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Margetts, Phillip, 1829-1914

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Dates

  • Existence: 1829 - 1914

Biography

Phillip Margetts (1829-1914) was a pioneer, a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a dramatist.

Phillip Margetts was born February 10, 1829 in Kineton, England to Thomas Margetts and Alice Aston Bishop Margetts. In about 1840, the family heard about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from missionaries. They were baptized soon thereafter. Phillip worked as a locomotive engineer for the London and North Western Railway until, in January 1850, he and his family (excepting his father, who died in 1842) immigrated to Salt Lake City, Utah. In Salt Lake, he met and married Elizabeth Bateman on November 5, 1850; they would go on to have 14 children. He worked as a blacksmith. He was also an active figure in Utah theater--he was in some of the first productions at the Old Bowery in 1851 and at the opening of the Salt Lake Theatre in 1862. He remained involved in the Utah theatrical scene, including a time as the manager of the Salt Lake Theatre. Phillip Margetts died September 1, 1914.

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FamilySearch, via WWW, January 22, 2024 (Phillip Margetts; born February 10, 1829 in Kineton, England; parents Thomas Margetts and Alice Aston Bishop Margetts; about 1840, the family heard about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from missionaries; family baptized soon thereafter; worked as a locomotive engineer for the London and North Western Railway; January 1850, he and his family (excepting his father, who died in 1842) immigrated to Salt Lake City, Utah; married Elizabeth Bateman on November 5, 1850; had 14 children; worked as a blacksmith; active figure in Utah theater; in some of the first productions at the Old Bowery in 1851 and at the opening of the Salt Lake Theatre in 1862; remained involved in the Utah theatrical scene, including a time as the manager of the Salt Lake Theatre; died September 1, 1914).

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Philip Margetts papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 406
Scope and Contents Photocopies of diaries, newspaper clippings, play scripts, articles on Utah and LDS Church history, and correspondence. Margetts writes about his trip to Utah in 1850. His diary covers the time he served as a missionary for the LDS Church in Great Britain from 1857 to 1858. Many of the items relate to Margetts' career in the theater, to the Salt Lake Theater, and to drama in Utah. The correspondence includes a letter from the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Dates: 1850-1928

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  • Subject: Theaters -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History -- Sources X