Show biography of mary ann greenhalgh mace 1 1 I 1 1 written AVI attell ily by blanche mace 1 at Mac macclesfield clesfield chesshire england april 21 1848 1 I was born tho the daughter and oldest eldest child of mary moorcroft and thomas greenhalgh my father wab a lik and worked at hla his trade in the cli ally of f y Mand Mandli heater estor in ili lancashire ile he leani ed thi this sart aart when a very young nian man I 1 cai inott remember ember the time toiuo wh when on lie he had another trado trade thail that ot of a silk at the ago at twelve years I 1 started to work in a cloth factory where my father warped I 1 never attended school as my parents were in need of my help at home at night how over when my father cattle came home from work and his working hours were from six rix until six lie he taught me to read write spell and figure when I 1 was twelve years old the cayll war broke out in america this made tt it necessary tor for me ine to work in the factory with my father to hiela support the family which by this time included five children I 1 eat bained nod about three and one halt dollars each week winding skeen ot of yarn on oil spools there was nuch much suffering in ili laila cashore during the Ameri american efin civil war as the people in this section of england depended on america tor for tile the cotton to supply the factories my aly father was fortunate enough to keep keel his job as ho he was waa a skilled and eliad worked tor for the firm of critchley and armstrong manufactures for eighteen years iby fatter fallier and mother both joined the L D S church chuich before batore they were married in ili the year of 1865 april 29 our family of nine children with father and moti lier left liverpool tor for america 0 on a railing vessel called the bell wood this ship was in charge of captain freeman a large red headed yankee who said lie ho had crossed the ocean this being the sixth time our trip tr on oil the ocean lasted five weeks and two days the captain said it was the nicest trip he had ever taken across the atlantic ocean there were seven hundred seven t ty y three people on oft that ship we landed at castle gardens new york juno june 2 1865 and found tho the country lit in deep mourning over the tragic death of abraham Abr allain lincoln everywhere we saw soldiers who were returning home fr from oni the civil war I 1 ro remember member one troop carrying carryl nR what remained of a huge american flag the center had bad been taken out by a cannon hall ball soldiers Sold lera were carrying it down the street by its corners they looked ragged tired and sick as aa they dragged themselves down the street to their quarters amid the sound of cheers and martial music my baby brother who iliad had been beell sick 0 on the voyage died one month alfter aker we landed in new york and was burled lit in the green wood the undertakers name was john alnee A aliory service was wag held beld at tho the I 1 grave our family stayed in ill new york city until the middle of septen Septem ber hei I 1 whore my sister and I 1 obtained wor wok lit in a silk factory we were here because father could not lot ind find work and we did not like living in ill a city either but we were obliged to stay until we could do better in a short time w we 0 hears hearm of a manufacturing town called cohoes which was eleven miles from albany so we moved there here we obtained a comfortable house ilse in il which to live and secured i ork for us all that was for my sister Sarra lh father and myself it was while we ire were living here that I 1 attended one quarter of school tho the only school I 1 ever attended in my itte we lived here until unell july loth or of 1866 when my father decided to move west to utah when all was ready we sailed ballod down the hudson river for about three ll hundred undred miles front from albany to newyork new york here we waited for more people whom we learned were also going to utah wo we were obliged to take a abound round about way to come west as ag a a satisfactory agreement could not be made with tile the company which had ben been handling the immigration traffic our route took us into canada by way or of the great lakes of huron and ana michigan then to chica chicago go from here to 0 a place called wyoming which la IS now flow the city of omaha nebraska at that time it was only a rall railroad road in a wild pi alrie country here we rested a few days and left on july 24 1866 about noon after we had cooked d our dinner around a camp tire fire we were met herp here by a company or at eighty two coverd wagons chioli had been sent out from rom utah by brigham young to meet the immigrant converts two fa famines milles were as signed assigned to travel in ili each wagon on tile the journey to salt lake city this airan arrangement gement 11 atil id not meet with ray my il mothers lothers approval 11 rova 1 as she thought they amigh t have vernion or that wo we children inight contract some disease front tr oin them after talking with several of the drivers we were assigned bo ride in a wagon that carried can led some freight it consisted of two large flat wooden imps boxes willah just fit into the bottom of the wagon box and completely covered the floor packed into these boxes were the pipes for tho the great salt lake tabernacle organ more freight which our company brought was the first power looms over ever set up ui lit in utah out our teamsters wis was cison casell chase chiase Cli ase the wagon lit in cicil we traveled was drawn by throb three yoke of oxen own there were two double horse teams in fit the company but they were owned and driven by private parties during the journey we nad mad delightful weather it was warm with a few gentle rains when we grow grew tired of riding we walked to rest ourselves at night we camped in a ohalf elide circle the oxen were put in a corral made by the wagons or in wagon boxes every night night gaulds stood at the opening of the circle the men in the party together with drivers acted as goulds gourds we passed over hundreds of 0 miles ot or prairie county the advise given us ua was always keep in fit sight of the tha wagon V when h c it youre walking 1 one morning tt a girl friend taid and I 1 were standing 1 perhaps within a stone throw ot of the wagons washing our faces and combing our hair by a small stream suddenly almost before we had finished we decided to mn n back to tahe wagons we had he no more than aachen reached when fifteen 0 or r twenty big ute indians rode into our camp the captain of the company gave them sugar i flour and other things to eat I 1 remember how they stood and ana looked i aLm m 0 othera th Q r g baby 7 cicil was only a nto month li t h 0 old 1 d and offered to lo tride trade rier tor for a horse ifor cor it 4 in all our journey across the plains I 1 never saw a rattlesnake it a coyote or any other wild animal after reach nig utah the first settlement we came to was Co coleville leville at silver creek asdall village with a few buildings we did not stop here I 1 bo however wever as our destination aias was salt olty where we arrived oct 4 1866 hero here we camped in tile the lot just east af b the tabernacle grounds in the tithing ng office alli sheds eds the root roof had lust just peen so n put on oil the tabernacle and the foundation lor for the temple was just fald laid not far from these was the old palt bait lake theatre which was wascom completed and had been in use for years we were to stay in the sheds until we could find an another oilier place the I 1 next day however I 1 had a chance lc to got get work peeling fruit in a private home I 1 worked all day at night when I 1 went back to 0 tile the tithing she sheds 9 R my folks iliad gone I 1 was very puzzled and did not know where to ilind them after inquiring I 1 learned they ibold had gone to the first ward school house because they could camp there in ili more comfortable quarters I 1 deci decided deI I 1 must find them as etwas it was growing dark I 1 determined to hurry to be continued |