Martha Ann (Condit) Meginness (1831 - 1907)

Born 10 Sep 1831 in Middletown Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Merritt Rockwell — married 26 Nov 1848 in Kanesville, Pottawattamie, Iowa

Wife of Samuel (McGuinness) Meginness — married 15 Jun 1857 in Santa Clara, California, United States

Descendants

Died 29 May 1907 at age 75 in San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States

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Martha Ann became a member of the LDS Church between 1830 - 1848.

Biography

Martha Ann was born about 1830. She passed away about 1907.

Marriage

Name: Martha Condit

Gender: Female

Birth Date: 1830

Marriage Date: 26 Nov 1848

Marriage Place: Kanesville, Pottawattamie, Iowa

Marriage Age: 18

Spouse: Merritt Rockwell^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Iowa, Marriages. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

• https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/5640/martha-ann-rockwell. Traveled in the Edward Hunter Company (1850) with Merritt28 & Porter Jeptha 1

• Year: 1850; Census Place: Weber, Utah Territory; Roll: M432_919; Page: 155A; Image: 321. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Shows an unnamed baby girl, born in Deseret

• Find A Grave: Memorial #51660071

Bio from there: "Daughter of Amos W. and Ann (Tomkins) Condett. Married 26 Nov. 1848 to Merritt Rockwell in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Emigrated to Utah in 1850 in the Edward Hunter Company with her husband, son, mother and sister, Charlotte. Was among the first residents of Brigham City, Utah spending the first winter there in 1851. Emigrated to California with her first husband who died circa 1855. Four known children from her first marriage.

Married Samuel Meginness June 15, 1857. Six known children from her second marriage."

Parents Ann Tompkins Phillips1807–1890 Spouse Samuel Meginness1832–1915 (m. 1857) Siblings Simeon Condit1831–1833 Charlotte Condett Davis1835–1874 Mary Jane Condit McQuig1837–1908 Sarah Esther Condit McGuire1838–1887 Ruth Whitehead Condit Clapp1839–1911 Amos Wallace Condit1848–1913 Children Sarah Ann Rockwell McGuire unknown–1937 Porter Jeptha Rockwell1846–1921 Merritt Rockwell1854–1912 Alice E. Rockwell1855–1872 William Harvey Meginness1858–1930 Clara A. Meginness Chaboya1860–1930 Charles Edward Meginness1862–1944 Mary Jane Meginness Nicholson1866–1949

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNXM-L55 : 19 March 2020), Porter I Rockwell in entry for Samuel Meginness, 1870. Shows family members: Samuel Meginness 38 PA, Sarah Meginness 38 NJ, William H. Meginness 13 CA, Clara A. 11 CA, Charles Meginness 10 CA, Mary I. Meginness 4 CA, Ullissis G. Meginness 2 CA, Porter I. Rockwell 20 IA, Sarah A. Rockwell 19 IA, Merritt Rockwell 17 IA, Alice E. Rockwell 15 CA.

• Find A Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #81660455 : accessed 16 October 2017), memorial page for Porter Jeptha Rockwell (20 Aug 1846–12 Dec 1921), Find A Grave Memorial no. 81660455, citing Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA ; Maintained by Cristy (contributor 46780434) . This file lists birthplace in Iowa as listed above, mother as Martha Ann Condit Meginness, Siblings Sarah Ann Rockwell McGuire 1851-1937, Merritt Rockwell 1854-1912, Ann E. Rockwell 1855-1872, William Harvey Meginness 1858-1930, Clara A Meginness Chaboya 1860-1930, Charles Edward Meginness 1862-1944, & Mary Jane Meginness Nicholsen1866-1949.

NOTE marriage to Samuel Meginness may be 15 Jun 1857 in Santa Clara

• "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3Z-PFWR : 23 February 2018), Martha Ann Condit, from 1839 to 1846; citing Residence, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, from 1839 to 1846, Citing BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, Provo, Utah.