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Sylvanus Collett


Birth3 May 1835Wellington, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Sylvanus Collett (1835-1901), memorial #44454815.

    FamilySearch, England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database, FamilySearch, entry for Salvanus Collett (3 May 1835); St. Nicholas-Wesleyan, Hereford, Hereford, England; Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 595460.

    Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah: Tribune Pub. Co., 1871-1919), "Death of 'Syl' Collett," 11 April 1901, p. 8, column 3.

    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 70, entry 424, FHL microfilm 1149514.
Death10 April 1901Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, Sylvanus Collett, 10 April 1901; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, certificate 5490; Management and Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4139834.

    Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah: Tribune Pub. Co., 1871-1919), "Death of 'Syl' Collett," 11 April 1901, p. 8, column 3.
Burial10 April 1901Cokeville Cemetery, Cokeville, Uinta, Wyoming, United States
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    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, Sylvanus Collett, 10 April 1901; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, certificate 5490; Management and Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4139834.
FatherDaniel Collett
MotherEsther Jones
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   • Lydia Karren
Married19 February 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 70, entry 424, FHL microfilm 1149514.
          Children:
               Sylvanus Collett
               Esther Ann Collett
               Lydia Isabella Collett
               Sylvester Collett
               Thomas Karren Collett


   • Phoebe Lodema Merrill
Married6 March 1865Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 473, FHL microfilm 1149514.
          Children:
               Samuel Merrill Collett
               Daniel Francello Collett
               Marion Merrill Collett
               Mary Merrell Collett


   • Sarah Ellen Gee
Married23 May 1868Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Sylvanus Collett and Sarah Ellen Gee, ID: LZ2B-1VS and ID: KWJH-D7G.
          Children:
               Reuben Collett
               Fanny Collett
               Nellie Evangleline Collett
               Robert William Collett
               Rose Collett
               Burt Collett
               Roy Collett
               May Collett


   • Elizabeth Frances Preator
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Sylvanus Collett and Elizabeth Frances Preator, ID: LZ2B-1VS and ID: KW8W-THW.
          Children:
               William Joseph Collett

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• Wellington, Hertfordshire, England, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Cache County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Logan, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Cokeville, Uinta, Wyoming Territory, United States
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• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusCache County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusLogan City 1st Ward, Cache, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusCokeville, Uinta, Wyoming TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusCokeville Precinct Election District no 5, Uinta, WyomingExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure28 May 1849
       Arrival22-25 Sept 1849

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