Thomas Karren
Birth Date
On 1810 May 1 (Born)
Death Date
On 1876 April 4 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Mission Activity
1
Pioneer
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Born in Kirk Conchan, Douglas, Isle of Man
1810 May 1
Mother
Catherine Clarke
Father
Thomas Karren II
Date Details
Occurred On 1810 May 1
Married
Ann Ratcliffe
1833 May 5 (Age 23)
Married
Ann Ratcliffe
1833 May 5 (Age 23)
Baptized by
John Lindsey
1842 May 7 (Age 32)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company E
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 36)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Additional Information
Detached to Pueblo
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Mormon Battalion Detachments (1847)
1847 May 24 – July 29 (Age 37)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1850)
1850 (Age 39)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Hyrum Karren (Age 5)
Ann Ratcliffe (Age 34)
John Karren (Age 15)
Catherine Anne Karren (Age 13)
Lydia Karren (Age 11)
Charles Hopkins Karren (Age 0)
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1850
Joined Company
Circa 1850
Company Arrived
Served in
Hawaiian Mission
1853 February 17 – 1855 January 16 (Age 42)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Lehi, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
Location Served
Lanai, Hawaii
Date Details
Started On 1853 February 17
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1855 January 16
Departed from Field
Traveled in
Leonard S. Conger Mail Party (1855)
1855 February – March (Age 44)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started Circa 1855 February
Joined Company
Ended Circa 1855 March
Company Arrived
Married
Selina Miller
1857 February 2 – 1859 July 1 (Age 46)
Married
Elizabeth Milne
1858 (Age 47)
Married
Hannah East
1865 March 17 (Age 54)
Married
Elizabeth Bowen
1868 June 20 (Age 58)
Died in Lehi, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
1876 April 4 (Age 65)
Media
Thomas Karren (1810 - 1876) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 Utah Census
1850 Utah Census.
Deseret News
"Died", Deseret News, (10 May 1876), Page 16.
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Mission
Hawaiian Mission history 1850-1967
Hawaiian Mission history 1850-1967.
Hawaiian Mission history 1850-1967.
Historian's Office missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, circa 1925
Historian's Office missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, circa 1925, Vol. 1, Page 456, Line 1852:111.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 28 August 1852.
The Journal of George Q. Cannon
The Journal of George Q. Cannon.
Thomas Karren journals, 1853-1854
Thomas Karren journals, 1853-1854.
Thomas Karren journals, 1853-1854.
Thomas Karren journals, Journal, 1853 May-July
Thomas Karren journals, Journal, 1853 May-July.
Pioneer
My Life's Review
My Life's Review, Benjamin F. Johnson.
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Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 29.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 23.
Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848
"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848.