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1847–1868

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Birth Date
22 June 1855
Death Date
1 April 1886
Gender
Female
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Mary Moore Bleak

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  • The family sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Horizon.

    Her birth and death dates are confirmed by the inscription on her gravestone, which shows her name as "Mary M. Bleak Fordham.

Edward Martin Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 1

Traveled with

  • Elizabeth Bleak (Age: 28)
  • James Godson Bleak Sr. (Age: 26)
  • Richard Moore Bleak (Age: 6)
  • Thomas Nelson Bleak (Age: 4)
  • James Godson Bleak Jr. (Age: 2)

Sources

  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 6. 
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 30 November 1856, 66.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 230
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America