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Margery May McEwan

Alternate Names

Margery May Bain (Alternate Name)

Margery May Smith (Married 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

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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