Davidson and Farrier Family Histories

This is a site for us to upload family histories and pictures of our Davidson and Farrier family ancestors. I have not written most of the histories, although I have put together the timelines. The histories have been gathered from various sources, so I can't vouch for the accuracy of their information.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

John McRae, 1836-1912

  • Born 30 January 1836 in Ripley County, Kentucky
  • Died 28 February 1912 Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho
  • Parents: Alexander McRae and Eunice Fitzgerald
  • Spouse: Roxey Abigail Pierce (md. 1856 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah)
  • Children: Mary Ann McRae, John McRae, Joseph McRae, Eunice Maria McRae, Roxey Adeline McRae, Alexander McRae, Harriet Augusta McRae, William Jenkins McRae, Kenneth McRae, Martha Abigail McRae, Walter Daniel McRae, Lois Ann Minetta McRae
1836 January 30
Born in Ripley County, Indiana, first child of Alexander McRae and Eunice Fitzgerald. [1, 2]

1852 July 13
Age 16
Departs with the Allen Weeks Company from Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs) to cross the plains.  He travels with his parents and his siblings Joseph (age 14), Daniel (age 6), Mary Jane (age 3), and Martha (age 1). They arrive in the Salt Lake Valley on 12 October 1852.  [3]

1856 April 19
Age 20
Marries Roxey Abigail Pierce in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  [4]

Deseret News, 1856-04-02

1857 September 27
Age 21
Birth of daughter Mary Ann at Emigration Canyon, Salt Lake, Utah  [5]

1860 June 1
Age 24
Birth of son John at Emigration Canyon, Salt Lake, Utah  [6]

1863 July 7
Age 25
Birth of son Joseph at Emigration Canyon, Salt Lake, Utah  [7]

1864 August 3
Age 28
Birth of daughter Eunice Maria at Emigration Canyon, Salt Lake, Utah  [8]

1866 September 22
Age 30
Birth of daughter Roxey Adeline at Emigration Canyon, Salt Lake, Utah

1868 February 10
Age 32
Birth of son Alexander in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  [9]

1869 October 26
Age 33
Death of son Alexander, age 1, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah [9]

1870 July 17
Age 34
Birth of daughter Harriet Augusta in Emigration Canyon, Salt Lake, Utah

1872 May 17
Age 36
Birth of son William Jenkins at Mountain Dell, Salt Lake, Utah  [10]

1874 August 24
Age 38
Birth of son Kenneth at Mountain Dell, Salt Lake, Utah  [11]

John with sons Joseph & John, about 1875-1880
1876 July 21
Age 40
Death of son Kenneth, age 1  [11]

1876 December 21
Age 40
Birth of daughter Martha Abigail in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  [12]

1879 January
Age 43
Birth of son Walter Daniel in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  [13]

1880 March 10
Age 44
Birth of daughter Lois Ann Minnetta at Mountain Dell, Salt Lake, Utah  [14]

1882 May 3
Age 46
Death of wife, Roxey Abigail Pierce, age 41, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  [15]

1887 May 6
Age 51
Death of son Walter Daniel, age 8, at Brighton, Salt Lake, Utah [13]

1891 June 20
Age 55
Death of father, Alexander McRae, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  [16]

John with son Joseph, about 1895-1900
1902 December 29
Age 66
Death of daughter Eunice Maria at Helper, age 38 at Carbon County, Utah [8]

John in 1902
1906 December 3
Age 70
Death of mother, Eunice Fitzgerald McRae in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  [17]

John about 1910-11
Thornton or Union, Idaho, 13 September 1911
Thornton or Union Idaho, 13 September 1911
1912 February 28
Age 76
Dies in Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho [1]

Salt Lake Tribune, 1912-03-02, p. 4

John McRae's headstone in Salt Lake City Cemetery

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[1]  "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQHZ-S6J : accessed 27 Feb 2013), John McRae, 1912.

[2]  Endowment House Sealings, Book E, p. 169, Book H, p. 112. Cited in Irving, Gordon. "Alexander and Eunice McRae: Latter-day Saints," unpublished paper dated April 11, 1966, p. 2.

[3]  Mormon Overland Pioneer Travel database (http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/home?lang=eng).  Viewed online February 2013.

[4]  "Married," Deseret News, 1856-04-02.

[5]  "Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F85C-2LN : accessed 06 Feb 2013), Mary Ann Davidson, 27 Sep 1857.

[6]  "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLBZ-QM9 : accessed 28 Feb 2013), John Mcrae, 06 Mar 1923.

[7]  "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZPW-MQV : accessed 28 Feb 2013), Joseph Mcrae, 27 Dec 1936.

[8]  "Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F85R-Y3N : accessed 28 Feb 2013), Eunice Mcrae Johnson, 1864.

[9]  "Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F858-8X8 : accessed 28 Feb 2013), Alex Mcrae, 1868.

[10]  "Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F85H-YM6 : accessed 28 Feb 2013), William Mcrae, 17 May 1872.

[11]  "BillionGraves Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KH66-538 : accessed 28 Feb 2013), Kenneth McRae, 21 Jul 1876.

[12]  "Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F85G-HGM : accessed 28 Feb 2013), Martha Abigal Mcrae Yetter, 1876

[13]  "Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F85Q-DHK : accessed 28 Feb 2013), Walter D. Mcrae, Jan 1879.

[14]  "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V3KN-ZW1 : accessed 28 Feb 2013), Minnetta Runstedt, November 1967

[15]  "Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F85N-XX3 : accessed 28 Feb 2013), Roxie Abigail Mc Rae, May 1840.

[16]  "Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F85X-R5S : accessed 28 Feb 2013), Alexander Mcrae, 1808.

[17]  "Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F85V-5S9 : accessed 28 Feb 2013), Eunice Mcrae, 1818.

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