My Pioneer Ancestors

I posted this on another blog in honor of Pioneer Day, and thought it might be nice to post over here, too.  (And this blog could use some love, I haven't posted in over a year!  There's a time and a season for family history work, right?)  By the way, welcome to everyone from Pinterest!  I had no idea anyone was pinning this blog until someone I follow on Pinterest pinned it!  It was quite a fun little surprise to see that people like this blog, neglected though it may be.  :)  And, I've loved getting comments from distant relations.  It has been fun finding new relatives!  

I had 59 direct ancestors cross the plains as Mormon Pioneers.  These great-great-great grandparents (and 4th great grandparents and 2nd great grandparents) laid the foundation for me to be born a member of the church and I am thankful for their sacrifices that I may have the life I have.

I have posted their names before, but I want to post them again.  I have more pictures now, and I love how seeing pictures of your ancestors makes the name more real.  They become more of a person, a story, a life, than just a name on a piece of paper.  Here they are, 59 pioneers who had a role in making me who I am.

*Mary Sophronia Barber, from Conewango, PA
*Alonzo Turrel Atwood , from Pomfret, New York
*William Crisp Wilding, from Buckley, Northampton, England
*Eliza Gibson Weilding, from Staffodshire England, traveled in the Robert Wimmer Co. (1852), age 31 at crossing
*Osmond Broad Shaw, from Staffodshire England, traveled in the Robert Wimmer Co. (1852), age 30 at crossing

Osmond Broad Shaw

*Anne Sorensen, from Ribe county, Denmark

*Jens Nielsen Sorensen, from Ribe county, Denmark

Annie and Jens Sorensen

*Sarah Ann Barlow, from Cheshire, England, Martin Handcart Company, 33 at crossing, died of childbirth in Nebraska

*William Ashton, from Cheshire, England, Martin Handcart Company, aged 33 or 34, returned to England, left surviving daughters on the plains

*Mary Ann Ashton, from Cheshire, England, Martin Handcart Company, aged 4.

Mary Ann Ashton

*Isaac John Wardle, from Leicesteshire, England, Martin Handcart Company, aged 20. (Later married Mary Ann Ashton)

Isaac Wardle

Isaac Wardle with Martha (his first wife, Mary Ann was his second) and their children 

Isaac Wardle in newspaper illustration

Isaac and his brother 

*Salome Brunner, from St. Gallen Switzerland

*Johann Abraham Braegger, from St. Gallen Switzerland

 

Johann and Salome Braegger with daughter

Salome Brunner Braegger 

*Susannah Barbara Braegger, from St. Gallen Switzerland

Susannah Barbara Braegger

Susannah Barbara Braegger

*Maria Elizabetha Barbara Kunzler, from St. Gallen Switzerland

*John Jacob Kunzler, from St. Gallen Switzerland

*John Paul Kunzler, from St. Gallen Switzerland

John Paul Kunzler and Susannah Barbara Braegger Kunzler and children

John Paul and Susannah Kunzler family, several years after above.

*Sabra Ann Voorhees Tuttle, from Cincinnati Ohio, traveled with Thomas C.D. Howell Company (1852), aged 27 at time of crossing

*John Henry Tuttle, from New York City, New York, traveled with Thomas C.D. Howell Company, aged 30 at time of crossing

*Eleanor Mills Tuttle, from New York City, New York

*Mary Ellen Tuttle, born in Nauvoo, IL, infant

  

*William Stringham, from North Hempstead, Queens, New York

*Walter Stringham, born in Itamba, Clay County, Missouri

See also photo above with Mary Ellen Tuttle

*Polly Peck, from Guilford, Vermont, died Jackson County, Missouri

*Joseph Knight, from Oakham, Massachusetts, died on plains (Mt. Pisgah, IA)

*Polly Knight, from Halifax, New York
*Christian Nielsen, from Aarhus county, Denmark, traveled in the Hans Peter Olsen Company (1854), age 44 at crossing

Christian Nielsen

*Anna Kirstine Nielsen, from Jutland county, Denmark, traveled with Hans Peter Olsen Company (1854), aged 10 at crossing

Anna Kirstine Nielsen 

*Ingeborg Sorensen, from Praesto, Denmark, traveled with Hans Peter Olsen Company (1854), aged 41 at crossing

*Rasmus Olsen, from Praesto, Denmark, traveled with Hans Peter Olsen Company (1854), aged 47 at crossing

Rasmus Olsen

*Jens Olsen, from Praesto, Denmark, traveled with Hans Peter Olsen Company (1854), aged 13 at crossing

Jens Olsen

*Ann Leaf, from Yorkshire, England, died on plains near Ft. Laramie, WY
*Albertine Josephine Johnson, from Halland County, Sweden

Albertine Josephine Johnson

Charles Addison North and Albertine Johnson North on their wedding day

*Charles Addison North, from Freemington, Illinois, traveled with the Robert Wimmer Company, aged 13 at crossing

Charles Addison North, See also picture with Albertine above

*Levi North, from near Carmi, Illinois, traveled with Robert Wimmer Company, aged 34

*Arriminta Howard, from Troy, Illinois, traveled with Robert Wimmer Company, aged 33

*Sarah Brower Beitler, from East Montmeal, Pennsylvania, traveled with the Wilford Woodruff Company (1850), aged 26 at crossing

Sarah Beitler Gibson

*Jacob Gibson, from Westfallowfield, Pennsylvania, traveled with the Wilford Woodruff Company (1850), aged 36 at crossing

 

*Ann Stanley, from Worchester, England

Ann Stanley (Harris) and her sister

*John Harris, from Worchester, England

John Harris

*Emily Harris, from Worchester, England

Emily Harris and Alfred Greenwood Keetch

Emily Harris Keetch and her daughters  

*Ann Greenwood, from Buckinghamshire, England (died at Winter Quarters)

*William (Kempton) Keetch, from Bedfordshire, England

*Alfred Greenwood Keetch, from Bedfordshire, England

Alfred Greenwood Keetch, see also pictures with Emily Harris

*Harriet Frost Raynor, from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, aged 57 at crossing

*John Fowlke, Jr., from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, aged 57 at crossing

Harriet Frost Raynor Fowlke 

John and Harriet Fowlke 

*Clara Fowlke, from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, aged 13 at crossing
*Elizabeth Lettuce Powell, from Hereford, England, traveled in the Robert F. Nelsen Company (1859), aged 66

*William Cullimore, from Gloucestershire, England, traveled in the Robert F. Nelsen Company (1859), aged 68

*James Cullimore, from Gloucestershire, England, traveled in the Robert F. Nelsen Company (1859), aged 18

  

*Chauncy Sumnner Harris, from Mansfield, Connecticut

Chauncy Harris with second wife (?) Susannah and their children 

*Caroline Conant, from Springhill, Connecticut

*Sarah Lovina Harris, from Mansfield, Connecticut

Sarah Lovina Harris and Joseph Armstrong Fisher (see below)

*Evaline McLean, from London, Pennsylvania, traveled in the Gilbert and Gerrish Freight Train (1850), aged 45 at crossing

Evaline McLean Fisher

*Joseph Fisher, Ohio Township, Pennsylvania, traveled in the Gilbert and Gerrish Freight Train (1850), aged 49

*Joseph Armstrong Fisher, born in Nauvoo, Illinois, traveled in the Gilbert and Gerrish Freight Train (1850), aged 9

*Jane Hornby, from Lancaster, England, aged 58

*Amelia “Emily” Mitchell, from Lancaster, England, traveled in the James D. Ross Company (1860), aged 20

John Croft and Amelia Mitchell Croft

*John Croft, from Yorkshire, England, traveled in the James D. Ross Company (1860) as Sergeant of the Guard, aged 24