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1847–1868

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Birth Date
23 December 1836
Death Date
9 May 1900
Gender
Female
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Thirza Melvina Berry


Alternate Names

    Thirza Melvina Thurber

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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.

    Historically Thirza's given name has been spelled various ways.  In the 1850 Utah census she is "Thirzey Thurber" wife of Albert K. Thurber.  In the 1856 Utah Territorial census she is "Therza M. Thurber.  In the 1870 census she is "Thirza;" in 1880 she is Thurzall.  In the Salt Lake County, Utah death records she is "Thurza" but on her grave stone and in the Utah Cemeteries Inventory database she is "Thirza."

Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company (1849)

  • Age at Departure: 12

Traveled with

  • Armelia Berry (Age: 45)
  • John Williams Berry (Age: 26)
  • Cynthia Lovinia Berry (Age: 16)
  • William Shanks Berry (Age: 11)
  • Robert Madison Berry (Age: 8)
  • Joseph Smith Berry (Age: 5)

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census.
  • “Death Of A Pioneer," Salt Lake Herald, 13 May 1900, 5.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • "Obituary," Woman's Exponent, 15 July 1900, 22.
  • Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.
  • Utah Cemetery Inventory