26 January 2011

COOMBS Pioneer Crossings

Barentsen, Andrew
Andreas (Andrew), age 30, traveled w/ unidentified company with other wife (Gertrude) and 2 children (Eliza and Susannah).
Coombs, Joshua, Eliza, George
Eliza Astbury, age 51 and George, age 49, traveled with the William S. Warren Company in 1864. Son Joshua, age 22 was with them as well as 6 other children.
Golightly, Elizabeth, Richard, Isabella
Richard, 45, crossed separately with the John Tidwell Company in 1852. Isabella brought their 5 children a year later with the Appleton M. Harmon Company in 1853. Elizabeth was 12.
Harris, Thomas, Robert, Hannah
Robert Harris traveled at age 39 with the Levi W. Hancock/Jefferson Hunt/James Pace/Andrew Lytle Company (1847). Departure: 25-26 August 1847
Arrival: 11,16 October 1847
This company was composed of 117 returning Mormon Battalion veterans. They traveled over the Sierra Mountains from the Cosumnes River near Sutter's Fort in California. From the beginning, they divided and traveled separately in small groups, but generally within a few day's distance from each other. After crossing the mountains, they followed a course which took them to Fort Hall and then to Salt Lake Valley.
Later, Robert, 42, and Hannah, 32, brought their 7 children, including Thomas, age 9, with the Aaron Johnson company in 1850.
Huggins, Sarah, William, Mary Emeline
Emeline - 37, and William - 42, brought their family of children with the Anthony Ivins company in 1853. Sarah was 1. Company began in Toms River.
Payne, Mary Ann, William, Catharine
Catharine Louise Nicholas, 25, William Lauder, 34, and 3 children, including Mary Ann, 1 traveled in an unidentified company in 1850.
Watt, George, Elizabeth
George Darling, 39, crossed with the John Brown Company in 1851. He was with other wife Mary Gregson and one son. He was a captain of the third ten. Future wife Elizabeth Golightly, then 12, crossed with the Golightly family in a different company.

Cross Referenced:
Astbury, Eliza (found as Eliza Astbury Coombs)
Nichols, Catharine (listed as Catherine Louise Nicholas)
Richardson, Isabella, William (Isabella with Golightly family)

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