The CHARLES family - persecution of Mormons (General)

by vblease, Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 17:48 (5655 days ago) @ pclark

Many thanks for the information. I had found Leonard George CHARLES (born abt Oct 1868 - baptised 22 Nov 1868), and also his son Raynor Henry Leonard CHARLES. But I did not know about Raynor's death - so many thanks.

I was enquiring about the persecution or Mormons because the wife of James CHARLES (abt Dec 1838)went to Salt Lake City in the June of 1868, only 3 months after James died, and I wondered whether the reason for the quick travel to the US (with 2 young girls of 5 and 1) was because of persecution or because they had nowhere to live and the Mormons offered her and her friend Lucy HILL a passage on what was the last wagon train to cross the plains into Salt Lake City. Both husbands of Lucy HILL and Louisa CHARLES were miners and both died, possibly meaning that the remaining family had to vacate their homes.

Thanks again for the information.
Val