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Allen Weeks


Birth24 January 1813Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Allen Weeks (1813-1884), Memorial #14194828.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), ID: KWV9-TT1.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 249; citing “General Record of the Seventies. Book B”.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Allen Weeks, folder "First 100, schedules, 1847 December-1848" (#60), image 7, line 24.
Death17 September 1884Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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BurialSeptember 1884Cedar Fort Cemetery, Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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FatherBenjamin Weeks
MotherHannah Allen
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   • Frances Elmina Strickland
Married17 August 1835Shelby County, Illinois, United States
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    Jordan Dodd, Illinois Marriages to 1850 (Provo, UT: The Generations Network, 1997), index only, Ancestry.com, entry for Allen Weeks and Elmirah Strickland (17 Aug 1835)..
          Children:
               William Finnis Weeks
               Warren Dominicus Weeks
               Joseph Weeks


   • Sarah Jane Bennett
Married4 May 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Allen Weeks, Allen Weeks Journal from 13 March 1848 to 4 June 1849, Sarah Jane Bennett, 4 May 1842.
          Children:
               Hiram Weeks
               James Richard Weeks
               Sarah Jane Weeks
               Allen Benjamin Weeks
               Mary Almina Weeks
               Malissa Ann Weeks
               Lorana Hannah Weeks


   • Melissa Bennett
Married7 February 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 619; citing “Book of Sealings (Living)—Wives to Husbands”.
          Children:
               Willard Wilber Weeks
               Marinda Weeks


   • Mary Polly Bell
Married7 February 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), Allen and Mary were sealed in the Nauvoo Temple on 7 Feb 1846. (Source: The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845‐1846, p. 619; citing “Book of Sealings (Living)—Wives to Husbands”)..
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• 1840Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
• 1860Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusHancock County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population Censusthe District No 21, Pottawattamie, IowaExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusFort Cedar, Cedar, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusCedar Fort, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusCedar Fort Precinct, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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• 1851 Iowa CensusPottawattamie County, IowaExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Allen Weeks 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)
       Departure13 Jul 1852
       Arrival12 Oct 1852

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