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Bryan,
>
> I was looking today for the ship that my 3rd great
> grandfather sailed on from England to New York, and
> didn't have any luck.
>
> However, I did come across your posting on the
> GenForum. Unfortunately, I could not login to your
> genealogy website to see how you were related.
>
> Anyway, I see you had a couple of questions that I
> can help you with.
>
> I don't know why the 1871 Census says "Formerly
> Tailor's Wife", unless she told them that her
> husband had left her to live in the USA and they wrote down "formerly" or "W". Or, ... perhaps (as the mail was very slow going from Utah to England in 1871, she assumed
> he had died.
>
> As for you other question, his daughter (Mary) had
> already immigrated to Alpine, UT as a convert to the
> LDS Church. After his baptism in 1849 at age 58, he
> desperately wanted to receive the full blessings
> that the LDS Church offers in as part of their endowment
> ceremony. His wife, Martha feared the ocean.
> However 16 years later at age 73 (mid 1864), he made plans to travel to the US and join his daughter.
>
> I have been to his grave site in the Alpine cemetery
> and I have a photo of his gravestone
> and a photo of his daughter Mary's gravestone.
>
> I also have a copy of a typewritten page
> that my Aunt Grace Hemingway wrote up about Thomas. Note
> however that her statements that Thomas was a
> handcart pioneer are not true as the handcart companies
> ceased before Thomas arrived in America. Also note that
> Martha's surname is Lievers as you show (not
> Levious). Grace also was confused about her relation to
> Thomas. She was a 2nd great grand daughter (not great grand daughter as she states).
>
> If you can help me more on this Hemingway line, I
> will appreciate it. Also, if I can help you I will be
> glad to.
>
>
> Paul Hemingway
> Riverton, UT
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