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1847–1868

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Birth Date
4 June 1858
Death Date
8 June 1929
Gender
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Elizabeth Leicht

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  • Sarah was born in England.  She was the daughter of George Leicht (a widower) and Mary Ann Hunt Miles.  Sarah's father died in England so her widowed mother with her children and step-children embarked for America aboard the ship General McClellan in 1864.  Sarah's mother married John Cornwall during the voyage (see the 19 June 1864 letter of Thomas Evans Jeremy found on the Mormon Migration website) so on the original roster of the William S. Warren Company and in the 1870 Utah census Sarah is listed under the surname Cornwall.

William S. Warren Company (1864)

  • Age at Departure: 6

Traveled with

  • John Cornwell (Age: 47)
  • Mary Ann Cornwall (Age: 32)
  • Job Cornwell (Age: 13)
  • John Cornwell (Age: 11)
  • Mary Leicht (Age: 11)
  • Sarah Selenah Leicht (Age: 9)
  • Thomas Cornwell (Age: 8)
  • Amelia Leicht (Age: 8)

Sources

  • 1861, England Census.
  • 1870 Utah census, Washington County.
  • “Captain William S. Warren Company (third ox train), manifests, 1864.” Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts, 1862-1868. (CR 376 8, Box 1, Folder 13)
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger C, p. 276.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America