Pioneers
Found in 771 Collections and/or Records:
Biography of John Joseph Johnson
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. John Joseph Johnson was born in Denmark in 1809. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah by handcart. He later settled in American Fork, Utah. Timpson also writes about members of Johnson's family whom she can remember.
John Peter Rasmus Johnson diary
Handwritten diary of John Peter Rasmus Johnson recounting his overland journey by wagon train from Nebraska to Salt Lake City from July to September 1864. Johnson writes about encounters with Native Americans, deaths and births within the company, daily travelling conditions and camping locations, and the death of numerous oxen. The diary is moderately descriptive with daily entries.
Luke S. Johnson diary
Photocopy of a typescript of a diary. The item was kept from 7 April to 29 July 1847 while the author accompanied the first group of Mormon migrants coming to Utah. The authorship is uncertain. It was written by "one of Luke S. Johnson's Ten."
Biography of Metta Johnson
Photocopied from a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Metta Johnson was born in Denmark in 1806 and married Joseph Johnson. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah by handcart. She settled in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1896.
Mildred Johnson collection of biographies
Photocopies of typewritten biographies. The items deal with the Rowley family in the Willie handcart company of 1856 and the Rowley family in Utah. These materials were probably written by the same author at an unknown time.
Olaus Johnson autobiography
Typewritten autobiography. Johnson writes about his conversion to the Mormon Church, his family, his migration to Utah, his life in Milcreek and West Jordan, Utah.
Philo Johnson autobiography
Seth Johnson family history
Handwritten and typewritten biographies, diaries, newspaper clippings, and family genealogical records. Included are biographies of Benjamin F. Johnson (1818-1905), Joel Hill Johnson (1802-1882), and Seth Johnson (1839-1927). The Johnson family joined the Mormon Church in the 1830s, lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, and later migrated to Utah where they settled in various communities.
Biography of Elizabeth Jane Parker Jones
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Elizabeth Jane Parker Jones was born in 1855 in England, was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated to Utah in 1869, and settled in Henefer. She married Robert Allen Jones in 1873, had eight children, and died in 1933.
Joseph Stevens Jones diary
Photocopies of a handwritten diary kept from 19 Feb. to 20 April 1853 while Jones was on board the "International" ship. Jones writes about Mormon Church activities during the crossing of the Atalantic from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana.