Immigration and American Expansion
Found in 1065 Collections and/or Records:
Biography of Fredric William Webb
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Fredric William Webb was born in England 1855. He migrated to the United States with his family in 1867. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and lived in American Fork, Utah. He died in 1928.
Biography of George Henry Webb
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. George Henry Webb was born in 1865 in England. His family were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they migrated to Utah in 1867. He settled in American Fork, Utah. George served on missions for the Mormon Church, and he died in 1944.
Biography of George Rowley and wife Ann Brown : pioneers of Thornhill, Yorkshire, England, he came to Utah in 1855 and again in 1859
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. George Rowley was born in 1827 in England and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1847. Ann Brown was born in 1828 in England and joined the same church in 1844. He came to Utah in 1855 but returned to England in 1857, going east with a handcart company. He returned to Utah in 1859 with his family and settled in American Fork. Ann died in 1905, and George died in 1908.
Biography of Gerhard Jensen family
20 photocopied leaves of a typewritten manuscript by Arola McDonald about the Gerhard Jensen family. Gerhard Jensen was a Mormon pioneer who came to the Salt Lake Valley, Utah; a polygamist; and colonist in Brigham City, Utah.
Biography of Harriet Foster Grant : came to Utah in 1866 in Captain White's company
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Harriet Foster was born in 1842 in England. She married William Grant in 1859 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She migrated to Utah in 1866 and settled in American Fork. She died in 1897.
Biography of Henry Mower Sr.
This collection consists of a photocopy of a typewritten biography of Henry Mower. Mower was a Mormon pioneer who settled in Springville, Utah.
Biography of Herbert Bate
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Herbert Bate was born in 1844 in England and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He migrated to Utah in 1859 and settled in American Fork. He married Jane Dunn Shelley.
Biography of Elizabeth Hopkins Carpenter
Photocopy of a typed biographical sketch of the life of Elizabeth Hopkins Carpenter. The item gives relevant genealogical and historical data on Carpenter as well as expressing various anecdotes and traditions about her.
Biography of Jacob Kemp Butterfield
Typewritten biography of Butterfield, an early Latter-day Saint Church convert, pioneer and Mormon Battalion mamber. Also includes letters from the donor.