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1920–2000
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada → Roy, Utah, USA
Born on the Canadian prairie and immigrating to America as a toddler, Ursula lost her father at seven and came of age in Depression-era Miami. Her detailed records—census data, naturalization papers, residence history across four states—paint a vivid picture of twentieth-century American life.
1863–1945
Zara, Sivas, Ottoman Empire → Provo, Utah, USA
Born in an Armenian village under Ottoman rule, Tatous converted to the LDS faith and fled religious persecution in 1906. His journey from Anatolia to Utah represents both the trauma of displacement and the triumph of new beginnings.
1794–1861
Shelburne, Vermont, USA → Lehi, Utah, USA
A War of 1812 veteran and blacksmith from Vermont, William converted to the LDS faith and survived the Haun's Mill Massacre by playing dead. He crossed the plains at age 58, raised twelve children, and helped build Zion in the Utah desert.
1536–1601
Trondheim, Norway → Trondheim, Norway
Known as "Munk-Anne," she was born in Trondheim the same year the Protestant Reformation swept through Norway. Orphaned by age fourteen, she married a powerful nobleman and became the wife of a Governor (Stattholder), raising five children through sixty-five years of dramatic social transformation.
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