Marinda Allen was born on the 21st of June 1838 at Jamaica, Queens, New York to Daniel R. Allen and Eliza Martin Allen.
Marinda Allen was baptized a member of the LDS Church in 1847.
In 1853, Marinda Allen was a pioneer. Marinda at age 15 drove a team of Oxen across the plains in the Daniel A. Miller/John W. Cooley Company. She cared for the animals herself.
Her Father and Mother were also in the Daniel A. Miller/John W. Cooley Company. In 1853 heavy rains washed the bridge on the Jordan River connecting West Jordan and East Jordan. Samuel Bateman was a young man assigned to ferry people across the Jordan River until a bridge could be re-built. Samuel reportedly told his friends that he had just ferried his future father-in-law across the Jordan River. His passengers had been Daniel R. Allen and Eliza Martin Allen, their six children, including Marinda Allen.
Marinda married Samuel Bateman on the 27th of Nov. 1854 in West Jordan, Utah. She was sealed to Samuel Bateman in March of 1861 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake. Marinda and Samuel lived on the hill just West of the current Gardner Village, West Jordan,Utah. They built a log cabin and dug out in the hill. At the time there was a water grist mill built by Archibald Gardner in 1851.
A picture of Marinda hangs in Archibald's Restaurant in the current Gardner Village. Marinda was Relief Society President when Archibald Gardner was a Bishop. Marinda was an excellent manager. She raised chickens, ducks and geese. She used the down from these birds for bedticks and pillows. Marinda took in boarders. They gave her worn out clothes. She kept these in a rag bag. Out of the rags she made a layette.
Marinda was a registered midwife and would travel on horseback all over the Salt Lake Valley. Marinda was paid for her midwife work with five dollar gold piece and/or produce. She helped deliver over 700 babies. Marinda was a mother of 13 children. Samuel Bateman died in 1911. Marinda was bed ridden and was taken care of by her daughter, Arminta Egbert. Marinda died on the 18 March 1919 at West Jordan, Utah during an influenza outbreak. She was buried in the West Jordan Cemetery on 22nd of March of March 1919.
Children of Samuel Bateman and Marinda Allen;
Samuel Allen
Daniel Rapalyea
Joseph Thomas
Marinda Parthenia
Araminta Elizabeth
Edward Alonzo
Alberto Delos
Eliza Janetta
Mary Janetta
Twins:
Elizinia Amelia
Elzada Ophelia
Ada Laurlda
Juliaetta
M Edward Alonzo BATEMAN
Born: 29 Jan 1865 Place: West Jordan, S-Lk, Ut
Died: 15 Feb 1918 Place: Midvale, S-Lk, Ut
Buried: 16 Feb 1918 Place: Midvale, S-Lk, Ut

F Mary Janetta BATEMAN
Born: 3 Oct 1871 Place: West Jordan, Salt Lake, Ut
Christened: 31 Dec 1871 Place: West Jordan, Salt Lake, Ut
Died: 10 Feb 1944 Place: Sandy, Salt Lake, Ut
Buried: 13 Feb 1944 Place: Cemetery Sandy, Salt Lake, Ut

M Joseph Thomas BATEMAN
Born: 4 Oct 1858 Place: West Jordon, S-Lk, Ut
Died: 6 Oct 1936 Place: Alpine, Utah, Ut
Buried: 10 Oct 1936 Place: Provo, Utah, Utah

M Daniel Rapalyea BATEMAN
Born: 21 Feb 1857 Place: West Jordan, Salt Lake, Ut
Died: 12 May 1942 Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ut
Buried: 15 May 1942 Place: West Jordan Ceme, Salt Lake, Ut

F Eliza Janetta BATEMAN
Born: 5 Mar 1869 Place: West Jordan, S-Lk, Ut
Died: 26 Jun 1870 Place: West Jordan, Salt Lake, Ut

F Elzada Ophelia BATEMAN
Born: 15 Mar 1874 Place: West Jordan, S-Lk, Ut
Died: 14 May 1874 Place: West Jordan, Salt Lake, Ut

F Elzinia Amelia BATEMAN
Born: 15 Mar 1874 Place: West Jordan, Salt Lake, Ut
Died: 26 Aug 1956 Place: Midvale, Salt Lake, Ut
Buried: 30 Aug 1956 Place: West Jordan, Salt Lake, Ut

F Marinda Parthenia BATEMAN
Born: 29 Sep 1860 Place: West Jordan, S.l., Ut
Died: 5 Oct 1902 Place: West Jordan, S.l., Ut
Buried: Place: West Jordan, S.l., Ut

M Alberto Delos BATEMAN
Born: 8 Nov 1866 Place: West Jordan, S-Lk, Ut
Christened: 13 Jan 1867 Place: West Jordan, S-Lk, Ut
Died: 29 Oct 1941 Place: Midvale, S-Lk, Ut
Buried: Nov 1941 Place: West Jordan Cem, S-Lk, Ut

F Ada Laurelda BATEMAN
Born: 12 Nov 1876 Place: West Jordon, Salt Lake, Ut
Died: 25 Apr 1943 Place: West Jordon, Salt Lake, Ut
Buried: 29 Apr 1943 Place: West Jordon, Salt Lake, Ut
F Araminta Elizabeth BATEMAN
Born: 4 Dec 1862 Place: West Jordan, S-Lk, Ut
Died: 27 Aug 1938 Place: Salt Lake City, S-Lk, Ut
Buried: 30 Aug 1938 Place: Whites Fort Ce, Salt Lake, Ut, Ut

M Samuel Allen BATEMAN
Born: 27 Dec 1855 Place: West Jordan, S-Lk, Ut
Died: 20 Oct 1856 Place: West Jordan, Salt Lake, Ut

F Juliaetta BATEMAN
Born: 31 Dec 1878 Place: West Jordan, S-Lk, Ut
Died: 21 Jan 1952 Place: Provo, Utah, Ut
Buried: 24 Jan 1952 Place: Provo, Utah, Ut

Marinda Allen Bateman was a midwife and officiated in approx. 700 births. She was known far and wide, having gone into hundreds of homes at times of illness and trouble. She was twice President of the West Jordan Ward Relief Society. She was Stake Relief Society president for several years.

Thousands hold the name of "Gandma" Bateman in affection and regard.