Langstroth, Alice

1824 - 1909  (85 years)

• Name	Langstroth, Alice
  Born	28 Jan 1824	Arncliffe, Yorkshire, Eng.
  Christened	22 Feb 1824	Arncliffe, Yorkshire, Eng.
  Gender	Female
  Buried	Nov 1909
  Died	21 Nov 1909	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
  Person ID	I10974	Stevenson
  Last Modified	29 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Langstroth, Stephen,   b. 29 Jun 1789, Langcliffe, Yorkshire, Eng. ,   d. 4 Feb 1861, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Gill, Ann,   b. 3 Aug 1795, Arncliffe, Yorkshire, Eng. ,   d. 27 Jan 1878, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  (Age 82 years)
  Married	3 Jun 1815	Arncliffe, Yorkshire, Eng.
  Family ID	F836	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  !Alice was endowed in NV as Alice Whitaker but no NV slg was found. Her husb Moses Whitaker died in Salt Lake in 1852. On 11 Dec 1853 (pre)EH she was sld for T&E to Moses Whitaker (d.) and to George Darling Watt for time only. This occurred during Willard Richards life time. In view of the above, the Temple Department (SIS) ruled by letter 23 Apr 1986 (Jerry D. Wells) that the 23 Dec 1845 alleged "marriage" to Willard Richards (per his Journal) was a moot question and therfore did not justify a ruling. Even if it were to be determined that their covenant was a sealing for eternity, we would have to presume it was cancelled prior to her sealing to Moses Whitaker. Because there were no children whose covenant lines would be affected, the question is purely academic so we shall not investigate it further. (The above had been questioned since DIALOGUE,Spring 1985, p55 had quoted the event from Willard Richards Journal and INTIMATE DISCIPLE p482 mentions his "expectation" to marry Alice). In any event there appears to have been other considerations and Alice proudly bore the name of Alice Longstroth Whitaker throughout her life time. We don't know of any children of her own, but Alice raised her sister Sarah's, Pauline after Sarah's 1858 death. (Her sister, Nanny raised the other three). George D. Watt was the first man to be baptized in England (1837) having won the race to the Rible River. His marriage to Alice is acknowledged in the Longstroth Letters (on file at the USHS - Utah State Historical Society).