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Family histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: Narrative studies of families and the tracing of their lineages and histories. For lineages of people, or purebred animals in tabular or diagrammatic form see [Genealogical tables.]

Found in 636 Collections and/or Records:

Margaret Gray biography, date of production not identified

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232550621], Folder: 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Typed manuscript titled, “A Heroine of the War for Independence” by Charles Woodruff Shields, a biography of Margaret Gray, great grandmother of Thomas L. Kane, date of production not identified.

Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane papers on ancestors and relatives

Markham family histories

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231042562]
Identifier: MSS 6278
Abstract

The Markham family histories include different family accounts from the Markham family including stories, pedigree charts, articles and photocopied certificates and letters.

Dates: 1822-1988
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Markham family histories

Arthur Fowlke Marrott (1858-1901) and Selena Martha Stradling Marrott (1859-1945) – Pioneers of Orem, Utah, and St. Johns, Arizona

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239236406]
Identifier: MSS 8914
Content Description This account of the lives of Arthur and Selena Marrott by Russel Backus draws on a family biography by their daughter, Harriet, while focusing on information from two pocket ledgers that were kept by Arthur. Among other things, Arthur's ledgers identify people in the community with whom the Marrotts cooperated as their farms were being developed on desert land in the area that is now Lindon and Orem, Utah. The paper tells about these settlers and illustrates the extent to which they relied...
Dates: 2016
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arthur Fowlke Marrott (1858-1901) and Selena Martha Stradling Marrott (1859-1945) – Pioneers of Orem, Utah, and St. Johns, Arizona

Marshall family family history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236983]
Identifier: MSS SC 262
Scope and Contents

Typescripts of personal histories of members of the Marshall family, which include information about their emigration from England to Utah in 1856 and their pioneer journey on the first hand cart company, and poems and songs.

Dates: Date not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Marshall family family history

William Addington and William Clinton Martindale papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7906
Scope and Contents

Letters related to and biographies of William Addington Martindale and his son, William Clinton Martindale, and their families from approximately 1840-1911. The documents contain Martindale family correspondence from various states, and letters primarily from Utah about the settlement and establishment of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the West.

Dates: approximately 1840-1911
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Addington and William Clinton Martindale papers

Mary Elizabeth Stewart family history scrapbook, 2001-2009

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8176
Dates: 2001-2009
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8176, Barbara Stewart Anderson collection on Raymond R. and Ava Beckstrand Stewart

McArthur family history, circa 1850-1950

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7551 Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes several small copies of photographs and larger original prints of McArthur family members, biographies of Moroni McArthur, Daniel D. McArthur, and Duncan McArthur, a scrapbook on the history of the McArthur clan, and a scrapbook of McArthur family stories. Also includes the missionary journal of Daniel D. McArthur, and the funeral program for Moroni McArthur.

Dates: circa 1850-1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7551, Nellie McArthur Gubler family papers / Nellie McArthur Gubler family and friends papers / Nellie McArthur Gubler family history papers

John V. McConnell and Marie De Remer letters to Anna Allen

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239280016]
Identifier: MSS SC 965
Scope and Contents Contains letters written primarily by John V. McConnell to his cousin Anna Allen, and sometimes her husband, Woodruff Allen. Contains photocopies of 52 typed letters ranging from 1965-1976. John explains details about his family history and his personal life. John lived in San Diego, California, and Milton-Freewater, Oregon, and Anna lived in Provo, Utah, during this exchange.There is 1 photo clipping with writing showing where John's house was located and where they got wood....
Dates: 1965-1976; 1878
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John V. McConnell and Marie De Remer letters to Anna Allen

McDonald and Durfee family histories

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231042182]
Identifier: MSS 6589
Abstract

The McDonald and Durfee family histories contain three family histories and one family group record.

Dates: 1981-1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / McDonald and Durfee family histories

McDonald Family notes, 1879-1950

 File — Box 3: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232480910], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 2337 Series 2
Dates: Other: 1879-1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2337, Emily M. Carlisle papers / Emily M. Carlisle genealogy and family history

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