1763–1839
John Young
John is part of the documented household in which Brigham Young grew up.
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Sources: The Brigham Young FamilyVE6.CA family research notes, April 2026Across the generations
Lives through time
Read the family’s lives in birth-year order. The dates place each person in their time; their biographies explain the places, relationships and evidence behind them.
1765–1815
Abigail Howe
Abigail, also called Nabby, connects the Young household to the Howe family research.
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Sources: The Brigham Young FamilyVE6.CA family research notes, April 20261787–1846
William Fuller Card
William Fuller is the first step in the researched ladder behind Cyrus Card.
Provisional
Sources: On the Western FrontierLester to Richard Card: compiled research ladder1793–1864
Sarah Ann Sabin
Sarah Sabin belongs to the older Card household before the family’s western migration.
Provisional
Sources: On the Western FrontierVE6.CA family research notes, April 20261801–1877
Brigham Young
Brigham connects Zina Presendia’s documented family to the Young and Howe research.
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Sources: Zina Presendia Young Williams CardThe Brigham Young Family1814–1900
Cyrus William Card
A craftsman and migrant, Cyrus links Charles Ora Card to the earlier family in the eastern United States.
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Sources: On the Western FrontierCyrus Williams Card: FamilySearch profileLester to Richard Card: compiled research ladder1819–1894
Sarah Anne Tuttle
Sarah’s documented family life is clearer than the question of who her parents were.
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Sources: Sarah Ann Tuttle: biographical recordOn the Western FrontierSarah Anne Tuttle: competing parentage hypotheses1821–1901
Zina Diantha Huntington Young
Zina Diantha’s life is preserved in documentary collections and in the story of her daughter Zina Presendia.
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Sources: Zina Diantha Huntington YoungZina Presendia Young Williams Card1839–1906
Charles Ora Card
Charles’s life links the family’s New York and Utah history with the settlement of Cardston.
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Sources: Charles Ora Card: biographical recordCharles Ora Card: Dictionary of Canadian BiographyOn the Western Frontier1850–1931
Zina Presendia Young Williams Card
Zina’s education, family life, and public work connect the Young and Card branches.
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Sources: Zina Presendia Young Williams CardZina Y. Card’s 1890 letter1885–1956
Joseph Young Card
Joseph’s story connects the early Cardston household with the next generations of the family.
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Sources: Joseph Young Card: biographical recordEmmeline B. Wells diary, June 1908Alberta, Past and Present, volume 3Histories of Joseph Young Card and Pearl Eliza Christensen Card1889–1982
Pearl Eliza Christensen
Pearl is the starting point for the archive’s Christensen and Scandinavian research.
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Sources: Pearl Eliza Christensen: biographical recordHistories of Joseph Young Card and Pearl Eliza Christensen CardChristensen and Scandinavian research dossier1891–1975 · family record
Seth Henry Nelson
Seth anchors the Nelson family’s twentieth-century Cardston research.
Provisional
Sources: Family recollections and relationshipsA Deck of Ancestors: Nelson family materialWinters family genealogy: Nelson connections1894–1947 · family record
Mabel Caroline Hanson Nelson
Mabel is part of the Nelson household behind Jean’s family story.
Provisional
Sources: Family recollections and relationshipsWinters family genealogy: Nelson connections1919–2015
Lester Charles Card
Airman, teacher, geologist, and radio amateur: Lester’s call sign gives VE6.CA its name.
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Sources: Lester Charles Card: VE6CA memorialLester (Les) Charles Card obituaryLincoln John Card obituaryc. 1921–2019
Jean Shirley M. Nelson Card
Jean brings the Nelson family’s Cardston story into the Card family archive.
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Sources: Jean Shirley Nelson Card obituaryFamily recollections and relationshipsWinters family genealogy: Nelson connectionsThe story continues
Living relatives and people whose dates remain uncertain are included in the family directory. Uncertain ancient chronologies remain in the research trails.