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Zina Presendia Young

Zina Presendia Card, Zina Presendia Williams, Prescindia, Priscindia, Mrs. Zina Y., Zina Young Card, Zina Presendia Young Williams Card

3 April 1850—31 January 1931

Emmeline B. Wells

Born 3 Apr. 1850 in Salt Lake City.1 Daughter of Brigham Young and Zina Diantha Huntington.2 Participated in the Salt Lake Theatre, 1863–1868.3 Married Thomas Child Williams, 11 Oct. 1868; two children.4 Served as the first secretary of the Retrenchment Association, 1868, and later as a counselor in the Young Ladies’ Department of the Ladies’ Cooperative Retrenchment Association, 1870.5 Widowed, 1874.6 Moved to Provo, Utah Co., Utah Territory, by 1880, where she attended Brigham Young Academy.7 Served as chair of the  domestic science department at Brigham Young Academy, 1879–1884.8 Served as a delegate, along with EBW, to the eleventh annual convention of the Woman Suffrage Association in Washington DC, 1879.9 Served as president of the Utah Stake Primary and counselor in the Utah Stake Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association (YLMIA), 1880–1882.10 Married Charles Ora Card, June 1884; three children.11 Moved to Cardston, Alberta, Canada, 1887.12 Served as ward and stake president of the YLMIA in Cardston.13 Moved to Logan, Cache Co., Utah, 1903, where she served as matron of Brigham Young College until the death of her husband in 1906.14 Moved to Salt Lake City; appointed matron of Latter-day Saint Business College.15 Served on the Primary general board for fifteen years.16 Died 31 Jan. 1931 in Salt Lake City.17

The First Fifty Years of Relief Society

18 Born at Salt Lake City; daughter of Zina Diantha Huntington and Brigham Young. 19 Married first Thomas Child Williams, 1868; two children. 20 Counselor in the first Young Ladies’ Department of the Ladies’ Cooperative Retrenchment Association, 1870. 21 Widowed, 1874. 22 Moved to Provo, Utah County, Utah Territory, 1878. 23 Attended Brigham Young Academy; headed the academy’s domestic science department for seven years. 24 Served as president of the Utah Stake Primary and counselor in the Utah Stake Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association (Y.L.M.I.A.). 25 Active in the woman suffrage movement; served as a delegate to the eleventh annual convention of the Woman Suffrage Association in Washington DC, 1879. 26 Married second Charles Ora Card, 1884; three children. 27 Moved to Cardston, Alberta, Canada, 1887. 28 Served as ward and stake president of the Y.L.M.I.A. at Cardston. 29 Moved to Logan, Cache County, Utah, 1903; served as matron of Brigham Young College in Logan. 30 Widowed, 1906, and moved to Salt Lake City. 31 Appointed matron of Latter-day Saint College. Served on the Primary general board. 32 Died at Salt Lake City. 33 (See Document 3.18, 3.28, 4.18, 4.26, 4.28)

Footnotes

  1. 1 “Endowments of the Living, 1851–1884,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. D, p. 204, Zina Priscinda Young, 21 Feb. 1863, microfilm 1149525 (restricted access), FHL. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 28 Nov. 2017), Zina Prescendia Young (KV5M-5H8). 

  2. 2 “Endowments of the Living, 1851–1884,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. D, p. 204, Zina Priscinda Young, 21 Feb. 1863, microfilm 1149525 (restricted access), FHL. 

  3. 3 Zina Young Card Brown, “Biographical Sketch of the Life of Zina Young Williams Card,” MS 4780, p. 4, CHL.

  4. 4 “Sealings of Couples, Living and by Proxy, 1851–1889,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, vol. E, p. 180, Thomas Williams and Zina Presendia Young, 11 Oct. 1868, microfilm 1149515 (restricted access), FHL. Zina Young Card Brown, “Biographical Sketch of the Life of Zina Young Williams Card,” MS 4780, p. 4–5, CHL.

  5. 5 Zina Young Card Brown, “Biographical Sketch of the Life of Zina Young Williams Card,” MS 4780, pp. 6–7, CHL. “Resolutions Adopted by the First Young Ladies’ Department of the Ladies’ Co-operative Retrenchment Association, S. L. City, organized May 27, 1870,” Deseret Evening News, 20 June 1870, [2].

  6. 6 Utah Division of State History, “Utah Cemeteries and Burials,” database, Cemeteries and Burials (http://heritage.utah.gov/history/cemeteries, accessed Apr. 2014), Thomas Child Williams. 

  7. 7 1880 U.S. Census, Provo, Utah Co., Utah Territory, ED 81, p. 30, Zina Williams. “Zina Young Williams Card,” Education in Zion (http://educationinzion.byu.edu/2010/10/25/zina-young-williams-card/, accessed 20 Nov. 2017).

  8. 8 “Zina Young Card: Educator during Early Utah Days Ends Active Life,” Deseret News, 31 Jan. 1931, 1. Zina Young Williams Card, Education in Zion (http://educationinzion.byu.edu/2010/10/25/zina-young-williams-card/,  accessed 20 Nov. 2017).

  9. 9 Zina Young Card Brown, “Biographical Sketch of the Life of Zina Young Williams Card,” MS 4780, p. 9–10, CHL. EBW, Diary, 1, 7, 15–18, and 21 Jan. 1879; 4 Feb. 1879.

  10. 10 “RS, YLMIA and Primary Reports,” Woman’s Exponent, 1 Dec. 1880, 102. “RS, YLMIA and Primary Reports,” Woman’s Exponent, 1 Dec. 1882, 1102.

  11. 11 Zina Young Card Brown, “Biographical Sketch of the Life of Zina Young Williams Card,” MS 4780, p. 12, CHL.

  12. 12 Zina Young Card Brown, “Biographical Sketch of the Life of Zina Young Williams Card,” pp. 12–15, CHL. Ruth May Fox, “In Memory of Three,” Improvement Era, Apr. 1931, 330.

  13. 13 Ruth May Fox, “In Memory of Three,” Improvement Era, Apr. 1931, 331. Zina Young Card Brown, “Biographical Sketch of the Life of Zina Young Williams Card,” p. 15, CHL.

  14. 14 “Zina Young Card: Educator during Early Utah Days Ends Active Life,” Deseret News, 31 Jan. 1931, 1. “Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904–1961,” database and images, Utah State Archives (https://archives.utah.gov, accessed 5 Dec. 2019); from Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, series 81448, file no. 139/630 (1906), Charles Ora Card. 

  15. 15 Zina Young Card Brown, “Biographical Sketch of the Life of Zina Young Williams Card,” MS 4780, p. 16, CHL.

  16. 16 Zina Young Card Brown, “Biographical Sketch of the Life of Zina Young Williams Card,” MS 4780, p. 16, CHL.

  17. 17 “Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904–1961,” database and images, Utah State Archives (https://archives.utah.gov, accessed 22 Nov. 2017); from Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, series 81448, file no. 187/630 (1931), Zina Prescindia Young Card. Zina Young Card Brown, “Biographical Sketch of the Life of Zina Young Williams Card,” p. 18, CHL.

  18. 18 “Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904–1961,” database and images, Utah State Archives (http://archives.utah.gov, accessed Oct. 2014); from Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, series 81448, file no. 187/630 (1931), Zina Prescindia Young Card. See also Martha Sonntag Bradley and Mary Brown Firmage Woodward, 4 Zinas: A Story of Mother and Daughters on the Mormon Frontier (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2000).

  19. 19 “Utah death certificate, file no. 187/630. [Susa Young Gates], “Our Picture Gallery: Zina Young Williams Card,” Young Woman’s Journal 2, no. 4 (Nov. 1892): 50–53.

  20. 20 [Gates], “Our Picture Gallery,” 51. “Zina Young Card: Educator During Early Utah Days Ends Active Life,” Deseret News, Jan. 31, 1931, 1. “Ancestral File,” database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org, accessed Aug. 2014), Zina Presendia Young (KV5M-5H8) and Thomas Williams (KWCH-RWM).

  21. 21 “Resolutions Adopted by the First Young Ladies’ Department of the Ladies’ Co-operative Retrenchment Association, S. L. City, organized May 27, 1870,” Deseret Evening News, June 20, 1870, [2].

  22. 22 Gates], “Our Picture Gallery,” 51. Utah Division of State History, “Utah Cemeteries and Burials,” database, Cemeteries and Burials (https://history.utah.gov/cemeteries, accessed Apr. 2014), Thomas Child Williams.

  23. 23 1880 U.S. census, Provo, Utah Co., Utah Territory, p. 133B, Zina Williams; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Aug. 2014); from NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1338.

  24. 24 [Gates], “Our Picture Gallery,” 51–52. “Zina Young Card: Educator,” [2].

  25. 25 [Gates], “Our Picture Gallery,” 51. “R.S., Y.L.M.I.A. and Primary Reports,” Woman’s Exponent 9, no. 13 (Dec. 1, 1880): 102. “R.S., Y.L.M.I.A. and Primary Reports,” Woman’s Exponent 11, no. 13 (Dec. 1, 1882): 102.

  26. 26 “Suffrage Women Protest,” Woman’s Exponent 15, no. 17 (Feb. 1, 1887): 132. “For the Capital,” Deseret Evening News, Jan. 3, 1879, n.p. “Utah Ladies in Washington,” Deseret News, Jan. 18, 1879, n.p. “Memorial of the ‘Mormon’ Women,” Deseret News, Jan. 31, 1879, n.p.

  27. 27 “Zina Young Card: Educator,” [2]. “Ancestral File,” database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org, accessed Aug. 2014), Zina Presendia Young (KV5M-5H8) and Charles Ora Card (KWCH-RWM).

  28. 28 Ruth May Fox, “In Memory of Three,” Improvement Era 34 (Apr. 1931): 330. 1901 Canada census, Cardston, Alberta, The Territories, p. 16, Zina Y. Card; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Aug. 2014); citing series RG31-C-1, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

  29. 29 [Gates], “Our Picture Gallery,” 52. “Zina Young Card: Educator,” [2]. Fox, “In Memory of Three,” 331.

  30. 30 “Zina Young Card: Educator,” [2].

  31. 31 “Ancestral File,” database, Charles Ora Card.

  32. 32 “Zina Young Card: Educator,” [2].

  33. 33 Ibid. “Utah death certificate, file no. 187/630. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed Dec. 29, 2015), Zina Presendia Young KV5M-5H8.