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Jacob Adly
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Person · Supported by sources
Carol Card
Carol connects the present family with Lester and Jean’s Card and Nelson lines.
Person · Supported by sources
Emad Adly
Emad is part of the present family from which this archive is being assembled.
Person · Supported by sources
Lester Charles Card
Airman, teacher, geologist, and radio amateur: Lester’s call sign gives VE6.CA its name.
Person · Supported by sources
Jean Shirley M. Nelson Card
Jean brings the Nelson family’s Cardston story into the Card family archive.
Person · Supported by sources
Joseph Young Card
Joseph’s story connects the early Cardston household with the next generations of the family.
Person · Supported by sources
Pearl Eliza Christensen
Pearl is the starting point for the archive’s Christensen and Scandinavian research.
Person · Provisional
Seth Henry Nelson
Seth anchors the Nelson family’s twentieth-century Cardston research.
Person · Provisional
Mabel Caroline Hanson Nelson
Mabel is part of the Nelson household behind Jean’s family story.
Person · Supported by sources
Charles Ora Card
Charles’s life links the family’s New York and Utah history with the settlement of Cardston.
Person · Supported by sources
Zina Presendia Young Williams Card
Zina’s education, family life, and public work connect the Young and Card branches.
Person · Supported by sources
Cyrus William Card
A craftsman and migrant, Cyrus links Charles Ora Card to the earlier family in the eastern United States.
Person · Supported by sources
Sarah Anne Tuttle
Sarah’s documented family life is clearer than the question of who her parents were.
Person · Provisional
Richard Card
Richard is the oldest named Card research anchor currently shown in this archive.
Person · Supported by sources
Leona Bertha Ballantyne
Leona belongs to the earlier marriage chapter of Joseph Young Card’s life.
Person · Supported by sources
Brigham Young
Brigham connects Zina Presendia’s documented family to the Young and Howe research.
Person · Supported by sources
Zina Diantha Huntington Young
Zina Diantha’s life is preserved in documentary collections and in the story of her daughter Zina Presendia.
Person · Supported by sources
John Young
John is part of the documented household in which Brigham Young grew up.
Person · Supported by sources
Abigail Howe
Abigail, also called Nabby, connects the Young household to the Howe family research.
Person · Provisional
Joseph Young
Joseph Young is an earlier-generation research anchor in the Young and Howe family story.
Person · Provisional
Elizabeth Hayden
Elizabeth Hayden is an earlier-generation research anchor in the Young and Howe family story.
Person · Provisional
Phineas Howe
Phineas Howe is an earlier-generation research anchor in the Young and Howe family story.
Person · Provisional
Susanna Goddard
Susanna Goddard is an earlier-generation research anchor in the Young and Howe family story.
Person · Supported by sources
Thomas Child Williams
Thomas belongs to Zina Presendia’s first marriage and the Williams family chapter.
Person · Provisional
William Fuller Card
William Fuller is the first step in the researched ladder behind Cyrus Card.
Person · Provisional
Sarah Ann Sabin
Sarah Sabin belongs to the older Card household before the family’s western migration.
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Elisha Card
Elisha Card is one of the intermediate generations in the researched Card ladder.
Person · Provisional
William Card
William Card is one of the intermediate generations in the researched Card ladder.
Person · Provisional
Peleg Card
Peleg Card is one of the intermediate generations in the researched Card ladder.
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James Card
James Card is one of the intermediate generations in the researched Card ladder.
Person · Provisional
Jesse Tuttle
Jesse is a candidate in the unresolved search for Sarah Tuttle’s parents.
Person · Provisional
Dinah Holcomb Gillett
Dinah, also recorded as Diana, is part of one proposed parent pair for Sarah Tuttle.
Person · Research lead
Daniel Tuttle
Daniel Tuttle appears in the competing hypothesis for Sarah Tuttle’s parentage.
Person · Research lead
Elizabeth Babb
Elizabeth Babb appears in the competing hypothesis for Sarah Tuttle’s parentage.
Person · Provisional
Emma Booth
Emma is a research subject in the Utah-period Card household.
Person · Research lead
Nancy Campbell
Nancy appears in an unconfirmed report of a later relationship with Cyrus Card.
Person · Supported by sources
Joseph Mads Christensen
Joseph Mads Christensen is named as one of Pearl Eliza Christensen’s parents.
Person · Supported by sources
Emma Christensen
Emma Christensen is named as one of Pearl Eliza Christensen’s parents.
Person · Research lead
Jens Christensen Lamp
Jens Christensen Lamp is an anchor name in the collected Scandinavian research.
Person · Research lead
Maren Johanne Jensen
Maren Johanne Jensen is an anchor name in the collected Scandinavian research.
Family branch · Provisional
The Card family
Follow Lester’s life back through the Cardston generation and the older Card research.
Family branch · Provisional
The Nelson family
Begin with Jean and trace the Nelson and Hanson/Hansen household behind her.
Family branch · Provisional
Young, Huntington & Howe
Explore the Zinas, the Young household, and the earlier Howe and Huntington research.
Family branch · Conflicting evidence
Tuttle, Gillett & Holcomb
Follow Sarah Tuttle’s life while keeping the search for her parents open.
Family branch · Provisional
Christensen & Scandinavia
Start with Pearl and her named parents, then explore the Scandinavian research beyond them.
Research collection · Research lead
Unassigned research
Inspect the collected trails that do not yet have a defensible place in the family tree.
Source · Family knowledge
Family recollections and relationships
Names and immediate relationships supplied by the family and retained in the research notes.
Source · Memorial
Lester Charles Card: VE6CA memorial
A memorial preserving Lester’s family, RCAF service, later work, and amateur-radio identity.
Source · Obituary
Lester (Les) Charles Card obituary
The funeral-home memorial entry identifies Lester and gives his death date.
Source · Obituary
Jean Shirley Nelson Card obituary
The funeral-home memorial entry identifies Jean and gives her death date as April 9, 2019.
Source · Obituary
Lincoln John Card obituary
Names Joseph Young Card and Pearl Eliza Christensen as Lincoln’s parents and Lester among his siblings.
Source · Institutional biography
Joseph Young Card: biographical record
The Church History Biographical Database records Joseph’s parents, life dates, and marriage to Pearl.
Source · Institutional biography
Pearl Eliza Christensen: biographical record
Records Pearl’s life dates, marriage, and parents Joseph Mads Christensen and Emma Christensen.
Source · Institutional biography
Charles Ora Card: biographical record
Records Charles’s family and pioneer history.
Source · Scholarly biography
Charles Ora Card: Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Biographical treatment of Charles’s Utah life, plural marriage, and work in southern Alberta.
Source · Documentary-edition biography
Zina Presendia Young Williams Card
Identifies Zina’s parents, marriages, and public life.
Source · Published primary document
Zina Y. Card’s 1890 letter
A letter presented in a documentary edition, with historical notes.
Source · Documentary-edition biography
Zina Diantha Huntington Young
Identifies Zina Diantha and records her life from January 31, 1821 to August 28, 1901.
Source · Scholarly history
The Brigham Young Family
Larry C. Porter follows John and Abigail (Nabby) Howe Young’s household and its religious changes.
Source · Scholarly history
On the Western Frontier
Donald G. Godfrey describes the Card family’s work, migrations, and nineteenth-century life.
Source · Institutional biography
Sarah Ann Tuttle: biographical record
Records Sarah’s 1819–1894 life, marriage to Cyrus, and 1856 journey with the Edmund Ellsworth company.
Source · Collaborative genealogy
Cyrus Williams Card: FamilySearch profile
An online family profile used as a pointer to Cyrus’s household and earlier Card generations.
Source · Compiled family history
Histories of Joseph Young Card and Pearl Eliza Christensen Card
A substantial family-history volume listed in the FamilySearch Digital Library.
Source · Documentary-edition note
Emmeline B. Wells diary, June 1908
The editorial apparatus identifies Joseph Young Card’s marriage to Leona Bertha Ballantyne.
Source · Published local history
Alberta, Past and Present, volume 3
A period biography used to investigate Joseph’s business and civic life.
Source · Family-history account
A Deck of Ancestors: Nelson family material
A family-history account that provides leads for Seth Henry Nelson’s civic life.
Source · Compiled genealogy
Winters family genealogy: Nelson connections
A compiled family page used for collateral Nelson and Hanson/Hansen connections.
Source · Digitized government publication
1840 Census of Pensioners
The research uses this pensioners list to locate Jesse Tuttle in western New York.
Source · Research notes
VE6.CA family research notes, April 2026
The project’s individual notes, evidence summaries, family imports, and unresolved questions.
Source · Editorial evidence review
VE6.CA relationship evidence review
Relationship-by-relationship review of the modern family, Card, Young, and Tuttle paths.
Source · Research inventory
VE6.CA research corpus inventory
An overview of the five family branches, unassigned research, seven deep research trails, and collected sources.
Source · Compiled research
Lester to Richard Card: compiled research ladder
The April 2026 research ladder names all intermediate generations between Cyrus William Card and Richard Card.
Source · Unresolved research question
Sarah Anne Tuttle: competing parentage hypotheses
Preserves the Jesse Tuttle/Dinah Holcomb Gillett and Daniel Tuttle/Elizabeth Babb hypotheses.
Source · Research dossier
Christensen and Scandinavian research dossier
The compiled branch identifies possible Danish, Swedish, and later Norwegian routes behind Pearl’s family.
Research trail · Unverified research
Cardona and Iberian research
An online-tree trail reaches beyond the colonial Card research into Iberian names.
Research trail · Unverified research
Scandinavian and Norse research
A deeper trail contains medieval Scandinavian and royal names.
Research trail · Unverified research
Young, Norman, and Iberian research
The older Young and Howe research opens into several unverified European trails.
Research trail · Unverified research
Welsh dynastic research
Welsh names appear among records whose family placement is unresolved.
Research trail · Unverified research
Norman and French research
Overlapping online-tree trails converge on medieval French and Norman names.
Research trail · Unverified research
Georgia and eastern medieval research
The distant research reaches Georgian and Byzantine-associated material.
Research trail · Unverified research
Biblical and legendary material
A separate collection preserves mythic and scriptural extensions found in shared trees.
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