Martha Jane Knowlton
Alternate Names
Martha Jane Coray (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1822 June 3 (Born)
Death Date
On 1881 December 14 (Died)
Gender
Female
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Born in Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States
1822 June 3
Mother
Harriet Burnham (1797 - 1881)
Father
Sidney Algernon Knowlton (1793 - 1863)
Date Details
Occurred On 1822 June 3
Baptized
1840 January 15 (Age 17)
Married
Howard Coray
1841 February 6 (Age 18)
Traveled in
John Sharp Company (1850)
1850 January 1 – August 27 (Age 27)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Howard Knowlton Coray (Age 7)
Martha Jane Knowlton Coray (Age 5)
Howard Coray (Age 32)
Harriet Virginia Knowlton Coray (Age 3)
Mary Knowlton Coray (Age 1)
Euphrina Serepa Coray (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1850 January 1
Joined Company
Ended Fall 1850 August 27
Company Arrived
Died in Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
1881 December 14 (Age 59)
Media
Martha Jane Knowlton (1822 - 1881) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 United States Census
1850 United States Census. Salt Lake County, Utah.
BYU ScholarsArchive
Amy Reynolds Billings, "Faith, Femininity, and the Frontier: the Life of Martha Jane Knowlton Coray", BYU ScholarsArchive.
Pioneer
Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862
"List of arrivals in the Salt Lake Valley", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862, (28 August 1850).
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Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1850: Page 22.
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Vernal Express
"Early Utah Pioneer Passes over Divide", Vernal Express, (25 May 1923), Page 1.
Woman's Exponent
"Obituaries", Woman's Exponent, 10, (1 February 1882), 17. Page 133.