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1847–1868

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Birth Date
11 August 1813
Death Date
8 March 1900
Gender
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William Weeks

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  • The William Weeks family is seen in the records for both the 1847 Grant/Noble Company as well as in the 1852 Stewart Company.  They returned east in 1848 but again traveled to Utah in 1852.  At the time on the 1856 Utah Territorial census they were living at Springville, Utah only to move on to California by 1860.

Jedediah M. Grant/Joseph B. Noble Company (1847)

  • Age at Departure: 33
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Caroline Matilda Weeks (Age: 22)
  • Rophena Rossena Weeks (Age: Infant)

Isaac M. Stewart Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 41
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Caroline Matilda Weeks (Age: 27)
  • Rophena Rossena Weeks (Age: 5)

Sources

  • 1856 Utah census, Utah County.
  • 1860 California Census, Los Angeles County.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 21 June 1847, 28, 30.
  • Overland travel 9th company diary of 1852.
  • Weeks, William, to Frederick Kesler, 29 November 1852, Provo, Utah, in Frederick Kesler Papers, 1829-1985.