My Great Great Grandfather and Grandmother
John Blackham Susannah Lees
JOHN BLACKHAM
BORN: 14 November 1827
PLACE: Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England
CHRISTENED: November 1827
BAPTIZED: 4 April 1849 by T. J. Schofield
CONFIRMED: 29 April 1849 by John Albiston Jr.
MARRIED: 21 May 1851 to Susannah Lees in the Oldham Parish of the Church of England, Oldham, Lancashire, England
CROSSED THE OCEAN: 22 April 1855 departing Liverpool, England aboard the ship “Samuel Curling” and arriving on 23 May 1855 in the New York Harbor, America
CROSSED THE PLAINS: 5 August 1855 departing from Mormon Grove near Atchison, Kansas and arriving in the Salt Lake Valley on 24 October 1855
RE-BAPTIZED: 15 May 1856 in the Salt Lake 19th Ward
ENDOWED: 16 May 1856 in the Endowment House
SEALED: 16 May 1856 to Susannah Lees in the Endowment House
RESCUE COMPANY: October 1856 for the Willie and Martin Handcart Company
SEALED: 25 July 1863 to Elizabeth Catrine Nielsen
SEALING CANCELLATION: 25 February 1873 to Elizabeth Catrine Nielsen
DEATH: 14 May 1900
PLACE: Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah
BURIED: May 1900 in the Moroni City Cemetery, Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah
SUSANNAH LEES
BORN: 11 December 1830
PLACE: Ashton Under-Lyne, Lancashire, England
CHRISTENED: 16 January 1831
BAPTIZED: 18 July 1848 by P. Clinkton
CONFIRMED: 22 July 1848 by John Albiston Jr.
MARRIED: 21 May 1851 to John Blackham in Oldham, Lancashire, England
CROSSED THE OCEAN: 22 April 1855 thru 23 May 1855 aboard the “Samuel Curling”
CROSSED THE PLAINS: 5 August 1855 thru 24 October 1855 in the Milo Andrus Company
ENDOWED: 16 May 1856 in the Endowment House
SEALED: 16 May 1856 to John Blackham in the Endowment House
DEATH: 16 August 1901
PLACE: Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah
BURIED: August 1901 in Moroni City Cemetery, Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah
ELIZABETH CATRINE NIELSEN
BORN: 21 October 1838
PLACE: Store Brondum, Aalborg, Denmark
CHRISTENED: 20 November 1838
BAPTIZED: 4 April 1862
ENDOWED: 25 July 1863 in the Endowment House
SEALED: 25 July 1863 to John Blackham in the Endowment House
SEALING CANCELLATION: 25 February 1873 to John Blackham
MARRIED: Niels August Christen Christensen
DEATH: 26 March 1918
PLACE: Rupert, Mindoka County, Idaho
BURIED: 27 March 1918 in Rupert, Mindoka County, Idaho
CHILDREN
1) Wife: Susannah Lees
Elisabeth Blackham, born 5 March 1852 in Ashton Under-Lyne, Lancashire, England
Martha Blackham, born 8 September 1853 in Ashton Under-Lyne, Lancashire, England
William Blackham, born 31 October 1856 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
John Blackham, born 8 August 1859 in Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah
Josiah Blackham, born 14 October 1862 in Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah
Samuel Blackham, born 27 May 1864 in Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah
Susannah Blackham, born 27 August 1866 in Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah (died as a child)
Alma Blackham, born 5 November 1869 in Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah
Betsy Blackham, born 4 November 1871 in Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah
Benjamin Blackham, born 27 August 1873 in Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah (died as a child)
Mary Ann Blackham, born 11 March 1875 in Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah
2) Wife: Elizabeth Catrine Nielsen
John Moroni Blackham, born 24 April 1864 in Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah
Annie Elizabeth Blackham, born 17 March 1866 in Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah
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