Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Parowan
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
History of Sarah Elizabeth Gurr Whitney
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329788]
Identifier: MSS SC 3086
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten document. The item is a biography of Sarah Elizabeth Gurr Whitney. Sarah's earliest memories were when she was on board the Janiford, a ship sailing from Sidney, Australia, to San Francisco, California. The journey took 103 days. She came with the "Australian Company" to Parowan, Utah, late in 1857. "Sarah E. Gurr was born in Sidney Australia, February 13, 1855 and was only two years old when she arrived in Parowan, Utah." At age fourteen "she...
Dates:
1940
Interesting incidents from the life of William Wilcock
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329812]
Identifier: MSS SC 3083
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten manuscript. The item is a biography of William Wilcock "as Related by Simon A. Matheson of Parowan And As Samuel Wilcock Remembers His Father." William was born in Ince, England, on 10 October 1830. He was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 22 September 1857. He migrated to the United States in 1857 and to Parowan, Utah, in 1859. He was a member of the Parowan choir. He married Elizabeth Sharp on 5...
Dates:
approximately 1930