Tuesday, September 07, 2010

George Brooks (1845-1930): web sites about him




View buildings he helped build in St. George, Utah: http://wchsutah.org/index.htm

Specifically, read about his participation in building the Dixie Academy Building: http://wchsutah.org/buildings/dixie-academy-building.htm

See historic pictures of the St. George Tabernacle he helped build (scroll to the bottom for the full list): http://wchsutah.org/churches/st-george-tabernacle.htm

Even more pictures of the St. George Tabernacle: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhphoto&fileName=ut/ut0100/ut0146/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=St.%20George%20Tabernacle,%20Main%20Street%20and%20Tabernacle%20Streets,%20Saint%20George,%20Washington%20County,%20UT&displayType=1&itemLink=r?pp/PPALL:@field%28NUMBER+@%28ut0146%29%29

Read about the ship he sailed on in 1856 in order to migrate from Wales to Utah after his family joined the Mormon Church: http://www.lib.byu.edu/mormonmigration/voyage.php?id=327

Download/read a very rare book Juanita Brooks wrote about him: http://www.autobahnsoftware.net/Autobahn/MS2.htm (scroll down to Brooks)

See where he's buried at Find a Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=brooks&GSiman=1&GScid=109372&GRid=111286&

See/download a picture taken of him late in life with his wife and extended family in front of the St. George Tabernacle: http://elephantnavel.blogspot.com/2010/07/george-brooks.html

More pictures on the Dixie Academy Building he helped build: http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/BS/BS-SGU.html

Read about his participation in the construction of the St. George Temple and Tabernacle: http://library.dixie.edu/info/collections/temple/temple.htm

Edward Lloyd Parry (1818-1906): web sites about him




St. George Temple quarry, which (as master stone mason) he would have accessed frequently during the construction: http://www.sonsofutahpioneers.info/hs/a11-templequarrytrail.html

Historic sites of St. George, many of which he helped to build: http://www.dostgeorge.com/historic-sites.html


My blog entries:

* His patriarchal blessings: http://elephantnavel.blogspot.com/2009/12/patriarchal-blessings-of-edward-lloyd.html

* The Edward Lloyd Parry Papers: http://elephantnavel.blogspot.com/2010/08/edward-lloyd-parry-papers.html

The U of U Library info for the "Edward Lloyd Parry papers": http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/UU_EAD&CISOPTR=1910


Search this site for newspaper articles about him, particularly in the Manti newspapers: http://digitalnewspapers.org/

Allen Hackworth wrote a book about his family line, which you can purchase or peruse on line: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1163840

Download an article Hackworth wrote about him: http://www.autobahnsoftware.net/Autobahn/MS2.htm (scroll down to Parry)
or
Read it on-line: http://allenhackworth.com/prose/parry.htm

Read about his grave site, as well as other biographical information at Find a Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Parry&GSfn=Edward&GSmn=Lloyd&GSby=1818&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1906&GSdyrel=in&GSst=47&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=34630527&df=all&

Read about his participation in the building of the St. George Temple and Tabernacle: http://library.dixie.edu/info/collections/temple/temple.htm

Read about his participation in the burial site for Martin Harris: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utcache/clarkston/harris/index.htm

Order pictures of him from the photo department of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers: http://www.dupinternational.org/

See historic photos the St. George Tabernacle he helped build: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhphoto&fileName=ut/ut0100/ut0146/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=St.%20George%20Tabernacle,%20Main%20Street%20and%20Tabernacle%20Streets,%20Saint%20George,%20Washington%20County,%20UT&displayType=1&itemLink=r?pp/PPALL:@field%28NUMBER+@%28ut0146%29%29

Read about his trek across the plains with the Joseph W. Young Company of 1853: http://lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneerdetails/1,15791,4018-1-14326,00.html

See photos of buildings he helped build in St. George: http://wchsutah.org/index.htm

See historic pictures of the Manti Temple he helped build: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhphoto&fileName=ut/ut0000/ut0065/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=Manti%20Temple,%20Main%20Street%20%28U.S.%20Route%2089%29,%20Manti,%20Sanpete,%20UT&displayType=1

Finally, read his autobiography on-line: http://www.welshmormonhistory.org/index.php?/resources/view/2397

Finally, if you are a member of Facebook, search for the group "Descendants of Edward Lloyd Parry" and join!