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Marinda Allen Bateman (1838-1919) was a Utah pioneer and midwife.
Marinda Allen was born 21 June 1838 in Jamaica, Queens, New York to Daniel R. Allen and Eliza Martin. She was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1847, and emigrated to Utah in 1853. In 1853 she met Samuel Bateman, and they married on 27 November 1854 in West Jordan, Utah. They were later sealed in the Endowment House in March 1861. Samuel and Marinda had 13 children together.
Marinda serve as president of the Relief Society in West Jordan. We also raised chickens, ducks, and geese and used their feathers to make bed ticks and pillows. Marinda was a registered midwife in the Salt Lake Valley and helped deliver over 700 babies.
Marinda Allen Bateman died on 18 March 1919 in West Jordan, Utah, during the influenza epidemic.
Citation:
findagrave.com, 3 September 2020 (Marinda Allen Bateman (1838-1919) was a Utah pioneer and midwife. Marinda Allen was born 21 June 1838 in Jamaica, Queens, New York to Daniel R. Allen and Eliza Martin; baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1847; emigrated to Utah in 1853; met Samuel Bateman; married on 27 November 1854 in West Jordan, Utah; later sealed in the Endowment House in March 1861; Samuel and Marinda had 13 children together; served as president of the Relief Society in West Jordan; raised chickens, ducks, and geese and used their feathers to make bed ticks and pillows; was a registered midwife in the Salt Lake Valley and helped deliver over 700 babies; died on 18 March 1919 in West Jordan, Utah, during the influenza epidemic)
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Digital Record
Identifier: MSS128_F1_B1_F7
File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197227633978], Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 128 File 1
Scope and Contents
This folder includes typescripts of a series of letters and other writings related to Bateman's different ventures from 1869 to 1886. Much of the correspondence is with Bateman's wife, Marinda Allen Bateman, documenting the hardships of this period of their life. The first letters document his call to settle southern Utah, eventually ending up in Long Valley, near present day Orderville. Bateman was asked to go without his family, leaving his wife and sons to tend their farm in West Jordan....
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1868-1886
