Francis Thomas Birch

14 Feb 1806 - 29 Apr 1875
Francis Thomas Birch (1809-1875) was christened 12 Feb. 1809 in Knill, Herefordshire, England. He was the son of John and Ann Craven Birch. He married Elizabeth Thomas on 26 Mar. 1835 in Herefordshire, England; participated in plural marriage. He was baptized by Wilford Woodruff on 20 Mar. 1840. He died 29 Apr. 1875 in Mill Creek, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory.

Francis Thomas Birch (KWJQ-V4R), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 30 Jun. 2021). Francis Thomas Birch, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/francis-thomas-birch, accessed 5 Jan. 2021). Church of England, Parish Church of Knill (Herefordshire), “Bishop’s Transcripts for Knill, 1661-1857: Baptisms and Burials, 1700-1857,” Francis Birch, 12 Feb. 1809; Hereford County Record Office, Hereford, England; microfilm 1593547, Item 1, DGS 8088950, image 140/637, FHL. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Department, “Early Church Information File;” microfilm 1750661, DGS 7100414, Item 1235-1243/15134, US Canada Films, FHL. Church of England, Archdeaconry of Hereford, “Bishop’s Transcripts for the Archdeaconry of Hereford, 1834-1835,” Francis Birch and Elizabeth Penney [sic], 26 Mar. 1835; Hereford County Record Office, Hereford, England; microfilm 992630, item 1, DGS 8095664, image 93, FHL. “Francis Birch,” Saints by Sea: Latter-day Saints Immigration to America (https://saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu/, accessed 30 Jun. 2021). United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, “Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, 1820-1945: 1 Jul. 1840-20 Oct. 1841 (NARA Series M529, roll 21),” Francis Birch; United States National Archives and Records, Washington, D.C.; microfilm 200149, DGS 4882438, image 690/917, US/Canada, FHL. “Francis Birch,” Pioneer Database, 1847-1868, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel/, accessed 3 Jul. 2021). 1870 U.S. Census, Mill Creek Ward, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, p. 20, Francis, Elizabeth and Mary A. Birch. Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Book A, 1860 Apr. 25-1894 Apr. 27; 1872, p. 23, image 32/160, MS 301 22, CHL. “Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849–1949,” p. 170 (1875) Francis Birch; Salt Lake County Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, UT. “Died,” Deseret Weekly News, 12 May 1875, p. 5.
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