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View Tree for Henry McEwanHenry McEwan (b. February 14, 1802, d. September 28, 1882)

Henry McEwan (son of John McEwan and Jane McAuley) was born February 14, 1802 in Of Garvagny, County Down Ireland, and died September 28, 1882 in Provo Utah. He married Jane Thompson in Ireland, daughter of William Joseph Thompson and Eliza Boyce.

 Includes NotesNotes for Henry McEwan:
Name: Henry MCEWAN
Given Name: Henry
Surname: McEwan
Sex: M
Birth: 14 Feb 1802 in Of Garvaghy, Down, Ireland
Death: 24 Sep 1882 in Provo, Utah, UT
Burial: 24 Sep 1882 Provo City Cemetary, Provo, Utah, UT
Note:
Buried in Provo City Cemetary
Block 3 Lot 49

Henry McEwan was a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Edinburgh, Scotland.

"In 1844 a Mormon missionary, Brother Henry McEwan, preached on the green at a small coal mining village near Edinburgh, Scotland. In the crowd stood a young woman with a baby in her arms. Her alert mind instantly recognized the plan of life and salvation she had been searching for. A week later she and her husband were baptized. That woman was Jean Wilson Nibley, the revered mother of the subject of this sketch, Charles W. Nibley"
quote from: Heart Throbs of the West: Volume 3, British Contribution To Utah

Penrose, Charles William
"Charles Wilson, presiding Bishop of the Church, was born Feb. 5, 1849, at Hunterfield, a small coal mining town, eight miles south of Edinburgh, Scotland, and is the fourth child and the second son of James Nibley and Jean Wilson. The father, who was a coal miner, had difficulty in providing for his family, but was ably assisted by his wife, a most energetic, frugal and thrifty woman, who never seemed to tire of working and planning to better the conditions of herself and her family. She possessed, too, a deeply religious nature, and when, in the year 1844, she listened to the teachings of Henry McEwan, an Elder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who spoke on the village green of Hunterfield, she felt a satisfaction in listening to his teachings that she had never before experienced. Both James and Jean Nibley, within a week, were baptized into the Church, and from that time forward they lived in the hope that they might join the main body of the Saints in America."
quote from: Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, Volume , Biographies

"McEWAN, HENRY (son of John McEwan and Jane McAnley of Ireland). Born Feb. 14, 1802, Parish of Garvaby, County Down, Ireland. Came to Utah Sept. 3, 1860, James D. Ross company.
Married Jane Thompson in Ireland (daughter of Joseph Thompson and Eliza Boyce of VanBridge, Down, Ireland). She was born Dec. 25, 1801. Their children: John, m. Amanda M. Higbee; Jane, died; Joseph, died; Robert T., m. Jeanette Hogg; Henry, m. Agnes Hogg; Jane, m. William T. Reid; William, died; Joseph, died; Eliza, m. Joseph M. Brown; Joseph Thompson, m. Irinda Naomi Crandall. Family home Provo, Utah.
High priest; president Edinburgh conference several years. Farmer. Died Sept. 24, 1882, Provo, Utah."
quote from: Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, Genealogies and Biographies, M - Privates



More About Henry McEwan and Jane Thompson:
Marriage: Ireland.

Children of Henry McEwan and Jane Thompson are:
  1. +Joseph Thompson McEwan, b. September 01, 1840, Edinburgh, Mdthn Scotland, d. January 13, 1913, Provo Utah.
  2. John McEwan, b. February 08, 1824, d. date unknown.
  3. Jane McEwan, b. July 03, 1833, d. date unknown.
  4. Joseph McEwan, b. 1826, d. date unknown.
  5. Robert Thompson McEwan, b. September 25, 1827, d. date unknown.
  6. Henry McEwan, b. July 03, 1830, d. April 16, 1894, SaltLake City, UT.
  7. Jane McEwan, b. July 03, 1833, d. date unknown.
  8. William McEwan, d. date unknown.
  9. Joseph McEwan, b. 1838, d. date unknown.
  10. Eliza McEwan, b. 1839, d. date unknown.
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