Monday, July 29, 2019

A Handcart Trek Mystery - Part 2: Mary Mathieson and the Luggage Disaster

Brent Hugh    7:20 AM    1 comment
Our exploration of the life of William Heaton and his family in Part 1 of A Handcart Trek Mystery solved a few mysteries but raised a few more. Among those: Who was Mary Mathieson and why was she living and traveling with the Heatons in 1856? This is a mystery that turns out to have a very interesting...

Friday, July 26, 2019

William Heaton and A Handcart Trek Mystery - Part 1

Brent Hugh    2:21 AM    1 comment
William Heaton was my great-great grandfather. I have been doing a little research into him because of some minor mysteries about his life: What was he doing between August, 1853, when his missionary journal ends, and March 1856 when he and his family boarded the ship Enoch Train for America? Where...
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