52 Ancestors Week 27 - John Francis Turner

John Francis Turner was born on July 13, 1853, in Batesville, Ohio. He was the 2nd of 12 children born to John E Turner and Elizabeth DeLong. According to census records he worked on his family's farm until he got married.

John Francis Turner married Catherine Louise Butler on February 18, 1874, in Belmont, Ohio. John and Catherine had 10 children. They lived in Ohio for a long time farming, then becoming a teamster. by 1910 they moved to Brooke County West Virginia and he went back to farming.

He died in Follansbee, WV on July 2, 1912.

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Parents:
John E. Turner (1827–1900)
Elizabeth DeLong (1834–1894)

Siblings:
Charles T. Turner (1851–1908)
Lydia C Turner (1855–1892)
Mary L. Turner (1856–1888)
William H. Turner (1858–1887)
Alcinda Turner (1860–1940)
Johannah Theresa Turner (1862–1878)
Elisabeth Jean Turner (1864–1892)
Emma (Peggy) Turner (1866–1933)
Owen Turner (1869–1888)
Lewis Allen Turner (1870–1921)
Matilda Turner (1872–1879)

Spouse
Catherine Louise Butler (1857–1939)

Children:  
Henry Sylvester Turner (1874–1929)
Joseph Francis Turner (1876–1920)
Elanor Turner (1880–1894)
Anna Turner (1882–1930)
Clara Turner (1885–1942)
Lawrence A Turner (1889–1966)
George G. Turner (1892–1936)
Estella Marie Turner (1894–1935)
Grace Elizabeth Turner (1896–1923)
Fredrick Francis Turner (1898–1952)

52 Ancestors Week 26 - Fanny Boweter

Fanny Boweter was born on June 2, 1866, in Yorkshire, England. She was the 4th of 7 children born to William Boweter and Emma Beddoes. She grew up in the Yorkshire area until the age of 17 when she and her family immigrated to Utah. She, her mother, and her younger siblings were on the SS Nevada from Liverpool to New York in 1883. Her father had immigrated the year before to get things ready for the family to come.

On August 10, 1885 she married Frank Hyrum Merryweather in Winter Quarters, Utah. Together Frank and Fanny had 13 children, 4 of whom died in infancy.

Fanny Boweter Merryweather died of pneumonia on February 21, 1951, in Cedar City, Utah, when she was 84 years old.

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Parents:
William Boweter (1841–1911)
Emma Beddoes (1835–1915)

Siblings:
Job Beddoes (1857–1923)
John Edward Beddoes (1860–1958)
John Boweter (1861–?)
Emma Boweter (1868–1948)
Sarah Jane Boweter (1874–1954)
William Benjamin Boweter (1876–1942)

Spouse: Frank Hyrum Merryweather (1864-1947)

Children:
Sarah Ethel Merryweather 1886–1944
Emma Minnie Merryweather 1887–1962
Frank Albert Merryweather 1889–1971
William Mark Merryweather 1891–1985
Eva Kate Merryweather 1892–1941
Oliver Austin Merryweather 1895–1895
Austin Oliver Merryweather 1895–1958
Zilpha Frances Merryweather 1897–1984
Baby Merryweather  1900–1900
Raymond Earl Merryweather  1901–1990
Daughter Merryweather  1903–1903
Baby Merryweather  1904–1904
Walter LeRoy Merryweather 1905–1984

52 Ancestors Week 25- William Ellison

William Ellison was born on August 30, 1863, in Nottingham, England to Sarah Hemmingway and John Ellison Jr. His mother became a Mormon, but his father never joined the church. His father was killed in a boat accident in England. After his father's death William was baptized a Mormon. His mother eventually remarried once in America.

On 2 September 1872 William, his mother and 3 of his sisters left England and moved to Utah. William married Lovina Clarissa Dye 17 January 1884 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City.

William worked for Provo Woolen Mills, but work was slow, so he went out of town to Salt Lake to work at Deseret Woolen Mills. Lovina had their first child, Sarah, October 24th 1884, William was able to visit for a few days before having to go back to work. Between work at the Deseret Woolen Mills, Provo Woolen Mills and working on the Dye farm, they were able to move out on their own. They rented one room for 2 dollars a month from Sidney Bailey. While at the Bailey's house they had their second child, John.

In March 1887 they rented a house and 2 lots for 3 dollars a month, and could make improvements to the property for part of the rent. They grew a lot of their own food, as well as having a cow, a pig and some chickens. By the end of 1887 they had their third child, Clarissa. In January 1888 they bought a house for 300 dollars, fully paying it off in January 1889.

They stayed in the Provo area the rest of their lives. They had 10 more children, the last two being born after they started having grandkids. Their 7th child, Richard Heber, died of croup at 5 years old, but all the others survived to adulthood.

William Ellison died on March 12, 1921, in Provo, Utah, when he was 57 years old.

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Parents:
John Ellison 1830–1868
Sarah Hemmingway 1827–1914

Siblings:
Henry Ellison 1852–1912
Alfred Ellison 1854–1870
Arthur Ellison 1856–?
Elizabeth Ann Ellison 1858–1933
Mary (Polly) Ellison 1861–1940
Sarah Ellison1865–1924

Spouse:
Lovina Clarissa Dye 1865–1922

Children:
Sarah Ellison 1884–1964
John William Ellison 1885–1968
Clarissa Ellison 1887–1967
Grace Ellison 1889–1956
Alfred Ray Ellison 1890–1969
Ida Lovina Ellison 1892–1980
Richard Heber Ellison 1895–1900
Elizabeth Ellison 1897–1969
Arthur Albert Ellison 1899–1931
Orena Ellison 1901–1987
Kate Ellison 1903–1990
Ralph Edmund Ellison 1907–1982

52 Ancestors Week 24- Frank Merryweather

Frank Hyrum Merryweather was born on April 30, 1864, in Newton, England to Sarah Ann Thick and Mark Merryweather. He was the second of nine children. His father died when he was 14. While in England he became a Mormon. He immigrated to America in July 1880 on the ship Wisconsin, coming into New York from Liverpool, along with many other Mormons.

On 10 September 1884 Frank became a US Citizen, while living in Utah. Frank married Fanny Boweter on August 10, 1885, in Winter Quarters, Utah. Together Frank and Fanny had 13 children, 4 of whom died in infancy. He spent much of his adult life as a farmer and butcher.

Frank Hyrum Merryweather died on December 3, 1947, in Cedar City, Utah, when he was 83 years old.


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Parents:
Mark Merryweather 1836–1879
Sarah Ann Thick 1833–1894

Siblings:
Walter Mark Merryweather 1859–1922
Sarah Kate Merryweather1861–1869
Ernest Alfred Merryweather1867–1867
Minnie Merryweather1869–1875
Albert Edwin Merryweather1871–1947
Eva Kate Merryweather1873–1952
Annie Minnie Merryweather1875–1902
Ernest Alfred Merryweather1878–1879

Spouse:
Fanny Boweter 1866–1951

Children:
Sarah Ethel Merryweather 1886–1944
Emma Minnie Merryweather 1887–1962
Frank Albert Merryweather 1889–1971
William Mark Merryweather 1891–1985
Eva Kate Merryweather 1892–1941
Oliver Austin Merryweather 1895–1895
Austin Oliver Merryweather 1895–1958
Zilpha Frances Merryweather 1897–1984
Baby Merryweather  1900–1900
Raymond Earl Merryweather  1901–1990
Daughter Merryweather  1903–1903
Baby Merryweather  1904–1904
Walter LeRoy Merryweather 1905–1984

52 Ancestors Week 23- Mary Ann Gregory

Mary Ann Gregory was born on April 30, 1852, in Yorkshire, England to Mary Ann Alderson and Robert Gregory. She was the oldest of 8 children. Shortly after her birth the family moved to Durham county.
Mary Ann married Edward Edwards on November 6, 1869, in Durham, England, when she was 17 years old.
In May 1875 Mary Ann and Edward immigrated on the Adriatic from Liverpool to New York. They moved directly to Pennsylvania where they had 3 sons. Then they started moving west. In 1887 they had another son in Iowa, and then moved on the Nebraska where they had 2 more sons. By 1909 they had moved to Colorado.
In 1923 Edward died. Mary Ann Gregory died on May 5, 1926, in Paonia, Colorado, when she was 74 years old.

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Parents
Robert Gregory 1826–?
Mary Ann Alderson 1831–?

Siblings
Jane Gregory 1857–1930
Robert Gregory 1860–?
William Gregory 1862–1900
Isabella Gregory 1864–?
Margaret Ellen Gregory 1865–?
Elizabeth Gregory 1868–1901
John S. Gregory 1874–1951

Spouse
Edward Edwards 1848–1923

Children:
John Edwards 1877–1953
Eddie Edwards 1879–?
William Edwards 1882–1909
Henry Edwards  1887–1912
Thomas Edwards 1888–1931
Robert Edwards 1894–1961

52 Ancestors Week 22- Dietrich Hasemeyer

Dietrich Henry Hasemeyer was born on March 4, 1859, in Germany to Sophia and William Fredrick Hasemeyer. He had one brother names William.
According to census records the Hasemeyer family immigrated around 1879 from Germany to America. Dietrich married Magda Sophia Elizabeth Schmidt on January 2, 1889, in Pueblo, Colorado.
In the following 5 years they had 4 children, 2 girls and then 2 boys. He lived in Colorado most of his adult life and worked as a carpenter. He was sometimes known as Kietrich Hasemeyer.
5 months before his death he moved to Utah to be closer to his children, who were coal miners. He died of a sudden heart attack on November 2, 1925, in Price, Utah, when he was 66 years old.

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Parents:
William Fredrick Hasemeyer 1833–1890
Sophia 1837–1900

Siblings:
William Hasemeyer

Spouse:
Magda Sophia Elizabeth Schmidt 1865–1949

Children:
Flora Sophia Maggie Hasemeyer 1889–1991
Mabel Wilhemina Etta Hasemeyer 1890–1982
Clyde Frederick Henry Hasemeyer 1893–1986
Elmer August Hasemeyer 1894–1979

52 Ancestors Week 21- Irma Henri

Irma Henri was born on July 6, 1872, in Châtelineau, Belgium to Adele Dumont and Jean Baptiste Henri. She had at least 1 older sister, Maria Celina Henri.
Irma and Emile Piraux had a daughter, Helene, on November 14, 1897, in Charleroi, Belgium. Irma married Emile Francois Joseph Piraux on August 6, 1898, in Châtelineau, Belgium, when she was 26 years old. Helene passed away on January 28, 1899.
They had 2 more children while living in Belgium: Marcelin Leopold Joseph Piraux and Josephine Maria Piraux. Then in Dec 1901 they all immigrated to America on the SS Nederland from Antwerp to Philadelphia.
They moved around Washington and Allegheny counties in Pennsylvania for several years, having 5 more children. The youngest, Ector, is only recorded on the naturalization papers for Emile (and family), so we assume he died in infancy.
In 1929 Emile died. Irma died on July 4, 1947, in Smith, Pennsylvania, when she was 74 years old, of a Cerebral Hemorrhage. 

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Parents:
Jean Baptiste Henri 1840–
Adele Dumont

Siblings:
Maria Celina Henri 1868–?

Spouse:
Emile Francois Joseph Piraux 1871–1929

Children:
Helene Piraux 1897–1899
Marcelin Leopold Joseph Piraux 1899–1910
Josephine Maria Piraux 1901–1953
Adele Pireaux 1903–1940
Joseph Pireaux 1905–?
Louise Pireaux 1907–?
Amil (Emile) J. Pireaux 1911–1977
Ector Piraux  1914–?