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| Name |
Martha Ann Brockbank |
| Birth |
5 Sep 1861 |
Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States  |
| Christening |
16 Oct 1870 |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
16 Nov 1882 |
EHOUS |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWCW-PL9 |
| Death |
5 Jan 1906 |
Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
8 Jan 1906 |
Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I171152 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Isaac Brockbank, b. 17 May 1805, Underbarrow, Westmorland, England d. 1 Apr 1878, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 72 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah Brown, b. 25 Nov 1817, Harefield, Middlesex, England d. 2 Apr 1888, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 70 years) |
| Marriage |
2 Oct 1852 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F4176 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Jonathan Hyrum Hales, b. 25 May 1861, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 21 Jan 1922, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 60 years) |
| Marriage |
16 Nov 1882 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Mabel Hales, b. 23 Dec 1883, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 24 May 1967, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 83 years) |
| | 2. Inez Hales, b. 7 May 1885, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 30 Oct 1937, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 52 years) |
| | 3. Earl Hales, b. 3 Nov 1886, Scofield, Carbon, Utah, United States d. 13 Dec 1887 (Age 1 year) |
| | 4. Roy Brockbank Hales, b. 5 Sep 1888, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 4 Mar 1931, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 42 years) |
| | 5. Millard Hales, b. 26 Nov 1890, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 14 Mar 1891, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 0 years) |
| | 6. Ralph Hales, b. 5 Aug 1892, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 24 Sep 1893, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 1 year) |
| | 7. Wayne Brockbank Hales, b. 20 Dec 1893, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 3 May 1980, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 86 years) |
| | 8. Jennie Hales, b. 2 Nov 1895, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 1 Jul 1966, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 70 years) |
| | 9. Lynn Hales, b. 6 Apr 1899, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 1 Mar 1985, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 85 years) |
| | 10. Hyrum Hales, b. 2 Jan 1904, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 15 Apr 1904, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 0 years) |
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| Family ID |
F42759 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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 | Birth - 5 Sep 1861 - Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 16 Nov 1882 - EHOUS |
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 | Marriage - 16 Nov 1882 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Death - 5 Jan 1906 - Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - 8 Jan 1906 - Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- Martha Ann, daughter of Isaac Brockbank and Sara (Ford) Brown Brockban k . She was the youngest of five children. Her birthday was September 5 , 18 61. Her early education was a very meager one; she was only able t o atten d school a few months each year. She also had a few months tutora ge unde r George H. Brimhall of Spanish Ford. She applied her education t hought o ut her life by writing letters to her husband and reading storie s to he r children from the Bible.
During her teenage years she learned to sew and cook and keep house wi t h the limited facilities of a pioneer home. One who new her best descri be s her as being “an industrious, honest, pleasant, modest and prayerfu l la dy. She was loved and respected by her family and friends.” When sh e wa s not occupied with home duties she would help relatives, neighbor s and f riends as needed. She was active in the MIA work in her early yea rs and l ater in the Relief Society as a Visiting Teacher.
One day she met Jonathan Hyrum Hales and he asked her for a date. This w a s the beginning of a short courtship and they were married in the Sal t La ke Endowment House November 16, 1882. Soon after their marriage sh e wen t to her husband to a place called Hales Siding, halfway between P V Junct ion and Schofield. Her husband was employed as a section forema n for th e Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Three babies were born to her du ring thi s time and she had the love, attention of her husband whom she l oved an d served to a fault.
From the beginning of the married life her husband had thoughts of a pol y gamous marriage and in 1886, with the consent of Martha Ann, he marrie d h is second wife, Hannah Trifena Davis. To share her love with anothe r wome n was a terrific sacrifice for Martha to make. She accepted the sa crific e in the interest of promised rewards in the Celestial Kingdom.
Being the only daughter of Sarah to reach maturity, Martha Ann was ver y c lose to her mother. They enjoyed a lovely mother-daughter companionsh ip . After the death of Isaac Sr in 1878, Sarah lived much of the time wi t h her daughter. At the death of her mother, the Brockbank estate was se tt led from which she was given $500. With this money she and her husban d pu rchased a lot and built a conventional four room frame house that st and s today at about 610 East Center Street in Spanish Fork. This was a s impl e structure with a kitchen, parlor, and two bedrooms. It contained n o ins ide water, no electric lights, no modern facilities as we know toda y.
This house did not have a father and a husband in it most of the time. T h e father was forced to work in the mines in Eureka from 1895 to 1911. S in ce Martha Ann was established in Spanish Fork, it was easier to move t h e second family to Eureka. There Jonathan worked thirty days out of ea c h month to provide shelter, food and clothing to the two homes which nu mb ered then 14- six children Martha Ann and five in the Eureka home.
Three events in the lives of the Spanish Fork children characterized th i s period- the trips to the post office for an expected letter containi n g a monthly subsistence check which failed to come more often than not , t he monthly trip to the Larsen home for a box of groceries brought dow n fr om Eureka for the family use, and the long walk to the railroad stat ion t o meet the father for a much delayed visit. The visits were alway s too sh ort to satisfy anyone. The location of the home was a most favor able one . Here it was nestled among a group of the most wonderful neighb ors who m Martha Ann loved and served and who gave great measure of lov e and kind ness. They were the John Holts, the Henry Gardners and Sara El iza B Hale s was a great friend and companion to Martha Ann.
During the twenty-two years of Martha Ann’s live, she gave birth to te n c hildren. Grandma Archibald, a mid wife delivered nine of these babie s a t a total cost of $36-40 for each delivery. The last baby, Hyrym, wea s de livered by a practical nurse at a cost of $10. Grandma Archibald wou ld co me every morning and wash and care for the mother and baby. The chi ldre n were in order of birth: Mabel, Inez, Earl, Roy, Millard, Ralph, Wa yne , Jennie, Lynn and Hyrym. Four of the boys Earl, Millard, Ralph, Wayn e an d Hyrum died in infancy. The others grown to adult hood, married i n the t emple and have reared fine families of their own. Her posterity w as 10 ch ildren, 28 grandchildren and 69 geat grandchildren.
Thought all te vicissitudes of her courageous and sacrificial life, he r s haring the love of her husband with another woman, her sorrow in bury in g four of her babies, sometimes alone, her struggles and sacrifice fo r th e necessities of life, she left her head high her het strong and he r fait h undaunted. She maintained a home of order and cleanliness, of in dustry , of love and faither in God. The children who remember that hom e look ba ck upon it with hallowed memory to that wonderful mother who av e her lfi e to make it possible. Emory of her has been as a guiding star t to her ch ildren and inspiration to all who knew her.
She died prematurely at the age of forty-four on January 5, 1906 of dre a d pneumonia whose fatalities were high in those days. A stone markes h e r resting place in the family burial lot in Spanish Fork Cemetary, bu t lo ng after this stone has faed away under the elements, her influenc e wil l be felt for good among her posterity.
The two living sons at this date in 1978: Dr. Wayne B. Hales and Lynn Ha l es.
Most of this story was made December 18, 1958 for the Isaac Brockback S r . Family Record, Volume 1, by Wayne B. Hales.
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