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Thomas Speirs



Birth14 July 1804Bolton, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Thomas Speirs (1801-1877), memorial #8003582.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Thomas Speirs, 8 July 1877; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States, p. 197, certificate 7855; citing Salt Lake County Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 83; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.

    Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, Utah: W.C. Dunbar & E.L. Sloan, 1870-1920), "Death of Father Speirs," 10 July 1877, p. 3, column 4.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for [Thos] Spiers, folder "Second 100, schedules, 1848" (#62), image 6, line 50.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died," 11 July 1877, p. 13, column 4.

Death8 July 1877Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Thomas Speirs (1801-1877), memorial #8003582.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Thomas Speirs, 8 July 1877; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States, p. 197, certificate 7855; citing Salt Lake County Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah.

    Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, Utah: W.C. Dunbar & E.L. Sloan, 1870-1920), "Death of Father Speirs," 10 July 1877, p. 3, column 4.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died," 11 July 1877, p. 13, column 4.

BurialJuly 1877Salt Lake Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Thomas Speirs (1801-1877), memorial #8003582.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Thomas Speirs, 8 July 1877; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States, p. 197, certificate 7855; citing Salt Lake County Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah.

FatherAdam Spears
MotherMary Tait

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   • Mary Cochran
Married29 December 1829Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Thomas Speirs and Mary Cochran, ID: KWVP-QFJ and ID: KWVP-QFJ.

          Children:
               Mary Speirs
               Adam Speirs
               George Speirs
               Orson Pratt Speirs
               William Henry Harrison Speirs


   • Sarah Murphy Ann Jackson
Married20 November 1871Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Thomas Speirs and Sarah Murphy Ann Jackson, ID: KWVP-QFJ and ID: K811-3HY.


   • Evaline Jackson
Married
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Thomas Speirs and Evaline Jackson, ID: KWVP-QFJ and ID: KHG3-JHT.


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• 1804Bolton, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
• 1840Hancock County, Illinois, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1840 Population CensusHancock County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census10th Ward Gt Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population Census10th Ward Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Willard Richards 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)

       Departure3 Jul 1848
       Arrival10 Oct 1848


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