Inscription: Wife of J. G. Brown.
According to family history Esther Brown was born on November 1, 1832 in Jurby, Isle of Man England. Daughter of James Brown and Esther Moore. They were of Patrick, Isle of Man.
Esther Brown had been an apprentice and learned the trade of dressmaking and hat making while in England.
Esther Brown along with her 2 sisters, Elizabeth and Jane one brother John and her brother in law, left from South Hampton England on the ship the Horizon headed for America. They boarded and left on Sunday May 25, 1856.
They reached Iowa City on July 8, 1856. Where the Saints were meeting to learn the hardships that awaited them on their trek to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. The country and the climate was a lot harsher than what they were used to. There were 4 to 5 families sharing one tent as they awaited the building of the handcarts. They were preparing for the 1400 mile trek across Indian country, plains and mountains to reach their goal of Zion. Esther was part of the Hunt Company. During the trip they ran into many trials and tribulations, One night a herd of buffalo came storming through their camp and they lost 30 head of cattle. Many of their animals were used as draft animals to pull the supply wagons. By loosing these cattle they were forced to move supplies from the wagons. The Saints had to leave many personal items along the trail so they could carry supplies. They were running short on supplies and food. They hoped to restock at South Pass or Fort Bridger. They reached Fort Laramie on Sept 1st. They still had 500 of the hardest part of the trek ahead of them. They had passed the Martin Company and had caught up with the Willie Hand Cart Company. They were in dire need for supplies also as they had not had food in two days. In October they were hit with an early snowstorm, which dropped a foot of snow overnight. Their starved draft animals had scattered and they had 5 more Saints to bury.
Brigham Young had heard of their plight and had sent 12 or 15 men with wagons and supplies. When they reached Fort Bridger they were met by Capt. Willie and one other man. They told the men you need to follow us to camp now or you might as well not go. The night before the rescuers reached the Willie Company 9 more had died and the rest had not eaten for 48 hours. They must have been trying to trudge forward as in Harriet Y Brown's history she wrote. "Joseph Gurnsey B. Brown found Esther Brown and Elizabeth White walking out ahead of the company. He picked them up and continued to the rest of the company." Half stayed and helped the Willie Company while the other half went on to rescue the Martin Company. And I also have found out from history of Elizabeth White that the Hunt company was also among those rescued. Joseph Gurnsey Brown was one of the rescuers and he was told to return to Salt Lake with the injured and old. He had asked Esther Brown and Elizabeth White to accompany him to help. Which they did.
When they reached the Great Salt Lake Valley Esther and Elizabeth rode to Draper with Brother Brown as Elizabeth had brother living in Draper. Esther was taken to the Brown home where his wife Harriet took her in and cared for her. On January 16,1857 Joseph Gurnsey Brown and Esther Brown were married in Draper. She became his second wife. On April 22, 1865 they were sealed to each other in the Endowment House.
Esther's first child was born 18 December 1857 and named Martha Selina. She died 10, October 1858 and was buried in Draper by their home. Later moved to Draper Cemetery. on the 3rd of December 1859 Celestia Ann was born. She married Joseph Michael Smith and lived in Draper. 16, September 1861 Esther Ellenor was born: she died 28,January 1866 while her father was on a mission. She was also buried by their home and later moved to the Draper Cemetery. Isaac Osborn was born 21, Sept. 1863 and married Mary Ellen Robinson and they lived in Kanab Rose Anne Jane was born 28, Aug. 1865 and married Francis Marian Hamblin and lived in Kanab, Utah. Ellymore, another daughter was born 25, Oct. 1868. By 1869 Gurnsey had been called on a mission to settle the Southern part of Deseret. After Esther's husband and his first wife left for the Muddy Mission, Gurnsey returned. James Arthur was born 18,June 1871. Harriet Luetta was born 17, August 1874 and she married Richard Samuel McAllister and lived in Kanab.
Esther had a millinary shop in Draper and one of the items that had made it across the plains and mountains with her from England was a little copper Brass name plate that she had made in England. She put it in the window of her shop where it remained the rest of her life.
Esther spent the winter of 1875 in Kanab living in a wagon box with the wheels of the wagon sunk in the ground with her 5 children.
Esther had her heart in Draper. She still had her little house and could get more work at her trade. So by the next fall she said goodbye to Kanab and went home by way of Washington where Elizabeth Mathews, her oldest sister lived. Their Esther dried fruit to take home for the winter.
As the children became older they attended the farm and grew the straw their Mother needed to make the specialty hats for her shop. When the hats were finished they were trimmed with bits of satin, silk or feathers.
On 16, Feb. 1881 she again had made a mound in the fields and laid to rest her invalid daughter Elleymore, age 12
On 21, April 1881 Esther Brown Brown died, not quite 25 years after her trek across the plains, leaving 5 children to mourn her passing. Esther's daughter Celestia Ann (called Lettie) was married and she cared for the children after they buried their Mother at the side of her three children.
This information comes for the book Ebenezer Brown and Descendants.
I have found a discrepancy and I will state it here. In the family book and Genealogy of the family it shows Esther born in 1832, but her headstone shows 1834. I will leave it with the headstone date, but just so you know it may be wrong.
I am so proud to be the Great Granddaughter of this fantastic Woman. What she went through for her descendants to follow. I am proud to carry her name of Esther as well as her daughter Celestia's daughter Esther. I wear the name with honor and will be ever grateful for the sacrifices this Beautiful Great Grandmother of mine went through.
REST IN SWEET ETERNAL PEACE MY SWEET GREAT GRANDMOTHER YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
According to family history Esther Brown was born on November 1, 1832 in Jurby, Isle of Man England. Daughter of James Brown and Esther Moore. They were of Patrick, Isle of Man.
Esther Brown had been an apprentice and learned the trade of dressmaking and hat making while in England.
Esther Brown along with her 2 sisters, Elizabeth and Jane one brother John and her brother in law, left from South Hampton England on the ship the Horizon headed for America. They boarded and left on Sunday May 25, 1856.
They reached Iowa City on July 8, 1856. Where the Saints were meeting to learn the hardships that awaited them on their trek to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. The country and the climate was a lot harsher than what they were used to. There were 4 to 5 families sharing one tent as they awaited the building of the handcarts. They were preparing for the 1400 mile trek across Indian country, plains and mountains to reach their goal of Zion. Esther was part of the Hunt Company. During the trip they ran into many trials and tribulations, One night a herd of buffalo came storming through their camp and they lost 30 head of cattle. Many of their animals were used as draft animals to pull the supply wagons. By loosing these cattle they were forced to move supplies from the wagons. The Saints had to leave many personal items along the trail so they could carry supplies. They were running short on supplies and food. They hoped to restock at South Pass or Fort Bridger. They reached Fort Laramie on Sept 1st. They still had 500 of the hardest part of the trek ahead of them. They had passed the Martin Company and had caught up with the Willie Hand Cart Company. They were in dire need for supplies also as they had not had food in two days. In October they were hit with an early snowstorm, which dropped a foot of snow overnight. Their starved draft animals had scattered and they had 5 more Saints to bury.
Brigham Young had heard of their plight and had sent 12 or 15 men with wagons and supplies. When they reached Fort Bridger they were met by Capt. Willie and one other man. They told the men you need to follow us to camp now or you might as well not go. The night before the rescuers reached the Willie Company 9 more had died and the rest had not eaten for 48 hours. They must have been trying to trudge forward as in Harriet Y Brown's history she wrote. "Joseph Gurnsey B. Brown found Esther Brown and Elizabeth White walking out ahead of the company. He picked them up and continued to the rest of the company." Half stayed and helped the Willie Company while the other half went on to rescue the Martin Company. And I also have found out from history of Elizabeth White that the Hunt company was also among those rescued. Joseph Gurnsey Brown was one of the rescuers and he was told to return to Salt Lake with the injured and old. He had asked Esther Brown and Elizabeth White to accompany him to help. Which they did.
When they reached the Great Salt Lake Valley Esther and Elizabeth rode to Draper with Brother Brown as Elizabeth had brother living in Draper. Esther was taken to the Brown home where his wife Harriet took her in and cared for her. On January 16,1857 Joseph Gurnsey Brown and Esther Brown were married in Draper. She became his second wife. On April 22, 1865 they were sealed to each other in the Endowment House.
Esther's first child was born 18 December 1857 and named Martha Selina. She died 10, October 1858 and was buried in Draper by their home. Later moved to Draper Cemetery. on the 3rd of December 1859 Celestia Ann was born. She married Joseph Michael Smith and lived in Draper. 16, September 1861 Esther Ellenor was born: she died 28,January 1866 while her father was on a mission. She was also buried by their home and later moved to the Draper Cemetery. Isaac Osborn was born 21, Sept. 1863 and married Mary Ellen Robinson and they lived in Kanab Rose Anne Jane was born 28, Aug. 1865 and married Francis Marian Hamblin and lived in Kanab, Utah. Ellymore, another daughter was born 25, Oct. 1868. By 1869 Gurnsey had been called on a mission to settle the Southern part of Deseret. After Esther's husband and his first wife left for the Muddy Mission, Gurnsey returned. James Arthur was born 18,June 1871. Harriet Luetta was born 17, August 1874 and she married Richard Samuel McAllister and lived in Kanab.
Esther had a millinary shop in Draper and one of the items that had made it across the plains and mountains with her from England was a little copper Brass name plate that she had made in England. She put it in the window of her shop where it remained the rest of her life.
Esther spent the winter of 1875 in Kanab living in a wagon box with the wheels of the wagon sunk in the ground with her 5 children.
Esther had her heart in Draper. She still had her little house and could get more work at her trade. So by the next fall she said goodbye to Kanab and went home by way of Washington where Elizabeth Mathews, her oldest sister lived. Their Esther dried fruit to take home for the winter.
As the children became older they attended the farm and grew the straw their Mother needed to make the specialty hats for her shop. When the hats were finished they were trimmed with bits of satin, silk or feathers.
On 16, Feb. 1881 she again had made a mound in the fields and laid to rest her invalid daughter Elleymore, age 12
On 21, April 1881 Esther Brown Brown died, not quite 25 years after her trek across the plains, leaving 5 children to mourn her passing. Esther's daughter Celestia Ann (called Lettie) was married and she cared for the children after they buried their Mother at the side of her three children.
This information comes for the book Ebenezer Brown and Descendants.
I have found a discrepancy and I will state it here. In the family book and Genealogy of the family it shows Esther born in 1832, but her headstone shows 1834. I will leave it with the headstone date, but just so you know it may be wrong.
I am so proud to be the Great Granddaughter of this fantastic Woman. What she went through for her descendants to follow. I am proud to carry her name of Esther as well as her daughter Celestia's daughter Esther. I wear the name with honor and will be ever grateful for the sacrifices this Beautiful Great Grandmother of mine went through.
REST IN SWEET ETERNAL PEACE MY SWEET GREAT GRANDMOTHER YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
Inscription: Wife of J. G. Brown.
According to family history Esther Brown was born on November 1, 1832 in Jurby, Isle of Man England. Daughter of James Brown and Esther Moore. They were of Patrick, Isle of Man.
Esther Brown had been an apprentice and learned the trade of dressmaking and hat making while in England.
Esther Brown along with her 2 sisters, Elizabeth and Jane one brother John and her brother in law, left from South Hampton England on the ship the Horizon headed for America. They boarded and left on Sunday May 25, 1856.
They reached Iowa City on July 8, 1856. Where the Saints were meeting to learn the hardships that awaited them on their trek to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. The country and the climate was a lot harsher than what they were used to. There were 4 to 5 families sharing one tent as they awaited the building of the handcarts. They were preparing for the 1400 mile trek across Indian country, plains and mountains to reach their goal of Zion. Esther was part of the Hunt Company. During the trip they ran into many trials and tribulations, One night a herd of buffalo came storming through their camp and they lost 30 head of cattle. Many of their animals were used as draft animals to pull the supply wagons. By loosing these cattle they were forced to move supplies from the wagons. The Saints had to leave many personal items along the trail so they could carry supplies. They were running short on supplies and food. They hoped to restock at South Pass or Fort Bridger. They reached Fort Laramie on Sept 1st. They still had 500 of the hardest part of the trek ahead of them. They had passed the Martin Company and had caught up with the Willie Hand Cart Company. They were in dire need for supplies also as they had not had food in two days. In October they were hit with an early snowstorm, which dropped a foot of snow overnight. Their starved draft animals had scattered and they had 5 more Saints to bury.
Brigham Young had heard of their plight and had sent 12 or 15 men with wagons and supplies. When they reached Fort Bridger they were met by Capt. Willie and one other man. They told the men you need to follow us to camp now or you might as well not go. The night before the rescuers reached the Willie Company 9 more had died and the rest had not eaten for 48 hours. They must have been trying to trudge forward as in Harriet Y Brown's history she wrote. "Joseph Gurnsey B. Brown found Esther Brown and Elizabeth White walking out ahead of the company. He picked them up and continued to the rest of the company." Half stayed and helped the Willie Company while the other half went on to rescue the Martin Company. And I also have found out from history of Elizabeth White that the Hunt company was also among those rescued. Joseph Gurnsey Brown was one of the rescuers and he was told to return to Salt Lake with the injured and old. He had asked Esther Brown and Elizabeth White to accompany him to help. Which they did.
When they reached the Great Salt Lake Valley Esther and Elizabeth rode to Draper with Brother Brown as Elizabeth had brother living in Draper. Esther was taken to the Brown home where his wife Harriet took her in and cared for her. On January 16,1857 Joseph Gurnsey Brown and Esther Brown were married in Draper. She became his second wife. On April 22, 1865 they were sealed to each other in the Endowment House.
Esther's first child was born 18 December 1857 and named Martha Selina. She died 10, October 1858 and was buried in Draper by their home. Later moved to Draper Cemetery. on the 3rd of December 1859 Celestia Ann was born. She married Joseph Michael Smith and lived in Draper. 16, September 1861 Esther Ellenor was born: she died 28,January 1866 while her father was on a mission. She was also buried by their home and later moved to the Draper Cemetery. Isaac Osborn was born 21, Sept. 1863 and married Mary Ellen Robinson and they lived in Kanab Rose Anne Jane was born 28, Aug. 1865 and married Francis Marian Hamblin and lived in Kanab, Utah. Ellymore, another daughter was born 25, Oct. 1868. By 1869 Gurnsey had been called on a mission to settle the Southern part of Deseret. After Esther's husband and his first wife left for the Muddy Mission, Gurnsey returned. James Arthur was born 18,June 1871. Harriet Luetta was born 17, August 1874 and she married Richard Samuel McAllister and lived in Kanab.
Esther had a millinary shop in Draper and one of the items that had made it across the plains and mountains with her from England was a little copper Brass name plate that she had made in England. She put it in the window of her shop where it remained the rest of her life.
Esther spent the winter of 1875 in Kanab living in a wagon box with the wheels of the wagon sunk in the ground with her 5 children.
Esther had her heart in Draper. She still had her little house and could get more work at her trade. So by the next fall she said goodbye to Kanab and went home by way of Washington where Elizabeth Mathews, her oldest sister lived. Their Esther dried fruit to take home for the winter.
As the children became older they attended the farm and grew the straw their Mother needed to make the specialty hats for her shop. When the hats were finished they were trimmed with bits of satin, silk or feathers.
On 16, Feb. 1881 she again had made a mound in the fields and laid to rest her invalid daughter Elleymore, age 12
On 21, April 1881 Esther Brown Brown died, not quite 25 years after her trek across the plains, leaving 5 children to mourn her passing. Esther's daughter Celestia Ann (called Lettie) was married and she cared for the children after they buried their Mother at the side of her three children.
This information comes for the book Ebenezer Brown and Descendants.
I have found a discrepancy and I will state it here. In the family book and Genealogy of the family it shows Esther born in 1832, but her headstone shows 1834. I will leave it with the headstone date, but just so you know it may be wrong.
I am so proud to be the Great Granddaughter of this fantastic Woman. What she went through for her descendants to follow. I am proud to carry her name of Esther as well as her daughter Celestia's daughter Esther. I wear the name with honor and will be ever grateful for the sacrifices this Beautiful Great Grandmother of mine went through.
REST IN SWEET ETERNAL PEACE MY SWEET GREAT GRANDMOTHER YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
According to family history Esther Brown was born on November 1, 1832 in Jurby, Isle of Man England. Daughter of James Brown and Esther Moore. They were of Patrick, Isle of Man.
Esther Brown had been an apprentice and learned the trade of dressmaking and hat making while in England.
Esther Brown along with her 2 sisters, Elizabeth and Jane one brother John and her brother in law, left from South Hampton England on the ship the Horizon headed for America. They boarded and left on Sunday May 25, 1856.
They reached Iowa City on July 8, 1856. Where the Saints were meeting to learn the hardships that awaited them on their trek to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. The country and the climate was a lot harsher than what they were used to. There were 4 to 5 families sharing one tent as they awaited the building of the handcarts. They were preparing for the 1400 mile trek across Indian country, plains and mountains to reach their goal of Zion. Esther was part of the Hunt Company. During the trip they ran into many trials and tribulations, One night a herd of buffalo came storming through their camp and they lost 30 head of cattle. Many of their animals were used as draft animals to pull the supply wagons. By loosing these cattle they were forced to move supplies from the wagons. The Saints had to leave many personal items along the trail so they could carry supplies. They were running short on supplies and food. They hoped to restock at South Pass or Fort Bridger. They reached Fort Laramie on Sept 1st. They still had 500 of the hardest part of the trek ahead of them. They had passed the Martin Company and had caught up with the Willie Hand Cart Company. They were in dire need for supplies also as they had not had food in two days. In October they were hit with an early snowstorm, which dropped a foot of snow overnight. Their starved draft animals had scattered and they had 5 more Saints to bury.
Brigham Young had heard of their plight and had sent 12 or 15 men with wagons and supplies. When they reached Fort Bridger they were met by Capt. Willie and one other man. They told the men you need to follow us to camp now or you might as well not go. The night before the rescuers reached the Willie Company 9 more had died and the rest had not eaten for 48 hours. They must have been trying to trudge forward as in Harriet Y Brown's history she wrote. "Joseph Gurnsey B. Brown found Esther Brown and Elizabeth White walking out ahead of the company. He picked them up and continued to the rest of the company." Half stayed and helped the Willie Company while the other half went on to rescue the Martin Company. And I also have found out from history of Elizabeth White that the Hunt company was also among those rescued. Joseph Gurnsey Brown was one of the rescuers and he was told to return to Salt Lake with the injured and old. He had asked Esther Brown and Elizabeth White to accompany him to help. Which they did.
When they reached the Great Salt Lake Valley Esther and Elizabeth rode to Draper with Brother Brown as Elizabeth had brother living in Draper. Esther was taken to the Brown home where his wife Harriet took her in and cared for her. On January 16,1857 Joseph Gurnsey Brown and Esther Brown were married in Draper. She became his second wife. On April 22, 1865 they were sealed to each other in the Endowment House.
Esther's first child was born 18 December 1857 and named Martha Selina. She died 10, October 1858 and was buried in Draper by their home. Later moved to Draper Cemetery. on the 3rd of December 1859 Celestia Ann was born. She married Joseph Michael Smith and lived in Draper. 16, September 1861 Esther Ellenor was born: she died 28,January 1866 while her father was on a mission. She was also buried by their home and later moved to the Draper Cemetery. Isaac Osborn was born 21, Sept. 1863 and married Mary Ellen Robinson and they lived in Kanab Rose Anne Jane was born 28, Aug. 1865 and married Francis Marian Hamblin and lived in Kanab, Utah. Ellymore, another daughter was born 25, Oct. 1868. By 1869 Gurnsey had been called on a mission to settle the Southern part of Deseret. After Esther's husband and his first wife left for the Muddy Mission, Gurnsey returned. James Arthur was born 18,June 1871. Harriet Luetta was born 17, August 1874 and she married Richard Samuel McAllister and lived in Kanab.
Esther had a millinary shop in Draper and one of the items that had made it across the plains and mountains with her from England was a little copper Brass name plate that she had made in England. She put it in the window of her shop where it remained the rest of her life.
Esther spent the winter of 1875 in Kanab living in a wagon box with the wheels of the wagon sunk in the ground with her 5 children.
Esther had her heart in Draper. She still had her little house and could get more work at her trade. So by the next fall she said goodbye to Kanab and went home by way of Washington where Elizabeth Mathews, her oldest sister lived. Their Esther dried fruit to take home for the winter.
As the children became older they attended the farm and grew the straw their Mother needed to make the specialty hats for her shop. When the hats were finished they were trimmed with bits of satin, silk or feathers.
On 16, Feb. 1881 she again had made a mound in the fields and laid to rest her invalid daughter Elleymore, age 12
On 21, April 1881 Esther Brown Brown died, not quite 25 years after her trek across the plains, leaving 5 children to mourn her passing. Esther's daughter Celestia Ann (called Lettie) was married and she cared for the children after they buried their Mother at the side of her three children.
This information comes for the book Ebenezer Brown and Descendants.
I have found a discrepancy and I will state it here. In the family book and Genealogy of the family it shows Esther born in 1832, but her headstone shows 1834. I will leave it with the headstone date, but just so you know it may be wrong.
I am so proud to be the Great Granddaughter of this fantastic Woman. What she went through for her descendants to follow. I am proud to carry her name of Esther as well as her daughter Celestia's daughter Esther. I wear the name with honor and will be ever grateful for the sacrifices this Beautiful Great Grandmother of mine went through.
REST IN SWEET ETERNAL PEACE MY SWEET GREAT GRANDMOTHER YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
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Wife of J.G.Brown
