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1847–1868

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Birth Date
6 June 1846
Death Date
30 November 1927
Gender
Female
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Sarah Elizabeth Gibson


Alternate Names

    Sarah Elizabeth Roberts

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  • The company she traveled with was noted in local church financial records.

    She emigrated to the United States with her mother and brother. Her mother died in Illinois in 1860. Shortly thereafter, her aunt, Mary Ann Gibson Perkes, became her and her brother's guardian. The Perpetual Emigrating Fund Ledger shows her and her brother bonded to James and Mary Perkes. 

Henry W. Miller Company (1862)

  • Age at Departure: 16

Traveled with

  • James Perkes (Age: 43)
  • Mary Ann Perkes (Age: 41)
  • Reuben Perkes (Age: 16)
  • William Moroni Gibson (Age: 15)
  • Leah Rollison Perkes (Age: 13)
  • Edward Moroni Thurman (Age: 13)
  • Mary Elizabeth Thurman (Age: 12)
  • Katherine Sarah Perkes (Age: 1)

Sources

  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund Ledger Index, [1992, 2013].
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America