Rachel Emma Woolley
Alternate Names
Rachel Emma Simmons (Birth Name)
Birth Date
On 1836 August 7 (Born)
Death Date
On 1926 November 30 (Died)
Gender
Female
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Born in East Rochester, Columbiana, Ohio, United States
1836 August 7
Mother
Mary Wickersham (1808 - 1859)
Father
Edwin Dilworth Woolley (1807 - 1881)
Date Details
Occurred On 1836 August 7
Baptized
1844 August 7 (Age 8)
Traveled in
Brigham Young Company (1848)
1848 June 5 – September 24 (Age 11)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Samuel Wickersham Woolley (Age 8)
Henrietta Woolley (Age 5)
Edwin Dilworth Woolley (Age 40)
Mary Wickersham (Age 39)
Edwin Dilworth Woolley, Jr. (Age 3)
Ellen Wilding (Age 29)
John Wickersham Woolley (Age 16)
Franklin Benjamin Woolley (Age 13)
Mary Louisa Woolley (Age 0)
Sarah Woolley (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1848 June 5
Joined Company
Ended Between 1848 September 20 – 24
Company Arrived
Married
Joseph Marcellus Simmons
1851 December 18 (Age 15)
Served in
Midwives and Nurses Mission
1873 October 31 – 1915 (Age 37)
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Mission Type
Other
Marital Status
Widow
Missionary Activity Notes
Given a blessing and setting apart as a midwife and nurse to operate in Israel.
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr.
Location Served
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Date Details
Started On 1873 October 31
Set Apart
Ended On 1915
Released
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1926 November 30 (Age 90)
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Rachel Emma Woolley (1836 - 1926) Profile
Sources
Mission
Lists of women set apart as midwives, 1873-1888
Lists of women set apart as midwives, 1873-1888, 31 October 1873.
Pioneer
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849. Brigham Young's 1848 emigration division, First 100, report: Page 1-6.
Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963
"Brief Biography of Rachel Emma Woolley Simmons", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 11-14.
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Heart Throbs of the West
Heart Throbs of the West, Vol. 11, Page 161-163.
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