 1832 - 1910 (78 years) Submit Photo / Document
Has 2 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
-
| Name |
Mary Ann Quinney |
| Birth |
8 May 1832 |
Witham, Essex, England  |
| Christening |
19 Aug 1832 |
Witham, Essex, England |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
21 Apr 1857 |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWJZ-ZMQ |
| Death |
1 Dec 1910 |
Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
4 Dec 1910 |
Provo City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
 Submit Headstone Photo |
| Person ID |
I50429 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
John Quinney, b. 21 Jun 1798, Witham, Essex, England d. 25 Jan 1878, Witham, Essex, England (Age 79 years) |
| Mother |
Jane Susannah Moss, b. 1796, Witham, Essex, England d. 17 Apr 1838, Witham, Essex, England (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage |
8 Oct 1818 |
Witham, Essex, England |
| Family ID |
F18784 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Edson Whipple, b. 5 Feb 1805, Dummerston, Windham, Vermont, United States d. 11 May 1894, Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México (Age 89 years) |
| Marriage |
21 Apr 1857 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Divorce |
Yes, date unknown |
| Children |
| + | 1. Mary Unita Whipple, b. 26 Jan 1858, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 15 Feb 1920, Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States (Age 62 years) |
| + | 2. Blanche Whipple, b. 20 Feb 1861, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 14 Dec 1936, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 75 years) |
| + | 3. Matilda Whipple, b. 19 Jun 1866, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 25 Mar 1947, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 80 years) |
| + | 4. George Hutchins Whipple, b. 28 Jun 1869, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 21 Feb 1940, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 70 years) |
| + | 5. John Quinney Whipple, b. 7 Jul 1863, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 25 Oct 1920, Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States (Age 57 years) |
|
| Family ID |
F13724 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
| Family 2 |
James Richard Matthews, b. 4 May 1821, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales d. 2 Apr 1904, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 82 years) |
| Marriage |
17 Oct 1892 |
Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F18783 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
-
| Event Map |
|
 | Birth - 8 May 1832 - Witham, Essex, England |
 |
| Christening - 19 Aug 1832 - Witham, Essex, England |
|
 | Marriage - 21 Apr 1857 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
|
 | Marriage - 17 Oct 1892 - Utah, United States |
|
 | Death - 1 Dec 1910 - Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
|
 | Burial - 4 Dec 1910 - Provo City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States |
|
|
-
| Notes |
- Mary Ann Quinney Whipple Matthews was born in England. She was the young e st of a family of three sisters and one brother. When she was four yea r s old her mother died. Her father remarried when she was eight years o l d and at twelve years she lived with her oldest sister, Susan, and he r hu sband. At fifteen Mary Ann and a friend started attending meetings o f th e Mormon Missionaries that were held on the street corner twice a we ek. M ary Ann decided to be baptized. Her sister was very angry when sh e hear d of Mary Ann's baptism and told her she was no longer welcome i n her hom e. Because it was night, Mary Ann asked if she could stay unti l morning . The answer was no. She took what few pieces of clothing she h ad and sta rted out. She decided she would pray for help, as the missiona ries had ta ught her to do. A policeman came to her rescue and helped he r obtain a po sition as nurse to an infant. The baby's mother was happy t o have her an d treated her kindly. When Mary Ann had saved enough mone y to emigrate t o Utah, which took five years, her employer gave her clot hing and money t o help her on her way.
Mary Ann and a girlfriend took the same ship to America. When they land e d they had to sell a lot of their belongings to buy groceries. They ma d e their way to Iowa City, Iowa and obtained a handcart with which to ma k e the journey across the Plains to Utah. Mary Ann and her friend, Heste r , pulled the handcart all across the Plains. They were caught in a terr ib le blizzard and snow storm. Some of Hester's toes were frozen and sh e beg ged Mary Ann to cut them off. Although it was hard to do, Mary An n cut th em off and healed them by putting axle crease on them. They wer e in the f irst handcart company that came across the Plains in 1856. (Pr obably th e Edmund Ellsworth Company that left Iowa City 9 June 1856.) He ster die d a year later in Salt Lake City.
Mary Ann married Edson Whipple in 1857. She was his fifth wife in plur a l marriage. They were among the first to settle Provo, Utah. The city w a s surrounded by a Fort to protect them from the Indians. She made stra w h ats, wove cloth on looms to make clothing, made soap, butter and chee se . Pioneer life was very hard. She always tried to live her religion a s sh e understood it. She chose to remain in Provo when her husband and t wo wi ves went to Mexico. She raised her family of five children by herse lf. Sh e married James Mathews in 1892. After he died she lived with a da ughter . Mary Ann died at the age of seventy-eight 1 December 1910 in Pro vo, Uta h.
From "Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, Volume III (M to R)" by th e I nternational Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers
|
|
|
Submit Photo / Document
Has 2 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
English
