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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Censuses:
1850 US: Dist. 14, Decatur, Iowa, p. 326b, dwellings 39-42, 30 Oct 1850; note there are only about 16 pages of census for this area versus 188 for Pottawattamie County; also note that the families of George, Charles, Henry, Stephen Hales and their mother Mary Ann Thompson were all neighbors - Mary Ann's husband had died in 1846 and she remarried to William Thompson; she dies herself in about 6 months:
Dwelling 39:
William Thompson, 46, farmer, Scotland.
Mary A., 51, Eng.
Daniel 17, farmer, Canada.
David 19, farmer, Scotland.
William, 15, Canada.
Maria, 12, MO.
Orville, 9, Ill.
Dwelling 40:
George Hales, 28, printer, Eng.
Sarah A., 27, NY.
Mary A., 6.
Harriett, 4, Iowa.
Dwelling 41:
Charles Hales, 33, bricklayer, Eng.
Julia A., 26, NY.
Eliza A., 9, IL.
Julia A., 8, IL.
George G., 6, IL.
Mary J. 4, IL.
Charles H., 2, IL.
Henry H. Hales, 21, farmer, Eng.
Eliza A., 20, PA.
Dwelling 42:
Stephen Hales, 30, stonecutter, Eng.
Eveline, 20, VT.
Stephen, 1, IA.
Censuses:
1870 US: Kanarah, Kane, Utah, 18 Jul 1870:
Family 4, (note that John Berry was polygamous with two wives - Julia being the second. Also note that the girl with Julia is actually Julia's niece from her brother Charles Henry Hales):
John Berry, 47, farmer, TN.
Jane, 39, MS.
John M., 16, UT.
Mary I., 14, UT.
William W., 12, UT.
Nancy A., 10, UT.
James F., 9, UT.
Cynthia L., 7, UT.
Eliza E., 5, UT.
Robert A., 3, UT.
Joseph S., 1, UT.
Family #5:
Julia Berry, 27, keeping house, IL.
Sarah I. Berry, 2, UT.
1880 US: Kanara, Kane, Utah, NA film T9-1336, p. 424d (Sarah I. is Sarah Isabelle Hales, the daughter of Charles Henry Hales and Sarah Ellen Hunt making her the niece of Julia Ardence (Hales) Berry, Charles Hales sister. Apparently, when Sarah's mother Sarah Hunt died in 1868, the several month old Sarah Isabelle was adopted by her aunt Julia and her husband John Berry. This also explains how Sarah Isabelle met her husband George Davis in Kanara whereas Charles Henry Hales and his family lived elsewhere in southern Utah.]
John W. Berry, farmer, M, 58, TN, VA, - .
Jane E., keeping house, wife, M, 49, IN, - , - .
John M., stock raiser, son, S, 26, UT, TN, IN.
Nancy A., At home, dau, S, 21, UT, TN, IN.
James T., Works on farm, S, 19, UT, TN, IN.
Thurza E., At home, dau., 15, UT, TN, IN.
Joseph S., Works on farm, S, 10, UT, TN, IN.
George A., S, 6, UT, TN, IN.
Julia A., At home, wife, M, 37, IL, Eng, NY.
Sarah I., At home, dau, S, 11, UT, Eng, IN.
1900 US: Cedar City, Iron, Utah, p. 257a:
James Rickards, Nov 1847, 52, m. 6 years, OH Maryland OH, engineering.
Julia, wife, Jul 1842, 57, m. 6 years, 3 total children all living, IL Eng NY.
Julia, dau., Apr 1883, 17, S, UT OH IL.
2. Some records use variations of her middle name including Ardence or Ordinia. Her burial record gives name as Julia Ardena.
BIOGRAPHY:
1. In the execution of father's last will and testament, this individual shown as living at Kanarra, Iron, Utah on 22 Jun 1889.
BIRTH:
1. Father's autobiography gives birth in June of 1842.
2. Per Burial Index cited below.
MARRIAGE:
1. The book "Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude" by the daughters of Utah Pioneers has a biography of Catherine Maxwell Truman, Jacob Truman's first wife: "...Upon her arrival in the valley, she learned that a Mr. Gaddis, the man who had helped pay her way to Utah with the intention of marrying her when she arrived, already had a wife. Elizabeth said, 'I will be the second wife to no man!' Elizabeth later met Jacob Mica Truman, from New York. They were married three months later on Dec. 21, 1856 with Brigham Young officiating. Although she said she would not be a second wife, that was exactly what she was. Jacob had married Elizabeth Boyce on April 19, 1849, and was living in South Cottonwood... Catherine and Elizabeth were able to build a good relationship. Often indeed, did Catherine's fiery temper have the upper hand. Some felt sorry for the gentler Elizabeth, but can remember well their mutual anger when their husband brought home a third wife, Julia, on June 14, 1857. They made him see his error, and soon the new Mrs. Truman left..."
2. From the website www.softcom.net/users/paulandsteph/jmt/elizabethshistory.html 8 Dec 2002 in the biography of Catherine Maxwell, one of Jacob Truman's wives: "...Often indeed did her fiery scotch temper have the upper hand. Many of the neighbors felt sorry for the gentle Elizabeth Boyce, Jacob Truman's first wife. But well do they remember the mutual anger at Jacob when he brought home a third wife, Julia Ardena Hales, whom he had married 14 Jun 1857. Together they made him see the error in bringing Julia there as she did not fit in with them. Alice Hunt Jones, a granddaughter of Rhoda Maria, relates the following incident: 'I will just have to relate a little incident told to me by a granddaughter of Catherine's (Libby Terry). One morning Aunt Katie (as she was more commonly known) was getting ready to go milk the cows, she had her little brass milk bucket in her hand ready to go, when Julia said to her, 'I slept with Jacob last night, but all you slept with was little Jacob.' At that Aunt Katie threw the bucket at Julia's head, but Julia ducked in time to miss it.' Julia finally left and divorced Jacob..."
DEATH:
1. Per website ; "Cemetery/Death Indexes (1852-1996) in Washington County, Utah," compiled by Wesley W. Craig, Ph.D: No record shown.
2. Utah State Historical Society Burials Database online: Julia Ardena Rickards, b. 17 Jul 1842 in England [error, should be IL], d. 2 Nov 1919 due to pneumonia, bur. at Cedar City Cemetery D-25-02-05.
3. Death Certificate found on Family Tree accessed 11 Jun 2013.
BURIAL:
1. Per Burial Index cited above.
SOURCES_MISC:
1. 18 Dec 2002 website .
2. Nauvoo LDS Land and Records Office research file (copy in my possession as of 2 Jun 2007 and also partially viewable at www.earlylds.com). Includes family group sheet and Susan Black's entry in her book "Early LDS Members."
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