Charles Ora Card had 4 wives and moved to Canada when the U.S. authorities were prosecuting polygamists. He founded Cardston, Alberta, Canada. He provided separate houses for each of is wives. He only took one to Canada but returned to Utah frequently.
In 1850, Charles O Card age 10 was living in Park, St Joseph, Michigan with his parents Cyrus W Card and Sarah A.[1]
Sources
↑ The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Park, St Joseph, Michigan; Roll: 362; Page: 384a
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCR-B5V : 17 October 2014), Charles O Card, Utah, United States; citing p. 3, family 20, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,109.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSJ-7CW : 14 July 2016), Charles O Card, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district ED 8, sheet 128A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1335; FHL microfilm 1,255,335.
Godfrey, Donald G and Card, Brigham Y., The Diaries of Charles Ora Card : The Canadian Years, 1886-1903, Salt Lake City, University of Utah Press, 1993
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Charles by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Charles: