Hannah Burrows, daughter of Henry and Mary Norton Burrows, was born 27 March 1822, in Preston, Kent, England. She was the youngest of sixteen children. When she was a small girl, her parents moved to Dover, England, where she lived until she immigrated to Utah.
Her two older sisters had a dressmaking establishment. She started to help them sew while she was quite young thus becoming a dressmaker.
Her schooling consisted of one-month training in her life. But by perseverance and hard study, she became a good scholar. In the year of 1850, she became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She became acquainted with my father after being baptized in the church. He became a member also at about the same time. His name was George Cook. Mother and he were married 31 January 1854. Mother said that they, in company with others, would often walk ten miles to attend an L.D.S. meeting and then walk home in the moonlight.
On 12 March 1854, they along with others set sail from Liverpool, England, on a ship named JOHN M. WOOD for America. They arrived in New Orleans on May 2, 1854, after a journey of seven weeks and two days crossing the ocean. They then went by boat up the Mississippi River to where the saints met prior to crossing the plains.
George and Hannah crossed the plains with ox teams and after enduring many hardships and trials, arrived at Salt Lake City on 28 October 1854. This was about seven and one-half months of traveling from the time they left Liverpool.
The first winter they stayed in Bountiful just north of Salt Lake. The next spring they came to Ogden, Utah where my father and Uncle Wm. Kingsford bought a lot on the block north of where Lester Park is. They made adobe bricks and built a two-room house. The house had a dirt floor and no glass in the windows for a long time.
She was the mother of eight children, four boys and four girls. Her eldest being twin boys who died a few hours after birth. They were born 1 February 1856. Mother was very low and they did not expect her to live. They kept the babes three or four days, thinking they would place one on each arm in the casket with her. But finally she began to take a turn for the better. She was a fragile, small woman, never weight more than 104 pounds. Her ambition outdid her strength.
On March 17, 1859, they sold their home and moved north to South Willard. Here father worked for Elijhu Pettingill until the fall of 1862. They purchased a lot in Willard and built a one-room log cabin where they lived the remainder of their lives.
After moving to Willard she was a member of the first Dramatic Association of Willard. She took many of the leading parts in plays for a long time. For many years, even to the time of her death, she was a teacher in the Sunday School. When the Relief Society was organized in 1868, she was chosen as secretary, and performed her duties faithfully until 1881 when health compelled her to resign that position. She was always a faithful member as long as she lived.
She was a faithful Latter-day Saint and loved her religion. She was a true loving wife and mother, strictly honest and truthful. She tried to do to others as she would be done by. She died of pneumonia a few days after the illness set in. Her death date was 15 February 1891. She was almost 69 years of age. She was buried 18 February 1891 in the Willard Cemetery.
Her two older sisters had a dressmaking establishment. She started to help them sew while she was quite young thus becoming a dressmaker.
Her schooling consisted of one-month training in her life. But by perseverance and hard study, she became a good scholar. In the year of 1850, she became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She became acquainted with my father after being baptized in the church. He became a member also at about the same time. His name was George Cook. Mother and he were married 31 January 1854. Mother said that they, in company with others, would often walk ten miles to attend an L.D.S. meeting and then walk home in the moonlight.
On 12 March 1854, they along with others set sail from Liverpool, England, on a ship named JOHN M. WOOD for America. They arrived in New Orleans on May 2, 1854, after a journey of seven weeks and two days crossing the ocean. They then went by boat up the Mississippi River to where the saints met prior to crossing the plains.
George and Hannah crossed the plains with ox teams and after enduring many hardships and trials, arrived at Salt Lake City on 28 October 1854. This was about seven and one-half months of traveling from the time they left Liverpool.
The first winter they stayed in Bountiful just north of Salt Lake. The next spring they came to Ogden, Utah where my father and Uncle Wm. Kingsford bought a lot on the block north of where Lester Park is. They made adobe bricks and built a two-room house. The house had a dirt floor and no glass in the windows for a long time.
She was the mother of eight children, four boys and four girls. Her eldest being twin boys who died a few hours after birth. They were born 1 February 1856. Mother was very low and they did not expect her to live. They kept the babes three or four days, thinking they would place one on each arm in the casket with her. But finally she began to take a turn for the better. She was a fragile, small woman, never weight more than 104 pounds. Her ambition outdid her strength.
On March 17, 1859, they sold their home and moved north to South Willard. Here father worked for Elijhu Pettingill until the fall of 1862. They purchased a lot in Willard and built a one-room log cabin where they lived the remainder of their lives.
After moving to Willard she was a member of the first Dramatic Association of Willard. She took many of the leading parts in plays for a long time. For many years, even to the time of her death, she was a teacher in the Sunday School. When the Relief Society was organized in 1868, she was chosen as secretary, and performed her duties faithfully until 1881 when health compelled her to resign that position. She was always a faithful member as long as she lived.
She was a faithful Latter-day Saint and loved her religion. She was a true loving wife and mother, strictly honest and truthful. She tried to do to others as she would be done by. She died of pneumonia a few days after the illness set in. Her death date was 15 February 1891. She was almost 69 years of age. She was buried 18 February 1891 in the Willard Cemetery.
Hannah Burrows, daughter of Henry and Mary Norton Burrows, was born 27 March 1822, in Preston, Kent, England. She was the youngest of sixteen children. When she was a small girl, her parents moved to Dover, England, where she lived until she immigrated to Utah.
Her two older sisters had a dressmaking establishment. She started to help them sew while she was quite young thus becoming a dressmaker.
Her schooling consisted of one-month training in her life. But by perseverance and hard study, she became a good scholar. In the year of 1850, she became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She became acquainted with my father after being baptized in the church. He became a member also at about the same time. His name was George Cook. Mother and he were married 31 January 1854. Mother said that they, in company with others, would often walk ten miles to attend an L.D.S. meeting and then walk home in the moonlight.
On 12 March 1854, they along with others set sail from Liverpool, England, on a ship named JOHN M. WOOD for America. They arrived in New Orleans on May 2, 1854, after a journey of seven weeks and two days crossing the ocean. They then went by boat up the Mississippi River to where the saints met prior to crossing the plains.
George and Hannah crossed the plains with ox teams and after enduring many hardships and trials, arrived at Salt Lake City on 28 October 1854. This was about seven and one-half months of traveling from the time they left Liverpool.
The first winter they stayed in Bountiful just north of Salt Lake. The next spring they came to Ogden, Utah where my father and Uncle Wm. Kingsford bought a lot on the block north of where Lester Park is. They made adobe bricks and built a two-room house. The house had a dirt floor and no glass in the windows for a long time.
She was the mother of eight children, four boys and four girls. Her eldest being twin boys who died a few hours after birth. They were born 1 February 1856. Mother was very low and they did not expect her to live. They kept the babes three or four days, thinking they would place one on each arm in the casket with her. But finally she began to take a turn for the better. She was a fragile, small woman, never weight more than 104 pounds. Her ambition outdid her strength.
On March 17, 1859, they sold their home and moved north to South Willard. Here father worked for Elijhu Pettingill until the fall of 1862. They purchased a lot in Willard and built a one-room log cabin where they lived the remainder of their lives.
After moving to Willard she was a member of the first Dramatic Association of Willard. She took many of the leading parts in plays for a long time. For many years, even to the time of her death, she was a teacher in the Sunday School. When the Relief Society was organized in 1868, she was chosen as secretary, and performed her duties faithfully until 1881 when health compelled her to resign that position. She was always a faithful member as long as she lived.
She was a faithful Latter-day Saint and loved her religion. She was a true loving wife and mother, strictly honest and truthful. She tried to do to others as she would be done by. She died of pneumonia a few days after the illness set in. Her death date was 15 February 1891. She was almost 69 years of age. She was buried 18 February 1891 in the Willard Cemetery.
Her two older sisters had a dressmaking establishment. She started to help them sew while she was quite young thus becoming a dressmaker.
Her schooling consisted of one-month training in her life. But by perseverance and hard study, she became a good scholar. In the year of 1850, she became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She became acquainted with my father after being baptized in the church. He became a member also at about the same time. His name was George Cook. Mother and he were married 31 January 1854. Mother said that they, in company with others, would often walk ten miles to attend an L.D.S. meeting and then walk home in the moonlight.
On 12 March 1854, they along with others set sail from Liverpool, England, on a ship named JOHN M. WOOD for America. They arrived in New Orleans on May 2, 1854, after a journey of seven weeks and two days crossing the ocean. They then went by boat up the Mississippi River to where the saints met prior to crossing the plains.
George and Hannah crossed the plains with ox teams and after enduring many hardships and trials, arrived at Salt Lake City on 28 October 1854. This was about seven and one-half months of traveling from the time they left Liverpool.
The first winter they stayed in Bountiful just north of Salt Lake. The next spring they came to Ogden, Utah where my father and Uncle Wm. Kingsford bought a lot on the block north of where Lester Park is. They made adobe bricks and built a two-room house. The house had a dirt floor and no glass in the windows for a long time.
She was the mother of eight children, four boys and four girls. Her eldest being twin boys who died a few hours after birth. They were born 1 February 1856. Mother was very low and they did not expect her to live. They kept the babes three or four days, thinking they would place one on each arm in the casket with her. But finally she began to take a turn for the better. She was a fragile, small woman, never weight more than 104 pounds. Her ambition outdid her strength.
On March 17, 1859, they sold their home and moved north to South Willard. Here father worked for Elijhu Pettingill until the fall of 1862. They purchased a lot in Willard and built a one-room log cabin where they lived the remainder of their lives.
After moving to Willard she was a member of the first Dramatic Association of Willard. She took many of the leading parts in plays for a long time. For many years, even to the time of her death, she was a teacher in the Sunday School. When the Relief Society was organized in 1868, she was chosen as secretary, and performed her duties faithfully until 1881 when health compelled her to resign that position. She was always a faithful member as long as she lived.
She was a faithful Latter-day Saint and loved her religion. She was a true loving wife and mother, strictly honest and truthful. She tried to do to others as she would be done by. She died of pneumonia a few days after the illness set in. Her death date was 15 February 1891. She was almost 69 years of age. She was buried 18 February 1891 in the Willard Cemetery.
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