Nathaniel and Mary Ludlow
Family of Nathaniel Ludlow & Mary Ann Niblett, 1840-1893 (b. 1821)
Residence: Gloucestershire, England; West Yorkshire, England; Utah County, Utah
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Parents' Childhood
Nathaniel Ludlow was born in 1821 to John and Mary Ludlow in Avening, Gloucestershire, England, the 3rd of 11 children.
Mary Ann Niblett was born in 1821 to John and Mary Niblett in Avening, the 6th of 10 children.
Life in England
Nathaniel and Mary married in 1840. They spent 7 years in Avening before moving to Yorkshire, settling in the town of Halifax.
| 1840 | Married in Avening, England |
| 1840 | John born |
| 1841 | Paul born |
| 1843 | Joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| 1844 | Lorenzo born |
| 1846 | Rhoda Helen born & died |
| 1847 | Moved to Yorkshire, England |
| 1847 | Rhoda Ellen born |
| 1850 | George born |
| 1851 | George died, age 1 |
| 1853 | Enoch born |
| 1855 | Mary Jane born |
| 1857 | Moses born |
| 1860 | Albert born |
| 1862 | Lily born & died |
| 1863 | Paul married Elizabeth Dixon |
| 1865 | Walter born |
| 1866 | Lorenzo married Martha Jane Hartley |
| 1867 | Rhoda married Daniel Luty |
| 1871 | Mary married William Franks |
| 1872 | Enoch married Lavinia Horsfall |
| 1877 | Albert married Sarah Downsbrough |
Nathaniel and Mary Ann had 12 children, 8 of whom lived to adulthood. (John's death is not documented, but Paul was referred to by Nathaniel as the eldest son.)
Mary Ann and two of her sisters, Thirza and Helen, were introduced to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Thirza's husband, John William Whiting. Mary Ann and Helen, with their husbands Nathaniel and James, were baptized in 1843, just 3 years after Wilford Woodruff commenced missionary work in the area.
Nathaniel was a shepherd in Avening, and after moving to Halifax, worked with Richard Horsfall, a cotton factory supervisor. Nathaniel, Mary Ann, and Enoch also operated a pub.
Immigration to Utah
Mary Ann's sister, Helen, had immigrated to Utah with her family around 1860. In 1876, she encouraged Charles Evans, a local missionary called to serve in England, to reach out to the Ludlow family in Halifax. He did so, baptizing Nathaniel and Mary Ann (again) and some of the family members, and inviting them to join him on his ship returning to Utah.
In 1878, Nathaniel and Mary Ann, joined by Enoch and his family, and Walter, age 13, traveled by boat from Liverpool to New York, and by train to Salt Lake City. They stayed with Helen's family for the winter, then settled in Benjamin, Utah Territory and took up farming.
| 1878 | Immigration to Utah County, Utah Territory |
| 1882 | Moses married Alice Wesson |
| 1887 | Walter married Ann Hawkins |
| 1888 | Mary Ann died, age 67 |
| 1893 | Nathaniel died, age 72 |
Descendants
Lorenzo, Rhoda, Mary, and their families remained in Yorkshire.
Among those who immigrated to Utah:
- Enoch, Walter, and their families remained in Benjamin, Utah Territory.
- Paul and his family joined the Ludlows in Benjamin in 1879.
- Moses immigrated in 1880, settling in Salt Lake City.
- Albert deserted from the British Army to join the family in Utah in 1879, leaving behind a (ex?-)wife and child. He remarried and his family lived in Salt Lake City, eastern Idaho, and, eventually, Los Angeles.
Enoch's son, Jesse, and Paul's daughter, Alenia, both married members of the Henry and Rebecca Hone family.
References
- Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848 records for Nathaniel Ludlow and Mary Ann Niblett
- Church History Biographical Database entry for Charles Evans
- BYU Saints by Sea immigration record
- The Faces and Places of Benjamin, Utah
