Timeline of Catherine Ward Minson
1851 Aug 26: Catherine
Ward was born
at Preston, Lancashire, England.
daughter of George Ward, and Ellen Dickson.
1859 abt: Catherine’s mother died
1864 Apr 28: She and her father left England for America.
1866 Dec 14: Catherine (15) married Thomas Minson (25)
1867 Sep 18: #1-George Thomas born to Catherine and Thomas.
1869 May 2: #2-Joseph Ward born to Catherine and Thomas
1869 Oct 22: Baby George died, 2 years old.
1871 – 1879: #3-Hyrum, #4-Eliza, #5-Arthur, #6-Frank and
#7-Grace Ellen were born.
1881 Sep 20: 10 year old Hyrum died.
1881 Sep 30: #8-John Minson was born.
(All Thomas and Catherine’s children were born in Paris, Idaho)
1882 Aug 10: Thomas married Sarah Ann Taylor
1883 Dec 7: #9-Samuel Baker born to Catherine and Thomas.
1884 Sep 18: Wilford Minson was born to Sarah and Thomas.
1884 Sep 21: Little baby Wilford Minson died.
1884 Sep 22: Sarah Ann Taylor Minson died.
1886 Feb 14: #10-Catherine Maria born to Catherine and Thomas.
1888 Apr 14: #11-David Minson was born.
1890 Nov 8: #12- Jesse William Minson was born
1892: Nov 16: Thomas left home for England mission. (Catherine was 3 months pregnant.)
1893 May 30: Birth of #13 child & last of 10 sons - Moroni Minson.
1898 Jul 6: Death of 14 year old Samuel Baker Minson
1913 Sep 18: Death of 32 year old son, John – typhoid fever.
1918 Nov 26/29: Death of 25 yr old Lurlene & her husband, 28 year old Jesse Minson from terrible flu/influenza of 1918.
1919 Jan 26: Death of David’s wife, Hazel Law, 26 – the flu.
1920 Jan 15: Death of Catherine’s husband, Thomas –age 78.
1920 Jan 20: Death of John Anderson, 64, husband of Eliza.
1921 Dec 23: Death of 33 year old son, David – electrocuted.
1922 Mar 28: Death of Catherine Ward Minson in Salt Lake City, UT