Born in Jersey, Channel Islands to John LeCornu and Marie Renouf. Her husband was Francis Kerby II.
The following obituary is from the Deseret News, UTAH:
Kerby - At Wallsburg, May 9, 1893, of general debility, Mary L. Cornu Kerby, beloved wife of Francis Kerby; born September 19, 1823, in the Island of Jersey, Channel Islands; baptised into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints July 12, 1849; emigrated to America in the ship George Washington, arriving in New York April 23, 1857. She crossed the plains in the handcart company with her husband and six children arrivng in Salt Lake City September 24, 1860; lived in Salt Lake City five and a half years, when she moved with her family to Wallsburg, Wasatch county, April 3, 1866, where she resided until her demise. She held the position of treasurer of the Relief society of that ward for several years and was released some three years ago on account of sickness. She was a woman of sterling integrity, a loving wife and exemplary mother; She had ten children. She leaves a husband, thre sons, five daughters, a host of grand children and four great grandchildren to mourn her loss.
The following obituary is from the Deseret News, UTAH:
Kerby - At Wallsburg, May 9, 1893, of general debility, Mary L. Cornu Kerby, beloved wife of Francis Kerby; born September 19, 1823, in the Island of Jersey, Channel Islands; baptised into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints July 12, 1849; emigrated to America in the ship George Washington, arriving in New York April 23, 1857. She crossed the plains in the handcart company with her husband and six children arrivng in Salt Lake City September 24, 1860; lived in Salt Lake City five and a half years, when she moved with her family to Wallsburg, Wasatch county, April 3, 1866, where she resided until her demise. She held the position of treasurer of the Relief society of that ward for several years and was released some three years ago on account of sickness. She was a woman of sterling integrity, a loving wife and exemplary mother; She had ten children. She leaves a husband, thre sons, five daughters, a host of grand children and four great grandchildren to mourn her loss.
Born in Jersey, Channel Islands to John LeCornu and Marie Renouf. Her husband was Francis Kerby II.
The following obituary is from the Deseret News, UTAH:
Kerby - At Wallsburg, May 9, 1893, of general debility, Mary L. Cornu Kerby, beloved wife of Francis Kerby; born September 19, 1823, in the Island of Jersey, Channel Islands; baptised into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints July 12, 1849; emigrated to America in the ship George Washington, arriving in New York April 23, 1857. She crossed the plains in the handcart company with her husband and six children arrivng in Salt Lake City September 24, 1860; lived in Salt Lake City five and a half years, when she moved with her family to Wallsburg, Wasatch county, April 3, 1866, where she resided until her demise. She held the position of treasurer of the Relief society of that ward for several years and was released some three years ago on account of sickness. She was a woman of sterling integrity, a loving wife and exemplary mother; She had ten children. She leaves a husband, thre sons, five daughters, a host of grand children and four great grandchildren to mourn her loss.
The following obituary is from the Deseret News, UTAH:
Kerby - At Wallsburg, May 9, 1893, of general debility, Mary L. Cornu Kerby, beloved wife of Francis Kerby; born September 19, 1823, in the Island of Jersey, Channel Islands; baptised into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints July 12, 1849; emigrated to America in the ship George Washington, arriving in New York April 23, 1857. She crossed the plains in the handcart company with her husband and six children arrivng in Salt Lake City September 24, 1860; lived in Salt Lake City five and a half years, when she moved with her family to Wallsburg, Wasatch county, April 3, 1866, where she resided until her demise. She held the position of treasurer of the Relief society of that ward for several years and was released some three years ago on account of sickness. She was a woman of sterling integrity, a loving wife and exemplary mother; She had ten children. She leaves a husband, thre sons, five daughters, a host of grand children and four great grandchildren to mourn her loss.
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