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1847–1868

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Christening Date
28 May 1837
Death Date
5 May 1909
Gender
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Martha Adams

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  • The Early Church Information File confirms her re-baptism in Salt Lake City on 21 April 1850, which was prior to the arrival of that season's emigration, proving that she arrived in Utah by 1849.  Further research is needed to determine the year of her arrival and the name of the pioneer company with which she traveled.

    The 1850 Utah census shows her in the household of Guy Marias Keyser, [Guy Messiah Keysor] who came to Utah in 1850 with the Amasa M. Lyman pioneer company.

    The St. Malachy's Parish Church Hillsborough, Down, Northern Ireland records her christening date of 28 May 1837.

    Martha married William Erskine Bridges in Salt Lake City on 24 February 1857, they divorced on 24 February 1859, and she then married Furman Mulford on 9 October 1859. 

    The inscription on her gravestone in Colorado shows the following:  "Martha Adams Mulford, 1821-1909."  However, the record of her christening confirms that she was likely born in 1837.

     

Unknown Companies (1847-1868)

  • Age at Departure: Unknown

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census.
  • 1860 Utah Census.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900