Daughter of Danson Wride and Ann Davies

Married Peter Stubbs, 4 Oct 1862, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - George Danson Stubbs, Ann Elizabeth Stubbs, John Williams Stubbs, Martha Stubbs, Lewis Wride Stubbs, Thomas Peter Stubbs, Ruby May Stubbs, Edna Louise Stubbs, Frank Wride Stubbs

Obituary - The following piece was written by David John & published in Provo Enquire:

Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord. Mrs. Ann Wride Stubbs, the wife of Peter Stubbs of Provo, died on the 13th of August 1886 at Payson, Utah. On the 6th of August, she left Provo to visit her brother Barry Wride at Payson. She expressed to her brother that she had enjoyed her visit very much and that she intended to leave for home on the 17th. At 5:15 PM of the 13th. She took a ride with Mrs. Wride and while nearing the Co-Operative gristmill at Payson they had to drive down rather a steep hill for a short distance; on the right of the road was a dugway probably 20 feet wide. The carriage nearing the edge of this bank, Mrs. Stubbs became frightened and trembling, grasped the lines from the hands of Mrs. Wride, no doubt with the intention of turning the horse from the bank, but unfortunately, she pulled the wrong way which forced the forward feet of the horse to reach beyond the bank about one foot. This danger of an upset seemed to have paralyzed Mrs. Stubbs; she gave one shout of grief and her head fell on the shoulders of Mrs. Wride & she breathed her last. The ladies could not drive the horse further. James Finlayson and Wm. Clayson and many others rendered kind assistance trying to restore her in the hope she had only fainted but an hour after the accident Dr. J. H. Greer pronounced her dead. Funeral services were held at the residence of Brother Stubbs at 3:30 PM on August 15th. Elder Isaac Bullock delivered a comforting and instructive discourse to the vast assembly convened. The Provo Tabernacle Choir rendered excellent singing. The remains were interred in the Provo Cemetery among a cloud of tears. Our dearly beloved and very much respected sister and friend; how deeply we lament and feel to mourn the loss of one so meek, lowly, gentle, and affectionate. The melodies of her rare voice were the harmony of many virtues. She has now gone the way of the earth. May she rest in peace to come forth in the morning of the first resurrection into eternal life, for we know that her death was the death of the righteous and we sincerely hope that when all her friends have put off this mortality, their last end may be like unto hers.

History - A pioneer of 1861, Ann Wride Stubbs, daughter of Danson and Ann Davis Wride was born December 11, 1839, at Miskin House, Llantrisant, Glamorganshire, South Wales, (White Church.) She had four brothers, Barry, Lewis, Peter, and James, and two sisters Mary and Jane. The family was well to do as Indicated by a letter written by her father. Which reads, in part, as follows, "I have had everything this world can afford; I have seen its riches, its vanity, its pleasures and I was never poor. I want to seer another world that has no end, and If there be no other; I believe I have made the best of this. The wind will not blow over any of you if I can help it."

They were all devout Members of the Episcopal Church of England. The only members joining the L.D.S. Church were Barry, Peter, Mary, Ann, and Jane. It took great faith and courage to leave their native land, parents, brethren, sisters, and all who were near and dear to her. To come to a new world which she knew but little of, to toll and labor under adverse conditions. To cause this land to blossom as the rose and make it a beautiful and prosperous country to rear a family so they might enjoy the blessings and advantages of their most wonderful country. And this was all clone for the Gospel Sake. She lived and died a true Latter-day Saint.

Her childhood days were spent under the most favorable circumstances as her parents were well-to-do farmers, and she really did not know the want for anything. She was sent to school and obtained a fair education; her parents were loving and kind and tried to rear their children in the most righteous way. They all observed the Sabbath Day strictly and were great readers of the Bible. She was a descendent of Owen Tudor, a Welsh gentleman, who married a widow of Henry the 5th, and this family name became the line of Kings that he founded.

Ann's grandmother, on her mother's sideways Ann Davis was born in Hull, England, and descended from a former Duke of Bedford. Her ancestry was of the nobility.

Ann Wride Stubbs was baptized a member of the L.D.S. Church, Cardiff Branch, April 1857 and emigrated to Utah, leaving Liverpool April 16, 1861 on the ship MANCHESTER. In company with her married sister Mary and David John who were then man and wife, her Brother Barry Wride and his wife Hannah Selman, and other Saints. Elder Homer Dunkin was appointed Captain of the Company. They landed at Castle Gardens, New York on May 16, 1861, after a very tedious voyage across the ocean. On the evening of their arrival they left for St. Joseph, Missouri, and from there they sailed up the Mississippi and Missouri River's, landing at Florence, Nebraska May 24, 1861, making the trip from Castle Gardens to Florence in nine days. They remained one month at Florence preparing for the journey across the plains. They left Florence June 25, 1861, by ox team, traveling about 10 to 15 miles per day, resting over on the plains July 24, to celebrate with song and dance and gave thanks in commemoration of the Pioneers entering Salt Lake Valley.

They arrived In Salt Lake City, September 13, 1861. Ann soon after went to Lehi, Utah for a few weeks, then moved to Provo, where she remained with her sister, Mrs. Mary John a little more than a year. In the course of this she meet Peter Stubbs, who won her love and she was married to Peter Stubbs, being his plural wife. He with his first wife, Elizabeth Dunn, who married a few years before, went to the Endowment House in Salt Lake City where they were all sealed for all time and eternity on October 4, 1862, their marriage being a very happy one.

Ann was considered by all who knew her to be a most beautiful girl of unusual good character; her disposition was loving, kind, meek and mild and all who knew her learned to love and respect her as a sister; she was affectionately called "Aunt Ann" by all her neighbors and friends.

She was the mother of nine children, five sons and four daughters, seven of whom survived her, her sons dying while very young. She was a very kind and affectionate mother, which made the home life ideal. She was very humble, quiet and reserved and tried to rear her children as true Latter-Day-Saints. Her sons and daughters were all happily untied in marriage in Temples, one at Logan, one at Manti and the others In the Salt Lake Temple.

Ann Stubbs died at the age of 47 practically in the prime of life, just when her children needed her care and advice. Her youngest child, Frank, being only 3 months and 12 days old. This was a very bad blow to the family. Through the kind and loving disposition of the first wife, Elizabeth, our home life was not broken up. She cheerfully and gladly, with her own family moved to the farm home where she gave us her love and care that no woman could have given had it not been for the love and respect she had for her husband and the mother of seven children who had so suddenly been dereft of a mother's love.

Aunt Elizabeth's noble character will ever stand as a monument in the live's of Ann's children as a true and devoted mother to them. This character was shown all thru her life. She did as much for them as she did for her own. The two families grew up in manhood and womanhood with a bond of love and respect for each other that can never be broken. After the marriage of these children, when sickness or trouble entered any of their homes, Aunt Elizabeth was the first to assist and give advice and comfort to those in need. Her very touch was a healing power; this was promised her in her patriarchal blessing and this characteristic was shown very strongly all thru her life. Her reward in the life to come will surely be filled with a crown of jewels that will surpass all earthly blessings. We all do honor, love, and respect her memory, and may we all so live that we will meet her in the life to come.