James G. Willie Emigrating Company
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Biography : James Cunningham and Elizabeth Nicholson Cunningham, came to Utah in November 9, 1856
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339217]
Identifier: MSS 2416
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography of James and Elizabeth Nicholson Cunningham. James Cunningham was born in 1801 in Scotland and died in American Fork, Utah, in 1879. Elizabeth Nicholson was born in 1805 in Scotland and died in American Fork, Utah, in 1890. They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1856 with the Willie handcart company. Included with the narrative is the detailed account of their ordeal in the Willie...
Dates:
approximately 1935
Biography : Joseph Smith Clements Kirkwood
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341676]
Identifier: MSS 2561
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Joseph Smith Clements Kirkwood was born in 1851 in Scotland. His family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in the Willie handcart company. The biography is chiefly an account of Joseph's sufferings on the trek. He settled in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1933.
Dates:
approximately 1940
Biography : Margaret C. Kirkwood
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341023]
Identifier: MSS 2562
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Margaret Campbell Kirkwood was born in 1810 in Scotland. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah with the Willie handcart company. The biography is mainly an account of Margaret's ordeal on the trek to Utah. Margaret lost the use of one eye because it was frozen. She died in 1893.
Dates:
1940