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1847–1868

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Birth Date
7 March 1818
Death Date
30 June 1897
Gender
Female
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Mary Sophia Simpson


Alternate Names

    Mary Sophia Christensen, Mary Sophia Barlein, Mary Sophia Barlin

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  • The obituary of her husband Thurston appears in the "Memories" section of his FamilySearch record.  It confirms that married Mary Sophia Barlin, the daughter of Hans Barlin "of Norway."   (See: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/KWJF-BFK)  Her death certificate shows the name of her father as "Hans Barlin," born 7 March 1818 in Norway.

     

Heber C. Kimball Company (1848)

  • Age at Departure: 30

Traveled with

  • Thurston Simpson (Age: 39)
  • Mary Jane Barlien Simpson (Age: 9)
  • John Simpson (Age: 6)

Sources

  • Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913), 1162.
  • Journal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1848, 15.