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Goulding, Mary Luella Merza Young, 1880-1965

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1880 - 1965

Biography

Mary Luella Merza Young Goulding (1880-1965) was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints living in Salt Lake City and Chicago.

Mary Luella Merza Young Goulding was born on October 31, 1880 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Luella Lucy Cobb and John Willard Young. She lived in Utah until 1905, when she moved to Southampton, Hampshire, UK. She immigrated back to the United States in 1909 through New York, before marrying Howard Oliver MacNeal Goulding on November 23, 1909 in Wheaton, DuPage, Illinois. After they were married, they moved to New York City where Mary Young Victoria Goulding was born in 1912. By 1920, the family had moved to Salt Lake City. They relocated to Chicago in 1929, where they lived for the next few decades.

Goulding died January 11, 1965 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Citation:
Findagrave.com, November 6, 2018 (B. 31 Oct 1880 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Luella Lucy Cobb and John Willard Young; lived in Utah until 1905, then moved to Southampton, Hampshire, UK; immigrated to United States in 1909 through New York; m. Howard Oliver MacNeal Goulding on 23 Nov 1909 in Wheaton, DuPage, Illinois; moved to New York City where Mary Young Victoria Goulding was born in 1912; family had moved to Salt Lake City in 1920; relocated to Chicago in 1929, where they lived for the next few decades; Goulding died 11 Jan 1965 in Salt Lake City, Utah)

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Mary Stovall Richards collection of family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8247
Scope and Contents Contains materials collected by Mary Stovall Richards pertaining to herself, her mother Victoria Goulding Stovall, and her grandmother Mary Luella Merza Young Goulding. Includes papers relating to the family in the forms of correspondence and home reference books. Also includes arts related materials gathered from patronizing the ballet, opera, and plays in Chicago, Illinois and church papers gathered through membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also includes...
Dates: 1838-1991

Stovall family arts papers, 1929-1951

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8247 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Series includes papers relating to the art scene in Chicago, Illinois collected mostly through Victoria Goulding Stovall’s patronage. Includes programs, playbills, and newsletters relating to Chicago’s ballet companies, theatres, symphonies and operas. Materials dated 1908-1977.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1929-1951

Stovall family church papers, 1933-1991

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8247 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Series includes papers relating to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Papers include booklets on Church exhibitions, LDS ward directories, Relief Society lessons and courses of study. Generated from the family’s activity in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, specifically Victoria Goulding Stovall’s activity in the Greenville Ward in Greenville, Mississippi. Materials dated 1933-1991.

Dates: 1933-1991

Stovall family newspaper clippings, 1913-1963

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8247 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains newspaper clippings of major historical events. Clippings were saved by Mary Luella Merza Young Goulding and/or Victoria Goulding Stovall, probably in Chicago, Illinois. Materials dated 1913-1963.

Dates: 1913-1963

Stovall family papers, 1838-1977

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8247 Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains papers relating to the family of Mary Stovall Richards, her mother, Victoria Goulding Stovall and her grandmother, Mary Luella Merza Young Goulding. Includes books on mothering and cooking as well as French children’s booklets used in raising the family. Also includes correspondence with other family members and family friends, and biographical information variously compiled by the three women for genealogical purposes. Majority of the items are from the family’s time in Chicago,...
Dates: 1838-1977

J. Wesley Young letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312818]
Identifier: MSS SC 1450
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of handwritten letter by J. Wesley Young in New York to his sister Mary Luella Merza Young Goulding in California. Young informs his sister of the death of their father John W. Young on March 10, 1924.

Dates: 1924

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 4
Collection 2
 
Subject
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 2
Books 2
Chicago (Ill.) 2
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 2
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 2