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1847–1868

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Birth Date
12 August 1797
Death Date
18 December 1871
Gender
Female
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Margaret Bryson


Alternate Names

    Margaret Cowan

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  • Margaret crossed the Atlantic on the ship Swanton in 1843.  Her birth date is recorded in the Nauvoo Temple records.  She married Joseph Dunlap in Utah.

    Her name is listed as "Margaret Brason" in the Salt Lake Stake Record of Members, which shows her rebaptism date as 6 February 1848.  The 1860 Utah census shows her name as "Margaret Braeen." 

Abraham O. Smoot/George B. Wallace Company (1847)

  • Age at Departure: 49

Sources

  • 1860 Utah Census.
  • "Died," Deseret News [Weekly], 27 December 1871, 553.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 21 June 1847, 40.
  • Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register.
  • Salt Lake Stake, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.