 1857 - 1911 (54 years) Submit Photo / Document
Has 17 ancestors and 32 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Sarah Hirst |
| Birth |
29 Jul 1857 |
Longwood, Yorkshire, England  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
3 Jan 1876 |
EHOUS |
| FamilySearch ID |
LLQ6-L4M |
| Death |
27 Nov 1911 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
29 Nov 1911 |
Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I129 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
John Hirst, b. 7 Jan 1816, Slaithwaite, Yorkshire, England d. 7 Sep 1878, Brighton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 62 years) |
| Mother |
Charlotte Brook, b. 20 Feb 1819, Salendine Nook, Yorkshire, England d. 20 Jun 1880, Brighton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 61 years) |
| Marriage |
5 Nov 1837 |
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England |
| Family ID |
F102 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Jacob Coon, b. 17 Oct 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 15 Dec 1885, Pleasant Green, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 32 years) |
| Marriage |
3 Jan 1876 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| + | 1. Annabelle Coon, b. 26 Oct 1877, Pleasant Green, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 21 Oct 1975, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 97 years) |
| | 2. Jacob Ervin Coon, b. 10 Oct 1879, Pleasant Green, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 11 Oct 1945, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 66 years) |
| + | 3. Melissa Sarah Coon, b. 23 Dec 1881, Pleasant Green, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 27 Aug 1906, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 24 years) |
| + | 4. Jessie Coon, b. 8 Aug 1883, Pleasant Green, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 30 May 1963, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 79 years) |
| + | 5. Jane Ellen Coon, b. 20 Nov 1885, Pleasant Green, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 27 Jan 1961, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 75 years) |
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| Family ID |
F129 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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 | Birth - 29 Jul 1857 - Longwood, Yorkshire, England |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 3 Jan 1876 - EHOUS |
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 | Marriage - 3 Jan 1876 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Death - 27 Nov 1911 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - 29 Nov 1911 - Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- SARAH HIRST COON
(Wife of Jacob Coon, Maternal Grandmother to Gloria Newman Petersen)
Written by Annabelle Coon Thomas, a daughter, and taken from Heritag e o f the Abraham Coon Family.
My mother, Sarah Hirst, was born in Longwood, Yorkshire, England, Jul y 2 9, 1857. John Hirst, her father, was born January 7, 1816, in Southw ood , Yorkshire, England. Her mother, Charlotte Brook, was born March 9 , 181 8, in Stainland, Yorkshire, England.
My grandfather, John Hirst, Sr., was a son of Abraham Hirst and Nancy Sy k es. He married my grandmother, Charlotte Brook, a daughter of Willia m Br ook and Hannah Bottomley. They were parents of thirteen children, t hre e of whom died when small children.
The Mormon Elders came to that little village and were the means of conv e rting my grandfather and his family to the Church. They were Brother s Ge orge C. Riser and Charles W. Penrose.
Grandfather was then anxious to bring his family to the land of Zion. T h ey emigrated to Utah in 1868 with eight children: six daughters, one s on , one married daughter, and a son-in-law. Two daughters were marrie d an d remained in England. Along with a few Saints and others, they sai led f rom Liverpool, England, on the “Emerald Isle,” an old sailing vesse l, o n June 20, 1868. They landed in New York on August 11, 1868. The y wer e almost eight weeks on the sea. Their supply of drinking water ra n ou t and on the way they all had to drink the water out of the huge tan ks an d barrels that were used for ballast. This water, being very unsan itary , was allotted out one cup of water a day and only a little sip a t a time . The vessel was in a very crowded condition. The poor conditi ons cause d a good many deaths.*
At one time they seemed to be sailing along at a good rate of speed. Gr a ndfather said to the captain, “We’re doing fine aren’t we?” The capta i n swore wickedly and said, “Yes, we’re going back to Liverpool.” At y e t another time there was a very bad storm on the ocean. Again the capt ai n swore and blamed the Mormons for everything that went wrong. The cr e w huddled the Saints up in a corner and told them that if any one of th e m tried to get into the lifeboats they would be struck and killed. Th e n Grandfather asked the Saints to pray for safety. At this time the st or m passed, but on the return trip the vessel, crew, and cargo sank.
While out in midocean my mother’s sister gave birth to a baby girl and t h ey gave her the name of Emerald after the vessel on which she was bor n . At this writing, Emerald lives in Alberta, Canada, with her husban d an d children.
The emigrants traveled to Omaha by train and came from there to Utah b y o x team. Mother was only eight years old and walked most of the way a cros s the plans with the others.
One time when she was riding in the wagon they were going down a very st e ep hill. As she was frightened, she started to climb out of the wago n an d fell between the wheels. Quickly the back wheel passed over her l eft l eg, breaking it above the knee. Her parents and others bound the l eg an d administered to her. She had to lie on her back in the bottom o f the w agon the rest of the way. Their pioneer company was the last t o come b y sailing vessel or ox team, for from this time on, they had ste amboat an d railroads.
After they arrived in Utah, her father settled first at North Point an d t hen in Pleasant Green. He was called to be the presiding Elder ove r tha t area. They met in a small one-room log cabin. He taught schoo l classe s and held meetings there. Seats consisted of boxes, stools, an d crude b enches. John Hirst had the first funeral held in that log cabi n.
The two Elders, Brother George Riser and Brother Charles W. Penrose, w h o converted him to the church were speakers at his funeral.
Grandfather died September 7, 1878. Charlotte Hirst, my grandmother, di e d March 9, 1880, in Pleasant Green. By that time in the Pleasant Gree n c ommunity they had built a better and larger building. Grandmother wa s th e first Relief Society of the Pleasant Green Branch, a position sh e hel d until her death.
*Information from Clifford Coon states: In one of the Sons of the Uta h P ioneer meetings I heard the story of the ship the “Emerald Isle” duri ng i ts last voyage. It seems that a good many more deaths would have re sulte d among the Saints if the cabin boy had not brought them water as o ften a s he could from the supply of good water hoarded by the captain an d the c rew. As a result of his good actions, the cabin boy was converte d and ca me to Utah. He thus escaped the watery grave of the captain an d the cre w upon their return voyage to England.
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