• Church History
  • Publications
    • Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days
    • Prophets of the Restoration
    • Global Histories
    • Revelations in Context
    • Women of Conviction
    • Joseph Smith Papers
    • Church Historian's Press
    • More
  • Visit
    • Church History Museum
    • Historic Sites
    • Church History Library
  • Research
    • Church History Catalog
    • Missionary Database
    • Pioneer Database
    • Treasures of the Collection
    • Pioneer Resources
  • Quick Links
    • Church History Library
    • Church History Museum
    • Church Historic Sites
    • Church History Catalog
    • Church Historian’s Press
    • Joseph Smith Papers
    • Missionary Database
    • Pioneer Database

Pioneer Database

1847–1868

Home Companies Switch to Keyword Search
Date Unknown

Date Unknown

Birth Date
30 October 1810
Death Date
8 September 1888
Gender
Female
Family Search logo

View this Person on FamilySearch

Comfort Jolley


Alternate Names

    Comfort Allibone

Facebook Twitter Print Mail
Find this person in FamilySearch Find this person in Mormon Migration
  • Comfort and her husband William Jolley crossed the Atlantic on the ship Windermere in 1854 with two of their daughters (Jane and Comfort.)  On the ship manifest the family surname is spelled "Jelly" as it is in the records of the Perpetual Emigrating Fund.  William died of cholera on 14 May 1854, before embarking upon the plains so Comfort and her girls traveled on without him.  Secondary sources say they traveled with the Daniel Garn Company but this must be verified by a primary source. The first documentation to place the Comfort and her daughters in Utah is the re-baptism of Jane at Salt Lake City on 22 October 1854. At the time of the 1856 Utah Territorial Census, Comfort Sr. was living at Union Fort in the Salt Lake Valley.  In the 1880 federal census she was living in the household of her daughter Comfort Fife at Clarkston, Utah.  Further research is needed to determine the name of the company with which she crossed the plains.

Company Unknown (1854)

  • Age at Departure: 43
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Jane Jolley (Age: 12)
  • Comfort Jolley (Age: 8)

Sources

  • 1856 Utah Census.
  • 1880 Utah Census, Cache County.
  • Eleventh Ward, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 18.
  • Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900