My Pioneer Roots

Since we are having a wedding at such a historical spot, Daniel and I think it would be awesome to do sort of a heritage table to honor pioneer ancestors that walked to Salt Lake.  I still have all my pedigree charts that I made when I was younger, and since I have nothing else to do today, I have been researching their stories on the internet and have dug up some really awesome stuff!  For example I had no idea my ancestor William Hood Hill had a twin sister, or that Maren Kirstine Jacobsen came across the plains with another family when she was twelve.

I found out I have 40 direct pioneer ancestors!  I've listed them below along with how old they were when they crossed the plains and the year of their crossing.  If you decide you have the family history bug, click on the links below to see what I found.

Dad's Side:
Arba Lorenzo Lambson (42) 1861
Appolos Boaz Lambson (17) 1861
Moses Clawson (47) 1849 and then again in 1853 (where he met a much younger Sarah Ann Inkley (19))
Marshall Hunt (18) 1847 Mormon Battalion
Jefferson Hunt (46) 1847 Mormon Battalion
Arthur Benjamin Clark (10) 1864
Elizabeth Gower Clark (45) 1864
Daniel Clark (48) 1864 - died en route
Niels Rasmussen (12) 1866 (click the Trail Excerpt on the bottom of the page)
Rebecca Hansen Rasmussen (43) 1866 - died en route
Christine Veronica Thorup
Herman August Thorup
Marie Catherine Thorup

Mom's Side:
Martinus Nielsen
Niels Peter Nielsen
Mariane Larsen Nielsen
Caroline Jensen
Thomas Tew, Jr. 1855
Thomas Tew (51) 1855
Hannah Smith Tew (44) 1855
Rebecca Bird (16) 1855
Ann Russon Bird (47) 1855
Newman Bulkley (30) 1847-Mormon Battalion (read trail excerpt)
Nancy Ann Newman Bulkley (73)!! 1852
Jane Draper Bulkley (27) 1852
Mary Mosier Draper (66) 1852
James William Greaves
Mary Florence Lloyd
William Hood Hill (9) 1849
Alexander Hill (38) 1849
Agnes Hood Hill (38) 1849
Elizabeth Ann Hamilton (2) 1852
James Lang Hamilton (34) 1852
Mary Ann Campbell Hamilton (26) 1852
Sarah Lang Hamilton (62) 1852
Frederik Isaak Sorensen (17) 1857 (read trail excerpt)
Nicolai Sorensen (57) 1857
Magdalena Olsen Sorensen (50) 1857
Maren Kirstine Jacobsen (12) 1862

Just looking at the dates I noticed that Thomas Tew, Jr. and Rebecca Bird came out the same year but in different wagon trains, and were married in Utah a year later.

The Bulkley's and the Hamilton's were in the same wagon company!  Who knew their great-grandchildren Frank and Lois would end up together?!


Some cool photos:

Christine Veronica Thorup, Niels Rasmussen, Herman August Thorup, Marie Christensen Thorup

Arba Lorenzo Lambson and Elizabeth Bonner

Moses Clawson

The Hunts

Arthur Benjamin Clark --with another family!! scandalous

Newman Bulkley

William Hood Hill

An older William Hood Hill with his sons

I didn't expect to find so much!  It will be quite a project deciding who to feature on the heritage display, so if anyone knows any good pioneer stories about these people let me know.