d/o ? & Mary Askew
m. 3/4/1822 to Rowland Braithwaite
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Braithwaite, Hannah Askew Braithwaite (1804-1875)
Wife of Rowland Braithwaite
The Emigrant Mother
by Ruby Cheever
Very little is known of the early life of Hannah Askew Braithwaite. She and her sister Elizabeth were the daughters of a very young unwed mother, Mary Askew. Elizabeth was christened at Helsington, but Hannah was born at Kendal, Westmorland, England on August 20, 1804, and it was at Kendal, on March 4, 1822, that she was married to Rowland Braithwaite of Helsington
Rowland was a shoemaker by trade and they made their home in Kirkland, a small suburb of Kendal, and it was here that the records tell us that her seven sons and one daughter were born. Thomas and Robert I died in infancy. Other children were John, Robert II, George, Rowland, Hannah, William, and Joseph Smith.
In the year 1843 L.D.S. missionaries came to the Braithwaite home. Hannah Askew, the mother, was the first to accept the gospel. She was baptized and confirmed by William Stuart on April 12, 1843. Two months later, her husband was also baptized by William Hetherinton. Like many converts, their desire was to go to America and a fund was started for this purpose; however, Rowland's death in 1852, depleted this fund.
After the father's death, the boys felt it might be best for them to remain in England, but Hannah lived with but one great aim in view, and that was to get her family to Zion. When reminded of the sacrifices this move would entail, her answer was always, "I shall take my family to Zion if I have not but a box to sit upon." Every effort was made by her towards this goal; and after nine years of praying and working, her son Robert was sent to America. Then in the spring of 1863 Hannah's struggle was rewarded; Hannah, her daughter and her sons George, William, Joseph and Rowland plus Rowland's wife and two small daughters set sail for America. They left England on the fourth day of June 1863, crossing the ocean on the Amazon, a sailing vessel charted from London to carry 882 Saints to America. William Bramell was in charge of this PEF Company which arrived in New York on July 18 1863. They crossed the plains for Utah in Captain Daniel McArthur's company with ox team to SLC, arriving early October 1863. Their few possessions were brought by wagon, but the family walked most of the way.
They left Salt Lake City almost immediately to her first home in Manti, a little one-room house with boxes for chairs. The boys went to work. Hannah was ambitious; she knit sox and sold them, canvassed from home to home selling notions and did many odd jobs to help make her home livable and added more rooms for their comfort.
Hannah was desirous of all the blessings a kind Heavenly Father had in store for her, so in October of 1864 she went to Salt Lake City, received her endowment in the Endowment House, and was sealed to her husband. No task was too hard if it was for the Church. She never complained over any hardship, but always felt she was one of the fortunate few to have her family in "Zion." She had but one regret; her son John was yet in England. Upon her death, she gave one of the boys the savings she had built up little by little to bring him and his family to Utah.
After her children married she refused to leave her home, and it was not until her final illness that she was taken to her daughter Hannah's home where she passed away on November 24th, 1875. She was buried in the Manti City Cemetery. Later her son John and his wife came to Utah and both are buried by her side.
--Submitted by Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
m. 3/4/1822 to Rowland Braithwaite
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Braithwaite, Hannah Askew Braithwaite (1804-1875)
Wife of Rowland Braithwaite
The Emigrant Mother
by Ruby Cheever
Very little is known of the early life of Hannah Askew Braithwaite. She and her sister Elizabeth were the daughters of a very young unwed mother, Mary Askew. Elizabeth was christened at Helsington, but Hannah was born at Kendal, Westmorland, England on August 20, 1804, and it was at Kendal, on March 4, 1822, that she was married to Rowland Braithwaite of Helsington
Rowland was a shoemaker by trade and they made their home in Kirkland, a small suburb of Kendal, and it was here that the records tell us that her seven sons and one daughter were born. Thomas and Robert I died in infancy. Other children were John, Robert II, George, Rowland, Hannah, William, and Joseph Smith.
In the year 1843 L.D.S. missionaries came to the Braithwaite home. Hannah Askew, the mother, was the first to accept the gospel. She was baptized and confirmed by William Stuart on April 12, 1843. Two months later, her husband was also baptized by William Hetherinton. Like many converts, their desire was to go to America and a fund was started for this purpose; however, Rowland's death in 1852, depleted this fund.
After the father's death, the boys felt it might be best for them to remain in England, but Hannah lived with but one great aim in view, and that was to get her family to Zion. When reminded of the sacrifices this move would entail, her answer was always, "I shall take my family to Zion if I have not but a box to sit upon." Every effort was made by her towards this goal; and after nine years of praying and working, her son Robert was sent to America. Then in the spring of 1863 Hannah's struggle was rewarded; Hannah, her daughter and her sons George, William, Joseph and Rowland plus Rowland's wife and two small daughters set sail for America. They left England on the fourth day of June 1863, crossing the ocean on the Amazon, a sailing vessel charted from London to carry 882 Saints to America. William Bramell was in charge of this PEF Company which arrived in New York on July 18 1863. They crossed the plains for Utah in Captain Daniel McArthur's company with ox team to SLC, arriving early October 1863. Their few possessions were brought by wagon, but the family walked most of the way.
They left Salt Lake City almost immediately to her first home in Manti, a little one-room house with boxes for chairs. The boys went to work. Hannah was ambitious; she knit sox and sold them, canvassed from home to home selling notions and did many odd jobs to help make her home livable and added more rooms for their comfort.
Hannah was desirous of all the blessings a kind Heavenly Father had in store for her, so in October of 1864 she went to Salt Lake City, received her endowment in the Endowment House, and was sealed to her husband. No task was too hard if it was for the Church. She never complained over any hardship, but always felt she was one of the fortunate few to have her family in "Zion." She had but one regret; her son John was yet in England. Upon her death, she gave one of the boys the savings she had built up little by little to bring him and his family to Utah.
After her children married she refused to leave her home, and it was not until her final illness that she was taken to her daughter Hannah's home where she passed away on November 24th, 1875. She was buried in the Manti City Cemetery. Later her son John and his wife came to Utah and both are buried by her side.
--Submitted by Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
d/o ? & Mary Askew
m. 3/4/1822 to Rowland Braithwaite
* * * * *
Braithwaite, Hannah Askew Braithwaite (1804-1875)
Wife of Rowland Braithwaite
The Emigrant Mother
by Ruby Cheever
Very little is known of the early life of Hannah Askew Braithwaite. She and her sister Elizabeth were the daughters of a very young unwed mother, Mary Askew. Elizabeth was christened at Helsington, but Hannah was born at Kendal, Westmorland, England on August 20, 1804, and it was at Kendal, on March 4, 1822, that she was married to Rowland Braithwaite of Helsington
Rowland was a shoemaker by trade and they made their home in Kirkland, a small suburb of Kendal, and it was here that the records tell us that her seven sons and one daughter were born. Thomas and Robert I died in infancy. Other children were John, Robert II, George, Rowland, Hannah, William, and Joseph Smith.
In the year 1843 L.D.S. missionaries came to the Braithwaite home. Hannah Askew, the mother, was the first to accept the gospel. She was baptized and confirmed by William Stuart on April 12, 1843. Two months later, her husband was also baptized by William Hetherinton. Like many converts, their desire was to go to America and a fund was started for this purpose; however, Rowland's death in 1852, depleted this fund.
After the father's death, the boys felt it might be best for them to remain in England, but Hannah lived with but one great aim in view, and that was to get her family to Zion. When reminded of the sacrifices this move would entail, her answer was always, "I shall take my family to Zion if I have not but a box to sit upon." Every effort was made by her towards this goal; and after nine years of praying and working, her son Robert was sent to America. Then in the spring of 1863 Hannah's struggle was rewarded; Hannah, her daughter and her sons George, William, Joseph and Rowland plus Rowland's wife and two small daughters set sail for America. They left England on the fourth day of June 1863, crossing the ocean on the Amazon, a sailing vessel charted from London to carry 882 Saints to America. William Bramell was in charge of this PEF Company which arrived in New York on July 18 1863. They crossed the plains for Utah in Captain Daniel McArthur's company with ox team to SLC, arriving early October 1863. Their few possessions were brought by wagon, but the family walked most of the way.
They left Salt Lake City almost immediately to her first home in Manti, a little one-room house with boxes for chairs. The boys went to work. Hannah was ambitious; she knit sox and sold them, canvassed from home to home selling notions and did many odd jobs to help make her home livable and added more rooms for their comfort.
Hannah was desirous of all the blessings a kind Heavenly Father had in store for her, so in October of 1864 she went to Salt Lake City, received her endowment in the Endowment House, and was sealed to her husband. No task was too hard if it was for the Church. She never complained over any hardship, but always felt she was one of the fortunate few to have her family in "Zion." She had but one regret; her son John was yet in England. Upon her death, she gave one of the boys the savings she had built up little by little to bring him and his family to Utah.
After her children married she refused to leave her home, and it was not until her final illness that she was taken to her daughter Hannah's home where she passed away on November 24th, 1875. She was buried in the Manti City Cemetery. Later her son John and his wife came to Utah and both are buried by her side.
--Submitted by Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
m. 3/4/1822 to Rowland Braithwaite
* * * * *
Braithwaite, Hannah Askew Braithwaite (1804-1875)
Wife of Rowland Braithwaite
The Emigrant Mother
by Ruby Cheever
Very little is known of the early life of Hannah Askew Braithwaite. She and her sister Elizabeth were the daughters of a very young unwed mother, Mary Askew. Elizabeth was christened at Helsington, but Hannah was born at Kendal, Westmorland, England on August 20, 1804, and it was at Kendal, on March 4, 1822, that she was married to Rowland Braithwaite of Helsington
Rowland was a shoemaker by trade and they made their home in Kirkland, a small suburb of Kendal, and it was here that the records tell us that her seven sons and one daughter were born. Thomas and Robert I died in infancy. Other children were John, Robert II, George, Rowland, Hannah, William, and Joseph Smith.
In the year 1843 L.D.S. missionaries came to the Braithwaite home. Hannah Askew, the mother, was the first to accept the gospel. She was baptized and confirmed by William Stuart on April 12, 1843. Two months later, her husband was also baptized by William Hetherinton. Like many converts, their desire was to go to America and a fund was started for this purpose; however, Rowland's death in 1852, depleted this fund.
After the father's death, the boys felt it might be best for them to remain in England, but Hannah lived with but one great aim in view, and that was to get her family to Zion. When reminded of the sacrifices this move would entail, her answer was always, "I shall take my family to Zion if I have not but a box to sit upon." Every effort was made by her towards this goal; and after nine years of praying and working, her son Robert was sent to America. Then in the spring of 1863 Hannah's struggle was rewarded; Hannah, her daughter and her sons George, William, Joseph and Rowland plus Rowland's wife and two small daughters set sail for America. They left England on the fourth day of June 1863, crossing the ocean on the Amazon, a sailing vessel charted from London to carry 882 Saints to America. William Bramell was in charge of this PEF Company which arrived in New York on July 18 1863. They crossed the plains for Utah in Captain Daniel McArthur's company with ox team to SLC, arriving early October 1863. Their few possessions were brought by wagon, but the family walked most of the way.
They left Salt Lake City almost immediately to her first home in Manti, a little one-room house with boxes for chairs. The boys went to work. Hannah was ambitious; she knit sox and sold them, canvassed from home to home selling notions and did many odd jobs to help make her home livable and added more rooms for their comfort.
Hannah was desirous of all the blessings a kind Heavenly Father had in store for her, so in October of 1864 she went to Salt Lake City, received her endowment in the Endowment House, and was sealed to her husband. No task was too hard if it was for the Church. She never complained over any hardship, but always felt she was one of the fortunate few to have her family in "Zion." She had but one regret; her son John was yet in England. Upon her death, she gave one of the boys the savings she had built up little by little to bring him and his family to Utah.
After her children married she refused to leave her home, and it was not until her final illness that she was taken to her daughter Hannah's home where she passed away on November 24th, 1875. She was buried in the Manti City Cemetery. Later her son John and his wife came to Utah and both are buried by her side.
--Submitted by Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
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