Elizabeth Morris b. d. 6 Jul 1856 Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois, USA: eAncestry.org

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Christened 13 Jul 1788 Holme Lacy, Herefordshire Co, England [11]

Gender Female

AFN 2446-8X

Emigration 25 May 1856 Liverpool, Lancashire Co, England

96th Company of Elder Edward Martin on the Horizon

Immigration 30 Jun 1856 Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts, USA

96th Company of Elder Edward Martin on the Horizon

Died 6 Jul 1856 Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois, USA

Buried near Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois, USA

Person ID I1216 Nichols-Wilson

Last Modified 05 Apr 2009

Father William Morris, c. 28 Dec 1749, Holme Lacy, Herefordshire Co, England , bur. 19 Mar 1799

Mother Elizabeth Brace, c. 14 Aug 1757, Canon Frome, Herefordshire Co, England , d. 5 Apr 1849

Married 14 Jul 1777 Holme Lacy, Herefordshire Co, England

Family ID F521 Group Sheet

Family Richard Farmer, b. Aug 1786, Preston Wynne, Herefordshire Co, England , d. 28 Aug 1836, Preston Wynne, Herefordshire Co, England

Married 11 Dec 1811 The Holy Undivided Trinity Church, Preston Wynne, Herefordshire Co, England

Children

	1. Christiana Farmer, b. 25 Dec 1812, Ledbury, Herefordshire Co, England , d. 18 Mar 1829, Marden, Herefordshire Co, England
	2. Eliza Farmer, b. 18 Sep 1814, Ledbury, Herefordshire Co, England , d. 1830
>	3. James Morris Farmer, b. 12 Nov 1816, Ledbury, Herefordshire Co, England , d. 25 Jan 1895, Herriman, Salt Lake Co, Utah, USA
	4. Emma Farmer, b. 11 Dec 1818, Ledbury, Herefordshire Co, England , d. 15 Feb 1891, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co, Utah, USA
	5. Ann Farmer, b. 15 Feb 1820, Winforton, Herefordshire Co, England , d. Yes, date unknown
>	6. Richard Farmer, Jr., b. 27 Jun 1823, Broadmeadow, Herefordshire Co, England , d. 11 Jan 1907, Dunlop, Harrison, Iowa, USA
>	7. Edward John Farmer, b. 20 Feb 1825, Winforton, Herefordshire Co, England , d. 20 Jan 1915, Emmett, Gem Co, Idaho, USA
	8. Mary Ann Farmer, b. 1827, Marden, Herefordshire Co, England , d. 1827
	9. Mary Jane Farmer, b. 11 Oct 1829, Preston Wynne, Herefordshire Co, England , d. 1 Jan 1890, Herriman, Salt Lake Co, Utah, USA

Last Modified 14 Mar 2009

Family ID F510 Group Sheet

Photos		Photo Status: Located. Photo of Elizabeth MORRIS Farmer
		Preston Wynne Church [1993] Status: Located. Photo of the Preston Wynne Parish, 1993. This parish church dates to 1727 (except the steeple). Several Farmer families were married in this church. Taken by Jeanne Davis Cutler

Documents		Horizon Passenger List [25 May - 30 Jun 1856] Status: Located. Horizon Passenger List from the Mormon Immigration Index. List contains names of the Farmer family: Agnes Ann, Ann M., Elizabeth, Elizabeth F., Emma Jane, Harriet, James, Mary, Mary Ann, Richard, and Willard

Histories	Horizon Voyage Report [25 May - 30 Jun 1856] Status: Located. Ship Voyage of the Horizon. This ship's voyage held many LDS passengers bound for "Zion," including several members of the Farmer family. This report is a small collection compiled from the Mormon Immigration Index and was transcribed by Chad G. Nichols
	Fellow Horizon Passenger Diary Status: Located. Diary of Samuel Openshaw. The diary of a fellow voyager on the Horizon, during the Farmer Family's journey to "Zion."

Notes	NAME: Myrtle Kump Nichols records indicate name as Elizabeth Brace Morris, born Aug 1792 in Preston, Herefordshire, England. DEATH & BURIAL: Family tradition indicates Elizabeth died either during or after the train ride from New York to Iowa. It is understood she died near Chicago, Illinois. It is unknown where she is buried

Sources

[S847] Nichols Online Library, Digital Documents Researched and Scanned by Chad Nichols & Relatives, Nichols, Chad G., (Chad Nichols has catalogued over 40,000 relatives, with over 5,000 of them having documentation to support their place in the family tree. Recent generation surnames (great grandparents) in his tree include Anderson, Campbell, Dutson, Kump, Kylen, Nichols, O'Donnell, Roberts, Stone, and Walker. One generation further back adds Broman, Cloward, Conder, Ericksen, Farmer, Holyoak, Nielson, Richardson, and Shelley. Most ancestors are from England, Denmark, Sweden, and Germany. [online] www.nicholslibrary.org (801) 280-9590 7783 S 4950 W West Jordan, UT 84081 USA).
[S881] To the Memory of Thomas Butterfield, Butterfield, Gladys E. H., (A brochure dedicated to the posterity of Thomas Butterfield in the hope they may be found as Faithful in the cause of truth as he was. Microfilm of manuscript (28 p., made in Herriman, Utah, 1945). Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1960. 1 microfilm reel : ports. ; 35 mm. (FHL 326796)).
Based on information provided in Pioneer Immigrants to Utah Territory (ancestry.com), this resources contains information regarding the the suffering of Elizabeth on the trek from England to Iowa. Additional research is necessary.
[S882] Pioneer Immigrants to Utah Territory.
Page: 000775
Name: Elizabeth Morris Farmer
Gender: female
Birth Date: 03 Jul 1788
Birth Place: Hume Jacy, Herefordshire, England
Parent1: William Morris
Parent2: Elizabeth Brace
Spouse: Richard Farmer
Marriage Place: England
Departure Date: 26 May 1856
Departure Place: Learbury, England on ship Horizon from Liverpool England
Travel Company: Sons-Jons Edwin, Richard and James Daughter Mary three daughters in law. Children of sons---3 little motherless girls. Daughters of son James by his first wife.
Trail: England Iowa
Arrival Date: (Baptized L.D.S. Jul 1856)
Death Date: (Died on route)Jul 1856
Death Place: Iowa
Burial Place: Chicago, Cook Ill.
Sources: The farmer family comes to Utah from England, from excerpt taken from brochure "To the memory of Thomas Butterfield" by Cladys E.H. Butterfield Herriman, Utah 20 Jul 1945
Comments: The above record tells of the suffering of Elizabeth Morris Farmer on the long boat trip to America. She lived to reach the promisor land, but not Utah.
Sub Name: Farel Winward Rush
Sub Date: 20 Feb 1991
[research by Chad G. Nichols]
[S847] Nichols Online Library, Digital Documents Researched and Scanned by Chad Nichols & Relatives, Nichols, Chad G., (Chad Nichols has catalogued over 40,000 relatives, with over 5,000 of them having documentation to support their place in the family tree. Recent generation surnames (great grandparents) in his tree include Anderson, Campbell, Dutson, Kump, Kylen, Nichols, O'Donnell, Roberts, Stone, and Walker. One generation further back adds Broman, Cloward, Conder, Ericksen, Farmer, Holyoak, Nielson, Richardson, and Shelley. Most ancestors are from England, Denmark, Sweden, and Germany. [online] www.nicholslibrary.org (801) 280-9590 7783 S 4950 W West Jordan, UT 84081 USA).
Horizon History - 000150
Samuel Openshaw Diary - 000151
Horizon Passenger List - 000152
Photo - 002352
[S471] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).
[S83] Emigrating Journals of The Willie and Martin Handcart Companies and The Hunt and Hodgett Wagon Trains, Turner, Lynne Slater, (Taylorsville, Utah : Aug 1996, 254p (incl index)), p 88 (Reliability: 3).
Sunday. Arrived in Chicago a little past 5 p.m. Took the company into the freight house at the station. (Elizabeth Barton, and Elizabeth Farmer, died). The night they were in Chicago, a fire occurred in that city, which some of the emigrants went to see and to help put out.
Recordings of Jesse Haven Journal: see also Journal History, #120, May/Jun 1856, John Jacques Account, pp 2-5
[S83] Emigrating Journals of The Willie and Martin Handcart Companies and The Hunt and Hodgett Wagon Trains, Turner, Lynne Slater, (Taylorsville, Utah : Aug 1996, 254p (incl index)), p 136 (Reliability: 3).
Lists "Elizabeth Farmer," died 6 Jul 1856 in "Deaths Amoth the Edward Martin Handcart company," from Liverpool, England to Iowa City, Iowa
[S83] Emigrating Journals of The Willie and Martin Handcart Companies and The Hunt and Hodgett Wagon Trains, Turner, Lynne Slater, (Taylorsville, Utah : Aug 1996, 254p (incl index)), p 147 (Reliability: 3).
FARMER, Richard 33 (could have been on wagon train)
Harriet 39 wife
Elizabeth 67 (d. 6 July 1856, in Chicago - Andrew Jensen)
(other Farmer's went with Hunt Wagon Train)
[S444] Emigration Records, European Mission; 1849-1885, 1899-1923, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, European Mission, (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951), FHL 025691, p.170 (Reliability: 3).
[S35] Mormon Immigration Index ©, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department., (Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 2000 [CD-ROM]).
[FHL 025691, p.170]
96th Company of Elder Edward Martin on the Horizon departed Liverpool, England 25 May 1856, arrived Boston, Massachusetts 30 Jun 1856, departed Boston 2 Jul 1856 by Rail, arrived Iowa City 8 Jul 1856
--Elizabeth Farmer (age 67)
--James Morris Farmer (age 39)
--Harriet Polly Farmer (age 39)
--Richard Farmer (age 33)
--Mary Jane Farmer (age 26)
--Mary Ann Biddles Farmer (age 26)
--Emma Jane Farmer (age 12)
--Agnes Ann Farmer (age 11)
--Ann M. Farmer (age 11)
--Elizabeth Ann Farmer (age 7)
--Willard Farmer (infant)
[research by Chad G. Nichols]
[S358] International Genealogical Index ® - Extracted Church Record, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Copyright © 1980, 2002, 2006 Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.).
Elizabeth chr. 13 Jul 1788 Holme Lacy, Hereford
dau of William Morris & Elizabeth
IGI C145971, FHL 992208
Research by Chad G. Nichols

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