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Here you will find information concerning Henry William Naisbitt of England, his five wives,

his Mormon life, and his marriage to Catherine Hagell.

John, Mary, Ruth, and W[illia]m. Davis; Andrew, Ann and Mary A. Michael; Catharine Williams; Charles, Elizabeth [Phillips], Harriett [Emma] and Edith [Amelia] Burgess; Daniel, Sarah [Beech], Samuel, Ann, Daniel and Mary Densley; Mary Dobson; Benjamin, Louisa [Rogers], Ann, Thomas and Ann [Ennis] Meek; William Robbins; Maria, George, William and Susannah Cooke; W[illia]m. [H.,] Mary [Pitts], Caroline, Walter and T[homas]. Griffin; Walter [T.] Hughes; James Grier; Lewis, Susannah [Davis], Mary, Susannah, Hyrum and Mary J. Jones; John and W[illiam]m. G[eorge]. Nicholas; John and Ellen Thornby; James, Emma, Arthur, Jane and Martha Smith; Thomas Eyley; W[illia]m. Street; W[illia]m., Mary [Elizabeth Holmes] and Mary [Ann] Drage; John, Mary [Rayson], John, Caroline, Cha[rle]s. and Sarah [Selina] Holmes; John Marshall; Jane [Davis], Benjamin [D.] and Jemima Evans; W[illia]m. and Sarah Tyson; W[illia]m., Jane, Annie, Agnes [McDowell], Thomas, Mary [Elizabeth], James Isaac, Agnes, Henry and Eleanor Smith; Thomas, Fanny, Elizabeth, Ann Davis, Mary A[nn]. Rachael and John Griffiths; William and Johannah Evans; Martha Callan; Margery Summer; Margaret Ralph; Jane and Annie Hodgson; Watkin, Anne [Ann Prosser], James and Sarah A[nn]. Morgan; Mary Powell; Christiana James; Jabez Bowler; George, Ann [Gregory] and Mary A[nn]. Marriott; William [Wilson] and Esther [Goodyear] Poulter; Robert [W,] and Sarah E. Gee; William [Henry], Ann [Jackson], Emma and William [Albert] Cooper; John and Emma Morgan; George [Duggan], Ellen [Phillips], Ellen E. [Marie], Emma [Boston], John [Henry] and Fanny Gibbs; Jane Lallis; Mary A. Williams; David Thomas; Eleanor, Margaret, Sarah, and Joseph Jones; William [Leigh], Margaret [Williams], Annie [Hannah], Daniel [Williams], Edward [Williams], William [Williams], Sarah J. [Jane Sarah] and John Bright Walters; Naomi and Emma Day; Ann Lewelly [Llewelyn]; William Alva; Edward Middleton; Robert [Dundas], Margaret [Burns], Margaret [Burns], Jesse [Janet Dixon], Jeannie [Jean Gordon], Robert [Dundas], Anna [Annie], James [Burns], Mary and Christina [Burns] Graham; William [Weir] and Margaret [Fraser] Salmon; William Wheeler; Ann Houseman [Housman]; Willlam Wade; Mary [Spencer], Sarah and Martha [Spencer] Sugden; Elizabeth Myers; Susan Nichol; William H. Haigh; Eli, Mary, Mary J. and Eli Robinson;

John,
Eliza [Mary],
Fanny,
Martha [Chamberlane] and
Ellen Hagall [Hagell];

(You will notice that Catherine Hagell is not on this train. She will follow later on the Willis train.)

Maria Embling; Charles, Annie [Hannah Chantry, William H[enry]. and Joseph Buck; Mary A[nn]. Buck; William D[avid]. and Letitia [Cousins] Williams; Lovina Robbins; Henry Pusey; William C. and Annie Gregg; Mary Barnes; Ellen [Maria] Yallup [Yallop]; Martha [Thompson], Abra[ha]m and George Taylor, George Ford; Martha Skelton; Sarah Cracroft; Jane Grover; Ann Anderson; Ann Waldron; Ann and Joseph Tate; John Affleck; [John] Ulrich, Anna [Elizabeth Zollinger], Louisa, [Charles] Henry and Anna Haderli[e]; Jonas N[uttall]. Beck; Junius S[extus]. Fullmer; John L[uther]. Dalton; Lucy Elyer; Ellen Parkhurst; Elizabeth Stredder; Thomas [Samuel] A. Priday; Christiana and Elizabeth H. Ferguson; David C. Morgan; Margaret Eyron [Eynon]; Jane Morgan; David M., Sophia, Ruth, James, Jane, William R. and Lewis Jones; Elizabeth and Edward Edwards; David and Ann Jenkins; Elizabeth Gibbs; Thomas Bolton; W[illiam]. W. Raymond; A., C., Alfred and Edward Hansen; Neils, Christian and Anna Lyons; J. P. Neilson; Louise Hansen; John, Elizabeth, Alma and William Flinders; Mary J. Cunnington; John H[awkins]., Ellen [Ann Shepherd], John [Shepherd], and Alice [Ophelia] Miller; Cha[rle]s. W. Stayner; Margaret Roderick; Emmeline Jones.
 

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One branch of the Hagell family tree lives on in Utah, in the United States. I came across this fact when I was doing some research in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, at the Mormon Family Centre in July 1991. The computer records there had sixty some records for "Hagell" from various parts of England and over several generations. One particular branch started from William and Elizabeth (Hodges) Hagell.

William and Elizabeth were from Canterbury, England. According to the information from the computer, 

William was born in 1742 and died on November 30, 1800, and Elizabeth was born in 1744. No death date is given.

It is from William and Elizabeth that nearly all the present day Hagells come. Raymon Naisbitt is one of these descendents. 

His Grandmother was Catherine Hagell of Canterbury, England and Catherine Hagell whose diary follows, was their Granddaughter. 

Mrs. Hanson mentioned she had a short history of the life of Catherine Hagell.

This diary of Catherine Hagell was sent to me by Catherine's Grandson, Raymon Naisbitt of Bountiful, Utah, U.S.A..

Sketch of the Life of

Mrs. Catherine Hagell Naisbitt

I was born in London, England, March 28, 1849, the second child of a family of eight. My parents names were John Hagell and Eliza Mary Lee. I was barely 13 years of age when my mother died, leaving a family of eight children, ranging in age from one week to 14 years, I being the oldest girl naturally felt the loss most keenly.

We had planned on immigrating that year, but mother's death prevented our starting on so perilous a journey, especially with such a young baby. However, the following year, father sold his business and we started on what we children thought would be a pleasure trip, but alas, the first night aboard the ship proved to be anything but pleasant. We begged father to take us home, but his reply was "we have no home". We are going to make one in Zion. Little did we realize the hardships we would encounter before we reached there.

Shortly after we set sail, the baby who was only one week old when his mother died, took suddenly sick and died soon afterward. He was buried at sea when he was just fourteen months old. We all felt this loss very keenly, especially father.

The name of the ship we sailed on was the "Belle Wood". We set sail on the 30th day of March 1865. We were six weeks and three days on the ocean. When we arrived in New York, word had been sent from Utah that no trains would be sent from there as had been the custom in other years. Therefore, only those who had the means could go on. These gave their money to Brother Taylor, who had charge of immigration, and he was delegated to purchase oxen to take us on. Father had enough money to send one, though he did not have sufficient for the whole family. He was therefore advised to send me, which he decided to do.

He had a wealthy brother in New Jersey who was willing to help him in any way, provided he would give up his religion and keep me with him. When he found father would not do this, he refused to help him in any way.

I will never forget the homesick feeling I experienced when they bade me good - bye. We were detained in Castle Gardens ten days after this, and I can assure you I would have gone back. I did not know his address, however, so heartsick and weary, I started with the company, feeling that I was leaving all worthwhile behind me.

When we arrived at the frontiers I found a letter from my uncle asking me to return to those poor motherless children. I was overjoyed at the prospect, but it seems I was destined to disappointment, for when I told the captain I was going back with the missionaries who were going east from Utah, he said, "No, my girl, there is no going back in this church." So that once more I was headed towards Utah with no prospect of returning to my family in New Jersey.

Being young and able bodied, I, with the other children was forced to walk nearly all the way across the plains. We soon became footsore, weary and homesick, thinking of those we had left behind, especially did I think of my father with such a family of small children struggling to make a living in a strange land.

We buried many on the way. We were also delayed on the road as the oxen which we had been given, were not broken in. When we were about half way across the plains we found ourselves nearly out of rations with a foot of snow covering the ground. Our captain, L.L. Willis, told us to try to keep warm by lying in bed, for he had not a pound of flour in camp nor could he see the trail, so that unless we had help from the Lord we would perish. We had been living on 4 cups of flour 1/4 lb of bacon and ship crackers, that's was a weeks rations--It kept us alive but we were always hungry.

President Young had heard of our predicament and sent train with provisions to meet us, and much to our joy they reached us about four o'clock p.m. of the day above mentioned.

They took to the sick and the old people, leaving a few provisions for those of us who were more able and moved on to Utah.

In a few days another mule train arrived which picked up the married people and the small children, we young people had to wait until the third train came and took us up.

We did not arrive in Utah until the 15th of November, so you may form an idea of what we passed through, due to hunger and cold that we experienced.

My father came out the following year with the children, and although it was only a year since I left them, I hardly recognized them. They had not such a hard journey as I had, but it was hard enough and they were so thin and worn as to be almost completely unrecognizable. But their lives were spared and we rejoiced to be together again. Father being a baker by trade, commenced making meat pies, taking them from house to house, disposing of them so rapidly that he decided to open a shop, which he did, opposite the Salt Lake Theater. This soon grew into a flourishing business and there are perhaps some living now who will remember having tasted Hagell's celebrated meat pies.

On April 13, 1867 I was married to Henry W. Naisbitt, being his third wife, I, at the time being 18 years of age.

His first wife was a true Latter - Day Saint and when on her death-bed, she called me to her and asked me to take care of her family (seven in number ranging from 7 months to 14 years) I felt that I was called upon to go through another case like that of my own mother.

As I had no children of my own at the time, my love naturally went out to them, for I felt in a sense that they were my own. The baby especially seemed dear to me. However, she died six months later. Six weeks after her death my first baby girl was born, an event which helped to reconcile us to the loss.

I have eight children, six boys and two girls, all of whom are living except my oldest girl who died soon after her marriage, and my second boy who died when he was 15 months old. The family that was left from the death of my husband's first wife, are now grown and married. The have always shown me love and respect and they are almost as dear to me as my own. I lived with them for three years before their mother died and we were a happy family. Of course it was not all smooth sailing but it was not harder, it seems, than it is in a good many present day families in which the principal of plural marriage does not enter.  Personally it seems to me that polygamy is a glorious principle when lived up to properly, but it is not one that every one can live up to.

My father lived to see his family grow up and married in the Church, so he felt repaid for all that he had passed through in leaving the old country and journeying to Zion. A year after he reached Salt Lake City his oldest son died at the age of 21 years.

He was married at the time to Elizabeth Irvine. Then soon after that another son was shot while acting as deputy sheriff in Silver Reef, Washington County. This took both my brothers from me. There are a few incidents that happened while we were living on the farm in Hooper, Utah which stands out in my memory; especially well do I remember how at the time I had four small children. The Saints were being persecuted for their religious beliefs and deputies were scouring the country. They arrived at eleven p.m. demanding admittance, which was denied them on account of my condition, having been sick in bed for several weeks.

But finally after seeing how sick I was they decided to leave me. They did not seem to realize that the shock had upset me seriously-- those matters seemed to concern them very little.

When my oldest boy was about six years of age, he fell backwards into a tub of boiling water. For weeks and weeks he lay almost helpless. There was not much medical assistance to be had in those days so he suffered very greatly, but the Lord spared his life and when he grew to manhood he filled a mission in the southern states. His going was quite a trial to us as he was the oldest boy and was much needed on the farm, but the Lord blessed us during his absence so that we did not suffer for the necessities of life.

However, as his father was on a mission in England at the same time I felt I had about all the responsibility I could carry.

I feel that the Lord has blessed me and that the children I have-- they have caused me very little trouble.

While living in Hooper, Utah, I was secretary of the Relief Society for five years, president of the Young Ladies Mutual for three years, besides being a teacher in the Religious Class and in the Relief Society.

I have always been interested in Red Cross work or some other activity, until a few years ago when I fell and broke my hip, which laid me up for a long time. This in a measure has prevented me from performing much in the Church or in a public way since.

It has been a big trial to me, but I am thankful that I am not bedridden, that I am still able to help myself and in a small way to be of service to others.

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In his letter, along with the story of Catherine, Raymon also sent the names of:

            Mrs. Kathy Miller

            RFD 101 - B

            Logan, Utah 84321

and

            Mrs. Kathryn Westmoreland

            2525 Neff Lane

            Salt Lake City, Utah

            84109

Mr. Naisbitt says that these two people listed above, have more information on the descendents of Catherine Hagell and her husband, Henry William Naisbitt.

Kathleen Miller sent a letter and information on the descendants of Catherine Hagell in a letter dated March 27, 1993. She sent a complete list of descendants of her Grandfather Arthur Lee Naisbitt.

The rich brother in New Jersey Catherine writes about in her letter could have been either William Hagell, born 1809; William Hagell born 1815 - 1870; or Henry Hagell born 1819 - 1880. Other brothers to her father, Thomas and Frederick had died before Catherine left England.

Castle Gardens was a landing point for immigrants to the United States. It was located at the southern end of Manhattan Island in New York city and was the main processing site before Ellis Island was used. The switch was made to Ellis Island because Castle Gardens was too small to handle the volume of people after 1880s.

 More information about Castle Gardens and Ellis Island can be found in the magazine put out by the Knights of Columbus entitled "Columbus", June, 1992 edition as well as in many other publications

B i o g r a p h y
Henry William NAI8BITT
Husband of Catherine Hagell

NAISBITT, Henry WM a prominent Elder in the Church, was born Nov.7, 1826, in the 
village of North Allerton, England, the son of John Naisbitt and Martha Neede. 
His parents were religious people; his father, being very zealous, left 
impressions upon his son never after wards destroyed. The father died when Henry was 
a lad, and the boy had to help the widowed mother to the neglect of schooling. 
Being of a mechanical turn of mind, he was apprenticed to a man who was skilled in 
the making of copper kettles from the solid metal. Leaving this he learned how 
to make silk hats and later learned the carpenter's trade. From the carpenter's bench 
he went into the grocery business, at which he spent his remaining years while in 
England. From his early youth Henry W. Naisbitt had a great love for reading,especially
was he fond of reading religious books. In 1850 he became a convert to "Mormonism" 
and emigrated to America with his wife in 1854. After his arrival in Utah he became 
associated with Wm. Jennings in business. 

In 1876-78 he filled a mission to Great Britain where he labored principally as 
assistant editor of the "Millennial Star." Upon his return to Utah he took up his 
labors in Z. C. M. I., Salt Lake City, and became universally known as one of the 
expounders of "Mormonism" in the large tabernacle meetings in Salt Lake City. He also 
wrote for the newspapers and magazines.In 1898-1901 he filled another mission to 
Great Britain, this time acting as a counselor to Pres.Platte D. Lyman in the 
presidency of the European Mission. Elder Naisbitt was 72 years of age when he went 
on this last mission. His almost fifty years of study and his faithful living of the 
principles of the gospel marked him a superior man. Not only was he an able speaker 
and an able writer of prose, but he also exhibited great skill in writing poetry,and 
in 1901 published a book of poems entitled "Rhymelets in Many Moods." 

After a well spent life he passed to his final rest Feb. 26, 1908. During his lifetime 
Elder Naisbitt married five wives. 

His first wife was Elizabeth Paul, whom he married in England Dec. 24, 1853; 
she emigrated to Utah with her husband in 1854 and after bearing her husband eight 
children died March 17, 1869,in Salt Lake City. 

He married his second wife, Mary Ann Luff, in October,1862; she became the mother 
of six children and died April 5, 1877. 

His third wife was Catherine Hagell w'hom he married April 13,1867;she crossed the 
plains with ox-teams in 1865, passed through many hardships before reaching Utah, 
and after wards became the mother of eight children. 

Elder Naisbitt married Elizabeth Irvine April 13, 1870; she bore her husband five 
children. 

His fifth wife was Prances Hurst,who was married to him in 1879 and became the mother 
of four children.

Source:

http://www.archive.org/stream/latterdaysaintbi03jensrich/latterdaysaintbi03jensrich_djvu.txt 

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He was born September 27, 1910 in Hooper, Utah the son of Arthur Lee Naisbitt and Lillis Myrtle Belnap. Married Margaret Ella Cederlund in 1938; later divorced. Married Dorothy Bernice Wagstaff June 6, 1952 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She preceded him in death August 24, 1998.

He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many callings, including a full time mission to California, where he was district president; 14 years as a guide on Temple Square; and a two year mission with the Church Records Department. Dad was very handy in all areas of home repairs and could do anything with his hands. He worked in various occupations, but retired as a dispatcher with The Utah Highway Patrol. He also drove a senior citizen van until the age of 82.

Dad was a generous man of high integrity and a caring, loving husband and father evidenced by successfully combining two families with a total of seven children along with three more children with Bernice into one unified family. He also took loving care of his wife Bernice who suffered for many years with MS.

Survived by his 10 children, Bruce Dunn (Bonnie), Ray W. Naisbitt, Jean-nine Dooley, Gilbert Naisbitt (Jean), Richard Dunn (Susan), Kathleen Miller (Stan), Yvonne Barton (Jim), Jeanette Slade (Allan), Charmaine Wilcox (Steven); and M. Kent Naisbitt (Cheryl); 52 grandchildren; 70 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Also survived by a younger sister, Darlene Rich Hanson (George); and a sister-in-law, Pearl Naisbitt. He was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters, Harold, Eloise, Marion, and Frank; and also one granddaughter.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 21, 2004, 11 a.m. at the Bountiful 39 th

Ward Chapel, 600 East 1500 South, Bountiful. Friends may call Monday evening from 6-8 p.m. at the Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 North Main and Tuesday morning from 9:45-10:45 a.m. at the church prior to services. Interment - Wasatch Lawn Cemetery on Highland Drive in SLC.

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NAI8BITT, Henry W M, a prominent Elder in the Church, was born Nov. 7, 1826, in the village of North Allerton, England, the son of John Naisbitt and Martha Neede. His parents were religious people; his father, being very zealous, left impressions up-on his son never after wards destroyed. The father died when Henry was a lad, and the boy had to help the widowed mother to the neglect of schooling. Being of a mechanical turn of mind, he was apprenticed to a man who was skilled in the making of copper kettles from the solid metal. Leaving this he learned how to make silk hats and later learned the carpenter's trade. From the carpenter's bench he went into the grocery business, at which he spent his remaining years while in England.

From his early youth Henry W. Naisbitt had a great love for reading, especially was he fond of reading religious books. In 1850 he became a convert to "Mormonism" and emigrated to America with his wife in 1854. After his arrival in Utah he became associated with Wm. Jennings in business. In 1876-78 he filled a mission to Great Britain where he labored principally as assistant editor of the "Millennial Star." Upon his return to Utah he took up his labors in Z. C. M. I., Salt
Lake City, and became universally known as one of the expounders of  "Mormonism" in the large tabernacle meetings in Salt Lake City. He also wrote for the newspapers and magazines. In 1898-1901 he filled another mission to Great Britain, this time acting as a counselor to Pres. Platte D. Lyman in the presidency of the European Mission. Elder Naisbitt was 72 years of age when he went on this last mission. His almost fifty years of study and his faithful living of the principles of the gospel marked him a superior man. Not only was he an able speaker and an able writer of prose, but he also exhibited great skill in writing poetry, and in 1901 published a book of poems entitled "Rhymelets in Many Moods." After a well spent life he passed to his final rest Feb. 26, 1908. During his lifetime Elder Naisbitt married five wives.

His first wife was Elizzbeth Paul, whom he married in England Dec. 24, 1853; she emigrated to Utah with her husband in 1854 and after bearing her husband eight children died March 17, 1869, in Salt Lake City.

He married his second wife, Mary Ann Luff, in October, 1862; she became the mother of six children and died April 5, 1877.

His third wife was Catherine Hagell w'hom he married April 13, 1867; she crossed the plains with ox-teams in 1865, passed through many hardships before reaching Utah, and afterwards became the mother of eight children.

Elder Naisbitt married Elizabeth Irvine April 13, 1870; she bore her husband five children.

His fifth wife was Prances Hurst, who was married to him in 1879 and became the mother of four children.
 

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  HENRY WILLIAM NAISBITT and CATHERINE HAGELL

HENRY WILLIAM was born on November 7th, 1826 in ROMANBY,NORTHALLARTON, ENGLAND.  He died at the age of 81 on February 26th, 1908 in SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, U.S.A..

One of his wives was CATHERINE HAGELL. CATHERINE was born on March 28th, 1849 in ISLINGTON, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND.  She died at the age of 89 on October 4th, 1938 in SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA.  She was buried in SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA.

Below are the children of Henry and Catherine Hagell:

MARY ELIZA NAISBITT
MARY ELIZA was born on October 7th, 1869 in SALT LAKE CITY, SALT LAKE, UTAH, USA.  She died at the age of 34 on March 31st, 1904.

KATE ELIZABETH NAISBITT
KATE ELIZABETH was born on November 29th, 1871 in SALT LAKE CITY, SALT LAKE, UTAH, USA.  She died at the age of 81 on February 14th, 1953.

JOHN HENRY NAISBITT
JOHN HENRY was born on February 10th, 1874 in SALT LAKE CITY, SALT LAKE, UTAH, USA.  He died at the age of 63 on July 9th, 1937.

HEBER DAVID NAISBITT
HEBER DAVID was born on July 19th, 1876 in SALT LAKE CITY, SALT LAKE, UTAH, USA.  He died at the age of 1 on December 15th, 1877.

ARTHUR LEE NAISBITT
ARTHUR LEE was born on November 15th, 1879 in HOOPER, UTAH, U.S.A..  He died at the age of 93 on January 1st, 1973 in GRAND TERRACE, SAN BERNADINO, U.S.A..

LAWRENCE HAGELL NAISBITT
LAWRENCE HAGELL was born on August 29th, 1883 in HOOPER, UTAH, U.S.A..  He died at the age of 84 on March 29th, 1968.

Scott Stevens was on of the pallbearers at the funeral of Lawrence Hagell Naisbitt. Scott was a teenager at the time.

LESLIE DALE NAISBITT
LESLIE DALE was born on April 8th, 1888 in HOOPER, UTAH, U.S.A..  He died at the age of 74 on December 24th, 1962.

PERCY ALAN NAISBITT
PERCY ALAN was born in HOOPER, UTAH, U.S.A..  He died in 1968

The chart above was produced using GenoPro software 

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