Early Life in Utah and Idaho William Cyrus Tolman was born on June 28, 1873, in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah, to William Augustus Tolman and Marintha Althera Bates Tolman. His father, William Augustus, was the son of Cyrus Tolman and Alice Brecken—some of the earliest settlers in Tooele County, Utah. Marintha Althera Bates was the daughter of Ormus Ephriam Bates …

Cornetta “Karen” Nielsen is my 2x great-grandmother. Her daughter June McBride is my great-grandmother. Cornetta was born on the 15 May 1874 to Harriet Amanda Brown and Peter Nielsen in Washington City, Washington, Utah Territory. I have previously written about Cornetta’s grandmother Harriet Amanda Sheldon who crossed the plains after leaving Kirkland, Ohio. According to my first cousin once removed, …

Abraham Brown & Harriett Amanda Sheldon are my 4th great grandparents through my maternal or Naylor side of the family tree. Abraham also went by the name Abram at times probably to distinguish himself from his father. Their lives spanned a period of time from the early 1800’s to later part’s of the 1800’s. They were both born in Vermont …