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.