Jane Higginson

Alternate Names
Jane Wood (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1819 February 2 (Born)
Death Date
On 1888 July 1 (Died)
Gender
Female

The following members of the Wood family all crossed the Atlantic on the ship Ashland in 1849: Samuel Wood Sr. (1819-1849) and his wife Jane Higginson Wood (1819-1888;) Stephen Wood (1821-1849) and his wife Mary Ann Raybold and their children: John, Henrey and Stephen; George Wood, his wife Jane Wood Wood (George’s cousin) and their children: Joseph, Ann and Mary.

Samuel Wood Sr., Stephen Wood, and Jane Wood Wood all died before beginning the trek across the plains.  George, and his two sisters-in-law—Jane Higginson Wood and Mary Ann Raybould Wood were each re-baptized on 28 April 1850 at Salt Lake City.  George married Jane H. Wood in December 1850.  In the 1850 federal census of Utah (taken in early 1851) the household oh George Wood (age 29) included two of his children: Joseph (age 8)  and Ann (age 5), his new wife,  Jane Higginson Wood (age 32),  and his nephew Samuel Wood (age 4).

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Born

1819 February 2

Date Details

Occurred On 1819 February 2

Traveled in Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company (1849)

1849 May 28 – September 25 (Age 30) Pioneers in Company

Date Details

Started On 1849 May 28
Joined Company
Ended Between 1849 September 22 – 25
Company Arrived

Died

1888 July 1 (Age 69)

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