- Birth Date
- 20 November 1791
- Death Date
- 5 November 1856
- Gender
- Female
Mary Harper
Alternate Names
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Mary Monk
Kennington, London Conference Branch records record her birth date as 14 May 1796 but that does not correlate with age given on ship and PEF records. Birth date listed is actually a christening date.
She sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Horizon.
Edward Martin Company (1856)
- Age at Departure: 64
- Died en Route
Sources
- England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
- Historians Office Record of Members (Minnie Margetts file).
- "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
- James G. Bleak journal, 1854 February-1860 February.
- Josiah Rogerson, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 24 November 1907.
- 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.
- Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 246.
- Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America