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1847–1868

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Birth Date
25 May 1822
Death Date
1900
Gender
Male
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Thomas Job Franklin

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

Edward Martin Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 34
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Jane Franklin (Age: 34)
  • Lydia Franklin (Age: 14)

Sources

  • 1860 Utah Census.
  • Beecroft, Joseph, Journals 1844-1883, reel 3, vol. 6, 42-54.
  • Endowments of the living, 1851-1884.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Goodaker, Lydia Franklin, Autobiography, [ca. 1927], 6-7.
  • 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, 74.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 246.
  • Stella Jaques Bell, Life History and Writings of John Jaques: Including a Diary of the Martin Handcart Company (Rexburg, Idaho: Ricks College Press, 1978), 118-22, 129, 134-37, 140-41, 143-44, 150.