Island Grade School

William Alvin Tolman and Hattie Naomi Tolman’s children along with Parley Lambert Tolman and Lydia Vilate Tolman’s children attended this grade school in Island. This was the first school William Odell Tolman attended in 1916. Related Stories The Island...

William Alvin and Hattie Naomi Tolman (Harvey Session Home)

Left to Right: Alma Tolman, Alvin Tolman, Glenn (A cousin), and Marvin Tolman At some point, William Alvin and Hattie Naomi Tolman lived in the Harvey Sessions home for a time. There were two bedrooms downstairs and one big one upstairs, reached by stairs on the...

Daniel Lambert Gorringe and Mary Ann Shields Home

In 1879, Daniel Lambert Gorringe was among the Oakley Valley pioneers. He was 15 years old and arrived with his mother, Fanny Burgess Gorringe. He remained their until his death in 1953 at the age of 89. Daniel is the brother of Mary Jane Gorringe. He was married to...

Lydia Ann Tolman and Albert LeRoy Egbert Home

Joshua Alvin and Mary Jane Tolman’s daughters from left to right: Theresa Lorraine, Martha Myrtle, Louise, Fannie, Lydia Ann, and Mary Alice. Lydia Ann Tolman is one of six daughters of Joshua Alvin Tolman and Mary Jane Gorringe. Sarah Baskerville Alexander was...

Fanny Burgess Gorringe Home

This is the approximate location of Fannie Burgess Gorringe’s home in Marion. Her obituary read as follows: Special Correspondence: Marion, Idaho, Jan 13, Fannie B. Gorringe died here of old age on 20 Dec 1908. She was the daughter of Joseph and Janet (Martha...

William Augustus Tolman and Marintha Bates Home

William Augustus Tolman was born on the 29th of August 1850 in Tooele, Utah to Cyrus and Alice Bracken Tolman. His father was a farmer and he lived at home and helped on the farm until he married Marintha Althera Bates 15 Jul 1872. William and Marintha has eleven...

Minnie Elizabeth Tolman and Hyrum Pickett Home

Back Row: Hyrum Pickett, “Chippy the dog,” Moroni Pickett, “Jimmy the cat,” Oliver Pickett. Front Row: Eugene Pickett, Minnie Tolman Pickett (wife of Hyrum), Francis Amelia Clegg Pickett (wife of Moroni) holding Olive Pickett (now Mrs. Walt...

Cyrus Tolman and Alice Bracken

Cyrus Tolman and Alice Bracken lived in Tooele until 1881 when he got the pioneering spirit again and decided to move this family to Goose Creek, Idaho, in the Oakley Valley. Alice was fifty years old and Cyrus was eleven years older. It would be difficult to move...

Alvaretta Jane Tolman and Henry Belcher Home

Cyrus and his children around 1901 (Standing from left to right: John Albert, Joshua Alvin, Alvaretta Jane, Aaron Alexander, and Judson Isaac; Sitting from left to right: William Augustus, Cyrus Ammon, Minnie Elizabeth, Cyrus, Alice Ann) Alvaretta Jane Tolman was born...

Aaron Alexander Tolman and Martha Mary Barrett’s Home

Aaron Alexander Tolman was born on April 16, 1866 at Salina, Sevier, Utah, during the Blackhawk Indian War. The settlers in Sevier county were forced to flee for their lives. When three days old, Alex and his mother were placed in a box wagon; planks were laid over...

Parley Lambert and Lydia Vilate Tolman Home (1923-1956)

Parley Lambert Tolman was the seventh child of Joshua Alvin Tolman and Mary Jane Gorringe.  Parley married his second cousin, Lydia Vilate Tolman from Bountiful and they moved to Marion. In the spring of 1916 and just prior to Parley’s mission to the Northwest...

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