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Bertha Mary King
Bertha initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in the Claudius V. Spencer Company in 1853 with her family. Her family consisted of her mother, Hannah Tapfield King, father, Thomas Owen King, and siblings Thomas Owen Jr., Louisa Helen, and Georgiana.
Her birth date is confirmed by Salt Lake Seventeenth Ward records at the time of a rebaptism on 27 March 1857.
The inscription on her gravestone in Nevada shows her name as "Bertha K. Kearney," and it confirms the years of her birth and death.
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1835 April 7
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Occurred On 1835 April 7
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Joined Claudius V. Spencer Company
1853 June 3 – September 17 (Age 18)
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Ended On 1853 September 17
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Married David Candland
1854 December 25 (Age 19)
Married Brigham Young Hampton
1856 October 12 (Age 21)
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1912 July 13 (Age 77)
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Occurred On 1912 July 13
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