Utah -- Emigration and immigration
Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:
Executive Committee memorandum to W. H. Hooper
Three-page document from the executive committee of the National Immigration Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, addressed to William H. Hooper, U.S. Representative from Utah Territory. The memorandum summarizes recent Congressional measures pertaining to immigration, and requests Hooper's support of these laws being passed to improve immigration to the United States. Endorsed by William C. Staines, Utah Emigration Agent on a back panel. Endorsement dated April 29, 1871.
Biographical sketch : Ann Rachel Marsh Nicholes, pioneer of 1853
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Ann Rachel Marsh was born on the Island of Jersey in 1824 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She migrated to Utah in 1853 and settled in American Fork. She died in 1909.
Biography of Niels Nielsen and Karen Marie Pedersen Nielsen
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Niels Nielsen was born in 1825 in Denmark. Karen Marie Pedersen was born in 1827 also in Denmark. Each joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1853, and they married each other in 1854. They migrated to Utah in that same year and settled in American Fork in 1856. Karen died in 1897, and Niels died in 1898.
Niels H. Nielsen donation to Perpetual Emigrating Fund
A list of twenty Danish members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the amount they were in debt to Niels Hans Nielsen, totaling $1,741.75. Nielsen authorized the transfer of these debts owed him to Brigham Young as a donation to the Perpetual Emigration (or Emigrating) Fund. Signed by Nielsen and two witnesses at Brigham City, Utah, on April 30, 1860.
Papers of Whitney family children, 1957, 1843-1900
Contains the papers from seven of Whitney's children, including correspondence, legal records, and personal papers dating from between 1843 and 1900. Materials document a range of family and personal activity, such as missionary service, colonization efforts, and business activities.
Genevieve Johnson Pettit diary
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. The author writes about her migration from Arizona to Raymond, Alberta, Canada. On the way, she stayed with her aunt Daisy Dixon in Parowan, Utah. She tells about her daily activities, Church meetings, and a young man who visited her named Jim S.
Biographical sketch of William S. Robinson
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten autobiography. This memoir was a talk given by Robinson in 1922 when he was 82 years old. Robinson was born in England, joined the Chuch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1849. He gives a detailed account of this journey.
Biographical sketch of William Walker Robinson
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. William Walker Robinson was born in 1833 in Manchester, England, and later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He migrated to Utah in 1852 and settled in American Fork. He was involved in the rescue attempts of the Willie and Martin handcart companies, became the father of 16 children, and died at the age of 90.
Biographical sketch of Sarah Clegg Shelley
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Sarah Clegg was born in 1851 in England. Sarah joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1864,migrated to Utah in 1866 and settled in American Fork. She married Stephen Shelley in 1870 and had 5 children.
Biographical sketch of Stephen Shelley
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Shelley was born in England in 1849. His family were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they migrated to Utah in 1852. He married Sarah Clegg in 1870, had 5 children, served as a water master, and died in 1921.