HISTORY COMMITTEES

The history of the Marriott family has need of being documented by family and friends. We desire to preserve the precious moments, challenging events and drab realities of our changing history, from ancestral farmers and tradesmen to today’s professional city dwellers. We want to contrast those who still are on the farm with farms of yesteryears. We would like the current wisdom of our cultures, religions, races, technology, geography, arts, and politics to be influenced by the knowledge of our family past.

GENERAL CHAIR: Jim Marriott

 

Biographies/Diaries Subcommittee

Mission
This will be a collection of biographies written about our ancestors and some autobiographies and original diaries. Authentication of the material will be a key factor in our success. We will cherish original hand written copies of antique material that has been handed down from generation to generation. Where possible, we will correlate a photo of the person into the material.

Functions:

  1. Organize the biographies on the website.
  2. Have contests for the best written biography of the year.
  3. Condense biographies of key ancestors like Elizabeth Stewart where there are several that have not been combined.
  4. Contact members to locate diaries and biographies and family histories where there are none that currently exits, hoping that they are in closets and boxes and have not been offered to the family at large.
  5. Work with Hermoine Jex to find family histories and documents that were not able to be included in the Red Book and her hand written Marriott genealogy research papers.

Chair: Bill Marriott

Projects:

  1. Elizabeth Stewart autobiography copy- Elaine Wiggle & Alice Spencer & Lucy Donahue (blue book)- (contacts by Jim Marriott and Watters family)
  2. Pete Smith Interview Bill Marriott & LeRoy Wilson
  3. Work with Hermoine Jex to organize her house full of genealogy and biographies, some of which were not included in the Red Books and put them on the website. Some things could go into the museum- Christine Watters

 

Family Histories Subcommittee

Mission
Our original immigrant ancestor, John Marriott, Sr. has spawned generations of descendents with hundreds of last names, uniting thousands of people together for eternity. We celebrate that heritage by bringing together in words the histories of these families. It is our lot to gather for all to enjoy this valued information, for us to ponder and learn from. As our families expand and the world’s challenges grow, their histories invite us to look backward in time for advice and wisdom, to our founding family fathers and mothers. We honor the twining together of the history of our ancestors.

Functions:

  1. Contact family representatives in order to find family histories
  2. Produce coordinated histories of family for the website
  3. Teach individual members of families how to write a family history

Chair: John Marriott

Projects:

  1. Work with Layton Public Library to collect Christopher Layton and Stewart family histories that connect to Marriott Family (Bill Marriott)
  2. Work with Daughters of the Utah Pioneers to coordinate historical projects
  3. Work with the Weber State College on historical projects

 

City Histories Subcommittee

Mission
There are a few cities and towns in the world where our ancestors played a key role in the development and populating of the area. We need to keep records of our impact on those areas and participate in key historical events that shape the future of those areas as they reflect on their past history and our part in it. Places are a key ingredient of genealogical research. They hold critical puzzle pieces to figuring out who is related to whom.

Functions:

  1. Create an ongoing relationship with Marriott/Sladerville, Ogden, Layton and other cities where our pioneer ancestors lived. This includes early Mormon cities like Nauvoo and plains cities like Garden Grove and Council Bluffs. The same with the ancestral homeland in England with Ashton, Roade, Colmworth, Lincolnshire, etc.
  2. Work with city and town historians and historical organizations where our ancestors lived. Receive copies of city and town histories for our website so our members can have access to this information.

Chair: position open

Committee Members: Doug Marriott

Projects:

  1. Work with the leadership of the church in Roade where Robert Marriott is buried.

 

Video and Tape Recordings

Mission
Current technology allows us to grow beyond pen and ink historical documents, to listening to and seeing the actual recorded events of our families’ history, through video and tape recording processes. Those who take the time to bring together individual pieces of that history into a threaded message of ancestral culture and the talents of the past will help us have vision of our own potential, as we see and hear the outcomes of our generational DNA heritage.

Functions:

  1. Locate the oldest members of our family and set up video taping opportunities to get their knowledge and recollections of our past ancestors, for they know many of them or heart stories about them that they can share.
  2. Compile existing video and taped histories of our ancestors into a life history for the organization membership to enjoy.
  3. Make available a process where members can secure copies of these videos and tapes.

Chair: Jim Marriott

Committee Members: Bill Marriott, Leroy Wilson

Projects:

  1. Stories from Pete Smith, 90 year old relative of the Stewart family of Kayesville (project of Bill Marriott and Leroy Wilson)
  2. Publish on the website compiled videos of Julian Powell of Marriott, UT telling stories of John & Elizabeth Marriott, Hyrum Marriott and their families (in possession of Russ and Doug Marriott)
  3. Publish video production of landmarks of Marriott Settlement and Ogden, Utah in 1800s (by Jim and Bill Marriott for website).
  4. Publish a 1952 wire spool tape of John Marriott’s grand daughter to copy and transcribe for the society (by Jim Marriott and Shelley Paige)
  5. Video recording of Russell Marriott Sr. on tour of Marriott Utah and historical issues (in possession of Russ Marriott)
  6. Video production of the history of the Marriott’s coming into the SL valley at Emigration Canyon and meeting Christopher Layton and settling in Centerville at the sawmill on tradesman’s lane (project of Bill Marriott and Leroy Wilson)

 

Maps/Locations Subcommittee

Mission
A history of locations where our ancestors have lived is a timeline of progressive cultures and ages. There are existing, various maps and documents that show the locations of the homes and structures of many areas.

Functions:

  1. Contact the English history office responsible for the archive history of English Cities, outside London.
  2. Work with the LDS Genealogical Society to receive maps of the Mormon Trail and cities along the way were our ancestors lived.
  3. Get copies of the maps in the Red Book onto the website and other maps belonging to Hermoine Jex

Chair: Christine Watters

Committee Members: positon open

Projects:

  1. 1847 Map of Centerville- Distribution $4? (Daniel Marriott)
  2. Early (?) Map of Colmworth, England (Christine Watters)
  3. Create ID’s of Map of Honeydon, England (Christine Watters)

 
 
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