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1847–1868

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25 December 1815
Death Date
12 June 1873
Gender
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Joseph Wright

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  • Joseph crossed the Atlantic on the ship Zetland in 1849.  He was re-baptized at Salt Lake City 22 April 1850.  Although  his obituary and the inscription on his gravestone give his birth date as 25 December 1817, on the ship manifest his age is 34 (that is, born in 1815) and at the time of his re-baptism he said he was born 25 December 1815.

Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company (1849)

  • Age at Departure: 33
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Hannah Maria Wright (Age: 34)
  • Eliza Ann Wright (Age: 8)
  • William Wright (Age: 6)

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census, Salt Lake County.
  • Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849.
  • "Died," Deseret News [Weekly], 23 July 1873, 400
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1849, 2.
  • "Obituary Notes," Deseret News Weekly, 23 March 1895, 448.
  • Salt Lake Stake, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
  • Wright, Joseph, Autobiographical sketch, in 22th Quorum, Biographies, 1845-1859, vol. 1, 61, in Seventies Quorum, Records, 1844-1975, reel 72.