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Family histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 639 Collections and/or Records:

Jean Rio Griffiths Baker Pearce letters and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9000
Scope and Contents

Collection comprises a series of letters written by Jane Rio Baker to her children (including William George Baker); a photocopy of Jane's obituary; William George Baker's letter to his son Josiah Elliot Baker; and a scrapbook containing family photos, pedigree charts, and other family history-related materials on Jane Rio Baker's family. Materials dated 1843-1960.

Dates: 1843-1960

Esther Penrose family record

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241389]
Identifier: MSS SC 432
Scope and Contents

Bound volume of 114 pages of records of temple ordinances and family and personal history.

Dates: 1896-1924

Personal history of Austin George Hunt, date of production not identified

 File — Box 2: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232592144], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 8235 Series 2

Peter Gottfredson and Alice Adell Keeler Hatch Gottfredson family papers, 1865-2001

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7615 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains the papers of both Peter Gottfredson and Alice Hatch Gottfredson and dates between 1865 and 2001. Peter's materials include his research work on the Indian Wars, and his own account of Gottfredson and Gledhill family history. Alice's papers include photographs, newspaper clippings, a significant amount of correspondence, and family history records of the Keeler and Hatch families. Materials dated approximately 1865-2001.

Dates: 1865-2001

Peter Gottfredson and Gledhill family history and genealogy : 1810-1930, approximately 1900-1934

 File — Carton 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233637401], Folder: 4-6
Identifier: MSS 7615 Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains one book compiled by Peter Gottfredson that includes his own autobiography, a Jens Gottfredson biography and detailed family history and posterity record, and a brief history of the Edward and Betty Hague Gledhill family. The Peter Gottfredson autobiography includes details of his career and family life, but also details his experience in the Utah Indian Wars, particularly between 1865 and 1867. Many of the stories he relates in the autobiography (pages 74-93) are fleshed out in...
Dates: approximately 1900-1934

Peter Shelton Gottfredson cards and correspondence, 1949

 File — Carton 5: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233637443], Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS 7615 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes congratulations and sympathy cards, correspondence, and funeral memorabilia regarding the birth and death of Irma and David's fifth child, Peter Shelton Gottfredson. Materials dated 1949.

Dates: 1949

Phillip R. Kunz papers on family history, approximately 1884-1981

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8025 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains materials related to Kunz's family history, including "Highlights from Histories of Kunz and Schmid Ancestors," which include accounts of the early history of the Kunz family, and tales of their lives, the mission journal of John Kunz, Jr. from 1884-1886 and the diary of Ezra L. Kunz from 1906-1909, kept on their missions to Germany and Switzerland, and biographies of individuals, including Rosetta Lena Boss Olsen and Emil Welhelm Stoor. Dated from approximately 1884 to 1981.

Dates: approximately 1884-1981

Phippen family family histories

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241850]
Identifier: MSS SC 504
Scope and Contents

Collection includes information concerning a family who were converts to Mormonism and settlers of Utah. Also includes a letter concerning the creation of the collection.

Dates: 1975

The poet's wife / Naomi Barlow Larson

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8325
Scope and Contents

Autobiography written by Larson, which includes information about her ancestors, husband and children, church and public service, hobbies, and travels. Also includes a flash drive that contains the appendix materials. Dated approximately 2010.

Dates: approximately 2010

Pratt and Snively family genealogy and family history, date of production not identified

 File — Box 6: Series 7; Series 8; Series 9 [Barcode: 31197233277620], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 8 File 3
Scope and Contents

Contains genealogy and family history information on the Pratt and Snively families, including information on Pratt family reunion(s). 25 items; no dates identified.

Dates: date of production not identified