Pearce, Jean Rio Griffiths Baker, 1810-1883
Dates
- Existence: 1810 - 1883
Biographical History
Jean Rio Griffiths Baker Pearce (1810-1883) was a concert singer, musician, dress maker, and pioneer for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England, Utah, and California.
Jean (Jane) Rio Griffiths Baker Pearce was born on July 8, 1810 in London, England to John Walter Griffiths and Susanna Ann Burgess. On September 24, 1832 she married Henry Baker (1811-1849) and together they had seven children. In January of 1851 she and her children left England to live with the Latter-day Saints in the Salt Lake Valley. Her company, the John Brown company, arrived there on September 28, 1851. Pearce lived in Salt Lake, Ogden, and California. She died on July 21, 1883 in Antioch, California.
Citation:
Ancestry, via WWW, Oct. 15, 2015 (Jane Rio Baker; Jean Baker; Jane Griffiths Griffiths; b. July 8, 1810 in London, England; parents: John Walter Griffiths and Susanna Ann Burgess; m. Henry Baker (1811-1849), Sep. 24, 1832, had seven children; departed England in Jan. 1851; departed for Salt Lake from Council Bluffs Iowa on July 6, 1851 in the Capt. John Brown company; arrived in the Great Salt Lake Valley on Sep. 28, 1851; lived in Salt Lake, Ogden, and California; d. July 21, 1883 in Antioch, California; concert singer, musician, and dress maker; birth name: Jane Rio Griffiths)Pioneer overland travel, via WWW, Oct. 15, 2015 (Jane Rio Griffiths Baker; b. May 8, 1810; d. July 21, 1883; member of the John Brown company; a widow; given name was Jean according to her diary)
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Jean Rio Griffiths Baker Pearce diary
Photocopies of a typescript of a diary. Pearce migrated to Utah in 1851. She went by way of New Orleans, Louisiana, and St. Louis, Missouri. She gives details on the trek to Utah. She lived in Ogden, Utah. There is a gap in the diary from 1852 to 1868. Pearce moved to California in 1869.
Jean Rio Griffiths Baker Pearce letters and photographs
Collection comprises a series of letters written by Jane Rio Baker to her children (including William George Baker); a photocopy of Jane's obituary; William George Baker's letter to his son Josiah Elliot Baker; and a scrapbook containing family photos, pedigree charts, and other family history-related materials on Jane Rio Baker's family. Materials dated 1843-1960.
Jean Rio Griffiths Baker Pearce papers
Contains digital copies of papers related to Jean (Jane) Rio Griffiths Baker Pearce. Includes marriage and other legal documents for her progenitors and children, letters, receipt for her burial plot, and her original handwritten diaries from 1851 and 1878. The 1851 diary documents Jean (Jane) Rio's journey from England to America to join the Latter-day Saints in Utah, including her trials crossing the ocean by ship and the plains. Dated 1780-1878.
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