BRIGHAM YOUNG AND TWELVE APOSTLES 1870 ~~~CITY AND VALLEY OF GREAT SALT LAKE 1870

Photo by Savage and Ottinger 

 

ARE YOU A CANNON, A JORDAN OR BREW? HERE IS WHERE YOU CAME FROM ~~~ THE ISLE OF MANN

 

JAMES FRANCIS JORDAN AND SARAH CANNON

 

1947 CENTENNIAL COMMISION PROGRAM

Fiddles and Fiddlers by Mary Louise Seamons ~~~~ Saga of the Sanpitch

Autobiography and Journals of Christian Nielsen Lund Sr. 1921 (He dies in 1921, His Obituary) More pictures and items to follow in the future.

 

William Tapscott 1859 ~~~ Voyage to America - 11 April 1859

Ship/William Tapscott/11 Apr 1859
 Ship: William Tapscott
Date of Departure: 11 Apr 1859 - Port of Departure: Liverpool, England LDS Immigrants: 725 - Church Leader: Robert F. Neslen Date of Arrival: 13 May 1859 - Port of Arrival: New York, New York Source(s): BMR, Book #1046, pp. 102-130 (FHL #025,691); SMR, pp. 69-77; Customs #367 (FHL #175,547); SMR, 1859 (FHL #025,696)

Notes: "DEPARTURE. -- On the 11th instant, the ship William Tapscott set sail for New York, with 725 Saints on board. May the blessing of heaven accompany them on their journey Zionward; and may the Saints whom they have left behind in these lands be stimulated to increased exertions to swell the emigration list for another season, that they may then rise and follow them."
"ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH COMPANY. -- William Tapscott, 725 souls. On Monday, April 11th, 1859, the ship William Tapscott sailed from Liverpool, England with 725 British, Scandinavian and Swiss Saints on board. 

The Scandinavian portion of the company, consisting of 355 souls, had sailed from Copenhagen, Denmark, on the steamer L. N. Hvidt April 1st, 1859, in charge of Elders Carl Widerborg and Niels Wihelmsen, and reached Grimsby, England, on the sixth, after a rather long and stormy passage over the German Ocean. From Grimsby the emigrants continued by rail to Liverpool, when they, on the seventh, went on board the William Tapscott, and were joined by the British and Swiss emigrants. 

Elder Robert F. Neslen was appointed president of the company, with Henry H. Harris and George Rowley as counselors. After going through the process of government inspection, clearing, etc., President Neslen, in connection with his counselors, proceeded to organize the company into ten wards, namely, five English and five Scandinavian, appointing a president over each, to see to the faithful observance of cleanliness, good order, etc. The Scandinavian Saints occupied one side of the vessel, and the British and Swiss the other. The company was blessed with a most pleasant and agreeable voyage, which lasted only thirty-one days. The health of the passengers was exceptionally good, which was demonstrated by the fact that only one death occurred on board, and that was an old Swedish sister by the name of Inger Olsen Hagg, sixty-one years old, who had been afflicted for upwards of five years previous to her embarkation. 

This was counterbalanced by two births. In the matrimonial department the company did exceedingly well, as no less than nineteen marriages were solemnized on board; of these five couples were English, one Swiss and thirteen Scandinavian. 

Every day during the voyage the people were called together for prayer and every morning and evening at eight o'clock. On Sundays three meetings were held on deck, and fellowship meetings in each ward two nights a week. The monotony of the voyage was also enlivened with singing, instrumental music, dancing, games, etc. in which as a matter of course, the junior portion took a prominent part, while the more sedate enjoyed themselves in seeing and hearing the happifying recreations. 

Elder Neslen writes that he felt it quite a task when he was appointed to take charge of a company composed of people from so many countries, speaking nine different languages, and having different manners, customs, and peculiarities, and thrown together under such close circumstances; but through the faithfulness and diligence of the Saints, which were universally manifested, he soon found the load far easier than he had anticipated, and on the arrival of the company in New York, it was pronounced by doctors and government officers to be the best disciplined and most agreeable company that ever arrived at that port. 

Arriving safely in the New York harbor, the emigrants were landed in the Castle Gardens on Saturday, the fourteenth of May. On the same day, in the evening; most of them continued the journey by steamboat up the Hudson River to Albany, where they arrived the following morning. Thence they traveled by rail via Niagara to Windsor, in Canada, where they, on the sixteenth crossed the river to Detroit, and thence continued the journey by rail, by way of Quincy to St. Joseph, Missouri, where they arrived on the twenty-first. In the afternoon of that day they boarded the steamboat St. Mary which brought them to Florence, Nebraska, where they arrived on the twenty-fifth, in the morning. 

The whole route through the States was one which no former company of emigrating Saints had ever taken. Brother George Q. Cannon and those who assisted him in the emigrating business were quite successful in making arrangements for their transportation by rail direct to St. Joseph, instead of, as first contemplated, shipping them to Iowa City. On their arrival at Florence the Saints were organized into temporary districts and branches, with presiding officers over each, whose duty it was to look after the comfort and welfare of the people which encamped at that place. Prayer meetings were held regularly twice a week in most of these temporary branches. About fifty of the Saints who crossed the Atlantic in the William Tapscott stopped temporarily in New York and other parts of the United States. (Millennial Star, Vol. XXI, pp.286, 419; Morgenstjernen, Vol. III p.82)" 

"Mon. 11. [Apr. 1859] -- The ship William Tapscott sailed from Liverpool, England, with 725 Saints, under the direction of Robert F. Nelsen. The company arrived at New York May 14th, and at Florence, Nebraska, May 25th."
". . . On Friday, April 1, 1859, a company of Scandinavian Saints, consisting of 355 souls, namely 224 Danes, 113 Swedes and 18 Norwegians, sailed from Copenhagen, Denmark, on the steamer 'L. N. Hivdt,' in charge of Elders Carl Widerborg and Niels Wilhelmsen. After a rather stormy voyage over the North Sea the company reached Grimsby, England, on the 6th. From Grimsby the emigrants continued the journey by rail the same day to Liverpool, where they, on the 7th, went on board the ship 'William Tapscott,' Captain Bell, and were joined by British and Swiss emigrants. Elder Robert F. Neslen was appointed president of the company, with Henry H. Harris and George Rowley as counselors. Under them Elders Soren P. Guhl, Johan F. Klingbeck, Peter A. Fjeldsted, Anders Petersen, Lars Petersen and Morten Petersen presided over the Scandinavians.

 Brothers Christian Jeppesen and Niels Jacobsen acted as interpreters and Hans O. Magleby and Anton Petersen as cooks. On Monday, April 11, 1859, the ship lifted anchor and was tugged out of the Mersey into the open sea with its precious cargo of 726 souls. Songs of joy resounded from all parts of the ship as it was pulled out to sea, but these were subsequently succeeded by a chorus of those who, during the first days of the voyage, yielded to the usual attack of seasickness, in which most of the passengers participated to a greater or less extent. . . ."

Names of Passengers abourd:
https://saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu/mii/voyage/433

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Utah State Penitentiary, Sugarhouse, Salt Lake City, Utah

Utah State Penitentiary

The following photographs and paintings show the Utah State Penitentiary, a Federal prison that was located at the present Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City.


The actual prisoner photos have been collected over the years from various sources. Some from the Utah Historical Society files, others from private sources. Some are new to the Historical Society and they have been shared with the LDS Church Historical Department and the Historical Society. Some of the pictures are duplicates with names written on them.

George Q. Cannon writes in his journal: On Tuesday November 13, 1888 and November 15, 1888 my portrait with the brethren. They formed different groups and each group desired me to sit with them. Thursday was a chilly day and I was kept out most of the time with my head uncovered, for about two hours, sitting before the camera. The result was I took a very heavy cold. Br. C. R. Savage accompanied by May Wells the first day and Br. Ottingerr, Jr. the second day was the photographer.

Journal of Abraham Alonzo Kimball – C. R. Savage was in the yard taking striped groups, As I was coming down the stairs, I met brother Cannon going up. I hardly knew him as he had colored his beard and eyebrows - - Louis Farr came for me to come down and have my picture taken in a group of 14 bishops and Br. Cannon. I was the only one not in stripes I had my overcoat on.

Early painting of Utah Pen showing adobe brick walls

Left to right F.A. Brown, Moroni Brown, A Milton Musser, Parley P. Pratt Jr. Rugger Clawson and Job Pingree taken August or September 1885. 

Cannon center with flowers: to his left, Joseph Stacy Murdock from Heber, Ut; Alonzo Kimball on lower step in black, Andrew Wood Cooley – Bishop of Brighton Ward, Right of Cannon: David M. Stuart.. James Campbell Hamilton, top left (highest). 3rd from right: John Jardine; Winslow Farr, Jr., with mutton chop sideburns, right of Cannon: Thomas Harper, Bishop of Harper Ward.

   John Walton Price, James C. Hamilton, Guard, George Q. Cannon, Guard, Charles Nookes and A. J. Hansen


The above photos and history is taken from "The Stay Family History"http://www.stayfamily.org/showmedia.php?mediaID=247
More photos can be found there.

Martha Hughes Cannon Is To Be Honored with a Statue in Washington D.C.

Martha Hughes Cannon was the first woman elected to the Utah State Senate, She served from 1897-1900.

A bill to create a statue honoring Martha Hughes Cannon was passed one year ago.  To commemorate these events, the Martha Hughes Cannon Oversight Committee announced it selected artist Ben Hammond from 25 applicants to sculpt a statue in her honor. Martha was a women's right advocate and suffragist, and Utah State Senator.

The statue will be placed in the National Statuary Hall of the United States Capitol. There are nine statues of women in the National Statuary Hall collection in Washington, D.C., where two figures of historic significance represent each state. There are 13 statues of men  

Martha Hughes Cannon

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Martha Hughes Cannon
Member of the Utah Senate from the 6th district
In office January 11, 1897 – January 13, 1901
Preceded by	George Mousley Cannon
Succeeded by	Hoyt Sherman Jr.
Personal details
Born	Martha Maria Hughes July 1, 1857 Llandudno, Gwynedd, Wales
Died	July 10, 1932 (aged 75) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Salt Lake City Cemetery 40.777°N 111.858°W
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Angus M. Cannon
Children	Elizabeth R.C. McCrimmon James Hughes Cannon Gwendolyn H.C. Quick
Parents	Peter Hughes Elizabeth Evans
Alma mater	University of Deseret University of Michigan University of Pennsylvania

Martha Maria "Mattie" Hughes Cannon (July 1, 1857 – July 10, 1932) was a Welsh-born immigrant to the United States, a polygamous wife, physician, Utah women's rights advocate and suffragist, and Utah State Senator. Her family immigrated to the United States as converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and traveled West to settle in Utah territory with other Mormons. She started working at the age of fourteen. At sixteen she enrolled in the University of Deseret, now called the University of Utah, receiving a Bachelors in Chemistry. From there she attended the University of Michigan and received her MD. She became the fourth of six wives in a polygamous marriage to Angus M. Cannon, a prominent Mormon leader during the anti-polygamy crusade. Cannon exiled herself to Europe so she wouldn't have to testify against her husband. Upon returning to Utah, Cannon worked as a doctor and fought for women's rights. She helped put women enfranchisement into Utah's constitution when it was granted statehood in 1896. On November 3, 1896 Cannon became the first female State Senator elected in the United States, defeating her own husband, who was also on the ballot. Martha Hughes Cannon was the author of Utah sanitation laws and was a founder and member of Utah's first State Board of Health.^[1]:10–90

 Statue of Marth Hues Cannon on the grounds of the Utah State Capital 

Some Latter Day Saint Authorities 1850 - 1900

 

Journal of Christian N. Lund 1901 and 1902

JOURNEY OF FAITH ~ ERICK AND CAROLINE GUNDERSON ~ David R. Gunderson

With permission of David R. Gunderson, we include the following book to our blog.   I will do a few increments at a time, as I have done with the Andrew Madsen and James Monsen histories.  I will also paste the pages over to David's own blog page: http://davidrgunderson.blogspot.com/

This book will be of interest to not only the Gunderson Family but also to the Brotherson, Ericksen, Peel,   Madsen, Larsen and more.

JOURNEY OF FAITH

Erick and Caroline Gunderson

The following are events that took place in Mt. Pleasant after the Gundersons arrived in Mt. Pleasant.  Also included are sketches of Salt Lake City as it looked in 1865

more to come .........