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1847–1868

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Birth Date
18 March 1822
Death Date
24 April 1896
Gender
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George William Kirkham

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  • George, his wife Mary Ann and children James, George, Hyrum and Joseph sailed from England to America in 1859 on the ship William Tapscott.

Robert F. Neslen Company (1859)

  • Age at Departure: 37
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Mary Ann Kirkham (Age: 34)
  • James Kirkham (Age: 9)
  • George Kirkham (Age: 7)
  • Hyrum Kirkham (Age: 2)
  • Joseph Kirkham (Age: 2)

Sources

  • 1860 Utah Census, Utah County.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Gardner, Hamilton. History of Lehi: Including a Biographical Section (Salt Lake City: The Lehi Pioneer Committee, 1913), 399.
  • Kirkham, James, [Autobiography], in E. Kay Kirkham, George (Wm.) Kirkham: His Ancestors and Descendants to the Third Generation [1973], 66-67.
  • "Latter Day Saints' Immigration," Deseret News, 24 August 1859, 197.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.