Abraham SMURTHWAITE
Buried in Utah City Cemetery. This man is Grampa Stitt who visited Bob's family in Ririe. He was embarassed at his line being carried by the women, but this didn't bother anyone else in the family, knowing the social conditions in England at the time. SOURCES: 1. 1998 Ancestral File 2. 1997 Ordinance Index 3. Main Archive Record
Apparently the Stitt line follows the Smurthwaite line because of the marriage of Sarah Cubbe to Abraham Smurthwaite
He married Sarah Stitt Abt 1863 at of West Auckland, Durham, England . Sarah Stitt was born at Bolton Wood, Lancaster, England 19 Aug 1842 daughter of George Steele and Jessie Stitt .
They were the parents of 6
children:
John Stitt
born 19 May 1862.
James Richard Smurthwaite
born 29 Oct 1864.
Thomas William Smurthwaite
born 2 Nov 1866.
Mary Ellen Smurthwaite
born 3 May 1869.
Sarah Agnes Smurthwaite
born 25 May 1871.
Abraham Smurthwaite
born 8 Feb 1874.
Abraham Smurthwaite died 17 Jul 1889 at Ogden, Weber, Utah .
Sarah Stitt died 16 Apr 1912 at Ogden, Weber, Utah .