Maria Antoinette (Luce) Newell (1845 - 1913)

Born 10 Oct 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 29 May 1913 at age 67 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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Maria became a member of the LDS Church between 1830 - 1848.

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Maria (Luce) Newell was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Biography

Maria Antoinette Luce. Given Name: Maria Antoinette. Surname: Luce. ^[1][2][3][4]

Born 10 Oct 1845. Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois. ^[5][6]

Died 29 May 1913. Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. ^[7]

Buried 31 May 1913. Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake County, Utah. ^[8]

Immigration: 10 Oct 1848. Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.

Census: 1851 Salt Lake County, Utah. ^[9] 1856 11th Ward, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. 1860 13th Ward, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. ^[10] 1880 Eureka, Humboldt County, California. 1900 Alicel, Union County, Oregon.

Note: #NI496. ^[11][12][13]

Marriage Husband @I285@. Wife Mary Ann "Polly, Nancy" Wheeler. Marriage 6 Mar 1824. Vinalhaven, Knox County, Maine. ^[14][15] Child: @I489@. Child: Jason Reid Luce. Child: Samuel William Luce. Child: James F. C. Luce. Child: John Martin "Matt" Luce. Child: Wilford Woodruff "Will" Luce. Child: Nettie Luce. Child: Clara Emma Luce. Child: Maria Antoinette Luce.

Notes

Note NI496She came west to Utah with her parents in 1848. She was recorded as Maria Luce on the 1851 census and as Antoinette Luce on the 1856 and 1860 censuses. She might have been the Marie Antoinette Luce who married William Newell. They were the parents of Nathan Newell, born 25 January 1866 in Utah. She was a widow in 1900, living in Alicel Pct, Union County, Oregon, reportedly born October 1845 in Maine. The 1900 census appears to show her name as Martha A., living next door to her son Nathan. 1

At the time of her death in 1913 she was married but living at in the household of her son Nathan at 175 Social Hall Avenue in Salt Lake City. She was buried in her parents' plot at Salt Lake City Cemetery (Plot F, Block 12, Lot 10). Her death certificate, recorded her under the name Marie A. Newell Johnson. It lists her father as John Luce, born in Maine, and her mother as Mary Wheeler, also born in Maine. It gives her birth date of Oct. 10, 1845 in Illinois. She was 67 yrs. 7 mo. 19 days. She died of "Diabetes Albluminuria, with contributions "La Grippe". The certificate was signed by her son Nathan F. Newell.

• Fact: Residence (1860) 13th Ward Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Eureka, Humboldt, California, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
• Fact: Burial (31 May 1913) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
• Fact: Residence (1913) Salt Lake City

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S985 521 Certainty: 3
2. ↑ Source: #S1036 11 Certainty: 3
3. ↑ Source: #S1364 101a-102 Certainty: 3
4. ↑ Source: #S1339
5. ↑ Source: #S1364 101a-102 (age 8) Certainty: 3
6. ↑ Source: #S985 521 Certainty: 3
7. ↑ Source: #S1339
8. ↑ Source: #S1339
9. ↑ Source: #S1364 101B Certainty: 3
10. ↑ Source: #S1036 11 Certainty: 3
11. ↑ Source: #S1364 101a-102 Certainty: 3
12. ↑ Source: #S1036 11 Certainty: 3
13. ↑ Source: #S1339
14. ↑ Source: #S294 Luce-Wheeler, Town of Vinalhaven, 1:432 Certainty: 3
15. ↑ Source: #S985 520 Certainty: 3

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 02 May 2017, 22:51), entry for Marie Antoinette Luce(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KLLX-N7C); contributed by various users.
• Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: Marie Antoinette Luce.
• Source: S1036 Media: Census/Tax 1860 Census, Salt Lake County, Utah
• Source: S1339 Media: Personal Correspondence Shirley Olsen Publication: shirleynjim@earthlink.net, 2007-2012
• Source: S1364 Media: Census/Tax 1851 Census, Salt Lake County, Utah
• Source: S985 Media: Book American Descendants of Henry Luce of Martha's Vineyard Martha Fletcher McCourt Publication: 9501 SE 13th Street, Vancouver, Washington 98664, 1994