Hannah is a daughter of Maria Loveridge & James Sheen. This researcher has never seen a middle name of "Ellen" used for Hannah, except on the death certificate of her daughter, Harriet Ellen Forbes Adams. It was included by the husband of Harriet, Andy Wright Adams. The reason I question this addition of a middle name is that none of Hannah's siblings had middle names and she had a sister named Ellen. It is my belief that Harriet was named "Harriet Ellen" after Hannah's sisters, "Harriet" and "Ellen", and family lore attributed the middle name to Hannah.
She came, along with her father's family, to the Salt Lake Valley with the Edmund Ellsworth Company. It was the 1st handcart Company made up of LDS Church members to cross the Great Plain.
They were all described as being so brave to attempt the crossing; and Hannah, along with her baby daughter, Ann Eliza Sheen/Bunn were among the tattered throng. Church History: On September 8, 1856, the first Mormon handcart company, led by Edmund Ellsworth, stopped for lunch at an abandoned fort within sight of Devil's Gate, in present-day Wyoming. It was a good location for a fort and trading post, about halfway between Fort Laramie and Fort Bridger along the Oregon Trail.
Shortly after arriving in the valley, she married a widower, John Forbes, 5 July 1862, at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory. They settled in the area which would later become Davis County. Hannah raised John Forbes' infant daughter, Davinie, who was only 3 when she lost her mother.
Children - Davinie Smith Forbes, Ann Eliza Forbes, Catherine Forbes, Hannah Mariah Forbes, Janet Forbes, John Forbes, Harriet Ellen Forbes, James Robert Forbes, Thomas George Forbes
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Edmund Ellsworth Company (1856)
She came, along with her father's family, to the Salt Lake Valley with the Edmund Ellsworth Company. It was the 1st handcart Company made up of LDS Church members to cross the Great Plain.
They were all described as being so brave to attempt the crossing; and Hannah, along with her baby daughter, Ann Eliza Sheen/Bunn were among the tattered throng. Church History: On September 8, 1856, the first Mormon handcart company, led by Edmund Ellsworth, stopped for lunch at an abandoned fort within sight of Devil's Gate, in present-day Wyoming. It was a good location for a fort and trading post, about halfway between Fort Laramie and Fort Bridger along the Oregon Trail.
Shortly after arriving in the valley, she married a widower, John Forbes, 5 July 1862, at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory. They settled in the area which would later become Davis County. Hannah raised John Forbes' infant daughter, Davinie, who was only 3 when she lost her mother.
Children - Davinie Smith Forbes, Ann Eliza Forbes, Catherine Forbes, Hannah Mariah Forbes, Janet Forbes, John Forbes, Harriet Ellen Forbes, James Robert Forbes, Thomas George Forbes
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Edmund Ellsworth Company (1856)
Hannah is a daughter of Maria Loveridge & James Sheen. This researcher has never seen a middle name of "Ellen" used for Hannah, except on the death certificate of her daughter, Harriet Ellen Forbes Adams. It was included by the husband of Harriet, Andy Wright Adams. The reason I question this addition of a middle name is that none of Hannah's siblings had middle names and she had a sister named Ellen. It is my belief that Harriet was named "Harriet Ellen" after Hannah's sisters, "Harriet" and "Ellen", and family lore attributed the middle name to Hannah.
She came, along with her father's family, to the Salt Lake Valley with the Edmund Ellsworth Company. It was the 1st handcart Company made up of LDS Church members to cross the Great Plain.
They were all described as being so brave to attempt the crossing; and Hannah, along with her baby daughter, Ann Eliza Sheen/Bunn were among the tattered throng. Church History: On September 8, 1856, the first Mormon handcart company, led by Edmund Ellsworth, stopped for lunch at an abandoned fort within sight of Devil's Gate, in present-day Wyoming. It was a good location for a fort and trading post, about halfway between Fort Laramie and Fort Bridger along the Oregon Trail.
Shortly after arriving in the valley, she married a widower, John Forbes, 5 July 1862, at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory. They settled in the area which would later become Davis County. Hannah raised John Forbes' infant daughter, Davinie, who was only 3 when she lost her mother.
Children - Davinie Smith Forbes, Ann Eliza Forbes, Catherine Forbes, Hannah Mariah Forbes, Janet Forbes, John Forbes, Harriet Ellen Forbes, James Robert Forbes, Thomas George Forbes
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Edmund Ellsworth Company (1856)
She came, along with her father's family, to the Salt Lake Valley with the Edmund Ellsworth Company. It was the 1st handcart Company made up of LDS Church members to cross the Great Plain.
They were all described as being so brave to attempt the crossing; and Hannah, along with her baby daughter, Ann Eliza Sheen/Bunn were among the tattered throng. Church History: On September 8, 1856, the first Mormon handcart company, led by Edmund Ellsworth, stopped for lunch at an abandoned fort within sight of Devil's Gate, in present-day Wyoming. It was a good location for a fort and trading post, about halfway between Fort Laramie and Fort Bridger along the Oregon Trail.
Shortly after arriving in the valley, she married a widower, John Forbes, 5 July 1862, at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory. They settled in the area which would later become Davis County. Hannah raised John Forbes' infant daughter, Davinie, who was only 3 when she lost her mother.
Children - Davinie Smith Forbes, Ann Eliza Forbes, Catherine Forbes, Hannah Mariah Forbes, Janet Forbes, John Forbes, Harriet Ellen Forbes, James Robert Forbes, Thomas George Forbes
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Edmund Ellsworth Company (1856)
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