 1847 - 1933 (85 years) Submit Photo / Document
Has 6 ancestors and 38 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Albert Joseph Talbot |
| Birth |
14 Oct 1847 |
Winterberg, Murraysburg, Western Cape, South Africa  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
7 Jan 1865 |
EHOUS |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWNL-Z72 |
| Death |
10 Jun 1933 |
Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States |
| Burial |
12 Jun 1933 |
Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I23206 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Henry Talbot, b. 16 Oct 1812, Church of St. Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex, England d. 15 Dec 1895, Layton, Davis, Utah, United States (Age 83 years) |
| Mother |
Ruth Sweetnam, b. 4 Feb 1817, Sittingbourne, Kent, England d. 15 Mar 1903, Layton, Davis, Utah, United States (Age 86 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Mar 1833 |
St. Michael and St. George Cathedral, Grahamstown, Albany, South Africa |
| Family ID |
F10941 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mary Lodoyskie Richardson, b. 26 Jul 1855, Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States d. 7 Mar 1949, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States (Age 93 years) |
| Marriage |
8 Jan 1872 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| + | 1. Albert Henry Talbot, b. 10 Oct 1873, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States d. 13 Oct 1954 (Age 81 years) |
| + | 2. John Alfred Talbot, b. 11 Dec 1874, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States d. 17 Nov 1949, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States (Age 74 years) |
| + | 3. Lola Lavina Talbot, b. 26 May 1877, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States d. 22 Jan 1899, Alberta, Canada (Age 21 years) |
| + | 4. Priscilla Rose Talbot, b. 13 Dec 1881, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States d. 23 Sep 1960, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States (Age 78 years) |
| | 5. Charles Stewart Talbot, b. 25 Oct 1883, Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States d. 26 Sep 1908, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 24 years) |
| + | 6. Marion Ralph Talbot, b. 11 Dec 1889, Kilgore, Clark, Idaho, United States d. 17 Sep 1973 (Age 83 years) |
| + | 7. Lawrence Earl Talbot, b. 4 Mar 1891, Kilgore, Clark, Idaho, United States d. 20 Jan 1947 (Age 55 years) |
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| Family ID |
F10960 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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 | Birth - 14 Oct 1847 - Winterberg, Murraysburg, Western Cape, South Africa |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 7 Jan 1865 - EHOUS |
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 | Marriage - 8 Jan 1872 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Death - 10 Jun 1933 - Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States |
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 | Burial - 12 Jun 1933 - Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States |
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| Notes |
- ALBERT JOSEPH TALBOT (Uncle “Al”)
Albert Joseph Talbot was born 14 Oct 1847 at Winterberg, Fort Beaufort D i strict, South Africa, not far from Post Reteif, where the Sweetnams liv ed . There after, his parents, Henry and Ruth Sweetnam Talbot, lived in s ucc ession at Battle Gat, Volver Fontain, Whittlesea, and finally, afte r abou t 1854, at “Wellington” on the Thorn River, 60 miles or so South E ast o f Queenstown. This large estate was granted to Henry Talbot in 1853 , by t he government for the services of himself and sons in the Kaffir w ars, an d lay in the very heart of native territory.
Uncle Al was around six when his grandfather, John Stuart Talbot, die d a t Grahamstown. The family left Battle Gat in 1852. So they may have v isit ed Grahamstown, or maybe lived there for a time, before they went o n to “ Wellington”, an estate granted to them in 1853 by the government . Anyway , while there, John Stuart Talbot got a request to come back t o England a nd claim the estate. They also, at that time, sent him a wate r pitcher. U ncle Al remembered distinctly, long afterward, that the wate r pitcher ha d on its side a crest of three ostrich plumes. And, he, pers onally, saw J ohn Stuart Talbot, take it out and bury it at the foot o f a tree .
At “Wellington”, about 1858, in the form of printed tracts, Mormonism w a s carried to the Talbots by a friend, Eli Wiggill .
Uncle Al was not all that religious, when they were in South Africa. Onc e , without asking, he took his brother, Henry James’ Bible, out of curio si ty, and carried it with him while he was out herding sheep. He was rea din g it when suddenly something startled the sheep, and they ran. He lai d th e book down and went around the sheep. When he came back, however, h e cou ld not find the book anywhere. He hunted for a couple of hours, wit hout s uccess. Finally, he knelt down and prayed to God to help him fin d it, an d just as he looked up, he saw a leaf blow in the wind, a shor t distanc e away, and the book was found. This incident converted him, an d he joine d the Church. Albert Joseph was baptized and confirmed, 28 Ju n 1858, by J ohn Wesley, an early missionary to South Africa.
After selling “Wellington” in 1859, in order to move to “Zion”, the fami l y for several months resided at Port Elizabeth, overlooking Algoa Bay , wh ile awaiting transportation to America.
When they left South Africa, he had a large sack of marbles that he thou g ht was too heavy to bring. And so, being attached to them, he buried th e m where he could find then again if he ever went back. He long afterwa r d said he could see, in his own mind, the exact spot where they were bu ri ed.
They embarked 28 Feb 1861, on the sail ship “Race Horse”, and after a st o rmy voyage, landed 20 Apr 1861 at Boston, U.S.A. They then Preceded b y ca ttle train, via Chicago, as far west as the Missouri River, then u p the r iver via steam ship to Florence, Nebraska, subsequently crossin g the plai ns in the Homer Duncan company, arrived 28 Sep 1861, at Salt L ake City. T hey remained there that winter, and early in the spring, sett led permanen tly on a 40 acre farm at Kaysville, Utah.
Albert Joseph had probably gotten his first formal schooling at Port Eli z abeth. He now continued it, perhaps to the fourth grade, then the uppe r l imit, at the little red brick school house at “Five Points”, betwee n Layt on and Kaysville.
As a youth he became a bull whacker, at first from Corinne, Utah, to Poc a tello, Idaho, and later as far north as Butte Montana, with Charlie LeF ev re as his partner. He drove a 20 mule team, guided only by a jerk-lin e o n the lead mule (trained to turn on command and valued at $1,000.00) . The y went out of business, when one cold winter, they had 23 head free ze t o death on Pocatello Creek. For a time there after, he helped to bui ld th e Utah Northern Railway up into Montana, by way of the Snake River . He al so homesteaded, and farmed for a time, in Cache Valley, and, lik e his bro ther, Richard Alfred, may have done likewise at Blackfoot, Idah o, as he o nce lived there.
He was endowed, married, and sealed to Mary Ladoiska Richardson, 9 Jan 1 8 72, in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were the paren t s of seven children, living successively at Richmond and Lewiston, Uta h , Blackfoot and Kilgore, Idaho. Somewhere near the turn of the centur y th ey migrated to Alberta, Canada, established a home at Cardston, an d fro m there operated a cattle ranch at Kimball, on which there was onl y a sma ll house. For some years, too, he operated a freight outfit fro m Cardsto n to Fort MacLeod, long before there were any railroads. Crop f ailure fin ally drove him out, and in 1924 he returned to Idaho.
He was a large man, usually wearing a moustache, and at times he weigh e d nearly 300 pounds. He never in his life tasted tobacco or intoxicati n g liquor; and he took to the use of tea and coffee only when, in Canad a , they moved to an area where the water was bad .
He was received at Weiser, Idaho, from Del Bonita, Alberta, Canada, in 1 9 27, and moved from there to the Pocatello fourth ward in May 1930. Alr ea dy past 82, he continued to live there until failing health compelle d hi s removal to a hospital at Blackfoot, Idaho. He died 10 Jun 1933, a t Blac kfoot, and was buried 12 Jun 1933, at Pocatello, Idaho. At the tim e of de ath, he lacked only four months of being 86 .
Mary Ladoiska passed away 7 Mar 1949, at Pocatello, Idaho. She is also b u ried at Pocatello, Idaho.
(Death Certificate Idaho State Board of Health File Number 84842, Bingh a m County)
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