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Phebe Eleanor Richards Maiben

13 August 1824—25 January 1906

1 Born at Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales; daughter of Eleanor Williams and James William Richards. 2 Baptized, 1849. 3 Married John Bray Maiben, 1851; three children. 4 Immigrated to the United States aboard the S. Curling and migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1855. 5 Appointed teacher in the Salt Lake City Thirteenth Ward Relief Society, 1868. 6 Settled at Manti, Sanpete County, Utah Territory, 1875. 7 Died at Manti; buried at Salt Lake City. 8 (See Document 3.7)

Footnotes

  1. 1 “Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904–1961,” database and images, Utah State Archives (http://archives.utah.gov, accessed Dec. 2014); from Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, series 81448, file no. 106/150 (1906), Phoebe Eleanora [sic] R. Maiben.

  2. 2 “Wales, Births and Baptisms, 1541–1907,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed Dec. 2014), Phebe Richards, Aug. 13, 1924; citing Bethany Particular Baptist, Pembroke Dock, Pembroke, Wales-ODM; FHL microfilm 0819966 (RG4 3965). Dorothy Pike Putnam Brown, “John Bray Maiben: Early Mormon Pioneer, 1826–1910,” typescript, 1991, p. 1, CHL.

  3. 3 Brown, “John Bray Maiben,” 1.

  4. 4 Brown, “John Bray Maiben,” 2. International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude (Salt Lake City: Publishers Press, 1998), 4:1860–1861.

  5. 5 Brown, “John Bray Maiben,” 2. “Maison, Phebe,” S. Curling Passengers List, Liverpool to New York, 22 Apr.–22 May 1855, Saints by Sea database, saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu. “Phebe Eleanor Richards,” Church History Biographical Database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Nov. 2023).

  6. 6 Thirteenth Ward Relief Society, Minutes, Apr. 18, 1868, vol. 1, 1868–1898, Relief Society minutes and records, 1867–1898, Salt Lake Stake [Ensign Stake], CHL.

  7. 7 Brown, “John Bray Maiben,” 3.

  8. 8 Utah death certificate, file no. 106/150. Brown, “John Bray Maiben,” 5. Find a Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com, accessed Dec. 2014), memorial no. 48661519, Phoebe [sic] Eleanor Richards Maiben; Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed Jan. 5, 2016), Phebe Eleanor Richards KWJF-HR5.