Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Mormon Overland Pioneer Database: Part 3

Part 2 of this series is here.

This post is about the family of Joseph Knight, Jr., my 4th great grandfather.  They traveled in the Benjamin Hawkins Company.  This company traveled from Kanesville (now Council Bluffs,) Iowa on June 5, 1850.  They arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah on September 9th, 1850.  This company traveled by wagon.

Traveling with the family was Joseph Knight Jr., his wife Betsey Covert, Martha, Mary, Rhoda (my 3rd great grandmother), and Ellen.

Monday, May 21, 2012

Wallace Taft Washburn (1858-1915): Photo



This is a photo of my 2nd great grandfather Wallace Taft Washburn.  The back of the photo says he is in the center and also says he is second from the left.  I presume that he is the short one with the big mustache in the middle of the 3 men in the foreground.

Wallace worked on the railroad in Utah.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Herman Fredrick Ferdinand Thorup: Tragedy



I found this very well done post (and the picture above) about Herman Fredrick Ferdinand Thorup on a blog called the Renstrom Record that was created by another descendant of Herman F. F. Thorup.  It discusses the death of his first wife, Sophia Augusta Johnson, and their 4 children.  It truly was a loss too great.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Mormon Overland Pioneer Database: Part 2

This is the second post on the Mormon Overland Pioneer Database.  This first is here and is about the Henry Maiben Family.

This post concerns the family of John Paternoster Sqiures, my third great grandfather.  This family, like the family of Henry Maiben, also crossed the plains with the Jacob Gates Company in 1853. The company left Keokuk, Iowa on June 3rd, 1853 and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley September 26-30 of that same year.
Traveling with the family was John Paternoster Squires, his wife Catherine Harriet Fell, and their children Mary, John Fell Squires (My 2nd great grandfather), Richard, and Henry.  Their son Richard died along the trail on September 12th about 200 miles from Salt Lake City.

This except from the life of my 2nd great grandfather John Fell Squires that can be found in the database is interesting as it talks about meeting his future wife (He was 6 or 7 years old on the trip.).

"There was a little black eyed curly headed girl [Alice Penn Maiben] under six years of age. Her Father’s [Henry Maiben’s] wagon was next to ours most of the way. She was gritty and tougher than myself. She truged along day after day walking nearly the entire distance from the Missouri River to S.L. City.

I used to watch her at this and I might say kept my eye on her until we grew up and became husband and wife. Since then she has kept her eye on me."

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Annie Eliza Sheen (1860-1945): Obituary


This is the obituary for my 2nd great grandmother, Annie Eliza Sheen.  She was married to Neriah Thomas Moore Jr.  I believe this came from the Ogden, Utah paper.  She passed away on June 20, 1945.

This second image came from a church newsletter following her death.