Son of Thomas Luckham and Susannah Prouce

Married Mary Gardner, 21 Oct 1844, Brooke, Lambton, Ontario, Canada. Children - Mary Luckham, Susannah Luckham.

Married Margaret Rogers, 1 November 1863, Mendon, Cache, Utah

History - Roger came to Utah on Sept. 21, 1847, with his wife and stepson, Robert Sweeten, with the John Taylor Company. Stepdaughter - Margaret Sweeten.

Obituary. At Brigham City, May 24— Of old age and debility, Roger Luckham, aged 72 years. Deceased was a native of England; made Canada his home when at the age of 17; embraced the gospel in the township of Brook, Lampton Co., U. C., 1845; was at Winter Quarters the following year; came to Utah with the company next following the pioneers. Deceased has passed through many hardships and trials and always proved faithful, was never behind in paying tithing. He had even overpaid quite a little sum when his last settlement was made. ~Deseret News, June 6th, 1877.

Biography. Robert Sweeten, Roger's stepson, was born December 14th, 1840, in Brooke, Ontario Canada, the son of George Sweeten and Mary Gardner. Two years later, on Christmas Eve, 1842 George Sweeten died, leaving his widow the care of two small children, Robert and an older sister Margaret.

Then the missionaries of a strange new faith visited the little Canadian settlement and the message they brought was welcomed by the young widow and her parents, Robert Gardner and Margaret Calinder and her brothers and sisters. Soon they were all baptized and became members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Two younger brothers were soon ordained Elders and were set apart to preside over the newly formed Canadian Branch.

In 1844, Mary Gardner Sweeten married Roger Luckham, a young Englishman. To their union were born two daughters, Mary, who was born in their Canadian home, and Susannah, who was born in Salt Lake City in 1848. A desire to gather with the main body of the saints came upon the members of the Canadian Branch and led by Archibald and Robert Gardner, they set out for Nauvoo, Illinois. When they reached Nauvoo they found it a deserted city, with evidence of every side that the Saints had fled in haste. They caught up with the last of the line and continued to Winter Quarters where they, with others, spent a winter of suffering and hardship.

In October 1847, they arrived in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. Then followed years of toil and adventure and miracles long-remembered by the boy Robert and his sisters.

William Gardner, concerned with the business of establishing mills in this new country, had gone North into Cache Valley and had started building a mill at Gardner's Creek, two and one-half miles South of the present community of Mendon. In 1856, Mary and Roger Luckham and their family visited them and were favorably impressed with the country and decided they would return and make their home there as soon as they could. They were not able to realize their ambition, for with the summer of 1857 came news of the approach of "Johnson's Army" and the order to move south. During this move, Robert's Mother suffered from exposure, and as she had not been very strong since her illness while en route to Utah, this additional exposure led to her death on June 12, 1858, at Spanish Fork, Utah.

The next spring, Roger Luckham with his two daughters, Mary and Susannah, and his stepson, Robert, now a lad of eighteen, arrived where the city of Mendon now stands. The following is from the journal of Daniel B. Hill Richards: "About May 1, 1859, Roger Luckham, his daughters Mary and Susannah and his step-son Robert Sweeten, two Englishmen, Charlie and Alfred Atkinson and their families, arrived where Mendon now stands. Following them in quick succession were James H. Hill, Isaac Sorensen, and Peter Larsen, also of Millcreek, and James G. Willie, who had been Bishop of the 8th Ward in Salt Lake City."

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Edward Hunter - Joseph Horne Company (1847); Age at departure: 42