Immigration and American Expansion
Found in 1064 Collections and/or Records:
Biographical sketch of Jefferson Hunt
Typewritten sketch of the life of Hunt.
Biographical Sketch of John Hindley
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. The author of the item is unknown. John Hindley was born in England in 1820 and was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1848. He came to the United States in 1849 and settled in American Fork, Utah. He was a businessman who had three wives. He died in 1886.
Biographical sketch of Joseph Brigham White
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Joseph Brigham White was born in 1855 in England. He came to the United states when he was six weeks old, and he came to Salt Lake City, Utah, with other members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when he was 15 years old. He settled in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1938.
Biographical sketch of Joshua Adams : pioneer of Utah 1848, pioneer of American Fork 1850
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Joshua Adams was born in 1833 in Canada, and his family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1836. He migrated to Utah in 1848 and later settled in American Fork. He was a farmer and a rancher, had a large family, and died in 1906.
Biographical sketch of Mary Stubbs Hindley
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten autobriography. Mary Stubbs was born in England in 1818. Mary's parents died when she was young, she married John Hindley in 1839, and she later joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She migrated to Utah and settled in American Fork.
Biographical sketches of ancestors
Typewritten biography of John Bookbinder Kelly which gives an account of his conversion to Mormonism, his emigration from England with his wife, Helena Quirk, and the creation of the Kelly Company, later know as the Kelly Book Bindery. Also includes a brief biographical sketch of Helena Quirk.
Biographical sketches of Joseph Ellison Beck
Two typewritten histories of Joseph Beck, a Mormon pioneer and leader, written by Allen L. Beck and Eva Pearl Elder Beck.
Biographies
Typewritten biographies and an autobiography. The items relate incidents in the lives of various family members. The autobiography is by Tamma Durfee Miner who writes about her conversion to the Mormon Church; experiences as a Mormon in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois; migration to Utah; and settling in Springville, Utah.
Biographies of Farnes family
Collection consists of biographies and remembrances of Farnes family members. There are pages missing from the stories. Materials date from between approximately 1945 and 1975.
Biographies of John H. Clifton
Typewritten biographical sketch of John H. Clifton, Mormon pioneer, which tells of his emigration from England to Utah and settlement in Bear Lake Valley, Idaho. Also includes another biographical sketch giving details about his wife Hannah.