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1847–1868

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Birth Date
2 January 1841
Death Date
19 March 1933
Gender
Female
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Jane Ann McPherson


Alternate Names

    Jane Ann Ollerton

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

Edward Martin Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 15

Traveled with

  • John Ollerton (Age: 56)
  • Alice Ollerton (Age: 53)
  • Alice Ollerton (Age: 19)
  • Sarah Ollerton (Age: 5)

Sources

  • 1851 England and Wales Census.
  • 1900 Utah Census.
  • Bailey, Langley A. to Albert Jones, Handcart Veterans Association, 23 September 1907. Handcart Veterans Association, Scrapbook, 1906-1914, fd 3.
  • “Colorful Nephi Pioneer Passes", Deseret News, 21 March 1933, 5.
  • Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 6. 
  • Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 7. 
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 30 November 1856, 60.
  • McPherson, Jane Ann Ollerton, [Reply to questions], in L. D. S. Individual Histories, Utah: Cannonville, Charleston, Grandview, Hooper, Lakeview, Logan, Marriott (1944), 118.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 256.
  • Rogerson, Josiah, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856 [No. 9]," Salt Lake Herald, 1 December 1907.