Janet Lyon
Alternate Names
Janet Speirs (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1829 January 5 (Born)
Death Date
On 1919 October 26 (Died)
Gender
Female
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Born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1829 January 5
Mother
Jannett Thomson
Father
John Lyon
Date Details
Occurred On 1829 January 5
Baptized
1844 March 20 (Age 15)
Married
George Speirs
1848 November 24 (Age 19)
Traveled in
Jesse Murphy Company (1860)
1860 June 19 – August 30 (Age 31)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Janet Speirs (Age 9)
Agness Speirs (Age 5)
George Speirs (Age 33)
William Harrison Speirs (Age 11)
Thomas Lyon Speirs (Age 1)
Date Details
Started On 1860 June 19
Joined Company
Ended On 1860 August 30
Company Arrived
Died in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States
1919 October 26 (Age 90)
Media
Janet Lyon (1829 - 1919) Profile
Sources
Pioneer
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1860: Page 28.
PERPETUAL Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886
PERPETUAL Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886, Vol. A, Page 3-364.
The History of Tooele County
The History of Tooele County, Mercer, Mildred Allred, Virginia H. Alsop, and Mary Helen Parsons, editors, Page 582.
Tooele Transcript Bulletin
"Venerable Pioneer Passes to Her Reward", Tooele Transcript Bulletin, (31 October 1919), Page 1.