood) on Dec 24, 1867, in Carson City, Nevada. They had at least eleven children: Elizabeth Nevada (born Dec 14, 1869); Charles Henry (June 16, 1872 in Nebraska - Sept 4, 1959); William Russell (born Sept 8, 1874); Isaac Sherwood (born July 17, 1876); Maud May (May 1880-1967); Ida Delilah (Oct 20, 1881 - March 1, 1967); Margaret Cordella (born June 1884); Isabella Alvira (May 1886-1958); Harrison Henry (April 1888-1971); John Gray (Aug 1890-1971); and Andrew Robert (June 1892-1915). - from Burke Cortsen Family Tree on Ancestry.com and Glenda Waugh
Charles Henry
Powers & Annie Christine Benson | William Russell
Powers & Leonie Edella Conant
Isaac Sherwood Powers & Mary Ann Leavitt | Maud May
Powers & George Guiles | Maud May Powers & L.A.
Condit
Ida Delilah Powers & Herbert Marion Condit |
Isabella Alvira Powers & John Burke
Harrison Henry Powers & Rocha Aurilla Hall |
Harrison Henry Powers & Alice Roswurm McGraw |
Andrew Robert Powers & Pearl O. Smith
Henry Clay Powers Family Portrait
Photo courtesy of John Burke
Henry Clay Powers Family
Photo courtesy of John Burke
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John Thomas Burke and Isabella Alvira (Powers) Burke with five adult children. Back row L to R: John Henry Burke (my father), Donald Lee Burke, Ernest William Burke. Front row L to R: Dr. Genevra Genevieve Burke (Married name Baken, but changed back to Burke after divorce), John Thomas Burke, Isabella Alvira (Powers) Burke and Dorothy Elizabeth (Burke) Barksdale. |
| 1868 | .......... |
Files Recut - Thomas Widdison
Thursday, June 11,
1868 Paper: Salt Lake Daily Telegraph (Salt
Lake City, UT) Volume: IV Issue: 293
Andrew Wardrobe
Andrew Wardrobe became a citizen of the United States of America on Oct 15, 1868, in Carson City, Ormsby County, Nevada.
Certificate of Citizenship, Andrew M. Wardrobe, Oct 15, 1868
See
original document
John Grant
Photo courtesy Dole
Holcombe Grant Family Tree on
ancestry.com
John Grant (only surviving child of Robert Grant and Isabella Adam) married Margaret Nish (daughter of William Nish and Isabelle Henderson) in October, 1868 (Ed Note: Margaret was born in 1852) . Isabelle Henderson was the daughter of Margaret Adam Henderson and David Henderson. She had emigrated from Scotland with her brother William and William Thom Adam (and his children) in 1850. John Grant and Margaret Nish had at least nine children: Isabelle (1869-1892); Robert (Oct 21, 1872 - Feb 23, 1955); John Nish (Jan 1, 1875 - April 15, 1954); Richard (1878 - Jan 11, 1937); Viva A (June 26, 1880 - March 12, 1966); Adam Lucas (Oct 11, 1881 - March 14, 1966); Frederick William (Dec 15, 1884 - March 22, 1974); Jessie Marie (1887 - May 1, 1931) and Archie J (Aug 17, 1890 - Oct 11, 1940). - from Morris Family Tree and Dole Holcombe Grant Family Tree on ancestry.com
Isabelle Grant & William Winfield
Holcomb | Robert Bruce Grant & Christine Sulau
| John Nish Grant & Myra Jane Bartron
Richard Grant & Exie Belle Sharpless |
Viva Grant & Frank L. Anderson | Adam
Lucas Grant & Clara Sulau
Frederick William Grant & Ina Fancher |
Archie Grant & Mayble L. Hammond
| 1869 | .......... |
John Gray
A John Gray filed a Declaration of Intention to Become an American Citizen in Carson City, Nevada, on Feb 19, 1869. - From Carson City Recorder - Genealogy
James Campbell Livingston
Telegraph, April 7, 1869 "Jim Livingston, Sharp's able foreman, said nothing but went to work and loaded a point of rock with nitroglycerine, and without saying anything to the CP 'let her rip.' The explosion was terrific. The report was heard on the Dry Tortugas, and the foreman of the C P came down to confer with Mr. Livingston about the necessity of each party notifying the other when ready for the blast. The matter was speedily arranged to the satisfaction of both parties."
Telegraph, April 14, 1869, "impressive work on the Promontory is the massive CP fill on Farr & West's contract, along 500 feet and 170 feet deep has 250 teams and 500 men working last two months. Many workers from Cache county. Wm Fisher and Wm Lewis are supervisors, replacing Bishop Merrill. Thirty foot cuts being blasted on each side ? three mules killed in recent blast accident. James C Livingston genl overseer of this massive rock work, formerly at Weber Canyon, and well known for his champion law and order; runs strict camp. Nearby is trestle work being built by Hall & Casement for UP. The two lines and their cuts wind their way up the rocky slope a few feet apart."
| 1870 | .......... |
Robert Russell
Robert Russell (Janet and Elizabeth's brother) died of "spinal disease" (possibly related to lead poisoning and his trade as a file cutter) on Feb 3, 1870, in Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland, at the age of 50.
Manti, Sanpete, Utah
Margaret Easton (daughter of Robert Easton and
Elizabeth Laird Easton) c. 1870
Carson City, Nevada
State Capitol Building, Carson
City, Nevada, 1871
1870
United States Federal Census - Carson City, Nevada
Elizabeth Russell and John
Gray and family
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Carson City, Ormsby, Nevada; Roll: M593_834; Page: 256A; Image: 517; Family History Library Film: 552333. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data:
Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1870 United States Federal Census, the Ninth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age at last birthday, sex, color; birthplace, occupation, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1870 Federal Census. |
There was a Henry C. Powers (25) living in Lee, Illinois in the 1870 Census.
John Gray's occupation is listed as
"farmer" and Andrew Wardrobe's as "laborer".
Isabella Powers is her daughter Isabel who was 4 in the 1850 Census.
The 1870 US Census for Carson
City, Nevada
The Gray family was also enumerated just across the state line in California during the 1870 Census.
1870 United States Federal Census - Alpine, California
Elizabeth Russell and John
Gray and family
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 4, Alpine, California; Roll: M593_69; Page: 316A; Image: 22; Family History Library Film: 545568. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data:
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Andrew Wardrobe was a "laborer" and William Gray was a "farm laborer".
1870 United States Federal Census - Ward 20, Salt Lake City,
Utah
Janet Russell's daughters
with their husband James Campbell Livingston
Source Citation: Year: 1800; Census Place: Salt Lake City Ward 20, Salt Lake, Utah Territory; roll: M593_1611; Page: 716B; Image: 780; Family History Library Film: 553110. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1870 United States Federal Census, the Ninth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age at last birthday, sex, color; birthplace, occupation, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1870 Federal Census. |
Note: Janet Russell Livingston married Orson Augustus Despain and had 10 children. She passed away in 1900 in Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, USA.
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1870 United States Federal Census - Pajaro, Santa Cruz,
California
Agnes Adam's
brother William Thom Adam & Margaret Thomson and their family
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Pajaro, Santa Cruz, California; Roll: M593_89; Page: 343A; Image: 13; Family History Library Film: 545588. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1870 United States Federal Census, the Ninth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age at last birthday, sex, color; birthplace, occupation, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1870 Federal Census. |
1870 United States Federal Census - Gilroy,
Santa Clara, California
Jemima
Adam (daughter of William Thom Adam and
Isobel Laird) & George Easton and family
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Gilroy, Santa Clara, California; Roll: M593_88; Page: 99B; Image: 202; Family History Library Film: 545587. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1870 United States Federal Census, the Ninth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age at last birthday, sex, color; birthplace, occupation, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1870 Federal Census. |
1870 United
States Federal Census - Santa Barbara, California
William
Thom Adam's
son William Laird Adam & Elizabeth Conner and their family
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 3, Santa Barbara, California; Roll: M593_87; Page: 508A; Image: 481; Family History Library Film: 545586. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1870 United States Federal Census, the Ninth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age at last birthday, sex, color; birthplace, occupation, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1870 Federal Census. |
Alexander Adam (30) was living next door
James Easton & Agnes Adam and their family
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 3, Contra Costa, California; Roll: M593_71; Page: 414A; Image: 303; Family History Library Film: 545570. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Description: This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1870 United States Federal Census, the Ninth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age at last birthday, sex, color; birthplace, occupation, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1870 Federal Census. |
James (17) was born in Utah. Charles and John were born in California.
James and Agnes moved to Oregon sometime between 1870 and 1880.
| 1873 | .......... |
William Widdison
William Widdison (son of William Livingston Widdison and Mary Alice Wildling) was born on Dec 15, 1873, in Salt lake City. See A Sketch in the Life of William Livingston Widdison
| 1874 | .......... |
U.S. Land Grant to William Laird Adam of Santa Barbara County, Sept 1, 1874
From US Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office records
See
original document
Salt Lake City
Widdison, Thomas, file
cutter, with son William, teamster, and son's Robert and
James, blacksmiths
From Gazeteer of Utah and Salt Lake City directory, 1874 by
Edward Lenox Sloan
Gray, Elizabeth, widow
From Gazeteer of Utah and Salt Lake City directory, 1874 by
Edward Lenox Sloan
Ed. Note: "Our" John Gray died on 1896 and is buried in the Sublett Cemetery, Cassia County, Idaho. The 1874 Gazeteer of Utah and Salt Lake City lists an Elizabeth Gray, widow (above). There was also an Elizabeth Gray who was married to a John Caldwell Gray and with sons John and William. This John Gray died in 1898. There was also a John Gray (b. Oct 23, 1814) who died in Salt lake City on Jan 24, 1891.
Andrew Wardrobe & Isabella Slack
Andrew Wardrobe married Isabella Slack (born in England in 1856) on Nov 9, 1874. - from Ancestry.com ancestral file Isabella left Liverpool, England, aboard the John Bright on June 4, 1868, and arrived in New York City on July 14, 1868. - from Liverpool to New York June 4, 1868 In the 1870 US Federal Census the Slack family was living in Weston, Cache County, Utah Territory (in Idaho).
Andrew Wardrobe and Isabella Slack had at least fourteen children: Robert Slack (1875-1940); Elizabeth Nevada (1877-1944); Ella Nora (1879-1943); Agnes Jane (1881-1970); Mary Isabelle (1882-1964); Effie Caroline (1884-1961); William Slack (1887-1960); twins Andrew Charles (1889-1945) and John Henry (1889-1920); George Melvin (1891-1965); Jessie Myrtle (1893-); Drew (1896-); Dewey Ray (1897-1970); and Bruce Harold (1900-). - Glenda Waugh
Elizabeth Nevada Wardrobe & Archie Leroy Tucker | Ellen
Nora Wardrobe & Walter Benton Armstrong | Agnes Jane
Wardrobe & Edgar M Bogart
Mary Isabelle Wardrobe & William Cunningham |
Effie Caroline Wardrobe & Charles Rollin Spurbeck
Andrew Charles Wardrobe & Elaine Ann Heitfeld | John
Henry Wardrobe & Adella Mildred Bogart
Jessie Myrtle Wadrobe & Frank Robey Blackburn | Bruce
Harold Wardrobe & Olive Eve Mulalley
| 1875 | .......... |
William Thom Adam
William Thom Adam died on Jan 15, 1875, in Gilroy, Santa Clara County, California. - from Ancestry.com Family Trees
Died, Adam - In Gilroy, January 15, William Adam, aged
82
San Francisco Bulletin, January 27, 1875
U.S. Land Grant to John W. Grant of Santa Barbara County, Nov 1, 1875
From US Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office records
See
original document
| 1876 | .......... |
Thomas Widdison
Grandfather Thomas Widdison died on the 5th of May 1876, then grandmother lived with us for eleven years. We lived on the south half of this lot, and Uncle James built a brick house right on the corner. - from A Sketch in the Life of the Thomas Widdison Family of Scotland and England
See Thomas Widdison by Marie Widdison, a great great granddaughter
| 1877 | .......... |
James C. Livingston, superintendent of the Temple quarry
Alexander Adam & Esther Bradley
Photo courtesy Donna Conner
Alexander Adam (son of William Thom Adam and Isobel Laird) married Esther Spencer Bradley Feb 11, 1877. They had two children: William Alexander (born 1877); and Ronald McDonald (born Sept 8, 1884).
Ronald McDonald Adam & Malinda Jane Hardenbrook
'Aleck' was the youngest of William Thom of Lanarkshire, Scotland and first wife Isobel (Laird) Adam's children. He was only about eleven years old when he left Scotland, the same age as his nephew, John W. Grant, traveling with his family to the American lands. He worked a great deal alongside his brother, William, while the family was in Salt Lake City, Utah, and left with them in 1854 when he was fifteen. After his stepmother, Margaret, reconsidered and decided to stay with the Adam family, it was Aleck who went back to Fillmore City, Millard Co., Utah to fetch her. Eventually, Aleck settled in Monterey County, Ca. He traveled about quite a bit throughout his life, but Bryson Valley was his most permanent residence. During the years 1881-1888, he raised cows and made cheese. He then took this cheese, traveling weekly up to Moss Landing and sold it.
When Aleck married a woman named Esther Bradley sometime prior to 1877, he lived in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara Co., Ca. Two sons were born there, one of whom was William Alexander in 1877. William A. was also known as 'Fancy Bill' in reference to his dapper way of dressing. William A. never married and it was he who cared for his dad in his old age. He claimed that his father didn't want him to marry and blamed him for 'ruining his life'. Aleck's younger son was named Ronald McDonald Adam (in honor of his Scottish ancestors who were of the McDonald clan). Aleck and Esther separated while the boys were still living at home. William A. stayed with his father and Ronald went to live with his mother, who moved to Lompoc, Santa Barbara Co., Ca. Ronald married Malinda Jane Hardenbrook in Nov., 1905 and had three children, Kathryn, John Donald and Kenneth Laird. Ronald owned and published the Lompoc Record and was quite well known and respected in newspaper circles. When he got older, he gave the newspaper to his two sons. Donald sold out his share and moved to the Sacramento area and Kenneth remained in Lompoc while Kathryn settled in Palo Alto, Santa Clara Xo., Ca.
- Chloe Perdew
Agnes Adam Russell Mounsey
Agnes Adam (Janet and Elizabeth's mother and William Thom Adam's sister) died of "bronchitis" on April 2, 1877 in Chapelhall, Bothwell, Scotland at the age of 84.
Robert Wilding Widdison
Robert Wilding Widdison (son of William Livingston Widdison and Mary Alice Wilding) was born on May 13, 1877, in Salt Lake City. - from Pioneer Memories: History of Hibbard Ward to 1904, BYU Harold B. Lee Library Digital Collections
U.S. Land Grant to Alexander Adam of Santa Barbara County, July 2, 1877
From US Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office records
See
original document
San Bernardino
In 1877 John Henderson went to Santa Maria, to an uncle, W. L. Adam, who had purchased eleven leagues of land and who also conducted a large general store. He worked for a time in the store and then engaged in driving a team, as he did not like the indoor confinement. From History of San Bernardino and Riverside counties with selected biography of actors and witnesses of the period of growth and achievement. (Volume 2) - Brown, John
| 1878 | .......... |
James Gourley Widdison (son of Thomas Widdison and Janet Russell) married Alice Pinney in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had twelve children: James Gourley (1879-1938); John Henry (1881-1955); Alice Amelia (1884-1944); Willard (1886-1934); Robert Eugene (1888-1940); Amy Seager (1891-1946); Lucinda (1893-1979); Thomas Richard (1895-1957); Gilbert Pinney (1898-????); Arvila (1900-1988); and Janet Elizabeth (1902-1985). - from Jones Family Tree on Ancestry.com
James Gourley Widdison & Lillian Gardner | Willard Widdison & Amanda Johnson | Robert Eugene Widdison & Ella Leah Widdison
John T. Adam (son of William Thom Adam and Margaret Thomson) married Mahalia Haun Sept 18, 1878, in Hollister, California. They had at least three children: William Zimry (born June 26, 1879); John Rufus (1882-1973); and Ruby Pearl (1890-1969). - from 1900 US Federal Census and Banes-Brown Family Tree on ancestry.com
William Zimry Adam & Rosetta Grace Doty | John Rufus Adam & Mary Inez Vickery
John Rufus Adam
Photo courtesy Fullmer Family Tree on
ancestry.com
| 1879 | .......... |
Jemima Adam Easton
Jemima Adam Easton (daughter of William Thom Adam and Isobel Laird) died June 12, 1879 in Gilroy, California, at the age of 48. She's buried in the Gavilan Hills Memorial Park and Catholic Cemetery (also known as the IOOF, Masonic Cemetery)in Gilroy, California. - Find A Grave and Chloe Perdew
John Henderson (son of James Easton and Margaret Adam Henderson) married Asenia Ferrel Wilson on Dec 1, 1879, in San Bernardino, California. They didn't have any children.
| 1880 | .......... |
"The deputies
were treated courteously by Bro. Livingston in
his hospitable Scotch manner,
joining with him in a social glass"
In the early 80s
began the activities of the U. S. officers in the enforcement of
the anti-polygamy laws, accompanied by the well remembered raids
of the U. S. marshals in the arresting the men and women so
involved. During these trying times it became necessary for many
of the church authorities and leading brethren to remain in
retirement or in hiding at all times, and the church quarry and
vicinity often afforded a place of concealment for them. The
home of James A. Muir at Wasatch was a resting place many times
for those brethren who were brought there by Livingston for a
night's repose. There was a bridge spanning Little Cottonwood
creek from the boarding house to the south side where the summer
sleeping quarters of the men were located. On the south side
also was located the office of the superintendent of the quarry.
Livingston seldom slept at night when any of the brethren were
in the vicinity, particularly keeping watch at the bridge. No
officer seemed inclined to make the effort to cross the bridge
and it is said that he once forcibly ejected one who attempted
it. Among the church leaders who were there from time to time
were President John Taylor, President Woodruff, Joseph F. Smith,
Wm. H. Preston and others. J. W. McHenry was the teamster for
the President in those days with Richard James as assistant.
The following incident is reported to have taken place at the
office building on the south side of the creek: President John
Taylor and his counselor George Q. Cannon were in hiding at this
time and their arrest was very much desired by the officials who
were prosecuting the cases arising from plural marriage. These
two men were on a certain day with Brother Livingston in the
little two room office building before referred to. A horse and
buggy appeared on the road leading to the boarding house
situated on the north side of the creek. The buggy contained two
deputy marshals who were as usual looking for the men in hiding.
Brother Livingston recognized them, being well acquainted with
them, and as they approached he invited them into the office to
have a drink. In the meantime the two brethren mentioned just
retired to the rear room. The deputies were treated courteously
by Bro. Livingston in his hospitable Scotch manner, joining with
him in a social glass. After a while they took their leave. The
two men in the rear room whom the officers would have given a
great deal to apprehend at that particular time, no doubt
breathed a trifle easier owing to Livingston's quick initiative.
James C. Livingston once remarked that people say of me "That I
know no fear; but I am afraid at times though when called upon
to do things I will not shirk from my duty."
- from information from James A. Muir compiled by William D. Kuhre, Sandy, Utah, Dec 12, 1935, in James Campbell Livingston
Janet Russell
Janet Russell
1880 United States Federal Census - Great Salt Lake City
Janet Russell
Widdison with her son Robert and his family
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: 1337; Family History Film: 1255337; Page: 114C; Enumeration District: 46; . Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents’ place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census. |
Lois Widdison
General Blacksmithing
Wednesday, May 12, 1880 Paper:
Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT) Volume: XXIX Issue: 15
Page: 237
Robert Widdison's occupation was listed as "blacksmith". Robert's brother James was living next door with his family and he, too, was a "blacksmith".
The 1880 US Census for
Salt Lake City, Utah
Lucy Widdison (age 3 in the above census) would later write A Sketch in the Life of the Thomas Widdison Family of Scotland and England.
1880 United States Federal Census - Great Salt Lake City
Janet Russell's daughter Agnes
with her family
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: 1337; Family History Film: 1255337; Page: 163A; Enumeration District: 050; Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents’ place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census. |
Livingston Family Residence in
Birch Creek, near Fountain Green, Utah c. 1887
House built in Birch Creek, Sanpete, Utah, by James Campbell Livingston Sr. about 1887. The house was was referred to as the finest in the valley and very elegantly furnished. Peacocks roamed about the yard, beautiful flowers bloomed and were well cared for. There was a pond on the property, used to store water for irrigating the crops, garden, shrubs, and trees. Ducks made the pond their home, as did polliwogs, frogs, and salamanders. In the winter, blocks of ice were cut from this pond and stored in a small ice house. The ice would last well into the summer. James is seated on the porch at the right, with his left arm on the rail. His right arm having been blown off by an accidental dynamite explosion while cutting granite at the stone quarry in Little Cottonwood Canyon to be used in the building of the Salt Lake Temple. - Dennis Davis
Louisa and Jennet Widdison? (middle)
Agnes Widdison and James C. Livingston (with grandchildren Zina and Lucy?)
Archibald George
Livingston c. 1880
Sometime between 1877 and 1879 Andrew Wardrobe moved from Carson City, Nevada to Nez Perce (County), Idaho. His daughter Elizabeth was born in Nevada and Ellen in Idaho (from census record).
1880 United
States Federal Census - Nez Perce, Idaho
Elizabeth Russell's son Andrew Wardrobe and
his family
Robert Gray (Andrew's step-brother) lived next door
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: , Nez Perce, Idaho; Roll: 173; Family History Film: 1254173; Page: 243C; Enumeration District: 23; Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents’ place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census. |
Andrew M. Wardrobe, Farmer, and
Robert Gray, Farmer
See
original document
On May 14, 1888, Nez Perce County became Latah County.
1880 United States Federal
Census - Clear Creek, Cassia, Idaho
Isabella Powers (daughter of
Elizabeth Russell Wardrobe and John Gray) and her family
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Clear Creek, Cassia, Idaho; Roll: 173; Family History Film: 1254173; Page: 156B; Enumeration District: 013; . Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents’ place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census. |
Isabella's husband's name should be Henry C. Powers.
County officers declared elected as County and Precinct officers as of June 9 1879 were... Henry Powers
Cassia County was created in 1879 from the parent County of Owyhee and a Temporary County seat was approved 20 Feb 1879. On April 7 1879 Marsh Basin was appointed as temporary County seat. The County was divided into seven precincts: Cassia Creek, Clear Creek, Goose Creek, Marsh Basin, Oakley, Rock Creek and Sublett. On April 14 1879 two more precincts were formed, Salmon Falls and Bonanza Bar. The county seat was Albion until 13 Jan 1919 when it was moved to Burley. There were many mixed feelings towards the County seat being moved. County officers declared elected as County and Precinct officers as of June 9 1879 were: Probate Judge James H. Chase; Sheriff J.E. Harrington; Auditor and Recorder S.P. Weatherman; Treasurer M.G. Robison; Assessor T.M. Gray; County Commissioners C.M. Gray, R.A. Beecher and Sidney Kelly; Coroner J.D Burch; Surveyor Frank Riblett. Precinct Justice of Peace were; Salmon Falls, M. O'Conner; Rock Creek, A.D. Norton and Lars Larson; Oakley, James Chaplow; Goose Creek, J.E. Miller and W.D. Robbins; Sublett, J. Galliger and Henry Powers; Bonanza Bar, Tho. Henry; Clear Creek, H.A. Baker; Marsh Basin, Josiah Bridger and R.N. Howell. Cassia County consists of the communities of Albion, Almo, Burley, Declo, Elba, Malta, Oakley and Sublett. - Christine Storey
1880
United States Federal Census - Wasco, Oregon
Agnes Adam
(daughter of William Thom Adam & Isobel
Laird) & James Easton
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Fifteen-Mile, Wasco, Oregon; Roll: 1084; Family History Film: 1255084; Page: 281A; Enumeration District: 123; Image: 0555. Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents’ place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census. |
1880 United States
Federal Census - Santa Barbara, California
William Thom Adam's son William
Laird Adam and his family
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Guadalupe, Santa Barbara, California; Roll: 81; Family History Film: 1254081; Page: 569D; Enumeration District: 086; Image: 0203. Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents’ place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census. |
Elizabeth Adam was born in Canada. John M. Waugh is a carpenter born in Nova Scotia.
William Laird Adam
Photo courtesy Chloe Perdew, Findagrave
Prominent tax-payers in Santa Barbara County,
1880
From
a
History of Santa Barbara county, California,
with illustrations and biographical sketches of
its prominent men and pioneers (1883)
Ranch, Residence and Store of William L. Adam,
Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, Cal.
From
a
History of Santa Barbara county, California,
with illustrations and biographical sketches of
its prominent men and pioneers (1883)
| History of Santa Barbara County, California by Jesse D. Mason, 1883 (77 MB pdf) |
William Laird Adam family photo
William Laird Adam family photo, taken in 1888, which shows William Laird Adam and wife Elizabeth 'Bessie' (Connor) Adam and 11 of their 15 children. Top Row, left. to right: Kenneth, James, Anastacia ('Ness'), William Connor, Mary and Charles. Bottom Row: Isabelle, Elizabeth Connor Adam, Carlton, Annie (baby), William Laird Adam, Katherine and Tom. - Photo courtesy Chloe Perdew
1880 United States Federal Census - Santa Maria,
Santa Barbara, California
John Grant (son of
Robert Grant and Isabelle Adam) and Margaret
Nish
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California; Roll: 81; Family History Film: 1254081; Page: 571D; Enumeration District: 086; Image: 0207. Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents’ place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census. |
1880 United States
Federal Census - San Bernardino, California
Margaret
Adam Henderson and her grandson
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California; Roll: 72; Family History Film: 1254072; Page: 486B; Enumeration District: 063; Image: 0195. Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents’ place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census. |
Margaret Ada (Adam)
Henderson and 7 of her 10
children.
Seated
from left to right:
Margaret Victoria
(Henderson) Mogeau Yager; Margaret
Ada (Adam) Henderson; eldest son,
William McDonald Henderson; eldest
daughter Isabella (Henderson)
Nish. Back Row: youngest
daughter Mary Adam (Henderson)
Levick Ashcroft; youngest son John
Alexander Henderson (son of James
Easton, who later took the name
Henderson and was Mayor of San
Bernardino 1919-21); Jeannette Adam
(Henderson) Walkinshaw Roberts; and
David Glenn Henderson. -
Chloe Perdew
1880 United States
Federal Census - San Bernardino, California
Isabella Henderson
Nish and family
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California; Roll: 72; Family History Film: 1254072; Page: 486B; Enumeration District: 063; Image: 0195. Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents’ place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census. |
Isabella Nish (43), Elizabeth
(22), Robert (18), Isabella
(16), James (13), John (11),
Fredrick (9)
Margaret Henderson (63) and Alex
Henderson (14, grandson)
See
original document
1880
United States Federal Census -
Bishops Creek, Inyo, California
John
(Easton) Henderson
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Bishops Creek, Inyo, California; Roll: 66; Family History Film: 1254066; Page: 515B; Enumeration District: 015; Image: 0333. Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents’ place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census. |
When the party reached Bishop Creek,
Mr. Henderson decided to get a job
there...
From
History of San Bernardino and
Riverside counties with selected
biography of actors and witnesses of
the period of growth and
achievement. (Volume 2) - Brown,
John
William McDonald Henderson of Rialto was the son of David Henderson and Margaret (not Isabel) Adam...
From
Ingersoll's century annals of San
Bernadino County, 1769-1904
(53 MB pdf)
| Ingersoll's century annals of San Bernadino County, 1769-1904, by Luther A. Ingersoll, 1904 (53 MB pdf) |
1880 United States
Federal Census - Santa Barbara, California
Alexander Adam (son of
William Thom Adam and Isobel Laird)
& Esther Bradley
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California; Roll: 81; Family History Film: 1254081; Page: 571D; Enumeration District: 086; Image: 0207. Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents’ place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census. |
1880 United
States Federal Census - Gilroy,
Santa Clara, California
George Easton (widower of
Jemima Adam) and family
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Gilroy, Santa Clara, California; Roll: 82; Family History Film: 1254082; Page: 411C; Enumeration District: 258; Image: 0248. Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents’ place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census. |
| 1881 | .......... |
William McDonald Henderson (son of David Henderson and Margaret Adam) married Mary W. Winn on Dec 18, 1881, in San Bernardino, California. - from Caridid/Grant/Fancher family tree on ancestry.com
| 1882 | .......... |
Louise Widdison
Died - Louise Widdison, Sept 4,
1882
The Salt Lake Herlad, 6 Sept
1882, page 1
Newspapers.com
Robert Russell Gray (son of Elizabeth Russell and John Gray) married Eliza Frances Follett in 1882. They had at least eleven children: Robert R; John William (born Dec 24,1883); Elva Belle (born Sept 12, 1885); Robert Andrew (born March 30, 1888); Elbert Eldred (born Dec 26, 1890); Lester E. (born Jan 7, 1892); Charles Chester (born May 26, 1894); Mary "Minnie" (born Sept 30, 1897); Lucille Violet (born about 1902); Cecil Elmer (born March 8, 1903); and Jess F (born Sept 12, 1905).
Elva Belle Gray & Harrison S. Groat |
Robert Andrew Gray & Sophia Mickelson |
Charles Chester Gray & Mary Claire Navin
Mary "Minnie" Gray & Raymond Edwin
Edwards
| 1884 | .......... |
San Bernardino
Virgil Earp
The California Voter Registers for 1884 lists Virgil Earp (Wyatt Earp's brother) as living in San Bernardino. Read more about Wyatt Earp in San Bernardino and Virgil Earp. Please note that Colton is only a few miles from San Bernardino.
After receiving his injuries in
Tombstone, Virgil spent the next two years recovering from his
injuries, primarily at his parent's home in Colton, California.
He sought treatment for his wounds in San Francisco and was
interviewed on the Southern Pacific train by a reporter whose
story was printed in the San Francisco Examiner on May 27, 1882.
The reporter described Virgil's appearance:
“His face, voice
and manner were prepossessing. He is close to six feet in
height, of medium build, chestnut hair, sandy mustache, light
eyebrows, quiet, blue eyes and frank expression. He wore a
wide-brimmed, slate-colored slouch hat, pants of a brown and
white stripe, and a blue diagonal coat and vest, both the latter
with bullet holes in them, bearing testimony of a recent fight
when he was shot in the back, the bullet coming out of the front
of his vest. His left arm was carried in a sling, also a memento
of his last fight, when he received a bullet in his arm, since
causing the loss of about six inches of bone which crippled him
for life. The wounded arm is the cause of his visit to this
city, where he seeks surgical aid in hope of so far recovering
its use that he may be able to dress himself unaided.”
Despite the use
of only one arm, Virgil was hired by the Southern Pacific
Railroad to guard its tracks in Colton's famous "battle of the
crossing". Virgil joined in the frog war as the Southern Pacific
attempted to stop the California Southern Railroad, a subsidiary
of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, from installing a
crossing over the Southern Pacific tracks in Colton to gain
access to California. Governor Waterman deputized a posse from
San Bernardino, California and came down in person to enforce
construction of the crossing, ending the Southern Pacific's
railroad monopoly in Southern California.
In 1884 Virgil's
father, Nicholas Porter Earp was elected justice of the peace.
Two years later, Virgil Earp opened a private detective agency,
which by all accounts was abandoned in 1886, when he was elected
village constable in July.
When Colton was
incorporated as a city, Virgil was elected as Colton's first
City Marshal on July 11, 1887. He was paid $75 a month and was
re-elected to another term in 1888. Among other duties, he was
reported to have cleared blocked sewers and kept track of the
electric light bulbs. Virgil and Allie's Colton home still
stands at 528 West "H" Street.
In 1888 Virgil
resigned as city marshal and he and Allie left Colton for San
Bernardino. Five years later, in 1893, he and his wife moved to
the short-lived mining town Vanderbilt, California. According to
his wife, he owned and operated the only two story building in
town, Earp Hall, a saloon and meeting hall used for public
gatherings and even the town's church services. His business
success in Vanderbilt did not match his success in politics, and
he lost the election for town constable in 1894.
Map of San Bernardino,
1881
- from Virgil Earp, Wikipedia
It's interesting to note that Virgil Earp worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad. John Henderson worked as a "special officer" for the Santa Fe Railroad. Both men also became police officers: Virgil in Colton in 1887 and John Henderson in San Bernardino in 1889. Virgil moved to San Bernardino in 1888. It is probable that these men knew each other.
Orangeville, Utah
Deputie's Doings in Beaver County
Robert Easton arrested on the charge
of unlawful cohabitation with his
wives
"A meeting
in John Gray's house..."
Nov. 25. —
Spent the day well; baptized five in the
Warm Springs, and set them in order at
Sister Ellen's house. The sister
prepared for us a good meal, and the
same afternoon George bid the Saints
farewell and started for San Francisco.
I felt somewhat lonely now. On Sunday,
the 29th, held
a meeting in John Gray's house,
and on several following Sundays in
other houses in the first and second
wards. Held meetings in the ninth ward
for over a year, preaching in all over
seventy times; baptized five in the
River Jordan in July, 1886. In December
George returned, and we preached at all
times when an opportunity offered. In
February, 1887, George went to Soda
Springs, and preached there several
times. He came down to Weber and rented
some land, and James went up, and in May
we re-interred Sister Bowman, who had
been shot by Burton twenty years before.
There were many Morrisites present —
George Dove, James Dove, James Bowman
and John Bowman speaking at the grave.
We had the Court-house in Ogden City two
months to preach in, and then George
came home, James following in November,
1889.
Jane Easton (daughter of Robert &
Elizabeth Laird Easton) c 1884
1886
..........
Robert Easton is the son of Robert
Easton & Elizabeth Laird
Wednesday, March 10,
1886 Paper: Deseret News (Salt Lake
City, UT) Volume: XXXV Issue: 8
Page: 120 
Wednesday, March 31,
1886 Paper: Deseret News (Salt Lake
City, UT) Volume: XXXV Issue: 11
Page: 161 
A Few Items in the History of the
Morrisites by James A. Dove,
c. 1890
U.S. Land Grant to Andrew M. Wardrobe at Lewiston, Idaho Territory, June 9, 1886
From US Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
General Land Office records
See
original document
U.S. Land Grant to Robert R. Gray at Lewiston, Idaho Territory, June 9, 1886
From US Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
General Land Office records
See
original document
| 1887 | .......... |
Robert Easton
Robert Easton died in Greenville, Beaver County, Utah on May 25, 1887, after a protracted attack of asthma. He suffered greatly the last six weeks of his life. He was a native of Scotland and was born on the 27th of July, 1822. He embraced the Gospel in his youth. In the year of 1850, he arrived in Salt Lake City and the following year went with others to build up the Southern settlements. He settled in Cedar City where he labored hard with others to establish the Iron Works. During this time he met with a serious accident, breaking his back, from which he lay helpless for many months, suffering greatly. He moved from Cedar City to what was then called lower Beaver, having taken up some land four miles west of Beaver. He and others located there and founded the town of Greenville. In 1872, he was chosen and set apart by the Stake Presidency, as the Bishop of the Greenville Ward, which position he held for many years. In 1873 he performed a mission to his native land but on account of ill health, was obliged to return home the following year. In 1886, Brother Easton was arrested under the Edmund's law. He pleaded not guilty and stood trial. Strange to say the jury acquitted him. He was a staunch defender of the principles of the Gospel. Full of integrity and faith. He leaves two wives and 7 children, 3 sons and 4 daughters, to mourn his loss, with many grandchildren, friends and acquaintances.
- from Robert Easton: Life Story
U.S. Land Grant to
James C. Livingston, Jr. at Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, June 17, 1887
From US Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
General Land Office records
| 1888 | .......... |
William Conner Adam & Ada Kelley
William Connor Adam
Photo courtesy of Chloe
Perdew
William Connor Adam (son of William Laird Adam and Elizabeth Connor) married Ada Vere Kelley (daughter of Joseph Kelley and Catherine B. Langan) on Jan 10, 1888, in Guadalupe, San Luis Obispo County, California. They had at least four children: Irma C. Adam (born Nov 4, 1888 - Jan 26, 1983); Phyllis E. Adam (born May 18, 1891 - April 17, 1975); Elmo Charles Adam (born Jan 1, 1893 - March 18, 1943); and Leonald Henry Adam (born April 15, 1895 - July 13, 1976) - from Rootsweb
Phyllis Adam & Benton Franklin Marshall | Elmo Charles Adam & Barbara ?
Pajaro, California
James Adam and his mother Margaret Thompson Adam with William Zimry Adam in background, c 1888
Photo courtesy Chloe Perdew from James A. Adam - Find A Grave
John
Henderson Elected Marshall
John Henderson
was elected Marshal of San Bernardino in 1889.
This started Henderson's
journey to the mayor's seat. Henderson was also elected ex
oficio tax collector and held that office, as well as being city
marshal, until 1901. But he lost his bid for re-election. So he
worked in the Police Department for four years and as a special
officer with the Santa Fe Railway for seven years. The same year
he was elected city marshal, he married Asenia Ferrel Wilson.
But he had to resign from the railroad job when she became ill.
Henderson, though, couldn't stay away from political office. He
was later elected councilman from the 5th Ward and mayor in
1919. He served for two years. -
from John
Alexander Henderson - Find A Grave
Janet Russel
Janet Russell
(widow of Thomas Widdison and daughter of Robert Russell & Agnes Adam) died on Nov 14, 1889, in Hooper, Weber County, Utah, U.S.A., at the age of 77, and is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. - from A Sketch in the Life of the Thomas Widdison Family of Scotland and England See also Find A Grave for Janet Russell Widdison
Faith in Every Footstep, Pioneers, 1847-1997
Thomas Widdison and Janet Russell Memorial
Photo Courtesy of Cheryl Sillitoe, great, great,
great granddaughter of Janet Russell
U.S. Land Grant to William Laird Adam of Santa Barbara County, Dec 12, 1889
From US Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
General Land Office records
See
original document
| 1890 | .......... |
Robert Easton & Mary Florence Hoey
Robert Easton (son of Jemima Adam and George Easton) married Mary Florence Hoey sometime around 1890. They had at least three children: Jemima "Ebeth" (born about 1890); Horace (born about 1893); and Helen Lucille (1896-1993).
Horace Robert Easton & Lida Hyatt | Helen Lucille Easton & Alton Titus Emery
See Horace Robert Easton - Find A Grave | See Family Group Sheet for Helen Lucille Easton
Isabella Henderson Nish
Isabella Henderson Nish (daughter of Margaret Adam and David Henderson) on Sept 4, 1890, in San Bernardino, California, at the age of 55. - Chloe Perdew
Isabella Nish born Mar. 10, 1835 died Sept 4,
1890
| 1892 | .......... |
Salt Lake City
Laying the Capstone of the Great
Temple at Salt Lake City, April 6th, 1892
California
William Laird Adam, Santa Maria, California
Place of Residence - Santa Maria
From The Greater Register, Santa Barbara County,
California, 1892
James E. Adam & Mary Aloysius Donovan
James E. Adam
Photo courtesy Ivan Moad family tree
on ancestry.com
James Eugene Adam (son of William Laird Adam and Elizabeth O'Conner) married Mary Alosius Donovan in 1892. They had at least six children: William Patrick (born 1893); Elizabeth Mary (1894-1961); John Francis (1898-1973); Dorothy (born 1896); Kenneth A. (born 1901); and Janet B. (born 1905). - from Glenda Waugh & Ivan Moad family tree on ancestry.com
William Patrick
Adam & Pauline Nevada Martin | Elizabeth M. Adam &
William T. Shipsey | Dorothy M. Adam & Albert E.
Ford
John Francis Adam & Hester Florence Myers | Kenneth
A. Adam & Mary Adelle Johnston
U.S. Land Grant to James E. Adam of Santa Barbara County, California, April 1, 1892
From US Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
General Land Office records
U.S. Land Grant to
Charles A. Adam of Santa Barbara County, California, April 23, 1892
From US Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
General Land Office records
U.S. Land Grant to
John T. Adam, May 11, 1892
From US Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
General Land Office records
See
original document
To
encourage the growth of timber on the Western
Prairies,
the claim of Robert R. Gray has been established,
June 10, 1892
From US Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
General Land Office records
See
original
document
| 1893 | .......... |
U.S. Land Grant to James E. Adam of
San Luis Obispo County, California, Jan 21, 1893
Salt Lake
City
"Robert
Widdison and his wife built a Victorian
brick house on Pugsley Court" Multiple-family housing began to appear in the district
(Capitol Hill neighborhoods in Salt Lake City) in
the early 1890s. According to one report, in April of
1888, there was a "scarcity of rentable houses and a
great demand for them," particularly four-room cottages
for small families. This housing shortage may also
account for the number of boarders. Robert Widdison
(1844-1921), blacksmith, and his wife, Lois Thompson
(1849-1901), built a Victorian brick house on Pugsley
Court in 1894. After his wife's death, Widdison
converted the house to a duplex, and it has remained a
two-family dwelling since. - US Department of the
Interior, National Parks Service, National Register of
Historic Places Registration Form
Agnes Adam
Easton Agnes Adam Easton died
on May 2, 1894, in Dufur,
Oregon.
2014 Photos of
the Easton Family Plots in the Star #23 Rebekah
Community Cemetery, Dufur, Oregon
U.S. Land Grant to
Miss Nettie Widdison &
Mr. Robert Gillespie united in marriage
John
Franklin Easton John
Franklin Easton (son of Agnes Adam and
James Laird Easton) died on Feb 1, 1896,
in Dufur, Wasco County, Oregon, at the
age of 34 and is buried in the Star # 23
Rebekah Community Cemetery in Dufur,
Oregon.
2014 Photos of
the Easton Family Plots in the Star #23 Rebekah
Community Cemetery, Dufur, Oregon
Mt. Pleasant
Public School
John
Gray
John Gray
(husband of Elizabeth Russell Wardrobe)
died in 1896 and is buried in the
Sublett Cemetery, Cassia County, Idaho.
Also buried in the Sublett Cemetery are
Henry Clay Powers (Dec 8, 1844 - Jan 12,
1930), Isabell Gray Powers (Nov, 1847 -
Nov 13, 1940), Andrew Robert Powers (Aug
16, 1892 - May 22, 1915) and Virginia
Powers (Jan 28, 1916 - April 21, 1917).
John A. Henderson Appointed on the
Police Force
U.S. Land Grant to
William L. Adam for Santa Barbara
County, California, June 27, 1898
U.S. Land Grant to James E. Adam of
Santa Barbara County, California,
Aug 15, 1898
The Spanish-American War
The
Spanish–American War (Spanish:
Guerra hispano-estadounidense) was a
conflict in 1898 between Spain and
the United States, the result of
U.S. intervention in the Cuban War
of Independence. U.S. attacks on
Spain's Pacific possessions led to
involvement in the Philippine
Revolution and ultimately to the
Philippine–American War.
The Dalles, Oregon
The Dalles,
directory of 1898 lists the
following settlers at Nansene:
W.O.
Adams, John Anderson, D., W.F. &
Sherman Baker, Tim Brownhill,
Melissa Broyles, Eban P. Butler, M.
Butler, Omar Butler, Polk Butler,
Roy Butler, W.H. Butler, J.A.
Campbell, Fritz Clausen, C.E.
Conkling, C. Cooper, E.L. Craft, C.H.
& A.M. Crain, W.D. Cunningham, John
Decker,
J.L. Easton,
John Elliott, Horatio Fargher, H.
Gardner, C.A.S. Grazer, W.E.
Gilhousen, C.H. & John Hadley, W.L.
Harrington, A.W. Harris, Tom Harris,
R. Harris, Wm. Hastings, Frank
Hathaway, Bert, Joe and W.R. Haynes,
A. Holt, M.W. Houser, A. Hyre, Elmer
James, U.S. & O. Jones, F.G. Keller,
James L. Kelley, Joe D. Kelley, F.F.
Kirkham, Paulis, Edward and Albert
Limmeroth, A.R. Logan, Dennis
McCauley, J.W. McConnell, H. & J.H.
McCoy, P.J. McGrail, Scott McKellar,
J.W. Mae, A.F. Martin, J.C. Marven,
H.E., H.P., James and Elvira Moore,
J. Murray, Wm. H. Neabeck, Chas.
Nicholson, Antone Newtrey, Lewis
Omeg, Hayden O'Neal, Joe & Tom Ramus,
Alex Rees, Peter Reesch, George
Rice, Albert S. Roberts, Bell
Robertson, G.W. Robertson, Peter
Stroller, Chas Swain, Henry Thomas,
Alfred Trudell, Martin Wahmann, F.M.
Warner, Martin Waterman, Richard
Westgard, George Willard, D.C.
Wilson, Ed Wilson, J.J. Woolery, W.T.
Wright, A.C. Younkin.
-
From
Wasco County History
Charles Alexander Easton
2014 Photos of
the Easton Family Plots in the Star #23 Rebekah
Community Cemetery, Dufur, Oregon
Elizabeth Connor Adam
Elizabeth Connor
Adam (wife of William Laird Adam) died on May 21, 1898, in Santa
Barbara County, California, and is buried in the Santa Maria
Cemetery. - from Find A Grave
Charles A. Adam & Mary Jane Porter
Charles A.
Adam (son of William Laird Adam and
Elizabeth O'Conner) married Mary Jane
Porter (daughter of Arza Porter and
Maria Rosa Sparks) in 1898. Their
marriage ended in divorce with no
children.
Isaac Sparks and the Rancho Huasna
John Henderson Named Marshal
Anasatia Adam
(daughter of William Laird Adam and
Elizabeth O'Conner) and Isaac James Porter
(son of Azra Porter and Maria Rosa Sparks)
were married on Oct 25, 1899, in Santa
Maria, California. They had at least three
children: Elizabeth Ann (born Aug 15, 1900);
Rosa Anastasia (born Dec 16, 1901); and
William Arza (Oct 18, 1908).
- from
The Descendants of William Laird Adam
and
Descendants of Maria Rosa Sparks Porter
Elizabeth
Ann Porter & Donald Marion Prentice |
William Arza Porter & Josephine Poncetta Children of Elizabeth Ann Porter & Donald
Marion Prentice Children of
William Azra Porter & Josephine Poncetta
William Zimry Adam & Rosetta Grace Doty
William Zimry Adam
(son of John Adam and Mahalia Haun and grandson
of William Thom Adam and Margaret Thomson)
married Rosetta "Rosie" Doty on Dec 25, 1899.
They had two children: Velma (born 1901) and
Donald (born 1904). - from Chloe
Perdew on Findagrave for William Zimry "Buckskin Bill"
Adam
"He was well known for his sense of
fairness and commitment to justice" For many years, Bill
served as a Justice of the Peace. He was well
known for his sense of fairness and commitment
to justice. He is remembered as having said that
'he didn't care whose toes he stepped on - he
would do the right thing'. One sampling of this
sort of innovative sentencing was when a man had
to clean up a whole block for punishment. His
sense of fairness and integrity made him very
well thought of...
One great tragedy
occurred in 1916 when Bill and Rosie's son,
Donald, died at age twelve. He had been sickly
for some time, but still his loss was keenly
felt. Twelve years later, Rosetta died of cancer
and Bill eventually, in 1942, married a distant
cousin who was also widowed, Ebeth Easton White.
This marriage was very successful in many ways.
Both Bill and Ebeth loved music. He played the
violin and she played the piano. Ebeth once
again was able to live in the country and often
went horseback riding with Bill's daughter,
Velma. In the
early 60's, when Bill was in his early 80's, his
home burned down, destroying a lifetime's
collection of objects and family papers. Of
irreplaceable value was a book he was writing
about his family.
- from Chloe
Perdew on Findagrave for William Zimry "Buckskin Bill"
Adam
1900
United States Federal Census - Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah
Source Citation:
Year: 1900; Census Place: Fountain
Green, Sanpete, Utah; Roll: T623_1686; Page: 9B;
Enumeration District: 123.
Source
Information: Ancestry.com.
1900 United States Federal Census
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2004. Original data:
United States of America, Bureau of the Census.
Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records
Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
Description:
This database is an index to individuals enumerated
in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the
Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers
recorded many details including each person's name,
address, relationship to the head of household,
color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at
last birthday, marital status, number of years
married, the total number of children born of the
mother, the number of those children living,
birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the
individual was foreign born, the year of immigration
and the number of years in the United States, the
citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over
age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally,
the names of those listed on the population schedule
are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal
Census.
1900
United States Federal Census - Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah
Source Citation:
Year: 1900; Census Place: Fountain
Green, Sanpete, Utah;
Roll: T623_1686; Page: 9B;
Enumeration District: 123.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1900 United
States Federal Census [database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc,
2004. Original data: United States of
America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census
of the United States, 1900. Washington,
D.C.: National Archives and Records
Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
Description:
This database is an index to individuals enumerated
in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the
Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers
recorded many details including each person's name,
address, relationship to the head of household,
color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at
last birthday, marital status, number of years
married, the total number of children born of the
mother, the number of those children living,
birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the
individual was foreign born, the year of immigration
and the number of years in the United States, the
citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over
age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally,
the names of those listed on the population schedule
are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal
Census. "I have always loved and
honored my parents and have lived in happy homes with them.
I have made mistakes many of them for which I cannot blame
my parents, their teachings and advise to their children
have always been the best. My mother had a quicker temper
than my father, she would some time use the rod, not so with
father, a word from him was sufficient. My mother had brown
eyes and dark hair. My father had blue eyes and dark hair.
My father average weight as I remember him was about 150 to
160 lbs. - height about 5'7" or 8". He was a good black
smith and repaired his own machinery and tools on the farm
and always did his work well. He was naturally religious and
I never remember when he did not have a firm testimony of
the gospel and the divinity of the Prophet Joseph Smith's
mission and his advise was always to obey the authority of
the priesthood and leaders of the church. He enjoyed a good
joke and always tried to look upon the bright side of life.
He was an interpretation of Bing Crosby's definition of
personality "When I met him I was looking down but when I
left him I was looking up." I never expect to be a better
man than was he and I shall be satisfied if I can live as
well and as good a life as he lived. He died at the age of
67 years and appreciated his family and many many friends.
He was born on St. Valentine's day Feb 14, 1858. I
have heard him sing "Flow Gently Sweet Afton" and "You'll
never miss the Water till the Well runs dry" and others. I
think his favorite song was "The cricket on the hearth"
which he often had his two oldest daughters Phebe and Minnie
sing after he had his evening meal and waiting for bed time.
Jesse resembles father in looks a great deal from pictures I
have seen of father when he was Jesse's age."
- Arthur Livingston, Aug 11, 1963, from Livingstonfamily.org
1900 United States Federal Census - Ward 4, Salt Lake City,
Utah
Source Citation: Year: 1900;
Census Place: Salt Lake City Ward 4, Salt
Lake, Utah; Roll: T623_1684; Page: 1A;
Enumeration District: 40. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT,
USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of
America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of
the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.:
National Archives and Records Administration,
1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
Description:
This database is an index to individuals enumerated
in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the
Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers
recorded many details including each person's name,
address, relationship to the head of household,
color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at
last birthday, marital status, number of years
married, the total number of children born of the
mother, the number of those children living,
birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the
individual was foreign born, the year of immigration
and the number of years in the United States, the
citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over
age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally,
the names of those listed on the population schedule
are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal
Census. Robert's occupation is
"Insurance Agent".
1900 United States Federal Census -
Ward 3, Salt Lake City, Utah
Source Citation: Year: 1900;
Census Place: Salt Lake City Ward 3, Salt Lake, Utah;
Roll: T623_1684; Page: 8B;
Enumeration District: 35.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal
Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau
of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United
States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National
Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623,
1854 rolls.
Description:
This database is an index to individuals enumerated
in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the
Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers
recorded many details including each person's name,
address, relationship to the head of household,
color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at
last birthday, marital status, number of years
married, the total number of children born of the
mother, the number of those children living,
birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the
individual was foreign born, the year of immigration
and the number of years in the United States, the
citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over
age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally,
the names of those listed on the population schedule
Census.
1900 United States
Federal Census - Salem, Freemont, Idaho
Source Citation: Year: 1900;
Census Place: Salem, Fremont, Idaho;
Roll: T623_233; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 56.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT,
USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of
America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of
the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.:
National Archives and Records Administration,
1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
Description:
This database is an index to individuals enumerated
in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the
Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers
recorded many details including each person's name,
address, relationship to the head of household,
color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at
last birthday, marital status, number of years
married, the total number of children born of the
mother, the number of those children living,
birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the
individual was foreign born, the year of immigration
and the number of years in the United States, the
citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over
age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally,
the names of those listed on the population schedule
are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal
Census.
1900 United States Federal Census -
Hooper, Weber, Utah
Source Citation: Year: 1900;
Census Place: Hooper, Weber, Utah;
Roll: T623_1688; Page: 4A;
Enumeration District: 181. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT,
USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of
America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of
the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.:
National Archives and Records Administration,
1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
Description:
This database is an index to individuals enumerated
in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the
Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers
recorded many details including each person's name,
address, relationship to the head of household,
color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at
last birthday, marital status, number of years
married, the total number of children born of the
mother, the number of those children living,
birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the
individual was foreign born, the year of immigration
and the number of years in the United States, the
citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over
age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally,
the names of those listed on the population schedule
are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal
Census.
1900 United States Federal Census - Geneese, Latah
County, Idaho Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Genesee, Latah, Idaho;Roll: T623_233; Page: 19B;
Enumeration District: 73. Source
Information:
Ancestry.com. 1900 United States
Federal Census [database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations
Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of America,
Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census
of the United States, 1900.
Washington, D.C.: National Archives and
Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854
rolls.
Description:
This database is an index to individuals
enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal
Census, the Twelfth Census of the United
States. Census takers recorded many details
including each person's name, address,
relationship to the head of household, color
or race, sex, month and year of birth, age
at last birthday, marital status, number of
years married, the total number of children
born of the mother, the number of those
children living, birthplace, birthplace of
father and mother, if the individual was
foreign born, the year of immigration and
the number of years in the United States,
the citizenship status of foreign-born
individuals over age twenty-one, occupation,
and more. Additionally, the names of those
listed on the population schedule are linked
to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census. Andrew Wardrobe's
occupation is listed as "farmer". 1900 United States Federal Census - Geneese, Latah
County, Idaho Source
Citation: Year: 1900; Census
Place: Genesee, Latah, Idaho;
Roll: 233; Page: 19A;
Enumeration District: 0073; FHL
microfilm: 1240233. 1900 United States Federal Census -
Sublett, Cassia, Idaho Source Citation: Year: 1900;
Census Place: Sublett, Cassia, Idaho;
Roll: T623_232; Page: 4A;
Enumeration District: 37. Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal
Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT,
USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of America,
Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of
the United States, 1900. Washington,
D.C.: National Archives and Records
Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
Description:
This database is an index to individuals
enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal
Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States.
Census takers recorded many details including
each person's name, address, relationship to the
head of household, color or race, sex, month and
year of birth, age at last birthday, marital
status, number of years married, the total
number of children born of the mother, the
number of those children living, birthplace,
birthplace of father and mother, if the
individual was foreign born, the year of
immigration and the number of years in the
United States, the citizenship status of
foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one,
occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of
those listed on the population schedule are
linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal
Census.
1900 United
States Federal Census - Santa Barbara, California Source Citation: Year:
1900; Census Place: Township 7, Santa
Barbara, California; Roll: 110; Page: 14A;
Enumeration District: 161; FHL microfilm:
1240110.
1900 United States Federal Census
-
Gilroy, Santa Clara, California
Source Citation: Year:
1900; Census Place:
Gilroy, Santa Clara,
California; Roll: 110;
Page: 6B; Enumeration
District: 0051; FHL
microfilm: 1240110.
George Easton died in 1903
and is buried in the Gavilan
Hills Memorial Park and Catholic
Cemetery, Gilroy, California
1900 United
States Federal Census - Santa Barbara, California Source
Citation: Year: 1900; Census
Place: Township 7, Santa
Barbara, California; Roll:
110; Page: 14A; Enumeration
District: 161; FHL
microfilm: 1240110.
1900 United States Federal
Census -
San Antonio, Monterey,
California Source Citation:
Year: 1900; Census
Place: San Antonio,
Monterey,
California; Roll:
94; Page: 1A;
Enumeration
District: 0014; FHL
microfilm: 1240094.
1900 United States Federal
Census - Arroyo Grande, San Luis
Obispo, California
Source
Citation: Year:
1900; Census Place:
Arroyo Grande, San
Luis Obispo,
California; Roll:
109; Page: 22A;
Enumeration
District: 0022; FHL
microfilm: 1240109.
Source
Information:
Ancestry.com. 1900
United States
Federal Census
[database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com
Operations Inc,
2004.
Original
data: United States
of America, Bureau
of the Census.
Twelfth Census of
the United States,
1900. Washington,
D.C.: National
Archives and Records
Administration,
1900. T623, 1854
rolls.
Description:
This
database is an index
to individuals
enumerated in the
1900 United States
Federal Census, the
Twelfth Census of
the United States.
Census takers
recorded many
details including
each person's name,
address,
relationship to the
head of household,
color or race, sex,
month and year of
birth, age at last
birthday, marital
status, number of
years married, the
total number of
children born of the
mother, the number
of those children
living, birthplace,
birthplace of father
and mother, if the
individual was
foreign born, the
year of immigration
and the number of
years in the United
States, the
citizenship status
of foreign-born
individuals over age
twenty-one,
occupation, and
more. Additionally,
the names of those
listed on the
population schedule
are linked to actual
images of the 1900
Federal Census.
1900 United States Federal
Census -
Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo,
California Source Citation:
Year: 1900; Census
Place: Arroyo
Grande, San Luis
Obispo, California;
Roll: 109; Page:
22A; Enumeration
District: 0022; FHL
microfilm: 1240109.
1900
United States Federal Census
-
Cholame, San Luis Obispo,
California
Source Citation:
Year: 1900;
Census Place:
Cholame, San
Luis Obispo,
California;
Roll: 109; Page:
12B; Enumeration
District: 0024;
FHL microfilm:
1240109.
1900 United States Federal Census -
San Bernardino, California Source Citation: Year:
1900; Census Place: San
Bernardino Ward 5, San
Bernardino, California;
Roll: 97; Page: 18A;
Enumeration District:
228; FHL microfilm:
1240097.
John Henderson's occupation is
"City Police"
Margaret Adam
Henderson died on Aug 2, 1900, in San
Bernardino, California, at the age of 84.
-
from
Findagrave for Margaret Ada Adam Henderson
1900 United States Federal Census - Source
Citation: Year: 1900; Census
Place: Bradley, Monterey,
California; Roll: 94; Page:
10B; Enumeration District:
0003; FHL microfilm:
1240094.
Isabel Adam & Patrick Henry Sheehy
Isabel Adam
(daughter of William Laird Adam and
Elizabet O'Conner) married Patrick
Sheehy sometime around 1900. They had at
least four children: Gladys (born about
1900); Kenneth (born about 1901);
William Roderick (1902-1956)); and
Isabel (1907-1959). -
Glenda Waugh
Gladys Sheehy & Leask Martinelli |
Kenneth Sheehy & Byra Children of Kenneth Sheehy & Byra Wood Misión La
Purísima Concepción De María
Santísima
William Laird Adam
Death of Alameda County Pioneer
William Laird
Adam (son of William Thom Adam and Isobel Laird)
died on Dec 14, 1903, in Santa Barbara,
California and is buried in the Santa Maria
Cemetery. -
from Find A Grave.
Elizabeth
Russell
Elizabeth
Russell Wardrobe Gray died on Oct 4, 1904, in Genesee, Latah County,
Idaho, at the age of 90 and is buried in the Genesee
City Cemetery.
Moad, Easton and Nolan families
Frances Easton & Matt Thorburn We are proud of
Matt Thorburn, the Shepherd of our
Hills, graduate of the University of
Hard Knocks, miner, seaman, farmer and
one of the ourstanding men in the
history of Wasco county. The photo of
Matt Thorburn was obtained from Mrs.
Ralph Gifford of Salem. His only son,
Matt Thorburn was born at Kingsley
(1879) and educated in the St. James
college of Vancouver and graduate of Mt.
Angel in 1897 and in 1904 married
Frances Easton the daughter of John and
Elizabeth (Limeroth) Easton of Easton
Canyon above Boyd and their daughter
lives in The Dalles.
The San Bernardino Police Department
After the City
of San Bernardino was incorporated under the new rules of
incorporation, a Mayor and a Common City Council were elected to
office. H.M. Barton was elected the first mayor of San
Bernardino. He and the new council took office on May 8, 1905.
One of the first orders of business for the new mayor and common
council was to appoint a new police force to take office at 12
noon on May 15, 1905. Mayor Barton read a proclamation naming
eight officers to the new police department:
[ John
(Easton) ] Henderson was
born on May 29, 1856 in St. Louis Missouri.
When he was a small child his father died
and his mother migrated to San Bernardino
with her children, where she became the 2nd
wife of a local Mormon businessman. Mr.
Henderson married Asenia Ferrel Wilson and
lived for many years at 805 N. Mount Vernon
Avenue in San Bernardino. Mr. Henderson came
from a large family, with many siblings;
however there is no record of him and Mrs.
Henderson ever having any children of their
own.
In the late 1800’s
Mr. Henderson was elected to three terms as
the San Bernardino City Marshall. After
completing his third term he went into the
grocery business with future San Bernardino
Policeman John Ketring, where they had a
small market located at 555 W. 3rd Street.
In 1905 Mr. Henderson became one of first
officers of the current San Bernardino
Police Department. After serving with the
San Bernardino Police Department for many
years Mr. Henderson went into politics
where, in 1919, he was elected to a term as
San Bernardino City Mayor.
Officer Henderson
died in March 1938, at the age of 81 and is
buried in San Bernardino’s Pioneer Cemetery,
next to Mrs. Henderson.
Robert Nish was
born in San Bernardino on January 30, 1862.
On June 4, 1890 Mr. Nish married Isabella
Shelley-Nish and lived at 1268 W. 7th
Street, where they raised two children. Mr.
Nish began his law enforcement career as one
of the original members of the San
Bernardino Police Force in 1905. In 1910
Officer Nish left the San Bernardino Police
Department and went to work as a Deputy
Sheriff for the San Bernardino County
Sheriffs Department until 1920 when he
became a railroad car repairman with the
Santa Fe Railroad. From
The
Origins of the San Bernardino Police Department, May 15,
1905 Constance
Adam & Francis Marion Silliman Children of Constance M. Adam and Francis
Silliman Children of James Richard Adam and Ann
Katherine Caulfield
Ronald MacDonald Adam & Malinda Jane
Hardenbrook
Ronald MacDonald
Adam (son of Alexander Adam and Esther
Bradley) married Malinda Jane Hardenbrook on
Nov 10, 1905, in Lompoc, Santa Barbara
County, California. They had at least three
children: Kathryn L. (born about 1907); John
Donald (born 1910); and Kenneth L. (born
about 1917).
Thomas B. Adam & Grace Thornburgh
Thomas B.
Adam (son of William Laird Adam and
Elizabeth O'Conner) and married
Grace Thornburgh around 1905. They
had at least two children: Elizabeth
Caroline (1906-1958); and Thomas
Basil (1913-1980). -
Family Tree 1.6, ancestry.com
Elizabeth Caroline Adam & Frederick
Orlo Sherrill, Sr. Children of Elizabeth Caroline Adam
and Frederick Orlo Sherrill
James
Campbell Livingston
James Campbell
Livingston (husband of both Agnes and Hannah
Widdison) died on
Oct 17, 1909, in Fountain Green,
Utah, at the age of 75.
James C. Livingston
passed from this life on October 17, 1909. On the day of the funeral
just before the hour for the services, his wife Agnes directed his
son Thomas W. and I to go to the basement of the home and get the
box containing the remains of his right arm. It will be remembered
that he lost the arm by reason of a premature blast while working on
the Union Pacific Rail Road in Echo Canyon. He had kept the box
containing the arm in a box which was buried in the lost at his home
in the 20th ward for many years, taking it to Fountain Green with
him at the time of his removal there. I noted that it was at this
time in a new box. At the conclusion of the services and when the
body was laid in the grave the arm was placed at his right side
where it belonged. The burial was in the Fountain Green cemetery. In
the year 1910 the family erected a nice monument to his memory. It
may there be seen at any time.
- from information from James A.
Muir compiled by William D. Kuhre, Sandy, Utah, Dec 12, 1935, in
James Campbell Livingston
FOUNTAIN
GREEN, Sanpete Co., Oct. 26. -- The funeral of
Patriarch James C. Livingston, who passed to the
great beyond Sunday, Oct. 17, at his residence in
Fountain Green, Utah, after an illness of over a
year, was held in the meetinghouse here Thursday,
Oct. 21. Bishop C. J. Christiansen presided, and the
ward choir furnished beautiful music. The speakers
were Bishop W. D. Kuhre of Sandy, Bishop Jas. A.
Muir of Granite, Patriarch John Smith and President
Anthon H. Lund of the first presidency, who all came
from the north to attend the funeral, all paying
high tribute to his noble character. The members of
his family were all present at the funeral except
two sons and a sister, who were not able to attend.
James C.
Livingston was born Dec. 2, 1833, at Shotts, near
Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland; became a member of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in
1849, and came to Salt Lake City Oct. 16, 1853. He
worked for a time and lived in the family of Brigham
Young, and soon after began work in the Red Butte
quarry under John Sharp. His skill in this work and
his natural power to lead men soon gained
recognition by President Young and others. When the
first railroads entered Utah he acted as foreman
over a large gang of men and superintended much of
the construction work of the Union Pacific and other
railroads.
He was
offered a position as road master on the Southern
Pacific at a good salary, and was called to
superintended the temple quarry in Little
Cottonwood, Salt Lake county, and accepted the
latter, although at a great sacrifice, regarding the
call from the president of the Church as the thing
to be accepted first. He superintended the temple
quarry until the temple was completed.
He was a
captain in the military organization in the early
days of Utah, and was a member of most of the
exploring and Indian schirmishing parties in the
pioneer days. he was a member of the police force of
Salt Lake City for many years and was a most
efficient officer. He was a man of strong
personality, and no man met him without being
impressed with this fact. He moved to Fountain
Green, Sanpete county, about 25 years ago, where he
spent his last days. He was married three times and
was the father of 18 children, six of whom preceded
him to the other side. He was held in the highest
esteem wherever known for his unswerving integrity
and probity.
-
from
James Campbell Livingston
Obituary Read more about
James Campbell
Livingston
The Widdison Family
Indian War Records
In 1909 the
legislature passed a law creating a Board of Commissioners of
Indian War Records. Their duties were to ascertain the names of
the persons who were members of any organization performing
military duties during Indian wars or expeditions against the
Indians during territorial years. Veterans completed affidavits
of service; two witnesses also completed affidavits supporting
the facts. The affidavits were then filed in the office of the
chairman of the board, the Adjutant General of the State.
Robert Russell
Widdison completed an "Affidavit Concerning Service In Indian
Wars Within The State of Utah and of Service Relating Thereto"
indicating that he had served under Captain William L. Binder
and "was in constant service. Made an expedition against the
Indians to Fort Gunnison". See
the affidavit.
Charles
Livingston's sister Jane also completed an affadavit on behalf
of her husband indicating that he had "marched 125 miles to
Moroni and was assigned to duty in the North part of Sanpete
County. Was in active service until released". See
the affidavit.
Patricia Ann
Preisker & James
McLanahan
See
California Services
Held for Pat
McLanahan
Charles Preisker
Charles Preisker - A
Controversial
Potentate of County
Politics
To many, he was
“Mr. Politics.” To
others, he was known
by the less
flattering “Pink
Bean Charlie.” By
whatever name, there
was no ignoring
Charles Leo Preisker.
For 27 years, this
controversial,
powerful potentate
of county politics
wheedled, cajoled,
and confronted in an
untiring effort to
ensure that area
government operated
in accordance with
his vision.
-
from
Charles Preisker - A
Controversial
Potentate of County
Politics
Preisker proved
to be a master road
builder, cleverly
using no bond money,
through local labor,
new paving materials
and business acumen.
He sought to have
roads designated
state and national
routes, neatly
shifting costs
further. A highway
to Cuyama opened the
Central Valley.
After devastating
floods in 1911 and
1915, he and other
local
forward-thinkers
like McCoy and
Robert Easton became
convinced of the
need for dams and
flood control in the
valley. In 1940,
Preisker took his
crusade to
Washington, D.C.,
where he and Storke,
who became an ally,
met with Bureau of
Reclamation
authorities,
convincing them to
work with county
officials,
circumventing the
state 7 a first.
While Preisker left
office before
Twitchell and
Cachuma dams were
built, he left the
groundwork,
guaranteeing both a
water supply and
flood control for
both parts of the
county. Now it was
South Coast
residents who
grumbled that power
was moving north. So
many meetings were
held at the Santa
Maria Inn, it was
dubbed "the little
county courthouse."
Preisker freely
acknowledged the
shift. In a 1927
campaign ad, he
said, "It is common
knowledge that until
Supervisor Preisker
was elected … the
southern end of this
county ignored this
section. Today (Preisker)
sees to it that his
district gets a
square deal."
-
from
Frank McCoy
introduced it to the
world, Leo Preisker
won it respect at
home
See also
Charles Leo Preisker
U.S. Land Grant to William Z. Adam for
San Luis Obispo, California, Oct 1, 1901
U.S. Land Grant to James C. Livingston,
Jr. at
Salt Lake City, Utah,
1910 United
States Federal Census - Genesee, Idaho
Source Citation: Year: 1910;
Census Place: Genesee, Latah, Idaho;
Roll: T624_225; Page: 10A;
Enumeration District: 0186; Image: 826; FHL
Number: 1374238. Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal
Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT,
USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Thirteenth Census of the
United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm
publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records
of the Bureau of the Census, Record
Group 29. National Archives, Washington,
D.C. For details on the contents of the
film numbers, visit the following NARA
web page:
NARA
Description:
This database is an index to the head of
households enumerated in the 1910 United
States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census
of the United States. In addition, each
indexed name is linked to actual images of
the 1910 Federal Census. The information
recorded in the census includes: name,
relationship to head of family, age at last
birthday, sex, color or race, whether
single, married, widowed, or divorced,
birthplace, birthplace of father and mother,
and more. William Gray is
Andrew's step brother.
1910 United
States Federal Census - Genesee, Idaho
Source Citation: Year: 1910;
Census Place: Genesee, Latah, Idaho;
Roll: T624_225; Page: 3A;
Enumeration District: 0186; Image: 812; FHL
Number: 1374238. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal
Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Thirteenth Census of the
United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm
publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of
the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29.
National Archives, Washington, D.C. For
details on the contents of the film numbers,
visit the following NARA web page:
NARA
Description:
This database is an index to the head of
households enumerated in the 1910 United States
Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the
United States. In addition, each indexed name is
linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal
Census. The information recorded in the census
includes: name, relationship to head of family,
age at last birthday, sex, color or race,
whether single, married, widowed, or divorced,
birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and
more. Basketball was started in 1910.
Since the beginning of basketball in Genesee teams have
always fared above teams from other schools of the same
size. Teams comprised of the wardrobes, the grays and
Herb Martinson became famous in the inland empire. One
of these gentlemen, Wm. Gray, established a scholarship
and as you know many Genesee graduates have been and
will continue to be recipients. Those early teams played
and won from the university of Idaho prep and Washington
state college, among others. Schools were played in
Spokane. Genesee won the Inland Empire championship in
1911-12. A right to the championship was disputed and a
game played on a neutral court. Genesee defeated
Rathdrum for the championship 18-16.
1910 United
States Federal Census - Sublett, Cassia, Idaho
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Sublett, Cassia, Idaho;
Roll: T624_223; Page: 8A;
Enumeration District: 0111; Image: 497; FHL
Number: 1374236. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal
Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Thirteenth Census of the
United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm
publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of
the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29.
National Archives, Washington, D.C. For
details on the contents of the film numbers,
visit the following NARA web page:
NARA
Description:
This database is an index to the head of
households enumerated in the 1910 United States
Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the
United States. In addition, each indexed name is
linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal
Census. The information recorded in the census
includes: name, relationship to head of family,
age at last birthday, sex, color or race,
whether single, married, widowed, or divorced,
birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and
more. Their son Isaac and his
wife and family were living next door.
1910 United States
Federal Census - Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah
Source Citation: Year: 1910;
Census Place: Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah;
Roll: T624_1608; Page: 10B;
Enumeration District: 0153; Image: 224; FHL
Number: 1375621. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT,
USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Thirteenth Census
of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm
publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the
Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National
Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the
contents of the film numbers, visit the
following NARA web page:
NARA
Description:
This database is an index to the head of households
enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census,
the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In
addition, each indexed name is linked to actual
images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information
recorded in the census includes: name, relationship
to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color
or race, whether single, married, widowed, or
divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and
mother, and more.
James occupation was "Farmer".
His mother, Agnes Widdison Livingston (79), was living next door.
1910 United States
Federal Census - Hooper, Weber, Utah
Source Citation: Year: 1910;
Census Place: Hooper, Weber, Utah; Roll: T624_1611;
Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0218; Image: 126; FHL
Number: 1375624. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Thirteenth Census of
the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication
T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the
Census, Record Group 29. National Archives,
Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the
film numbers, visit the following NARA web page:
NARA
Description:
This database is an index to the head of households
enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the
Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition,
each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910
Federal Census. The information recorded in the census
includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at
last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single,
married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of
father and mother, and more. James occupation is "mail carrier".
1910 United States
Federal Census - Hooper, Weber, Utah
Source Citation: Year: 1910;
Census Place: Hooper, Weber, Utah; Roll: T624_1611;
Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0218; Image: 126; FHL
Number: 1375624. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Thirteenth Census of
the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication
T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the
Census, Record Group 29. National Archives,
Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the
film numbers, visit the following NARA web page:
NARA
Description:
This database is an index to the head of households
enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the
Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition,
each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910
Federal Census. The information recorded in the census
includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at
last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single,
married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of
father and mother, and more. James, Jr.'s occupation is
"farmer".
1910 United States
Federal Census - Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California Source Citation: Year: 1910;
Census Place: Santa Maria Ward 2, Santa Barbara,
California; Roll: T624_105; Page: 10B; Enumeration
District: 0183; Image: 261; FHL microfilm: 1374118.
1910 United States
Federal Census -
Cholame, San Luis Obispo,
California
Source Citation:
Year: 1910;
Census Place:
Cholame, San
Luis Obispo,
California;
Roll: T624_104;
Page: 7A;
Enumeration
District: 0033;
FHL microfilm:
1374117.
1910 United States
Federal Census - San Bernardino, California Source Citation: Year: 1910;
Census Place: San Bernardino Ward 5, San
Bernardino, California; Roll: T624_94; Page:
15A; Enumeration District: 0123; Image: 900; FHL
microfilm: 1374107.
John Henderson's occupation
is "Policeman"
1910 United States
Federal Census -
Santa Barbara,
California
Source
Citation:
Year: 1910;
Census
Place:
Township 5,
Santa
Barbara,
California;
Roll:
T624_105;
Page: 5A;
Enumeration
District:
0178; FHL
microfilm:
1374118.
1910 United
States Federal
Census - Salinas,
Monterey, California
Source
Citation:
Year:
1910;
Census
Place:
Salinas
Ward 3,
Monterey,
California;
Roll:
T624_89;
Page:
9A;
Enumeration
District:
0004;
FHL
microfilm:
1374102.
U.S. Land Grant to William
A. Adam for Madera, Riverside,
California, Nov 25, 1910
U.S. Land Grant to Charles A. Adam for
San Luis Obispo, California, April 24,
1911
Margaret Easton
Margaret Easton
Moffitt
(daughter of
Robert Easton
and Elizabeth
Laird) died on
Jan 12, 1912.
OBITUARY: The Manti
Messenger, Friday 12
January 1912:
Death of Mrs. Margaret
Moffitt
Mrs. Margaret E. Moffitt
died in Orangeville
Tuesday morning and the
remains were brought to
this city yesterday. The
funeral will take place
tomorrow afternoon. Mrs.
Moffit was born in
Glasgow, Scotland,
September 24, 1834. She
came to Manti in 1861
and lived here nearly 47
years. She then went to
Orangeville where she
lived the last three
years. The children
surviving her are Mrs.
Maggie Judd, Spencer and
Russel Moffit of this
city, Mrs. Harriet B.
Snow, Mrs. Nettie
Crawford, and Chas. A.
Moffit of Orangeville,
John, Wallace and Edward
of the Uintah
reservation. All the
children are expected to
attend the funeral
tomorrow. Her husband,
Andrew J. Moffitt died
in this city 19 years
ago.
William Zimry Adam
David Glen Henderson
Sitting in front row,
left to right: David
'Dave' Thomas Henderson;
Alexander 'Alec'
Henderson, Matilda
Caroline (Hawker)
Henderson (mother of the
10 adult children
pictured); Matilda's
mother, Charlotte (Stapley)
Hawker and Matilda's
husband, David Glen
Henderson. ETIWANDA
CELEBRATION OF A GOLDEN
WEDDING
Etiwanda, March 28
(1912) - (Staff
correspondence of THE
SUN) - Mr. and Mrs. D.G.
Henderson of Etiwanda
celebrated the fiftieth
anniversary of their
wedding today at their
home, surrounded by
relatives, and all but
one of their ten
children, and 25
grandchildren. Mr. and
Mrs. Henderson have
resided in Etiwanda for
many years and were
previously residents of
San Bernardino, where
their wedding occurred,
their families being
among the early settlers
of the valley.
A special guest of honor
at today's notable
gathering was Mrs.
Charlotte Hawker of San
Bernardino, the mother
of Mrs. Henderson, who
will tomorrow celebrate
her 89th birthday.
A celebration feast was
served at noon, two huge
turkeys being features
and a 12-pound fruit
cake, with a special
wedding cake also. The
decorations were
profuse, long branches
of Lady Banksia (roses),
in white and gold and
mountain ferns being
used about the rooms
with Marie Henriette
roses.
A number of pictures of
the company and the
group of grandchildren
and the children of Mr.
and Mrs. Henderson were
made by Artist Shagner
of San Bernardino.
A number of gifts were
received, the sons
having presented a
handsome gold clock and
the mother of Mrs.
Henderson, a beautiful
gold sugar spoon.
Mrs. Sinclair of Rock
Creek was the only one
of the couple's children
unable to be present,
being detained at home
by illness. The others
present were William,
Robert, Walter, Alex,
David, Grover and Earl
Henderson, and Mrs.
Nettie Perdew and Mrs.
James Anderson of
Highland, with their
families.
Mrs. Victor Delor of San
Bernardino, sister of
Mrs. Henderson, was a
guest also.
- from
David Glen Henderson
(1842-1926) - Find A
Grave Memorial
William,
John Henry, Andrew Charles, and Dewey Wardrobe
and Wilmot A.
Easton
served in World War I.
The
assassination on 28 June 1914 of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the throne of
Austria-Hungary, was the proximate trigger of the Great
War. Long-term causes, such as imperialistic foreign
policies of the great powers of Europe, such as the
German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman
Empire, the Russian Empire, the British Empire, France,
and Italy, played a major role. Ferdinand's
assassination by a Yugoslav nationalist resulted in a
Habsburg ultimatum against the Kingdom of Serbia.
Several alliances formed over the past decades were
invoked, so within weeks the major powers were at war;
via their colonies, the conflict soon spread around the
world. - From Wikipedia
John Grant
John Grant (son of Robert
Grant and Isabelle Adam)
died in Nov, 1914.
Old Resident Passes Beyond
Struck By Train
Both Arms Amputated
Andrew Charles Wardrobe
registered for the
draft for World War I.
The Second Regiment of
Engineers The Second Regiment of Engineers, Wardrobe,
Dewey; Address unknown; D; Pvt.; Prepn.; EW, Chateau Thierry.
Company D. EW denotes Evacuated Wounded (and not returned to
duty). Each
platoon of Company "D" was assigned to a company of the 6th
Marines. It was used in the firing line as Infantry when the men
could not work at consolidating positions. It was also in the
line during the German attack of June 2nd which was repulsed. It
was relieved on the morning of June 5th at 3: 00 A. M. and
marched to a reserve position south of Marigny where it remained
in reserve until 10: 00 P. M. on the evening of June 5th, 1918.
On the night of the 5th it moved to the woods near La Voie du
Chatel. On the morning of the 6th it moved to Hill 142 with
Company "E" and part of Company "F" and assisted in Major
Turrell's Battalion of the 5th Marines. When on June 8th the
enemy launched a determined counter attack, which was directed
against the Marine Brigade, "D" Company of the Engineers was in
the line as Infantry and helped to repulse the Germans.
- from
The Second Regiment of Engineers - Chateau Thierry
The following is the report of the
Commanding Officer of Company "D" relative to the action in
Belleau Woods:
"The
dispositions of Platoons: The first Platoon under First
Lieutenant L. M. Chase was taken into action with the Marines
against machine gun positions: this platoon soon ran out of
ammunition, but managed to pick up more in the woods. This
engagement lasted about half an hour. After the engagement, the
platoon took its position with the Company, and dug in. This
platoon went into action with 44 men, and came out with 26.
"The Second
Platoon assisted the Marines as Raiding Parties. After the
raiding parties came in they rejoined the Company and entrenched
themselves. This platoon was in a very exposed position, and was
subjected to artillery, machine gun and trench battery fire. The
platoon was also subjected to heavy mustard gas attacks.
"The Third
Platoon remained in the line held by the Company the entire
time, and was subjected to artillery and machine gun fire.
"The Fourth
Platoon was not called on to leave the Company position. It was
subjected to artillery and machine gun fire and bombing by
aeroplane, and was exposed to searchlights operated by the
Germans. This made their position an extremely hard one to
hold."
During this
action, Corporal Joseph D. Sanders displayed extraordinary
heroism and was later awarded the D.S.C. While in command of an
important outpost, he exposed himself to rifle and shellfire to
better observe the movements of the enemy. He was knocked
unconscious by a shell burst, but returned to this post
immediately upon regaining consciousness. On June 13th, he
carried a wounded officer through an intense barrage to a
dressing station.
Private William
J. Steimel also displayed extraordinary heroism by refusing to
go to the rear until his mission was completed although he was
severely wounded in several places by an enemy hand grenade.
After receiving first aid treatment, he again returned to the
front line although it was at the time being subjected to a
severe shelling. - from
History of the Second Engineers 1916-1919,
Chateau Thierry - June 1918
Watsonville, Santa Cruz County,
California
Martinelli's Soda & Cider Works
After the first
few years in his brother's barn,
Stephen G. Martinelli moved his
expanding cider business to its
present location on 3rd St. (now
East Beach Street) in the center of
Watsonville. There was still no
railroad in the area. A steam
powered cider mill was constructed,
with tanks, casks, and bottling
equipment for production on an
enlarged scale.
Gladys Sheehy & Leask Martinelli
NEPHEW OF SAMUEL LEASK WEDS MISS
GLADYS SHEEHY
Gladys
Sheehy (daughter of Isabel Adam
and Patrick Henry Sheehy)
married Leask Martinelli (son of
Stephen Martinelli and Jennie
Leask) Nov 29, 1918. They had at
least three children: Patricia
(born about 1920); Charles
(1921-1992); and Barbara (born
June 17, 1922, died Sept 11,
2010).
Patricia Gladys Martinelli &
Patrick James Dooling, Sr.
I just
found the 1920 census showing
Gladys Sheehy (granddaughter of
William Laird Adam - daughter of
his daughter Isabel) married to Leask Martinelli - proprietor of
a cider & soda company - as in
Martinelli apple juice. The
company website says it was
started in Pajaro Valley by
Stephen Martinelli from
Switzerland. On Leask
Martinelli's WWI draft
registration he says his father
was born in Switzerland. Also
says he (Leask) was employed by
S. Martinelli & Co.
- Glenda Waugh
Velma Adam
(daughter of William Zimry Adam and
Rosetta Doty) married Clyde Dayton
sometime in 1918. In 1918, Velma
Adam married Clyde Dayton, a
neighbor boy. They farmed, built a
home, boosted their community and
raised two sons, Newell C. (who was
residing in King City at the time of
her death) and William P. Dayton of
Hesperia. Clyde passed away in 1972
and Velma married Frank Roberson in
1979. - from
Velma A. Adam Dayton, Find A Grave
Memorial
John Henderson Elected Mayor
John Henderson
Graves Are Ancient
No Increase for Policemen
Horace Robert Easton & Lida Hyatt
Horace
Robert Easton (son of Robert Easton
and Mary Hoey) married Lida Hyatt
sometime around 1919. They had at
least four children: Rockwell (born
1920); Marjorie (born about 1922);
Phyllis (born about 1925); and Helen
Jean (born about 1926).
- 1920 & 1930 US
Federal Census'
Helen Jean Easton & Robert Johnson
Wardwell
See Family Group Sheet for Horace
Robert Easton
Agnes Widdison
1920 United
States Federal Census - Genesee, Idaho Source Citation:
Year: 1920;Census Place: Genesee, Latah, Idaho;
Roll: T625_292; Page: 5B;
Enumeration District: 120; Image: 408. Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal
Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images
reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Fourteenth Census of the
United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm
publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of
the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29.
National Archives, Washington, D.C. For
details on the contents of the film numbers,
visit the following NARA web page:
NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts
819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City).
Description:
This database is an index to individuals
enumerated in the 1920 United States Federal
Census, the Fourteenth Census of the United
States. It includes all states and territories,
as well as Military and Naval Forces, the Virgin
Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and
the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many
details about individuals and families
including: name, gender, age, birthplace, year
of immigration, mother tongue, and parents’
birthplaces. In addition, the names of those
listed on the population schedule are linked to
actual images of the 1920 Federal Census.
1920 United States
Federal Census - Ward 3, Salt Lake City, Utah
Source Citation:
Year: 1920;Census Place: Salt Lake City Ward 3, Salt
Lake, Utah; Roll: T625_1866; Page: 5A;
Enumeration District: 131; Image: 483. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced
by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of
the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication
T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the
Census, Record Group 29. National Archives,
Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the
film numbers, visit the following NARA web page:
NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on
roll 323 (Chicago City).
Description:
This database is an index to individuals enumerated in
the 1920 United States Federal Census, the Fourteenth
Census of the United States. It includes all states and
territories, as well as Military and Naval Forces, the
Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and
the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many details
about individuals and families including: name, gender,
age, birthplace, year of immigration, mother tongue, and
parents’ birthplaces. In addition, the names of those
listed on the population schedule are linked to actual
images of the 1920 Federal Census.
1920 United States
Federal Census - Hooper, Weber, Utah
Source Citation:
Year: 1920;Census Place: Hooper, Weber, Utah;
Roll: T625_1869; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 147;
Image: 268. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced
by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of
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Census of the United States. It includes all states and
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Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and
the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many details
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age, birthplace, year of immigration, mother tongue, and
parents’ birthplaces. In addition, the names of those
listed on the population schedule are linked to actual
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1920 United States
Federal Census - Hooper, Weber, Utah Source Citation:
Year: 1920;Census Place: Hooper, Weber, Utah;
Roll: T625_1869; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 147;
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Census, Record Group 29. National Archives,
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film numbers, visit the following NARA web page:
NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on
roll 323 (Chicago City).
Description:
This database is an index to individuals enumerated in
the 1920 United States Federal Census, the Fourteenth
Census of the United States. It includes all states and
territories, as well as Military and Naval Forces, the
Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and
the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many details
about individuals and families including: name, gender,
age, birthplace, year of immigration, mother tongue, and
parents’ birthplaces. In addition, the names of those
listed on the population schedule are linked to actual
images of the 1920 Federal Census.
1920 United States Federal
Census - Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah
Source Citation:
Year: 1920;Census Place: Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah;
Roll: T625_1864; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 105;
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by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of
the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication
T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the
Census, Record Group 29. National Archives,
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film numbers, visit the following NARA web page:
NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on
roll 323 (Chicago City).
Description:
This database is an index to individuals enumerated in
the 1920 United States Federal Census, the Fourteenth
Census of the United States. It includes all states and
territories, as well as Military and Naval Forces, the
Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and
the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many details
about individuals and families including: name, gender,
age, birthplace, year of immigration, mother tongue, and
parents’ birthplaces. In addition, the names of those
listed on the population schedule are linked to actual
images of the 1920 Federal Census.
1920 United States
Federal Census - Nansene, Wasco, Oregon Source Citation: Year: 1920;
Census Place: Nansene, Wasco, Oregon; Roll:
T625_1504; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 221;
Image: 444.
1920 United States
Federal Census - San Bernardino, California Source Citation: Year: 1920;
Census Place: San Bernardino, San Bernardino,
California; Roll: T625_129; Page: 7B;
Enumeration District: 187; Image: 616. John Henderson's occupation
is "Mayor"
1920 United States Federal
Census -
Palo Verde, Riverside,
California
Source Citation:
Year: 1920; Census
Place: Palo Verde,
Riverside,
California; Roll:
T625_125; Page: 46B;
Enumeration
District: 110;
Image: 384.
William A.
never married and it was he who cared
for his dad in his old age. He claimed
that his father didn't want him to marry
and blamed him for 'ruining his life'.
-
Chloe Perdew
1920 United States Federal Census -
Bradley, Monterey, California Source
Citation: Year: 1920; Census
Place: Bradley, Monterey,
California; Roll: T625_122;
Page: 8B; Enumeration
District: 6; Image: 746. Horace
is a farmer and Helen is a teacher
in a public school Matilda
Caroline Hawker For nearly fifty years Mr.
(David) Henderson had the companionship of his good
wife, who was taken from him by death on January 10, 1921.
Eleven children were born to their marriage, and all are living
but one. The oldest, David Henderson, is a farmer at Bishop in
Inyo County; Alexander also lives at Bishop; William is in
business at Rialto; Walter Scott is a resident of Etiwanda;
Nettie is the wife of Edward Purdue, living on a place adjoining
the Henderson ranch; Robert R. is a rancher at Etiwanda; Maggie
is Mrs. James Anderson, of San Bernardino; Belle is the wife of
William St. Claire, of Little Rock, Los Angeles County; Grover
C. is a citrus grower at Etiwanda; Earle E. lives at Etiwanda;
and Glen is the deceased child.
- from
History of San
Bernardino and Riverside Counties By: John
Brown, Jr., 1922
John
Henry Wardrobe
John Henry Wardrobe
died in 1920 in Genesee, Latah, Utah, at the age of 31.
Robert Russell
Widdison
Robert Russell
Widdison died on March 21, 1921, in Salt Lake City and is
buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery (plot: Park 8-2).
Andrew
Mark Wardrobe
Andrew Mark
Wardrobe died on
March 5, 1922, at the age of 85 and is
buried in the Genesee City Cemetery, Genesee, Latah County,
Idaho.
James Adam Easton
James Adam Easton
Robert
Russell Gray
Robert Russell
Gray died on Sept 28, 1922, in Genesee, Latah, Idaho at the age of
72.
James Gourley
Widdison
James Gourley
Widdison died on Nov 16, 1923, in Hooper, Weber, Utah.
James C.
Livingston, Jr.
James C.
Livingston, Jr. died on
July 23, 1924, in Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, at the
age of 66. - from Livingstonfamily.org
William
Livingston Widdison
William
Livingston Widdison died on
Feb 26, 1928, in Hooper,
Weber County, Utah, and is buried in the Rexburgh
Cemetery, Rexburgh, Madison County, Idaho.
Alexander Adam
Alexander Adam (son of William
Thom Adam and Isobel Laird) died in Monterrey County,
California, at the age of 90. -
from FindAGrave
Henry Clay Powers
Henry Clay
Powers died on Jan 12, 1930, in
Burley, Cassia County, Idaho, and is
buried in the Sublett Cemetery,
Sublett, Cassia County, Idaho.
Henry C.
Powers is a splendid example of the
self-made man. Coming to Idaho with
limited capital, he secured a
homestead claim and is today the
owner of two thousand acres of
valuable land at Sublett, Cassia
county. His attention is given to
general farming and cattle raising
and his business affairs have been
so wisely, carefully and creditably
conducted that he is now numbered
among the men of affluence of his
district. The story of his life is
the story of earnest endeavor
crowned with success.
He was
born in Lenawee county, Michigan,
December 8, 1844, a son of Isaac and
Alvira (Sherwood) Powers. He was but
twelve years of age when his parents
removed with their family from
Michigan to Delaware county, Iowa,
where the father conducted a farm.
Later a removal was made to the town
of Troy in Doniphan county, Kansas,
and some time afterward the family
home was established in Covington,
Nebraska. The next removal took them
to Ponca, Nebraska, where the father
passed away in 1913 (1898 according
to headstone). He was a republican
in his political views. Throughout
his life he followed agricultural
interests, owning farms in the
localities in which he resided. His
widow survives and is now living
with her son Isaac at Norfolk,
Nebraska.
Henry C.
Powers left Troy. Kansas, in 1859,
when a youth of fifteen years. He
drove cattle from Atchison, Kansas,
to Salt Lake City, Utah, and with
five others organized a company,
purchasing a four mule team outfit.
When this was secured they drove
across the country to Carson City,
Nevada, where Mr. Powers remained,
while the others went on to
California. He then operated pack
trains in Nevada, also engaged in
prospecting and ranching, and in
connection with a partner, John
Little, he hauled the first lumber
to Virginia City, Nevada. He
remained a resident of that state
for eleven years and while in Carson
City was married. He then returned
to the old home at Covington,
Nebraska, where for three years he
was engaged in the livery business.
He next drove across the plains to
Salt Lake in 1873. Accompanied by
his wife, and from Salt Lake he
freighted out to various points for
a period of two years. He next went
to Corinne, Utah, and was engaged in
freighting to Montana before a
railroad was built. While thus
engaged he passed through several
Indian scares and went through all
the hardships, privations and
difficulties of frontier life, for
he was identified with freighting to
Montana for three years. The year
1878 witnessed his arrival in Idaho,
at which time he took up his abode
at Sublett, Cassia county, where he
secured one hundred and sixty acres
of his present property from the
government. Upon this he built a log
cabin and began life in Cassia
county in true pioneer style. He has
since built three houses upon his
place and now has a fine frame
dwelling, large, commodious and
attractively furnished. He first
concentrated his efforts and
attention upon sheep raising and
later he took up the business of
raising cattle, in which he is still
engaged. As the years have passed he
has added to his holdings until he
now has two thousand acres of land
and is engaged in general farming.
He also has a general merchandise
store upon his place and thus his
business interests are of a broad
and varied character, contributing
to the upbuilding of the community
as well as to the advancement of his
individual fortune. He has been a
director of the First National Bank
of Burley since its organization.
In 1868
Mr. Powers was married to Miss
Isabel Gray, a daughter of John and
Elizabeth (Wardrobe) Gray and a
native of St. Louis, Missouri. Her
parents came from Scotland in early
life, crossing the Atlantic in one
of the old-time sailing vessels.
They took up their abode in St.
Louis, Missouri, and later journeyed
westward to Salt Lake, being among
its earliest inhabitants. At a
subsequent period they went to
Nevada and it was there that Mr. and
Mrs. Powers were married. The father
died at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Powers and the mother passed away in
Lewiston, Idaho.
Mr. and
Mrs. Powers have become the parents
of ten children: Charles, living at
Sublett; William, who died upon the
ranch; Isaac, at home; Maud; Ida;
Margaret; Isabel; Harrison; John;
and Andrew, who has departed this
life.
Mr. Powers
has filled the office of county
commissioner. He is a member of the
Christian church and his life has
been guided by high and honorable
principles, making him a man of
sterling worth among his fellowmen,
enjoying in unqualified manner their
confidence and well deserved
respect.
-
Published in History
of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains
Vol. 3 by James H. Hawley 1920 1930 United
States Federal Census - Genesee, Latah, Idaho
1930 United States
Federal Census - Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California Source Citation: Year: 1930;
Census Place: Santa Maria, Santa Barbara,
California; Roll: 215; Page: 15B; Enumeration
District: 44; Image: 32.0; FHL microfilm:
2339950.
1930 United States
Federal Census - Lompoc, Santa Barbara, California Source
Citation: Year: 1930; Census
Place: Lompoc, Santa
Barbara, California; Roll:
214; Page: 10A; Enumeration
District: 0038; Image:
955.0; FHL microfilm:
2339949.
Ronald's occupation is Newspaper
Editor
1930 United States
Federal Census - San Bernardino, California Source Citation: Year:
1930; Census Place: San Bernardino, San
Bernardino, California; Roll: 189; Page:
23A; Enumeration District: 103; Image:
681.0; FHL microfilm: 2339924.
1930 United States Federal Census
- Bradley, Monterey, California
Source Citation: Year:
1930; Census Place:
Bradley, Monterey,
California; Roll: 179;
Page: 3B; Enumeration
District: 0011; Image:
341.0; FHL microfilm:
2339914.
1930 United States Federal Census -
Cholamd, San Luis Obispo, California
Source Citation: Year:
1930; Census Place:
Cholame, San Luis
Obispo, California;
Roll: 213; Page: 5B;
Enumeration District:
0008; Image: 177.0; FHL
microfilm: 2339948.
Mrs.
Elizabeth Easton
2014 Photos of
the Easton Family Plots in the Star #23 Rebekah
Community Cemetery, Dufur, Oregon
Jessie Grant
Jesse Grant
(daughter of John Grant and Margaret
Nish) died on May 1, 1931, in Paso
Robles, California at the age of 44.
Thomas Widdison
Livingston
Thomas Widdison
Livingston died on July 30, 1931, in Grace, Caribou County,
Idaho, at the age of 68, and is buried in the Spring City
Cemetery. - Dennis Davis
Isabell
Slack
Isabell Slack Wardrobe died on Nov 13,
1931, in Genesee, Latah, Idaho, at the age of 76.
Margaret Nish
Margaret
Nish (daughter of Margaret Henderson
and William Nish) died in 1932
and is buried in the Odd Fellows
Cemetery in Paso Robles, California.
Death Calls to Pioneer
William
Wallace Gray
William Wallace Gray died on
Sept 15, 1932,
in Genesee, Latah, Idaho, at the age of 78.
Wasco County Oregon
Temple Granite Quarry
John Henderson
John Henderson (son
of James Easton and Margaret Adam Henderson) died on March 28,
1938, in San Bernardino, California and is buried in the Pioneer
Memorial Cemetery. - from
John Alexander
Henderson - Find A Grave
Robert Wardrobe Robert Wardrobe
died on April
10, 1940 in Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, and is
buried in the Genesee Cemetery.
Isabella Gray
Isabella Gray died on Nov 13,
1940, in Vernonia, Oregon at the age of 93 and is buried in the Sublett
Cemetery, Cassia County, Idaho, . - from
Find
A Grave
1940 United States
Federal Census - Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California Source Citation: Year:
1940; Census Place: Santa Maria, Santa
Barbara, California; Roll: T627_334; Page:
4B; Enumeration District: 42-61.
Wilmot Alexander Easton
Wilmot Alexander Easton (son
of James Adam Easton and
Nettie Moad) died on May 25,
1943, and is buried in the
Wenatchee City Cemetery,
Wenatchee, Washington.
William Connor Adam
William
Connor Adam (son of William Laird
Adam and Elizabeth Connor)
died on Dec 16, 1944, in Santa Barbara County, California at the
age of 83 and is buried in the Santa Maria Cemetery.
- from Find A Grave
Andrew Charles Wardrobe Andrew Charles
Wardrobe died on
June 4,
1945, in Genesee, Latah County, Idaho, at the age of 56.
Miss
Jean Emery
"Lovely Miss
Jean Emery, 18-year-old Salinas blonde,
became Miss California of 1947 in the
coronation ceremonies at the beach
bandstand Sunday. Her luscious blonde
hair dashing in the air, Miss Emery
said, "Gee, it's wonderful!" her 122
pounds filled a blue Miss America
swimming suit perfectly and she wore a
great big smile. Only a few days ago,
Miss Emery was graduated from Salinas
junior college. She was a student leader
there, secretary of the student body,
high in scholastic standing, and
exceedingly popular. She was queen of
the "Sadie Hawkins" day at Salinas
jaysee this year and had been a
candidate in the Sweetheart of the
Salinas rodeo contest.
Miss Emery is
five feet, six and one-half inches tall.
Her bust is 34 inches, waist 21 inches
and hips 34 inches. She wants to be a
dancing teacher or a physical education
instructor, but preferably a dancing
teacher. Miss Emery is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Alton T. Emery, Salinas
rancher, who lives at 500 River road in
the Buena Vista district in Salinas. She
isn't going steady, and she plans on
attending UCLA or California at
Berkeley. Sparkling with happiness, she
said, "The Chamber of Commerce certainly
treated us wonderfully here."
- (source: Santa Cruz
Sentinel newspaper) (4th runner-up to
Miss America)
William Wardrobe William Wardrobe died on
June 9, 1960, in Genesee, Latah County, Idaho, at the
age of 72.
John T. Burke
Pioneer Pair Wed 50 Years
Horace Robert Easton
Horace
Robert Easton (son of Robert
Easton and Mary Hoey) died on
Jan 19, 1963, at the age of 69.
William Gray
Melvin G. Wardrobe Melvin G. Wardrobe died on
Feb 12, 1965, in Genesee, Latah, Idaho at the age of 74.
John Irving Easton
John
Irving Easton (son of John Franklin
Easton and Eizabeth Feld) died on
Sept 28, 1968, in Portland, Oregon
and is buried in the Odd Fellows
Cemetery, The Dalles, Oregon.
Dewey R. Wardrobe
Dewey R. Wardrobe died on
April 1, 1970, at the age of 72 and is buried in the
Genesee Cemetery.
From a taped
interview of Joseph David Haynes b.1897 on
Center Ridge by his daughter Virginia Haynes
Hatch in 1978...
THERE WAS A TIME
WHEN A SKELETON WAS FOUND IN EASTERN OREGON.
CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT ? Yes, the
skeleton was found when they graded a
standard road up the side of a hill. In
early days they always went up the bottom,
but in later days they wanted a graded road
so they could haul wheat out easier and when
they graded the road out up near the top of
the canyon, why here came a skeleton out and
it was a bunch of bones of a man. Father
(Bert Haynes) was asked to come over and
take a look at it and see what he could
explain and he said he went over there and
took a look at it and said he knew it was
Grandpa Easton cause he had a slanting
skull, it was there very plain, so he told
them, that's Grandpa Easton who lived right
here at the bottom of the canyon, that was
him. They never did find out just exactly
what happened to him but John Tripps was
going up with a load of wood at night and he
said he saw a lantern out somewhere on the
side of the hill and if they went out there
and dig they might find Mr. Easton and that
was never done when he disappeared, but they
talked about it and they think his daughters
killed him because he had a little money and
they wanted the money but there is no
certainty of anything because when they
found the skull it was years after they were
all dead.
Biography of Andrew Wardrobe c. 1979
Dell N. Easton
The
Dalles Chronicle, Monday, March
12, 1990, page 2
Dell
N. Easton, 73, of Hood River
(Oregon), born April 16, 1916 to
Mr. and Mrs. J. Garfield Easton,
died Friday, April 9, in Hood
River. He attended schools in
both Dufur (Oregon) and The
Dalles. He was born and raised
on the family farm in Easton
Canyon near Dufur, where he
spent a portion of his life
working on the farm until he was
drafted into the service during
World War II. His first
assignment was working on the
Alcan Highway to Alaska. He was
then transferred overseas where
he became attached to the 3138th
Signal Motor Messenger Corps
where he served under General
Patton until the end of the war.
His duties included delivering
messages for the Allies as well
as the U.S. He was discharged at
Ft. Lewis, Washington, November
27, 1943. After the war he moved
to The Dalles where he met and
married Virginia Painter, June
28, 1946. He moved his family to
Parkdale (Oregon) in 1948 where
he owned and operated an orchard
until his retirement in 1965,
then moved to his present
residence in Hood River. He was
a member of the Catholic Church
and VFW (Veterans of Foreign
Wars) post 6987. He was an avid
sportsman, enjoying hunting,
fishing, other sports and
gardening. Survivors are his
wife Virginia of Hood River, two
daughters; Mrs. Eulahla Minshall,
Mulino (Oregon); Iola Wieland of
Vienna, Virginia; 5 grand
children and one great grandson.
Sisters are: Frances Mayer, The
Dalles; Marie Hoard, Forest
Grove (Oregon); Marguerite Kahre,
The Dalles, Faye Schreiber,
Dufur; and Beverly Walston of
Selah, Washington. Preceding him
in death were two brothers,
Eldon and Lynn. Visiting hours
are Tuesday, March 13 between 4
- 7 p.m. Services will be held
at the Anderson Funeral Home
Wednesday at 2 p.m., Hood River
with Father Martin Quigley
officiating. Graveside services
will follow at the Odd Fellows
Cemetery in The Dalles.
Written permission to reprint
obituary given by The Dalles
Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon.
Copied and submitted by Earline
Wasser.
Elizabeth Ann Prentice
ELIZABETH
ANN PRENTICE, 90, of Santa Maria,
died Monday, August 19, 1991 at
Marian Medical Center from a brief
illness. Born August 25, 1900 at
Santa Maria. Mrs. Prentice was the
granddaughter of Santa Maria
pioneers, William Laird and
Elizabeth O'Conner Adam. On her
father's side, she was the great
granddaughter of California
pioneers, Isaac James and Maria
Eayers Sparks, of Santa Barbara.
Mrs.
Prentice attended Santa Maria public
schools and Mills College of
Oakland, CA. She was superintendent
of the County Hospital in Santa
Maria for several years. She was a
life-long member of St. Mary of the
Assumption Church, member of the
Catholic Daughters of America and
served as Grand regent and District
Deputy of the Catholic Daughters.
Survivors
include her husband of 55 years,
Donald M. Prentice, of Santa Maria;
daughter, Mary Katherine Prentice,
Santa Barbara; son, John Anthony
Prentice, Santa Maria;
granddaughter, Katherine Rhodes
Wolf, Arroyo Grande; sister, Rosa A.
Porter, Santa Maria; and brother,
William Arza Porter, rancher of the
Alamao and Huasna ranches, San Luis
Obispo County.
Vigil
service will be 7 p.m. in the Chapel
of the Magner - Maloney Funeral Home
with Mass Friday, August 23, 1991 at
9 a.m., St. Mary of the Assumption
Church, with Rev. Msgr. James
Colberg, officiating. Interment will
follow in the Santa Maria Cemetery.
Visitation will be Thursday, 2:00
p.m. to service time.
Memorial
contributions may be made to
favorite charities.
-
from
Findagrave memorial for Elizabeth
Ann Prentice, Chloe Perdew
Virginia Easton
The Dalles
Daily Chronicle, Tuesday, November 15,
1994, page 3
Virginia
Easton, 86, a long time resident of Hood
River (Oregon) and a recent resident of
Centerville, died on November 13 at the
local hospital. She was born on May 15,
1908 and went to school in Cove
(Oregon). She moved to Medford (Oregon)
as a young adult where she met and
married Richard Painter in 1935. Shortly
afterward, he died in a logging accident
and she moved to Portland where she
worked in the shipyards during World War
II, supervising a welding crew. After
the war she moved to The Dalles where
she worked for Hudson-Duncan and married
Dell Easton in 1948. A year later they
bought a 20-acre pear and apple orchard
in Parkdale (Oregon), then moved from
there to Hood River in the early 1960s
where she worked as a fruit packer for
Duckwall Brothers. He died in 1990 and
she spent her remaining years living
with her two daughters. She enjoyed
pinochle and flowers, baking and
cooking. Survivors include her
daughters, Eulahla Minshall,
Centerville; and Iona Wieland, Vienna,
Virginia; five grandchildren, Douglas
and Scott Wieland, both of Vienna; Tony
Riches, Biggs (Oregon); Larry Riches and
Karen Anderson, both of Goldendale
(Washington); and two
great-grandchildren, Todd Riches and
Kala Anderson. Viewing visitation will
be at Smith Callaway Chapel on Wednesday
and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Graveside services will be Friday,
November 18 at 1 p.m. at the IOOF
Cemetery in The Dalles with Pastor Tim
Clemenson officiating. Smith Callaway
Chapel is in care of arrangements.
Written permission to reprint obituary
given by The Dalles Chronicle, The
Dalles, Oregon. Copied and submitted by
Earline Wasser
The four brothers, sons of life-long
farmer Richard Adam Sr., have a deep connection
to the Santa Maria Valley, with a rich history
of family farmers that can be traced back five
generations. The first Adam family member to
settle in the Santa Maria Valley was William
Laird Adam, who arrived in California from
Scotland in 1869. He settled in the Santa Maria
Valley and farmed wheat and beans, and raised
some cattle. Now several generations later, the
long line of Adams' has worked hard to create a
1,500-acre operation where they produce
vegetables that are sold throughout the United
States and exported to many countries around the
globe.
Frances (Easton) Mayer
October
31, 2007
Frances
(Easton) Mayer, 101, died Sunday,
Oct. 28, 2007, in The Dalles.
She was
born Feb. 22, 1906, at St. Vincent’s
Hospital in Portland, the daughter
of Garfield and Adelaide (Paquette)
Easton, the eldest of eight
children. The Paquettes arrived in
the Oregon Territory with the
Hudson’s Bay Company, arriving at
Ft. Vancouver in 1841. The Eastons
came to the U.S. from Scotland in
1849 and homesteaded in Wasco Co.
near Boyd, in the area still called
“Easton Canyon.” She graduated from
The Dalles High School in 1926, and
worked in The Dalles, Portland and
Spokane. She married Harry Mayer,
son of Louis and Bertha Mayer of The
Dalles, in 1944. She then was
director of stenographic services
for Whitman College in Walla Walla,
for 25 years. Widowed in 1966, she
prided herself on being fiercely
independent, going to Europe by
herself at the age of 73, and
playing competitive bridge until her
late 90s. Her positive attitude and
determination to remain active
inspired all who knew her. She is
survived by her youngest sister,
Beverly Walston of Yakima, and
numerous nieces and nephews. She was
preceded in death by her husband,
Harry Mayer and six siblings, Lynn
Easton, Marie Hoard, Eldon Easton,
Marguerite Kahre, Dell Easton, and
Faye Schreiber. Viewing/visitation
will be held Friday, Nov. 2, from 2
p.m. until 6 p.m. at Spencer, Libby
and Powell Funeral Home. Mass of
Christian Burial will be held on
Saturday, Nov. 3, at 10:30 a.m. at
St. Peter Catholic Church with
Father. Todd Unger officiating.
Interment to follow at IOOF Cherry
Heights Cemetery.
- From The
Dalles Chronicle
Louie George Schreiber
Louie
George Schreiber, 96, a resident
of Friend, died Thursday, Jan.
3, 2008, at a local hospital.
He was
born Nov. 12, 1911, the third of
seven children to Carl Wolfgang
and Mary H. (Henderson)
Schreiber in Opal City, Oregon.
He grew up in the Yakima area,
and after school, he worked for
the logging companies in Klamath
Falls and Lakeview, jobs that
were vital for the war effort.
He moved to Friend in 1943,
where he acquired the family
farm, and had been a resident of
Friend ever since then. He
married Faye Elizabeth Easton on
April 18, 1939, in Dufur, and
was a farmer, raising wheat and
hay. He was a member of the
Eagles lodge for 54 years, and
enjoyed hunting, fishing,
gardening, and listening to
books on tape for the blind.
- from
The Dalles Chronicle
Terrance Sheehy
Terrance Sheehy, great grandson of
William Laird Adam, died on
Nov 8,
2008,
at the age of 82.
Barbara Martinelli
After
celebrating her 88th birthday this
summer, Barbara Martinelli died
Saturday, September 11, in San
Francisco. She was born June 17,
1922, in Watsonville, the third
child of Leask and Gladys Sheehy
Martinelli. Barbara was predeceased
by her sister Patricia Dooling and
brother Charles Martinelli.
Barbara
graduated in political science from
the University of California at
Berkeley in 1944. She immediately
went to work in San Francisco,
beginning a forty-four year career
with the Southern Pacific Railroad
in the ticket office at Third &
Townsend. She eventually became one
of the firm's first female
vice-presidents; in charge of
corporate travel, Barbara literally
traveled around the world. After
retiring from the SP she continued
working and became a founding member
of what is now known at the Bay Area
Business Travel Association.
Visiting
Europe several times, Central
America, China, and parts of the
Middle East, Barbara was a great
traveler. She was an inveterate
reader, and during retirement became
a docent of the San Francisco
Library. A member of St Dominic's,
she attended early Mass so she could
watch sports, for which she had a
passion, on Sunday mornings. She
will be missed by a multitude of
friends, most notably her oldest and
dearest friend, Arnold Lavagetto, as
well as Ashley Ferry and Kathryn
Hobart.
Barbara is
survived by her nieces Mimi Crumpton,
Barbara McBain, Ellen Martinelli,
and her nephews Gregory Martinelli
and Fr Patrick Dooling as well as
many grand nephews and nieces and
great grand nephews, family and
friends. A memorial Mass will be
offered for her at 11:30 Friday,
September 17, at St Dominic's
Church, 2390 Bush Street, San
Francisco.
-
from
Obituaries, Barbara Martinelli,
Register-Pajaronian, Sept 15,
2010
S. Martinelli & Company- History - A
Family Tradition Since 1868
James David McLanahan
James
David McLanahan, 1916-2011, James
David McLanahan passed away on May
4, 2011 at the age of 94., Jim was
born November 17, 1916 into a family
that farmed near Sacramento since
1842. He attended Cal Poly, San Luis
Obispo studying the dairy industry
and crops. During the summer of
1940, Jim taught a Civilian Pilot
Training Course at Cal Poly where he
met his wife, Patricia Preisker of
Santa Maria. They married in 1943.,
In 1940, Jim enlisted in the, Air
Corps. In 1941 Jim was assigned as a
fighter pilot to the Pacific Theater.
He flew mainly P-38s and shot down
five enemy planes. After returning
to the States, he served as a flight
and gunnery instructor, and was
discharged a Major in 1945., Jim was
a dairyman in Santa Maria and in
1966 moved his operation to Cuyama
Valley. During these years, Jim and
Pat had five children: Sharon, Ann,
Suzanne, Charles and Julia. He also
established a residence and
business, Canyonlands Llamas, in
Castle Valley, Utah. He returned to
Santa Maria in 1992 to retire and
travel., During his life, Jim
McLanahan was an active member in
the, in Guadalupe and Santa Maria,
in Rotary in Guadalupe and Santa
Maria, Taft and Moab, UT. He was
also involved in the American Dairy
Association, California Dairy
Association, Cuyama Exchange Club,
Vaqueros de los Ranchos and Santa
Maria Food and Wine Society. He was
very active in the establishment of
the Santa Maria Museum of Flight.,
Jim participated on several Santa
Barbara County boards: Soil
Conservation, Water District, Road
District, and was instrumental in
such projects as the widening of
Hwy. 166 to Cuyama and levies on the
Santa Maria and Cuyama Rivers., An
avid airman, he maintained
relationships with members of his
USAAC Squadron, and regularly
attended reunions of the 347th
Fighter Group. Jim has been recorded
for The Nimitz Oral History Program
at The National Museum of the
Pacific War. Through the years he
owned a few airplanes and flew into
his 70s., After his wife Patricia's
death in 2005, he remarried a family
friend and neighbor Lorena Endicott,
with whom he traveled and spent
happy years until his death. James
McLanahan is survived by wife
Lorena, half-sister Florence,
daughters Ann and Julia,
grandchildren Miranda, James &
Christopher, nieces Nancy, Patricia,
Barbara and nephew, Robert.,
Graveside Services will be held
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 10:30 in
the Santa Maria Cemetery.,
Arrangements are in the care of
Magner-Maloney Funeral Home and
Crematory.
Robert Adam Grant
Robert Adam Grant,
grandson of John Grant, and great-grandson
of Robert Grant and Isabelle Adam, died on
May 25,
2011, in Paso Robles, California at the
age of 87.
Elvira Bernice Easton
Illk,
Elvera Bernice (Easton) 86
Elvera passed away at her home
in Tigard, after a long illness.
She was born in McCloud, Calif.,
daughter of the late John Irving
and "Effie" (Johnson) Easton, of
Dufur. The family moved to SE
Portland in 1930 where she
graduated from Franklin High
School in 1944 and studied music
at Lewis & Clark College. The
family attended Lincoln
Methodist Church where she
played piano and organ. Elvera
was a stewardess for United
Airlines until her marriage to
Clarence Arthur "Duff" Illk in
1951, at which time she hung up
her wings to become a homemaker.
She later worked at Lambert
Gardens and as an Avon
Representative. Elvera had a
deep compassion for animals and
was involved with many rescue
organizations. She was preceded
in death by her parents; sister,
Dorice V'Ona; brother, Clarence;
husband, Clarence, in 1994; and
nephew, William Easton. She is
survived by her brother,
Franklin Easton; nieces, Joanne
McNutt and Debra Easton-Bentley
of Salem, Ohio; and nephew, Tom
Easton of Sherwood. A memorial
will be held at Lincoln
Methodist Church on Tuesday,
Nov. 20, 2012 at 11 a.m.
Remembrances to NW Animal Rescue
or Oregon Humane Society.
- Published in The Oregonian on
Nov. 15, 2012
John "Jack" Emery
John
"Jack" Emery (son of Helen
Easton and Alton Titus Emery)
died on
Nov 17, 2012, in Paso
Robles, California, at the age
of 91. His sister Jean of
Washington, D.C. (Miss
California 1947) signed the
online "Guestbook".
Asa Porter
Our
beloved Charles Asa Porter, a
fifth-generation Californian, died
at the age of 63, Thursday, Oct. 31,
2013, on the Porter Ranch, which is
part of Rancho Huasna, the land
grant his great-great-grandfather
Isaac J. Sparks received from the
Mexican government in 1843. Charles
was born in Santa Maria in 1950. He
attended Arroyo Grande Elementary
School, Arroyo Grande High School
and Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo,
graduating in 1973 with a Bachelor
of Science degree. He was a past
president of the South County
Historical Society, a member of
D.A.N.A. and the Republican Party,
and a parishioner of St. Patrick's
Catholic Church in Arroyo Grande.
For more than 50 years, he worked on
the Porter Ranch, managing it for
the past 23 years, improving it
immensely, and loving every inch of
it. Charles is survived by his wife,
Wanda; stepson, Zach (Connie); step
grandchildren, Ryan (Katie), Olivia,
and Logan, and great-grandson,
Easton; brother, John (Wendy); and
his many cousins and friends. He was
preceded in death by his mother,
Margaret; father, Asa; and brother,
Christopher. Donations may be made
to the South County Historical
Society, D.A.N.A., and St. Patrick's
Elementary School.
- from
Porter Ranch, Facebook page
A
GEDmatch.com Autosomal Comparison
between BillH and Jeff Waugh confirms a DNA
match with the MRCA at an estimated 3.5
generations. This is the first DNA
confirmation of the accuracy of the Waugh
Family genealogical research. The most
recent common ancestor (MRCA) is
Robert Russell and Agnes
Adam through Elizabeth Russell Wardrobe
Gray
©
waughfamily.ca
From US Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
General Land Office records
See
original document
1894
..........
Agnes Adam, Wife of
James L. Easton, Born in
Bothwell Parish,
Lanarkshire Co. Scotland
Sept 13, 1821, Died May
2, 1894
James Easton disappeared sometime
after this. His body may have been found in
1978.
From US Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
General Land Office records
See
original document
1895
..........
Sept 15, 1895
1896
..........
The Dalles
daily chronicle. (The Dalles, Or.)
1890-1948, February 05, 1896, Image 1
Erected By The Woodmen of the World
The Dalles
daily chronicle. (The Dalles, Or.)
1890-1948, July 21, 1896, Image 3
Trustees & Teachers of Mt. Pleasant Public School
April 1896
Front Row right: R.W. Livingston
John Gray 1822-1896
1897
..........
The weekly Sun (San Bernardino), 11
Sept 1897
Newspapers.com
1898
..........
"to
encourage the growth of timber"
From US Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
General Land Office records
See
original document
From US Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
General Land Office records
See
original document
"Uss olympia manila" by Murat
Halstead - Our Country in War by
Murat Halstead (1898).
John Thomas Burke, Manila,
Philippines c 1898
Charles A. Easton Dec 25, 1858
- Mar 23, 1898
1899
..........
The San Bernardino County Sun, 26
Feb 1899, page 4
Newspapers.com
Mary Katherine (Wolf) and John
Anthony
From
The Descendants of William Laird Adam
Anastasia (Emslie), Isaac Joseph,
Rosemary (Doud) and Charles Robert
From
The Descendants of William Laird Adam
Velma, Rosie, William and Donald Adam c. 1905
Photo courtesy Chloe Perdew
1900
..........
Agnes
Widdison (daughter of
Janet Russell and Thomas Widdison) & James Campbell Livingston
Name:
Agnes
Livingston
Age:
68
Birth Date:
Dec 1831
Birthplace:
Scotland
Home in 1900:
Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah
[Fountain Green, Utah]
Race:
White
Gender:
Female
Immigration Year:
1853
Relation to Head of House:
Wife
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
James C Livingston
Marriage Year:
1854
Years Married:
46
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother: number of living
children:
0
Mother: How many children:
0
Household Members:
Name
Age
James C Livingston
66
Agnes Livingston
68
James Campbell Livingston,
Jr. and his family
Name:
James
Livingston Jr.
Age:
43
Birth Date:
Feb 1857
Birthplace:
Utah
Home in 1900:
Fountain Green,
Sanpete, Utah
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation to Head of House:
Head
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Phebe Livingston
Marriage Year:
1875
Years Married:
25
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Household Members:
Name
Age
James Livingston
43
Phebe Livingston
43
Arthur Livingston
17
Claud Livingston
13
Ray Livingston
13
Iva Livingston
8
Mable Livingston
2
Robert Widdison Livingston
Robert Widdison Livingston
and family
Name:
Robert W
Livingston
Age:
34
Birth Date:
Jun 1865
Birthplace:
Utah
Home in 1900:
Salt Lake City Ward 4, Salt
Lake,
Utah
[Salt Lake City, Salt Lake,
Utah]
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation to
Head of House:
Head
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Hettie Livingston
Marriage Year:
1888
Years Married:
12
Father's
Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's
Birthplace:
Scotland
Household
Members:
Name
Age
Robert W Livingston
34
Hettie Livingston
30
Leo M Livingston
11
Blanche Livingston
7
Janet Russell's
son Robert and his family
Name:
Robert
Widdison
Age:
56
Birth Date:
Mar 1844
Birthplace:
Scotland
Home in 1900:
Salt Lake City Ward 3, Salt
Lake,
Utah
[Salt Lake City, Salt Lake,
Utah]
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Immigration Year:
1853
Relation to Head of House:
Head
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Lois Widdison
Marriage Year:
1870
Years Married:
30
Father's Birthplace:
England
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Household Members:
Name
Age
Robert Widdison
56
Lois Widdison
51
Lucy Widdison
22
Gina Widdison
20
Laura Widdison
16
Bessie Widdison
15
Walter Widdison
13
Janet Russell's son William
and his family
Name:
Wm L
Widdison
Age:
53
Birth Date:
Sep 1846
Birthplace:
Scotland
Home in 1900:
Salem, Fremont, Idaho
[St. Anthony, Fremont, Idaho]
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Immigration Year:
1853
Relation to Head of House:
Head
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Mary A Widdison
Marriage Year:
1875
Years Married:
25
Father's Birthplace:
England
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Household Members:
Name
Age
Wm L Widdison
53
Mary A Widdison
45
Elizabeth J Widdison
21
Rose Widdison
13
Rachel Widdison
10
Ella L Widdison
8
Irvin Wm Widdison
4/12
Janet Russell's son
James with his family
Name:
James G
Widdison
Age:
47
Birth Date:
Jan 1853
Birthplace:
Scotland
Home in 1900:
Hooper, Weber,
Utah
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Immigration Year:
1853
Relation to Head of House:
Head
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Alice Widdison
Marriage Year:
1879
Years Married:
21
Father's Birthplace:
England
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Household Members:
Name
Age
James G Widdison
47
Alice Widdison
40
James G Widdison
20
John H Widdison
18
Alice A Widdison
16
Willard Widdison
13
Robert E Widdison
11
Amy S Widdison
9
Lucinda Widdison
6
Thomas R Widdison
4
Gilbert P Widdison
2
Elizabeth Russell's son Andrew
Mark Wardrobe and his family
Name:
Andrew
Wardrobe
Home in
1900:
Genesee, Latah, Idaho
Age:
60
Birth
Date:
Aug
1839
Birthplace:
Scotland
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Immigration Year:
1843
Relationship to
head-of-house:
Head
Father's
Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's
Birthplace:
Scotland
Spouse's
Name:
Isabell Wardrobe
Marriage
Year:
1875
Marital
Status:
Married
Years
Married:
25
Household
Members:
Name
Age
Andrew Wardrobe
60
Isabell Wardrobe
44
Robert Wardrobe
24
Lizzie Wardrobe
22
Ella Wardrobe
19
Agnes Wardrobe
18
Marie Wardrobe
17
Effie Wardrobe
15
Willis Wardrobe
13
John Wardrobe
12
Andrew Wardrobe
12
Melvin Wardrobe
10
Jennie Wardrobe
7
Drew Wardrobe
3
Elizabeth Wardrobe married Archie Le Roy Tucker on Oct 7,
1903, in Latah County, Utah.
Robert R. Gray and
his wife and family
Name:
Robert
R
Gray
Age:
41
Birth Date:
Jan 1852
Birthplace:
Utah
Home in
1900:
Genesee,
Latah, Idaho
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation to
Head of
House:
Head
Marital
Status:
Married
Spouse's
Name:
Eliza Gray
Marriage
Year:
1882
Years
Married:
18
Father's
Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's
Birthplace:
Scotland
Household
Members:
Name
Age
Robert
R
Gray
41
Eliza
Gray
33
John
W
Gray
17
Alva
B
Gray
15
Robert
Gray
12
Elbert
Gray
10
Lester
Gray
8
Charles
Gray
6
Minnie
Gray
2
Elizabeth Russell's
daughter Isabella and her family
Name:
Isabelle
Powers
Age:
51
Birth Date:
1849
Birthplace:
Nevada
Home in 1900:
Sublett,
Cassia, Idaho
[Yale,
Cassia, Idaho]
Race:
White
Gender:
Female
Relation to Head of House:
Wife
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Henry C Powers
Marriage Year:
1868
Years Married:
32
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother: number of living
children:
10
Mother: How many children:
12
Household Members:
Name
Age
Henry C Powers
56
Isabelle Powers
51
Maud Powers
20
Ida Powers
18
Margarette Powers
15
Isabelle Powers
14
Harrison Powers
12
Johnie Powers
9
Andrew Powers
7
Isacc Powers
23
William
Thom Adam's son
William Laird Adam and his family
Name:
Wm L
Adam
Age:
63
Birth Date:
Aug 1836
Birthplace:
Scotland
Home in 1900:
Township 7, Santa
Barbara,
California
[Santa Barbara]
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Immigration Year:
1850
Relation to Head of
House:
Head
Marital Status:
Widowed
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Household Members:
Name
Age
Wm L Adam
63
Mary Adam
37
Thomas A Adam
29
Kate Adam
22
Carlyle Adam
19
Annie Adam
14
George
Easton (widower of Jemima Adam)
Name:
George
Easton
Sr.
Age:
71
Birth
Date:
Jan
1829
Birthplace:
Scotland
Home
in
1900:
Gilroy,
Santa
Clara,
California
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Immigration
Year:
1848
Relation
to
Head
of
House:
Head
Marital
Status:
Widowed
Father's
Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's
Birthplace:
Scotland
Household
Members:
Name
Age
George Easten
71
Emeline Easten
38
Elizabeth Brock
40
Alex Easten
31
William
Laird Adam's son William Connor Adam &
Ada Vere Kelley and their children
Name:
Wm
C
Adam
Age:
37
Birth
Date:
Oct 1862
Birthplace:
California
Home in
1900:
Township
7, Santa
Barbara,
California
[Santa
Barbara]
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation
to Head
of
House:
Head
Marital
Status:
Married
Spouse's
Name:
Ada V
Adam
Marriage
Year:
1887
Years
Married:
13
Father's
Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's
Birthplace:
Canada
Eng
Household
Members:
Name
Age
Wm C Adam
37
Ada V Adam
35
Irma C Adam
9
Phyllis E Adam
1
Elmo C Adam
7
Leonald H Adam
5
John Adam (son of William Thom
Adam & Margaret Thomson) &
Mahalia Haun
Name:
John T Adam
Age:
46
Birth Date:
Nov 1853
Birthplace:
Utah
Home in 1900:
San Antonio, Monterey, California
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation to Head of House:
Head
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Mohola J Adam
Marriage Year:
1878
Years Married:
22
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Household Members:
Name
Age
John T Adam
46
Mohola J Adam
40
John R Adam
17
Ruby P Adam
10
Thomas A Meritt
10
Charles A. Adam & Mary Jane
Porter
Name:
Charles A Adam
Age:
32
Birth Date:
Dec 1867
Birthplace:
California
Home in 1900:
Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation to Head of House:
Head
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Mary J Adam
Marriage Year:
1897
Years Married:
3
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
Canada, England
Household Members:
Name
Age
Charles A Adam
32
Mary J Adam
24
Rosa Porter
49
Rosa Porter
22
Della Maur
Isaac Porter (29), Anastacia
(28), Arza (21), Asa (19)
Charles A. Adam (32), Mary J.
(24), Rosa Porter (49) and Rosa
(22)
See
original document
William Laird Adam's daughter
Anastasia Adam and Isaac Porter
and his brothers
Name:
Isaac Porter
Age:
29
Birth Date:
Mar 1871
Birthplace:
California
Home in 1900:
Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation to Head of House:
Head
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Anastacia Porter
Marriage Year:
1900
Years Married:
0
Father's Birthplace:
New York
Mother's Birthplace:
California
Household Members:
Name
Age
Isaac Porter
29
Anastacia Porter
28
Arza Porter
21
Asa Porter
19
John Grant (son of Robert
Grant and Isabelle Adam) and
Margaret Nish
Name:
Jack W Grant
[John Grant]
Age:
61
Birth Date:
Jul 1838
Birthplace:
Scotland
Home in 1900:
Cholame, San Luis Obispo, California
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Immigration Year:
1844
Relation to Head of House:
Head
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Margret U Grant
Marriage Year:
1868
Years Married:
32
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Household Members:
Name
Age
Jack W Grant
61
Margret U Grant
47
Richard Grant
21
Viva A Grant
20
Adam L Grant
18
Fred W Grant
15
Jessie M Grant
13
Archie J Grant
9
Name:
John
A
Henderson
Age:
42
Birth
Date:
May
1858
Birthplace:
California
Home
in
1900:
San
Bernardino
Ward
5,
San
Bernardino,
California
[San
Bernardino]
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation
to
Head
of
House:
Head
Marital
Status:
Married
Spouse's
Name:
Senia
F
Henderson
Marriage
Year:
1890
Years
Married:
10
Household
Members:
Name
Age
John A Henderson
42
Senia F Henderson
33
The Weekly Sun (San
Bernardino), 6 April 1900
Newspapers.com
Robert Easton
(son of Jemima Adam and George Easton)
& Mary Hoey and family
Name:
Robert
Easton
Age:
46
Birth
Date:
Mar 1854
Birthplace:
Utah
Home in
1900:
Bradley,
Monterey,
California
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation
to Head
of
House:
Head
Marital
Status:
Married
Spouse's
Name:
Mary
Easton
Marriage
Year:
1889
Years
Married:
11
Father's
Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's
Birthplace:
Scotland
Household
Members:
Name
Age
Robert Easton
46
Mary Easton
31
Jemima Easton
10
Horace Easton
6
Helen Easton
4
William Hoey
20
Robert Patrick and Terrance William
From
The Descendants of William Laird Adam
1903
..........
Ronald Adam of the Lompoc Record assisted much in the
campaign...
William L. Adam 1836-1903
Memoirs of
William Laird Adam, 1903 (33 MB pdf)
1904
..........
Elizabeth Russell c 1844
Photo courtesy Norna Groff, great-great grand
daughter of Elizabeth Russell Wardrobe Gray
Elizabeth Gray Died Oct 4, 1904, Aged 94(?) Years
James Adam Easton is in the back row,
the third person from the right
His wife Aurora Jennette Moad is the woman
standing next to him
This picture was taken in 1904/1905 with
Moad, Easton and Nolan families
From Findagrave Memorial #
12446707 for James Adam Easton
1905
..........
John Henderson (son of James Easton and Margaret Adam
Henderson) c 1905
From
The
Origins of the San Bernardino Police Department, May 15,
1905
Kathleen (Sullivan), Colline (Percoraro),
Elizabeth (Corley) and Isabel (Kalich - div)
(Good)
From
Descendants of William Laird
Adam
Constance (McDuffee - div) (Lizalde), James
Richard, Jr. and William Laird
From
Descendants of William Laird
Adam
1905
..........
Frederick Orlo and Elizabeth Ann
(Newark)
From
Descendants of
William Laird Adam
1909
..........
James Campbell
Livingston
See also
James Campbell Livingston
Funeral
James C Livingston
Captain Utah Territotial Militia
Indian Wars
Dec 2, 1833 - Oct 17, 1909
Thomas Widdison Livingston (grandson of
Janet Russell and son of Hannah Widdison),
Thomas Edward Livingston, Myrtle, Reed, Eliza Jane, Afton and
Irene (standing in front)
From
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4530667/person/-591771370
From US Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
General Land Office records
See
original document
1910
..........
From US Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
General Land Office records
See
original document
Elizabeth Russell's
son Andrew Wardrobe and his family
Name:
Andrew
M
Wardrobe
Age in
1910:
70
Estimated
Birth Year:
1840
Birthplace:
Scotland
Relation
to Head of House:
Head
Father's
Birth Place:
Scotland
Mother's
Birth Place:
Scotland
Spouse's
Name:
Isabelle
Wardrobe
Home in
1910:
Genesee, Latah,
Idaho
Marital
Status:
Married
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Year of
immigration:
1865
Household
Members:
Name
Age
Andrew M
Wardrobe
70
Isabelle
Wardrobe
57
Mary B Wardrobe
27
John H Wardrobe
22
Andrew C
Wardrobe
22
Melvin Wardrobe
19
Jessie Wardrobe
17
Dewey Wardrobe
12
Bruce Wardrobe
9
William W Gray
56
John Henry, Andrew Charles, and Dewey would all serve in
World War I as well as their brother William.
Elizabeth Russell's
son Robert R. Gray and his family
Name:
Robert
R
Gray
Age in 1910:
57
Birth Year:
1853
Birthplace:
Utah
Home in 1910:
Genesee, Latah, Idaho
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation to Head of House:
Head
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Elizabeth Gray
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Household Members:
Name
Age
Robert R Gray
57
Elizabeth Gray
43
Charles Gray
16
Mary Gray
12
Luceil Gray
8
Cecil Gray
7
Jesse Gray
4
Albert Gray
20
Elizabeth Russell's daughter
Isabella Gray and her family
Name:
Isabelle
Powers
Age in 1910:
60
Birth Year:
1850
Birthplace:
Missouri
Home in 1910:
Sublett, Cassia, Idaho
Race:
White
Gender:
Female
Relation to Head of House:
Wife
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Henry C Powers
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Household Members:
Name
Age
Henry C Powers
64
Isabelle Powers
60
Henry H Powers
22
John Powers
20
Andrew Powers
18
Margaret Powers
26
Paul Malliott
34
James C. Livingston, Jr. and
family
Name:
James
C Livingston
Age in 1910:
52
Birth Year:
1858
Birthplace:
Utah
Home in 1910:
Fountain Green,
Sanpete, Utah
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation to Head of House:
Head
[Self
(Head)]
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Phebe A Livingston
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Household Members:
Name
Age
James C Livingston
52
Phebe A Livingston
53
Ivy Livingston
18
Mabel Livingston
12
James G. Widdison and his
family
Name:
James G.
Widdison
Age in 1910:
57
Birth Year:
1853
Birthplace:
Scotland
Home in 1910:
Hooper,
Weber,
Utah
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Immigration Year:
1857
[1852]
Relation to Head of House:
Head
[Self
(Head)]
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Alice Widdison
Father's Birthplace:
England
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Household Members:
Name
Age
James G. Widdison
57
Alice Widdison
53
Willard Widdison
23
Eugene Widdison
21
Ange Widdison
19
Lucinda Widdison
16
Thomas R Widdison
14
Albert P Widdison
12
Widdison
10
Jennett E Widdison
7
James Gourley Widdison and Family
James G. Widdison, Jr. and his
family
Name:
James
G.
Widdison Jr.
Age in 1910:
30
Birth Year:
1880
Birthplace:
Utah
Home in 1910:
Hooper,
Weber,
Utah
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation to Head of House:
Head
[Self
(Head)]
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Lillian Widdison
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
England
Household Members:
Name
Age
James J Widdison Jr.
30
Lillian Widdison
27
Vilota Widdison
1 10/12
[1]
Marion Widdison
6/12
William C. Adam and his family
Name:
William C
Adam
Birthplace:
California
Home in 1910:
Santa Maria Ward 2, Santa
Barbara,
California
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation to Head of House:
Head
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Ada V Adam
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
Canada English
[Canada]
Household Members:
Name
Age
William C Adam
Ada V Adam
42
Irma K Adam
20
Phyllis E Adam
18
Edna C Adam
16
Leonard H Adam
15
John Grant (son of Robert
Grant and Isabelle Adam) and
Margaret Nish
Name:
John W Fraut
[John W Grant]
[John W Frant]
[John W Grant]
Age in 1910:
71
Birth Year:
abt 1839
Birthplace:
Scotland
Home in 1910:
Cholame, San Luis Obispo, California
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Immigration Year:
1844
[1842]
Relation to Head of House:
Head
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Margaret Fraut
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Household Members:
Name
Age
John W Fraut
71
Margaret Fraut
57
Jessie M Fraut
23
Archie Fraut
19
Izra Fraut
35
Nieles Sutbin
16
John
Alexander Henderson (son of
James Easton and Margaret
Adam Henderson) & Asenia Ferrel Wilson
Name:
John A
Henderson
Age in 1910:
51
Birth Year:
1859
Birthplace:
California
Home in 1910:
San Bernardino Ward 5,
San Bernardino,
California
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation to Head of House:
Head
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Senia Henderson
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Household Members:
Name
Age
John A Henderson
51
Senia Henderson
42
Ronald MacDonald Adam
(son of Alexander Adam
and Esther Bradley) &
Malinda Jane Hardenbrook
and family
Name:
Ronald M Adam
Age in 1910:
25
Birth Year:
abt 1885
Birthplace:
California
Home in 1910:
Township 5, Santa Barbara, California
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation to Head of House:
Head
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Linda J Adam
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
England
Household Members:
Name
Age
Ronald M Adam
25
Linda J Adam
26
Kathryn L Adam
3
John D Adam
1
[1 3/12]
Robert Easton (son
of Jemima Adam and
George Easton) &
Mary Hoey
Name:
Robert Easton
Age in 1910:
56
Birth Year:
abt 1854
Birthplace:
Utah
Home in 1910:
Salinas Ward 3, Monterey, California
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation to Head of House:
Head
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Mary Easton
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Household Members:
Name
Age
Robert Easton
56
Mary Easton
42
Ebeth Easton
20
Horace Easton
16
Helen Easton
14
From US Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
General Land Office records
See
original document
1911
..........
From US Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
General Land Office records
See
original document
1912
..........
Rosie is William Zimry
Adam's wife and Donald
and Velma are their
children
William A. Adam is the
son of Alexander Adam
and Esther Bradley
Charlotte
(Stapley) Hawker,
son-in-law David Glen
Henderson and
Charlotte's daughter,
Matilda (Hawker)
Henderson.
Taken on the occasion of
David and Matilda's 50th
wedding anniversary.
Photo courtesy Chloe
Perdew
Middle row: Grover
Cleveland Henderson;
Robert 'Rob' Roy
Henderson; Nettie
Jeannette (Henderson)
Perdew; William 'Bill'
Penn Henderson; and
Margaret 'Maggie'
(Henderson) Anderson.
Back row: Earle Elmer
Henderson and Walter
'Walt' Scott Henderson.
Pictured up on top left:
Lottie Belle (Henderson)
St. Clair Watson.
Occasion: Matilda and
David's 50th wedding
anniversary.
Photo
courtesy Chloe Perdew
Friends Gather For a
Happy Reunion Event at
the Henderson Home
1914
..........
Austrian Heir and His Wife
Murdered
From New York Times, page 8, June 29,
1914
John
W. Grant 1838-1914
1915
..........
Robert Wardrobe, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Wardrobe of
Genesee
From Idaho
Statesman, Tuesday, February
9, 1915
Robert Wardrobe Resting Easy
- Public Suspects Foul Play
From Idaho
Statesman, Thursday,
February 11, 1915
1917
..........
Draft Registration Card for Andrew Charles Wardrobe, 1917-1918
See
original document
1918
..........
American troops in public Square of Chateau-Thierry after its
capture, July, 1918
Chateau-Thierry, July, 1918, Place de l'Hotel et Rue du Pont
The American Cemetery at "Au Bois Belleau" - Chateau Thierry,
1918
Official History of the Second Engineers in the World
War 1916-1919, by Regimental Headquarters (19MB pdf)
Stephen G. Martinelli, 1843-1918
Photo courtesy
Boyle Family Tree on
ancestry.com
Photo courtesy
Martinelli & Company
Bottling Apple Juice,
October 1917
Photo courtesy
Martinelli & Company
Leask Martinelli, son of the
late pioneer cider manufacturer
of Watsonville and a nephew of
Samuel Leask of this city, Was
married in Holiister yesterday
morning to Miss Gladys Sheehy,
daughter of Mrs. Belle Sheehy of
Watsonville. Rev. P. D. Hassett
was the officiating clergyman.
- Santa Cruz
Evening News, 30 November, 1918
1919
..........
From Roverside Daily Press:
Riverside, California, Tuesday
Evening, April 15, 1919
See
original document
From Riverside Enterprise, Saturday
Morning, May 24, 1919
See
original document
From Riverside Enterprise, Saturday
Morning, August 30, 1919
See
original document
John Alexander Henderson, the popular and efficient mayor of San
Bernardino from May, 1919, to May, 1921.
From
History of San Bernardino and
Riverside counties with selected biography of actors and witnesses
of the period of growth and achievement. (Volume 2) - Brown, John
Elizabeth Russell's
son Andrew Wardrobe and his family
Name:
A
M
Wardrobe
Home in 1920:
Genesee,
Latah,
Idaho
Age:
80
[30]
Estimated
Birth Year:
abt 1840
Birthplace:
Scotland
Relation to
Head of House:
Self
(Head)
Spouse's
Name:
Isabel
Wardrobe
Father's
Birth Place:
Scotland
Mother's
Birth Place:
Scotland
Marital
Status:
Married
Race:
White
Sex:
Male
Home owned:
Own
Year of
immigration:
1835
Able to read:
Yes
Able to
Write:
Yes
Household
Members:
Name
Age
A M
Wardrobe
80
Isabel Wardrobe
64
Andrew Chas Wardrobe
31
John
Henry Wardrobe
31
Della
Wardrobe
31
[35]
Dewey
Ray Wardrobe
22
Bruce
Harold Wardrobe
19
Robert R. Widdison
Name:
Robert R
Weddeson
Age:
75
Birth Year:
abt 1845
Birthplace:
Scotland
Home in 1920:
Salt Lake City Ward 3, Salt
Lake,
Utah
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Immigration Year:
1853
Relation to Head of House:
Self
(Head)
[Head]
Marital Status:
Widowed
[Widow]
Father's Birthplace:
England
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Home Owned:
Own
Able to Read:
Yes
Able to Write:
Yes
Household Members:
Name
Age
Robert R Weddeson
75
James Gourley Widdison and family
Name:
James G
Widdison
Age:
67
Birth Year:
abt 1853
Birthplace:
Scotland
Home in 1920:
Hooper, Weber,
Utah
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Immigration Year:
1880
Relation to Head of
House:
Self
(Head)
Marital Status:
Widowed
Father's
Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's
Birthplace:
Scotland
Home Owned:
Own
Able to Read:
Yes
Able to Write:
Yes
Household Members:
Name
Age
James G Widdison
67
Thomas R Widdison
24
Gilbert P Widdison
21
Arvella Widdison
19
Janette Widdison
17
James G. Widdison, Jr. and family
Name:
James G
Widdison Jr
Age:
40
Birth Year:
abt 1880
Birthplace:
Utah
Home in 1920:
Hooper,
Weber,
Utah
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation to Head of
House:
Self
(Head)
[Head]
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Lillian G Widdison
Father's
Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's
Birthplace:
England
Home Owned:
Own
Able to Read:
Yes
Able to Write:
Yes
Household Members:
Name
Age
James G Widdison
40
Lillian G Widdison
36
Vilate Widdison
11
Marion Widdison
10
Elbert G Widdison
8
Howard J Widdison
6
Margaret Widdison
4
Milton G Widdison
3
A Marie Widdison
0
James C. Livingston, Jr. and his
family
Name:
James C
Livingston
Age:
60
Birth Year:
abt 1860
Birthplace:
Utah
Home in 1920:
Fountain Green, Sanpete,
Utah
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation to Head of House:
Self
(Head)
[Head]
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Phebe Livingston
Father's Birthplace:
England
Mother's name:
Sarah Livingston
Mother's Birthplace:
England
Home Owned:
Own
Able to Read:
Yes
Able to Write:
Yes
Household Members:
Name
Age
James C Livingston
60
Phebe Livingston
63
Sarah Livingston
89
James Adam Easton
(son of James Easton and Agnes Adam)
and James Mace Easton & Aliph Keeney
Name:
James
Easton
Age:
66
Birth Year:
abt 1854
Birthplace:
Missouri
Home in 1920:
Nansene,
Wasco,
Oregon
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation to Head of House:
Father
Marital Status:
Widowed
[Widow]
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Able to read:
Yes
Able to Write:
Yes
Household Members:
Name
Age
Jem Easton
32
Aliph Easton
25
James Easton
66
John
Alexander Henderson (son of James
Easton and Margaret Adam Henderson) & Asenia Ferrel Wilson
Name:
John A
Henderson
Age:
62
Birth Year:
abt 1858
Birthplace:
California
Home in 1920:
San Bernardino,
San Bernardino,
California
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation to Head of House:
Head
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Acenia F Henderson
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Home Owned:
Own
Able to Read:
Yes
Able to Write:
Yes
Household Members:
Name
Age
John A Henderson
62
Acenia F Henderson
59
Alexander Adam (son of William
Thom Adam & Isobel Laird) with
son William A. Adam
Name:
Alexander Adam
Age:
77
Birth Year:
abt 1843
Birthplace:
Scotland
Home in 1920:
Palo Verde, Riverside, California
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Immigration Year:
1857
Relation to Head of House:
Head
Marital Status:
Widowed
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Home Owned:
Own
Able to Read:
Yes
Able to Write:
Yes
Household Members:
Name
Age
Alexander Adams
77
William A Adams
42
Horace Robert Easton (son of Robert
Easton and Mary Hoey) and Lida Hyatt
Name:
Horace
R
Easton
Age:
26
Birth
Year:
abt 1894
Birthplace:
California
Home in
1920:
Bradley,
Monterey,
California
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation
to Head
of
House:
Head
Marital
Status:
Married
Spouse's
Name:
Lida
L
Easton
Father's
Birthplace:
Utah
Mother's
Birthplace:
California
Home
Owned:
Own
Able to
Read:
Yes
Able to
Write:
Yes
Household
Members:
Name
Age
Horace R Easton
26
Lida L Easton
26
Rockwell R Easton
0
[2/12]
Helen L Easton
23
1921
..........
John H. Wardrobe, 1889 - 1920
US Signal Corps
1922
..........
Father, Andrew M. Wardrobe, Aug 3, 1837 - March 6, 1922
James A. Easton, May 29, 1853 - April 1, 1922
Nettie Moad His Wife Nov 27, 1862 - April 13, 1913
R. R. Gray, Jan 15, 1852 - Sept 28, 1922, May He Rest In
Peace
1923
..........
1924
..........
1928
..........
1930
..........
Robert, William and Andrew Charles
Wardrobe
William Wardrobe (43), Robert Wardrobe (53)
and Andrew Wardrobe (38)
William C. Adam
(son of William Laird Adam and Elizabeth
O'Conner) & Ada Vera Kelley
Name:
William C
Adam
Gender:
Male
Birth Year:
abt 1862
Birthplace:
California
Race:
White
Home in 1930:
Santa Maria, Santa Barbara,
California
Marital Status:
Married
Relation to Head of House:
Head
Spouse's Name:
Ada B Adam
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
Canada English
Household Members:
Name
Age
William C Adam
68
Ada B Adam
64
Irma K Adam
40
Ronald McDonald Adam & Linda Jane
Hardenbrook and family
Name:
Ronald
M
Adam
Gender:
Male
Birth
Year:
abt 1885
Birthplace:
California
Race:
White
Home in
1930:
Lompoc,
Santa
Barbara,
California
Marital
Status:
Married
Relation
to Head
of
House:
Head
Spouse's
Name:
Linda J
Adam
Father's
Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's
Birthplace:
England
Household
Members:
Name
Age
Ronald M Adam
45
Linda J Adam
45
Kathryn L Adam
23
J Donald Adam
21
Kenneth L Adam
13
John
Alexander Henderson (son of James
Easton and Margaret Adam Henderson) & Asenia Ferrel Wilson
Name:
John A
Henderson
Gender:
Male
Birth Year:
abt 1858
Birthplace:
California
Race:
White
Home in 1930:
San Bernardino, San
Bernardino, California
Street Address:
MT Vernon St
Marital Status:
Married
Relation to Head of
House:
Head
Spouse's Name:
Asinia Henderson
Father's Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:
Scotland
Household Members:
Name
Age
John A Henderson
72
Asinia Henderson
63
Horace Robert Easton (son of Robert
Easton and Mary Hoey) and Lida Hyatt
Name:
Horace
Easton
Gender:
Male
Birth
Year:
abt
1893
Birthplace:
California
Race:
White
Home
in
1930:
Bradley,
Monterey,
California
Marital
Status:
Married
Relation
to
Head
of
House:
Head
Spouse's
Name:
Lydia
L
Easton
Father's
Birthplace:
Utah
Mother's
Birthplace:
California
Household
Members:
Name
Age
Horace Easton
37
Lydia L Easton
37
Robert R Easton
10
Marjorie Easton
8
Phyllis A Easton
5
Helen Jean Easton
3
[3 10/12]
Margaret Nish Grant and daughter
Jessie
Name:
Margaret
Grant
Gender:
Female
Birth
Year:
abt
1852
Birthplace:
Utah
Race:
White
Home
in
1930:
Cholame,
San
Luis
Obispo,
California
Marital
Status:
Widowed
Relation
to
Head
of
House:
Head
Father's
Birthplace:
Scotland
Mother's
Birthplace:
Scotland
Household
Members:
Name
Age
Margaret Grant
78
Jessie M Grant
43
1931
..........
Jessie Grant dies in Paso
See
original
document
Saturday, May
2, 1931 Paper: San Luis Obispo Daily
Telegram (San Luis Obispo, CA) Page: 1
Mother, Isabell Wardrobe, July 9, 1855 - Nov 13, 1931
1932
..........
Mrs. Margaret Grant, 79
W. W. Gray, Feb 14, 1854 - Sept 15, 1932
1933
..........
Map showing James G. Easton, Easton Canyon,
Wasco County, Oregon, 1933
1934
..........
The quarrying of these boulders
was begun about 1862 by James C.
Livingston
Boy Scouts of East Jordan Stake
and Utah Pioneer Trails and
Landmarks Association
1938
..........
1940
..........
Robert S. Wardrobe 1875 - 1940
Powers, Henry
C. & Isabell
William C. Adam
Name:
William
Adams
Respondent:
Yes
Age:
79
Estimated Birth Year:
abt 1861
Gender:
Male
Race:
White
Birthplace:
California
Marital Status:
Married
Relation to Head of
House:
Head
Home in 1940:
Santa Maria, Santa
Barbara,
California
Street:
W Main Street
House Number:
1035
Farm:
No
Inferred Residence in
1935:
Santa Maria, Santa
Barbara,
California
Residence in 1935:
Same House
Sheet Number:
4B
Number of Household in
Order of Visitation:
117
Household Members:
Name
Age
William Adams
79
Ada B Adams
71
Irma Pratt
52
1943
..........
Wilmot A. Easton, Oregon,
Pvt. 44 Inf. 13 Div., May
25, 1943
1944
..........
1945
..........
Andrew C. Wardrobe, Idaho, CPL 13 Sanitary In, World War
I, Jan 21, 1889 - June 4, 1945
1947
..........
1960
..........
William Wardrobe, Idaho, QM2 US Navy, World War I, Jan
9, 1888 - June 9, 1960
1961
..........
1864 - 1961
Funeral Services for John T. Burke
1962
..........
Mr. and Mrs. John Irving Easton
The Sunday Oregonian, December 9,
1962
The Eastons have three children:
Franklin B. Easton of Salem, Ohio;
Clarence I. Easton, Portland; and
Mrs. Clarence Illk, Portland
Mrs. Clarence Illk is Elvera Bernice
Easton (1926-2012)
1963
..........
Horace Robert Easton,
California, Pvt US Army, World
War I
Aug 28, 1893 - Jan 19,1963
See
Application for
Headstone or Marker
See also
Findagrave for
Horace Robert Easton
1965
..........
William Gray, from Spokane Daily Chronicle, Feb
10, 1965
Melvin G. Wardrobe, Feb 24, 1891 - Feb 12, 1965, God is
our refuge and strength
1968
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Teressa Euphrozyne "Effie" 1891-1969
John Irving Easton 1890-1968
1970
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Dewey R. Wardrobe, Idaho, CPL Engineer Corps, World War
I, Sept 21, 1897 - April 1, 1970
1978
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1979
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Biography of Andrew Wardrobe c. 1979
From Burke Corsten
Family Tree on Ancestry.com
Ed Note:
Andrew Wardrobe's step-father was
John Gray. Bruce Wardrobe's
grandfather was Andrew Wardrobe
(died
May 27, 1838).
Dell N. Easton, April 16, 1916 -
March 9, 1990
World War II, Sgt 1st Class,
3138 Signal Motor Messenger
Corps
1991
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1994
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Virginia R. Easton May 5, 1908 - Nov 13,
1994
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Frances E. Mayer 1906-2007
2008
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Louie George Schreiber Nov 12,
1911 - Jan 3, 2008
Faye Elizabeth Schreiber Feb 26,
1919 - Nov 23, 1996
Brothers Robert and Terry Sheehy
From Santa Maria
Valley by Carina Monica Montoya
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