John MITCHELL

                   «b»FHC Fiche 6900085 Computer Printout of Whitby, Yorkshire, England of Bishop's Transcripts
«/b»Births and Christenings
Elizabeth Mitchel - born 20 Feb 1808 - christened 26 Feb 1808 - daughter of John Mitchel and Ann - Batch C774-4 - Serial #07603-7
Eleanor Mitchel - born 23 Jan 1810 - christened 26 Jan 1810 - daughter of John Mitchel and Ann - Batch C774-4 - Serial #08155-0
                  

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Records of Kenneth Kieth Blackett give birthdate for Ellen Mitchell at 15 October 1808 in England.

«b»Utah State Cemeteries and Burials Database «/b»- taken from Sexton/Grant Records
Ellen Mitchell Blackett - born 1808 - died 1884 - buried Nephi Vine Bluff Cemetery Vb-A-1-17-12

«b»Notes from notebook written by Pearl Blackett Snow«/b»
Ellen Mitchell Blackett - Mother of George Blackett
Born Whitby, Yorkshire England 15 Oct 1808
Died at Tintic - Buried in Nephi 23 July 1884
They were married 11 May 1829 in Sunderland, Durham, England

«b»Mormon Immigration Index «/b»- Emigrated on ship Thornton 1856
Eleanor Blackett born about 1808 - age 48 yrs in England - wife
John W. Blackett born about 1849 - age 7 yrs in England
Joseph F. Blackett born about 1851 - age 5 yrs in England
Priscilla Blackett born about 1845 - age 11 yrs in England
Robert C. Blackett born about 1807 in England - age 49 yrs in England - shipwright - BMR p. 123
Robert Blackett, Jr. born about 1846 in England - age 10 yrs in England

The ship Thornton, Captain Collins, cleared Liverpool, England on May 3, and sailed on the 4th for New York with 764 souls of the Saints on board, of whom 163 were from the Scandinavian Mission, 484 were Perpetual Emigration funde emigrants, expected to cross the plains with hand-carts.This company was under the presidency of Elders James G. Willie, Millen Atwood, Jacob A. Ahmansen, and Moses Clough.  Shortly after leaving Liverpool the emigrants were divided into seven wards or districts, over each of which a presiding officer was appointed.  During the voyage Captain Collins was very kind to the emigrants, allowing them a great many privileges which were duly appreciated by them.  He also gave the elders full liberty to preach and hold meetings on board as often as they pleased, and frequently he, together with the ship's physician, and other officers were attentive listeners to the preaching and joined in singing the songs of Zion.

Considerable sickness prevailed among the emigrants of whom a number were old and sickly.  Seven deaths, three births, and two marriages took place on board.  On the fourteenth of June 1856, the Thornton arrived at New York, and a tug boat landed the emigrants at Castle Garden, where they were kindly received by Apostle John Taylor and Elder Nathaniel H. Felt.

On the seventh of June, the company left New York and traveled by rail to Dunkrik, New York where they boarded the steamer Jersey City and sailed to Toledo, Ohio, where they arrived on the twenty-first.  The following day they reached Chicago.  While at Toledo the emigrants were treated unkindly by the railway hands.  On the twenty-third the company left Chicago by rail in two divisions, one leaving a few hours after the other.  At Pond Creek, the emigrants learned that the bridge at Rock Island had collapsed while a train passed over it.  Apostle Erastus Snow and other elders from Utah were on the train when the accident happened, but escaped unhurt.  On the twenty-sixth of June, the emigrants continued the journey from Pond Creek aqnd arrived at Iowa City the same day.
(BMR, Book #1047, pp. 120-150) - FHL 025,691; SMR, pp. 35-41; Customs (FHL 175,519)
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FHC Fiche 6900085 Computer Printout of Whitby, Yorkshire, England of Bishop's Transcripts
«/b»Births and Christenings
Elizabeth Mitchel - born 20 Feb 1808 - christened 26 Feb 1808 - daughter of John Mitchel and Ann - Batch C774-4 - Serial #07603-7
Eleanor Mitchel - born 23 Jan 1810 - christened 26 Jan 1810 - daughter of John Mitchel and Ann - Batch C774-4 - Serial #08155-0