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1847–1868

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Birth Date
19 December 1825
Death Date
5 November 1852
Gender
Female
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Margaret Maria Young


Alternate Names

    Margaret Maria Alley

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  • Margaret is the wife of Brigham Young.

    The Alley Family initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in the Brigham Young Company in 1848. 

    The family consisted of George and Mary Symonds and their children: George Hubbard, Margaret Maria, Lydia Ann, Susan Hannah, Stephen Webb, Elizabeth Royce, and Charles Henry.

Brigham Young Company (1848)

  • Age at Departure: 22

Traveled with

  • Phoebe Ann Young (Age: 62)
  • Brigham Young (Age: 47)
  • Jemima Angell Young (Age: 43)
  • Mary Ann Young (Age: 40)
  • Clarissa Ross Young (Age: 33)
  • Louisa Young (Age: 33)
  • Susannah Young (Age: 32)
  • Naamah Kendel Jenkins Young (Age: 30)
  • Zina Diantha Young (Age: 27)
  • Lucy Ann Young (Age: 26)
  • Martha Young (Age: 26)
  • Emily Dow Partridge Young (Age: 24)
  • Emeline Free Young (Age: 22)
  • Diana Severance Young (Age: 20)
  • Ellen Young (Age: 19)
  • Lucy Bigelow Young (Age: 17)
  • James Valentine Young (Age: 15)
  • Joseph Angell Young (Age: 13)
  • Rachel Maxfield Young (Age: 13)
  • Brigham Young Jr. (Age: 11)
  • Alice Young (Age: 8)
  • Luna Caroline Young (Age: 5)
  • John Willard Young (Age: 3)
  • Brigham Heber Young (Age: 2)
  • Edward Partridge Young (Age: 2)
  • Oscar Brigham Young (Age: 2)
  • Mary Eliza Young (Age: 1)
  • Alma Burtts Young (Age: Infant)
  • Alva Beaman Young (Age: Infant)
  • Ella Elizabeth Young (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census, Salt Lake County.
  • Catharine E. Mehring Wooley's journal transcribed by J. Cecil Alter and printed in serial in "In the Beginning: Diaries of Mormon Pioneers," Salt Lake Telegram.  7 Jan. 1935; 8 Jan. 1935; 9 Jan. 1935; 10 Jan.1935; 1 Jan. 1935. (Link will direct to the first installment of the serial.)
  • First 100, report, 1848 June.