Ancestry of
Mitt Romney

70th Governor of Massachusetts

Miles Park Romney

View famous kin of Miles Park Romney

• • Great-grandfather of Mitt Romney — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • Miles Romney 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Gaskell   
  • Birth Date:
  • 18 Aug 1843 
  • Birth Location:
  • Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 26 Feb 1904 
  • Death Location:
  • Colonia Dublán, Chihuahua, Mexico 
  • Burial Date:
  • 28 Feb 1904 
  • Burial Location:
  • Colonia Dublán Cemetery, Colonia Dublán, Chihuahua, Mexico 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Hannah Hood Hill
  • Marriage Date:
  • 10 May 1862 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah 
  • Child:

  Gaskell Samuel Romney (Ahnentafel No:4 )

  • Notes: 

  • Although Miles Romney's tombstone has 1844 as his birth year, his membership record with the LDS church lists 18 AUG 1843 as his birthdate.

    LDS church records list Colonia Juárez as Miles Romney's place of death instead of Colonia Dublán. Both locations were Mormon colonies that were first settled in the late 1800s.

• Sources for Miles Park Romney

  • ¹ Federal Census, UT, Great Salt Lake County, 1850, Image 53 of 180.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/03/2014).
  • ³ Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848, Membership record of Miles Park Romney and family.
  • ⁴ Sons of Utah Pioneers Memorial Gallery Index Cards, Record for Miles Park Romney.
  • ⁵ Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966, Marriage record for son Gaskell Romney and Amy Wilken Pratt.
  • ⁶ Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961, Death certificate for son Gaskell Romney.
  • ⁷ Bullock, Kenneth C., A Genealogy of James Bullock and Mary Hill, Latter Day Saint Pioneers, Provo, Utah: Unknown (1987), 95.

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