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1847–1868

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Birth Date
22 March 1852
Death Date
21 December 1941
Gender
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Lydia Jane Bates

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  • Lydia's father, William Bates, was a merchant who came to the Valley with his family in 1862. For some reason, likely business, they all returned to England and he, his wife, and eight children are seen crossing the ocean and plains to the Valley again in 1866.

    Her surname is "Willes" on the death certificate and Find A Grave website.

James S. Brown Company (1862)

  • Age at Departure: 10

Traveled with

  • Sarah Bates (Age: 31)
  • William Bates (Age: 31)
  • Sarah Bates (Age: 12)
  • William Robert Bates (Age: 8)
  • Elizabeth Bates (Age: 6)
  • George Amos Bates (Age: 4)
  • Martha Bates (Age: 1)

John D. Holladay Company (1866)

  • Age at Departure: 14

Traveled with

  • Sarah Bates (Age: 35)
  • William Bates (Age: 35)
  • Sarah Bates (Age: 16)
  • William Robert Bates (Age: 12)
  • Elizabeth Bates (Age: 10)
  • George Amos Bates (Age: 8)
  • Martha Bates (Age: 5)
  • Harriet Annie Cache Bates (Age: 2)
  • John Christopher Bates (Age: 1)

Sources

  • 1870 Utah Census.
  • Captain John D. Holladay, accounts, 1866.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • "Lydia Jane Willes," Deseret News, 22 December 1941, 16.
  • "Lydia Jane Willes," Salt Lake Tribune, 22 December 1941, 17.
  • "Passenger List," Deseret News, 19 September 1866, 333.
  • Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.