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Gaskell Romney
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
OccupationBuilder
Known forPatriarch of the Romney family
SpouseAnna Amelia Pratt
Children7, including George
Parent
(father)
Wedding photo, 1895

Gaskell Romney (September 22, 1871 – March 7, 1955) is regarded as a patriarch of the Romney family,[1] a U.S. political family. Romney was born in St. George, in what was then the Utah Territory, the son of Miles Park Romney[2][3][4][5] and Hannah Hood Hill.

Gaskell Romney moved to Mexico when his father helped to found the

Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 7, 1955, and is buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park in the city.[8]

Extended families

Main articles: Romney family and Pratt family

A number of Romney's

Ronna Romney McDaniel is current chair of the Republican National Committee
.

Through Romney's wife,

Huntsman family.[13][14] The Pratt family dates back to the 17th century in Connecticut, originating with William Pratt who served as a representative to the colonial legislature of the state for 23 terms. Miles Romney, patriarch of the Romney family, immigrated to the United States from Dalton-in-Furness, England, in the 1840s.[15]
Aside from politics and government, their legacy extends into other professions.

Anna Amelia Pratt Romney
(1876–1926)

References

  1. ^ BURNETT, John (January 22, 2012), Mexican Cousins Keep Romney's Family Tree Rooted, NPR
  2. ISBN 9780062123299
  3. ISBN 978-0-87480-838-4). publisher's page on the book
  4. ISBN 9780252018688
  5. ISBN 978-0-89526-084-0
  6. ^ "Mitt Romney, campaigning for Latino vote in Florida, seldom mentions Mexican roots". Associated Press. January 26, 2012. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013.
  7. ^ Gaskell Romney, Boston Globe, retrieved January 30, 2012
  8. ^ "Polygamy Prominent in GOP Presidential Hopeful Mitt Romney's Family Tree". Fox News. December 6, 2011. Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  9. Prentice-Hall
    , p. 15, ...young Gaskell Romney married a Pratt girl, Anna Amelia. ... Anna Pratt Romney, George's mother, belonged to the bluestockings of the Mormon establishment."
  10. ISBN 9780679644903
    , One hundred and fifty years after the death of his ancestor, Parley Pratt's great-great-grandson Mitt Romney announced his bid for the Republican Party's nomination. ... He had served as governor of Massachusetts, and his father, George, as governor of Michigan.
  11. Salon magazine, archived from the original
    on January 31, 2012, ...the youngest son of the most prominent Mormon in American politics — a seventh-generation direct descendant of one of the faith's founding 12 apostles—Mitt Romney....
  12. New York Magazine
    , Romney is...the scion of a family dynasty integral to the progress of an American-born faith....
  13. ^ Barbaro, Michael; Parker, Ashley (January 4, 2012), "On Stage, an Awkward Reminder of Personal Rifts in G.O.P.", New York Times, The Romney and Huntsman families — two intertwined clans that go back to the early days of Mormonism....
  14. ^ Krasny, Ros; Nichols, Michelle (January 2, 2012), Huntsman tries to turn up heat on Romney in N. Hampshire, Reuters, "Both Romney and Huntsman descend from Parley P. Pratt, one of the most storied early Mormon leaders," said Joanna Brooks, a Mormon scholar.... "Both have family and personal connections to the institutional hierarchy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And both enjoy an unusual degree of access to high-ranking church leaders," she said.
  15. ^ The Making of Mitt Romney, Boston Globe, June 18, 2007, p. 2, retrieved January 30, 2012

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