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Midwives -- Utah

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Sketch of the life of Sarah Ann Richards Elsmore and Joseph Hyrum Elsmore

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338292]
Identifier: MSS 2794
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Sarah Ann Richards was born in England in 1855. She later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1862. She met and married Joseph Hyrum Elsmore in 1871 and had 10 children. The couple lived in American Fork, Utah. Joseph died in 1905. Sarah was a midwife and died in 1922.

Dates: 1958

Elizabeth Fluckiger Fuhriman midwife register and family history

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9503
Scope and Contents Contains a birth register kept by Elizabeth Fluckiger Fuhriman while she served as a midwife in the Providence, Utah, area. The register covers the years 1898 to 1932. Inside the register is also a description of the Utah law regarding the reporting of births. Also includes "From the Alps to the Rockies- One of a Family," a family history of the descendants of Jacob Fuhriman, which includes a story of Elizabeth's conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days Saints, her immigration...
Dates: 1898-1932; 1987