The people

Lives behind the names

Begin with a familiar name, then follow the family connections. Each biography keeps its sources and unanswered questions close to the story.

The family directory

40 profiles · Alphabetical by name

1765–1815

Abigail Howe

Abigail, also called Nabby, connects the Young household to the Howe family research.

Supported by sources

1801–1877

Brigham Young

Brigham connects Zina Presendia’s documented family to the Young and Howe research.

Supported by sources

Living relative

Carol Card

Carol connects the present family with Lester and Jean’s Card and Nelson lines.

Supported by sources

1839–1906

Charles Ora Card

Charles’s life links the family’s New York and Utah history with the settlement of Cardston.

Supported by sources

1814–1900

Cyrus William Card

A craftsman and migrant, Cyrus links Charles Ora Card to the earlier family in the eastern United States.

Supported by sources

Dates under research

Daniel Tuttle

Daniel Tuttle appears in the competing hypothesis for Sarah Tuttle’s parentage.

Research lead

Dates under research

Dinah Holcomb Gillett

Dinah, also recorded as Diana, is part of one proposed parent pair for Sarah Tuttle.

Provisional

Dates under research

Elisha Card

Elisha Card is one of the intermediate generations in the researched Card ladder.

Provisional

Dates under research

Elizabeth Babb

Elizabeth Babb appears in the competing hypothesis for Sarah Tuttle’s parentage.

Research lead

1728–1810 · research record

Elizabeth Hayden

Elizabeth Hayden is an earlier-generation research anchor in the Young and Howe family story.

Provisional

Living relative

Emad Adly

Emad is part of the present family from which this archive is being assembled.

Supported by sources

Dates under research

Emma Booth

Emma is a research subject in the Utah-period Card household.

Provisional

Dates under research

Emma Christensen

Emma Christensen is named as one of Pearl Eliza Christensen’s parents.

Supported by sources

Living relative

Jacob Adly

The family archive begins with Jacob and follows the people and records behind his family.

Supported by sources

Dates under research

James Card

James Card is one of the intermediate generations in the researched Card ladder.

Provisional

c. 1921–2019

Jean Shirley M. Nelson Card

Jean brings the Nelson family’s Cardston story into the Card family archive.

Supported by sources

Dates under research

Jens Christensen Lamp

Jens Christensen Lamp is an anchor name in the collected Scandinavian research.

Research lead

Dates under research

Jesse Tuttle

Jesse is a candidate in the unresolved search for Sarah Tuttle’s parents.

Provisional

1763–1839

John Young

John is part of the documented household in which Brigham Young grew up.

Supported by sources

Dates under research

Joseph Mads Christensen

Joseph Mads Christensen is named as one of Pearl Eliza Christensen’s parents.

Supported by sources

1729–1769 · research record

Joseph Young

Joseph Young is an earlier-generation research anchor in the Young and Howe family story.

Provisional

1885–1956

Joseph Young Card

Joseph’s story connects the early Cardston household with the next generations of the family.

Supported by sources

Dates under research

Leona Bertha Ballantyne

Leona belongs to the earlier marriage chapter of Joseph Young Card’s life.

Supported by sources

1919–2015

Lester Charles Card

Airman, teacher, geologist, and radio amateur: Lester’s call sign gives VE6.CA its name.

Supported by sources

Dates under research

Maren Johanne Jensen

Maren Johanne Jensen is an anchor name in the collected Scandinavian research.

Research lead

Dates under research

Nancy Campbell

Nancy appears in an unconfirmed report of a later relationship with Cyrus Card.

Research lead

1889–1982

Pearl Eliza Christensen

Pearl is the starting point for the archive’s Christensen and Scandinavian research.

Supported by sources

Dates under research

Peleg Card

Peleg Card is one of the intermediate generations in the researched Card ladder.

Provisional

1735–1807 · research record

Phineas Howe

Phineas Howe is an earlier-generation research anchor in the Young and Howe family story.

Provisional

17th century

Richard Card

Richard is the oldest named Card research anchor currently shown in this archive.

Provisional

1793–1864

Sarah Ann Sabin

Sarah Sabin belongs to the older Card household before the family’s western migration.

Provisional

1819–1894

Sarah Anne Tuttle

Sarah’s documented family life is clearer than the question of who her parents were.

Supported by sources

1891–1975 · family record

Seth Henry Nelson

Seth anchors the Nelson family’s twentieth-century Cardston research.

Provisional

1738–1827 · research record

Susanna Goddard

Susanna Goddard is an earlier-generation research anchor in the Young and Howe family story.

Provisional

Dates under research

Thomas Child Williams

Thomas belongs to Zina Presendia’s first marriage and the Williams family chapter.

Supported by sources

Dates under research

William Card

William Card is one of the intermediate generations in the researched Card ladder.

Provisional

1787–1846

William Fuller Card

William Fuller is the first step in the researched ladder behind Cyrus Card.

Provisional

1821–1901

Zina Diantha Huntington Young

Zina Diantha’s life is preserved in documentary collections and in the story of her daughter Zina Presendia.

Supported by sources