Item Detail
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Hurren, Eliza Reeder
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1830-1912
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MSS 8
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Biography
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Eliza Reeder Hurren was born January 31, 1830 in Linstead, England She married James Hurren in 1847, and they lived together in the Hurren home. Eliza joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on July 14, 1851, and on May 5, 1854, the couple sailed to America. They arrived at Castle Gardens and from there, rode by train to Iowa City. They left Iowa City on July 16, traveling with a handcart company. The couple had a daughter on July 14 at camp grounds, but she died two weeks later while traveling. The company left Winter Quarters August 15 and arrived in Salt Lake on November 9. Eliza died April 6, 1912.
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This is a three-page typescript from the Margaret Steed Hess collection, written by Adolf Reeder in 1956. The print is fading, though still legible. Adolf provides various descriptions throughout, though few that are personal or individual for Eliza. Adolf writes that after the family arrived in Salt Lake, one of the young girls, Mary, nearly had to have her legs amputated because they had frozen.
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1817-1886