Henrietta McBride (1821-1899)

Gathered here is the most comprehensive repository of materials on the life of Henrietta McBride, wife of Utah Pioneer Gilbert Belnap.  Click on the links below to access biographical and historical information by or about Henrietta McBride:

Biographies and Related Materials

• Belnap, W. Dean. Heritage With Honor: Genealogy and History of the Ancestry and Descendants of Gilbert Belnap (1821 – 1899) (1974)
• Centennial History in Honor of Utah Pioneer Gilbert Belnap, 1850-1950 (including 1952 and 1956 Supplements) 
• Belnap, Brent J. “Life Story of Henrietta McBride Belnap” (1995) (prepared for DUP book)
• “Henrietta McBride Belnap,” Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, vol. __ (Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1998), p. ___
• Belnap, Flora, comp. Pioneer Incidents of Rev. Daniel McBride and Abigail Mead-McBride and Their Children of Utah, Michigan and New York (1952)
• Dotson, Flora Belnap. “Analysis of the Pedigree of James McBride and Betsy Mead, My Great Grandparents”
• Marion Adaline Belnap Kerr Collection, LDS Church Archives
• Kerr Family Collection (register), Weber State University

Letters

Letters from Henrietta McBride to:

• Adaline and Henrietta Belnap (cousin) to Gilbert Belnap (husband), 24 Apr 185__
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• Gilbert Belnap (husband) and George McBride (brother), 22 Mar 1857
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Letters to Henrietta McBride from:

• Gilbert Belnap to Adaline and Henrietta Belnap (wives), 18 Feb 1857
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• Gilbert Belnap to Adaline and Henrietta Belnap (wives), 7 Apr 1857
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• Gilbert Belnap to Adaline and Henrietta Belnap (wives), 12-13 May 1857
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• Gilbert Belnap to Adaline and Henrietta Belnap (wives), 1857
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LDS Materials

• Patriarchal Blessing: Henrietta McBride,  Hooper, Weber,  Utah,  16 Feb 1872
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Newspaper Articles

Census Records

• 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Pottawattamie County, IA (23 Oct 1850)
• 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Weber River Valley, Weber, UT (8 Jul 1870)

Death Records

• Weber County Death Records: Henrietta Belnap (FHL #00757877)
• Death Certificate: Henrietta Belnap (FHL #007578770)

Photographs and Images

Biographical Video

• Life of Henrietta McBride Belnap (Video about Utah Pioneer Henrietta McBride Belnap (1821-1899).  This video, which was produced by Gilbert Belnap descendant Ashley Belnap, was produced in honor of Henrietta’s 200th birthday on 1 Sep 2021.)

Individual Images

• Henrietta McBride, younger 1800s  [TO COME]
• Henrietta McBride, older late 1800s  [TO COME]

Group Images

• Gilbert Belnap with wives Adaline Knight (standing left) and Henrietta McBride (standing right), Adaline’s sister Rizpah Knight Gibbons (seated left) and Adaline’s and Rizpah’s mother Martha McBride Knight (seated right), late 1800s
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• Gilbert Belnap with wives Adaline Knight (standing left) and Henrietta McBride (standing right), Adaline’s sister Rizpah Knight Gibbons (seated left) and Adaline’s and Rizpah’s mother Martha McBride Knight (seated right), late 1800s (same as above)

Headstone

• Headstone: Ogden City Cemetery: Henrietta McBride (unknown date)
• Headstone: Ogden City Cemetery: Henrietta McBride (taken by Brent J. Belnap, Jul 2007)

Spouse

• Gilbert Belnap (1821-1899)

Children

possibly through Jesse Wells Smith

• Annetta McBride (Smith) (1851-1852)

through Gilbert Belnap

• William James Belnap (1853-1932)
• Oliver Belnap (1855-1929)
• Francis Marion Belnap (1857-1932)
• Isadora Estella Belnap (1860-1931)

Parents

• James McBride (1793-1839)
• Betsy Mead (1802-1881)

Last update:  16 Aug 2022