This two-page document, just uploaded to FamilySearch, details the transaction of the Shomaker home in Manti to Edward Lloyd Parry in 1880. (Click on the photos to enlarge.)
Friday, August 7, 2020
Deed to Manti Property 1880
Monday, July 6, 2020
Sunday, May 3, 2020
Recent Pictures of the St. George Temple Renovation
Edward Lloyd Parry served as master stonemason of the St. George Temple from 1871-1877. Considering how closely he and his family worked on and sacrificed for this building, it has been dear to his descendants ever since.
Now, 143 years later, renovation will give new life to the oldest operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Here are some recent pictures that expose the back side of the temple, where workers have stripped away exterior walls, revealing the original exterior.
On the bottom right-hand door (or window?) of the first photo, one can clearly see some of the original red sandstone exterior, prior to its being covered over with the familiar white plaster.
Now, 143 years later, renovation will give new life to the oldest operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Here are some recent pictures that expose the back side of the temple, where workers have stripped away exterior walls, revealing the original exterior.
On the bottom right-hand door (or window?) of the first photo, one can clearly see some of the original red sandstone exterior, prior to its being covered over with the familiar white plaster.
Friday, March 13, 2020
Utah's 19th Century Stone Quarries, by William T. Parry
Check out this new book, Utah’s 19th Century Stone Quarries, by William T. Parry. Bill is a direct descendant of ELP and a professor emeritus of geology and geophysics at the University of Utah. ELP is standing among others on the front cover of the book.
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Samuel Brooks (1789-1856), friend of Edward Lloyd Parry
This video shows the lighthouse at the Point of Ayr in Talacre, North
Wales, where Samuel Brooks (1789-1856) worked as its lighthouse keeper
from 1825 to 1856, prior to migrating to Utah as a Mormon pioneer.
When Samuel Brooks and his wife, Emma Blinstone Brooks (1807-1856) joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1848, their life would never be the same. Determined to be with their fellow saints in Zion, including their friends Edward Lloyd and Elizabeth Evans Parry, Samuel and Emma and their three children (Mary Elizabeth (1839-1919), George (1845-1930), and Francis “Frank” (1849-1913)) left their life in Wales behind and migrated to Utah in 1856. When the family arrived in Winter Quarters, Nebraska, Emma died of illness. Now a widower, Samuel continued on with his children, who joined the Edward Bunker Handcart Company. On the day he and his children entered the Salt Lake Valley on October 5, 1856, Samuel also died, orphaning his three children in a strange new land.
Samuel’s three children were farmed out to other families in Utah, with then 11-year-old George being adopted by fellow Welshmen Edward Lloyd and Elizabeth Parry.
When Samuel Brooks and his wife, Emma Blinstone Brooks (1807-1856) joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1848, their life would never be the same. Determined to be with their fellow saints in Zion, including their friends Edward Lloyd and Elizabeth Evans Parry, Samuel and Emma and their three children (Mary Elizabeth (1839-1919), George (1845-1930), and Francis “Frank” (1849-1913)) left their life in Wales behind and migrated to Utah in 1856. When the family arrived in Winter Quarters, Nebraska, Emma died of illness. Now a widower, Samuel continued on with his children, who joined the Edward Bunker Handcart Company. On the day he and his children entered the Salt Lake Valley on October 5, 1856, Samuel also died, orphaning his three children in a strange new land.
Samuel’s three children were farmed out to other families in Utah, with then 11-year-old George being adopted by fellow Welshmen Edward Lloyd and Elizabeth Parry.
Monday, May 6, 2019
ELP sites in UK and Wales
Just last month my family and I toured a few sites in England and Wales that pertain to the history of Edward Lloyd Parry. Most notably, we were able to find the little village of St. George, Denbighshire, Wales, where ELP was born 25 August 1818. There is a parish church there, which is the highly probably spot of his christening.
In addition, we visited the city of Chester in England, where ELP married Elizabeth Evans in 1846.
Finally, while touring the town of Abergele, we came across the meeting house (now the Bull Hotel) on Chapel Street where ELP served as a branch president in 1851. All of the aforementioned is presented in this video that I filmed and narrated:
In addition, we visited the city of Chester in England, where ELP married Elizabeth Evans in 1846.
Finally, while touring the town of Abergele, we came across the meeting house (now the Bull Hotel) on Chapel Street where ELP served as a branch president in 1851. All of the aforementioned is presented in this video that I filmed and narrated:
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