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Date Unknown
- Birth Date
- 12 April 1808
- Death Date
- 8 January 1889
- Gender
- Female
Alena Thatcher
Alternate Names
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Alena Kitchen,
Alley Thatcher
The Thatcher family initially emigrated to Utah in 1847. At some point after their arrival, they continued on to California and made their home in San Bernadino. In 1857, when the Saints in outlying settlements were asked to return to Utah, Hezekiah Thatcher led his own little company from California, leaving in mid-July, as far as Carson City, Nevada. There they joined up with another group returning to Utah. The two groups organized under Perrigrine Session's leadership.
Alley's given name appears as "Alena" in some sources.
Daniel Spencer/Perrigrine Sessions Company (1847)
- Age at Departure: 39
Traveled with
Hezekiah Thatcher Company (1857)
- Age at Departure: 49
Traveled with
Perrigrine Sessions Company (1857)
- Age at Departure: 49
Traveled with
Sources
- "A Noble Woman Dead. 'Grandma' Thatcher Passes Quietly Away, Salt Lake Daily Herald, 9 Jan. 1889, 1.
- Boyle, Henry Green, Reminiscences and diaries, 1846-1888, fd. 1, 119.
- Find a Grave (Website)
- Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 21 June 1847, 11.
- Roundy, Priscilla Parish, Reminiscences, 2-3. (Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.)