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I'm going round in circles

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 26 Feb 2014 05:30

well ................



they aren't called "sister wives" for nothing :-D




they really ARE called sister wives!

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 25 Feb 2014 15:32

hmmm

That man's obituary said he was "an exceptional man"

errrr......... :-0

Two of his wives were sisters...... that would make the children half siblings and 1st cousins........... :-S :-S :-S

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 25 Feb 2014 15:01

Long dark nights with no television have a lot to answer for :-D

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 25 Feb 2014 13:30

OMG

I knew some of my rellies had several wives........ I found one of them & wives this afternoon, on the familysearch site & FindAGrave.

He had four wives......... and AT LEAST 31 children.

:-0

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 21 Feb 2014 01:45

it still goes on!

The Fundamentalist group believes in polygamy ........ there are several groups of them in Utah, Florida, I think Idaho, and even one in British Columbia, in Canada


There's even one of those reality shows on TV that's about a polygamous marriage

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 21 Feb 2014 01:06

I think I'm related to half of Utah & Idaho!

I'm a bit foggy this morning......... silly me stayed up until almost 3am..... :-(

I'm trying to get my head around all those women thinking it was "normal" for a man to have so many wives! At least one man on my tree had six wives....... Monday-Saturday, and Sunday off??

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Feb 2014 23:34

Scozz

I had a few who apparently went to Utah ................... and I've got a few who have been added after death (by someone in OZ :-) )

I've got a family who emigrated to OZ from England, then sailed on a Mormon ship from Adelaide to California during the Gold Rush Days .............. seemingly on the understanding they would proselytize on the California gold fields.

They didn't :-)

Instead, they became pioneer farmers in the San Bernardino Valley ;-)



so ...................... so far, I haven't found multiple wives!


We actually went to Salt Lake City back in the late 1980s, and had a browse in the indexes that were available.

We couldn't find any names form either my family or OH's


It's a fascinating place!

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Mersey

Mersey Report 20 Feb 2014 16:10

Scozz im with you on that one Smiler :-D ;-)

Researching:
#Be Kind

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 20 Feb 2014 15:35

Thanks Margee :-D

I've found some really awful transcriptions on the familysearch site, it will be great to see documents.

Mersey!

I don't mind being bonkers, it helps keep me sane(ish). :-D

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 20 Feb 2014 15:28

Margee - thanks for that link, had a quick look and a couple of my prime surnames are coming up so will have a look at it in greater depth later.

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 20 Feb 2014 15:03

Have you seen this site? It has Utah death certificates 1904-1968.

http://archives.utah.gov/digital/81448.htm

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 20 Feb 2014 14:10

LadyScozz been there done that, as I also have several distant relatives that went to Utah and joined the Church of the Latter Day Saints, quite a few had more than one wife at the same time, one married two sisters, judging by the number of children some of them had - one can only guess what they got up to in their spare time :-D

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Mersey

Mersey Report 20 Feb 2014 13:43

You were bonkers anyways Scozz :-D ;-)

Researching:
#Be Kind

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 20 Feb 2014 13:41

Just a thought...........

Next time I get a couple of "doorknockers"............ I'll invite them in. :-D

We might be cousins :-0

What a shame we can't sit down and have a cuppa........... or a beer ;-)

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 20 Feb 2014 13:32

I have several relatives who went to Utah way back when.....

Most of the men had several wives and LOADS of children.

I've spent about an hour adding names to my tree (not the GR one), and going slightly bonkers.

I started with one of my gg?? uncles who married the daughter of a man who had three wives, and a total of 27 children. I had a look at all the children, and who they married......... and most of them married relatives of mine! Then their descendants a few generations down married......... ??cousins??......

What a tangled jungle I've just added!

I have other families, the men had six wives! The mind boggles wondering how they all lived .... together?

No wonder I have a headache :-0 :-S