A family life

Joseph Young Card

1885–1956

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

The Church History Biographical Database records Joseph’s birth in Logan in 1885, his parents Charles Ora Card and Zina Young, and his death in Cardston in 1956. It also records his 1913 marriage to Pearl Eliza Christensen.

Sources: Joseph Young Card: biographical record

A separate documentary annotation preserves his earlier marriage to Leona Bertha Ballantyne. Local histories offer a route into his civic and business life, beyond the names and dates of the family tree.

Sources: Emmeline B. Wells diary, June 1908Alberta, Past and Present, volume 3

Family connections

Relationships and their evidence

A biography and a relationship can have different levels of support. The label on each connection describes that specific claim.

Parents

Parent

Charles Ora Card

Supported by sources

Joseph’s institutional biography names this parent.

Sources: Joseph Young Card: biographical record

Parent

Zina Presendia Young Williams Card

Supported by sources

Joseph’s institutional biography names this parent.

Sources: Joseph Young Card: biographical record

Spouses

Spouse

Pearl Eliza Christensen

Supported by sources

The institutional biographical records record their marriage in 1913.

Sources: Joseph Young Card: biographical recordPearl Eliza Christensen: biographical record

Spouse

Leona Bertha Ballantyne

Supported by sources

A documentary-edition annotation records the earlier marriage; the ending remains unresolved.

Sources: Emmeline B. Wells diary, June 1908

Children

Reported child

Lester Charles Card

Provisional

Lincoln Card’s obituary provides collateral support by naming this parent pair and Lester as a sibling; Lester’s own birth or household record is still sought.

Sources: Lincoln John Card obituaryVE6.CA relationship evidence review

Still being researched

Open questions

Check the original death registration where secondary sources differ by one day.
Locate the original record for each marriage and its chronology.

From the archive

Photographs and documents

PDF

pdf

Alberta, Past and Present, Volume 3

Digitized local-history volume tied to Joseph Young Card's civic and business life.

SOURCE

source

Mormons Moving Into Southern Alberta

Historical article used to frame the migration corridor that anchors the Cardston story.

Follow the evidence

Sources for this life

Institutional biography