Vernessa Young Reynolds (1905 - 1984)
Vernessa Young was born on 19 Nov 1905 in Colonia Pacheco, Chihuahua, Mexico, and died on 2 Jun 1984 in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. She is the daughter of Newel Knight Young and Castina Maria Buchanan. She married Owen Ford Reynolds on 24 Aug 1928 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. He was born on 5 Nov 1904 in South Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, USA, and died on 7 April 2003 in Littleton, Jefferson, Colorado, USA. He is the son of Charles Robert Reynolds and Louise Park Brockbank.
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The Life Story of Vernessa Young ReynoldsThe Mexico Years
Vernessa lived the first six years of her life in the states of Chiahuahua and Sonora, Mexico. Click here to go to a special place where the story of Vernessa's family during the Mexico period is presented in a sixty-three page slide show.
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At age six, Vernessa's family fled Mexico by covered wagon. In 1984, just a few days before she died she recorded her memories of leaving Mexico. From the view of a child, listen to one of her memories:
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Part Two is a continuation of Vernessa's life in the states from 1911 thru 1914 when the family lived in Kirtland, New Mexico, American Fork and Kaysville, Utah. A PDF of Part Two can be accessed below.
Click here to read Part Two...
Below are other links that will produce PDF documents about Vernessa's life.