Daughter of George Sweeten and Mary Gardner
Guardian Father - Roger Luckham
Married Abraham Hunsaker, 5 May 1854, Salt Lake City, Utah
Children - Robert Sweeten Hunsaker, Lorenzo Hunsaker, George Hunsaker, Mary Ann Hunsaker, Idumea Hunsaker
History - Robert Sweeten, brother to Margaret Sweeten, was born December 14th, 1840, in Brooke, Ontario Canada, the son of George Sweeten and Mary Gardner. Two years later, on Christmas Eve, 1842 George Sweeten died, leaving his widow the care of two small children, Robert and older sister Margaret.
Then the missionaries of a strange new faith visited the little Canadian settlement and the message they brought was welcomed by the young widow and her parents, Robert Gardner and Margaret Calinder and her brothers and sisters. Soon they were all baptized and became members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Two younger brothers wee soon ordained Elders and were set apart to preside over the newly formed Canadian Branch.
In 1844, Mary Gardner Sweeten married Roger Luckham, a young Englishman. To their union were born two daughters, Mary, who was born in their Canadian home, and Susannah, who was born in Salt Lake City in 1848. A desire to gather with the main body of the saints came upon the members of the Canadian Branch and led by Archibald and Robert Gardner, they set out for Nauvoo, Illinois. When they reached Nauvoo they found it a deserted city, with evidence of every side that the Saints had fled in haste. They caught up with the last of the line and continued on to Winter Quarters where they, with others, spent a winter of suffering and hardship.
In October 1847, they arrived in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. Then followed years of toil and adventure and miracles long-remembered by the boy Robert and his sisters.
William Gardner, concerned with the business of establishing mills in this new country, had gone North into Cache Valley and had started building a mill at Gardner's Creek, two and one-half miles South of the present community of Mendon. In 1856, Mary and Roger Luckham and their family paid them a visit and were favorably impressed with the country and decided they would return and make their home there as soon a they could. They were not able to realize their ambition, for with the summer of 1857 came news of the approach of "Johnson's Army" and the order to move south. During this move, Margaret's mother suffered from exposure and as she had not been very strong since her illness while enroute to Utah, this additional exposure let to her death June 12, 1858, at Spanish Fork, Utah.
The next spring, Roger Luckham with his two daughters, Mary and Susannah and his stepson, Robert, now a lad of eighteen, arrived where the city of Mendon now stands. The following is from the journal of Daniel B. Hill Richards: "About May 1, 1859, Roger Luckham, his daughters Mary and Susannah and his step-son Robert Sweeten, two Englishmen, Charlie and Alfred Atkinson and their families, arrived where Mendon now stands. Following them in quick succession were James H. Hill, Isaac Sorensen and Peter Larsen, also of Millcreek and James G. Willie, who had been Bishop of the 8th Ward in Salt Lake City."
In October 1862, Robert received word that his sister, Margaret, wife of Abraham Hunsaker, had passed away in Brigham City. He started at once, but as he left the canyon he could see the gathering at the Brigham Cemetery. He tried in vain to attract their attention so they would wait for him, but by the time he arrived the grave had been filled in. He always regretted that he didn't get to see his only full sister before she was buried.
Guardian Father - Roger Luckham
Married Abraham Hunsaker, 5 May 1854, Salt Lake City, Utah
Children - Robert Sweeten Hunsaker, Lorenzo Hunsaker, George Hunsaker, Mary Ann Hunsaker, Idumea Hunsaker
History - Robert Sweeten, brother to Margaret Sweeten, was born December 14th, 1840, in Brooke, Ontario Canada, the son of George Sweeten and Mary Gardner. Two years later, on Christmas Eve, 1842 George Sweeten died, leaving his widow the care of two small children, Robert and older sister Margaret.
Then the missionaries of a strange new faith visited the little Canadian settlement and the message they brought was welcomed by the young widow and her parents, Robert Gardner and Margaret Calinder and her brothers and sisters. Soon they were all baptized and became members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Two younger brothers wee soon ordained Elders and were set apart to preside over the newly formed Canadian Branch.
In 1844, Mary Gardner Sweeten married Roger Luckham, a young Englishman. To their union were born two daughters, Mary, who was born in their Canadian home, and Susannah, who was born in Salt Lake City in 1848. A desire to gather with the main body of the saints came upon the members of the Canadian Branch and led by Archibald and Robert Gardner, they set out for Nauvoo, Illinois. When they reached Nauvoo they found it a deserted city, with evidence of every side that the Saints had fled in haste. They caught up with the last of the line and continued on to Winter Quarters where they, with others, spent a winter of suffering and hardship.
In October 1847, they arrived in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. Then followed years of toil and adventure and miracles long-remembered by the boy Robert and his sisters.
William Gardner, concerned with the business of establishing mills in this new country, had gone North into Cache Valley and had started building a mill at Gardner's Creek, two and one-half miles South of the present community of Mendon. In 1856, Mary and Roger Luckham and their family paid them a visit and were favorably impressed with the country and decided they would return and make their home there as soon a they could. They were not able to realize their ambition, for with the summer of 1857 came news of the approach of "Johnson's Army" and the order to move south. During this move, Margaret's mother suffered from exposure and as she had not been very strong since her illness while enroute to Utah, this additional exposure let to her death June 12, 1858, at Spanish Fork, Utah.
The next spring, Roger Luckham with his two daughters, Mary and Susannah and his stepson, Robert, now a lad of eighteen, arrived where the city of Mendon now stands. The following is from the journal of Daniel B. Hill Richards: "About May 1, 1859, Roger Luckham, his daughters Mary and Susannah and his step-son Robert Sweeten, two Englishmen, Charlie and Alfred Atkinson and their families, arrived where Mendon now stands. Following them in quick succession were James H. Hill, Isaac Sorensen and Peter Larsen, also of Millcreek and James G. Willie, who had been Bishop of the 8th Ward in Salt Lake City."
In October 1862, Robert received word that his sister, Margaret, wife of Abraham Hunsaker, had passed away in Brigham City. He started at once, but as he left the canyon he could see the gathering at the Brigham Cemetery. He tried in vain to attract their attention so they would wait for him, but by the time he arrived the grave had been filled in. He always regretted that he didn't get to see his only full sister before she was buried.
Daughter of George Sweeten and Mary Gardner
Guardian Father - Roger Luckham
Married Abraham Hunsaker, 5 May 1854, Salt Lake City, Utah
Children - Robert Sweeten Hunsaker, Lorenzo Hunsaker, George Hunsaker, Mary Ann Hunsaker, Idumea Hunsaker
History - Robert Sweeten, brother to Margaret Sweeten, was born December 14th, 1840, in Brooke, Ontario Canada, the son of George Sweeten and Mary Gardner. Two years later, on Christmas Eve, 1842 George Sweeten died, leaving his widow the care of two small children, Robert and older sister Margaret.
Then the missionaries of a strange new faith visited the little Canadian settlement and the message they brought was welcomed by the young widow and her parents, Robert Gardner and Margaret Calinder and her brothers and sisters. Soon they were all baptized and became members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Two younger brothers wee soon ordained Elders and were set apart to preside over the newly formed Canadian Branch.
In 1844, Mary Gardner Sweeten married Roger Luckham, a young Englishman. To their union were born two daughters, Mary, who was born in their Canadian home, and Susannah, who was born in Salt Lake City in 1848. A desire to gather with the main body of the saints came upon the members of the Canadian Branch and led by Archibald and Robert Gardner, they set out for Nauvoo, Illinois. When they reached Nauvoo they found it a deserted city, with evidence of every side that the Saints had fled in haste. They caught up with the last of the line and continued on to Winter Quarters where they, with others, spent a winter of suffering and hardship.
In October 1847, they arrived in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. Then followed years of toil and adventure and miracles long-remembered by the boy Robert and his sisters.
William Gardner, concerned with the business of establishing mills in this new country, had gone North into Cache Valley and had started building a mill at Gardner's Creek, two and one-half miles South of the present community of Mendon. In 1856, Mary and Roger Luckham and their family paid them a visit and were favorably impressed with the country and decided they would return and make their home there as soon a they could. They were not able to realize their ambition, for with the summer of 1857 came news of the approach of "Johnson's Army" and the order to move south. During this move, Margaret's mother suffered from exposure and as she had not been very strong since her illness while enroute to Utah, this additional exposure let to her death June 12, 1858, at Spanish Fork, Utah.
The next spring, Roger Luckham with his two daughters, Mary and Susannah and his stepson, Robert, now a lad of eighteen, arrived where the city of Mendon now stands. The following is from the journal of Daniel B. Hill Richards: "About May 1, 1859, Roger Luckham, his daughters Mary and Susannah and his step-son Robert Sweeten, two Englishmen, Charlie and Alfred Atkinson and their families, arrived where Mendon now stands. Following them in quick succession were James H. Hill, Isaac Sorensen and Peter Larsen, also of Millcreek and James G. Willie, who had been Bishop of the 8th Ward in Salt Lake City."
In October 1862, Robert received word that his sister, Margaret, wife of Abraham Hunsaker, had passed away in Brigham City. He started at once, but as he left the canyon he could see the gathering at the Brigham Cemetery. He tried in vain to attract their attention so they would wait for him, but by the time he arrived the grave had been filled in. He always regretted that he didn't get to see his only full sister before she was buried.
Guardian Father - Roger Luckham
Married Abraham Hunsaker, 5 May 1854, Salt Lake City, Utah
Children - Robert Sweeten Hunsaker, Lorenzo Hunsaker, George Hunsaker, Mary Ann Hunsaker, Idumea Hunsaker
History - Robert Sweeten, brother to Margaret Sweeten, was born December 14th, 1840, in Brooke, Ontario Canada, the son of George Sweeten and Mary Gardner. Two years later, on Christmas Eve, 1842 George Sweeten died, leaving his widow the care of two small children, Robert and older sister Margaret.
Then the missionaries of a strange new faith visited the little Canadian settlement and the message they brought was welcomed by the young widow and her parents, Robert Gardner and Margaret Calinder and her brothers and sisters. Soon they were all baptized and became members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Two younger brothers wee soon ordained Elders and were set apart to preside over the newly formed Canadian Branch.
In 1844, Mary Gardner Sweeten married Roger Luckham, a young Englishman. To their union were born two daughters, Mary, who was born in their Canadian home, and Susannah, who was born in Salt Lake City in 1848. A desire to gather with the main body of the saints came upon the members of the Canadian Branch and led by Archibald and Robert Gardner, they set out for Nauvoo, Illinois. When they reached Nauvoo they found it a deserted city, with evidence of every side that the Saints had fled in haste. They caught up with the last of the line and continued on to Winter Quarters where they, with others, spent a winter of suffering and hardship.
In October 1847, they arrived in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. Then followed years of toil and adventure and miracles long-remembered by the boy Robert and his sisters.
William Gardner, concerned with the business of establishing mills in this new country, had gone North into Cache Valley and had started building a mill at Gardner's Creek, two and one-half miles South of the present community of Mendon. In 1856, Mary and Roger Luckham and their family paid them a visit and were favorably impressed with the country and decided they would return and make their home there as soon a they could. They were not able to realize their ambition, for with the summer of 1857 came news of the approach of "Johnson's Army" and the order to move south. During this move, Margaret's mother suffered from exposure and as she had not been very strong since her illness while enroute to Utah, this additional exposure let to her death June 12, 1858, at Spanish Fork, Utah.
The next spring, Roger Luckham with his two daughters, Mary and Susannah and his stepson, Robert, now a lad of eighteen, arrived where the city of Mendon now stands. The following is from the journal of Daniel B. Hill Richards: "About May 1, 1859, Roger Luckham, his daughters Mary and Susannah and his step-son Robert Sweeten, two Englishmen, Charlie and Alfred Atkinson and their families, arrived where Mendon now stands. Following them in quick succession were James H. Hill, Isaac Sorensen and Peter Larsen, also of Millcreek and James G. Willie, who had been Bishop of the 8th Ward in Salt Lake City."
In October 1862, Robert received word that his sister, Margaret, wife of Abraham Hunsaker, had passed away in Brigham City. He started at once, but as he left the canyon he could see the gathering at the Brigham Cemetery. He tried in vain to attract their attention so they would wait for him, but by the time he arrived the grave had been filled in. He always regretted that he didn't get to see his only full sister before she was buried.
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