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1847–1868

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Birth Date
24 January 1804
Death Date
10 January 1893
Gender
Female
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Armelia Berry


Alternate Names

    Armelia Shanks

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  • The Berry family traveled to the Salt Lake Valley with the Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company in 1849.  The family included widowed Armelia Shanks Berry and John's siblings: Cynthia Lovinia Berry, Thirza Melvina Berry, William Shanks Berry, Robert Madison Berry, and Joseph Smith Berry.  Her daughter Louisa Jane Berry Allen came in the same company with her husband Daniel Allen. 

    Her given name is "Amelia" in Journal History and "Armeda" in the 1850 Utah census.  The inscription on her gravestone shows her given name as "Armelia."

Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company (1849)

  • Age at Departure: 45

Traveled with

  • John Williams Berry (Age: 26)
  • Cynthia Lovinia Berry (Age: 16)
  • Thirza Melvina Berry (Age: 12)
  • William Shanks Berry (Age: 11)
  • Robert Madison Berry (Age: 8)
  • Joseph Smith Berry (Age: 5)

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, Supplement after 31 December 1849, 1.