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Immigrants -- Utah

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:

David H. Cannon autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244805]
Identifier: MSS SC 588
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography which describes emigration from England to Utah, 1842-1847, his church missions to California, England and Utah's Dixie and his experiences as an immigrant leader. Gives data on church positions, including his calling as president of the St. George, Utah Latter-day Saint Temple.

Dates: 1917

Biography of John Chadwick

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337872]
Identifier: MSS 2762
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. The first page of the item is dark and very difficult to read. John Chadwick was born in England, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated to Utah, and settled in American Fork. He died in 1914.

Dates: 1958

Biography of Thomas Chadwick and Christine Jensen

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337864]
Identifier: MSS 2763
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Thomas Chadwick was born in 1858 in England. He was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and he migrated to Utah in 1869. He settled in American Fork, Utah. Christine Jense was born in 1863 in Denmark, and her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She migrated to Utah in 1868 and also settled in American Fork. Thomas Chadwick married Christine Jensen in 1886, and they...
Dates: 1958

Lars Peter Christensen account book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307651]
Identifier: MSS SC 975
Scope and Contents

Financial account book of emigration for the Aalborg company of saints to Utah includes accounts payable and receivable on an individual basis. The account book has the name James H. Hart inscribed on the front fly page. The separate page has a "recapitulation list" on the reverse of the account page which is apparently an account of how many of the emigrants settled where in Utah.

Dates: 1881-1883

Biography of Edward Covington

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338508]
Identifier: MSS 2789
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Covington was born in England in 1826. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1857 where he settled in Salt Lake City. He married Emma Pickering and died in 1919.

Dates: 1958

Biography of Elizabeth Hodges Covington

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338516]
Identifier: MSS 2788
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Elizabeth Hodges Covington was born in England in 1793. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1852. She married Berrill Covington in 1812 and had 11 children. Much of the narrative is an account of the company with which she came to Utah. It was taken from the Record of Church Emigration 1849-1857, vol. 2. She settled in American Fork, Utah, in 1854. She died in 1881.

Dates: 1958

Biography of Grace Mary Wrigley Cunningham

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338409]
Identifier: MSS 2791
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Grace Mary Wrigley was born in England in 1842 and died in American Fork, Utah, in 1930. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated to Utah in 1852, married George Cunningham in 1863, lived in American Fork, Utah, and had 13 children. James Cunningham was born in England in 1840 and migrated to Utah with the Willie handcart company in 1856. At one point, he helped bury 15 people in one grave...
Dates: 1955

Biography of Mary Jensen Cunningham

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338391]
Identifier: MSS 2792
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Mary Jensen was born in Denmark in 1865. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah 1868. Her family settled in American Fork. She married James Cunningham in 1887 and died in 1939.

Dates: 1958

John Edwards journal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8367
Scope and Contents Materials include photocopies and transcriptions of John Edwards' journal written four years before his death. Included is Edwards' life history from 1831 to 1894. The autobiographical journal provides details about his joining the church in Wales, immigrating to the United States with his family in 1849 (as well as the deaths of his family around the same time), and his account of settlement and family life in Salt Lake City, Utah. Among other recollections, he writes about his faith,...
Dates: 1894

Sketch of the life of Sarah Ann Richards Elsmore and Joseph Hyrum Elsmore

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338292]
Identifier: MSS 2794
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Sarah Ann Richards was born in England in 1855. She later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1862. She met and married Joseph Hyrum Elsmore in 1871 and had 10 children. The couple lived in American Fork, Utah. Joseph died in 1905. Sarah was a midwife and died in 1922.

Dates: 1958