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1847–1868

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17 April 1837
Death Date
15 January 1921
Gender
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Elizabeth Kemmish

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  • Elizabeth crossed the Atlantic on the ship Golconda with her parents and siblings in 1853.  She married Hugh Moon at Salt Lake City on 11 June 1854 and was re-baptized by her father (Charles) on 2 July.  At the time of the 1856 Utah Territorial census she and her husband were living in the Salt Lake First Ward.

Joseph W. Young Company (1853)

  • Age at Departure: 16

Traveled with

  • Charles Kemmish (Age: 41)
  • Elizabeth Kemmish (Age: 40)
  • Jane Kemmish (Age: 11)
  • Peter Charles Kemmish (Age: 9)
  • Mary Kemmish (Age: 7)
  • Daniel Kemmish (Age: 4)
  • James Ephraim Kemmish (Age: 2)
  • Eliza Golconda Kemmish (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • 1856 Utah census, Great Salt Lake County.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937
  • Joseph W. Young company report, 1853 September 22.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
  • Salt Lake Stake, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.