Father: John QUANTERELL 1750-1838
Mother: Sarah RODWELL 1761-1844

NOTICE:::: The spelling in Quanterell and the way it is spelled on her stone.


SPOUSE: Timothy GARRARD 1800-1839
Marriage: 5 May 1827 Diss, Norfolk, England

Susannah was widowed from Timothy. Upon entering the Salt Lake Valley she married next...

SPOUSE: John Thomas Riddle 1803-1887
Married: 11 December 1853 Salt Lake City, Utah

Susannah divorced John Thomas Riddle and Returned to Garrard from whom she had been widowed.

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Susannah was 54 when her family entered the United States:
Ship Name: International
Departure: 28 Feb 1853 from Liverpool
Arrival: 25 Apr 1853 at New Orleans

and was among the
Jacob Gates Company (1853)
Departure: 3 June 1853
Arrival: 26-30 September 1853
coming into the Salt Lake Valley:

Garrard, John Age: 19
Garrard, William Age: 17
Garrard, Timothy Age: 14


She also had one son in law with her.
------------------∼The headstone was added in the 1980's, by the Riddle descendants, replacing a damaged headstone that just had the inscription, Susannah E Garrard, July 31,1799 March 5, 1877. Susannah divorced John Riddle and reverted back to the Garrard name after the divorce. Also, Unfortunately, whoever did this did not use the correct spelling of Quanterell. This has cause a lot of problems with this linage. The correct spelling per the Family bible is Quanterell. It's a real shame, because if you read below, Susannah did not want to be associated with the Riddle name and had her sealing to John Riddle canceled by the LDS church.
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Susannah Evered Quanterell History: by Norman Lee Garrard

On July 31st 1799 Susannah Evered Quanterelll was born in the ancient market town of Diss in Norfolkshire, England to John Quanterell and Sarah Rodwell. She was the 8th child o 10 children. Children in order were: John Miller 1786, Sarah Miller 1788, Jane Morley 1789, Mary Ann 1791, Rosemond Mariah 1792, William Morley 1794, Martha Rodwell 1797, Susannah Evered 1799, Eleanor Farmery 1801, and Maria Miller 1812.

Susannah married Timothy Barzilla Garrard III on May 5, 1827 in Diss, South Norfolk, England.

The Garrard family lived in the area of Diss. They raised a large family in the small village of Palgrave on the other side of the River Waveny from Diss. Not being satisfied with the Church of England they joined the Presbyterian Church and were termed dissenters or non-conformist as they broke with the state church.

They belong to the Church of England. The Garrard's owned a Inn which was located by a beautiful park called the Fair Green. And her father John Quanterell lived next door to them and he was a weaver. The family lived on Cock Street.

Her Husband died of consumption. With a family to support Susannah went to work as a chore woman and later took in laundry. As the Children grew older and were able to work they each helped out, often not in the most pleasant jobs.

The family was not poor but it was a struggle to make a living. Even though she worked hard, Susannah also known as Susan, saw that all of her children learned to read and write. This was an enormous accomplishment for the family as many of the people at that time were illiterate.

In 1850 her Daughter, Caroline Eliza Garrard went to London to live. It was here that she married George Kerrison, a coach maker. While in London Caroline heard the LDS Gospel and was baptized, year later George also joined the LDS Church. They brought the message of the LDS Gospel to the family in Diss, who accepted it.

Susannah and her family were taught by the LDS missionaries that they should "flee unto Zion" as soon as arrangement could be made. It was not difficult to leave England. Being a Mormon made them subject to taunts, being pelted with rocks, and having their home damaged. Going to Zion also meant an opportunity to make a better life instead of struggling for a meager existence in England.

Plans were made to sail with other LDS saints on a chartered ship.

They went to London for a short time and stayed with Caroline and George Kerrison where they became members of the Finsbury Branch of the London LDS Church. They watched in the Millennial Star newspaper about the announcement of Mormon Church Chartered ships. They also forwarded their applications to Liverpool which included their names, ages, occupations, and nativity.

They were accepted and became part of what was called a "Ten Pound Company" in that they had to pay ten English Pounds for each of them to travel to the Utah Valley. Word came to them in January 1853 that they were to sail on the ship "International" in February. On the trip they had to provide their own bedding, cooking utensils, and other basic articles.

Information about the Trip to America on the International along with ship manifest listing the Garrard's can be found here;

http://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/Search/showDetails/db:MM_MII/t:voyage/id:180/keywords:international%23.URfqE2jn87v#.URfq0Wjn87s

On February 28, 1853 the Garrard family boarded the Sailing Ship "International" which was scheduled to take 477 LDS Saints to New Orleans. The traveling family consisted of Susannah (Susan) Evered Quanterell Garrard, age 54, Timothy Barzilla Garrard, age 14, John Benjamin Garrard, 19, William Joseph Garrard, age 17, Sarah Susannah Garrard, age 21 and her sons out of wedlock: Walter age 6 month and Horace Garrard age 2 years. Also on the Ship was Caroline Eliza Garrard Kerrison, 25 and her husband George Kerrison, age 27.

A tug boat pulled the International out of the harbor in Liverpool and into the Irish Sea. This was the last that the family ever saw of England, except for William who would return as an old man.

The journey on the ocean was a combination of many new experiences. They had to live in cramped quarters. Fast and Testimony meetings were held. Twice violent storms came upon one of them was such that the Captain (Captain John Brown) said that if they had been anything but a shipload of Saints that they would be at the bottom of the ocean. They held a meeting because of the violence of one storm, and while they were fasting and praying the storm stopped.

Towards the end of April the ship sailed into the Gulf of Mexico and to Louisiana. Upon reaching land small tug boats came and pulled the ship over the sand bars up the Mississippi River to New Orleans. The Elder in charge of the Saints on board recorded in his journal that, "Never since the days of old Captain Noah had a more righteous group of Saints ever sailed upon the water to escape Babylon."

The example of the Garrard family, along with the other Saints, was such that during the journey 48 crew members and non-Mormon persons were baptized which included Captain Brown.

On April 23, 1853 they stepped off the ship and entered New Orleans.

After a few days in colorful New Orleans they boarded a steamboat with the other Saints and went up the Mississippi to a pioneer camp at Keokuk, Iowa, a short way away from Nauvoo.

On June 3 1853 they started in Jacob Gates Company which consisted of 262 persons, 33 wagons, 147 oxen, 47 cows, 2 mares, 1 bull, 3 lambs and five dogs. They loaded their wagon with provisions and with a few mementos from England which included books.

About a month after their trek started they reached the Missouri River and it took almost a week to get the whole company across. At times they had to throw away bedding and boxes to lighten the load. Many times they went thirsty as there was no water. One time they had to buy their way past the Indians with Flour and a few horses.

On September 26, 1853 they arrived in Salt Lake City. The only ones of the family that died during the journey were Walter and Horace Garrard, Sarah's two sons.

They camped at Pioneer Square and sold their teams at an auction. Two weeks later they were sent on to North Ogden to build up the settlement there.

After arriving in North Ogden, Susannah decided to marry a man by the man of John Riddle from Tennessee. Susannah had remained a widow since her husband's death. John Riddle was a polygamist. They went to Salt Lake City where they were sealed for time and eternity in President Brigham Young's office. Also it was at this time that Susannah Garrard had her patriarchal blessing and she was told that her lineage was from Judah.
Based upon LDS Church records, the Garrard Family Bible, for dates, and from Susannah and Son William's Journals.
Susannah ran away to her two sons farm and told them that she was poorly treated and beaten by John Riddle. The two Garrard Boys took her in and refused John Riddles access to their mother.
John Riddle went to the Church and filed a complaint against the two Garrard boys and demanded that Susannah be return to him at his farm immediately. Susannah, and two of her sons (John and William) went to see Brigham Young. Brigham Young listen to her story and had some of his wives take Susannah into another room and look at the scars on her body to verify her story.
Susannah was granted a divorce and the Sealing was canceled through the LDS church in 1860. She asked that she was never to be sealed to John Riddle after death. After her divorce from John Riddle she assumed back the name of Garrard and considered herself a widow

Times were very trying for them. In the summer came the flying grasshoppers, coming in countless numbers destroying the crops. They drove them like herds of sheep into the ditches and caught them in sacks which they then tossed into a fire.

Indians were a constant menace. They camped in groups of three to ten wigwams up and down the water courses in North Ogden where there was forage for their horses. They were persistent beggars and the squaws kept going from place to place trying to get food. The Indian men pilfered anything they wanted.

In 1887 Susannah died in Pleasant View at the home of her son William. After her divorce from John Riddle she assumed back the name of Garrard and considered herself a widow. She spent the rest of her life living with William and his wife Mary Ann. The last few years of her life she was an invalid and when her grandchildren came she would have them sit on her bed. She was loved by her grandchildren and died a member of the LDS church.