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Mormons -- Emigration and immigration

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas Ashment journal

 Item — Oversize-folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231190346]
Identifier: MSS 4064
Abstract

Journal of Thomas Ashment, an early member of the LDS church, dated 1851-1899.

Dates: 1851-1899

Biographical sketch of the life of Jacob Christensen and family

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233626]
Identifier: MSS SC 75
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography which contains incidents of Christensen's early life, his conversion to Mormonism, and his emigration from Denmark to Mt. Pleasant, Utah. It also describes his three wives. There is also material on the family of his third wife.

Dates: approximately 1900s

Biographical sketches of ancestors

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233105]
Identifier: MSS SC 71
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of John Bookbinder Kelly which gives an account of his conversion to Mormonism, his emigration from England with his wife, Helena Quirk, and the creation of the Kelly Company, later know as the Kelly Book Bindery. Also includes a brief biographical sketch of Helena Quirk.

Dates: approximately 1900-1976

Biographical sketches of Samuel Whitney Richards

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230234186]
Identifier: MSS SC 93
Scope and Contents

Three typewritten biographical sketches of Richards containing information on his baptism, missionary labors, political offices, and marriages. One incident as President of the British Mission is included as reported in the Deseret News.

Dates: approximately 1900

Elizabeth Ann Spackman biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236884]
Identifier: MSS SC 274
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography which relates to the emigration of a Mormon family from Wales to the U.S. in 1871 on the steamship Nevada, and final settlement in Ogden, Utah.

Dates: undated

Biography of Caroline Hansen Adams : came to Utah in 1861

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340801]
Identifier: MSS 2508
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Caroline Hansen was born in Denmark in 1849, and her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They tried to migrate to Utah by handcart in 1857 but could not make the entire journey. They stayed near Council Bluffs, Iowa, for four years and came to Utah in 1861. She fixed meals for the second president of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young, and later settled in American Fork. She married Jos. Adams and died in...
Dates: 1940

Biography of Fredric William Webb

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338060]
Identifier: MSS 2818
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Fredric William Webb was born in England 1855. He migrated to the United States with his family in 1867. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and lived in American Fork, Utah. He died in 1928.

Dates: approximately 1958

Biography of George Henry Webb

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338185]
Identifier: MSS 2819
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. George Henry Webb was born in 1865 in England. His family were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they migrated to Utah in 1867. He settled in American Fork, Utah. George served on missions for the Mormon Church, and he died in 1944.

Dates: approximately 1958

Biography of Mary E. Steele Hansen

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339332]
Identifier: MSS 2445
Scope and Contents

Phtocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Mary was born in 1823 in England, and she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when she was seventeen. She married Richard Steele in 1845 in Nauvoo, Illinois. Mary migrated to Utah in 1851 and settled in American Fork in 1852.

Dates: 1932

Biography : Henry Boley and wives Barbara Hart and Mary Anderson came to Utah 1850

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341775]
Identifier: MSS 2579
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Henry Boley and Barbara Hart were born in Berlin, Germany. Henry was born in 1795 and Barbara was born in 1793. They married and later came to Pennsylvania where they joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, and migrated to Utah in 1850. They finally settled in American Fork. After the death of Barbara, Henry married Mary Anderson. Dated 1944.

Dates: 1944