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Utah -- Emigration and immigration

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Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:

Arza Adams autobiographies and diaries

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332592]
Identifier: MSS SC 3260
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of microfilm copies of handwritten diaries. Adams joined the Mormon Church in 1836 and served as missionary for that faith in Canada. He moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, and worked on the Nauvoo Temple. He came to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1849.

Dates: approximately 1840-1858
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arza Adams autobiographies and diaries

Patience Loader Archer autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3238
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten autobiography. Patience tells about her early life in England and her conversion to the Mormon Church. She presents one of the best accounts from the Martin handcart company and goes into considerable detail on the ordeal. Patience tells about the rescue and the continuous efforts of the people in the ill-fated handcart company to survive. She also writes about her arrival in Salt Lake City, Utah, and about the efforts by Brigham Young,...
Dates: 1872
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Patience Loader Archer autobiography

Biographical sketch of the lives of Thomas Barratt and Ellen Julian Barratt

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332394]
Identifier: MSS SC 3285
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Myers writesabout the lives of Thomas Barratt and Ellen Julian Barratt. Thomas was born in England in 1830, and he married Mary Morgan Whitby in 1849. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1850 and migrated to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1854. His wife died there. He married Ellen Julian in 1855, and they migrated to Utah in the same year. They settled in American Fork, Utah, and had 13 children. He died in...
Dates: 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biographical sketch of the lives of Thomas Barratt and Ellen Julian Barratt

Biographical sketch of Peter Beck

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332386]
Identifier: MSS SC 3286
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography of Peter Beck. The author of the item is unknown. Peter Beck was born in Denmark in 1850 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when he was eight years old. He migrated to Utah in 1862. Included are some comments by Beck relating to his journey to Utah. Beck became a rancher and farmer and settled in American Fork, Utah. He married two women, had 17 children, and died in 1927.

Dates: 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biographical sketch of Peter Beck

Biographical sketch : Ernestine Dourin Jacob Nicholes pioneer of 1853

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339258]
Identifier: MSS SC 3327
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Ernestine Dourin was born in 1828 and married Henry Jacob. After his death, she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1852 and migrated to Utah in 1853 where she settled in American Fork. She died in 1912.

Dates: approximately 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biographical sketch : Ernestine Dourin Jacob Nicholes pioneer of 1853

Biographical sketch Josiah Nicholes : pioneer of 1851

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339266]
Identifier: MSS SC 3326
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Nicholes was born in England in 1815 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1848. He migrated to Utah in 1851 and settled in American Fork. He was a farmer, butcher, and father of 17 children. He died in 1893.

Dates: approximately 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biographical sketch Josiah Nicholes : pioneer of 1851

Biographical sketch of Alice T. Steele

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339381]
Identifier: MSS SC 3335
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Alice Chadwick was born in England in 1844, and she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1854. She migrated to Utah in 1869 by railroad and settled in American Fork. She married George Taylor in 1870 and was "set apart" as a midwife in 1883. After the death of George, Alice married Thomas G. Steele. She died in 1917.

Dates: 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biographical sketch of Alice T. Steele

Biographical sketch of Mrs. Christina Kelly

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230333061]
Identifier: MSS SC 3310
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography of Christina Kelly. Christina Peterson Kelly was born in Denmark in 1837, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1853 and 1854. She settled in American Fork, Utah, and married William Kelly in 1856. She died in 1914.

Dates: approximately 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biographical sketch of Mrs. Christina Kelly

Biographical sketch of Mrs. Emma Grace Austin

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332402]
Identifier: MSS SC 3284
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a micrifilm copy of a typewritten biography. Gudmundsen writes about Emma Grace Austin. Emma Grace was born in 1827 in England. She married John Austin in 1848 and was the mother of 17 children. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Emma migrated to Utah in 1868 and settled in Lehi, Utah, and died in 1893.

Dates: approximately 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biographical sketch of Mrs. Emma Grace Austin

Biographical sketch of the life of Elizabeth Cunningham Kelley

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230333087]
Identifier: MSS SC 3312
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. "Dates and historical events arranged and collected by Olive Dunn Binnall, a Grand-daughter---October 6, 1930." Kelley was born in Scotland in 1843, came to the United States in 1856, and migrated to Utah with the Willie handcart company. Kelly suffered many hardships before the company reached Salt Lake City, Utah. She died in 1922.

Dates: 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biographical sketch of the life of Elizabeth Cunningham Kelley

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