I have these two photos of the 1955 Coley Reunion in Richmond, Cache, Utah. These two pictures are obviously of the same group, the black and white one of much better quality, but I thought I would include the color one since it can add a dimension to the black and white (since it is pretty blurry). The first picture seems like it was just for Coley descendants, but then spouses sneak in to the picture, so I really do not know what was the thinking for the shot. The second photo has a few more people I will need help naming, especially the younger ones. Let me know if there are corrections. (Click on the photos to see them closer)
Now comes the fun part of linking everyone together. I will only link together those in the photo, so this is not the entire family.
Martha Christiansen Coley (1879 – 1961).
Lillian Coley Jonas Bowcutt (1898 – 1987), daughter of Martha, married to Ren Bowcutt (1883 – 1966), previously married to Joseph Nelson Jonas(1893 – 1932).
Evan Reed Jonas (1928 – 1999), son of Lillian, married to Lona Rae Jensen Jonas (1930 – 2012).
Edna Coley Andrus Neilson (1900 – 1983), daughter of Martha, married to Olof Alma Neilson (1891 – 1960).
Carrie Christiansen McMurdie (1906 – 1992), daughter of Martha, married Joseph Lorus McMurdie (1905 – 2000).
Hannah Marie Coley Thomson (1909 – 1982), daughter of Martha, married to William Surgeoner Thomson (1903 – 1985).
William McBlaine Thomson (1928 – 2001), son of William and Hannah, married to Lillian Moss Thomson.
Susan and Doug Thomson, children of William and Lillian Thomson.
Ivan Stephen Coley (1912 – 1994), son of Martha and not pictured, married to Clara McMurdie Coley (1914 – 2012).
Clarene RaNae Coley, daughter of Ivan and Clara.
Oley Lloyd Coley (1918 – 1998), son of Martha, married to Verda Anderson Coley (1918 – 2013).
Alice Maxine, Betty Jean, Lloyd Dean, and Nina Rae Coley, children of Lloyd and Verda. (Is Verda Gay in the picture?)
Arthur Christiansen Coley (1921 – 2004), son of Martha, married to Mary Popwitz Jonas Coley.
Stephen Coley, son of Art and Mary Coley (Is Ronald Gary in the photo?).
Bob Jonas, son of Irwin John Jonas (1921 – 1944, son of Joseph Nelson Jonas and Lillian Coley Jonas Bowcutt) and Mary Popwitz Jonas Coley.
William Golden Coley (1924 – 2009), son of Martha, married to Shirley Hall Coley.
Shirley Kathleen (Kathy), Joy Ann, David Lynn, and Janice Coley, children of Golden and Shirley Coley.
Do you know the ? individuals in the photo, if so, please let me know.
I don’t think Mary Pamela Coley was born when this picture was taken.
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Good catch. I removed that reference.
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Does anyone know of a connection to Coley’s in Utah and Coley’s in Alabama?
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My Coley line, and most of those in Northern Utah and Southern Idaho, come through Stephen Coley (1830-1913). He immigrated directly from Worchestershire in 1890 as a Mormon Convert coming to join with other LDS faithful in Utah. Some of his children came a few years before, but obviously not a hundred years or more. There is no known connection with the Coleys in the eastern United States. Some of the Coley lines in the East I attempted to trace go back to southern England, which is not anywhere near the ancestral areas of our Coleys.
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We have made friends with some Coleys in FL that are descendants of Robert Charles Coley died Jul 8 1785 Halifax NC, and am trying to find a link to Samuel Coley died 1829 Halesowen England because there certainly seems to be a genetic link to the two descendants. I am tempted to have a DNA test done to verify the connection. And if I can find the link between the two I think I may find more information about Samuel’s parentage.
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