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1847–1868

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Image taken in the 1890s

Image taken in the 1890s

Birth Date
7 January 1827
Death Date
1 June 1900
Gender
Male
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John Jaques

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

Edward Martin Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 29
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Zilpah Jaques (Age: 25)
  • Flora Loader Jaques (Age: 1)
  • Alpha Loader Jaques (Age: Infant)

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.