Margery May Bain
Alternate Names
Margery May Smith (Married Name)
Margery May McEwan (Birth Name)
Birth Date
On 1804 August 24 (Born)
Death Date
On 1889 June 15 (Died)
Gender
Female
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Born in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1804 August 24
Mother
Margery May Menzies
Father
John McEwan
Date Details
Occurred On 1804 August 24
Traveled in
James G. Willie Company (1856)
1856 July 15 – November 9 (Age 51)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Alexander Joseph Smith (Age 6)
Jane Smith (Age 17)
Mary Smith (Age 15)
Betsey Elizabeth Smith (Age 13)
Date Details
Started On 1856 July 15
Joined Company
Ended On 1856 November 9
Company Arrived
Married
John Murdock
1857 January 27 (Age 52)
Died in Beaver, Beaver, Utah Territory, United States
1889 June 15 (Age 84)
Media
Margery May McEwan (1804 - 1889) Profile
Sources
Person
1860 Utah Census
1860 Utah Census.
1880 Utah Census
1880 Utah Census.
Saints By Sea
"Margery May Bain. ID: 66730", Saints By Sea.
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Pioneer
Deseret News
"Immigration to Utah", Deseret News, (15 October 1856), Page 6.
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Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914
"Scrapbook Part 7", Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, (1907), Page 2-4.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 9 November 1856, Page 25.
Improvement Era
Betsey Smith Goodwin, "The Tired Mother: Pioneer Recollections", Improvement Era, Vol. 22, #9, (July), Page 775.
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Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886, Vol. B, Page 226.
Salt Lake Herald-Republican
Josiah Rogerson, "Captain J. G. Willie's Or, the Fourth Handcart Company of 1856", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (15 December 1907), Page 5.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Josiah Rogerson, Sr., "Strong Men, Brave Women and Sturdy Children Crossed the Wilderness Afoot", Salt Lake Tribune, (4 January 1914).
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Southern Utonian
"Gone to rest", Southern Utonian, (20 June 1889), Page 3.
Woman's Exponent
"Handcart Speech", Woman's Exponent, 17, (1 September 1888), 7. Page 51.
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