Elizabeth Georgina Quilley
Relationship: Mother-in-law to Ephraim Knowlton Hanks & Thisbe Quilley Read
Association: Member of the Martin Handcart Company. When son, Walter Pyramus Read, became lost outside of Iowa husband, Samuel George Read, and son, Samuel Milford Read, turned back to Iowa to search. Samuel and Georgina divided up their monies. As Georgina was the company nurse on the trek, she continued with her daughters with the anticipation that the men would catch up.
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Vitals
- Born: (22 Sep 1805) (, Basing, Hampshire, England)
- Christened: (28 Sep 1806) (, Basing, Hampshire, England)
- Died: (5 Oct 1882) (Nephi, Juab, Utah, USA)
- Buried: (6 Oct 1882) (Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA)
- Plot: Grand Aveune, Plat J, Block 7
Spouse
James Dale m. (23 Oct 1825) (St. Luke, Finsbury, London, England)
Spouse
Samuel George Read m. (abt 1836) (St. Dunstan's Church, Stepney, Middlesex, England)
Children:
- Clara Elizabeth Quilley Read; b. (16 Jul 1839) (, Lewisham, Kent, England)
- Alicia Quilley Read; b. (20 Oct 1840) (Limehouse, Stepney, Middlesex, England)
- Samuel Milford Read; b. (13 Oct 1841) (Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex, England)
- Thisbe Quilley Read; b. (25 Apr 1845) (Stepney, London, Middlesex, England)
- Walter Pyramus Read; b. (8 Aug 1848) (Poplar, London, Middlesex, England)
Spouse
John Rodwell m. (10 Jan 1863) (Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA)
Parents
William Quilley b. (10 Feb 1769) (, Bramley, Hampshire, England)
Hannah Evemey c. (28 Dec 1783) (, Basing, Hamphire, England)
Image Gallery
Birth certificate of Thisbe Quilley Read noting former marriage of Elizabeth Quilley to James Dale
Marriage record of Elizabeth Quilley & James Dale
Elizabeth Georgina Quilley Read Rodwell - Arnold Family Collection
Samuel George Read, husband of Elizabeth Georgina Quilley - Arnold Family Collection
Samuel George Read - Arnold Family Collection
John Rodwell - Eva May Arnold McAllister Collection
Alicia Quilley Read, abt age 16 after completion of trek - Arnold Family Collection
Wall of Honor - Visitor's Center, Sun Ranch, Martin's Cove - photo by Sherry Smith
Crossed with the Martin Handcart Company with daughters Alicia Quilley Read and Thisbe Quilley Read. Husband and two sons started with them but had to return back to Iowa before completion of the trek.
Bessemer Bend in February - photo by Sherry Smith
Bessemer Bend in July - photo by Sherry Smith
Devil's Gate - photo by Sherry Smith
Devil's Gate - photo by Sherry Smith
Pioneers Slept - Martin's Cove
Martin's Cove, tree stump from firewood of 1856 - photo taken by Sherry Smith
1860 Census, Georgina Read recorded as Clara Read, same 1st Ward as children Thisbe and Walter Read (see Council Bluffs)
1870 Census; Nephi, Juab, Utah
Read-Rodwell Home; Nephi, Juab, Utah
Samuel George Read, Martha Munroe, John Rodwell, Elizabeth Georgina Quilley
Georgina Rodwell Marker
Salt Lake City Cemetery Map
Books
The Tempered Wind - By Sidney Alvarus Hanks. A biography of Thisbe Quilley Read. Hard copy available in the Special Collections of the BYU Harold B. Lee Library. Call number BX 8670.07 .H194.
- Online HTML Tempered Wind
- Tempered Wind (PDF format, 3.5M, contributed by Doug Allen)
Links
- Mormon Migration
- Mormon Handcart Trek Reservations
- Basing, Hampshire, England
- Handcart Companies of 1856
- Remembering the Rescue, August 1997 Ensign Magazine
- Go and Bring Them In by Larene Porter Gaunt & Linda Dekker, see graphics in the original December 2006 Ensign
- Pioneer Magazine Honoring the Martin & Willie Companies, Sons of the Utah Pioneers, Sept 2006
- 150-Year "Sweetwater Rescue" Mark Commemorated by Ashton Ward, BYU NewsNet
- It Still Takes Faith by Brent L. Top
- History of the Pioneer Cemeteries, Heritage Gateways
- Tell My Story Too - Stories Art & Music
- The Mission Gallery at Ancestor Square
- Julie Rogers' Art
Productions
- Mormon Handcart Production - A theatrical re-enactment, dedicated to the Martin and Willie Handcart Companies of 1856 and their Rescuers, both past and present.
- Sweetwater Rescue - From 1856 to 1860, ten handcart companies traveled to what they considered Zion. Eight crossed the plains successfully. Two—the Willie and Martin Companies—met with a wintry disaster in 1856, as did the Hunt and Hodgett Wagon Trains trailing behind them. The rescuers from the Salt Lake Valley faced the same horrific snows.
