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Grow, Minnie P., 1840-1917

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1840 - 1917

Biographical History

Minnie P. Grow (1840-1917) was a homemaker and boarding house owner in California.

Minnie P. Haynes was born in 1840 in St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont. She was married to Charles A. Grow on June 5, 1866 in Vermont. Together they had two children while in Vermont: Arthur C. and Nellie Genevieve. Her family moved to California, where she lived in Sacramento and later ran a boarding house in Alameda. She and Charles traveled by train and visited Salt Lake City in 1871.

Grow died on December 1, 1917 in San Francisco, California.

Citation:
Minnie P. Grow letter, 1871 June 20 (Minnie; traveling with Charlie; children, Arthur and Nellie; lives in Sacramento; Letter addressed to Mother Grow and Nell on a trip to Salt Lake city by train)

Ancestry.com, 2016 September 22 (Minnie P Grow; Minnie P Haynes;b. 1840 (also listed as ca 1843 or 1850) in Franklin, Vermont; married to Charles A Grow on 5 June 1866; children, Arthur C, and Nellie G; d. Dec. 1, 1917 in San Francisco, Calif.)

FamilySearch, 2016 September 22 (Minnie P Haynes; Minerva P Haynes; b. ca 1850 in St Albans, Franklin, Vermont; Married Charles A Grow on 5 June 1866 in Vermont; children, Arthur C Grow and Nellie Genevieve Grow; ran boarding house in Alameda)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Minnie P. Grow letter

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232576519]
Identifier: MSS 8906
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a letter from Minnie to mother Grow, and another relative named Nell. Minnie writes about a trip she made from Sacramento, California to Salt Lake City, Utah. She writes that she went by railroad and describes the places in Salt Lake City that she saw. She mentions meeting the family of Brigham Young while in Utah. Included is a typed transcription of the letter. Dated June 20, 1871.

Dates: 1871 June 20
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Minnie P. Grow letter

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