Mr. Shirl Ferre
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Robert Gourley was the son of Margaret Glass and Paul Gourley. Robert Gourley was born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 19 February 1839.
He came to America, at the age of 17, with his father Paul Gourley and family in 1856 on the wooden ship Thornton as part of a Perpetual Immigration Fund group. He traveled to Utah with his father and family in the Martin handcart company which was destined to go down in LDS church history as the infamous Willie-Martin handcart tragedy. The baby they had with them died but the rest of the family, after much hardship, made it to Utah.
Robert Gourley and Elizabeth Morgan met while living in Goshen, Utah. Robert married Elizabeth (Betsy) Morgan in 1862 in Utah. They had twelve children.
He died in Goshen on 3 January 1905, leaving Elizabeth a widow with their two youngest unmarried children and nine married children. A few years before her death, Elizabeth moved to Eureka, Utah to be close to two of her sons and their families who were living there. She died in Eureka in January of 1925. She is buried in the Goshen Cemetery next to her husband.
Mr. Shirl Ferre
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Robert Gourley was the son of Margaret Glass and Paul Gourley. Robert Gourley was born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 19 February 1839.
He came to America, at the age of 17, with his father Paul Gourley and family in 1856 on the wooden ship Thornton as part of a Perpetual Immigration Fund group. He traveled to Utah with his father and family in the Martin handcart company which was destined to go down in LDS church history as the infamous Willie-Martin handcart tragedy. The baby they had with them died but the rest of the family, after much hardship, made it to Utah.
Robert Gourley and Elizabeth Morgan met while living in Goshen, Utah. Robert married Elizabeth (Betsy) Morgan in 1862 in Utah. They had twelve children.
He died in Goshen on 3 January 1905, leaving Elizabeth a widow with their two youngest unmarried children and nine married children. A few years before her death, Elizabeth moved to Eureka, Utah to be close to two of her sons and their families who were living there. She died in Eureka in January of 1925. She is buried in the Goshen Cemetery next to her husband.
Family Members
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Thomas Paul Gourley
1863–1924
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Margaret Elizabeth Gourly Boswell
1865–1894
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Mary Ellen Gourley Rouse
1869–1928
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Louella Gourley Draper
1871–1951
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George Gourley
1873–1962
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William Gourley
1875–1916
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Robert Gourley
1879–1944
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Henry Gourley
1880–1945
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Janet Gourley Foster
1883–1967
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Edward Sidney "Ted" Gourley
1886–1962
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