William Cheney (M)
b. 20 March 1790, #369851
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     William Cheney was born on 20 March 1790. He is the son of Ebenezer Cheney and Hannah Eaton.

Betsey Cheney (F)
b. 17 September 1791, #369852
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     Betsey Cheney was born on 17 September 1791. She is the daughter of Ebenezer Cheney and Hannah Eaton.

Hannah Cheney (F)
b. 7 June 1795, #369853
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     Hannah Cheney was born on 7 June 1795. She is the daughter of Ebenezer Cheney and Hannah Eaton.

Ebenezer Cheney (M)
b. 5 April 1797, #369854
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     Ebenezer Cheney was born on 5 April 1797. He is the son of Ebenezer Cheney and Hannah Eaton.

Oramel Fletcher Cheney (M)
b. 1826, #369855
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     Oramel Fletcher Cheney was born in 1826. He is the son of Elias Eaton Cheney and Lucy Fletcher.

Frances Kendrick Cheney (F)
b. 1828, #369856
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     Frances Kendrick Cheney was born in 1828. She is the daughter of Elias Eaton Cheney and Lucy Fletcher.

Mary Gerrish Cheney (F)
b. 1831, d. 1852, #369857
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     Mary Gerrish Cheney was born in 1831. She was the daughter of Elias Eaton Cheney and Lucy Fletcher. Mary Gerrish Cheney died in 1852.

Smith Sandborn Cheney (M)
b. 1834, d. 1852, #369858
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     Smith Sandborn Cheney was born in 1834. He was the son of Elias Eaton Cheney and Lucy Fletcher. Smith Sandborn Cheney died in 1852.

Jonathan Emerson Cheney (M)
b. 1836, #369859
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     Jonathan Emerson Cheney was born in 1836. He is the son of Elias Eaton Cheney and Lucy Fletcher.

Lucy Ellen Cheney (F)
b. 1839, d. 1859, #369860
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     Lucy Ellen Cheney was born in 1839. She was the daughter of Elias Eaton Cheney and Lucy Fletcher. Lucy Ellen Cheney died in 1859.

Harriet Josephine Cheney (F)
b. 1842, #369861
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     Harriet Josephine Cheney was born in 1842. She is the daughter of Elias Eaton Cheney and Lucy Fletcher.

Roger Howard Cheney (M)
b. 1845, d. 1849, #369862
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     Roger Howard Cheney was born in 1845. He was the son of Elias Eaton Cheney and Lucy Fletcher. Roger Howard Cheney died in 1849.

Lynne Ann Vincent (F)
b. 14 August 1941, #369863

     Lynne Ann Vincent was born on 14 August 1941 at Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming. She married Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney, son of Richard Herbert Cheney and Marjorie Lorraine Dickey, in 1964.

Elizabeth Cheney (F)
#369864
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     Elizabeth Cheney is the daughter of Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney and Lynne Ann Vincent.

Mary Cheney (F)
b. 1968, #369865
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     Mary Cheney was born in 1968. She is the daughter of Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney and Lynne Ann Vincent.

Paul Miller (M)
#369872
Relationship=6th great-grandfather of David Kipp Conover Jr..

Nathaniel Hinckley Jr. (M)
b. 12 July 1769, d. 22 March 1849, #369884
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     Nathaniel Hinckley Jr. was born on 12 July 1769 at Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Nathaniel Hinckley Sr. and Mercy Nickerson. Nathaniel Hinckley Jr. married Rhoda Barber, daughter of Daniel Barber and Sarah Phelps, on 29 December 1791 at Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York. Nathaniel Hinckley Jr. died on 22 March 1849 at Port Jackson, Clinton County, New York, at age 79.

Rhoda Barber (F)
b. 3 February 1773, d. August 1859, #369885
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     Rhoda Barber was born on 3 February 1773 at Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York. She was the daughter of Daniel Barber and Sarah Phelps. Rhoda Barber married Nathaniel Hinckley Jr., son of Nathaniel Hinckley Sr. and Mercy Nickerson, on 29 December 1791 at Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York. Rhoda Barber died in August 1859 at Willsboro, Essex County, New York, at age 86.

Erastus Nathaniel Hinckley (M)
b. 5 December 1794, d. 8 September 1831, #369886
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     Erastus Nathaniel Hinckley was also known as Nathaniel Hinckley. Erastus Nathaniel Hinckley was born on 5 December 1794 at Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York. He was the son of Nathaniel Hinckley Jr. and Rhoda Barber. Erastus Nathaniel Hinckley married Lois Judd, daughter of Arza Judd and Lois Knapp, in January 1821 at New York Or Ontario Canada. Erastus Nathaniel Hinckley was boatman, shoemaker, and mechanic. He died on 8 September 1831 at Bastard Twp., Leeds County, Ontario, Canada, at age 36; from tuberculosis.

Lois Judd (F)
b. 15 September 1805, d. 1845, #369887
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     Lois Judd was born on 15 September 1805 at Bastard Twp., Leeds County, Ontario, Canada. She was the daughter of Arza Judd and Lois Knapp. Lois Judd married Erastus Nathaniel Hinckley, son of Nathaniel Hinckley Jr. and Rhoda Barber, in January 1821 at New York Or Ontario Canada. Lois Judd married Levi Judd on 18 May 1833 at North Crosby, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada. Lois Judd died in 1845 at Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois.

Ira Nathaniel Hinckley (M)
b. 30 October 1828, d. 10 April 1904, #369888
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     Ira Nathaniel Hinckley was born on 30 October 1828 at Bastard Twp., Leeds County, Ontario, Canada. He was the son of Erastus Nathaniel Hinckley and Lois Judd. Ira Nathaniel Hinckley married Eliza Jane Evans on 17 August 1848 at Nodaway, Missouri. Ira Nathaniel Hinckley married Adelaide Cameron Noble, daughter of Lucian Noble and Emily Wilcox, on 11 December 1853 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Ira Nathaniel Hinckley married Angeline Wilcox Noble, daughter of Lucian Noble and Emily Wilcox, on 22 July 1855 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Ira Nathaniel Hinckley married Margaret Harley on 9 October 1884 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Ira Nathaniel Hinckley died on 10 April 1904 at Provo, Utah County, Utah, at age 75.

Angeline Wilcox Noble (F)
b. 26 October 1831, d. 28 April 1912, #369889
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     Angeline Wilcox Noble was born on 26 October 1831 at Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan. She was the daughter of Lucian Noble and Emily Wilcox. Angeline Wilcox Noble married Ira Nathaniel Hinckley, son of Erastus Nathaniel Hinckley and Lois Judd, on 22 July 1855 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Angeline Wilcox Noble died on 28 April 1912 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, at age 80.

Bryant Stringham Hinckley (M)
b. 9 July 1867, d. 5 June 1961, #369890
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     Bryant Stringham Hinckley was born on 9 July 1867 at Coalville, Summit County, Utah. He was the son of Ira Nathaniel Hinckley and Angeline Wilcox Noble. Bryant Stringham Hinckley married Christina Johnson on 28 June 1893. Bryant Stringham Hinckley married Ada Bitner on 4 August 1909 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Bryant Stringham Hinckley was shown in the census on 11 April 1930 as a secretary, gymnasium.
Bryant Stringham Hinckley and Ada Bitner appeared on the census of 11 April 1930 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Bryant Stringham Hinckley married May Green on 22 February 1932 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Bryant Stringham Hinckley married Lois Anderson on 20 June 1944. Bryant Stringham Hinckley died on 5 June 1961 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, at age 93. He was buried on 7 June 1961 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.

Ada Bitner (F)
b. 30 June 1880, d. 9 November 1930, #369891

     Ada Bitner was born on 30 June 1880 at Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake County, Utah. She married Bryant Stringham Hinckley, son of Ira Nathaniel Hinckley and Angeline Wilcox Noble, on 4 August 1909 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Ada Bitner and Bryant Stringham Hinckley appeared on the census of 11 April 1930 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Ada Bitner died on 9 November 1930 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, at age 50. She was buried on 13 November 1930 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.

President Gordon Bitner Hinckley (M)
b. 23 June 1910, d. 27 January 2008, #369892
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     President Gordon Bitner Hinckley was born on 23 June 1910 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. He was the son of Bryant Stringham Hinckley and Ada Bitner. President Gordon Bitner Hinckley married Marjorie Pay on 29 April 1937 at Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. President Gordon Bitner Hinckley died on 27 January 2008 at at home, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, at age 97.

Beloved Church President, Gordon B. Hinckley, Dies at 97

SALT LAKE CITY 27 January 2008 President Gordon B. Hinckley, who led The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through twelve years of global expansion, has died at the age of 97.
President Hinckley was the 15th president in the 177-year history of the Church and had served as its president since 12 March 1995.
The Church president died at his apartment in downtown Salt Lake City at 7:00 p.m. Sunday night from causes incident to age. Members of his family were at his bedside. A successor is not expected to be formally chosen by the Church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles until after President Hinckley’s funeral within the next few days.
President Hinckley was known, even at the age of 97, as a tireless leader who always put in a full day at the office and traveled extensively around the world to mix with Church members, now numbering 13 million in 171 nations.
His quick wit and humor, combined with an eloquent style at the pulpit, made him one of the most loved of modern Church leaders. A profoundly spiritual man, he had a great fondness for history and often peppered his sermons with stories from the Church’s pioneer past.
He was a popular interview subject with journalists, appearing on 60 Minutes with Mike Wallace and on CNN’s Larry King Live, as well as being quoted and featured in hundreds of newspapers and magazines over the years. During the Salt Lake Olympics of 2002, his request that the Church refrain from proselytizing visitors was credited by media with generating much of the goodwill that flowed to the Church from the international event.
In recent years, a number of major developments in the Church reflected President Hinckley’s personal drive and direction. In calling for 100 temples to be in operation before the end of the year 2000, the Church president committed the Church to a massive temple-building program.
In 1999 — 169 years after the Church was organized by its founder, Joseph Smith — the Church had 56 operating temples. Three years later that number had doubled, largely because of a smaller, highly practical temple architectural plan that delivered these sacred buildings to Church members in far-flung parts of the world. Many more Church members can now experience the sacred ceremonies that occur only in temples, including marriages for eternity and the sealing of families in eternal units.
President Hinckley was the most traveled president in the Church’s history. His duties took him around the world many times to meet with Latter-day Saints in more than 60 countries. He was the first Church president to travel to Spain, where in 1996 he broke ground for a temple in Madrid; and to the African nations of Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Cape Verde, where he met with thousands of Latter-day Saints in 1998. In 2005, he traveled nearly 25,000 miles on a seven-nation, nine-day tour to Russia, South Korea, China, Taiwan, India, Kenya, and Nigeria.
At a general conference of Church members in April 2001, President Hinckley initiated the Perpetual Education Fund — an ambitious program to help young members of the Church (mainly returning missionaries from developing countries) receive higher education and work-related training that they would otherwise likely never receive.
Closer to his Salt Lake City home, President Hinckley announced the construction of a new Conference Center in 1996 and dedicated it four years later. Seating 21,000 people, it is believed to be the largest religious and theater auditorium in the world and has become the hub for the Church’s general conference messages to the world, broadcast in 91 languages.
Even before his term as president, President Hinckley’s extensive Church service included 14 years as a counselor in the First Presidency, the highest presiding body in the government of the Church, and 20 years before that as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
President Hinckley was born 23 June 1910 in Salt Lake City, a son of Bryant Stringham and Ada Bitner Hinckley. One of his forebears, Stephen Hopkins, came to America on the Mayflower. Another, Thomas Hinckley, served as governor of the Plymouth Colony from 1680 to 1692.
President Hinckley’s first job was as a newspaper carrier for the Deseret News, a Salt Lake City daily. After attending public schools in Salt Lake City, he earned a bachelor of arts degree at the University of Utah and then served two years as a full-time missionary for the Church in Great Britain. He served with distinction and ultimately was appointed as an assistant to the Church apostle who presided over all the European missions.
Upon successfully completing his missionary service in the mid-1930s, he was asked by Heber J. Grant, then president of the Church, to organize what has become the Church's Public Affairs Department.
President Hinckley began serving as a member of the Sunday School general board in 1937, two years after returning home from missionary service in Great Britain. For 20 years he directed all Church public communications. In 1951 he was named executive secretary of the General Missionary Committee, managing the entire missionary program of the Church, and served in this capacity for seven years.
On 6 April 1958, while serving as president of the East Millcreek Stake in Salt Lake City (a stake is similar to a diocese), President Hinckley was appointed as a general authority, or senior full-time leader of the Church. In this capacity he served as an assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles before being appointed to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on 5 October 1961.
President Hinckley received a number of educational honors, including the Distinguished Citizen Award from Southern Utah University; the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Utah; and honorary doctorates from Westminster College, Utah State University, University of Utah, Brigham Young University, Southern Utah University, Utah Valley State College and Salt Lake Community College. The Gordon B. Hinckley Endowment for British Studies, a program focused on the arts, literature and history of the United Kingdom, was established at the University of Utah.
President Hinckley was awarded the Silver Buffalo Award by the Boy Scouts of America; was honored by the National Conference for Community and Justice (formerly the National Conference of Christians and Jews) for his contributions to tolerance and understanding in the world; and received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. In 2004, President Hinckley was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush in the White House.
In March 2000 President Hinckley addressed the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. He also addressed the Religion Newswriters Association and the U.S. Conference of Mayors and twice addressed the Los Angeles World Affairs Council.
President Hinckley wrote and edited several books and numerous manuals, pamphlets and scripts, including a best-selling book, Standing for Something, aimed at a general audience. In it he championed the virtues of love, honesty, morality, civility, learning, forgiveness, mercy, thrift and industry, gratitude, optimism and faith. He also testified of what he called the “guardians of virtue,” namely traditional marriage and family.
President Hinckley married Marjorie Pay in the Salt Lake Temple in 1937. They have five children and 25 grandchildren. Sister Hinckley passed away 6 April 2004.
He was buried at City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Prophet, Seer & Revelator President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Born June 23, 1910 President Gordon B. Hinckley was ordained and set apart as the 15th president of the Church on March 12, 1995, after serving 14 years as a counselor in the First Presidency and 20 years in the Quorum of the Twelve. Except for a short period during World War II, he has worked as an employee or General Authority of the Church on a full-time basis since completing his mission in 1935. In his first general conference address as president, he commented: 'The time has come for us to stand a little taller, to lift our eyes and stretch our minds to a greater comprehension and understanding of the grand millennial mission of this, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is a time to move forward without hesitation.' Carrying the work forward has been a theme of the Hinckley family from the early days of the Church. His grandfather was Ira Hinckley, a convert of 1844 who crossed the plains, supervised construction of Cove Fort in central Utah and later served as president of the Millard Stake. President Hinckley's father was Bryant S. Hinckley, a stalwart who served as president of the Liberty Stake. One of his ancestors came to America on the Mayflower, and another was governor of Plymouth Colony. President Hinckley was born June 23, 1910, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Bryant S. and Ada Bitner Hinckley. His work ethic emerged early in life as he learned home repairs and helped care for his father's orchards. As a young man, his ability with words won him a reputation as an outstanding speaker. After graduating from the University of Utah in 1932 in English, he accepted a mission call to the British Isles, serving from 1933-35. He completed his mission in London in the office of the European Mission, under Elder Joseph F. Merrill of the Quorum of the Twelve. Upon his return, he reported to the First Presidency in an interview that led to employment as secretary of the then recently formed Radio, Publicity and Mission Literature Committee of the Church. During the next two decades he pioneered in the adapting of Church materials, particularly historical, for the media. He married Marjorie Pay on April 29, 1937, in the Salt Lake Temple. They have five children and 26 grandchildren. In 1937 he was called to the Deseret Sunday School Union General Board, a position he held until being called as counselor in the East Millcreek Stake in 1946. After serving 10 years in this capacity, he was called in 1956 as president of that stake, a third-generation stake president. In 1951 he was appointed general secretary of the General Missionary Committee, and assisted in introducing uniform missionary lessons. President Hinckley was sustained an Assistant to the Twelve April 6, 1958, and as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Sept. 30, 1961. He was ordained an apostle Oct. 5, 1961, at age 51. His service as a General Authority is characterized by a caring and personal ministry among people across the world. President Hinckley was called as a counselor to President Spencer W. Kimball on July 23, 1981, and as second counselor Dec. 2, 1982, serving until Nov. 5, 1985. He served as first counselor to President Ezra Taft Benson from Nov. 10, 1985, to May 30, 1994. He served as first counselor to President Howard W. Hunter from June 5, 1994, to March 3, 1995. http://www.familyforever.com/temples/prophets/gbhinckley.htm.

Marjorie Pay (F)
b. 23 November 1911, d. 6 April 2004, #369893

     Marjorie Pay was born on 23 November 1911 at Nephi, Juab County, Utah. She married President Gordon Bitner Hinckley, son of Bryant Stringham Hinckley and Ada Bitner, on 29 April 1937 at Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Marjorie Pay died on 6 April 2004 at at her home, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, at age 92. Marjorie Hinckley dies

Beloved wife of LDS Church president — 'the lodestar of their family' — dies at 92
By Carrie Moore and Tom Hatch
Deseret Morning News

Marjorie Pay Hinckley, wife of LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley, died at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday at her home, surrounded by family, of causes incident to age. She was 92.

Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Morning News
Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday in the Tabernacle on Temple Square. At press time, no decision had been made regarding a viewing.
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints worldwide learned of her failing health on Sunday during the final session of the church's 174th Annual General Conference. During closing remarks, President Hinckley said his wife had collapsed "with weariness" on their way home from a trip to Ghana in January.
President Hinckley dedicated the church's most recently completed temple there and said his wife accompanied him on to the island of Sal, then on to St. Thomas in the Caribbean before she became ill.
"She's had a difficult time ever since. She is now 92 years old, a little younger than I am," he said. "I guess the clock is winding down, and we do not know how to rewind it. It is a somber time for me."
The weekend conference was the first time in her husband's 46 years as a general authority of the church that she had not accompanied him to the meetings, President Hinckley said.
Known to Latter-day Saints worldwide as a small woman with a big heart and a warm sense of humor, she often accompanied her husband on church business and had traveled with him to many parts of the globe, conversing comfortably with both dignitaries and ordinary people. During meetings he conducted, he often called her to the podium to speak. Their banter put audiences at ease and endeared her to many.
In a press release from the Office of the First Presidency, President Hinckley identified his wife as "the lodestar of their family (who) gently guided her children with faith, intelligence and humor. Her happiest role was that of a supportive wife and mother (who) made good use of humor to settle many of life's difficulties. She was often heard to say, 'The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it.' "

An avid reader and family history enthusiast, she encouraged her children and grandchildren to pursue higher education and "delighted in the opportunity to share stories of their (her ancestors') faith from her research."
She is survived by her husband; five children: Kathleen Barnes Walker (M. Richard); Richard G. (Jane); Virginia Pearce (James); Clark B. (Kathleen) and Jane Dudley (Roger); 25 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the church's Perpetual Education Fund or the Marjorie Pay Hinckley Chair in Social Work at Brigham Young University.
Sister Hinckley was born Nov. 23, 1911, in Nephi, the first child of Phillip LeRoy and Georgetta Paxman Pay. She had four sisters and two brothers, but one brother died in infancy. The family moved to Salt Lake City in 1914, and she attended East High School, graduating in 1929. She then went to work at the Owens Illinois Glass Co. performing secretarial duties.
Sister Hinckley came from a strong LDS ancestral background that formed her own deep faith. Her maternal grandfather, George Paxman, died at age 24 of injuries sustained while working on the Manti Temple. Her paternal grandmother, Mary Goble Pay, walked, as an 11-year-old girl, across the Great Plains with a handcart company during the Latter-day Saint migration to the West.
Serving in the LDS Church herself, she started teaching Sunday School at age 17 and held a variety of church assignments in Young Women, Primary and the Relief Society.
President Hinckley first noticed her while both were growing up in the Liberty Stake's 1st Ward in Salt Lake City. He lived across the street from her home, and in 1930, he asked her out on their first date. It was the start of an association, occasional at first, then interrupted by Elder Hinckley's LDS missionary service to Great Britain, that continued in the years that followed and was shared in many parts of the world.

Jason Olson, Deseret Morning News
Following his mission and during his employment at LDS Church headquarters, they were married in the Salt Lake Temple on April 29, 1937. Elder Stephen L Richards, then of the Quorum of the Twelve, performed the ceremony. They then moved into their first home, a family retreat in East Millcreek, at that time a quiet, rural area of the Salt Lake Valley.
In 1941, they built a home nearby, clearing the area and planting numerous trees, shrubs and flowers.
"Marjorie is a real Latter-day Saint," a longtime associate of Sister Hinckley said in an LDS Church News interview. "She always has time to help those in need of help. I have never heard her say an unkind word about anyone or to anyone. She makes all people welcome in her home. She is an outstanding mother and teacher."
"I first saw her in Primary," President Hinckley said, reflecting on his marriage. "She gave a reading. I don't know what it did to me, but I never forgot it. Then she grew older into a beautiful young woman, and I had the good sense to marry her.
"She was beautiful, she was light-hearted and happy, she was bright, and at the same time she was serious about the important things."
"The greatest judgment he has ever shown in his entire life," President Boyd K. Packer, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve, says, "is the judgment he showed in marrying Marjorie Pay. You cannot know him unless you know her — the tender, guiding, patient influence she has been in his life and in that of their children."

Gerry Avant, Deseret Morning News
"Marjorie was 'the girl next door' when we were growing up," recalled Ramona H. Sullivan, President Hinckley's younger sister, in a church magazine interview. "Only in this case it was the girl across the street. And she was very pretty. The thing I remember most about Marge in those early years is how polished and impressive she was, even as a young girl, in giving readings and performances in the meetings and activities of our old 1st Ward. All the other kids would just sort of stand up and mumble through something. Marjorie was downright professional. She had all of the elocution and all of the movements. I still remember those readings she gave."
Sister Hinckley received some outstanding praise from Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve during the April 1995 general conference, the day after her husband was sustained as church president.
"With all the pressures of church service thrust on the Hinckley family, Sister Hinckley has always maintained a balance between her two eternal callings — that of a wife and mother," Elder Perry told the Sunday afternoon congregation.
"Much of what we learn as members of the church is by example," he explained in speaking of the examples set by modern-day prophets and their wives.
"The sweet relationship of President and Sister Hinckley offers both the men and women of the church a marvelous example to observe and emulate," he continued.
"Much will be said, written and recorded about President Hinckley during the time he presides over the church. Much less will be recorded about his dear companion. What an example she has been and will continue to be to the women of the church and to all the world. She is such a loyal, supportive companion to our president."
In speaking directly to Sister Hinckley, Elder Perry said: "You are an inspiration to all of us. You are diligent in seeking after the truths the Lord has revealed for the growth and development of ourselves here in mortality. Your desire to know these truths has kept you busy studying the gospel. When the opportunity avails itself, you have regularly signed up for institute classes to deepen your knowledge. That knowledge is clearly in evidence as you speak and touch the saints. It is especially important when you stand before a group of full-time missionaries. Here you are at your best. How you inspire them and how they respond to your instructions."
In his address on President Hinckley's spiritual capacity in the October 1997 conference, Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve said, "While I focus on President Hinckley, Sister Hinckley also should be included. They . . . have long been one in spirit, while maintaining their individuality. They do not waste time pondering the past or fretting about the future. And they persevere in spite of adversity."
She participated with missionaries in cottage meetings and tracted while accompanying President Hinckley in his travels.
How did her grandchildren see her? An article in the April 1997 New Era mentioned that each grandchild pauses as he or she thinks of her, then every one of them breaks into a big grin before they say a word.
"We always say," Jodi Hinckley said, "that we love Grandpa so much because he married Grandma. Everybody loves her so much."
"She never stops smiling," James Pearce added. "Never."
"There's something magical about her," Ann Hinckley said. "She's never in a grumpy mood. She's always happy. The whole way she looks at the world is so real and unpretentious. She is a fun grandma."
Just before Christmas, the article said, she had a special grandchildren's Christmas party. The table was set with fancy dishes and dinner served — and only grandchildren were invited. Another trademark was the individual notes on postcards, written to her children and grandchildren during her travels with President Hinckley, asking about the details of their lives and affirming her love for them.
While their five children were growing up, she described her house as "Grand Central Station, with each member of the family busy with a full slate of activities and Mother trying to tie the schedules down to fairly regular family associations."
In describing family vacations, she said on the video of President Hinckley released during the April 1995 general conference:
"We had a lot of fun as a family. Every summer we'd get into whatever car we had and start out for who knows where. We just went down the highway, and by the time the children were grown, I think we'd seen the states of Utah and California several times over."
In between church assignments she shared with her husband, Sister Hinckley found time not only for gardening but also for good books, taking a class or two at the University of Utah and teaching literary or social science lessons on a ward or stake basis for the Relief Society.
In addition to being an avid reader, Sister Hinckley also wrote three inspirational books, rich with encouragement and expressions of her faith. Her most recent book, "Is this what I was born to do?: Mother's Day Booklet," was released last month. According to an online review at deseretbook.com, it tells the biblical story of Esther and the encouraging words of Mordecai, who asked, "Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"
She also wrote "Small and Simple Things" and "Mothering: Everyday Choices, Eternal Blessings."
As a general authority's wife, she had the opportunity to bear testimony to many at home and in foreign lands.
"I believe my testimony was anchored when, as a child, I attended general conference with my parents in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. I thrilled as I listened to the vibrant voice of President Heber J. Grant bearing his testimony to the membership of the church," she said.
President Hinckley explained how his wife's testimony affected others in August and September 1995 when she accompanied her husband on a busy 10-day visit to England and Ireland.
"Whenever she goes in these conferences and speaks, people enjoy listening to her," President Hinckley said in a Church News interview near the end of the trip. "She has a quiet kind of folksy way of saying things in an informal tone and speaks of the problems of the people in a way that they believe that she's been through what they're experiencing. They love to hear her. It has been a wonderful thing to see the response to her when she speaks."
After he was sustained to the Twelve, President Hinckley wrote in a memo to Elder Mark E. Petersen: "I have been blessed with a great wife. You know her. She was a bright and capable girl when she was growing up and has done a great service in the church and elsewhere, having served as ward Primary president, MIA president and in the Relief Society presidency over a number of years. No one ever had a better companion."
In February 1996, she received the Exemplary Womanhood Award from Brigham Young University. She received the Pioneer Heritage Award in July 1997 and the Distinguished Service to Humanity Award in April 1998. She also received the Utah Heritage Award from the Utah-California Women later that year.
In April 2001, she and her family were honored by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, and a week later she and her husband received honorary doctorates from Utah Valley State College. In April 2003, BYU established the Marjorie Pay Hinckley Chair in Social Work and Social Sciences. The chair was established to help the school focus on the family through research and education, to expand learning by lectures, to increase community involvement in family issues and to provide service.
In tribute to his wife on Sunday, President Hinckley said of her, "We've walked together, side by side, all these many years, co-equals and companions through storm and sunshine."



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Material taken from a Church News interview, May 23, 1964; Deseret News files; the June 1995 Ensign; the April 1997 New Era; and Church News files. She was buried on 10 April 2004.

Arza Alonzo Hinckley (M)
b. 23 April 1870, d. 22 December 1936, #369894
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Relationship=4th cousin 2 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Arza Alonzo Hinckley was born on 23 April 1870 at Cove Fort, Millard County, Utah. He was the son of Ira Nathaniel Hinckley and Angeline Wilcox Noble. Arza Alonzo Hinckley married Rose May Robison on 31 August 1892 at Manti, Sanpete County, Utah. Arza Alonzo Hinckley died on 22 December 1936 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, at age 66. He was buried on 24 December 1936 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.

Rose May Robison (F)
b. 21 August 1871, d. 13 December 1949, #369895

     Rose May Robison was born on 21 August 1871 at Fillmore, Millard County, Utah. She married Arza Alonzo Hinckley, son of Ira Nathaniel Hinckley and Angeline Wilcox Noble, on 31 August 1892 at Manti, Sanpete County, Utah. Rose May Robison died on 13 December 1949 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, at age 78. She was buried on 17 December 1949 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.

Adelaide Cameron Noble (F)
b. 4 October 1831, d. 28 May 1924, #369896
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     Adelaide Cameron Noble was born on 4 October 1831 at Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan. She was the daughter of Lucian Noble and Emily Wilcox. Adelaide Cameron Noble married Ira Nathaniel Hinckley, son of Erastus Nathaniel Hinckley and Lois Judd, on 11 December 1853 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Adelaide Cameron Noble died on 28 May 1924 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, at age 92.

Lucian Noble Hinckley (M)
b. 29 November 1862, d. 22 October 1950, #369897
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Relationship=4th cousin 2 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Lucian Noble Hinckley was born on 29 November 1862 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. He was the son of Ira Nathaniel Hinckley and Adelaide Cameron Noble. Lucian Noble Hinckley married Martha Ada Robison on 4 April 1884 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Lucian Noble Hinckley died on 22 October 1950 at Delta, Millard County, Utah, at age 87. He was buried on 25 October 1950 at Provo, Utah County, Utah.

Martha Ada Robison (F)
b. 23 September 1866, d. 20 August 1950, #369898

     Martha Ada Robison was born on 23 September 1866 at Fillmore, Millard County, Utah. She married Lucian Noble Hinckley, son of Ira Nathaniel Hinckley and Adelaide Cameron Noble, on 4 April 1884 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Martha Ada Robison died on 20 August 1950 at Delta, Millard County, Utah, at age 83. She was buried on 23 August 1950 at Provo, Utah County, Utah.