Website Changelog

We have some great content on the Theodore Turley Family Organization website, but there is so much more to add! Below is our website changelog, a running list of additions and updates to the website.

2021

April

• Apr. 21-22: Added 25 family members to the In Memoriam page.

March

• Mar. 23: Added life sketch to Mary Clift page.
  Mar. 22: Added timeline and life sketch to Sarah Ellen Clift page. Added child pages for Princetta Turley (1845-1846), Joseph Smith Turley (1846-1847), and Hyrum Smith Turley (1846-1847) with life sketches, timelines, and important places lists.
• Mar. 20: Added timeline to Mary Clift page. Added child pages for Jason L. Clift (1842-1843), Ephraim Turley (1845-1845), and Theodoreus Turley (1848-1848) with life sketches, timelines, and important places lists.
  Mar. 19: Added child page for Alvin Hope Turley (1855-1872) with life sketch, timeline, and important places list.
• Mar. 15: Added numbered sections and html anchors to Theodore Turley’s Timeline for easier navigation. Added overviews of wives, children, grandchildren, parents & siblings, and ancestry to Theodore’s Family page. Added basic William Turley and Elizabeth Yates family info to Parents and Siblings page & associated timeline (births, deaths, christenings, etc.). Added brief description of future plans for Ancestry page.
• Mar. 13: Added child page for Theodore Turley, Jr. (1822-1837) with life sketch, timeline, and important places list. Added child page for Obia Turley (1834-1834) with life sketch, timeline, and important places list. Added Places page and related pages for Churchville, Ontario, and Cedar City, Utah. Added the list of Theodore’s grandchildren to the Grandchildren page.
  Mar. 12: Added information to Theodore Turley’s Timeline (mainly from his time in the towns of Cedar City and Washington, Utah). Added the list of Theodore’s children by his five wives to the Children page. Updated Wives page. Added detailed timeline and important places list to Ruth Jane Giles. Added important places lists to Mary Clift, Eliza Clift, and Sarah Ellen Clift.
• Mar. 10: Added Special Projects page describing the various headstone projects that the organization has sponsored throughout the years. Projects include the 1997 Theodore Turley headstone in Beaver, Utah, the 2016 Mary Clift Turley and Alvin Hope Turley headstones in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the 2019 Ann Smith Tolton headstone in Salt Lake City, Utah. Directions to the headstones within each cemetery are also included.
• Mar. 9: Finally added descriptions to last three photographs of the Charles Herman Turley collection.
• Mar. 6: Published blog post “Theodore Turley Descendants Involved in Netflix True-Crime Documentary, ‘Murder Among the Mormons.’”
• Mar. 5: Added information about our upcoming TTFO semi-annual meeting on April 10, 2021 @ 10:00 a.m. to the Events page and Semi-Annual Meetings page. Also made notes on the Events page and Annual Birthday Commemoration page about moving the talk by Steve Rockwood to fall 2021.

February

• Feb. 22: Added detailed timeline with citations to Eliza Georgianna Clift‘s page.
• Feb. 15: Updated Eliza Georgianna Clift page with citations, added/corrected information about her four marriages, and added her 1882 obituary.

2020

November

• Nov. 5: Added one page: Website Changelog.
• Nov. 4: Published blog post “October 10th TTFO Meeting Minutes”; updated events pages (Events, Semi-Annual Meetings, Annual Birthday Commemoration, and World Family History Day) and Current Leadership page.

October

• Added many obituaries to the In Memoriam page.

September

• Sep. 28: Added one page with multiple PDF files: The Theodore Turley Family Book, a.k.a. “Red Book.”

June

• Jun. 9: Added one page: Illinois Newspapers.

April

• Apr. 29: Added one page: Canadian Newspapers.
• Apr. 16: Added one page: Timeline.
• Apr. 15: Added one page: British Newspapers.
• Apr. 9: Added one page: 1850 U.S. Census (Utah County, Utah).
• Apr. 8: Published blog post “Celebrating the U.S. Census with Theodore Turley’s Census Records”; added one page: 1840 U.S. Census (Hancock County, Illinois).
• Apr. 7: Added one page: 1971 Letter from Joseph Soll Turley to Descendants of Theodore Turley.

March

• Mar. 30: Added four biography installments:
  • 43: What to Do?
  • 44: Overland Journey
  • 45: Nauvoo
  • 46: A Growing Family
• Mar. 29: Added one biography installment: 42: The Erie Canal.
• Mar. 28: Added one biography installment: 41: Steaming Up the Hudson.
• Mar. 22: Added two biography installments:
  • 39: Making Preparations for Landing
  • 40: New York
• Mar. 21: Added five biography installments:
  • 34: “Sickness, Vomiting, Groaning and Bad Smells”
  • 35: “Much Grieved in Consequence”
  • 36: “All Hands on Deck”
  • 37: “He Appeared Vexed”
  • 38: “They are Mad and Swear Vengeance”
• Mar. 10: Added three biography installments:
  • 31: Preparing to Leave England
  • 32: Preparing to Leave England (cont.)
  • 33: Leading the Emigrating Saints
• Mar. 7: Published blog post “Family History in the Age of Social Distancing”; added four biography installments:
  • 27: On with the Work
  • 28: Preaching Again to the Family
  • 29: “Satan Rages in the People”
  • 30: The Manchester Conference
• Mar. 5: Added one biography installment: 26: Free at Last.
• Mar. 4: Added one biography installment: 25: Still in Prison.
• Mar. 3: Added one biography installment: 24: Keen Reflections from Jail.

January

• Jan. 24: Published blog post “From the Inbox: Do We Have a Turley Coat of Arms?”
• Jan. 22: Added one biography installment: 23: Imprisoned.
• Jan. 21: Added one biography installment: 22: Trying to Convince the Family.
• Jan. 17: Published blog post “Minutes from the October 12th Semi-Annual TTFO Meeting.”
• Jan. 7: Published blog post “TTFO Website: 2019 in Review”

2019

All 2019 updates were listed by topic in the January 2020 blog post, “TTFO Website: 2019 in Review,” but they are listed here in chronological order.

December

• Dec. 22: Added one biography installment: 21: Preaching, Sightseeing, and Genealogy.
• Dec. 21: Added two biography installments:
  • 19: From Liverpool to Birmingham
  • 20: With the Family in Birmingham

October

• Oct. 12: Added one page: Who was Theodore Turley?
• Oct 4: Added two pages:
  • Family Treasures
  • Clarence F. Turley, Sr., 1992 Interview
• Oct. 2: Added one page: Photos from Charles Herman Turley’s Papers.

September

• Sep. 30: Updated Wives page and added individual pages for each wife:
  • Eliza Georgianna Clift
  • Frances Amelia Kimberley
  • Mary Clift
  • Ruth Jane Giles
  • Sarah Ellen Clift
• Sep. 18: Published blog post “Do We Have Theodore’s Death Date Wrong?”; added multiple pages:
  • Theodore’s 1837 Letter to Isaac Russell
  • Theodore’s 1848 Letter to Brigham Young
• Sep. 17: Added five pages and one biography installment:
  • Historical Documents
  • Family Memorial – Frances Amelia Kimberley
  • Family Memorial – Mary Clift
  • Family Memorial – Sarah Ellen Clift
  • Theodore’s 1864 Letter to His Children
  • 18: Early Missionaries Continue their Voyage to England
• Sep. 16: Added one page: Theodore Turley’s 1872 Probate Record.
• Sep. 14: Published blog post “Semi-Annual Meeting on Saturday, October 12th”; added three biography installments:
  • 15: From Kirtland to the East Coast
  • 16: New York City
  • 17: The Voyage to England
• Sep. 13: Added two biography installments:
  • 13: Starting for England
  • 14: The Journey to Kirtland

July

• Jul. 23: Published blog post “Crossing the Plains with the Silas Richards Company.”
• Jul. 12: Added one biography installment: 12: Preparing for a Mission.
• Jul. 11: Added one biography installment: 10: Refugees in Search of a Home.
• Jul. 10: Added two biography installments:
  • 8: Fleeing Far West
  • 9: Prophecy Fulfilled
• Jul. 7: Added one biography installment: 7: Helping the Poor to Move.
• Jul. 5: Published blog post “In the Valley of the Great Salt Lake.”
• Jul. 4: Published blog post “Theodore Turley Gains U.S. Citizenship.”

May

• May 4: Added one page: Theodore Turley Biography by Ella Mae Judd.
• May 3: Added three pages:
  • Life Sketch
  • Other Books and Websites
  • Theodore’s Autobiography
• May 2: Added two biography installments:
  • 5: Gathering with the Saints
  • 6: Trouble in Zion
• May 1: Published blog post “May 15th ‘Virtual Reunion’: Join Us by Uploading Memories into FamilySearch!”; added one page and three biography installments:
  • 2019 TTFO Temple and Family History Day Presentation Transcript
  • 2: The Pre-Conversion Canadian Years
  • 3: Joining the Latter-day Saints
  • 4: Church Life in Canada

April

• Apr. 23: Added one page and two biography installments:
  • Table of Contents
  • 1: Early Life in England
  • 47: Polygamy
• Apr. 19: Published blog post “Audio Recording of 2019 TTFO Family History Day Presentation Now Available.”
• Apr. 18: Added one page and a biography installment:
  • Theodore’s 1855 Letter to Hosea Stout: A Testimony of Joseph Smith
  • 11: The First House Built by a Saint in Nauvoo
• Apr. 11: Published blog posts “From the Inbox: Bringing the British Converts to Nauvoo” and “Notes from the April 5th Semi-Annual Meeting”; added three pages:
  • Annual Temple & Family History Days
  • World Family History Day
  • Fact vs. Fiction
• Apr. 7: Added two pages:
  • Semi-Annual Meetings
  • Search
• Apr. 5: Published blog post “Semi-Annual Meeting on Friday, April 5th”; added fourteen pages:
  • Ancestry
  • Children
  • Current Leadership
  • Events
  • Grandchildren
  • In Memoriam
  • Newsletter Archive
  • Parents and Siblings
  • Resources
  • Theodore Turley
  • Theodore Turley Papers
  • Theodore Turley: A Biography by Richard E. Turley, Jr.
  • Theodore’s Family
  • Wives
• Apr. 4: Added two pages:
  • About Us
  • Theodore’s Photo