Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Eliza Ann Price GGG Grandma through Devaun Dix
Eliza Ann Price: Click here for Family Search
Birth: 13 May 1833 Kington, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
Baptism:May 1850
Death:3 March 1911 Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States
Burial: Click here for Find a Grave site
Conversion Story:
We know very little about Eliza Ann Price other than what is on group sheets. She was born on May 13, 1833, in Kington, Hereford, England, which is very close to the border with Wales. Her parents were John and Mary Jane Johnson Price, and she was apparently the second or third of three daughters. DeVaun seemed to remember her mother (Hazel Haight) telling her that Hazel’s grandmother (Eliza Ann Price) was supposed to have been a lady-in-waiting to the Queen of England before she emigrated to Utah. DeVaun remembered Hazel saying how proud Eliza Ann was and how Hazel remembered brushing her grandmother’s long, long hair. We do not know how accu¬rate the lady-in-waiting story is or if it has been embellished over the years, but we know that Eliza Ann was baptized in May 1850 at age 17. She met Isaac while he was on his mission to England and probably immigrated with Isaac’s company of English saints. There is no information on our group sheets to suggest that any of her imme¬diate family joined the church or came with her to Utah. In any event, at age 20 she began her married life as one of two new wives to Isaac Chauncey Haight, and four days later the family moved to Cedar City.
Monday, April 24, 2017
Conrad Kleinman GGG Grandpa through Devaun Dix
Conrad Kleinman: Click Here for Family Search Link
Born:19 April 1815 Birkweiler, Pfalz, Bavaria
Baptized: Aug 26, 1844
Died: 12 November 1907 Saint George, Washington, Utah, United States
Burial: Click here for find a grave site
Conversion Story:
After Conrad had purchased his own farm and married Elizabeth--she was also of German descent--Conrad was involved in farming and splitting rails together with John Conrad, his stepbrother. The baby they lost at birth was born in 1840. The mis-sionaries found the family, and after earnestly studying the gospel, Conrad was bap-tized by Domincus Carter on August 26, 1844.
Sunday, April 9, 2017
Johann Martien Jochim Theodor Germer and Maria Catharina Elsabe Faasch GGGG Grandparents through Devaun Dix
Johann Martien Jochim Theodore Germer: Click here for Family Search link
Born: 4 January 1809 Lübeck, Germany
Baptized: 5 Feb 1854 near Hamburg, Germany
Died: 11 September 1889 Deweyville, Box Elder, Utah, United States
Burial: Click here for find a grave site
Maria Catharina Elsabe Faasch: Click here for Familysearch link
Born: 4 February 1808 Lubeck, Lubeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Baptized: 5 Feb 1854 near Hamburg, Germany
Died:1 Dec 1876 Deweyville, Box Elder, Utah, United States
Burial: Click here for find a grave site
Conversion Story:
So all I could find on this couples conversion comes from the profile on Familysearch from their daughter Johanna Catherina Maria Germer. In her life history it states:
According to other sources, the 1851 German translation of the Book of Mormon cause a stir in the Hamburg area. Johann and his wife Maria were ready to listen to Elder Riser and Elder Garn when they arrived from England. Johann and Maria were baptized on February 5, 1854 and daughter Maria was later baptized on May 1, 1854. Mother Maria and the girls would take food to the missionaries while they were jailed. The rest of the family was baptized before they left for the United States.
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