Countries of Origin IV

The last of my Dad's grandparents, Lavina Ann Ririe, has infamous Utah parentage.  These are the ones brought up in numerous church lessons on the handcart pioneers.  I'm not sure about the others besides the McBrides, though.

My great-great-great Grandfather, 1. James Ririe, born 24 January 1827 in Cluny, Aberdeen, Scotland, came to Utah, as did his wife, 2. Ann Boyack, born 20 May 1830 in Mains, Angus, (Forfarshire), Scotland.  He died 17 June 1905 in Eden, Weber, Utah, and she 7 September 1914 in Ogden, Weber, Utah.  LDS.org explains that James come to Utah as part of the Jacob Gates Company in 1853 at the age of 26; 33 wagons and 400 people in the company.  He kept a journal and wrote an autobiography.*  She came to Utah as part of the Milo Andrus Company in 1855 at the age of 25.**  Her party arrived late in the season after the snow started, rushed by their anxious leader the whole way.  These companies traveled with help from the Perpetual Emigrating Fund.

Aberdeen(shire), Scotland 

(http://www.flybmi.com/bmi/flights/aberdeen/baku.aspx)

James Ririe married and was sealed to 3. Betsy Hendry, 4. Margaret McKay, 5. Grace Sutter, 6. Mary Mitchell, 7. Ellen (Helen) Smith, her twin 8. Barbara Smith, and 9. Ellen and/or Helen Mitchel, practicing polygyny.  Some of these might be the same women.  Betsy Hendry was born in Dundee, Forfar, Scotland, Margaret McKay and Grace Sutter in Cluny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, twins Ellen and Barbara Smith in Birse, Aberdeen, Scotland, Mary Mitchell of Aberdeen, Scotland, and Ellen or Helen Mitchell of Skene, Aberdeen, Scotland.  So, James Ririe probably married and took care of many widows and maids of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Ruth Burns McBride, Peter Howard McBride, and Robert Franklin McBride

My great-great-great-grandfather's brother and family, around 1875 

Lavina Ann Ririe's paternal great-grandparents are the famous ones in early Mormon history.  10. Robert McBride III, born 15 November 1803 in Isle of Butte, Scotland,   Robert met his wife after leaving Scotland to journey to England.  They married, had children, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while living there.  Around this time, Lancashire got its status as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.

St. Helens Church, Churchtown, Lancashire, England

Margaret Ann Howard grew up in Churchtown

(http://www.yourlocalweb.co.uk/lancashire/churchtown/pictures/)

His wife, 11. Margaret Ann Howard, born 21 December 1814 in Churchtown, Lancashire, England (like the Barlows), was sick for most of the journey across the plains.  Their journey took them across the Atlantic on the Horizon, arriving in Boston on 30 June 1856.  From there they took cattle cars on the train to Albany, New York, and then managed to get third class accommodations.  They rode into Cleveland on the 4th of July 1856, and then made it to Des Moines, and Iowa City.  They traveled with five children while crossing the plains; 12. Jeanetta Ann (16), 13. Heber Robert (13) (my Great-great-great-grandfather), 14. Ether Enos (8), 15. Peter Howard (6), and 16. Margaret Alice (2), having lost three children beforehand.  Their mother, Margaret Ann, died 4 July 1892 in Eden, Weber, Utah.

Heber Robert McBride finding his father

(http://www.surnames.com/documented_websites/arminta/heber_robert_mcbride_fifth_child.htm)

The Martin and Willie Handcart Companies are well known because out of the many handcart companies, these two groups left late in the year, with tragic results.  Robert died 20 November 1856 near the upper crossing of the Platte River in Wyoming, while traveling west as part of the Martin handcart company.***  Heber Robert found his father under the handcart one cold morning after the last crossing of the Platte River.  He kept a detailed journal about his immigration and journey, aiding the historical understanding of the Martin Handcart Company and other events.  Toward the end of his life, he and his family moved to Welling, Alberta, Canada, where Heber Robert McBride died 29 July 1925.  His wife, Elizabeth Boyd Gould died 24 March 1940 in Welling, Alberta, Canada.

I would like to point out for my father's benefit, that the McBrides may have emigrated from Scotland to the Americas, but they lived in Ireland until immigrating to Scotland sometime between 1783 and 1803.  (18. Robert McBride II was born 14 February 1783 in Antrim, Antrim, Ireland, and died 10 February 1862 West Parish, Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland).

Dunluce Castle, Antrim, Ireland

Marvels in the area where the McBrides lived before coming to Scotland

(http://www.old-picture.com/europe/Dunluce-Castle.htm)

Glencoe Village, Antrim, Ireland
(http://www.old-picture.com/europe/Glencoe-Village.htm)

Heber Robert McBride married Elizabeth Boyd Gould, whose parents immigrated to Eden, Weber, Utah.  19. Robert Gould Jr., born 22 January 1830 in Dalmahoy, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, married 20. Joan Ann Simpson, born 3 February 1831 also in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.  It would be interesting to find out exactly when each family met the missionaries and decided to be baptized.  Missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Elders Alexander Wright and Samuel Mulliner, first came to Scotland 22 December 1839.  Elder Orson Pratt came the following May, climbed the hill over the city, Arthur's Seat, and "dedicated Scotland for the preaching of the gospel. Edinburgh became the headquarters for the Church in Scotland for several years.*  My ancestors weren't the first people in the area to be baptized, so I'll have to look up the missionaries' journals and other documents to find out.  Oh wait, it should say that on new.familysearch.org:  Robert Gould, Jr. was baptized 28 November 1848.  Many members of the Church were baptized in Scotland in the 1840s, discussed on the site Mormon History for the British Isles (http://mormonhistory.org/content/view/223/96/lang,en/).

St. Mary's Church, Dalmahoy, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Dalmahoy is to the southwest of the city of Edinburgh.  A church still stands in the area.

http://www.oldukphotos.com/edinburghshire-dalmahoy.htm

©  For permission to reproduce, please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk; used with permission

St. Cuthbert's Church, found in Old & New Edinburgh (1890)

http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/

Joan "Ann" was christened at St. Cuthbert's Church in Edinburgh 22 March 1831.  "With a history spanning 1000 years and more, St Cuthbert's has been, in turn, Celtic, Roman, Episcopalian and Presbyterian. For the last 300 years it has been a congregation of the Church of Scotland and a member of the Presbyterian family of churches" (http://www.st-cuthberts.net/).  

©  For permission to reproduce, please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk; used with permission

Princes Street Gardens, 1878 (St. Cuthburt's seen from behind)

http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/

Robert and "Ann" brought their children, 21. Elizabeth Boyd Gould (4) and 22. Robert Simpson Gould (2), across the plains as part of the Homer Duncan Company in 1861.  Ann died 22 March 1869 in Eden, Weber, Utah.  Robert remarried, and practiced polygyny.  His other spouses are Mary Elizabeth Eube of Dalmahoy, Midlothian, Scotland; Ursula Ruhle of Vailbringen (can't find it on any maps), Württemberg, Germany; and Anna Elizabeth Ruhle, of Calw, Schwarzwaldkreis, Württemberg, Germany.  Sisters? Cousins? Aunt and niece?

Ann's mother, 23. Elizabeth Craig Simpson, born 12 April 1801 in Prestonpans, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, immigrated with them after the death of her own husband, John Simpson, in 1838.  Elizabeth married Benjamin Kimball Hall around 1864, and died 7 November 1872 in Ogden, Weber, Utah.  

Trail of the Martin Handcart Company to Martin's Cove

Alcova, Wyoming (lds.org)

Several years ago my family went to Martin's Cove, and because of Heber Robert McBride's journal and other accounts, they know what happened along the trail for those pioneers.  Their stories are highlighted in the visitor's center and museum.   I didn't know much about rest of the Ririe background.  Now I know that it's likely all of them joined the Church in its early British history and then made the journey across the U.S.  Most of them even walked across, pulling handcarts.  I found two more polygynous families, which means I may have a lot of relatives in the world, although not all of them had kids.  These ancestors came from Scotland, England, and yes, Dad, Ireland.  These ancestors didn't arrive when America was first settled, but like the pilgrims, they left for religious freedom, and possibly other opportunities.

Sources

*James Ririe:  http://lds.org/churchhistory/library/source/1,18016,4976-19348,00.html
**Ann Boyack:  http://lds.org/churchhistory/library/narrative/1,18046,4981-1-52,00.html
***McBrides:  http://lds.org/churchhistory/library/source/1,18016,4976-19143,00.html, http://lds.org/churchhistory/library/source/1,18016,4976-7554,00.html, http://lds.org/churchhistory/library/source/1,18016,4976-9428,00.html
*James R. and LaVelle R. Moss, “Names and Places: Locales of British LDS Interest,” Ensign, Jul 1987, 17, http://lds.org/

Countries of Origin III

As part 3 of 8 I've made some interesting findings about the countries where my ancestors lived before they came to the U.S.  So far I've noted non-biological ancestors from England, and a few from France, who came mostly in the 1600s to the New World through Morise LeRoy Hooper.  Charlotte Jeanette's ancestors came from Scotland and England.  Now I'll search through Dad's Mom's Dad's ancestors, through John Frederick Barlow, to find the U.S.-bound immigrants.

Okay, it looks like his dad, 1. Walker Barlow emigrated from  Blackley, Lancashire, England, after his 9 June 1851 birth, and died 2 July 1933 in Ogden, Weber, Utah.  He is my great-great-grandfather, which is a lot easier to note than 9- or 10-greats.  Walker's parents emigrated, also.  2. Thomas Barlow, born 13 June 1823 in Whitefield, Lancashire, England, and Thomas's first cousin, 3. Ann Hulme, born 3 May 1826 in Little Heaton, Preswich, Lancashire, England.  She died 19 August 1861 on the plains of Wyoming, while he died 16 October 1896 in Ogden, Weber, Utah.  I assume Ann Hulme was part of an LDS handcart company.*  Thomas later married 4. Eliza Cato, born 1 February 1831 in Tring or Wiggington, Hertfordshire, England.  Eliza died 17 March 1919 in Ogden, Weber, Utah.  He outlived them both.

  

Lancashire, England

Thomas' and Ann's mothers had both passed away in England, and afterwards the fathers emigrated, 5. Edward Barlow, born 14 August 1801 in Little Heaton, Prestwich, Lancashire, England (died 9 November 1877 in Ogden, Weber, Utah), and 6. George Hulme, born 5 January 1794 in Unsworth, Prestwich, Lancashire, England, (died 27 October 1865 on plains en route to Utah).  Edward Barlow traveled with Thomas and Ann in the Joseph Horne Company in 1861, and George went in 1865 with the William S. S. Willes Company.

Walker's in-laws ended up in Ogden, Weber, Utah.  7. Simon Barker, born 1 October 1826 in Shelfanger, Norfolk, England,, and 8. Jemima Newey, born 22 March 1836 in Purbright, Surrey, England.  He died 1 January 1917 and she 12 April 1866.  That's quite a while to be a widower.  Oh, he married 8. Ann Barlow (her family show up in my family history at least three times**) 16 November 1869.  She was born either 16 November 1836 or around 1825 in Prestwich, Lancashire, England, and died 25 March 1895.  Her (polygynous) husband of nearly 11 years, Charles Root Dana (born in Schenectady, New York!), had passed away a year previous to her marriage to Simon Barker.

A few years ago Dad wrote down for me the direct Barlow line from which we descend.

Not too much variety here, as John Frederick Barlow's ancestors all came from England.  The ones that emigrated came to the Utah area by boat and handcart after joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  Some died along the journey.  Not only is there a strong pioneer heritage, but the Barlows were in Lancashire for many generations.  That is their land.




* http://www.barlowgenealogy.com (Volume 4, The Price of Pioneering Four Lonely Children page 444)

"Ann Hulme Barlow, daughter of George and Ann Barlow Hulme was born May 03, 1826 in Little Heaton, Lancashire, England. She was baptized into the Latter-day Saint Church in March, 1842. She was a hand weaver in one of the silk mills near Manchester. Ann married her cousin Thomas Barlow. Two children, Edward and Walker were born in England. Thomas and Ann with their sons left Liverpool on the ship Siddons February 27, 1855. When they arrived at Pittsburg, Thomas and Ann stopped to visit two brothers, George and Uri Hulme.  (Thomas Barlow came to the United States in 1855 and settled initially in Pennsylvania where his wife had two brothers. He was recorded at Shaler Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in the 1860 census. In 1861 he and his family moved west to Utah and settled there at Ogden.)

Thomas found employment in a confectionery and bakery and the family resided there six years during which time three more children were born to Ann, Elizabeth Ann, George Thomas and Abraham. When the baby was a few days old they started on their journey to Utah. The hardships of the journey were too much for Ann and she soon became ill. The baby died the 3rd of August 1861 and was buried by the wayside. Ann died sixteen days later and was buried on the left hand side of the road ten miles west of Deer Creek Station in Wyoming.  Thomas and their four children continued the journey and arrived in Salt Lake City the 13th of September, 1861 in the Joseph Horne company."

-Harriet Ann Barlow Lester         

Captain Joseph Horne

**Ann Barlow is the sister of Thomas Barlow. and is the aunt of Walker Barlow.  She and Simon Barker had no known children.  Walker Barlow's aunt married his father-in-law.

Another source of information that would be helpful with this line is http://www.lancashirebarlow.com, as most of them were born in Lancashire, England.