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Jesse Horatio Dredge, 1873 -1957

Born in Malad, Oneida, Idaho to Jesse Richard Dredge and Ellen Rhees
Married Eliza Rosetta Kunz 30 Sept 1898, and had 9 children one of whom died at birth
Married Nellie Martha Kunz after Eliza's death and had 8 more children
Died in Malad, Oneida, Idaho on 27 May 1957 and is buried in the Malad Cemetery

Jesse Richard Dredge, 1828 - 1913

Born in Box, Minch Par, Gloucestershire, England, 14 Jan 1828
Married Ellen Rhees on 29 Apr 1854
Buried 2 boys and a girl in England within 14 days of each other
Came to America on the Monarch of the Sea in 1861with wife Ellen and 1 month old baby, Elizabeth
Died in Malad, Oneida, Idaho on 11 March 1913 and is buried in the Malad Cemetery

Richard Henry Dredge, 1795 - 1857

Eliza Rosetta Kunz, 1880 - 1914

Born 14 June 1880 in Bern, Bear Lake, Idaho to John Kunz III and his 3rd wife Magdalina Linder
Eliza was the 3rd child of 4 children
Eliza married Jesse Horatio Dredge from Malad, Oneida, Idaho on 30 Sept. 1898 when she was 18
Eliza and Jesse had 9 children.
Eliza died in Malad on 20 May 1914, she is buried in the Malad City Cemetery

Nellie Martha Kunz, 1888 - 1971

Born 6 April 1888 in Bern, Bear Lake, Idaho to Christian Kunz and Eliza Buehler
Nellie, Eliza Rosetta's cousin, married Jesse Horatio Dredge, 30 June 1915, 13 months after Eliza's death
Nellie was a wonderful mother who raised 14 children, 8 living children of Jesse and Eliza, and 6 of her own
Nellie's father Christian had 2 wives who were sisters
Nellie was the next to the youngest in a large family of 26 boys and 2 girls

John Kunz III, 1844 - 1874

Born 7 Feb 1844 in Zwischenflueh, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland to John Kunz II and Rosina Knutti
Arrived in America in 1870 with his seventy-one year old grandmother, his wife and 3 small children
Married Magdalina Linder when she was 35, in 1874
He had six wives four of which bore him 25 children
He buried 12 of those 25 children and three of his six wives

Isaac William Allen, 1880 - 1920

Born in Portage, Box Elder, Utah on 7 June 1880 to Joseph Allen and Mary Jane Jones
Married Frances Letitia Gibbs on 12 August 1902
Isaac died on 26 Oct 1920, when he was 40 yrs. old leaving Frances to raise their 8 children
Buried in the Portage Utah Cemetary

Joseph Allen, 1847 - 1900

Isaac Allen, 1810 - 1891

Born in Ashover, Derbyshire, England on 14 Sept 1810
Married Elizabeth Siddall 28 April 1833 in North Wingfield Parish, Derbyshire, England
Died 25 March 1891
Buried in the Portage Utah Cemetery

Anthony Allen, 1757 - 1811

Frances Letitia Gibbs, 1881 - 1964

William Henry Gibbs, 1851 - 1936

Born in Dew Street, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales 7 Feb 1851
Came to America on the sailing vessel "Cynosure,"with his father and mother and four brothers in 1863.
Married Letieia John 5 Feb 1872
They had 13 children
Died 20 Aug 1936 in Portage, Utah
Buried in the Portage Cemetery

John Duggan Gibbs, 1815 - 1892

Francis Gibbs