Sarah Tomlinson

  [Her son, John Holland,] emigrated to America the same year with his parents, crossing the Atlantic in the ship “Fannie” (which sailed from Liverpool, England, Jan. 23, 1844), arrived at New Orleans March 7, 1844, and at Nauvoo, Ill., April 13, 1844. He was baptized by Thomas Clark at Nauvoo in the summer of 1844. His father died Oct. 2, 1844, and young John lived with a neighbor until 1846, when he started West, going as far as Garden Grove, where he stopped until the spring of 1847, when he continued the journey to Council Bluffs and crossed the Missouri river to Winter Quarters. He worked on a farm until his mother with a part of her family arrived from Nauvoo. The mother being sick, died Oct. 28, 1847, at Winter Quarters. ²

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1 Baptism listed as 1 Nov 1871, but confirmed 1 Jan 1843

2 Jenson, Andrew. LDS Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ldsbio&gss=sfs28_ms_db&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=sarah&gsln=tomlinson&MSAV=1&uidh=m42https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2028/records/2148?tid=&pid=&queryId=006c5289-46d3-4a8d-8def-497b5063efea&_phsrc=BZH1&_phstart=successSource