John Booth Merrill

[Fiona67]

Hi
I was looking for any information on the family of John Booth Merrill and Isabelle Elizabeth Gibb. John Booth Merrill came from England and lived in Utah before coming to Canada in about 1900. I think he was involved with the Mormons.

Regards
Fiona

[Ann65]

Hi
I was looking for any information on the family of John Booth Merrill and Isabelle Elizabeth Gibb. John Booth Merrill came from England and lived in Utah before coming to Canada in about 1900. I think he was involved with the Mormons.

Regards
Fiona

Hi (again) Fiona.

JOHN BOOTH MERRILL s/o JOHN FOSTER MERRILL.

b.06.07.1866 Addlethorpe, d.26.11.1945, m.20.12.1893 Salt Lake City to Isabelle Elizabeth Gibb b.26.05.1870 Newport, Monmouth, d.14.04.1958.

Their children were:
Annie Jehezell 1894 Lehi, Utah married Elmo Henrickson
Gwendolyn Hannah 1896 Lehi, Utah married Byron Franklin Tanner
John Foster 1897 Lehi, Utah d.1897 Lehi, Utah
Sarah Isabelle 1898 Lehi, Utah married Nathan Eldon Tanner
Milton Magrath 1900 Magrath, Alberta married Ina Alveretta Burr
Foster Booth 1902 Magrath, Alberta
Donald Frederick 1904 Magrath, Alberta married Thelma Kate West
Emma Matilda 1905 Magrath, Alberta d.1906 Magrath, Alberta
Florence Ada 1907 Magrath, Alberta married Leland Richard Nielson
Laura Grace 1911 Magrath, Alberta married Ross Wight
Edythe Allegra 1912 Hillspring, Alberta, married Elwood J. Jackson

I also came across this on my travels:

Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Volume 4
Stake and Ward Officers
San Francisco Stake
Newman, Jay Clarence

Merrill, Fred, Bishop of the Mission Ward, San Francisco Stake, Calif., from 1927 to 1930+, was born April 11, 1874, at Addelthorp, Lincolnshire, England, the son of John Foster Merrill and Hannah Whiley. He was baptized March 7, 1890, came to Utah in 1892, was ordained a Seventy Jan. 31, 1904, by Rulon S. Wells, and filled a mission to England in 1905-1907. He was ordained a High Priest and Bishop July 10, 1927, by Geo. Albert Smith.

Also, this:

Gibb, John Lye, a Patriarch in the Alberta Stake of Zion, Canada, was born Sept. 16, 1848, at South Petherton, Somersetshire, England, the son of William Gibb and Isabella E. Lye. Becoming a convert to "Mormonism" he was baptized June 22, 1866, by Elder Edwin Frost; married Sarah Phillips Silcox, Oct. 13, 1867, at Stow Church, Newport, England; was ordained an Elder by Henry Haynes at New Tredeger, England, in 1874, and emigrated to Utah in 1875, crossing the Atlantic in the steamship "Wyoming" with a company of Saints in charge of L. John Nuttall. Having married Hannah Simmons as a plural wife Jan. 30, 1881, he was arrested and convicted of unlawful cohabitation and served a term in the Utah penitentiary. For many years he was a resident of Lehi, Utah county, UAVolume 4
Stake and Ward Officers
San Francisco Stake
Newman, Jay Clarence

Hope that proves interesting reading :-)

[Ann65]

Thought Id take a peek at the censuses for William Gibb, father of the above named John Lye Gibb.

Merriott, Somerset, England, 1841

William Gibb circa 1791 Somerset Agricultural Labourer
Ann Gibb circa 1786 Somerset
Samuel Gibb circa 1817 Somerset
William Gibb circa 1823 Somerset

St James' Street, South Petherton Somerset, England 1851

William Gibb, bn about 1825 Merriott Somerset Shoemaker
Isabella Gibb, bn about 1822 Sth Petherton Shoebinder
John L Gibb, bn about 1849 Sth petherton
William Gibb, bn about 1850, age 9months Sth Petherton

(couldnt find them 1861)

5 Sun Street, Leeds, Yorkshire 1871

John L Gibb bn about 1849 Sth Petherton Somerset bootmaker
Sarah A Gibb bn about 1847 Risca Monmouth
John L Gibb bn about 1869 Newport Monmouth
Isabella E Gibb age 10 months Newport, Monmouth

9 Corn Street, Newport, Monmouth, 1871

William Gibb bn about 1823 South Petherton Somerset Bootmaker
Isabella E Gibb bn about 1822 South Petherton Somerset
William James Gibb bn about 1851 South Petherton Somerset Bootmaker
Ada Jane Gibb bn about 1857 Martock Somerset
Lucy Emma Gibb bn about 1859 Martock Somerset

(couldnt find them 1881)

7 Blewitt Street, St Woollos, Monmouth 1891

William Gibb bn about 1822 Merriott, Somerset shoemaker
Isabella E Gibb bn about 1822 South Petherton, Somerset

23 Cardiff Road, Newport, Monmouth, 1901

William J. Gibb bn about 1851 Sth Petherton Somerset Poulterer/Game dealer.
Sarah J. Gibb bn about 1855 Magor, Monmouth
Isabella Gibb bn about 1822 Sth Petheton Somerset (Mother)
William S Gibb bn about 1873 Newport Monmouth Poulterer/Game dealer.
Isabella L Gibb bn about 1879 Newport Monmouth
Mary C Gibb bn about 1880 Newport Monmouth
Rudolphine Gibb bn about 1882 Newport Monmouth
Charles V Gibb bn about 1884 Newport Monmouth
Albert A Gibb bn about 1885 Newport Monmouth
George D Gibb bn about 1890 Newport Monmouth
Melbourne P Gibb bn about 1894 Newport Monmouth
Stanley G Gibb bn about 1896 Newport Monmouth

[Fiona67]

Hi Ann
Thank you so much, that is really interesting. I was fairly sure that they were Mormons but didn't really just how involved they all were. That does help me a lot

Fiona