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1847–1868

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Birth Date
15 August 1796
Death Date
21 September 1872
Gender
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Frederick Darke

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  • He came with his wife and 5 of his children.  His son Sidney came with the Edward Creighton pioneer company in 1861. 

    Frederick's birth date is confirmed by his obituary.

    The Darke family sailed to America in 1861 on the ship Underwriter.  The ship manifest shows their surname as "Dark.

Homer Duncan Company (1861)

  • Age at Departure: 64
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Ann Darke (Age: 63)
  • Ann Darke (Age: 34)
  • Eliza Darke (Age: 28)
  • James Darke (Age: 25)
  • Lucy Darke (Age: 22)
  • Joseph Smedley Darke (Age: 14)

Sources

  • "Died," Deseret News , 25 Sep. 1872, 513.
  • Duncan, Homer, Report of Elder Homer Duncan's Mission to England in the years 1860 and 1861.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 13 September 1861, 3.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.