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Albert Joseph Talbot

Albert Joseph Talbot

Male 1847 - 1933  (85 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit 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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Initiatory (LDS) 7 Jan 1865  EHOUS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID KWNL-Z72 
    Death 10 Jun 1933  Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 12 Jun 1933  Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I23206  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father Henry Talbot,   b. 16 Oct 1812, Church of St. Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1895, Layton, Davis, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Ruth Sweetnam,   b. 4 Feb 1817, Sittingbourne, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1903, Layton, Davis, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 20 Mar 1833  St. Michael and St. George Cathedral, Grahamstown, Albany, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10941  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Lodoyskie Richardson,   b. 26 Jul 1855, Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1949, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage 8 Jan 1872  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Albert Henry Talbot,   b. 10 Oct 1873, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1954 (Age 81 years)
    +2. John Alfred Talbot,   b. 11 Dec 1874, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1949, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    +3. Lola Lavina Talbot,   b. 26 May 1877, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1899, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
    +4. Priscilla Rose Talbot,   b. 13 Dec 1881, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1960, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     5. Charles Stewart Talbot,   b. 25 Oct 1883, Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1908, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
    +6. Marion Ralph Talbot,   b. 11 Dec 1889, Kilgore, Clark, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1973 (Age 83 years)
    +7. Lawrence Earl Talbot,   b. 4 Mar 1891, Kilgore, Clark, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1947 (Age 55 years)
    Family ID F10960  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Oct 1847 - Winterberg, Murraysburg, Western Cape, South Africa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 7 Jan 1865 - EHOUS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 8 Jan 1872 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Jun 1933 - Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 12 Jun 1933 - Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States Link to Google Earth
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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)