
Image taken in the 1890s
- Birth Date
- 7 January 1827
- Death Date
- 1 June 1900
- Gender
- Male
John Jaques
The family sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Horizon.
Edward Martin Company (1856)
- Age at Departure: 29
- Head of Household
Traveled with
Sources
- 1900 Utah Census.
- Albert Jones notes, circa 1906.
- Beecroft, Joseph, Journals 1844-1883, reel 3, vol. 6, 42-54.
- "Death of John Jaques." Salt Lake Tribune, 2 June 1900, p. 2.
- Elizabeth H. Kingsford autobiographical sketch, undated.
- Find a Grave (Website)
- Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 7.
- "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
- Jaques, J[ohn]., [Letter], Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 18 Apr. 1857, 254-55.
- Jaques, John, [Minutes of meeting at Devil's Gate, 9 November 1856], in John Jaques, Collection, 1846-1920.
- Jones, Albert, Address, Handcart Veterans Association, 4 Oct. 1906. Handcart Veterans Association, Scrapbook, 1906-1914, fd 1.
- Josiah Rogerson, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 24 November 1907.
- Josiah Rogerson, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 27 October 1907, 21.
- 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, 60.
- Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Volume 1.
- Patience L. Archer reminiscences, undated, 57-92.
- Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 260.
- Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
- 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.
- Workman, Mary E., [Interview], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 30:177-79.