Daughter of Richard Thornton Booth and Elsie Edge
Married James Edward Talmage, 14 Jun 1888, Manti, Sanpete, Utah
Children - Helen May Talmage, Sterling Booth Talmage, Lucile Talmage, Zella Talmage, Elsie Talmage, James Karl Talmage, Paul Booth Talmage, John Russell Talmage
History - May's education was obtained in the district schools and the B. Y. Academy under Prof. Karl G. Maeser.
Her Church activities have been as follows: worked in the Primary Association of the Alpine Stake and the 2nd Ward of Salt Lake City; in the Sunday School of the 2nd Ward, and in the Relief Society of the 20th Ward. She was called to the General Board of the Y. L. M. I. A. in 1892 and was released in 1930. For two years she supervised the M. I. A. activities in the British Mission, and for three years presided over the Relief Societies of the European Mission.
Sister Talmage's educational activities have been as follows: school teacher in Kaysville, vice president of the first free kindergarten in Salt Lake City, vice president of the B. Y. U. Alumni Association, first president of Parent-Teachers' Association of the Lowell School, charter member of Authors' Club of Salt Lake City, and a charter member of the Friendship Circle.
Biography - Merry May Booth Talmage (1868-1944) was an educator, suffragate, writer, editor in Utah and wife of Mormon apostle James E. Talmage.
Merry May Booth Talmage was born on September 29, 1868 in Alpine, Utah to Richard Thornton and Elise Edge Booth. At the age of sixteen, she attended Brigham Young Academy. Soon after graduating, she began a brief teaching career in Kaysville, Utah, before being engaged to marry her former professor at BYA, James E. Talmage. The couple married on June 14, 1888 in Manti, Utah, and they had eight children together.
May was a teacher in Kaysville, Utah and part of several educational organizations, including serving as vice president of the first Free Kindergarten Association in Utah. She was involved in the suffrage movement, serving on the executive board for the Utah Territorial Woman's Suffrage Association. In 1893 she went to Chicago and delivered a paper to the World's Congress of Women, and in 1906 she attended the Trennial of the National Council of Women in Toledo, Ohio.
In 1892, May was called as aid to the general board of the Young Woman Mutual Improvement Association. She was active in committees within this organization and served as editor of the "Young Woman's Journal." In 1925, May accompanied her husband and two children to England where Elder Talmage served as president of the European Mission until 1928. While in Europe, May helped in organizing and assisting the women of the Church of the various countries there, as well as the missionaries throughout Europe.
Merry May Booth Talmage died on April 6, 1944 in Ogden, Utah.
Married James Edward Talmage, 14 Jun 1888, Manti, Sanpete, Utah
Children - Helen May Talmage, Sterling Booth Talmage, Lucile Talmage, Zella Talmage, Elsie Talmage, James Karl Talmage, Paul Booth Talmage, John Russell Talmage
History - May's education was obtained in the district schools and the B. Y. Academy under Prof. Karl G. Maeser.
Her Church activities have been as follows: worked in the Primary Association of the Alpine Stake and the 2nd Ward of Salt Lake City; in the Sunday School of the 2nd Ward, and in the Relief Society of the 20th Ward. She was called to the General Board of the Y. L. M. I. A. in 1892 and was released in 1930. For two years she supervised the M. I. A. activities in the British Mission, and for three years presided over the Relief Societies of the European Mission.
Sister Talmage's educational activities have been as follows: school teacher in Kaysville, vice president of the first free kindergarten in Salt Lake City, vice president of the B. Y. U. Alumni Association, first president of Parent-Teachers' Association of the Lowell School, charter member of Authors' Club of Salt Lake City, and a charter member of the Friendship Circle.
Biography - Merry May Booth Talmage (1868-1944) was an educator, suffragate, writer, editor in Utah and wife of Mormon apostle James E. Talmage.
Merry May Booth Talmage was born on September 29, 1868 in Alpine, Utah to Richard Thornton and Elise Edge Booth. At the age of sixteen, she attended Brigham Young Academy. Soon after graduating, she began a brief teaching career in Kaysville, Utah, before being engaged to marry her former professor at BYA, James E. Talmage. The couple married on June 14, 1888 in Manti, Utah, and they had eight children together.
May was a teacher in Kaysville, Utah and part of several educational organizations, including serving as vice president of the first Free Kindergarten Association in Utah. She was involved in the suffrage movement, serving on the executive board for the Utah Territorial Woman's Suffrage Association. In 1893 she went to Chicago and delivered a paper to the World's Congress of Women, and in 1906 she attended the Trennial of the National Council of Women in Toledo, Ohio.
In 1892, May was called as aid to the general board of the Young Woman Mutual Improvement Association. She was active in committees within this organization and served as editor of the "Young Woman's Journal." In 1925, May accompanied her husband and two children to England where Elder Talmage served as president of the European Mission until 1928. While in Europe, May helped in organizing and assisting the women of the Church of the various countries there, as well as the missionaries throughout Europe.
Merry May Booth Talmage died on April 6, 1944 in Ogden, Utah.
Daughter of Richard Thornton Booth and Elsie Edge
Married James Edward Talmage, 14 Jun 1888, Manti, Sanpete, Utah
Children - Helen May Talmage, Sterling Booth Talmage, Lucile Talmage, Zella Talmage, Elsie Talmage, James Karl Talmage, Paul Booth Talmage, John Russell Talmage
History - May's education was obtained in the district schools and the B. Y. Academy under Prof. Karl G. Maeser.
Her Church activities have been as follows: worked in the Primary Association of the Alpine Stake and the 2nd Ward of Salt Lake City; in the Sunday School of the 2nd Ward, and in the Relief Society of the 20th Ward. She was called to the General Board of the Y. L. M. I. A. in 1892 and was released in 1930. For two years she supervised the M. I. A. activities in the British Mission, and for three years presided over the Relief Societies of the European Mission.
Sister Talmage's educational activities have been as follows: school teacher in Kaysville, vice president of the first free kindergarten in Salt Lake City, vice president of the B. Y. U. Alumni Association, first president of Parent-Teachers' Association of the Lowell School, charter member of Authors' Club of Salt Lake City, and a charter member of the Friendship Circle.
Biography - Merry May Booth Talmage (1868-1944) was an educator, suffragate, writer, editor in Utah and wife of Mormon apostle James E. Talmage.
Merry May Booth Talmage was born on September 29, 1868 in Alpine, Utah to Richard Thornton and Elise Edge Booth. At the age of sixteen, she attended Brigham Young Academy. Soon after graduating, she began a brief teaching career in Kaysville, Utah, before being engaged to marry her former professor at BYA, James E. Talmage. The couple married on June 14, 1888 in Manti, Utah, and they had eight children together.
May was a teacher in Kaysville, Utah and part of several educational organizations, including serving as vice president of the first Free Kindergarten Association in Utah. She was involved in the suffrage movement, serving on the executive board for the Utah Territorial Woman's Suffrage Association. In 1893 she went to Chicago and delivered a paper to the World's Congress of Women, and in 1906 she attended the Trennial of the National Council of Women in Toledo, Ohio.
In 1892, May was called as aid to the general board of the Young Woman Mutual Improvement Association. She was active in committees within this organization and served as editor of the "Young Woman's Journal." In 1925, May accompanied her husband and two children to England where Elder Talmage served as president of the European Mission until 1928. While in Europe, May helped in organizing and assisting the women of the Church of the various countries there, as well as the missionaries throughout Europe.
Merry May Booth Talmage died on April 6, 1944 in Ogden, Utah.
Married James Edward Talmage, 14 Jun 1888, Manti, Sanpete, Utah
Children - Helen May Talmage, Sterling Booth Talmage, Lucile Talmage, Zella Talmage, Elsie Talmage, James Karl Talmage, Paul Booth Talmage, John Russell Talmage
History - May's education was obtained in the district schools and the B. Y. Academy under Prof. Karl G. Maeser.
Her Church activities have been as follows: worked in the Primary Association of the Alpine Stake and the 2nd Ward of Salt Lake City; in the Sunday School of the 2nd Ward, and in the Relief Society of the 20th Ward. She was called to the General Board of the Y. L. M. I. A. in 1892 and was released in 1930. For two years she supervised the M. I. A. activities in the British Mission, and for three years presided over the Relief Societies of the European Mission.
Sister Talmage's educational activities have been as follows: school teacher in Kaysville, vice president of the first free kindergarten in Salt Lake City, vice president of the B. Y. U. Alumni Association, first president of Parent-Teachers' Association of the Lowell School, charter member of Authors' Club of Salt Lake City, and a charter member of the Friendship Circle.
Biography - Merry May Booth Talmage (1868-1944) was an educator, suffragate, writer, editor in Utah and wife of Mormon apostle James E. Talmage.
Merry May Booth Talmage was born on September 29, 1868 in Alpine, Utah to Richard Thornton and Elise Edge Booth. At the age of sixteen, she attended Brigham Young Academy. Soon after graduating, she began a brief teaching career in Kaysville, Utah, before being engaged to marry her former professor at BYA, James E. Talmage. The couple married on June 14, 1888 in Manti, Utah, and they had eight children together.
May was a teacher in Kaysville, Utah and part of several educational organizations, including serving as vice president of the first Free Kindergarten Association in Utah. She was involved in the suffrage movement, serving on the executive board for the Utah Territorial Woman's Suffrage Association. In 1893 she went to Chicago and delivered a paper to the World's Congress of Women, and in 1906 she attended the Trennial of the National Council of Women in Toledo, Ohio.
In 1892, May was called as aid to the general board of the Young Woman Mutual Improvement Association. She was active in committees within this organization and served as editor of the "Young Woman's Journal." In 1925, May accompanied her husband and two children to England where Elder Talmage served as president of the European Mission until 1928. While in Europe, May helped in organizing and assisting the women of the Church of the various countries there, as well as the missionaries throughout Europe.
Merry May Booth Talmage died on April 6, 1944 in Ogden, Utah.
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