First LDS Child Born in San Diego
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Lydia Hunter, wife of a member of the Mormon Battalion, gave birth to the first LDS child born in San Diego. She died two weeks later, after having survived all the hardships of the Mormon battalion's journey.
Waymark Code: WMJM36
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/02/2013
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Daughters of Utah Pioneers
No. 257
Erected 1959
Women of
the Mormon Battalion
Mormon women were anxious to reach the glorious West and any means offered seemed an answer to prayer to help them on their way. When it was learned four laundresses would be allowed each of the five companies, the wives of the soldiers made application and twenty were chosen. Men who could meet the expenses were permitted to take their families, hence nearly eighty women and children accompanied the battalion. They endured the hardships of the journey knowing hunger and thirst. Four wives, Susan M. Davis, Lydia Hunter, Phebe D. P. Brown, and Melissa B. Coray traveled the entire distance arriving in San Diego 29 January 1847. Mrs. Hunter gave birth to a son April 20, 1847. The first L.D.S. child born in San Diego. She died two weeks later.
San Diego County, Calif.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 04/20/1847
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
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