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To give some perspective to this story let’s first find where Catherine Eller is on our family tree. However, I have through independent research been able to verify a sufficient amount of what is contained in the record to believe that the general assumptions contained in this story are sufficiently accurate that I do not think that any necessary corrections would significantly change the main conclusions that can be drawn from the record. It must be admitted that I have not yet had the opportunity to substantiate all of the facts from the genealogical record that is included in the Ancestral File and IGI which is the main source of the information and it must be admitted that this source is notoriously unreliable. Beyond the cold hard facts of the genealogical record the supposition and conjecture is drawn from the histories of others, church history generally and from. Let me say at the outset that there is no written story of the life of Catherine Eller (or her husband Michael) that I have found. This story will focus on Catherine Eller who married Michael Stoker. What year did they join and what was the circumstances of their conversion? I don’t yet have the answer to that question, but it is likely that our first Mormon ancestor would be Catherine Eller Stoker or her husband Michael or one of their children.

Ĭatherine Eller Stoker (This was written by my dad, Philip Matkin)Īs I have researched our family history I have often wondered who our first ancestor was that joined the Church. The following information was found on the web and I cannot attest to the accuracy, but find it very interesting! Catherine Eller was my 7th great grandmother and she was the paternal grandmother of the Catherine Eller Stokker mentioned in the article below.

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