Traffic with Dave Candland

Salt Lake City knows a local celebrity by the name of Candland. David M Candland has been a local radio and television personality in Utah for years. See here a promo from for Fox News traffic with Dave Candland, circa 1999. Dave is a descendant of David Candland and Annie Woodhouse.

Photo of David Candland (1819-1902)

Candland Mountain

Some of you may have stumbled upon this when Googling our name ... Candland Mountain. Knowing that David Candland was a noteworthy individual in the history of Sanpete County, Utah I assumed the mountain was named for him. A recent finding leads me to understand that the mountain gained the name "Candland" after being owned by David's son Arthur Charles Candland (my great-grandfather). Check out this amusing exerpt from "A Nurse's Story" (the autobiography of Arthur's daughter Louise Candland Burton):

While she loved him deeply, she (mother) was aware that he had weaknesses. He would make deals for land holdings which were often in excess of what she thought was prudent ... They were sitting by a small stream when he looked up at the trees and sky and announced, "Lydia, we own everything as far as you can see. Isn't it magnificent! Two thousand acres of prime mountain land!" ... He tried to explain his reasons for acquiring this magnificent spread, "You'll see how wonderful it will be for all of us. You'll all be glad. I meant it as a kind of Valentine." ... My mother replied, "A two thousand acre valentine may be more of a problem than we can handle." ... One son eventually sold the lands to Sanpete County. The County decided to name the Valentine two thousand acres after him. It is still romantic country.

Help in the Time of Need

David Candland (1819-1902) wrote this article for a Mormon publication under the pen name of "C." In it he describes his mission back to England and visiting his family whom had disowned him at the time of his conversion. http://www.sendspace.com/file/aeqptv

Candland Family on Facebook

Danny Candland of Salford, UK has created a Facebook page for all Candlands to join. If you'd like to join, send him a friend request!

Danny's profile: http://www.facebook.com/danny.candland

The group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27527120632&ref=ts

Are You a Candland?

Most of the Candlands in the USA are descended from David Candland of Highgate, England (1819-1902). The pedigree chart below shows his genealogy as recorded at http://www.familysearch.org. As you can see the records do not go back very far.


My friend Bradley, a professional genealogist and whiz kid extraordinaire, pointed out that this research leaves much to be desired. Note that the Candlands lived in Barlaston (not spelled Barleston. Barlaston is a small town so he quickly found many, many records of the Candland family in the Barlaston parish register. Unfortunately I didn't have time to capture the information before I ran out of time at Utah's Family History Library but I will be going back in Spring and will be sure to share what I find with everyone here!

Candland Stepfather: Paramour Ashenden

David Candland (1819-1902) was one year old when his father Samuel passed away. His mother (Sarah Betts 1787-1858) remarried a man named Paramour Ashenden in 1824, so this was the man David and his siblings knew as their stepfather. Paramour's will is a little hard to read but you can learn a few things about the family from it which are interesting. Download his will here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/2j4gh4