Romney, Gaskell

1871 - 1955  (83 years)

• Name	Romney, Gaskell  [1]
  Born	22 Sep 1871	Saint George, Washington County, Utah, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Mar 1955	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA   [1]
  Buried	Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I30452	Sackett
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2009

  
  

  Family	Pratt, Anna Amelia,   b. 6 May 1876, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA ,   d. 4 Feb 1926, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  (Age 49 years)
  Married	20 Feb 1895	Colonia Dublán, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México   [1]
  Children	1. Romney, George Wilcken,   b. 8 Jul 1907, Colonia Dublán, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México ,   d. 26 Jul 1995, Bloomfield Hills, Oakland County, Michigan, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F10737	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 22 Sep 1871 - Saint George, Washington County, Utah, USA Married - 20 Feb 1895 - Colonia Dublán, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México Child - Romney, George Wilcken - 8 Jul 1907 - Colonia Dublán, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México Died - 7 Mar 1955 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Buried - - Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Because of polygamy, the Church and its members were subjected to intense pressure by the US civil authorities (such as the Morrill Anti-Bigamy law of 1862, upheld in 1879, the Edmunds Act of 1882, and the Edmunds-Tucker Act of 1887). In part because of the persecution, and in part because the Mexican government encouraged immigration, several LDS colonies were erected in northern Mexico in the mid-1880s. Colonia Dublán, near Galeana in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, to which several sets of ancestors of Mr. Romney relocated, was established in 1889. In September 1890, the LDS Church issued a manifesto stating that plural marriages would no longer receive ecclesial sanction. Some members of the Church interpreted the manifesto as banning polygamy only in the United States while allowing it elsewhere. For example, Helaman Pratt, number 10, above, who already had two wives, married another polygamous wife in a ceremony at Colonia Dublán in July 1898. A later manifesto, issued in 1904, declared that any who participated in further plural marriages, and those officiating, would be excommunicated from the LDS Church. Since then, the practice appears to have died out, at least in the mainstream LDS Church. For further details, see http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/7207/romney.htm. ------ 1930 Utah, Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, ED 135, sheet 13B, line 58 Romney Gaskell H M W 58 M 23 Utah US Canada-English Contractor Building Amy W F W 40 M 37 Chihuahua Mexico Iowa Germany Miles ab S M W 25 S Chihuahua Mexico Utah Utah George ab S M W 22 S Chihuahua Mexico Utah Utah Charles S M W 17 S Texas Utah Utah Meryl D F W 12 S Utah Utah Utah "ab" apparently means "absent":

  
  

• Sources

  [S73] Ancestry of Mitt Romney, Reitwiesner, William Addams, (http://www.wargs.com/political/romney.html).