Household 739: Josiah Miller Hoyt & Ellen Alice Spencer

Household Record 739

Res.1/Male/Husb} Hoyt, Josiah Miller C

Family History} Olson

Res.2/Fem./Wife} Spencer, Ellen Alice C

HH Type} Historic household

Address/Location:
Name(s)}	Josiah M. & Ellen A. Hoyt
Optional}	Kane County
Str./Apt.}
City/etc.}	Orderville, Utah

Household Dates:

Source} Exa 6 Jun 1900

Move-In} Bef 6 Jun 1900

Move-Out} Aft 22 Jan 1920

Source 1}	1777=Genealogy
Source 2}	1802=1900 USA cen
Source 3}	1803=1910 USA cen
Source 4}	1804=1920 USA cen
Source 5}	1805=Newspaper
Source 6}	1125=Death certif
Source 7}	1528=Cemetery rec
Source 8}	1784=Cemetery rec

Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock

Date Updated} 11 Aug 2015
Date Created} 7 Aug 2015

Notes: According to family records, Josiah Miller Hoyt was born 26 Apr 1863 in Nephi, Juab, Utah. His parents were Israel Hoyt (1828 - 1883) and Clarissa Amanda Miller (1829 - 1904). Ellen Alice Spencer was born 22 Apr 1866 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Her parents were Howard Orson Spencer (1838 - 1918) and Louisa Cross (1841 - 1927). Josiah and Ellen were married 10 Mar 1882 in the St. George Temple, St. George, Utah. The same day Josiah also married Mary Ellen Meeks.

In the 1900 U.S. census, Josiah M. Hoyt, 37, born Apr 1863, and his wife Ellen A. Hoyt, 34, born Apr 1866, were living in Orderville, Kane, Utah. Josiah was a day laborer in a lumber mill, and Ellen was a dairy person. The children, all born in Orderville, were Nellie L., 15, born Nov 1884, [occupation illegible]; Israel, 11, born Jun 1888, day laborer; Fredric, 10, born May 1890, calf tender-dairy; and Edith, Josiah, Timothy, Annie and Ervin. [No age given for last five.] A son Howard Orson, born Sep 1886, had died Jul 1887 of Whooping Cough. Two more children were born of this marriage. A son Edward Vincent, born April 1902, died Oct 1902 of Scarlet Fever, and a daughter Harriet was born Mar 1904. Josiah died of consumption on 21 Feb 1904 in Orderville, before the birth of his last daughter. He is buried in the Orderville Cemetery, Kane, Utah.

In the 1910 U.S. census, Nellie S. Hoyt [Ellen], 44, now head of the household, was a laborer doing odd jobs. She had had eleven children, nine of whom were then living. The children at home were Israel, 21, sheepherder; Fredrick, 19, sheepherder; Edith, 17, in school; Josiah M., 15, in school; Timothy, 14, in school; Annie C., 12, in school; Ervin, 10, in school; and Harriet, 6.

In the 1920 U.S. census, Ellen A. Hoyt, 53, a widow, owned the farm, free of mortgage. She was the assistant postmistress. The children at home were Timothy, 23, a laborer working out; Annie C., 22, a servant in a boarding house; Ervin, 20, a farm laborer on the home farm; and Harriet, 15, in school.

Ellen worked at housekeeping and dressmaking and was active in the LDS primary, Relief Society, and Sunday school, and was first chaplain of the local chapter of Daughters of Pioneers. She died 17 Dec 1957 of causes due to old age in a St. George hospital. She is buried with her husband in the Orderville Cemetery, Orderville, Kane, Utah.

Total # of Residents} 13

Other Residents:

Household	His Last HH} ___	His Next HH} ___
Links =>	Her Last HH} ___	Her Next HH} ___

3rd Res.}	Hoyt, Nellie Louisa	___
4th Res.}	Hoyt, Howard Orson	___
5th Res.}	Hoyt, Israel	___
6th Res.}	Hoyt, Frederick Cross	___
7th Res.}	Hoyt, Edith	___
8th Res.}	Hoyt, Josiah Miller	___
9th Res.}	Hoyt, Timothy	740
10th Res.}	Hoyt, Annie Cross	___
11th Res.}	Hoyt, Ervin	___
12th Res.}	Hoyt, Edward Vincent	___
13th Res.}	Hoyt, Harriet	___

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