Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Mary Jakeman 1844-1893

B. 8 June 1844   Redditch, Worcestershire
D. 26 February 1893   Beaver, Utah

Father:  James Jakeman
Mother:  Ann Field

Siblings:
   Joseph Field       1831  (half-brother)
   Henry Jakeman       1834
   Sarah Jakeman       1836
   William Jakeman      1838      William and Elizabeth were
   Elizabeth Jakeman     1838         twins who died at birth.
   Eleanor Jakeman      1839
   Susan Jakeman        1842
   Edward Jakeman      1848
   David Jakeman        1851
   James Thomas Jakeman   1853

Married:  30 November 1864  to Allen Benson Waters

Children:
   Allen George Waters     1865
   Mary Ann Elizabeth Waters     1867
   Martha M. Waters     1870
   Sarah Ellen Waters     1872
   James Robert Waters     1875
   Larkin Henry Waters     1877
   Susan Nettie Waters     1881
   Ralph Waters     1883
   Fredrick Waters     1887
   Vivian Waters     1892     (Died at 6 months old.)



Mary was born in Worcestershire, England. During her childhood, most of her family converted to the Mormon religion after listening to missionaries who had traveled from the US to England. In 1863, when Mary was 19, she immigrated to the US with her mother, her brother James and her sister Susan. They sailed to New York and then made their way to Florence, Nebraska, where they joined the wagon train headed for Utah, led by the Daniel D. McArthur Company.

They settled in Grafton, Utah. Mary's older brothers Joseph and Henry and her older sister Sarah had preceded them to Utah.

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