William Birch
Birth Date
On 1788 September 2 (Born)
Death Date
On 1856 November 29 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Walsall, Staffordshire, England
1788 September 2
Mother
Jane Allen
Father
William Birch
Date Details
Occurred On 1788 September 2
Baptized
1842 February 10 (Age 53)
Married
Elizabeth Coleman
1850 November 15 (Age 62)
Traveled in
Edmund Ellsworth Company (1856)
1856 June 9 – September 26 (Age 67)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Thomas Birch (Age 7)
Mary Ann Birch (Age 6)
Elizabeth Coleman (Age 40)
James Birch (Age 28)
Mary Ann Hale (Age 28)
Edward James Birch (Age 2)
Date Details
Started On 1856 June 9
Joined Company
Ended On 1856 September 26
Company Arrived
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1856 November 29 (Age 68)
Sources
Person
Diary of Ann Ham Hickenlooper, wife of William Hanney Hickenlooper, crossed the plains with the first handcart co., arrived in Salt Lake City 26. Sept., 1856 and record of work done for the dead
Diary of Ann Ham Hickenlooper, wife of William Hanney Hickenlooper, crossed the plains with the first handcart co., arrived in Salt Lake City 26. Sept., 1856 and record of work done for the dead, September.
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Frank Esshom, Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies (1913)
Frank Esshom, Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies (1913), Page 757.
Saints By Sea
"William Birch. ID: 5906", Saints By Sea.
Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900
Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900, Item 1458-1460, Page 566-568.
Pioneer
Deseret News
"Emigrants For Utah", Deseret News, (6 August 1856), Page 8.
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Edmund Ellsworth Emigrating Company papers, 1856
Edmund Ellsworth Emigrating Company papers, 1856, June, Vol. 1.
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PERPETUAL Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886
PERPETUAL Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886, Vol. A, Page 217.
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886 Ledger B
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886 Ledger B, Page 154.
Record of members collection, 1836-1970
"Sugar House Ward", Record of members collection, 1836-1970, 1.
