Handy in USA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents INTRODUCTION TO THE TWO FAMILIES........................................................................................................................... 2 THE HANDYS OF ALVESTON .................................................................................................................................................. 2 SAMUEL HANDY 1819-1882....................................................................................................................................................... 7 LIFE IN ENGLAND . ......................................................................................................................................................................... 7 FIRST HEARING OF THE MORMONS - 1852 ................................................................................................................................... 11 Poem written on the voyage of the Cynosure ................................................................................................................. 14 ANOTHER PASSENGER ’S DIARY OF THE VOYAGE ......................................................................................................................... 15 ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK .............................................................................................................................................................. 16 TRAVELLING TO IOWA CITY ........................................................................................................................................................ 18 DEPARTURE FROM FLORENCE JUNE 1859 ................................................................................................................................... 19 TH THE JOURNEY OVER THE PLAINS BEGINS – JUNE 13 1859 ......................................................................................................... 21 th Monday 20 June – 1 week. ................................................................................................................................................... 22 th Monday 27 June – 2 weeks................................................................................................................................................... 24 th Monday 8 August – nine weeks. ........................................................................................................................................... 27 nd Monday 22 August – eleven weeks journey. ........................................................................................................................ 29 UTAH TERRITORY 1859 .............................................................................................................................................................. 34 PROVO TO FRANKLIN 1860.......................................................................................................................................................... 35 INDIAN WARFARE AND A MASSACRE IN 1863............................................................................................................................... 42 THE HANDYS AND A DRUNKEN INDIAN : ...................................................................................................................................... 47 ORDINARY LIFE AGAIN : ............................................................................................................................................................... 48 HANNAH , MRS SAMUEL HANDY 1820-1893 ............................................................................................................................... 57 SAMUEL HANDY ’S SON JAMES HENRY HANDY , 1855-1935........................................................................................................ 58 JAMES ’ MARRIAGE TO SAMUEL HANDY ’S DAUGHTER MARY HANDY 1847-1915, ...................................................................... 60 SAMUEL HANDY ’S DAUGHTER MARY HANDY 1847-1915, ......................................................................................................... 61 SAMUEL HANDY ’S SON WILLIAM HANDY 1842-1919 ................................................................................................................. 62 SAMUEL HANDY ’S SON JOSEPH HANDY 1844-1855 .................................................................................................................... 66 SAMUEL HANDY ’S DAUGHTER ELIZA HANDY ,1849-1913 ........................................................................................................... 67 HANNAH HANDY 1825 -1860? ................................................................................................................................................. 68 WILLIAM HANDY 1817 – 1902 ................................................................................................................................................ 69 THE DEVIL ’S GATE DISASTER OF 1856........................................................................................................................................ 70 The winter of 1856/57 at Fort Seminoe with Daniel Jones ................................................................................................... 85 LIFE AFTER THE MARTIN COMPANY DISASTER .......................................................................................................................... 102 SOURCE APPENDICES........................................................................................................................................................... 111 Appendix 1 – The Brown Company Roster 1859.................................................................................................................. 111 THE DAY FAMILY................................................................................................................................................................... 115 Introduction to the two families These documents study two sets of second cousins – both of whom emigrated to the USA in the 19 th century. Firstly: in this document • Samuel Handy’s Family of Alveston and Stratford on Avon, • his brother William Handy, of Alveston • their sister Hannah Green. Secondly: in “Baldwin of Stratford and Birmingham.doc” • David Baldwin and his wife, Elizabeth Cutler of Birmingham and their family, • his brother Richard Baldwin, • and one of their sisters (as yet un-identified) The Handys of Alveston Joseph Handy of Clifford Chambers in Warwickshire, a descendant of the Handy family of Ilmington, had the following children – three of who emigrated to the USA. Two certainly went as Mormon converts – perhaps Hannah, the third, did as well. Figure 1: Siblings William, Samuel and Hannah Handy – emigrants to the USA. James Handy Joseph Handy William Samuel Handy David Handy Hannah Handy bn 1812 bn 1813 Handy Bn 1819 Bn 1821 Bn 1825 Alveston Alveston Bn 1817 Alveston Alveston Alveston Alveston In Lawley Emigrated Emigrated Emigrated on Street, Aston aged 38 on the aged 36 on the the Tuscarora juxta Cynosure in Cynosure in 1857, with Birmingham, 1855, with 1855 with husband John as an Brother Brother Green and two unmarried Samuel and William and daughters, via labouring his Family, via own family, London and lodger in 1851 Liverpool and via Liverpool Philadelphia. “he was single New York. and New at my father’s York. death and was the last I heard of him. (1866)” 1 1861 Same address: 48 year old unmarried Carter/Hay and Straw Dealer. Died about Unknown date Died 1902 Died 1882 Died 1823 at Died 1815 of death in Portsmouth, Franklin, Alvaston somewhere in England Shelby, Iowa, Oneida, Idaho, the USA – in USA USA 1860 ? Samuel, the second child, took his whole family with him – and for ease of following the narrative they were as follows: Figure 2: Children of Samuel and Hannah Handy Samuel Handy 1819 Alveston Warks. UK 1882 Franklin, Oneida, Idaho Wife Hannah Handy 1820 Alveston Warks UK 1893 Franklin, Oneida, Idaho Son William 1842 Alveston Warks. UK 1919 Franklin, Oneida, Idaho 1 Handy,Samuel. Autobiography (Special Collections, File MS #92) (Utah State University) Handy in USA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Son Joseph 1844 Alveston Warks. UK 1855 Williamsburgh, New York Dau Mary Ann 1847 Alveston Warks. UK 1915 Franklin, Oneida, Idaho Dau Eliza 17/2/1850 Bapt Stratford, Warks, UK 1913 Oxford, Bannock, Idaho Son Samuel 1853 Alveston, Warks. UK 1854 Alveston, Warks. UK Son James Henry 1855 Alveston Warks. UK 1935 Franklin, Oneida, Idaho Samuel and his children and siblings soon split up and went their different ways – but the following large table is an attempt to give some idea of their rather complicated movements before we look at them in detail. Table 1- Handy Family Summary Year Samuel Handy Son William Son Joseph Dau Mary Ann Handy Dau Eliza Handy Son James Brother Sister Hannah Handy Handy Henry Handy William Handy Handy 1840 21 23 15 1841 22 Md Atherstone 24 with Parents 16 Gls. in cottage at Alveston Fields. 1842 23 Child bn 0 Bn Ailstone 25 17 Ailstone 1843 24 1 26 18 1844 25 Child bn 2 Alveston 0 Alveston 27 19 Alveston 1845 26 3 1 28 20 1846 27 4 2 29 21 1847 28 Child bn 5 Alveston 3 Alveston 0 Alveston 30 22 Alveston 1848 29 6 4 1 31 23 1849 30 Child bn 7 Stratford 5 Stratford