Allen Family pioneers (8)
The Allen and Hadlock families
Albern Allen (4th great grandfather - 4ggf)
born in Connecticut but met Marsha in upstate NY where they married.
They did not have much money so someone from their community went to the government and asked for help. The government had just declared war on Mexico so they struck a deal. Money for wagons and supplies but a regiment had to be formed to go to war.
Albern became a private and marched with his company (which included his oldest son Rufus) from Iowa to San Diego in 1847. That was over 2000 miles
After the war he made his way up to Utah to meet his family. Along the way they had no battles but were involved in a buffalo stampede, losing about 10 people there and then they were struck with a flu at some point as well. They did have to serve as peacekeepers for a battle that just finished when they got to California.
In Utah he became a farmer and had a cattle brand registered under his name. The letter A to the right shoulder. He also served his county in the state legislature. They had more children once in Utah as well.
Alanson Allen (3ggf)
was born in upstate New York and moved to Iowa and Missouri as a teenager
his father and eldest brother join the army to raise money for them to travel west so he stayed with his mother and helped her
he was a pioneer at 19 years old and helped his mother Marsha travel with his eight brothers and sisters
2 of his siblings died on the way
they traveled from 1847 with a wagon train
he married at 21 and they had 14 children
he later was a captain in the Utah militia, worked as a farmer and work the railroad
he was known to be a peacemaker with local Indians and many people went to him for help
he also wrote poetry
Marsha Allen, (4ggm)
Born in Connecticut she and her husband were living in Illinois when he was called to join the army in the Mexican American war with her oldest son
They joined the army to pay for the family to travel west with a wagon train
She was 43 years old when she became a pioneer in 1847
She left with two elderly parents and nine children with her. She lost two of her children are on the way to Utah
Gideon and Rachel Allen, Marsha Allen’s parents (5ggp)
Gideon was born in Connecticut where he had met and married his wife Rachel Hand
They seem to stay very close to wherever Marsha and her husband were. They lived in New York then they followed their daughter to Missouri and Illinois
They traveled with Marsha and her nine children to Utah with a covered wagon group in September 1847.
They were 77 and 74 years old when they were pioneers.They both lived their remaining years in Utah
Chastina Hadlock and Sally Alton (3ggm, 4ggm)
was born in Vermont and move to Ohio and then Illinois as a child
her father died when she was 19 (Steven who was 57 at the time
at 21 she became a pioneer in 1849 and they travelled by wagon train
She traveled with her mother, Sally Alton, Who was 53 years old as a pioneer, 2 older brothers and 7 sisters
1 of her brothers became ill along the way and she had to be the one to drive the oxen for their wagon; At one point when they were trying to cross the river the oxen became afraid and they almost lost the entire wagon including her. But she and her brother were recovered control - this was before they had ferries to cross the rivers
they stopped and built themselves a log cabin in Nebraska on the way and a log fell and hit her head, delaying their journey
she had 14 children
she and her husband were very poor but were known for their generosity
they lived in a log cabin with a dirt floor
she would plant cotton and they would keep sheep that she would sheer for wool to make her family’s clothes
she loved square dancing and riding horses. She rode horses until she was almost 80 years old
she was known for being very strong: once a neighbor had fallen and injured himself and she picked him up and put him on the back of his horse so he could get home
Isabelle Hislop (2ggm) and Agnes Rogers (3 ggm)
Isabelle was a 5 year old and Agnes was 26 years old when she was a pioneer in 1868
Isabelle was born in England but her parents were from Scotland
So she traveled with her two brothers and mother by ship to New York for five weeks then by train for 10 days to Nebraska. Then they joined a handcart company and traveled for one month to Utah.
She married at 18 years old and had 13 children
Isabelle was known for quilting and sewing and she lived a long time. Agnes was a teacher and was known for wearing colorful outfits with plaid tartans and shawls
The Evans Family Pioneers (10)
William Wright and Emma Yearsley (3ggp)
William came from Philadelphia and it is unclear when he became a pioneer
Emma who was also born in Philadelphia traveled by covered wagon with her family in 1850 when she was eight years old
They married in 1860 in Utah and had five children
Mary Ann Hoopes and David Yearsley (4ggp)
They were both born in the Philadelphia area and married there.
They had 10 children two of whom were adopted boys
They had a family store they sold to move west and they had more money than most pioneers
They became pioneers in 1850 when she was 39 and he was 41
The group traveled by wagon, but her husband hired a private buggy for her
David died of illness on the way, while they were in Nebraska
Abraham Wright and Mary Ann Brockerman (4ggp)
Abraham and Marianne were both born in Philadelphia and married there
Abraham’s family had been in Philadelphia and Maryland for many generations but Mary Ann’s family were from Germany
They had six children in Philadelphia and then move to Ohio where they had three more boys
They Traveled with the cement company in 1856 which was 34 wagons and around 100 people. They were mostly Ox drawn wagons
Abraham was a merchant, photographer and in addition to buying and selling merchandise he would transport it from east to west and made many trips back-and-forth
William Evans and Mary Jordan (3ggp)
William Evans was 23 and Mary was 20 years old when they became pioneers in 1864
They are my third great grandparents
They were born in Wales and they traveled by ship from England to New York
They were married on the ship this week in 1864
Their ship survived storms and arrived at Ellis island and then they took a steamboat to Albany New York. From there they took a train through Canada down to Chicago. From there they took a river boat to NE
They had very little money as they were from a cool mining town very poor but they traveled with a group that took care of each other
There were oxen driven wagons in this group that traveled about 800 miles from Nebraska to Utah. Mary and William walked most of the way with what they could carry with them
William’s mother Martha 4ggm was with them but she died along the way
Interesting facts about them: William started working in the coal mines when he was seven which was normal for his family - he did not go to school
When he was 12 his father died and he had to make the money for his mother and siblings. He worked very hard to send himself and his family to America
He and Mary worked very hard to bring her parents over from Wales as well
David and Margaret Jordan (4ggp)
David and Margaret grew up in Wales and also came from a coal mining family
David was also a coal miner but Margaret was not as she has injured her arm at the age of two and it never healed. She became very accomplished seamstress and that was how she made her living
David was well known in his community for writing poetry and singing both in English and in welsh
They came to America when they were in their 50s and travel to Utah mostly by train in 1872
Even though he was in his 50s he and his son-in-law and the other man in the family found work for the railroad and they made enough money to build a nice family home
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