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1847–1868

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Birth Date
28 July 1822
Death Date
29 April 1872
Gender
Female
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Margaret Rushton


Alternate Names

    Margaret Hall, Margaret Alston

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  • Margaret and her sister Jane sailed to America in 1843 on the ship Yorkshire.  Jane came to Utah in 1848 with her husband Willard Richards.

    Margaret was rebaptized in Salt Lake City on 27 March 1851.

Edward Hunter Company (1850)

  • Age at Departure: 27
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • John Willard Rushton (Age: 3)
  • William James Rushton (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census.
  • "Died," Deseret News [Weekly], 24 April 1872, 164.
  • Edward Hunter and Robert Campbell letter to Brigham Young, 17 July 1850.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, Supplement after 31 December 1850, 11.
  • Nauvoo Community Project
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
  • Salt Lake Stake, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.