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1847–1868

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Birth Date
13 May 1854
Death Date
23 December 1884
Gender
Female
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Harriet Zelnora Marsden


Alternate Names

    Harriet Zelnora Chapman

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  • Harriet emigrated to the United States with her mother and sister, Sarah and Clara, in 1862. They traveled on the ship William Tapscott. Her father, William, emigrated to the United States the following year. 

    Sarah, Harriet, and Clara can each be found in the Perpetual Emigration Fund Ledgers. 

    Birth date confirmed by West Jordan Ward records at the time of her baptism on 10 February 1863.

Horton D. Haight Company (1862)

  • Age at Departure: 8

Traveled with

  • Sarah Johnson Marsden (Age: 35)
  • Clara Marsden (Age: 4)

Sources

  • "Names of Immigrants," Deseret News, 24 September 1862, 2.
  • "Obituary," Woman's Exponent, 1 February 1885, 136.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger C, p. 485.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
  • West Jordan Ward, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.