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15 August 1821
Death Date
23 May 1890
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Edward Brain

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  • The Brain family sailed to America in 1849 on the ship James Pennell.

     

    His surname is spelled "Bramain" on the roster. His name appears on a non-contemporary typescript list in Journal History (Supplement after 31 Dec. 1848, 3) and in "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah," page 767, as having come to Utah in 1848 in the Brigham Young company, but that is incorrect.

Thomas C.D. Howell Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 30
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Susannah Brain (Age: 30)
  • Elizabeth Jane Brain (Age: 8)
  • Mary Brain (Age: 7)
  • Franklin Brain (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • "21st Company," Deseret News, 18 September 1852, 2.
  • "3rd Company," Deseret News [Weekly], 18 September 1852, 2.
  • "Death of Edward Brain," Deseret Evening News , 23 May 1890, 3.
  • Early Missionary Database
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 13.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
  • Weight, Frederick, A short history of the life of Frederick Weight by himself [ca. 1895], 9-10.