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Jean Rio Griffiths Baker Pearce papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232593530]
Identifier: MSS 8768
Scope and Contents

Contains digital copies of papers related to Jean (Jane) Rio Griffiths Baker Pearce. Includes marriage and other legal documents for her progenitors and children, letters, receipt for her burial plot, and her original handwritten diaries from 1851 and 1878. The 1851 diary documents Jean (Jane) Rio's journey from England to America to join the Latter-day Saints in Utah, including her trials crossing the ocean by ship and the plains. Dated 1780-1878.

Dates: 1780-1878
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jean Rio Griffiths Baker Pearce papers

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