Pioneer Unit 2019

  The pioneer ancestor that Landon chose to represent and learn more about this year is Charles Wesley Hubbard. Charles was born on February 7, 1810 in Sheffield, Massachusetts. His first time crossing the plains (when he was 38 years old) was with the Heber C. Kimball Company. They left from Winter Quarter’s Nebraska in...Read More

For our unit last year, we followed along with the Brigham Young Vanguard company and followed their trek from Nauvoo to the Salt Lake Valley. This year, we will be repeating some of the same activities but instead of following a particular company and chronological events, we will be learning more about the specific ancestors...Read More

Harriet Matilda Casper was only 5 years old when she made the trek with her family from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley. She remembers that her mother was very ill during the journey. Evelyn chose to represent Harriet this year because she is five years old, just like Harriet was when she made...Read More

Today, we learned about Matilda Allison. Matilda was born in Chester, Ohio, as the sixth of seven children. Her sister, Rachel, was baptized, 1840, into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Matilda followed by being baptized on August 19, 1841. In 1845, she married Duncan Spears Casper in Nauvoo. They were endowed in...Read More

Charles Alfred Harper was born on January 27, 1817 in Pennsylvania. He married Lavina Wollerton Dilworth in 1841. Shortly after marrying, the couple became members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and joined the western migration movement, emigrating first to Illinois, and later to Utah. Working as a scout for Brigham Young’s...Read More

We did some pioneer chores today. 🙂Read More