Emma Smith Yearsley
Alternate Names
Emma Smith Wright (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1842 November 14 (Born)
Death Date
On 1884 March 26 (Died)
Gender
Female
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Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
1842 November 14
Mother
Mary Ann Hoopes (1811 - 1903)
Father
David Dutton Yearsley (1808 - 1849)
Date Details
Occurred On 1842 November 14
Traveled in
Benjamin Hawkins Company (1850)
1850 June 5 – September 9 (Age 7)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1850 June 5
Joined Company
Ended On 1850 September 9
Company Arrived
Baptized by
Albern Allen
1855 June 12 (Age 12)
Married
William Brockerman Wright
1860 March 15 (Age 17)
Served in
Hawaiian Mission
1865 May 16 – 1866 August 20 (Age 22)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Franklin Dewey Richards
Served With
William Brockerman Wright
Location Served
Sandwich Isles
Date Details
Started On 1865 May 16
Set Apart
On 1865 July 7
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1866 August 20
Released
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1866)
1866 (Age 23)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1866
Joined Company
Circa 1866
Company Arrived
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1884 March 26 (Age 41)
Media
Emma Smith Yearsley (1842 - 1884)
Emma Smith Yearsley (1842 - 1884) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 Utah Census
1850 Utah Census.
Deseret News
"Deaths", Deseret News, (2 April 1884), Page 176.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 16 May 1865, Vol. A, Page 8, Line 311.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 16 May 1865, Vol. B, Page 8, Line 311.
Susa Young Gates papers, circa 1870-1933
"List of known women missionaries", Susa Young Gates papers, circa 1870-1933, Page 1.