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Robert Walsh[1, 2, 3, 4]
Male 1851 - 1856

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  • Birth  6 Jun 1851  Over Darwen, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Gender  Male 
    Buried  Sep 1856  On the plains, near Wood River, Hall, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died  13 Sep 1856  On the plains, near Wood River, Hall, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Cause: Robert was weakened from having the measles while enroute to the United Stat 
    Person ID  I235  Jacob Strong and Sarah Hill
    Last Modified  26 Apr 2013 
     
    Father  William Walsh,   b. 10 Oct 1825, Accrington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Nov 1856, Near Devil's Gate, Sweetwater,Wyoming,United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Alice Fish,   b. 16 Apr 1829, Over Darwen, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1924, North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  15 Jul 1850  Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Photos
    Jacob and Sarah Hill Strong    		Jacob and Sarah Hill Strong
    Jacob and Sarah were married in Strongstown, Indiana County, PA where they joined the Mormon church. They moved to Nauvoo in 1840. In 1846 they emigrated west with the Mormon pioneers in the Silas Richards Company to Salt Lake.
    Brush Valley church on site of Lutheran Church    		Brush Valley church on site of Lutheran Church
    Now called the Brush Valley church built on the site of the Lutheran church attended by the Strong family. South of the church is the Cememtery.
    Jacob and Sarah Strong with Sarah Elizabeth Mower    		Jacob and Sarah Strong with Sarah Elizabeth Mower
    Jacob Strong, Sarah Hill Strong and their grand daughter Sarah Elizabeth Mower.
    Documents
    Map of Pennsylvania (smaller version)    		Map of Pennsylvania (smaller version)
    Indiana and York counties are highlighted. Strongstown is located in Indiana County.
    Map of Indiana County, PA     		Map of Indiana County, PA
    Shows Pine and Brush Valley Townships. Strongstown is located in Pine Township
    Histories Erastus Snow's Mission
    Erastus Snow was the missionary who baptized Jacob and Sarah Strong into the LDS church.
    Jacob and Sarah Strong.
    Taken from notes of a stepson, John Walsh, as assembled by Erma Strong Turner
    Jacob Strong & Family as told by James T. Strong
    The history of Jacob Strong & Family as told by James T. Strong at the Strong Family Reunion in 1902.
    Alice Fish Bury Walsh "Out There On the Plains"
    The story of Alice Fish Bury Walsh Strong and her family by Robert A Egbert. 8 pages.
    Family ID  F5  Group Sheet
     
  • Event Map
    		Event
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Jun 1851 - Over Darwen, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
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  • Histories Alice Fish Bury Walsh "Out There On the Plains"
    The story of Alice Fish Bury Walsh Strong and her family by Robert A Egbert. 8 pages.
     
  • Notes 
    • DEATH: Occurred while travelling with the Martin Handcart Co. Wood River is near Grand Island, Nebraska.
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S17] THE DESCENDANTS OF JACOB STRONG, p.302.

    2. [S30] History of Alice Walsh Strong.

    3. [S109] [Journal], in Journal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 30 Nov 1856, pp. 7, 71..

    4. [S110] Autobiographical Sketch of Alice Walsh Strong.
      These papers are available at the LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. They are NOT in the Family History Library. Source of death and burial.

    5. [S14] Family Records.
      From "Hall Moss, Over Darwen, Lancashire, England certificate." This notation was found on a family group sheet prepared by Harriet Strong Speirs.

    6. [S169] LDS.org; Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868.
      Listed as age 4.

    7. [S945] Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868, Edward Martin Company (1856): Robert Walsh.
      The following sources are listed:
      1) Bell, Stella Jaques, LIFE HISTORY AND WRITINGS OF JOHN JAQUES [1978], 306
      2) Famiy Search
      3) JOURNAL HISTORY, 30 Nov 1856, p. 71
      4) Smith, Don, e-mail communication, 8 July 2003
      5) Strong, Alice Walsh, Autobiographical skethc, in Josiah Rogerson, Paper [ca. 1895-1914]
      6) Swinton, Heidi, SWEETWATER RESCUE: THE WILLIE AND MARTIN HANDCART STORY, [2006]

  

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