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Family Group Record
For John Edward Metcalf, Jr. & Mary Keziah Bartholomew
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HUSBAND John Edward METCALF, Jr.
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BIRTH: 24 Jun
1839 PLACE: Hull,Yorkshire,England
CHR.: 1 Aug
1839 PLACE: Holy
Trinity,Hull,Yorkshire,England
MAR.: 19 Apr
1865 PLACE: Springville,Utah,Utah
DEATH: 6 Sep
1908 PLACE: Manti,Sanpete,Utah
BURIAL: 9 Sep 1908 PLACE:
Manti,Sanpete,Utah,Manti Cemetery
CAUSE OF DEATH: Typhoid Fever
OCCUPATION: Farmer,raised livestock,proprietor of The Metcalf House Hotel
FATHER: John Edward METCALF, Sr. MOTHER: Mary WASLIN
OTHER
MARRIAGE:
2) Mary Catherine DAHLING
Married: 25 Feb 1886 Logan,Cache,Utah
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WIFE 1) Mary Keziah BARTHOLOMEW go to history/photos
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BIRTH: 29 Apr 1847 PLACE:
Kanesville,Pottawattamie,Iowa
CHR.:
PLACE:
DEATH: 8 Nov
1937 PLACE: La Grande,Union,Oregon
BURIAL: 11 Nov 1937 PLACE: La Grande,
FATHER: Joseph
BARTHOLOMEW MOTHER:
Polly BENSON
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Bartholomew website (off-site link)
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CHILDREN
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1. NAME: Sarah Elizabeth
METCALF
--- BIRTH: 23 Feb
1866 PLACE: Fayette,Sanpete,Utah
F CHR.: 18 Mar
1866 PLACE: Fayette,Sanpete,Utah
MAR 1: 23 Jun
1892 PLACE: Manti,Sanpete,Utah
MAR 2: 23 Mar
1907 (Div) PLACE: (recorded at Wallowa County, Oregon)
DEATH: 2 Aug
1945 PLACE: Pendleton,Umatilla,Oregon
BURIAL: 2 Aug
1945 PLACE: La Grande,Union,Oregon
OCCUPATION: 1920: Domestic Laborer
SPOUSE 1: Carl August SWALBERG, Jr.
SPOUSE 2: James J. FISK
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2. NAME: Mary Eliza METCALF
--- BIRTH: 3 Dec
1867 PLACE: Fayette,Sanpete,Utah
F CHR.: 15 Dec
1867 PLACE: Fayette,Sanpete,Utah
MAR.: 30 Nov
1892 PLACE: Manti,Sanpete,Utah
DEATH: 17 Nov
1940 PLACE: La Grande,Union,Oregon
BURIAL: 20 Nov
1940 PLACE: Warrenton,Clatsop,Oregon
SPOUSE: Walter STRINGHAM, Jr.
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3. NAME: Emma Electa METCALF
--- BIRTH: 29 Nov
1869 PLACE: Fayette,Sanpete,Utah
F CHR.: 19 Dec
1869 PLACE: Fayette,Sanpete,Utah
MAR.: 30 Nov
1892 PLACE: Manti,Sanpete,Utah
DEATH: 8 Nov
1959 PLACE: Portland,Multnomah,Oregon
BURIAL: 11 Nov
1959 PLACE: Hillcrest Cem,La
Grande,Union,Oregon
SPOUSE: John Henry STRINGHAM
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4. NAME: Franklin John METCALF
--- BIRTH: 14 Oct
1871 PLACE: Fayette,
M CHR.: 17 Dec
1871 PLACE:
MAR.: 15 Sep
1897 (Div) PLACE: Manti,
DEATH: 29 Sep
1954 PLACE: Baker,Baker,
BURIAL: 2 Oct
1954 PLACE:
OCCUPATION: Lumberman
SPOUSE: Henrietta Laurentze COX
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5. NAME: Lillie May METCALF go
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--- BIRTH: 18 Jan
1874 PLACE: Fayette,Sanpete,Utah
F CHR.: 15 Feb
1874 PLACE:
MAR 1: 9
Mar 1897 (Div) PLACE: Manti,Sanpete,Utah
MAR 2: 17 Aug
1905 PLACE: La Grande,Union,Oregon
DEATH: 22 Mar
1943 PLACE: San
Francisco,S-Frncsc,California
BURIAL: 26 Mar
1943 PLACE: San
Francisco,S-Frncsc,California
CAUSE OF DEATH: Coronary sclerosis with occlusion &
myocardial fibrosis
SPOUSE 1: Abraham JONES
SPOUSE 2: John Benjamin FISHER
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6. NAME: Myra Jane METCALF “Madge”
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--- BIRTH: 21 Apr
1876 PLACE: Fayette,Sanpete,Utah
F CHR.: 21 May
1876 PLACE:
MAR.: 2
Oct 1906 (Div) PLACE: ,Union,Oregon
DEATH: 11 Mar
1963 PLACE: La Grande,Union,Oregon
BURIAL: 14 Mar
1963 PLACE: La Grande,Union,Oregon
OCCUPATION: 1920: Waitress in a Hotel
SPOUSE: Joseph Pratt PRICE
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7. NAME: Joseph Leon METCALF
--- BIRTH: 10 Apr
1878 PLACE: Gunnison,Sanpete,Utah
M CHR.: 7 Jun
1878 PLACE: Gunnison,Sanpete,Utah
MAR.: 24 Jun
1903 (Div) PLACE: Imbler,Union,Oregon
DEATH: 25 Sep
1955 PLACE: La Grande,Union,Oregon
BURIAL: 28 Sep
1955 PLACE: La Grande,Union,Oregon
CAUSE OF DEATH: Apartment house fire
OCCUPATION: 1910: Subcontractor – lumber yard
SPOUSE: Violet Isabella JACK
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8. NAME: Claudius
Bartholomew METCALF
--- BIRTH: 15 Jun
1880 PLACE: Gunnison,
M CHR.: 5 Aug
1880 PLACE: Gunnison,
DEATH: 8 Oct
1890 PLACE: Fayette,
BURIAL: PLACE:
Fayette,
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9. NAME: Clyde METCALF go to
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--- BIRTH: 24 Mar 1884 PLACE:
Gunnison,Sanpete,Utah
M CHR.: 1 May
1884 PLACE: Gunnison,Sanpete,Utah
MAR.: 1
Oct 1907 PLACE: ,Union,Oregon
DEATH: 24 Feb
1965 PLACE: Baker,Baker,Oregon
BURIAL: 27 Feb 1965 PLACE:
La Grande,Union,Oregon
OCCUPATION: Carpenter, Building Contractor
SPOUSE: Katherine Naomi ROGERS
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10. NAME: stillborn twin son METCALF
--- BIRTH: 18/19 Mar 1889 PLACE:
Gunnison,Sanpete,Utah
M CHR.:
PLACE:
DEATH: PLACE:
BURIAL: PLACE:
Gunnison,
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11. NAME: stillborn twin son METCALF
--- BIRTH: 18/19 Mar 1889 PLACE:
Gunnison,Sanpete,Utah
M CHR.:
PLACE:
DEATH: PLACE:
BURIAL: PLACE:
Gunnison,
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12. NAME: Leland Wells METCALF
--- BIRTH: 1 May
1890 PLACE: Gunnison,
M CHR.:
PLACE:
MAR.: 6
Mar 1920 (Div) PLACE:
DEATH: 6 Jun
1945 PLACE:
BURIAL: 9 Jun
1945 PLACE:
CAUSE OF DEATH: Cirrhosis of the liver
OCCUPATION: 1945: Boilermaker
SPOUSE: Anna Marie BOWERS
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DOCUMENTATION
HUSBAND John Edward METCALF, Jr.
BIRTH-CHRISTENING: Holy Trinity Parish
Register Bishop's Transcript; FHL film 990832. States he was born 24 June. He
gave birth date as 23 June. I use the date given by Parish Register--as it was
noted immediately after the event. Note: re-christened 11 Jan 1848 at St
Leonards, Shoreditch,
BAPTISM: LDS
ENDOWMENT-SEALING_SPOUSE_1: (Mary K.
Bartholomew) TIB; EHOUS index card. (confirmed by orig end & slg rec)
SEALING_PARENTS: Manti Sealings of children
to parents Book A; FHL #170493
MARRIAGE_2-SEALING_SPOUSE_2: Mary Catherine
Dahling:
DEATH-BURIAL: certificate in poss of Vauna
Marie Green, Rubbing of gravestone in poss of same. Buried in Plat B, Block 10,
IMMIGRATION: on the ship Ellen Maria 17 Jan
1853; Sources: Diary of James Farmer; copy in poss of Vauna Marie Green, LDS
membership records of self & bro-in-law; FHL film 087004
OCCUPATION: farmer, raised livestock,
proprietor of The Metcalf House Hotel
MISSION: to Southern States set apart 7 Apr
1881, returned 8 Apr 1883; Source: Missionary Records; Book A; copy in poss of
Vauna Green; FHL film 025,664. Transcription of Missionary Journal in poss of
Vauna Green.
WIFE Mary Keziah BARTHOLOMEW
records of Evelyn Bridges, records of 2 gg
son Larry Smith
RELATION: sister of John Bartholomew who md
Eliza Roxey Metcalf
RESIDENCE:
Received in La Grande ward from Imbler OR 13 Dec 1905 Source: member record
1910: La
1920: Lived at
Removed from La Grande to
DEATH:
Name: Metcalf,
Death Date: 08 N 1937
Certificate: 163
CHILD 1 Sarah Elizabeth METCALF
records of Larry Smith
BIRTH-CHRISTENING:
LDS_BAPTISM: La
Grande Ward,
MARRIAGE_2: Fisk: divorced by
1910 as she was listed in the 1910 census as widow, Swalberg
DEATH-BURIAL: Union Co OR
Death/Bur Cards; FHL film 934248; Bur as Sarah E Swalberg. Deceased member Rec File also gives her name
at death as Sarah Swalberg
RESIDENCE: 1 Jul 1909 Removed
from La Grande, OR Ward to
1910:
Lived in La Grande, widow, surname Swalberg.
source: 1910 OR
CENSUS: 1920: Lived at
DEATH:
Name: Swalberg,
Death Date: 2
Aug 1945
Certificate: 5435
MARRIAGE_2: (Fisk) Western States
Marriage Record Index; http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/index.cfm
Groom Last Name:
FISK
Groom First Name: James
J.
Bride Last Name: SWALBURG
Bride First Name:
Place
Date: 23
Mar 1907
County of Record:
Volume: C
Page: 285
CHILD 2 Mary Eliza METCALF
records of Larry Smith
BIRTH-CHRISTENING-BAPT: Gunnison Wd Member Rec;
FHL film 0025977. Blessed by Orson Hyde
SEALING_PARENTS: Manti Slg of children to
parents; Book C; FHL film 170494
DEATH-BURIAL: Union Co, OR Death/Bur Cards;
FHL film 934248
DEATHPLACE: Ancestral File
BURIAL: records of Kathryn Rogers Davison
(has bur 21 Nov--before death dt.) her note: The print for the burial place is
very dim and I could be wrong.
RESIDENCE:
Moved to
1920: Imbler OR
CHILD 3 Emma Electa METCALF
records of Larry Smith
BIRTH:
BURIAL_PLACE: Ancestral File
MARRIAGE: the Metcalf sisters
& the Stringham brothers had a double wedding. It was "the event of the year with real
orange blossoms from
RESIDENCE: Moved to
Received in La Grande LDS Ward from Imbler 12 Mar
1906
1910: La
BIRTH-DEATH-BAPTISM-ENDOWMENT:
IGI; Source is her
DEATH:
Name: Stringham,
Death Date: 08
N 1959
Certificate: 14890
Spouse: John
CHILD 4 Franklin John METCALF
records of Larry Smith
MARRIAGE: div 18 Feb 1926; source: records of
Larry Smith
BIRTH-CHRISTENING-BAPT: Gunnison Ward Member
Rec; FHL film 0025977; item 2 pg 9 Blessed by Jos. Horn, bapt by John Larson
DEATHPLACE-BUR-MARRIAGE_PLACE-SLG_S: FGR subm
for temple work 1989; subm by Barbara W Bradley; FHL film 1553467
OCCUPATION: Lumberman source: Individual
entry form of son
RESIDENCE:
1908:
1910: Lived in
1920: Lived at 1102
K Ave. La Grande OR.
Autobiography of
Georgia Stringham Smith says he lived in
CHILD 5 Lillie May METCALF
BIRTH-BLESSING-BAPTISM: Gunnison
Ward Member Record; FHL film 0025977; item 2; pg 9. Blessed by her father John
Edward Metcalf Jr. Bapt by John Larson
MARRIAGE_1: Abraham Jones: Manti
Messenger Newspaper; March 13, 1897; FHL film 1486740, Copy of Marriage License
in poss of Vauna Marie Kelly
DIVORCE: Decree 16 May 1900,
source: copy of decree in poss of Vauna Kelly.
Cause: desertion since Jun 1897.
Lillie's maiden name restored
MARRIAGE_2: John Benjamin Fisher:
copy of mg certificate in poss of Vauna Marie Kelly. Apparently had no children -only Gladys in
1910 census, no children in 1920 census or Union Co, OR death/bur cards. Ancestral File has mg 30 Nov 1905, no place
given. Her name given as Lillie Metcalf on mg cert.
DEATH-BURIAL: Death certificate;
in poss of Vauna Kelly, Deceased Member Record File; FHL film 884122. Widow, surname Fisher
RESIDENCE:
1910: La
1920: 570 1/2
Moved from La Grande to
1943: 1290 Grove Street Apt 605, San Francisco CA.
source: death cert. Had lived in SF for
6 1/2 yrs, in
OCCUPATION: Housewife source: death cert
MARRIAGE_1: (Jones) Western
States Marriage Record Index; http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/index.cfm
Groom Last Name:
JONES
Groom First Name: Abraham
(23)
Groom Residence: Manti
Bride Last Name: METCALF
Bride First Name: Lillie
(23)
Bride Residence:
Place
Date: 09 Mar
1897
County of Record:
Volume: 3
Page: 272
CHILD 6
records of Larry Smith
BIRTH-CHRISTENING-BAPTISM: Gunnison Ward
Member Rec; FHL film 0025977; item 2 pgs 9, 56 Blessed by her grandfather J.E.
Metcalf SR, Bapt by Andrew Larson.
MARRIAGE_PLACE: Husband's Deceased Member Rec
File; FHL film 884287
MARRIAGE: No children
DEATHPLACE: Ancestral File
BURIAL: Union Co, OR Death/Bur Cards; FHL
film 934247 Name: Madge Price
NAME: called Madge
RESIDENCE:
13 Dec 1905 Received
in La Grande Ward from Union OR source: member record
1910: The couple lived w/Mary Keziah in La Grande. source: 1910 OR census
1920: Lived alone on Chestnut Street, La Grande, age 40, Myra J Price, Married,
Waitress in a Hotel. source 1920 OR census
Moved from La Grande Wd to
MARRIAGE: Western States Marriage Record
Index; http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/index.cfm
Groom Last Name: PRICE
Groom First Name: Joseph P.
Bride Last Name: METCALF
Bride First Name:
Place
Date: 02 Oct 1906
County of Record:
Volume: H
Page: 96
MARRIAGE: This is interesting. The Western
States Marriage Record Index has their marriage happening in Union Co.,
DEATH:
Name: Price,
Death Date: 11 Mar 1963
Certificate: 4453
Age: 86
CHILD 7 Joseph Leon METCALF
Deceased member record file; FHL film 0884241
BIRTH-CHRISTENING-BAPTISM: Gunnison Ward
Member Rec; FHL film 0025977; item 2; pgs 17, 56, Blessed by C.A. Madsen, bapt
by Peter Peterson.
MARRIAGE_PLACE: Records of Barbara Bradley
DIVORCE: after 1920...listed w/wife in 1920
census.
DEATH: Burned to death in a house fire.
source: Deceased Member Record File
BURIAL: Union County, OR Death/Bur Cards; FHL
film 934247. No spouse listed
RESIDENCE:
1910: Imbler OR. source: 1910 OR census
31 Dec 1916 Received from Imbler Ward to La Grande Ward
19 Jul 1917 Removed from La Grande Ward to Union Ward (La Grande Ward rec)
1920: 2nd Street in North Powder, Union, OR. source 1920 OR census
OCCUPATION: Subcontractor, lumber yard.
source: 1910 OR census
MARRIAGE: Western States Marriage Record
Index; http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/index.cfm
Groom Last Name: METCALF
Groom First Name: J. L.
Bride Last Name: JACK
Bride First Name:
Place
Date: 24 Jun 1903
County of Record:
Volume: G
Page: 331
CHILD 8 Claudius Bartholomew METCALF
BIRTH-CHRISTENING-BAPTISM: Gunnison Ward
Member Rec; FHL film 0025977; item 2 pgs 26, 56, Blessed by H.C. Hansen, Bapt
by C.A. Madsen
DEATH_DATE-BURIAL_PLACE: Cemetery Records
Fayette,
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL_PLACE:
DEATH-DEATHPLACE: Fayette Ward Membership
Record 1871-1950; FHL film 0025955 (also agrees on birth date)
CHILD 9
records of Larry Smith
BIRTH:
BIRTH-BAPTISM: La Grande Ward LDS member
record; FHL film 0020313
NAME: some records have Clyde B. Family says there is no B.
RESIDENCE: 13 Dec 1905 Received in La Grande
Ward from Imbler OR
ORDINATIONS:
Elder 28 Sep 1907 La Grande, Union, OR
Ward
Seventy 15 Jul 1911 La Grande,
H.P. 20 Dec 1921 La Grande,
e-mail from grandson Clyde Lamar
"Tim" Metcalf: "My Grandfather lived with us for a short time
after my Grandmother died in Eugene Oregon and then he lived with my Aunt
Lucille in Baker until he passed away on Feb. 24th 1965 at the age of 81. My
fondest memory of my Grandfather is his smile. He had the sweetest most sincere
smile of anyone I have ever known."
MARRIAGE-SEALING_SPOUSE: Salt Lake Temple
Living Sealings-Previously Md; Book B; pg 82; FHL film 0186213. Note record is in Previously Married
Book-however his autobiography says they were married that day. See marriage
record below - apparently they were married in
MARRIAGE: Western States Marriage Record
Index; http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm
Groom Last Name: METCALF
Groom First Name: Clyde
Bride Last Name:
Bride First Name:
Place
Date: 01 Oct 1907
County of Record:
Volume: H
Page: 168
BURIAL: records of g-dau Kathryn Davison.
Larry Smith has 1965...Ancestral File says 1964
DEATH:
Name: Metcalf,
Death Date: 24 Feb 1965
Certificate: 1461
Age: 80
CHILD 10 stillborn twin son METCALF
BIRTHPLACE: records of Larry Smith
STILLBIRTH-BURIAL: Sanpete County Sexton
Cemetery Records; FHL film 889380; item 1; "John E. Metcalf
twins-stillborn March 19, 1889, Buried in Gunnison Block 3 Lot 26"
Tombstone at Gunnison Cemetery seen by Vauna Marie Green 5 June 2000,
photograph taken: "Two Boys of John E. & Mary K Metcalf born Mar 18
1889." Note the discrepancy in the date between the two sources.
CHILD 11 stillborn twin son METCALF
BIRTHPLACE: records of Larry Smith
STILLBIRTH-BURIAL: Sanpete County Sexton
Cemetery Records; FHL film 889380; item 1; "John E. Metcalf
twins-stillborn March 19, 1889, Buried in Gunnison Block 3 Lot 26"
Tombstone at Gunnison Cemetery seen by Vauna Marie Green 5 June 2000,
photograph taken: "Two Boys of John E. & Mary K Metcalf born Mar 18
1889." Note the discrepancy in the date between the two sources.
CHILD 12 Leland Wells METCALF
BIRTH: records of Larry Smith
MARRIAGE: copy of marriage certificate in
possession of Vauna Marie Kelly. Single,
residence La Grande OR. Most family
records have her name as Ann Hathaway; Hathaway was her 1st husband. No children born to this marriage; source:
letter from Catharine Huff Gray
DIVORCE: records of Barbara Bradley
DEATH-BURIAL: copy of death certificate; in
poss of Vauna Marie Kelly; Informant: Gladys Metcalf (Lilly's daughter). Buried
in
OCCUPATION:
Ship yard; source: 1920 CA census. Iron
Worker; source: Mg cert
1945: Boilermaker; source: death certificate
RESIDENCE:
1910: Lived w/mother in La Grande, age 19, single. source 1910 OR census
1920: prior to marriage: La Grande OR
source: mg certificate
1920: after marriage:
1930:
1945: 819 Mission Street, Rm 427,
HISTORY: Veteran of World War I Source: death certificate
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