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Utah -- Emigration and immigration

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:

Whitney family papers, 1817-1910, 1957

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, diaries, account books, patriarchal blessings, and other materials related to various members of the Whitney family. Includes information on the early history of the Church and the migration to Utah, as well as missionary life, personal business and social activities, and other aspects of Mormon life. Materials date from between 1817 and 1910.

Dates: 1817-1910; 1957

James Whittaker diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230353937]
Identifier: MSS 7440
Abstract

Photocopy of the James Whittaker diary, tracing Whittaker's life from January 1851 to July 1852.

Dates: 1851-1852

Biographical sketch of Mrs. Hannah Wild

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339431]
Identifier: MSS SC 3340
Scope and Contents Photocopy of microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Hannah Binns was born in 1840 in England, and her family soon migrated to the United States. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1852. The family first settled in Salt Lake City, Utah, but moved to American Fork in 1855. Hannah married John Singleton in 1856 and had 5 children by him. He died in 1865, and she married Joseph Wild in 1868. She also had 5 children by him. Hannah became...
Dates: 1930

Sketch of the life of Margaret Thornton Wright

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339449]
Identifier: MSS SC 3342
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography by an unknown author. Margaret Thornton Wright was born on 4 January 1844 in Scotland. Her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1850, migrated to Utah in 1853, and later came to American Fork. She married Frekrick Wright and had 13 children. Margaret died in 1908.

Dates: 1930