• Donations
    • Leader and Clerk Resources
    • Directory and Map
    • Calendar
    • Missionary Portal
    • Find a Church
    All Tools
        • Church History
        • Publications
          • Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days
          • Prophets of the Restoration
          • Global Histories
          • Revelations in Context
          • Women of Conviction
          • Joseph Smith Papers
          • Church Historian's Press
          • More
        • Visit
          • Church History Museum
          • Historic Sites
          • Church History Library
        • Research
          • Church History Catalog
          • Missionary Database
          • Pioneer Database
          • Treasures of the Collection
          • Pioneer Resources
        • Quick Links
          • Church History Library
          • Church History Museum
          • Church Historic Sites
          • Church History Catalog
          • Church Historian’s Press
          • Joseph Smith Papers
          • Missionary Database
          • Pioneer Database

        Pioneer Database

        1847–1868

        Home Companies Switch to Keyword Search
        Date Unknown

        Date Unknown

        Birth Date
        18 December 1808
        Death Date
        2 May 1893
        Gender
        Male
        Family Search logo

        View this Person on FamilySearch

        Christopher Merkley

        Facebook Twitter Print Mail
        Find this person in FamilySearch
        • Christopher initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in the Allen Taylor Company in 1849. However, he later participated as one of the rescuers that were sent out in the winter of 1856 to assist the members of the Church stranded in Wyoming.

        Allen Taylor Company (1849)

        • Age at Departure: 40

        Rescue Companies (1856)

        • Age at Departure: 47

        Sources

        • 1850 Utah Census, Salt Lake County.
        • "Allen Taylor's 100, report, circa 1849 October." In Camp of Israel schedules and reports 1845-1849. (MS 14920, Reel 3, Box 2, Folder 41)
        • Christopher Merkley, Biography of Christopher Merkley (Salt Lale City: J.H. Parry & Company, 1887), 28-30.
        • David Moore writings, circa 1860, 45-54.
        • "Died," Deseret News [Weekly], 13 May 1893, 672.
        • Find a Grave (Website)
        • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1849, 4.
        • Merkley, Christopher. Biography of Christopher Merkley. (Salt Lake City: J. H. Parry & Company, 1887), 39-40. (M270.1 M563m)
        • "Names of Persons Who Volunteer to Go as Teamsters."  Offerings for the assistance of the P. E. F. immigrants, 1856 October. Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.
        • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.