John Albiston Jr.
About
John Albiston Jr. was born on April 4, 1814, to John Sr. and Hannah Thacker Albiston in Stockport, United Kingdom. He later married Elizabeth Mellor on May 26, 1833, in Saddleworth, United Kingdom. They had 14 children, with only five living to adulthood.
Conversion and Departure
John and Elizabeth were baptized to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in August of 1840.1 All five of their children were also baptized to the Church, and the family began their journey to Utah. The family joined the ship Windermere on February 22, 1854. They arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 23, 1854.2 The family then took a steamship to St. Louis, then traveled to Kansas City, Missouri.1 The family joined the Darwin Richardson Company on June 17, 1854. The family arrived in Utah on Sep 30, 1854.3
Journey to Richmond and Epilogue
The Albiston family first moved to Grantsville, Utah for an unnumbered amount of years. The family then moved to Wellsville, then to Richmond. John Albiston died on April 2, 1891, in Franklin, Idaho. He was buried in the Richmond City Cemetery next to Elizabeth who died in 1879.4
Sources
Author Name Unkown. ALBISTON, John (b1814) article about his life with wife and children, Uploaded to FamilySearch.org by Carol Hanley, Nov 12, 2015. https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/20549588?pid=KWV3-SR2&returnLabel=John%20Albiston%20Jr%20(KWV3-SR2)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FKWV3-SR2https%3A%2F%2Fsaintsbysea.lib.byu.edu%2Fmii%2Fvoyage%2F437%3Fsweden%3Don&mii=on&netherlands=on&keywords=John%20Albiston&scandinavia=on&europe=on
Saints By Sea: Latter-Day Saint Immigration to America, Liverpool to New Orleans: 22 Fed 1854 - 23 Apr 1854, saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu. https://saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu/mii/voyage/437?keywords=John+Albiston&mii=on&netherlands=on&europe=on&scandinavia=on&sweden=on
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church History Biographical Database, John Albiston, Jr. https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/individual/john-albiston-jr-1814?lang=eng
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Millennial Star, Deseret News, Obituary Record, John Albiston, April 18, 1891, Uploaded to FamilySearch.org by Craig Albiston, June 3, 2014, https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/7596634?pid=KWV3-SR2&returnLabel=John%20Albiston%20Jr%20(KWV3-SR2)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FKWV3-SR2