Joshua and Mary Ann Jarvis
Information comes from the History of Bear Lake Pioneers by Lula C Reese
Joshua Jarvis was born 27 Jan 1840 in London England, the son of Henry Jarvis and Elizabeth Turner. As a boy he went to school in Lindsell England until thirteen years of age. He then secured employment in a dry good store just off St Paul's Cathedral in London.
Mary Ann Johnson was also born in London England on 10 mar 1840, the daughter of George Johnson and Mary Keenan. Her father was a seaman who died in the West Indies with yellow fever. Her mother remarried and Mary Ann was sent to live with her father's sister Selina Morrell, where she learned the trade of a seamstress, making fancy collars and covered buttons. She met Joshua at the White Chapel branch of the Episcopal Church where they both attended. In the summer of 1860, Elder Francis M Lyman brought the gospel to them. The following April 20, 1861, Elder Lyman married them. On May 16 1861 they sailed for Zion on the The Monarch of the Sea. They arrived in Salt Lake City 1 Oct 1861.
That winter Joshua worded in a molasses mill and the next spring they were called to Cache Valley. Just before leaving their first child was born. In 1865 Joshua and Mary Ann were called to help settle Bear Lake and his parents came with them. they entered the valley through Emigration Canyon and camped at Strawberry Spring.
Children of Joshua Jarvis and Mary Ann Johnson
1. Selina Mary Jarvis b-21 June 1862 in Salt
Lake City; d-16 May 1863 in Logan Ut
2. Joshua Henry Jarvis b-3 Apr 1864 in Logan; d-23 Feb 1867 in Bloomington
3. Mary Ann Jarvis b-2 Jan 1866 in Paris; d-28 July 1949 in Provo Ut
4. Lillie Gertrude Jarvis b-23 Aug 1878 in Bloomington; d-31 July 1957
5. George Ephraim Jarvis b-10 Feb 1870 in Bloomington; 2-24 Aug 1928
6. Joseph Edger Jarvis b-6 Jan 1872 in Bloomington; d-16 Aug 1882
7. Elizabeth Ada Jarvis b-19 Dec 1873 in Bloomington; d-27 Nov 1940 in
Bloomington; m-Adam Heber Nelson 11 Aug 1892
8. Amy Theresa Jarvis 30 May 1876 in Bloomington; bd-25 Nov 1916
9. Thomas William Jarvis b-23 Aug 1878 in Bloomington; d-31 July 1957
10. Ella Grace Eudora Jarvis b-19 Oct 1880 in Bloomington; br-11 Apr 1962
11. Albert Edwin Jarvis b-14 Jan 1883 in Bloomington; d-20 Dec 1956 in Logan
Joshua was engaged in the mercantile business, farming and lumber business. Mary Ann served as counselor in the Relief Society for many years. She died 24 Sep 1888. Joshua married Minnie May Wilks 27 May 1889 in Logan Utah. Joshua died 14 May 1913 and he and his wives are buried in the Bloomington Cemetery.
Children of Joshua Jarvis and Minnie May Wilks
1. Leslie James Jarvis b-8 May 1891 in
Bloomington; d-7 Nov 1895
2. Basil Leroy Jarvis b-18 Sep 1893 in Bloomington; d-23 Aug 1911
3. Daisy May Jarvis b-3 Sep 1896 in Bloomington
4. Gwendolyn Pearl Jarvis b-29 July 1889 in Bloomington; d-28 Feb 1970
5. Mamie June Jarvis b-23 June 1902 in Bloomington; d-4 Dec 1970
6. David Wilks Jarvis b-17 Dec 1904 in Bloomington; d-18 Dec 1904 in Bloomington
7. Reuben Dawson Jarvis b-19 Apr 1906 in Bloomington; d-29 June 1906
8. Emma Camilla Jarvis b-26 Sep 1907 in Bloomington; d-12 Jan 1981 in Ogden Utah
9. Violet Jarvis b&d 19 Sep 1909 in Bloomington
10. Frank Glenn Jarvis m-Zola Payne 8 Feb 1933