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22 June 1817
Death Date
9 June 1901
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Evan Jenkins

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  • Evan and his wife Ann crossed the Atlantic on the ship Josiah Bradlee with three children in 1850.  They remained in Iowa until 1861 then crossed the plains with 9 children.

Homer Duncan Company (1861)

  • Age at Departure: 44
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Ann Elizabeth Jenkins (Age: 38)
  • John Jenkins (Age: 16)
  • Ann Jenkins (Age: 14)
  • Moroni Jenkins (Age: 12)
  • William Thomas Jenkins (Age: 9)
  • Henry Evan Jenkins (Age: 6)
  • Julietta Amelia Jenkins (Age: 4)
  • Mary Estella Jenkins (Age: 3)
  • Margaret Coquella Jenkins (Age: 3)
  • David Hyrum Jenkins (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • 1850 Iowa Census
  • 1860 Iowa Census
  • 1900 Utah Census.
  • Alder, J. Cecil, Utah, The Storied Domain [1932], vol. 3, p. 339.
  • Duncan, Homer, Report of Elder Homer Duncan's Mission to England in the years 1860 and 1861.
  • Jenkins, John, Autobiographical sketch, 1933, 1-2.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 13 September 1861, 5.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America