The volume provides information about the parents and grandparents of Mary Ann Ward

Her paternal grandfather is William Ward, born in Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk, England, about 1790
Her grandmother is Elizabeth Thompson, born in Shouldham, Norfolk about 1793
They are the parents of nine children, who are discussed in some detail in the volume

The eldest of these children is Robert Ward, the father of Mary Ann Ward

The maternal grandfather of Mary Ann Ward is John Watford, who was born in 1787 in Woodwalton, Huntingdonshire, England
He married Sarah Gavins, born in Kings Ripton, Huntingdonshire, in 1790

The volume discusses the twelve children of John Watford and Sarah Gavins, as well as the ancestry of the parents to the extent that it is known

Their eldest daughter, Isabella Watford, married Robert Ward, and she is the mother of Mary Ann Ward
Robert Ward and Isabella Watford were the parents of eight children, of whom, Mary Ann Ward was the second child

Mary Ann Ward Webb was the mother of nine children, thirty-six grandchildren, and over ninety great grandchildren

Mary Ann Ward was born in 24 October 1840 in Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk, England, on the boundary of the County of Norfolk with the County of Cambridge
She was the daughter of Robert Ward and Isabella Watford Ward

About 1850 she, her sister Jemima, her mother, and others of the family were converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
As a teenager, Mary Ann Ward determined to earn money so she could emigrate to Utah to join the main body of church members
She moved to London, and in early June 1864 she left England to travel to the United States aboard the ship Hudson
She arrived in Salt Lake City on November 2, 1864

She married George Webb in 1865 in Lehi, Utah County, Utah
He was also from England - born in 1839 in Studham, Bedfordshire, the fourth child of William and Emma Stokes Webb

His parents and his brothers and sister were also converts to Mormonism, and most of the Webb family were also members of the same company which traveled to Utah aboard the ship Hudson and arrived in Salt Lake City in late 1864

George Webb was married before he left England, but his wife Julia Cushing Webb died in Nebraska on the journey to Utah

Although George Webb and Mary Ann Ward Webb lived briefly in American Fork Canyon for several months after their marriage, they soon returned to Lehi and remained there for most of the rest of her life

She and George Webb were the parents of nine children