Rachel Keeling

1818 - 1910  (92 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 4 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Rachel Keeling
  Birth	10 Mar 1818	Draycott, Derbyshire, England
  Christening	26 Apr 1818	Aston on Trent, Derbyshire, England
  Gender	Female
  Census	1860	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Age BirthDate Gender Race Occupation BirthPlace 3 44 Rachel Whipple 42 abt 1818 Female England 4 44 Eliza West 13 abt 1847 Female England 5 44 Edson Whipple 6 abt 1854 Male Utah 6 44 Daniel Whipple 6 abt 1854 Male Utah 7 44 Nelson Whipple 1 abt 1859 Male Utah 8 44 Mirana J Whipple 13 abt 1847 Female Iowa   Transcript ID is  dbid=7667&iid=4297341_00288
  Initiatory (LDS)	18 Apr 1860	EHOUS
  Census	1870	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Age BirthDate Gender Race Occupation BirthPlace 6 147 Rachel Whipple 54 abt 1816 Female White England 7 147 Eliza Whipple 21 abt 1849 Female White England 8 147 Daniel Whipple 16 abt 1854 Male White Utah 9 147 Nelson Whipple 11 abt 1859 Male White Utah   Transcript ID is  dbid=7163&iid=4267907_00772
  Census	1900	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status Years Married Children Born/Living BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation 17 39 Rachel Whipple Head Female White Mar 83 Widowed 0 England England England 1852  ED:  0036  Sheet:  2B    Microfilm:  1241684   Transcript ID is  dbid=7602&iid=004115259_00764
  Census	1910	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status Years Married Children Born/Living BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation 33 102 Nelson Whipple Head Male White abt 1860 50 Married 0 Utah United States England 34 102 Mary Whipple Wife Female White abt 1858 52 Married 0 Wales England England 35 102 Laurence Whipple Son Male White abt 1892 18 Single 0 Utah Utah Wales 36 102 Lillian Whipple Daughter Female White abt 1895 15 Single 0 Utah Utah Wales 37 102 Leslie Whipple Son Male White abt 1898 12 Single 0 Utah Utah Wales 38 102 Rachael Whipple Mother Female White abt 1817 93 Widowed 0 England England England   Transcript ID is  dbid=7884&iid=4454823_00225
  FamilySearch ID	LHD1-23J
  Death	16 Jun 1910	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Burial	17 Jun 1910	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Person ID	i418	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	John Keeling,   b. 6 Oct 1792, Ockbrook, Derbyshire, England
  Mother	Sarah Smedley,   b. Abt 1795, Ockbrook, Derbyshire, England
  Marriage	Abt 1816	Ockbrook, Derbyshire, England
  Family ID	F434	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	John West,   b. 11 Apr 1817, Borrowash, Derbyshire, England d. 12 Feb 1852, St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	13 Nov 1837	Great Wilne, Derbyshire, England
  Children	1. Hannah West,   b. 12 Dec 1838, Borrowash, Derbyshire, England d. 29 Apr 1851, St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States (Age 12 years)   2. Matthew West,   b. 12 May 1841, Borrowash, Derbyshire, England d. 14 Nov 1851, St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States (Age 10 years)   3. Naomi West,   b. 6 Mar 1844, Borrowash, Derbyshire, England d. 30 Sep 1846 (Age 2 years) + 4. Eliza Jane West,   b. 20 Apr 1847, Borrowash, Derbyshire, England d. 25 Jan 1935, Pleasant Green, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 87 years)   5. Julia Francis West,   b. 16 Apr 1850, Borrowash, Derbyshire, England d. 21 Jul 1851, St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family 2	William Greenhalgh,   b. 29 Jul 1811, Bolton, Lancashire, England d. 3 Apr 1882, Spring Lake, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1852	St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Divorced	Abt 1853	Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Family ID	F433	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family 3	Nelson Wheeler Whipple,   b. 11 Jul 1818, Sanford, Broome, New York, United States d. 5 Jul 1887, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	12 Mar 1853	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Children	+ 1. Daniel Whipple,   b. 12 Apr 1854, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 12 Feb 1926, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 71 years)   2. Cynthia Delight Whipple,   b. 7 Jun 1857, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 4 Sep 1858, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 1 year) + 3. Nelson Wheeler Whipple, Jr,   b. 15 Apr 1859, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 30 Jun 1938, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F60	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 10 Mar 1818 - Draycott, Derbyshire, England Christening - 26 Apr 1818 - Aston on Trent, Derbyshire, England Marriage - 13 Nov 1837 - Great Wilne, Derbyshire, England Marriage - 1852 - St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States Divorced - Abt 1853 - Salt Lake, Utah, United States Marriage - 12 Mar 1853 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Census - 1860 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 18 Apr 1860 - EHOUS Census - 1870 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Census - 1900 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Census - 1910 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Death - 16 Jun 1910 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Burial - 17 Jun 1910 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Keeling, Rachel b1817

  
  

  Documents

  Rachel Keeling Death Certificate

  
  

• Notes

  SOURCE: Family Group Sheet-Self SOURCE: LDS Collectors Library, Early LDS Membership Data. Pioneer Company Unknown (1852) Age at departure: 35 Evidence from church records and the Deseret News prove that Rachel We s t and her daughter Eliza West traveled to Utah in 1852. Rachel's husba n d died in Missouri in Feb. 1852 and Rachel remarried in Salt Lake Cit y i n March 1853, prior to the arrival of that season's emigration. BIOGRAPHY. RACHEL [KEELING WEST] WHIPPLE. Source: "Biography: Rachel [Casseldine West] Whipple, Woman’s Exponen t 3 6 (1907-1908):10. [page 10] Rachel Whipple was born in Draket, Derbyshire, England, Marc h 1 0, 1817. Her parents, William and Sarah Casseldine, were good, God-f eari ng people, but Sister Rachel never knew the love of her father and m other , as she was left an orphan when but fifteen weeks old. She was th en tak en under the guardianship of Henry and Elizabeth Godbe, who taugh t her pr inciples in her youth which helped to build the true and noble c haracte r she now possess. On November 12, 1837, she was married to John West. Sister Rachel had b e en raised as a member of the Methodist church, but in the year 1848 sh e h ad the privilege of hearing an Elder of the Church of Jesus Christ o f Lat ter-day Saints and in August of the same year she along with her hu sban d and family embraced the Gospel. Brother and Sister West were blessed with five children, but were call e d to part with one of them. On New Year’s day, 1851, they and their fo u r children left England for the valleys of the mountains. Their ocea n vo yage was a very tedious one, lasting ten weeks and three days. Afte r arr iving in New Orleans Brother and Sister West journeyed to St. Josep h. He re the entire family was taken ill and was not able to do anythin g for on e another. As they were among strangers, there was not a frien d to cal l on for aid. For days the children lay crying for attention, a nd the fa ther and mother were too ill to do anything for them. The weat her was bi tter cold and they had no fire. During these times Brother We st and thre e of the children were called to the other side, leaving moth er and daugh ter alone. In the spring Sister Rachel and her daughter began their wearisome journ e y across the plains with an ox and a cow yoked together for their tea m . After many hardships they arrived in Salt Lake City on August 5, 185 2 , and made their home with Brother Jesse West of the Sixth ward. On the 10th of March, 1853, Sister Rachel was married to Nelson Whippl e a nd came to reside in what was then the Nineteenth ward. Brother an d Sist er Whipple were blessed with three children. On May 14, 1868, Eliza R. Snow and Bishop Raleigh organized the Relief S o ciety in the Nineteenth ward, when Sister Whipple, who was always an en er getic worker and did all she could to assist the poor and needy, was c all ed to act as First Counselor to Sister Agatha Pratt. She labored fai thfu lly in this position for nine years and six months, when, owing to t he re moval of Sister Pratt from the ward, she was called to preside ove r the S ociety. A few years after Sister Whipple had been called to take charge of the N i neteenth ward Society the ward was divided and the Twenty-second ward w a s organized, which made Sister Whipple a member of the new ward. So o n t he 16th of June, 1889, Sister Whipple was made President of the new T went y-second ward Society, with Mary Jeremy as her first and Maria L. Ne beke r as her second counselor. When they began their work in the new wa rd th ey had nothing to work with and no place in which to hold their mee tings , so they began meeting in Sister Whipple’s house. At their firs t busine ss meeting, Sister Jeremy brought needles, thread and some calic o, and th e sisters spent their time in sewing. From this humble beginni ng the Soc iety grew and prospered exceedingly under the direction of Sis ter Whipple , and they built a very commodious hall in which to hold thei r meetings. On Nov. 12, 1901, Sister Mary Jeremy, who had been a faithful worker, w a s released on account of illness, and Sister Maria L. Nebeker was call e d to act as first counselor and Sister Elizabeth H. Davis as second cou ns elor to Sister Whipple. Soon after this, Sister Nebeker was taken ver y i ll, which prevented her attending to her duties as a counselor, there for e the work was left to Sister Whipple and Sister Davis. For nearly thirty-seven years Sister Whipple labored faithfully in Reli e f Society work, but finally, on account of her feebleness and poor heal th , was compelled to resign from her labors. Therefore in June, 1904, s h e in connection with Sister Nebeker was honorably released with the lo v e and blessings of all. The beloved subject of this sketch, Sister Whipple, is still living, a n d although she is over ninety years of age, still she possesses her fac ul ties of mind and can sing the hymns of Zion with a clear, sweet voic e o r converse with her friends with a great amount of pleasure. Durin g he r life she has shown herself to be a true and noble woman, and it i s th e desire of the sisters with whom she associated that she may live a s lon g as life is desirable to her, and have the satisfaction of knowin g whe n she passes to another sphere, that she has done her work well, an d ha s been loved by all who knew her. When the angel of death shall cal l he r to the heavenly home, may she fall asleep as a babe on its mother’ s bre ast, receive a glorious resurrection, and reign as a queen in the h eavenl y kingdom forever. --ELIZABETH H. DAVIS, President 22nd ward Relief Society. --LULA WINN, Secretary.