Robert Siddoway, 1828-1893

• Born 6 June 1828 Washington, Durham, , England
• Died 14 August 1893 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
• Parents: Richard Siddoway and Susanna Clayton
• Spouse: Elizabeth Dawson (md. 9 September 1849 Sunderland, Durham, England)
• Children:  Isabella Siddoway, Richard Siddoway, Robert Siddoway, Jr., Susanna Siddoway

• Spouse: Emma Jackson (md. 1 September 1860 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah)
• Children: James William Siddoway, Edwin Siddoway, Elizabeth Siddoway, Emily Annie Siddoway, Susan Siddoway, Sylvia Siddoway, Francis Siddoway, Amos Siddoway, Eliza May Siddoway

• Spouse: Fanny Wilkinson (md. 27 May 1865 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah)
• Children: Louisa Ann Siddoway, William Henry Siddoway

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Thane Siddoway, also a descendant of Robert Siddoway, wrote a research paper about Robert and his family for a history class at BYU in 1977.  With his permission, I have uploaded his history to Google Drive, and you can read it here.

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1828 June 6

Born in Washington, Durham, England  [1]

1832 August 14

Age 4

Mother Susannah Clayton (Cloughton) is buried in Heworth, Durham, England  [2]

1841

Age 13

Living in Southwick, Durham, England with father Richard Siddoway, step-mother Mary Turnbull, and half-brother John (age 2)  [3, 4]  

1849 September 9

Age 21

Marries Elizabeth Dawson in Sunderland, Durham, England

1849 November 28

Age 21

Birth of daughter Isabella in Southwick, Durham, England. Is christened 4 December 1849.  [5, 6] 

1852 February 13

Age 23

Birth of son Richard Siddoway in Southwick, Durham, England  [7, 8]

1853 December 25

Age 25

Birth of son Robert Siddoway in Sunderland, Durham, England.  Christened 22 January 1854.  [9]

1855 September 30

Age 27

Father Richard Siddoway dies in Southwick, Durham, England.  Is buried 2 October 1855.   [10]

1856 June 15

Age 28

Arrives on Ship Thornton from Liverpool, England, to New York, riding in Upper Between Deck with wife Eliza, and children Isabel, Rich’d, and Robt.  Also with half-brother Jno Siddoway and sister-in-law Mary Siddoway.  His occupation is listed as “smith.”   [11]

1857

Age 29

Birth and death of daughter Susannah in Pottsville, Schuykill, Pennsylvania

1859 May 10

Age 30

Death of wife Elizabeth Dawson in Ashland, Schuykill, Pennsylvania.  Dies in childbirth along with baby girl.

1860 June 6

Age 32

Leaves Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha) with the Daniel Robinson handcart company, the 9th Mormon handcart company.  Is traveling with daughter Isabella (age 10), son Richard (age 8), son Robert, Jr. (age 6), half-brother John Siddoway (age 22), and sister-in-law Mary Jones Siddoway (age 23). Future wife Emma Jackson is also in this company.  They arrive in Salt Lake on 27 August 1860.  [12]

Daughter Isabella later wrote of their journey: "The journey being longer than we expected, our clothing, shoes and provisions grew very scanty long before we reached our destination. Our shoes were so badly worn that at night, after a long day's walk over the rough ground, I would have to pick the pebbles from my little brother's torn and bleeding feet, as well as my own. When we were near Laramie, Wyoming, our provisions grew very short, so much so that each person was rationed to one-half pound of flour a day. Sister Hannah Lapish, one of the members of our company, had some jewelry she had brought from England with her. She took it to a trading post, and exchanged it for seven hundred pounds of flour, which greatly relieved our want until we were met by a relief party at Green River, sent out by President Brigham Young, with 2500 pounds of flour and 500 pounds of bacon which lasted us until we reached the Valley. We were very fortunate in only having one death during our journey, and that being a little child. After arriving in Salt Lake Lake City, we looked upon the then almost barren country, and compaired [sic] it to the green fields and comfortable homes we had left in old England. Was it any wonder that we were hart-sick and disappointed with our new surroundings! With a little band of people, a scattered house and a green field here and there, very little to eat and less to wear, the first few years of our new home-making was very trying. But with one aim, and having been driven from place to place on account of their religious belief, which made them almost as united as one large family, this little band of courageous people turned a desert into the beautiful city we now have."  [13]

1860 September 1

Age 32

Marries Emma Jackson in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

1861 September 14

Age 33

Birth of son James William (son of Emma Jackson) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  [14]

1863 July 24

Age 35

Birth of son Edwin (son of Emma Jackson) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

1864 March 26

Age 35

Death of son Edwin at age 8 months.

1865 April 21

Age 36

Birth of daughter Elizabeth (daughter of Emma Jackson) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

1865 May 27

Age 36

Marries Fanny Wilkinson in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

1866 October 18

Age 38

Birth of daughter Louisa Ann (daughter of Fanny Wilkinson) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  [15]

1867 February 24

Age 38

Birth of daughter Emily Annie (daughter of Emma Jackson) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  [16]

1868 October 9

Age 40

Birth of son William Henry (son of Fanny Wilkinson) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  [17]

1869 July 19

Age 41

Birth of daughter Susan (daughter of Emma Jackson) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

1870 August 8

Age 42

Living in Sugar House Ward, Salt Lake, Utah with wife Emma and children James (age 9), Lizzie (age 5), Hannah (age 4), Louis (age 4), William H. (age 2), Susan C. (age 8 months), Richard (age 18), and Robert (age 16).  Lists occupation as millwright.  [18]

1871 February 1

Age 42

Death of daughter Susan

1872 January 19

Age 43

Birth of daughter Sylvia (daughter of Emma Jackson) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  [19]

1874 March 24

Age 45

Birth of son Francis (Frank) (son of Emma Jackson) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  [20]

1876 September 21

Age 48

Birth of son Amos (son of Emma Jackson) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  [21]

1879 May 17

Age 50

Birth of daughter Eliza May (daughter of Emma Jackson) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  [22]

1880 June 9

Age 52

Living in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, with wife Emma and children Jas. Wm. (age 18), Eliza (age 15), Emily (age 13), Sylvia (age 8), Frank (age 6), Amos (age 4), and Eliza May (age 1).  Lists occupation as carpenter.  [23]

1893 August 14

Age 65

Dies in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah [24]

Deseret Evening News, 1893-08-15, p. 5

Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah

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[1]  "BillionGraves Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KSG3-MZS : accessed 28 Mar 2013), Robert Siddoway, 14 Aug 1893.

[2]  Burial record for Susannah Cloughton.  Found on PR's Heworth, Durham, England Film 1885534. PR's Heworth, Durham England Film 091095.

[3]  England and Wales Census, 1841," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MQB8-LH8 : accessed 02 Apr 2013), Robt Siddoway, 1841.

[4]  Siddoway, Thane, “The Immigrant, Robert Siddoway : A research paper presented to Dr. Eugene Cambell, Brigham Young University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for History 490,” unpublished manuscript, April 1977, p. [iii].

[5]  "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQ4Y-RVN : accessed 28 Mar 2013), Isabella Siddoway Armstrong, 1930.

[6]  "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JSJ5-MF7 : accessed 28 Mar 2013), Isabella Siddoway, 04 Dec 1849.

[7]  "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQ4N-YWL : accessed 28 Mar 2013), Robert Siddoway, 1921.

[8]  "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J7PX-HF7 : accessed 28 Mar 2013), Richard Siddoway, 13 Feb 1852.

[9]  "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NVPK-1JY : accessed 28 Mar 2013), Robert Siddoway, 22 Jan 1854.

[10]  "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JZM5-56J : accessed 28 Mar 2013), Richard Siddoway, .

[11]  Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Ship Thornton.  http://immigrantships.net/1800/thornton18560615.html  Viewed online March 2013.

[12]  Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel website.  Viewed March 2013. http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/companyPioneers?lang=eng&companyId=255

[13]  Entry for Isabella Siddoway Armstrong in Andrew Jensen, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, vol. 2, p. 484.

[14]  "BillionGraves Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VT7Z-F6T : accessed 28 Mar 2013), James Siddoway, 1917.

[15]  "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8GX-968 : accessed 28 Mar 2013), Hyrum W. Taylor and Louise A. Siddoway, 1890.

[16]  "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8GK-5V9 : accessed 28 Mar 2013), Stephen Bond and Emily Siddoway, 1890.

[17]  "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZL2-YP1 : accessed 28 Mar 2013), William Henry Siddoway, 25 Oct 1950.

[18]  “United States Census, 1870,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNCT-BXG : accessed 09 Feb 2013), Robert Siddoway in household of Robert Siddoway, Utah, United States; citing p. 4, family 26, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 553110.

[19]  "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZLK-MBS : accessed 28 Mar 2013), Sylvia Siddoway Harries, 21 Jan 1950.

[20]  "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8GK-RYW : accessed 28 Mar 2013), Frank Siddoway and Alice Harris, 1897.

[21]  "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J1TZ-7TY : accessed 09 Feb 2013), Amos Siddoway, November 1966; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

[22]  "California, Death Index, 1940-1997," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VP62-MJJ : accessed 28 Mar 2013), May S Vancott, 1968.

[23]  “United States Census, 1880,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/ MNSV-LG6 : accessed 09 Feb 2013), Robt. Siddoway, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing sheet 15B, family 0, NARA microfilm publication T9-1337.

[24]  "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQH1-17W : accessed 9 Feb 2013), Robert Siddoway, 1893.

Amos J Siddoway, 1876-1966

• Born 21 September 1876 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
• Died 24 November 1966 Rexburg, Madison, Idaho
• Parents: Robert Siddoway and Emma Jackson
• Spouse: Agnes Davidson (md. 19 June 1901 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah)
• Children: Walter Amos Siddoway, Lawrence Davidson Siddoway, Donald Ray Siddoway, Mary Agnes Siddoway

Amos J. Siddoway

Amos was the eighth child in the family of handcart pioneers, Robert Siddoway and his second wife Emma Jackson.  He was born on 21 September 1876.  His older siblings were James (age 15), Elizabeth (nearly age 11), Emily (age 9), Sylvia (age 4), and Francis (age 2), and five half-brothers and sisters:  Richard (age 24), Robert (age 22, married), Isabella Siddoway Armstrong (age 26, married), the children of his father’s first wife, Elizabeth Dawson, who was deceased; and two more half-siblings:  Lovisa (age 12), and William (age 10), children of his father’s plural wife, Fanny Wilkinson.  Family stories have been passed down that because of the bitterness his mother Emma felt over the polygamy issue, she would not allow her children to be blessed or baptized in the church.  Amos is found in the 1880 U.S. Census at age 4, living at home in Sugar House, Utah, with his other siblings.  Amos’s father, Robert Siddoway, died in 1893, when Amos was age 16.  His mother, Emma, died 23 year later in 1917.

At age 24, Amos married Agnes Davidson, age 20, on 19 June 1901, in Salt Lake City.  They moved to Teton, Idaho, where Amos’s older brother James lived.  The Davidson family were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but neither Amos nor Agnes were ever baptized as children, nor were interested in the Mormon Church.  Amos and Agnes had high principles and were very good people and Amos did a great deal for the town of Teton.  They had four children:  Walter born in 1902, Lawrence in 1904, Donald in 1906.  Eighteen years after Donald’s birth, Agnes, at age 44, gave birth in 1924 to a daughter named Mary Agnes.  Her birth came as quite a surprise, but to their sorrow, Mary was born blind.  They employed every means possible to improve their daughter’s eyes, but nothing the doctors did ever helped.  Mary later joined the Presbyterian Church and was active in that religion, married, and had children.

Amos’s wife Agnes was outgoing and service-oriented.  She was one of the first PTA presidents in Teton, where their children went to school.  She also became chairman of the Red Cross during World Ward I.  Amos was active in Teton City politics, and becamse the president of the Enterprise and East Teton Canal, vice president of the First State Bank of Teton, which was the bank where his older brother Frank was the president.  Also, Amos had a very large sheep ranch, and was very prosperous.

Some of Amos and Agnes’s posterity joined the LDS Church:  Amos’s grandson Ralph Wayne Siddoway was baptized, filled a mission from 1956 to 1958.  Ralph’s father, Lawrence, was baptized 28 March 1957 and was endowed in the Idaho Falls Temple in 1958.  Amos’s son Walter joined the LDS Church 1 November 1941.  Walter’s wife, Velma Cherry Siddoway, hired the LDS Church Genealogical Society to research on the Cherry and Siddoway lines in the 1950s.

Walter and Donald stayed in Teton; Lawrence settled in Rigby, Idaho; and Mary married Dale Pass, whom she later divorced.  She then married Frank Collins and lived in Ogden, Utah.  Both of Mary’s husbands were blind, too.  She had four children.  Agnes moved to Rigby, Idaho, to a rest home and died on 20 March 1964, at age 85.  Amos lived five more years and died at age 90 on 24 November 1966 in a rest home in Rexburg, Idaho.

--Taken from Talbot, Margaret Fawson.  Once Upon a Time, the Siddoway Family Series, Book 1, Siddoway Families for Robert and his brother John.  Brigham Young University Press, c2011, p. 88.

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Timeline:

1876 September 21
Born as the 8th child of Robert Siddoway and Emma Jackson in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah [1, 2, 3]

1890 (about)
Age 14
Moved to Teton, Fremont, Idaho, where he worked for his father who operated a sawmill. [2]

1893 August 14
Age 16
Death of father, Robert Siddoway in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  [4]

1900 June 14/15
Age 23
Living in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah with widowed mother, Emma, and sister May (age 21), and nieces Isabel Naylor (age 13) and Maurine Naylor (age 9).  [5]

1901 June 19
Age 24
Marries Agnes Davidson in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  [6]

1902 June 2
Age 25
Birth of son Walter Amos in Teton, Fremont, Idaho [7, 8]

1904 July 16
Age 27
Birth of son Lawrence Davidson in Teton, Fremont, Idaho [9, 10]

1906 July 19
Age 29
Birth of son Donald Ray in Teton, Fremont, Idaho [11, 12]

1910
Age 34
Living in Teton, Fremont, Idaho with wife Agnes, and sons Walter A. (age 7), Lawrence D. (age 5), and Donald R. (age 3).  [13]

1917 January 28
Age 40
Death of mother, Emma Jackson Siddoway, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  [14]

1918 September 12
Age 41
Registers with the draft for World War I [3]

1920
Age 44
Living in Bonneville County, Idaho with wife Agnes and sons Walter (age 17), Lawrence (age 15), and Donald (age 13).  [15]


1924 November 22
Age 48
Birth of daughter Mary Agnes in Teton, Fremont, Idaho.  She is born blind, but goes on to marry, have children, and lead a normal life.  She also appears on the Oprah Winfrey television program in 1998 in a Mothers Day special. [16]

1930
Age 54
Living in Teton, Fremont, Idaho with wife Agnes D., and children Walter A. (age 27), Donald R. (age 23), and Mary A. (age 5). [17]

Amos Siddoway home in Teton Idaho

1940 April 3
Age 63
Living in Teton, Fremont, Idaho with wife Agnes. and daughter Mary Agnes (age 15).  [18]

1946
Age 70
Moved to Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho upon retirement [2]

1964 March 20
Age 87
Wife Agnes dies at Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho [19, 20]

1966 November 24
Age 90
Dies in Rexburg, Madison, Idaho [1, 2]

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Amos Siddoway Dies at 90

"ST. ANTHONY, Nov. 27 – Amos J. Siddoway, 90, retired farmer and sheepman in the Teton area, died Thursday evening at a Rexburg nursing home of causes incident to age.

"He was born Sept. 21, 1876, at Salt Lake City, a son of Robert and Emma Jackson Siddoway. He received his early education and when he was 14 years of age he came to Teton, where he was employed by his father who operated a sawmill.

"He hauled lumber to St. Anthony, some of which was used in construction of the first bridge across Snake River at St. Anthony, and for the Fogg and Jacobs building on the south side of town.

"Mr. Siddoway moved to Teton in 1900 where he homesteaded and lived until his retirement in 1946, when they moved to Idaho Falls.

"He helped in the construction of the Enterprise and East Teton Canals and was president of the East Teton Canal Co. for many years.

"He was active in irrigation work, was vice president of the First State Bank of Teton and a stockholder in the Teton Mercantile Co.

"He married Agnes Davidson June 19, 1901, at Salt Lake City, Utah. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 1961. She died in 1964.

"Survivors are three sons and one daughter, Walter A. Siddoway, and Donald R. Siddoway, Teton city; Lawrence Siddoway, Rt. 2, Rigby; Mrs. Frank (Mary) Collins, Ogden, Utah; 14 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. May VanCott, Santa Monica, Calif.

"Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1:30 p.m. in the Teton LDS Ward Chapel by Bishop John Bean.

"Friends may call at the Hansen Memorial Chapel in St. Anthony Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m., and at the church Monday from 12 noon until service time.

"Interment will be in the Teton-Newdale Cemetery."

--Special to the Post Register [of Idaho Falls, Idaho], November 24, 1966.
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[1]  "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J1TZ-7TY : accessed 09 Feb 2013), Amos Siddoway, November 1966; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

[2]  “Amos Siddoway Dies at 90,” Post Register [of Idaho Falls, Idaho], November 24, 1966.

[3]  “United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8QZ-F4B : accessed 09 Feb 2013), Amos Siddoway.

[4]  "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQH1-17W : accessed 9 Feb 2013), Robert Siddoway, 1893.

[5]  “United States Census, 1900,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMR2-9D3 : accessed 09 Feb 2013), Amos Siddoway in household of Emma Siddoway, ED 2 Precinct 2 Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing sheet 14A, family 263, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241684.

[6]  "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8G2-P7M : accessed 06 Feb 2013), Amos Siddoway and Agnes Davidson, 1901.

[7]  "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JLP1-TYX : accessed 24 Feb 2013), Walt A Siddoway, 2 April 1995; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

[8]  "BillionGraves Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VT7H-RL3 : accessed 24 Feb 2013), WALTER AMOS SIDDOWAY, 1995; citing BillionGraves.com (http://billiongraves.com : 2012).

[9]  "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J5H2-TNL : accessed 24 Feb 2013), Lawrence D Siddoway, 13 December 1989; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

10]  “BillionGraves Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VT7H-RZD : accessed 24 Feb 2013), Lawrence Davidson Siddoway, 1989; citing BillionGraves.com (http://billiongraves.com : 2012).

[11]  "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JT7V-K6J : accessed 24 Feb 2013), Donald Siddoway, August 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

[12]  "BillionGraves Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VT76-MC1 : accessed 24 Feb 2013), Donald R. Siddoway, 1976; citing BillionGraves.com (http://billiongraves.com : 2012).

[13]  "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLHL-WZ2 : accessed 24 Feb 2013), Amos J Siddoway, Teton, Fremont, Idaho; citing sheet 4A, family 62, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374237.

[14]  Gravestone for Emma J. Siddoway, Salt Lake City Cemetery.

[15]  "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDCV-GD2 : accessed 24 Feb 2013), Amos Siddoway, , Bonneville, Idaho; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet 9B, family 198, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1820289.

[16]  Mary A. Collins obituary in Deseret News, Sunday, December 19, 2004.  Viewed online February 24, 2013.  http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1301202/Obituary-Mary-A-Collins.html?pg=all

[17]  "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHDT-4JS : accessed 24 Feb 2013), Agnes D Siddoway in household of Amos J Siddoway, Teton, Fremont, Idaho; citing enumeration district (ED) 0031, sheet 3B, family 64, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 400.

[18]  "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VY42-GYD : accessed 24 Feb 2013), Agnes Siddoway in household of Amos J Siddoway, Teton, Teton Election Precinct, Fremont, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 22-33, sheet 2B, family 40, NARA digital publication T627, roll 745.

[19]  "BillionGraves Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VT7C-2LZ : accessed 06 Feb 2013), Agnes D Siddoway, 1964; citing BillionGraves.com (http://billiongraves.com : 2012).

[20]  Obituary for Agnes Siddoway in Idaho Falls, Idaho Post Register, dated 22 March 1964.

Emma Jackson, 1838-1917

• Born 29 Jan 1838 Mansfield, Nottingham, , England
• Died 28 Jan 1917 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
• Parents:  James Jackson and Elizabeth Wragg
• Spouse:  Robert Siddoway (md. 1 Sep 1860 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah)
• Children:  James William Siddoway, Edwin Siddoway, Elizabeth Siddoway, Emily Annie Siddoway, Susan Siddoway, Sylvia Siddoway, Francis Siddoway, Amos Siddoway, Eliza May Siddoway

Emma Jackson

"Emma was christened in Mansfield, Nottingham, England, on 29 January 1838, the daughter of James Jackson and Elizabeth Wragg.1

"Two months before her 13th birthday Emma was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Hull Branch in Durham England, 29 November 1850.  She was the only member of her family to join.2   At age 22, she immigrated to Zion as a single girl using the Perpetual Emigration Funds on the Ship Underwriter, which sailed on 30 March 1860 from Liverpool.3

"After arriving in New York she went with the saints to Florence, Nebraska (Winter Quarters), and was assigned to the 9th Robison Handcart PEF Co. that left on 13 May 1860.  Emma was asked by Captain Daniel Robison to assist the family of Robert Siddoway, age 31, a widower with three small children:  Isabella age 10, Richard age 8, and Robert age 7.4  Robert’s first wife, Elizabeth Dawson, had died in 1859.  John (Robert’s brother) and his bride Mary were also traveling with this family.5

"After arriving in the Salt Lake Valley on 28 August 1860, Emma married Robert Siddoway on September 1.  Six months later on 9 March 1861 they were sealed in the Endowment House.6  Emma took over caring for his three children, Isabella, Richard, and Robert.  The Siddoway family spent the first winter in a log cabin with no windows and a dirt floor where the Bamberger Station now stands in Salt Lake City.7  Robert was a carpenter and was called by the LDS church authorities, along with his younger brother John, to go to Logan to help build the Thatcher Mill.  Robert built a home for Emma in the Sugar House Ward—located southeast of the downtown area.

"Emma gave birth to nine children.  Her first child, James William, born 14 September 1861 was named for Emma’s father James Jackson.  Her other children were:  Edwin (1863-1864), Elizabeth (1865- ), Emily (1867- ), Susan (1869-1871), Sylvia (1872- ), Francis “Frank” (1874- ), Amos (1876- ) (named for her younger brother), and Eliza May (1879- ) (named for her older sister).  Her first child was born when she was 23 and her last when she was 41.

"In September 1864, Fanny Wilkinson, age 30, from Emma’s LDS Hull Branch in England arrived in the valley with her two sisters:  Grace, age 23 and Maria, age 14.  Emma and Fanny renewed their acquaintance as they were from the same branch and eight months later, Emma’s husband Robert married Fanny in the Endowment House on May 27, 1865.8

"Some histories say that Emma never adjusted to sharing her husband with another woman, and that Fanny felt that she was neglected.  Fanny’s first child, Louisa Ann and Emma’s fourth child, Emily, were born within four months of each other.  According to Thane Siddoway’s large history, there was a break-up in the relationship of Emma and Fanny over sharing the same husband in the same home.  Emma became inactive in the Church, and some of the children were not blessed or baptized.  Fanny moved out, remained active, and stayed in the Church.

"Seven of Emma’s children married and gave her 37 grandchildren from the years of 1887 to 1910.  Her husband Robert died in 1893.  She was a widow for 24 years and died 28 January 1917 in Salt Lake City at the home of her daughter May Siddoway Van Cott.  Her obituary reads:

"Called by Death
Mrs. Emma Jackson Siddoway—At the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ernest Van Cott, 952 Ninth East street occurred the death of Mrs. Emma Jackson Siddoway, Sunday.  She was the widow of Robert Siddoway, who died several years ago.  Mrs. Siddoway was born in Hull, England, in 1838 and came to Salt Lake in 1860, where she has resided since.  She was the mother of nine children, six of whom survive.  They are James, Frank and Amos of Teton City, Ida.; Mrs. Stephen Bond of St. Anthony, Ida.; Mrs. Benjamin Harris and Mrs. Ernest Van Cott of Salt Lake.
     Funeral Services will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the residence of Mrs. Van Cott 952 Ninth East street.  The body may be viewed at the residence from 11:30 to 1.  Interment will be in the city cemetery."

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1.  Vicar of Mansfield by correspondence from Velma Cherry Siddoway who hired the Gen. Soc.
2.  LDS Rec. Bap. For:  Emma Jackson b. 1838.  SLC FHL F. 13656 pt. 27. 13.
3.  Emigration Registers of British Mission – SLC FHL F. 614 pt.2.
4.  From a Fanny – W.R. Siddoway History.
5.  Leroy Hafen, Handcarts to Zion, pp. 181-185.
6.  Temple Index Bureau Endowment Cards.
7.  Richard Siddoway Family Report, pp. 48-49.
8.  Temple Index Bureau Endowment Cards.

--Talbot, Margaret Fawson, Once Upon a Time, The Siddoway Family Series, Book 1, Siddoway Families for Robert and his brother John, pp. 68-69, 92.