Finding cousins: Wainwright

See previous posts.  The entire Wainwright line is now on the Ancestry family tree, waiting for your to find spouses, children, and cousins to take to the temple!

Finding Cousins: Crowley

See previous post.  The Crowley family is another example of where we could find cousins to take to the temple. 

I only have record of Dennis Crowley and Elizabeth Parsons having one child, our direct ancestor Elizabeth Ann Crowley.  Does Elizabeth Ann have siblings? Has their work been done?  Who knows ... but you could find out!  You better watch out, though, cause once I get all of this stuff on our Ancestry.com tree, you best believe I'm gonna' be all up in dat bizness.

Finding Cousins: Carr

See previous post.  The Carr family is a perfect example of where we could find cousins to take to the temple.

Thomas and Louisa had eight children.  We descend through Elizabeth Carr (married to William Bean), and that line is pretty well documented.  However, I have five of Elizabeth's siblings that have no spouses and the other two with spouses, but no documented children.  All of these people were born in England from 1826-1855.  There are a lot of good records around that time and at least one of these people have to have a descendant line, perhaps one that needs work done! Call me if you have questions!

Finding Cousins: Beans

With families that have a lot of work down, the new challenge is filling in your family tree.  This is done by going to the end of your line and tracing it forward, attempting to find cousins that need work done.  For example, all of the work has been done for our grandparents back at least six generations on the Bean side.  However, there could be any number of branches that split off that were either never members of the Church or their descendants left the Church, leaving work undone.

This is a link to a family tree I am creating on ancestry that shows all the people I can fit into my tree with verifiable data (Family Tree).  Start by going to the very end of the line: William Bean.  Then, click on "Family" right next to "Pedigree."  This will show you all of William's descendants.  You can see that there are stoppages in the line with Louisa Bean, Jane Bean, Sarah Bean, George C. Bean, and Mary Bean in the third generation and even more on the fourth.

These are where we find potential names for the temple.  These are people that I have no record of either getting married or having children with their spouse.  The research will be determining if that person was married and if they had children for however many generations to present, and if all the work has been done.

NOTE:  I have not checked these names on FamilySearch, so you may look there and say, "Hey, here's a spouse and children and all their work is done.  Greg must not know what he is talking about."  I just don't have time to check them all right now.  But that's the point.  See if their work is done, and if it is, go on to another.

Please download copies of all records you locate (or screen shots of you can't download) to send to me.  FamilySearch is the best place to start, but remember, not all FamilySearch information is accurate! It needs corroborating primary documents!!!!  Call me! We can talk about it!!!!!

Fin!

The Ultimate Research Log is complete! I uploaded it to Google Drive.  It represents every veirifiable piece of information I have about our family tree.  Now, I should be able to put together some interesting projects!

Ultimate Research Log: Progress

I have felt compelled to finish this research log so that we can all get down to some real research.  I am happy to announce that I have finished sourcing 75% of our family names.  Hopefully, I can get the last 25% done soon!  Fortitude!!!

I have uploaded an updated version of the file:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6tBFfUb4LqhRkgxc1I4MzN1dE0&usp=sharing

COMPLETED: Family History Mystery

PRIOR PROJECT

All right family. I need your help. I procured a manifesto from the Ella Maria from April 5, 1852, showing dad's third-great grandfather, John Wainwright, traveling to New Orleans from Liverpool with his son, also John Wainwright. After John Wainwright Jr. is listed a woman, Elizabeth Wainwright, age 50 and born about 1802. She's too old too be one of John Wainwright Sr.'s children, and too old to be John Wainwright Jr.'s wife. The question: Who is this mystery woman? Could it be a second wife of John Wainwright Sr. (his first wife died six years earlier)? Some other relation (I can't find anyone in our line that closely matches)? Maybe the age is a typo (if she is a different age, she could be one of two daughters, Eliza, born in 1828 or Elizabeth, born in 1831). Let me know if you find anything that can solve this mystery!!! Bonus points: Who is the Isaac Lowe listed between Elizabeth and John Sr.?

PROJECT COMPLETED BY STEPHANI

Here is all the great info Stephanie found!

John Jarvis Wainwright Jr.

Born: 21 Mar 1821 Landelph, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Christening: 17 Apr 1821 Saint John's, Longton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Death: 11 February 1892 Croydon, Morgan, Utah, United States

John Wainwright Jr. was born 21 March 1822 at Lanedelph, Staffordshire, England. His parents were John Wainwright Sr. and Ellen Jarvis. His father was born in Hawarden, Flint, Wales and his mother was born in Lanedelph, Staffordshire. This area of England known as the Staffordshire Potteries or just "The Potteries" contains a special kind of clay that makes fine china for which England is famous.

Burial: Croydon Cemetery, Morgan, Utah, United States

The first L.D.S. missionaries arrived in England in July 1837. Elder Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde and several others enjoyed great success in the areas north and east of Liverpool, particularly in Preston and Manchester. Elder Hyde returned to Nauvoo, leaving the missionary work under the direction of Willard Richards. On January 13, 1840, eight apostles again returned to England. At a conference held in Preston, it was decided that Elders Wilford Woodruff and Elder Theodore Turley would go to the Potteries where they were to preach and further organize branches of the Church (See "Harvest in Herefordshire" p. 46 of the Ensign, Jan. 1987.)

Several months later, Elder George A. Smith wrote the following description of the area (See letter from George A. Smith to C.C. Waller, 6 June 1840 in Times and Seasons 15 Nov. 1840 p. 223 and "Harvest in Herefordshire" p. 46 of the Ensign, Jan 1987.) "The greater portion of China and Earthen ware sold in America is made in this district; about 70,000 persons obtain a good living when there is employment but consequently, in a state of starvation. I have seen delicate females gathering manure to get a living for their famishing children."

During the times described, John was a young man of 18. It is recorded that Elders Woodruff and Turley found ready reception and acceptance of their message. Large numbers of people in Stoke-on-Trent and surrounding villages were baptized and organized into branches. Brigham Young and Wilford Woodruff met with the Saints of the Hanley branch in April 1840, where Brigham preached at two meetings and attended a third for the sacrament. Two years later, in 1842 at the age of 20, John Wainwright Jr. was baptized and become a member of the Hanley Branch.

And Wilford Woodruff records the following in his journal (See Wilford Woodruff journal, 22 Jan. and 26 June 1840 also see "Harvest in Herefordshire") "The Potteries include the following market towns Tunstell (Turnstall), Burslem, Hanley, Stoke, Laneend, and several other villages." "Wilford Woodruff worked hard as a missionary in various towns around Stoke-on-Trent. Of particular interest was his relationship with William and Ann Benbow in Hanley. William was the keeper of a provision store at the Hanley Market Place. He and his wife had already joined the church through the efforts of Alfred Cordon and were strong in the faith. It was probably through the Benbows of Hanley that Wilford learned of John Benbow of Herefordshire and more particularly of the United Brenren, of which John was a member."

There is no record of any other members of John's family being baptized. The desire to gather to Utah was strong with the new converts and was so with John. He began to work and save for the trip. He married Elizabeth Mellor on 8 June 1846. He was 24 and she was 44 years of age.

"The day after he celebrated his thirty-third birthday, Elder Woodruff recorded in his journal, 'The Lord warned me to go to the south'. And so he began his eighty miles journey. Herefordshire would subsequently prove to be one of the most successful missionary areas in nineteenth-century Britain" (See "Harvest in Herefordshire").

On February 10, 1852, ten years following his baptism, John at age 30 and Elizabeth at age 50 with John Wainwright Sr. age 66 left the Hanley Branch to sail on the ship Ellen Marie. No family record is had of their voyage. It is recorded that they crossed the plains in the Abraham Smoot wagon train and that John Wainwright Sr., an invalid for 12 years, died August 27, 1852 at age 66 at the crossing on the Green River and was buried there. It is a desolate area out on sagebrush plains and not easily accessible. The church has fenced in the area from cattle and there are a number of pioneer graves there. It is recorded on temple records that John Wainwright Sr.'s baptism and endowments were performed by proxy in Feb 1890 in the Logan temple. John Jr. and Elizabeth settled in Salt Lake and on 23 July 1858, Elizabeth dies at age 56. They had no children and so John was left alone. One year later on 30 Aug. 1859 he married Margaret Aspey (Huxley), a widow, age 26. She had two children from her first marriage who were later sealed to them (11 Jan. 1895). This family was blessed with 7 children (five girls and two boys). The first three children were born in Salt Lake, one was born in Henefer, Utah and three were born in Croydon, Utah. Eliza Jane, our progenitor, was born in Croydon. John Wainwright Jr. was able to obtain a good education for a young man of his day. He taught school and also learned the trade of a potter. John taught school in Croydon. He as very fond of music and was called on to sing at many entertainments. He was also active in the church. He died at the age of 70 on 11 Feb. 1892 of dropsy and was buried in Croydon, Morgan County, Utah.