Sarah Brown

1817 - 1888  (70 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 12 ancestors and 34 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Sarah Brown
  Birth	25 Nov 1817	Harefield, Middlesex, England
  Christening	4 Jan 1818	Harefield, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Female
  Initiatory (LDS)	1 Oct 1859
  FamilySearch ID	KWJ4-G3R
  Death	2 Apr 1888	Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States
  Burial	Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States
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  Person ID	I171148	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	William Brown,   b. 1784, Boxmoor, Hertfordshire, England d. 1869, Harefield, Middlesex, England (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Sarah Elizabeth Ford,   b. Abt 1788, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England d. 1852, Harefield, Middlesex, England (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	11 Oct 1808	Harefield, Middlesex, England
  Family ID	F42757	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isaac Brockbank,   b. 17 May 1805, Underbarrow, Westmorland, England d. 1 Apr 1878, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	2 Oct 1852	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Brown Brockbank,   b. 15 Sep 1853, Palmyra, Utah, Utah, United States d. 7 Jun 1917, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 63 years)   2. William Brown Brockbank,   b. 20 May 1855, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 4 Dec 1862, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 7 years)   3. Sarah Brockbank,   b. 27 Oct 1857, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 24 Apr 1868, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 10 years) + 4. Joseph Brockbank,   b. 15 Sep 1859, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 4 Mar 1941, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 81 years) + 5. Martha Ann Brockbank,   b. 5 Sep 1861, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 5 Jan 1906, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 44 years)
  Family ID	F4176	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Nov 1817 - Harefield, Middlesex, England Christening - 4 Jan 1818 - Harefield, Middlesex, England Marriage - 2 Oct 1852 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death - 2 Apr 1888 - Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States Burial - - Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  In a small village in Harefield, Middlesex, England, my grandmother, Sar a h Brown, was born. Her parents had eleven children, all born in Harefie l d except one brother, Nathaniel, who was born in Uxbridge, Middlesex Co un ty, England. Her family were religious people, most of them belongin g t o the Methodist Church. At a very early age in her life the Latter-da y Sa int missionaries came to the Brown home and brought to them a messag e o f the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. Sarah was the only one touche d b y the spirit of this new doctrine. She investigated this new religion , re ad her Bible, and after a clear vision of this newly revealed religi on, s he became thoroughly converted to the truth of it. She was soon bap tize d and confirmed a member of the Church. She was anxious to come to Z ion a nd join with the saints of God. She left her home, her parents, bro thers , sisters, and friends to go to a new land where the saints were ga therin g. She was the only one of her family converted to the gospel at t hat tim e. Later, a brother, Joseph, joined the Church. It was from thi s relativ e that I received information about the Brown family. Little di d Sarah kn ow or realize the trials and sacrifices she was to endure in t his new adv enture. Her faith was unwavering and her love for the truth w as bright i n her heart. She was anxious to make her new life with the me mbers of th e Church. When she left her home to cross the wide expanse o f ocean whic h lasted many weeks, it is quite a coincidence that on thi s voyage wa s a convert of the church from northern England, who someda y was to becom e her husband. Isaac Brockbank was this convert. During th is trek acros s the plains he lost his wife, leaving him with four mother less children . Those children were Isaac, Joshua, Elizabeth, and Agnes . Grandfather Is aac married my grandmother, Sarah, in Salt Lake City i n 1852. They were s ent by Brigham Young to Spanish Fork to start a new s ettlement and a ne w life. This new life was not an easy one. It meant st ruggling to mak e a home, to get food to sustain life, to get clothing fo r warmth, to bui ld a fort for protection from the Indians. We, in this p rosperous age wit h every convenience, cannot adequately realize.