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John Roylance



Birth20 November 1807Lower Peover, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Pvt John "Rollins" Roylance (1807-1887), memorial #84498.

    Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913), p. 1144.

    Utah Military Records Section of State Archives, Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives, 1966), database with images, FamilySearch.org, entry for John Roylance, 1887; citing State Archives, Capitol Building, Salt Lake City.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 139, no. 11, citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.

    Church of England in Cheshire, England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000 (Chester, England: Record Office), database, FamilySearch.org, entry for John Roylance (6 December 1807); citing item 3, Lower Peover, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2045886.

Death23 September 1887Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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    Utah Military Records Section of State Archives, Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives, 1966), database with images, FamilySearch.org, entry for John Roylance, 1887; citing State Archives, Capitol Building, Salt Lake City.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Deaths," 5 October 1887, p. 16, col. 4.

BurialHistoric City Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Pvt John "Rollins" Roylance (1807-1887), memorial # 84498.

    Utah Military Records Section of State Archives, Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives, 1966), database with images, FamilySearch.org, John Roylance, 1887; State Archives, Capitol Building, Salt Lake City..

FatherGeorge Roylance
MotherElizabeth Rycroft

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   • Mary Ann Oakes
Married27 December 1830Great Budworth, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
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    Church of England in Cheshire, England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000 (Chester, England: Record Office), database, FamilySearch.org, John Roylance and Mary Anne Oakes (27 December 1830); citing 200, Great Budworth, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,262,981.

          Children:
               Henry Roylance
               Ann Roylance
               George Roylance
               Thomas Roylance
               William Roylance
               Elizabeth Roylance
               Alma Roylance
               Mary Frances Roylance
               Sarah Jane Roylance
               Olive Roylance


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• 1807Peover, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
• 1830Great Budworth, Chesire, England, United Kingdom
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Utah County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1850 Population CensusUtah County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusSpringville, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusSpringville, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSpringville, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

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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)

       Departure17 Jun 1850
       Arrival17-18, 26 Sept 1850

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