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1847–1868

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Birth Date
15 March 1809
Death Date
16 January 1896
Gender
Female
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Janet Lyon


Alternate Names

    Janet Thompson

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  • Her journey to Utah is mentioned in her daughter's obituary. Find A Grave has the year of her death as 1895. Utah Deaths and Burials, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records and Family Search has the year of her death as 1896. The Lyon family sailed to America in 1853 on the ship International.

Jacob Gates Company (1853)

  • Age at Departure: 44

Traveled with

  • John Lyon (Age: 50)
  • Annie Hilton (Age: 21)
  • John J. Lyon (Age: 18)
  • Lillias Thompson Staines (Age: 16)
  • Mathew Thomson Lyon (Age: 11)
  • Mary Lyon (Age: 9)

Sources

  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Jacob Gates Company report, 1853 September 11, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
  • "Mrs. Lillias T. Staines Dies at Advanced Age," Deseret Evening News , 6 Dec. 1918, 3.
  • Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.
  • Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949.