Mathew J. SYPHUS, SR.

                   Family history as compiled by the family of George Burton Whitney and his wife, Lovina Syphus (about 1972). Copy available at Mary F. Syphus 54 E. 300 So. # 7, St. George, Utah  84770. Compiled by Fenton Whitney.
     There, in or near London, was a girl in her teens and a young man.  The young lady had accepted the Gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, but the young man had not.
     The story here is how she (Christiana Long Syphus) told it in the sunset of her life with her own lips.... She said, "You know when I first heard the Elders, we went to their meetings together and their messages all seemed so true and it found a responce in my heart and I tried to show him, but he would not listen, but I knew it was true.  I could not marry him because he could not accept the Gospel. I finally told him so and he felt sorry and so did I, but I wanted my children taught this Gospel.  Thus he and I parted, but there was another young man by the name of Luke Syphus.  He was a good young man; he joined the Church.  We married and I have never been sorry."
       They were never sorry and their faith was never shaken.  They bore the hardships and suffering and privations with all the rest of our forefathers who settled this intermountain land.  Many of them left homes of luxury and came for the love of truth.
       Luke Syphus, son of Matthew and Mary Long Syphus, was born 23rd of January 1827 at Leafield, Oxfordshire, England.  He married Christiana Long, the 25th of December 1851 at St. Pancras Church in Middlesex County, England.
       Christiana Long, daughter of John Long and Martha Hignall, was born the 10th of January 1832, at Standlake, Oxfordshire, England.
       Christiana's mother died when she was eight years old.  Later her father remarried and, although the step-mother was kind and good to the children, Christiana wanted to be independent.  She wanted to earn her own living; so, she went to London to find employment.
       Though Christiana was not born of the gentry, she always conducted herself in a most well-bread, lady-like manner.  This quality emabled her to find employment in a "gentleman's family", caring for his children.  However, she did not like the lady for whom she worked because she expected Christiana to do so many other things besides taking care of the children.  She decided to leave and because she had always been such a lady-like girl, they were forced to give her a good letter of recommendation.
       Her next job was with a family by the name of King.  Here she stayed, seemingly very happy for five years, or until they left to sail for America. The Kings wanted Christiana to go to America with them, but for some unknown reason, she stayed behind.
       Who can tell where the kind hand of providence takes charge of our lives for a purpose.  It was not long after the Kings left, that she heard the Gospel of the Latter-Day Saints.  When she heard this new religion, she began attending meetings and investigating.  The more she studied and heard, the more she was convinced that she had found the truth.
       Where Luke and Christiana lived in England we do not know (Their marriage licence states they lived on Lewis Street in Camden Town - north part of London - Luke was apparently an apprentice to Mary Long's father, John Long, a lawyer. On the licence the same street is listed as their residence, thus Luke may have boarded at the Long house.), nor what occupation Luke followed; but we do know that later he was a good stone mason and was skilled at whip-sawing lumber. He was able to make good use of these skills later in his life.
       About a year after their marrige Luke and Christiana set sail for Australia, 21, November 1852, in the sailing vessel Java.  This vessel had about five hundred people aboard and carried water and provisions for three months.
       Before sailing, Luke was given a blessing by the presiding church officials in England that he would suffer a great loss on the voyage, and that he would be the means of saving the ship. This prophacy was literally fulfilled.
       It is on this voyage that we begin to get a picture of the character and personality of Luke Syphus.  Many adverse conditions prevailed, among them reverse winds that sometimes drove the ship back for several days.  So instead of a three month voyage, it lengthened into five months.
       All the people on the vessel suffered terribly from lack of food and water; many died and were buried at sea before Australia was reached.  The passengers were put on rations that amounted to two tablespoons of water per day and sea biscuits.  These sea biscuits were not only so hard thay had to be cut with an ax, but they were also filled with big worms - they were eaten anyway because those on board were so hungry.
       When the ship was three months out, Christiana gave birth to her first son, Luke, on the 3rd. of March 1853.  He was born while the ship was in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, Africa.  Due to conditions on board ship, she could not give her baby proper nourishment and care, so he died on March 29, 1853, twenty-six days after birth, and was buried at sea.  The reverse winds were not the only troubles that beset the Java.  She sprang a leak and for some time the captain considered abondoning ship.  In fact, he had ordered the boats lowered with all the women and children loaded
in them.  Here is where Luke showed his faith and inspiration.  While the captain was below seeing about repairs and pumping ooperations and organizing a bucket brigade to bail water, Luke preempted the captain's place and ordered all passengers to stay aboard and away from the boats.  In a calm, authorative voice, he told them that the leak would be repaired and the water pumped out, and the ship would continue safely on it's way.  They were assured by his calm manner and none left the ship.  However, when the captain on deck he was very angry and threatened to put Luke in the brig for his actions.  But Luke did not back down on the wisdom of his order, and the captain realized that he had been spared additional troubles, forget the insubordination and the incident was closed.
       After 5 months of buffeting by the elements, passengers almost starved, with many sick on board,  the Java reached Australia. (24 April 1853)  This was just at the time when so many rich gold mines were being discovered in that country.  Consequently, there was a great demand for lumber and all kinds of building material.  Luke was quick to see the possibilities in this activity and immediatey prepared to saw lumber.  Well sawed lumber brought a very good price, as it should.
       At that time, lumber sawed by hand and under great difficulties was whip-sawed in the following manner:  First a deep cellar-like pit was dug.  The log to be sawed was marked with straight black lines the size of the borars determining the number of lines per log.  The helper would stand on the log, the two of them drawing the great saw up and down the length of it.  A most arduous way to get lumber  Surely Luke earned the good wages he got for his efforts
       Since Luke and Christiana were Latter-day Saints, the home they established in Australia became headquarters for the L.D.S. Elders and Apostles who came there to proselyte the natives.
       In Australia the cool time of the year comes in the summer months.  This was fortunate for Christiana for on August 31, 1854 she gave birth to her second child, a lovely daughter, later named Lovina. At the time of her birth, Luke and Christiana were living in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
       Luke worked hard, and with the help of his good wife, was able to save enough money for passage to America.  Always in their hearts from the time they first joined the Church, had been the desire to go to Zion.  When the time came to sail, Lovina was not quite two years old, but already she was a beautiful child, taking after her mother in looks.  Christiana was a small, dainty women with fine features, beautiful black wavy hair, laughing brown eyes that were shadowed with provocatively long lashes, and a lovely mouth that curved easily into smiles.  Her ankles were trim and neat, ending in the high arched instep of true aristocrat.  These attributes of beauty she passed on the her children to some degree, but her first born daughter, Lovina, was a true prototype.
       There is no record of the names of the people with who they associated and did business while in Australia except one: this was Joseph Ridges.  He and Luke were associated in the lumber business and became fast friends; a tie that lasted throughout their lives.  This same Joseph Ridges was later called to build the Salt Lake Tabernacle organ.
       He tells about his conversion to Mormonism and his association with Luke and
his personal history:
      "In 1852, in company with a friend, I set sail for Australia, suffering from a bad attack of gold fever, and after five months we landed at Sydney.  While on board ship I became acquainted with a gentleman whose name was Luke Syphus, and it subsequently transpiered that Mr. Syphus was a Mormon; but at that time I could not have told what a Morman was as the fame or otherwise of
the Latter-day Saints had not then become so widely known at it is today. Upon landing at Sydney, I joined forces with this gentleman, and we went some four hundred miles up the rivers and creeks into the dense bush.
       "Well, to cut the matter short, it was not long before I fjound out what a Mormon was, and I become one of them joyfully...an action I have never regretted, if it did have the effect of causing my brothers and relatives at home in England to cease corresponding with me."
       Brother Ridges had gone to Australia seeking gold, but through his association with Luke he found the more precious good - the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
       On the 23 of May, 1856, Luke and Christiana and little Lovina set sail on the ship Jenoveve (or Jenny Flora) for America.  They sailed with a large commpany composed mostly of L.D.S.  This too was a hazardous passage as the ship caught fire three times while on the three months voyage across the Pacific.
       They landed at San Pedro Harbor, California early in August (15, August 1856). Most of the Saints moved inland to San Bernardino where an L.D.S. colony was already established.  However, the Syphuses and a few close friends stayed behind at San Pedro because Christiana was expecting her third child momentarily.  Luke quickly gathered driftwood and ship wreckage to make a shelter.  This was the first cabin on the beach, and some two weeks later the first white child was born there.  This was Edward Henry Syphus, born August 22, 1856, a son to Luke and Christiana.
       When the mother and baby could travel, the little party also moved into San Bernardino 30, September 1856.  Here Luke sawed lumber and made rails from the trees of the nearby mountains.  With these he built a three room house for his little family and fenced a fifteen acre farm.  The soil here was very good, and with the help of a young Indian, Luke cleared and planted his small farm.
       Ever a kindly man, and one to help the needy, Luke took the hungry Indian boy in, gave him food, and paid him to help with the land.  Over Christiana's protests, the Indian was allowed to sit at the table with the family for his meals.  This was contrary to prevalent custom, but Luke felt that if he worked in the field, he should be allowed to eat as his family ate.  This christian kindness later paid big dividends to the Syphuses and their friends.
       The small farm yielded abundant crops in 1857.  It looked as though the family larder would be running over with winter supplies, plus what could be grown the year round.
       Things began to look good for the Saints in San Bernardino.  They had water, good soil, good climate, and were seemingly unmolested by persecutors.  but their good fortune was short lived.  Far away in Southern Utah the Mountain Meadow Massacure had been perpetrated.  It's effects on the members of the Church was far-reaching.  In California the Latter-day Saints were threatened
with death if they did not get out.  The leaders in Salt Lake called them to come to Utah for safety.  They had to leave so quickly they had no time to sell anything; probably would not have found buyers anyway.  They just walked away, leaving their homes and crops to anyone who chose to take them (3 Dec. 1857).
       This certainly was a test of faith and proof of the sturdy character of these people.  The wilderness road to Utah lay across three waterless deserts and through valleys infested with starving, hostile Indians.  Every mile was fraught with danger, yet those sturdy people loaded their families and meager possessions into wagons and started across the trackless wastes.
       They were sure of three oases between San Bernardino and Utah, but they were not sure they would ever reach them.  And reaching them, they were not sure they would leave alive because of the Indians lying in wait.
       These oases were Las Vegas, The Muddy, and Beaver Dam.  Each had running water, shade, and a modicum of grass.  Las Vegas was a clear spring that spouted up and ran out into the desert.  The Muddy was a big creek, fed by warm springs that meandered down through a long marrow valley, all enclosed by tawny mesas. Beaver Dam was a mountain fed stream, bordered with trees and grass at intervals that had cut a wide gash in the earth for more than a hundred miles. Before, between, and after these three oases lay the desert,stark and jealous, reaching out hungry hands for the weak and unprepared.
       The little party of fleeing Saints had safely negotiated the first third of their journey.  They stopped at Las Vegas without incident, and were praying to do the same at the Muddy.  But as they drove down the tottuous trail to the river ford, they came upon Indians...half naked, hungry Indians.
       The wagons had made the crossing safely and were slowly following the trail across the upper valley...each driver kept a sharp look-out for Indians, for they knew the Piutes would do anything for food.
       Suddenly Luke heard a noise to the rear of his outfit.  Hastily looking over his sholder into the dark depths of the wagon,he saw Lovina being lifted out of the back opening by two brown hands.  With a shout he stopped the teaqm and leaped to the ground, running as he lit.  He struck the Indian a blow that made him drop the child and sent him spinning.  Lovina had been too frightened of the ugly brown face to cry out, but in later years she said she was sure the Indian was only looking for food and had moved her, the better to look.
       With this incident to spur them on, the little party moved toward Beaver Dam. Up they went, up the steep sandy slope of the mesa, over the ragged rim-rock, acorss the dreary miles of top, down over the rim-rock, and on across the slopes of shifting sand.  Plop, plod, plop went the feet of the horses,and in the minds of the people a question: Would there be Indians at the Beaver Dam?
       There were...the whold tribe had assembled, ready to pounce on the wagon train.  The Saints quickly prepared to defend themselves and in so doing, one member of the party was recognized.  Luke Syphus...the young Indian that he had employed in San Bernardino and so kindly treated, knew his friend.  He quickly spoke to the chief...pleaded with him to spare the lives of those in this wagon train.  Reluctantly the chief consented, provided the Saints would give them food.  An agreement was made.  Leaving most of their provisions behind, the train was allowed to proceed in safety.
       And so the third oasis was left behind, and what lay ahead--none knew.  When Utah was reached, the Syphuses reached Cedar City January 31, 1858.  They stayed there about a year, but apparently were not satisfied, for they moved further south into Toquerville.  They left November 15, 1858, arrived the 16th of November 1858.  This was a small settlement of saints between Cedar City and St. George.  The Syphus' did not stay long here either, but during their stay, a fourth child, a daughter, was born. On th
                  

                   Note: Information taken from Group Sheet submitted by Effie B. Syphus, St. George, UT.  Source given: P. R. Leafield; Shipton-under-Wychwood; 1841-1851 Census; Luke Syphus Temple Record.

Temple Data. Overton, Nevada Ward Records: Father: Matthew Syphus. He was born 12 March 1828 in Leafield (spelled Leaffield,) Oxon, England.
Baptized by William Watson in 1851, London, England;  Died: 17 Sept. 1905.
Film: 14913  F40, for the years 1902-1948, Overton, Nevada Ward Records.

Film 14.924 LDS Church Film.  Shows his name as Mathew J. Syphus who died 17 Sept. 1905 in St. Thomas, Nevada.  I have not found the J. in any other place.  No wife or children were listed.

Listed as coming to Panaca from Ogden, Utah. From the Panaca Ward Records.  Confirmation into the LDS Church, at the Panaca, Nevada Ward "Received into the Panaca Ward - 1868  and Received into the Panaca Ward Nov. 15, 1869. (film 3647). (However, he lived in Clover Valley, Nevada 1864)

Matthew Syphus was ordained a High Priest (in Panaca, Nevada) on 25 Sept. 1871 by Henry W. Miller.  SL # film 3647 old number and new number is 14914 for years 1869-1941.
Panaca, Nevada Film SL # 3647 - new number is 14914: 1869-1941.
Matthew Syphus - Santa Clara, Utah 1861. hard to read. One child who was born in Santa Clara, Utah was confirmed a member of the Church in 1876 along with a child who was born in Ogden, Utah (see below).  No names could be found for these children as the corner of the Ward Record was torn off and filmed that way.
(Matthew Syphus and his family were in Red Bluff, San Bernadino, Riverside Co., California Dec 14, 1866 where his daughter Eva was born.) Matthew Syphus - Odgen, Utah  1867 ? hard to read. (Two children were born in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah). One child confirmed a member of the Ward in 186? and the other confirmed a member of the church in 1876 along with one born in Santa Clara, Utah.
Matthew Syphus - Odgen, Utah  186?  hard to read.

Temple Sealing to wife: Matthew Syphus and Mary Ann French on 9 Aug. 1861 in the Endowment House.  Resource: M183395 "1856-1866".  This appears to just be their sealing date as they were married before 1861 as they had children.

1841-1851 Census P.R. Leafield Shipton-Under-Wychwood, England.
1841 Census of Leafield, Film 193642 shows him living with Philip and Harriet Siford.
Matthew Siford, age 23 a vistor, woodsman, born in Leafield, Ox.  He is a first cousin to Philip Siford.

Leaving England: SL # 025690 Film. "England - British Emmigration Records 1849-1855 - British Mission.  Perpetual Emmigration Fund, page 127.
1852 - Matthew Syphus signs up to leave on the ship, "International"; 1100 ton ship with Captain Brown.
Listed as his address is: 35 Jewin, City of London, age 24.  Ship is scheduled to sail on Feb. 23, 1853.  It sailed on Feb. 28th, 1853 to New Orleans U.S.A.
Christopher Arthur is the President of the Company.
309 adults, 101 children, 9 infants and 6 cooks and stewards = 425.
Matthew did not leave on this ship - appearantly he only was to go if there was not a full ship.  He was single and families went first.
The next ship Matthew was scheduled to leave on was the "Falcon".  He signed up n 1853, page 144.  Address is listed as 35 Jewin Street, of City of London. Age is 24.  The "Falcon" is a 900 ton ship with Captain A. Y. Wade and scheduled to sail on 23, March 1853.
229 adults, 46 children, 16 infants and 3 cooks and stewards.
Elder Cornelius Bagnall is President of the Company.  The ship sailed on March 28, 1853.
However, Matthew Syphus did not go on this ship either.  We find him listed to go on the ship "Camillers"  (Page 160 of the same film) 780 tons.  Captain Charles R. Day.  Set to sail for New Orleans on 24, March 1853.  Matthew signed his date of acknowledgement on March 11, 1853.  His age is listed as 24 and his address as 35 Jewin St., City of London. Balance paid
ticket # 40, tranfered from page 144.  The ship sailed on 13, April 1853.
Elder Curtis E. Bolton is President of the Company. They disembarked in New Orleans after about 52 Days on the ocean.
Matthew is not listed on the next several ships and we assume that he did leave on the "Camillers". (He is not listed as being married-travels alone.) His wife Mary Ann French, was on the same ship, the Camillers, and listed as traveling alone.

He appears to have married Mary Ann French of England about 1853-54 in New Orleans or in Missouri where his first child was born.  Then they traveled to Ogden, Weber Co., Utah where his next two children were born.  They traveled with the Kinkead's freight train arriving in the Salt Lake valley 22 August 1855. (This record is found in the Salt Lake City Family History Library in the Special Records Section on the main floor.  The data is found in the "Crossed the Plains" film: 298,442 which shows an index card file on the film.  No other Syphus names are listed.) J.H. August 22, 1855, page 1. Matthew must have been placed, by the church, in the Ogden area for job placement which was a program of the church at that time.  No record was found that he owned property there.
Matthew must have traveled a lot being a teamster and he was in California, working when we find his family in Santa Clara, Washington Co., Utah in the early 1860'S.  He returned to Santa Clara about the time his daughter's died and they had to move to Clover Valley, Utah, 1864.  Later this area was found to be in Nevada. Membership records appear to be kept in the Panaca Ward Records.
About 1867 Clover Valley needed to be evacuated because of indian probelms and Matthew moved his family to Panaca along with his brother Luke Syphus and Luke's family.  He is confirmed into the Panaca Ward and so are his three children, of age, and his wife.  He seems to have farmed there and or been a teamster until his moving to California.  And in Soquel township, Santa Cruz Co., California, in 1870 he seems to be a teamster as we also find him listed as such in the 1880 census of Beaver, Utah where we find him listed alone, his family being in Panaca, Nevada.  He was back in Panaca in 1871 where he was ordained a high priest.  We find him again in the 1880 census with his wife and three daughters at home in Panaca, thus the census man found him twice in Beaver and Panaca.

Census Reports, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah 1860 - Matthew Syphus age 31 in 1860, Born in England. Dwelling 0588.
Family 529, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah. Value of property, $400. Value of personal property: $150.  Film: 805313.  Also Film:25541.
Mary A.  Age 32, Born in England
Ida Louise, Age 5, Born in Missouri
Evelyn E., Age 3, Born in Utah Territory
Fortuna M. A., Age 1, Born in Utah Terrirory  (Sheets later have L.M.).

1870 - Santa Cruz Co., Soquel Township, California, page 440, Film 545588.
Matthew Syphus, Age 43, Born in England
Mary A., Age 43, Born in England
Mary A. F., Age 11, Born in Utah
Esther, Age 9, Born in Utah
Adah, Age 5, Born in Utah
Eva A., Age 3, Born in Calif.

1880 - Panaca, Lincoln Co., Nevada
Dwelling 20, Family 20.
Matthew Syphus, Age 52, Born in England
Mary A., Age 52, Born in England
Mary A., Age 21, Born in Utah
Esther M., Age 19, Born in Utah
Ada L., Age 15, Born in Utah

1880 he is found in Beaver, Utah as a teamster and registered along as his family is in Panaca, Nevada.  Age listed as 53.  M. Syphus,  046, Star Point.  Page 13, E. 106, line 39. Film: 538,592.

1900 Census of St. Thomas, Lincoln Co., Nevada. Vol. 2, Ed. 25; Sheet 4; Line 17.  Soundex S-120.
Matthew Syphus, born March 1828, Age 72 and born in England.
Living alone in St. Thomas. (this is written across the index card of the Soundex.)
Family 40, House 40. Married 47 Years. (however, his wife is not listed or other members of his family and this shows he married in 1853).
This record shows that Matthew can read, write and speak English. He is a farmer and owns his home and farm free.  He is 47 years in the United States having come in 1853. He is not a naturlized American.

Jan. 27, 1894 -  A letter from Mary Etta Syphus, Matthew's niece, to her boyfriend, John M. Bunker. "I am sorry to hear of your father's severe illness but I sincerely hope that he has recovered ere this.  I suppose la grippe is quite prevalent in that part of the country (St. Thomas, Bunderville and Mesquite and other towns of that area). The folks tell me that several of Lavina's children and uncle Mathew have been down with it on the Muddy".  This shows that Matthew lived in or near St. Thomas, Nevada at this date.

Book: "Under the Dixie Sun", page 154-155 - Santa Clara, Utah
      San Bernadino Saints Arrive-Township Laid Off.  Nellie Gubler "In the spring of 1858 the Saints living at San Bernadino, California, were called back to Utah by Brigham Young because Johnson's army was enroute to Utah and President Young wanted all the Saints he could get to be ready in case they were needed to defend themselves.  Some of the Saints settled at Santa Clara, thus strengthening the settlement.  Among these people were Luke and Matthew Syphus, Christopher L. Riding, Hamblin and Brown Crow, William Lay, William Crosby and others. After their arrival at the Fort (Clara) a townsite was laid off close by and the new settlers assisted in building an adobe school house 24x16 feet (to be used also for a church house) and log and stone dwelling house."

Book: "Whitney Family History" compiled by Fenton Whitney.
1861: Matthew and his family, wife: Marianna, were in Santa Clara, Utah in 1861 when there was a great flood.  After this disaster, he went to California, leaving his wife, Marianna, and his children, in Luke`s care. Luke had built an adobe house and he moved his family and Matthew's into the home.  There was much sickness in the area, after the flood, and the two women helped each other during this stressful time.  However, Marianna lost her two oldest daughters.  It was a terrible summer and one to try the faith of the most devout. Probably because of the sorrow he had seen in this house, Luke sold it, moving the two families to a new one closer to the hills.  In this new home, Marianna saw her baby die. We can imagine the hardships the families had at this time and it is supposed that about 1861-62, the first graves were dug in the Santa Clara Cemetery.  In the fall of 1863 Matthew returned from California and resumed responsibility for his family.  It appears that about this time, Matthew and his family moved to Clover Valley, Nevada thinking that area was in Utah.  They lived there until about 1866 and since their daughter, Eva, was born in 1866, in California, it shows that Matthew had taken his family back to California before Eva's birth. It appears that before Eva's death in 1872, the family were again in Panaca and welcomed into the ward there as the Ward Records, shown above, show them as members in the late 1860'S in Panace in 1871 the Ware Records show he was ordained as a high preist but we found the family in 1870 California census and Eva died in 1872 so Matthew, being a teamster, must have been in Panaca as a stop-over, in 1871, while his family were still in California.  Sometime between 1872 and 1880 they again moved to Panaca, Nevada.

Films:
Nevada - 1245964  Soundex S-120.  1900 Census lists.
Nevada: - 1240943
Utah - 1249034
Utah - E.D. 1241683
Utah - 1241684
Utah - 1241685
Utah - 1241886, 1241887, 1241888
California - 1242356

Merged Data has birth date 19 Mar 1828 and Endowed 9 Aug 1861 in the Endowment House

He was buried in St. Thomas, Nevada in 1905 and when the government bought out the town, as the waters of the lake behin.

Merged data also had a marriage date of 9 Aug 1861
                  

                   NOTE:  information taken from Group Sheet submitted by Effie B. Syphus, St.
George, UT.  Source given:  P. R. Leafiedl; Shipton-under-Wychwood; 1841-1851
Census; Luke Syphus Temple Record.

CHAN:
DATE 22 Aug 1997
TIME 16:40:09

   TEMPLE DATA FROM THE EFFIE SYPHUS FAMILY GROUP SHEET.
THIS SHEET SHOWS WORK WAS DONE FOR GEORGE SYPHUS.

LUKE SYPHUS TEMPLE RECORD BOOK: THERE IS NO GEORGE SYPHUS LISTED WITH TEMPLE
WORK AND IN THE FAMILY GROUP SHEET, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOOK, GEORGE HAS HIS
NAME AND BY IT IS WRITTEN (IN 1878) "DEAD".  SINCE THE FAMILY DID NO WORK FOR
GEORGE, IT APPEARS THAT HE WAS A CHILD WHEN HE DIED, BEFORE THE AGE OF EIGHT.
GEORGE WAS SEALED TO HIS PARENTS ONLY.

NOT IN THE 1841 CENSUS OF LEAFIELD, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND.

CHAN:
DATE 22 Aug 1997
TIME 16:40:09

   TEMPLE DATA FROM THE EFFIE SYPHUS FAMILY GROUP SHEET.
THIS SHEET SHOWS WORK WAS DONE FOR GEORGE SYPHUS.

LUKE SYPHUS TEMPLE RECORD BOOK: THERE IS NO GEORGE SYPHUS LISTED WITH TEMPLE
WORK AND IN THE FAMILY GROUP SHEET, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOOK, GEORGE HAS HIS
NAME AND BY IT IS WRITTEN (IN 1878) "DEAD".  SINCE THE FAMILY DID NO WORK FOR
GEORGE, IT APPEARS THAT HE WAS A CHILD WHEN HE DIED, BEFORE THE AGE OF EIGHT.
GEORGE WAS SEALED TO HIS PARENTS ONLY.

NOT IN THE 1841 CENSUS OF LEAFIELD, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND.
                  

                   Note: Information taken from Group Sheet submitted by Effie B. Syphus, St. George, UT.  Source given:  P. R. Leafiedl; Shipton-under-Wychwood; 1841-1851 Census; Luke Syphus Temple Record.

Temple data: Effie Syphus Family Group Sheet with him as a child.

1841-1851 Census, P. R. Leafield, Shipton-Under-Wychwood.

London archives: Vol. Z2, page 195.  His dates are listed as 1833-1878 "Died March" in Abington, Oxfordshire, England.

Luke Syphus Family Temple Book has Vincent as the son of Matthew and Mary Long Syphus and the third child in the family.  Has his birth date, Jan. 20, 1831, Leyfield, Oxfordshire, England and died 4, Feb. 1878.  He was sealed to his living parents on 17, May 1878 in the St. George, Utah Temple and the work was done by his brother, Luke Syphus.  This book has him listed as, "Vincent Syphus,  brother of Luke Syphus, born 20 June 1831 in Layfield, Oxford., England; died 4, Feb. 1878".
His temple records state:
Baptized: "In the Church 1852".
Endowed: 15 May 1878 work done by his brother: Luke Syphus Sealed to Parents: May 17, 1878.
All work done in the St. George Temple.  There is no sealing of him to a spouse.
                  

                   1841 Census  P. R. Leafield, Shipton-Under-Wynchwood, England.
She is not listed in the 1851 census so must have died as a child.

Her parents came to America in 1874 and she was not listed with them thus supposing she died before that date or was married and stayed in England.  Her endowments were done for her by her sister, Thirza Long Syphus Ipson on 17 May 1878 so she had been deceased for at least a year.

Luke Syphus Temple Book: She is listed as the daughter of Matthew and Mary Long Syphus and as the fourth child.  She is listed as dead in May 17, 1878, but no death date is shown.  She was born in Leyfield, Oxfordshire, England and was sealed to her parents on May 17, 1878 in the St. George, Utah Temple. Her sister, Thirza, did her temple work for her.

NOTE: Information taken from Group Sheet submitted by Effie B. Syphus, St. George, UT.  Source given:  P. R. Leafield; Shipton-under-Wychwood; 1841-1851 Census; Luke Syphus Temple Record.
                  

                   1841-1851 Census, P. R. Leafield, Shipton-Under-Wynchwood, England. Believed to have died as a young man because he is not in the 1861 census.

Note: Information taken from Group Sheet submitted by Effie B. Syphus, St. George, UT.  Source given:  P. R. Leafiedl; Shipton-under-Wychwood; 1841-1851 Census; Luke Syphus Temple Record; age 7 in 1841.

Baptism-Endowment-Sealing to Parents:  LDS IGI 1993 Edition; gives birthdate as 8 Apr 1834.

(Merged database resulted in 2 Sylvanus's one with birth date of about 1833 and the other with birth date of 8 April 1834.  I'm assuming these are actually the same person, since the notes of the censuses only show 1 Sylvanus.)
                  

                   NOTE: Information taken from Group Sheet submitted by Effie B. Syphus, St. George, UT.  Source given:  P. R. Leafield; Shipton-under-Wychwood; 1841-1851 Census; Luke Syphus Temple Record; age 6 in 1833.

(Merged database resulted in 2 Sylvester's one with ta birth date of about 1835 (last name spelled as Siford) and the other with birth date of 18 June 1835 (last name spelled Syphus).  I'm assuming these are actually the same person, since the notes of the censuses only show 1 Sylvester.)

CHAN:
DATE 22 Aug 1997
TIME 16:48:23

TEMPLE DATA FROM THE FAMILY GROUP SHEET OF EFFIE SYPHUS.

1841-1851 CENSUS, P.R. LEAFIELD; SHIPTON-UNDER-WYNCHWOOD, ENGLAND.

1861 CENSUS OF THE PARISH OF WHICHWOOD - LIVING AT, "THE TIEMELS" or "THE
HEMELS" spelling doubtful.  He is a mole catcher and living near John Pratley, who may be a relative.
Sylvester Syphus, age 23, born in Leafield a mole catcher, living with the Game Keeper James Alderson, age 77, at the Hemels.
Mr. Edwin Powell is the Proprietor of the house of Hemels.
                  

                   NOTE:  Information taken from Group Sheet submitted by Effie B. Syphus, St. George, UT.  Source given:  P. R. Leafield; Shipton-under-Wychwood; 1841-1851 Census; Luke Syphus Temple Record.

(Merged database resulted in 2 Mary's one with birth date of 7 Febuary 1837 and the other with birth date of 18 July 1837.  I'm assuming these are actually the same person, either different sources had different dates or one may be a birth date and the other a christening date.)

CHAN:
DATE 22 Aug 1997
TIME 16:42:53

Temple data Family Group Sheet. Must have died before the next Mary was born. This date is Feb. 7, 1837.  This is a hand written sheet from the brother of Mary and written by Luke Syphus.

1841-1851 Census, Leafield, Shipton-Under-Wynchwood, England.

Ellis Gentry Family Group Sheet has her birthdate as 7 Feb. 1837, Leafield, Oxfordshire, England.
                  

                   Temple data. Family Group Sheet.  Ancestral File data from Ellis Gentry.
Has her name as Martha Marie Syphus.
Micro-fiche data: Baptism  3 May 1857; Endowed 30 May 1973 in Ogden Temple, Sealing to parents is uncleared.  Batch 6940414-0.
Other temple data: B: 19 Nov 1975 St. George Temple
                          EN: 17 Jan 1796 St. George Temple
                          SP:  Uncleared

Ancestral File data about her son: Church records of St. Martin's in the Fields, Westminister, London, England: Theodore Syphus - Batch C001453.  This may be another Martha Syphus.

Her son, Theodore Syphus, came over on the ship with his grandparents, Matthew and Mary Syphus.  He went to Panaca and Pioche, Nevada with his grandparents in 1874 and was found in Pioche, Nevada in the 1880 census.  Later he is found in Salt Lake City as a lab. tech. for the J. G. McDonald Candy Company up until the data of 1908 - with his family of eight children.

1861 Census of Leafield, Oxfordshire, England
She is not in the census with her parents and would be 22 years old.

Not in the 1871 Census of Leafield, Oxfordshire, England.
                  

                   NOTE:  information taken from Group Sheet submitted by Effie B. Syphus, St.
George, UT.  Source given:  P. R. Leafiedl; Shipton-under-Wychwood; 1841-1851
Census; Luke Syphus Temple Record.

   TEMPLE DATA.

FAMILY GROUP SHEET WITH THIS CHILD'S BIRTH DATA AND TEMPLE DATES.

   TEMPLE DATA.

FAMILY GROUP SHEET WITH THIS CHILD'S BIRTH DATA AND TEMPLE DATES.
                  

                      DEATH: Since there was another William Henry in the family, born in 1847, it appears that this son died before the second William Henry was born and that is why the family named another son that came along, for the first one who was probably dead.  That is why I have put the first William Henry as being dead before 1847.  It appears that he died after Theodore was born or they would have named Theodore for the first William Henry. This idea has not been proven BUT, the temple work has been done.

Name and birth date from a hand written group sheet by his brother, Luke Syphus before his parents died.

Not  in the 1851 Census of Leafield, Oxfordshire, England.

CHAN:
DATE 01 Aug 1997
TIME 22:27:34

Temple data. A family group sheet written by his brother, Luke Syphus before his parents died.
In 1878, he is listed as dead and sealed to his living parents in the St. George Temple.  We do not find any other temple work done for him and assume he deid before reaching the age of 8.
                  

                   Temple data compiled by Effie Syphus and family group sheet compiled by Ellis Gentry.

1861 Census of Leafield, Oxfordshire, England shows her married to Mr. Ellis and has one child, age 1 in 1861.  She is listed as being age 17.

(Merged database resulted in 2 Sarah's one with birth date of about 1843 and the other with birth date of about 1844.  I'm assuming these are actually the same person, since both were married to the same person.)
                  

                   Name and birth date from a hand-written group sheet by his brother, Luke Syphus, before his parents died.  In 1878, he is listed as dead and sealed to his living parents in the St. George Temple.  We do not find any other temple work done for him and assume he died before reaching the age of eight.

Not in the 1851 census of Leafield, Oxfordshire, England.

Since there was another William Henry in the family, born in 1847, it appears that this son died before the second William Henry was born and that is why the family named another son that came along, for the first one who was probably dead.  That is why I have put the first William Henry as being dead before 1847.  It appears that he died after Theodore was born or they would have named Theodore for the first William Henry.  This idea has not been proven, but the temple work has been done.
                  

                   There is a Theodore Syphus recorded on the ship's records of 1874 and it may be this Theodore.  He would have been 29 years old. (See his parents notes.)  However, we find a Theodore Syphus, age 23, in the 1880 census of Lincoln County Nevada and this appears to be a grandson as the grandson lived past 1908.  So it seems that this Theodore stayed in England.

Found in the Luke Syphus Temple Book as being the child of Matthew and Mary Long.  His death date is not listed but he is "dead" in 1878 when the temple work was done for him by his brother, Luke Syphus.  No record of his marriage is found yet.

Not listed in the 1851 census so believed to have died as a child.
                  

                   Temple data compiled by Effie Syphus and from the Family Group Sheet of Ellis Gentry.
                  

                   Temple data compiled by Effie Syphus.  Baptism date is 3 Aug. 1872 however, I have put the micro-fiche data on her record.

Temple data of marriage sealing Ref: M17059-0307 to Charles Ipson, 6 Jun. 1877 in the St. George Temple.
Baptized: Thersa Long Syphers, 17 Aug. 1873 at Somers Town, London, England.
Endowed: 28 Feb. 1985 Ogden Temple, but she must have been endowed when she married in 1877.
Sealing to her parents was unclear, but we have the family temple book with the date of 17 May 1878 in the St. George Temple.

May have come to America any time between 1873 and 1877.

In 1878, Thirza Long Syphus Ipson did a lot of temple work for her deceased relatives.  Her parents were living in Panaca and came to St. George to do temple work.  I don't know where Thirza lived.