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Maria Ann Cook By Emily Tyler I remember only one of my grandparents, Maria Ann Cook Bezzant.  The last years of her life she lived in our home and this is where I remember her. Maria Ann was born into a stalwart English family in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England on 27 March 1837.  Her father, Cotton [...]

Thomas and Sarah Smith Cobbley by their sons; Robert J. and Charles A. Cobbley Thomas Cobbley was born Jan 15th 1818 in Barham, Northampton, Eng.  He was the son of Thomas Cobbley, who was born in 1758 and Ann Bird, born in 1750 in Northampton, England.  Thomas, Sr. And Ann had seven children; John, Thomas, [...]

Biographical Record of Salt Lake City and Vicinity, National Historical Record Co., Chicago, 1902, P. 270-271. (See http://www.archive.org/details/biographicalreco01chic.) ARTHUR MAXWELL, Bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, for the Peoa Ward. Summit Stake of Zion. A native of Utah himself, he comes from that sturdy Scotch stock which has been an honor to [...]

Elizabeth McAuslin born 16 Feb. 1852 Barony Parish, Brighton Lanark, Scotland. Her parents, William McAuslin born Abt. 1801 or Aug. 1804, place Glasgow Scotland, and Jane Kennedy born July 1803 at Concaddens, Lanark, Scotland Died about 1865. Elizabeth had four brothers John born abt. 1827 died abt, 1829, James born 8-9 July, 1858, Alexander born [...]

HI-LIGHTS OF THE LAST TWO YEARS OF ENID’S LIFE AS WRITTEN BY HER HUSBAND WARD W. BLAZZARD Enid and Beth worked hard together on their family geneology. She had quite a faith promotion experience when she was directed by the sprit of someone from beyond in getting a date very impertnent to her Grandmother Hall [...]

MY STORY March 1957 I was born 6 Dec. 1915 at my grandmother Steven’s home in Oakley, Utah. My grandfather, William Henry Stevens, had died long before I was born, but his widow, Eliza Horton, still lived in her home. My mother was born 21 July 1886 and given the name of Nettie Jane. My [...]

*This is one of two versions written by Marlene Call Walker. This is the more detailed: for a summary go here. by Marlene Call Walker I have loved getting to know my great-great-grandmother, Helen Condie Thackeray. The lineage of her paternal grandmother, Jean Russell, can be traced back to James I of Scotland and Robert [...]

Prepared by Aimee Walker—granddaughter Margaret Foutz Walker, daughter of Bishop Jacob and Margaret Munn Foutz, was born in Adams County, Illinois, on the 16th day of October 1839.  Her childhood was spent in that state until 1846, when the saints were driven west, making temporary stops at Garden Grove and Winter Quarters.