He was married to Jacquetta WYDEVILLE [BARONESS STRANGE] about 1462 in Grafton, Northamptonshire, England.

He was married to Joan INGHAM before 25 Mar 1344 in Ellesmere, Shropshire, England.

He was married to Maud Mrs Le STRANGE about 1325 in Knockin, Shropshire, England. Children were: Roger Le STRANGE, Alianore (Eleanore) Le STRANGE [Baroness Grey].

He was married to Hannah T. GORWENS on 5 Apr 1853.

Children were: James LEVERICH , Nathaniel LEVERICH, William LEVERICH, John LEVERICH, Benjamin LEVERICH III, Martha LEVERICH, Elizabeth LEVERICH, Charity LEVERICH.

Children were: Caleb LEVERICH, Benjamin LEVERICH Jr., John LEVERICH.

He was married to Sarah SANDERS about 1808.

He was married to Verona DEGENHART on 19 Feb 1938 in Coalville, Summit Co., Utah.

Children were: John LEVERICH Sr., Mary LEVERICH, Eleanor LEVERICH.

She was married to BARTO ante 1824.

He was married to Jane Eliza ADAIR in 1838 in Muscatine Co., Iowa. Children were: William LEVERICH, James Perry LEVERICH, Martha J. LEVERICH, Samuel LEVERICH, George H. LEVERICH, Lucy LEVERICH, Julia Ann LEVERICH.

He was married to Lucy HEARN in Indiana.

He was married to Elizabeth DIXON in 1856. Children were: Minnie D. LEVERICH, Lucinda LEVERICH, Lafayette LEVERICH, Alice LEVERICH, Frank E. LEVERICH.

He was married to Mary Louise QUAST about 1896. He was divorced from Mary Louise QUAST about 1916 in Great Falls, Cascade Co., Montana. Children were: James Perry LEVERICH Sr., Bryan Preston LEVERICH.

She was married to WILLIAMSON after 1824.

He was married to Frances PRESTON on 3 Jul 1875.

She was married to James WAY in May 1716.

He was married to Jane MORGAN in Sep 1832.

He was married to Sarah HATFIELD on 31 Dec 1799 in Yorktown, New York. Children were: Joel LEVERICH, William LEVERICH, Ira LEVERICH, John LEVERICH, Susan LEVERICH, Charles LEVERICH, Julia LEVERICH, James LEVERICH, Asbury LEVERICH.

He was married to Hannah BOODY on 19 Feb 1842.

He was married to Hylda Maria MONROE on 5 Jun 1918 in Fort Benton, Choteau Co., Montana. Children were: Marie Hylda LEVERICH, James Perry LEVERICH, Mildred Louise LEVERICH , Keith Edward LEVERICH, Kent Monroe LEVERICH.

Children were: Laura Jean LEVERICH , Joseph Perry LEVERICH, John Edward LEVERICH, James Bryan LEVERICH.

He was married to Robey A. PRESTON on 5 Apr 1868 in Janesville, Bremer Co., Iowa. Children were: Nellie LEVERICH, Charles Edward LEVERICH.

He was married to Matilda (Leverich) in 1824.

Children were: John LEVERICH Jr., William LEVERICH, Benjamin LEVERICH Sr., Hannah LEVERICH, Martha LEVERICH.

He was married to Lucy A. on 25 Feb 1841.

He was married to Amy MOORE on 14 Dec 1720.

He was married to Susanah FIELD on 14 Oct 1741.

He was married to Sarah TITUS on 14 Feb 1765.

Children were: Rev. William LEVERICH.

He was married to Laura Lloy COLEY on 16 Sep 1972.

He was divorced from Arlene Mifflin GILBERT in 1965.

He was married to Dorothy Gibbons BURTON on 21 Aug 1970 in Elko, Elko Co., Nevada.

Children were: Connie LEVERICH , Michael LEVERICH.

He was married to Ida M. about 1898.

Children were: Kelly CROOKSTON , Carrie CROOKSTON.

Marie Hylda Leverich was the oldest of 5 children. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to Grand Junction, Colorado. They stayed in Colorado only briefly and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1920 when Marie was 1.

When Marie was 4, the family, which now included a younger brother, Jim, moved to a new home at 264 Wilson Avenue. The family soon grew to 5 children with the births of Mildred (Mid) and the twins, Keith and Kent.

In their modest 2 bedroom home, Marie and Mid would sleep on the fold-out couch in the living room and the 3 boys would share the back bedroom.

Sometimes the kids would ride into town on the trolley car with Hylda, their mom, which ran on tracks down 4th East. Once their dog Prince, a large Airedale, sensed that they were going to make one of these trips. He secretly followed them to the trolley and hopped on at the same time. The conductor said to take the dog off the trolley. Hylda retorted, "You get him off!"

Marie’s dad didn’t think it was proper for girls to own bicycles. Marie would have to bribe the neighbor kid with a quarter to borrow his bike for an hour. Occasionally, she could get her younger brother Jim to loan her his bike for a short time.

Because the area was a mix of farmland and residential, many of the streets had ditches running up and down them, particularly south of 21st South. Marie and her brother Jim would frequently pick asparagus, which would grow wild along the sides of these ditches. At the time, 21st South had a large canal running down the street. This canal was likely Parley’s Creek, which was channeled and used for irrigation at the time.

When Marie was quite young, she climbed Ensign Peak north of the city. While running down the hill, she fell and rolled head over heels down the slope. She was taken to the Police Station in downtown Salt Lake at the southeast corner of First South and State Street. There, they painstakingly removed small rocks embedded in Marie’s face from the tumble. Since that incident, Marie has feared heights and climbing in general.

Schools were close by where they lived. Marie was able to walk to elementary and middle school at Whittier on 3rd East and 16th South. She later attended South High School, graduating in 1937. Both schools are still there, although the high school has since been taken over by Salt Lake Community College.

While attending high school, Marie took classes in stenography and typing. After graduation, she was able to get jobs as a secretary working for Anderson Jewelry, her uncle’s law firm in the Felt Building, and later as the personal secretary to the President of Pacific National Life.

It was in the Spring of 1940 that she met Dick Bailey. They were both taking a Works Progress Administration art class in figure study at the Salt Lake Art Center, which was then located on State Street across from the phone company on 2nd South. When Marie’s mom saw that the pictures they were painting were nudes, she about had a fit.

Dick was quite taken by Marie. One time, when it was raining, he offered her a ride home in his shiny new Dodge. To his chagrin, she took little notice of the automobile. A car was just transportation in Marie’s book.

As their courtship progressed, the young couple discussed finances. Dick had a job in the advertising art department of Auerbach’s Department Store making $100 a month. Marie’s job at the insurance company paid $125 a month. At the time, this was embarrassing for Dick to be making less, so when quizzed, he told Marie he made the same as her.

They soon fell in love and planned to marry, that is, assuming Dick wasn’t going to be drafted in the Army. In December 1940, they found out Dick’s number was high enough that he was safe from the draft so they got married.

The newlyweds first lived at the Pickadee Apartments on 3rd East near 3rd South. Rent was $35 a month. Their studio apartment had a fold-out bed that came out of the wall. They then moved up on C Street for a short while, and finally settled in an apartment in a house on 8th East and 224 So.

Their first son Richard was born in February 1942. Dick was then working on his own in the Walker Bank Building in downtown Salt Lake, building a clientele.

Dick was drafted into the Army in the fall of 1943 and shipped off in December. Unknown to Marie at the time, she was pregnant with Jim.

Marie and little Richard moved in with Dick’s parents while he was in the Army. Al and Jean lived out on 39th South and about 475 East in Murray. Al had a job in Alaska as a butcher at the time, and would send his paychecks home to Jean. Jean and Marie got along great while Dick and Al were both away.

Dick was first stationed in Boulder, Colorado. Marie and little Richard took the bus over to see him. Marie recalls that the bus was crowded and the cigar smoke was thick. Richard was a good little baby, so, on one night, they left him sleeping at the motel in Boulder in a drawer while they went out for a while to a dance. In retrospect, Marie realized this was a foolish thing to do, but everything turned out all right.

Dick, because of his training, initially had a relatively safe opportunity to be assigned to the art department painting signs during the war. He instead signed up to be a tail gunner on a B-29 bomber after a spirited pitch by one of the recruiters. Shortly thereafter, he was shipped off to Florida for training.

Marie, in the mean time, had Jim, who was born in August 1944. Marie sent baby pictures of Jim and his cousin Jeannie to Dick, but had forgotten to identify which was which. For several months, Dick had the 2 photos mixed up.

When it became apparent that Dick was going to be shipped over to Japan, Marie left Richard with her Mom, and the baby with the neighbor lady across the street from her Mom, and left for Florida to be with Dick. When she returned to her young children, 4-year-old Richard put his arm around Jim and said reassuringly, "Mom’s not going to leave us any more."

Fortunately, the war ended before Dick saw any action from his base in Guam. He and his B-29 buddies got to fly over Japan in a show of force during the signing of the surrender.

Shortly thereafter, Dick was released from the military and went back to work for himself building a successful advertising art business. The first couple of years, they continued to live with Dick’s parents until they could buy their own home.

Their first home was on 2484 Hartford Street just south of the gully that ran through Sugarhouse. The house was purchased new in 1948 and was partially designed by Dick. Shortly thereafter, Tom was born.

At the time, the Utah State Penitentiary was still in Sugarhouse across the gully from where they lived. Some of the inmates would work on the prison farm where Sugarhouse Park is now located. Young Richard had wandered down to the gully one day and was given a ride on a tractor by one of the prisoners. Fortunately, nothing bad happened.

They had a happy life on Hartford street for the next 12 years. Three more children, John, Mary, and Liz, were born, bringing the total number of children to 6.

As Marie was a good Catholic, she sent her kids to Judge Memorial Catholic school. Later, some of them were sent to Saint Mary’s and to Saint Ann’s. Marie had gone to church at Saint Ann’s as a little girl, which was a short distance from her childhood home on Wilson Avenue. Dick had to work extra hard in order to pay the tuition for all 6 of his kids attending private schools.

With so many children going to Judge, they decided to move to 721 McClelland Street across the street from Judge in 1959. Though much closer to the city, the house had a beautiful back yard with large cottonwood trees and total privacy.

During these years, Marie and Dick had many friends who also had large families. They enjoyed vacationing together with these families and their children on fishing and camping trips, pack trips, river rafting trips, and trips to Disneyland and San Francisco on the California Zephyr.

After Dick’s retirement and the kids had all left the nest, the large house and yard became too much to take care of. They moved out to their present home at the Brookstone Condominiums in 1984.

Marie has spent a significant portion of her life as a homemaker, raising 6 children. She has always been intellectually curious and has read countless books. She knows more facts and has more general knowledge about the world than many college graduates. Her talents, skills, and accomplishments in life are many. She has much to be proud of.
Parents: James Perry LEVERICH Sr. and Hylda Maria MONROE.

She was married to Richard Quinn BAILEY on 21 Dec 1940 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. Marie and Dick met at the Salt Lake Art Center in Reservoir Park, Salt Lake City. They were both enrolled in a figure study art class.

Dick joined the war effort after Richard was born. Jim was born while he was stationed in Florida. Marie and the 2 children lived with Dick's parents near 39th S. & 5th E. while Dick was in the military and for a couple of years thereafter.

They bought their first home, which Dick designed, at 2484 Hartford St. near Sugarhouse in 1948 where they lived until 1959. With 6 kids, they needed more space and wanted to be closer to Judge Memorial, so they moved to 721 McClelland St. They lived at McClelland St. until Dick retired in 1982. In 1983, they moved to their present home in the Brookstone Condominiums in Murray.

Bailey is an English occupational name for a steward or official, from the Middle English bailli = carrier, porter. In Scotland, the bailli is the magistrate and bailiff is a form that has evolved elsewhere. Occasionally, the name is derived as an English Place name from a Middle English word derived from Old French baille = enclosure. In this form it originally meant the person living by the outer wall of the castle, but Old Bailey, a place in Lancashire which formed part of the outer wall of some medieval castle, also became the origin for surname for people from that location. There are numerous variations in many countries, including Baillie (Scotland), Bayless , Bailess, Lebailly (French), Bally (Swiss), Baglione (Italian), and Bailloux (Provencal).
Children were: Richard Leverich BAILEY, James Stephen BAILEY, Thomas Quinn BAILEY, John William BAILEY, Mary Jo BAILEY, Elizabeth Ann BAILEY.

Marie's Obituary

   Marie Leverich Bailey, age 85, passed away peacefully in the home of her daughter, Mary, on January 31, 2005.

    Marie was born to James and Hylda Leverich on March 14, 1919, in Great Falls, Montana, and was the oldest of five children. She moved to Salt Lake with her family when she was an infant and has been a resident ever since.

    Marie graduated from South High School and embarked on a career as a secretary working for Anderson Jewelry, her uncle Bryan Leverich's law firm in the Felt Building, and later as the personal secretary to the President of Pacific National Life.

    In 1940 she married Richard Quinn Bailey, cofounder of the advertising art firm of Bailey & Montague.

    Marie spent a substantial portion of her life as a homemaker raising her six children. In their child rearing years, Dick and Marie enjoyed taking their children on camping, fishing, and skiing trips. The family has remained very close with frequent gatherings and, in previous years, annual trips with grandchildren to Southern Utah.

    Because of Marie's prodigious reading habits and intellectual curiosity, she knew more facts and had more general knowledge about the world than many college graduates. Her talents, skills, and accomplishments in life were many. In recent years, she took computer classes so she could access the Internet and keep in touch with family members around the world.

    Marie was predeceased by her four siblings and her son, Tom. She is survived by Dick Bailey, her husband of 64 years, and children Rich (Anamarie), Jim (Judy), John (Robin), Mary, and Liz (Dave) Fox, as well as nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

    A graveside service for family and close friends will be held Thursday, February 3, at 3 pm at Mount Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Judge Memorial High School.

She was married to DICKERSON ante 1824.

She was married to James T. WETSALL on 11 May 1865.

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