Individual Details

Malakiah "Melchi" Stewart

(10 Oct 1846 - 22 Nov 1919)



Mormon Pioneer:
Census and genealogical records indicate that the Stewart family traveled to Utah in 1849. Further research needs to be done to determine which company they traveled with. The Stewart family included William Jackson Stewart, his wife Sarah Dickens Gentry, and their children Permelia Jane, Sarah Elizabeth, John, Uel, Esli, Malakiah, and William Jackson, Jr.

His legal given name was "Malakiah," but he also went by the name of "Melchi."

1880 Census. Fremont, Piute Co, Utah, Hh 3
Melchi Stewart, 34, Miner, b. Nebraska
Hansena, 33, wife, b. Denmark
William M., 13, son, b. Utah
Senor G., 11, dau
Ambrose, 9, son
John L., 7, son

1910 Census. Salt Lake, Utah, Hh 424
Melchi Stewart, 62, married once for 40 years, b. NE, Laborer, Farm
George, son, 39, married for 6 years, b. Utah
Martha, dau-in-law, 27, 2 children, b. Colorado
George, gson- 2, b. Colorado
Orville, gson, 9 months, b. Utah

Events

Birth10 Oct 1846Hooker County, Nebraska
Marriage7 Aug 1865Hansene Pauline Hanson
Death22 Nov 1919Springville, Utah County, Utah
Mormon PioneerUnknown Company, 1849

Families

SpouseHansene Pauline Hanson (1847 - 1918)
ChildCourtland Elliott Stewart (1869 - 1937)
FatherWilliam Jackson Stewart (1814 - 1884)
MotherSarah Dickens Gentry (1815 - 1882)
SiblingPermelia Jane Stewart (1834 - 1912)
SiblingSarah Elizabeth Stewart (1836 - 1885)
SiblingJohn Stewart (1837 - 1880)
SiblingUel Stewart (1840 - 1893)
SiblingNeri Stewart (1842 - 1844)
SiblingEsli Stewart (1844 - 1904)
SiblingWilliam Jackson Stewart Jr. (1849 - 1925)
SiblingEunice Ann Stewart (1851 - 1906)
SiblingUri Electus Stewart (1855 - 1924)
SiblingErie Stewart (1857 - 1928)