This Day In Our Family History

1600

Deborah Wheeler was buried

1710 

Jesse Blakeslee was born in Newhaven Towne, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America to Moses Blakeslee, age 31, and Sarah Benton, age 24. He was the 5th of 14 known children, and the 4th of 9 known sons, born to the couple. He was born to his parents only known marriage

1883

Clara Rowley died in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States when she was 1 year old

1911

Caroline Wright died in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States at the age of 90. She was survived by her children: Priscilla, Meshach, Ann, Hannah, Caroline Kate and John Pitt. She was preceded in death by her son, Noah Pitt

1936 

Moses, Mehitable, Anna, Abigail, Dinah, Doratha, Aaron* and Tamar* Sperry were sealed, by proxy, for time and eternity to their parents, Moses Sperry and Hannah Blakeslee, in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints’ Logan Utah Temple, which is located at 175 North 300 East in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. Moses was the 1st of 9 known children, and the 1st of 3 known sons; Mehitable was the 2nd of 9 known children, and the 1st of 6 known daughters; Anna was the 3rd of 9 known children, and the 2nd of 6 known children; Abigail was the 4th of 9 known children, and the 3rd of 6 known children; Dinah was the 5th of 9 known children, and the 4th of 6 known daughters; Doratha was the 6th of 9 known children, and the 5th of 6 known daughters; Aaron was the 7th of 9 known children, and the 2nd of 3 known sons; and Tamar was the 9th of 9 known children, and the 6th of 6 known daughters born to the couple

1950

Edward Bendall completed his endowment ordinance for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The temple was not listed

1953

Marvin Ballard Alcorn, age 43, and Margaret Francis Kiedrowski, age 38, completed their initiatory and endowment ordinances and then were sealed for time and eternity in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints’ Salt Lake Utah Temple, which is located at 50 North West Temple in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Their daughter, Marva Loy Alcorn, age 10, was sealed to them at the same time

Grace Harriet Rowley, age 24, departed from New York City, New York, New York, United States on the S.S. USNS PVT Elden H. Johnson to Trieste, Italy. Her husband, Donald Eugene Smith, was stationed there with the United States Navy

1960

Michael D Jones was born in the covenant in Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California, United States to Maxwell Dee Jones, age 39, and Nita Fern Webster, age 30. He was the 3rd of 4 known children, and the 3rd of 4 known sons, born to the couple. He was born to his parents only known marriage

1967

Phebe and Elijah Sperry were sealed for time and eternity to their parents, Aaron Sperry and Abigail Bishop, in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints’ Salt Lake Utah Temple, which is located at 50 North West Temple in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1972

John and Sarah Packer were baptized members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint

2002

Erma Nielson died in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States at the age of 96

2005

Richard Melvin Sperry completed his endowment ordinance for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in The Church’s Las Vegas Nevada Temple, which is located at 827 Temple View Drive in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States

2010

Nina McLaughlin died in Santa Monica, Santa Monica, California, United States at the age of 94

*For Aaron and Tamar: This sealing-to-parents ordinance is valid. The parents are not listed either because of privacy or because they do not match the parents listed in Family Tree

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