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Maria Susannah Merrick Thorn

July 1, 1811–September 18, 1889

1 Born at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England; daughter of Mary Vaux and James Merrick. 2 Had four children with John Maddison, circa 1833–1846, but never married. 3 Baptized, 1848. 4 Immigrated to the United States aboard the Ellen Maria and traveled to the Salt Lake Valley, 1851. 5 Married William Thorn as a plural wife, 1852; two children. 6 Served as treasurer of the Salt Lake City Seventh Ward Relief Society. 7 Died at Salt Lake City. 8 (See Document 3.3)

Footnotes

  1. [1] “Utah Death Registers, 1847–1966,” p. 32 (1889), Maria S. Thorn; database and images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Jan. 2015); citing series 21866, from Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Utah State Archives and Records Service, Salt Lake City, UT.

  2. [2] “Utah Death Registers, 1847–1966,” database, Maria S. Thorn. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Jan. 2015), Maria Susannah Merrick KWVC-HQR.

  3. [3] “Family Tree,” database, Maria Susannah Merrick and John Francis Maddison Sr. LRJS-7N9. See Thomas Ray Watrous and Sandra Gale Watrous, “John Maddison Timeline 2008,” in “Public Member Stories,” database, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Mar. 2015).

  4. [4] “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Jan. 2015), Maria Susannah Merrick KWVC-HQR.

  5. [5] “Saints by Sea,” database, 1840–1932, Saints by Sea (https://saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu, accessed May 2023), Maria S. Maddison; extracted from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Immigration Index CD (2000). “Maria Susanna Merrick Maddison,” Church History Biographical Database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, available at https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Jan. 2015.

  6. [6] Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901), 1:610. “Family Tree,” database, Maria Susannah Merrick and William Thorn KWJC-FJR.

  7. [7] Minutes, Jan. 28, 1868, vol. 1, 1848–1869, Relief Society minutes and records, 1848–1922, Seventh Ward, Pioneer Stake, CHL.

  8. [8] “Utah Cemeteries and Burials,” database, Utah Division of State History (https://ushpo.utah.gov/cemetery, accessed May 2023), Maria S. Thorn. Find a Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com, accessed Jan. 2015), memorial no. 52009279, Maria Susanna Merrick Thorn; Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT.