Lucy was the sixth child in a family of nine known children, a daughter of Ann Hill and Thomas Sandall Sr. Her parents were from England, but had settled in South Africa between 1850 and 1860. Lucy was one of their children born in South Africa.
They immigrated to America aboard the sailing ship, Alacrity, in company with some friends, the Robert Bodily family.
When they arrived in the Harbor of Boston, their infant son, Hyrum, died of measles 9 July 1860. They joined the William Budge Wagon Company of LDS Church members who were migrating to the Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah Territory. Lucy died as they were preparing to travel west. Their staging area was a desert encampment, just outside of Florence, which is now Omaha Nebraska.
Their daughter Lucy took sick and died at the age of 3 years old. They couldn't stop long enough to dig a grave deep enough to hardly cover with dirt, and they knew the wolves would have her out in a few hours. She was buried in Mr. Bodily's bass violin case for a coffin. Her parents were heart broken at the loss of their daughter and under such horrible circumstances. This made two children buried since leaving South Africa. They were grateful to Brother Bodily for the violin case, other wise she would have been wrapped in a blanket, or something of that nature.
They immigrated to America aboard the sailing ship, Alacrity, in company with some friends, the Robert Bodily family.
When they arrived in the Harbor of Boston, their infant son, Hyrum, died of measles 9 July 1860. They joined the William Budge Wagon Company of LDS Church members who were migrating to the Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah Territory. Lucy died as they were preparing to travel west. Their staging area was a desert encampment, just outside of Florence, which is now Omaha Nebraska.
Their daughter Lucy took sick and died at the age of 3 years old. They couldn't stop long enough to dig a grave deep enough to hardly cover with dirt, and they knew the wolves would have her out in a few hours. She was buried in Mr. Bodily's bass violin case for a coffin. Her parents were heart broken at the loss of their daughter and under such horrible circumstances. This made two children buried since leaving South Africa. They were grateful to Brother Bodily for the violin case, other wise she would have been wrapped in a blanket, or something of that nature.
Lucy was the sixth child in a family of nine known children, a daughter of Ann Hill and Thomas Sandall Sr. Her parents were from England, but had settled in South Africa between 1850 and 1860. Lucy was one of their children born in South Africa.
They immigrated to America aboard the sailing ship, Alacrity, in company with some friends, the Robert Bodily family.
When they arrived in the Harbor of Boston, their infant son, Hyrum, died of measles 9 July 1860. They joined the William Budge Wagon Company of LDS Church members who were migrating to the Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah Territory. Lucy died as they were preparing to travel west. Their staging area was a desert encampment, just outside of Florence, which is now Omaha Nebraska.
Their daughter Lucy took sick and died at the age of 3 years old. They couldn't stop long enough to dig a grave deep enough to hardly cover with dirt, and they knew the wolves would have her out in a few hours. She was buried in Mr. Bodily's bass violin case for a coffin. Her parents were heart broken at the loss of their daughter and under such horrible circumstances. This made two children buried since leaving South Africa. They were grateful to Brother Bodily for the violin case, other wise she would have been wrapped in a blanket, or something of that nature.
They immigrated to America aboard the sailing ship, Alacrity, in company with some friends, the Robert Bodily family.
When they arrived in the Harbor of Boston, their infant son, Hyrum, died of measles 9 July 1860. They joined the William Budge Wagon Company of LDS Church members who were migrating to the Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah Territory. Lucy died as they were preparing to travel west. Their staging area was a desert encampment, just outside of Florence, which is now Omaha Nebraska.
Their daughter Lucy took sick and died at the age of 3 years old. They couldn't stop long enough to dig a grave deep enough to hardly cover with dirt, and they knew the wolves would have her out in a few hours. She was buried in Mr. Bodily's bass violin case for a coffin. Her parents were heart broken at the loss of their daughter and under such horrible circumstances. This made two children buried since leaving South Africa. They were grateful to Brother Bodily for the violin case, other wise she would have been wrapped in a blanket, or something of that nature.
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