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This page is the letter collection page. Photos or text of letters to and from various people with a connection to the Hagell Family Tree.

An email from Linda Luker / a Naisbitt family member.

Linda Luker to Brian William Hagell

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Hi, Brian--

You had asked me to write you about William and Elizabeth. Here is my report:

After I saw William's will, I knew I needed to find more about their background and find their first son. Every Friday I go to the local Family History Library, and for a few weeks I searched parish records of small towns around Canterbury to see if he had come from there. But then I changed my focus and decided to see if that William Hagell and Elizabeth Hodges were, in fact, our William and Elizabeth. I found their marriage in 1772 in Westminster. There was a William Hagell, no parents listed, born in Westminster in 1776. Through Ancestry, we could see that he was the one who died 1839, whose will you found. That will showed connections, business probably, in Canterbury. He married a Kent girl. I am sure he grew up in Canterbury with his brothers and sisters, but he moved to Islington after he married.

I knew William was born in 1742, because he was 58 when he died in 1800. Elizabeth was born in 1750, because she was 83 when she died January 1883. I looked for birthdates for both in London. I couldn't find one for William, but I found hers. She was born December 1749 in Westminster, daughter of Joseph and Ann. They named their first son after William and their second son after Elizabeth's father.

So then Carmel and I knew, so as of yesterday our family trees show Elizabeth Hodges as our great-great-great+++grandmother. And their first son is William, born 17 March 1776. We have found a wife and five children for him and are working on finding the next generation--and more. I will soon put that information in my Hagell tree in Ancestry.

Linda

RE: The Hagell Family Tree

I would be happy to share what little information I have on the Hagell family. My 2nd great-grandmother was Catherine Hagell. She was the one of Henry W. Naisbitt's wives and was quite young when she married him. She was the eldest daughter of John Hagell and Eliza Mary Lee. I have a photo of her, holding my mother in her lap when my mother was just 6 months old.

I've started researching Eliza Mary Lee's family and I've found some promising clues to look at some specific parish records. You'll have to let me know if the Lee family is of interest to you as well.

Scott Stevens
1413 W. 8230 S.
West Jordan, UT 84088
U.S.A.

Scott Stevens

to Brian William Hagell

Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 5:28 PM

Brian,

I've attached a copy of the picture of Catherine Hagell and my mother, Mayre Beth Nielsen Stevens. The picture was taken in Hooper, Utah in the Spring of 1931. My mother was about 6 months old at the time. Her mother, Mayre Naisbitt Nielsen, was visiting the family homestead in Hooper. On a side note, my grandmother changed the spelling of her first name from Mary to Mayre when she was about 8 years old because she felt it was more like the biblical Mary would have spelled her name. So, I have a sister and two neices with the "Mayre" spelling.

Go ahead and use the picture on your website. I visited your website and viewed other photos you have and read through much of the information there. I've bookmarked it, and I'll continue to check it once in a while.

I'm not sure who has Catherine's diary. I'm sure my grandmother didn't have it. My mother inherited a cross-stitch sampler when my grandmother passed away that Catherine stitched when she was 11 years old. The picture of Catherine and my mother and the sampler are the two most treasured items from Catherine that our family possesses. My grandmother wrote a biography several years before her death and she described her grandmother, Catherine Hagell Naisbitt as a very strong woman who was also very refined and ladylike - but had a funny accent. Catherine lived in Salt Lake City most of the time during my grandmother's younger years, but she visited the family farm in Hooper quite often. My mother has promised the sampler to my younger sister, Pam, when she passes away. My mother is now 80 years old and her health isn't very good. We're hoping she'll remain with us a few more years.

As Mayre Naisbitt Nielsen's oldest grandchild, I was fortunate to meet three of her father's brothers. I met Art, Percy and Lawrence. When I saw the picture of Catherine Hagell, I could see the resemblance in each of their faces. I was a pall bearer at Lawrence's funeral even though I was just a teenager at the time.

Linda Westmoreland Luker was our babysitter quite often as my brothers and sisters and I were growing up. She's my mother's cousin and quite a few years younger than my mother. Ironically, Linda's daughters were babysitters for our children when they were young. My mother keeps in close contact with all of her cousins on the Naisbitt side and they get together once a year or so. Katheryn Westmoreland, my grandmother's sister, is the last living sibling. She is now in her 90s, but she's still very sharp.

I appreciate the opportunity to share information with you. I'll check my grandmother's biography again and see if there are pictures or stories that I can pass along.

It's nice to meet you as well.

Thanks,

Scott Stevens

from	Linda Luker <lindaluker@sisna.com>
to		Brian Hagell <brianhagell@gmail.com>
date		Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 1:45 PM
subject		William and Elizabeth
mailed-by		sisna.com

Hi, Brian--

You had asked me to write you about William and Elizabeth. Here is my report:

After I saw William's will, I knew I needed to find more about their background and find their first son. Every Friday I go to the local Family History Library, and for a few weeks I searched parish records of small towns around Canterbury to see if he had come from there. But then I changed my focus and decided to see if that William Hagell and Elizabeth Hodges were, in fact, our William and Elizabeth. I found their marriage in 1772 in Westminster. There was a William Hagell, no parents listed, born in Westminster in 1776. Through Ancestry, we could see that he was the one who died 1839, whose will you found. That will showed connections, business probably, in Canterbury. He married a Kent girl. I am sure he grew up in Canterbury with his brothers and sisters, but he moved to Islington after he married.

I knew William was born in 1742, because he was 58 when he died in 1800. Elizabeth was born in 1750, because she was 83 when she died January 1883. I looked for birthdates for both in London. I couldn't find one for William, but I found hers. She was born December 1749 in Westminster, daughter of Joseph and Ann. They named their first son after William and their second son after Elizabeth's father.

So then Carmel and I knew, so as of yesterday our family trees show Elizabeth Hodges as our great-great-great+++grandmother. And their first son is William, born 17 March 1776. We have found a wife and five children for him and are working on finding the next generation--and more. I will soon put that information in my Hagell tree in Ancestry.

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