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1847–1868

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Birth Date
10 February 1808
Death Date
24 October 1872
Gender
Female
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Elizabeth Bradshaw


Alternate Names

    Elizabeth Simpson

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

    She traveled to Utah with five children including Samuel and Sarah Haigh, children from a previous marriage.  Their journey to Utah is mention in the obituary of her son Richard.

Edward Martin Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 48
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Samuel Haigh (Age: 21)
  • Sarah Ann Haigh (Age: 19)
  • Robert Hall Bradshaw (Age: 11)
  • Isabella Jane Bradshaw (Age: 10)
  • Richard Paul Bradshaw (Age: 6)

Sources

  • Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 7. 
  • Historians Office Record of Members (Minnie Margetts file).
  • "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
  • Josiah Rogerson, "Strong Men, Brave Women and Sturdy Children Crossed the Wilderness Afoot," Salt Lake Tribune, 4 January 1914.
  •  Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 30 November 1856, 7, 68.
  • Names of Persons and Sureties Indebted to the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company from 1850 to 1877 Inclusive [1877].
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 242.
  • "Richard Bradshaw Passes to His Eternal Reward," The Journal, 4 June 1927, p. 6.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.