Historical records matching George James Sant, Sr
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About George James Sant, Sr
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/179353/george-sant : accessed 26 June 2021), memorial page for George Sant (15 Dec 1833–14 Dec 1927), Find a Grave Memorial ID 179353, citing Smithfield City Cemetery, Smithfield, Cache County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by SMSmith (contributor 46491005).
Son of John Sant and Mary Shaw, born December 15, 1833, Middlewich, England. Came to Utah September 3, 1855, John Hindley company.
Married: Margaret Mustard October 3, 1858 (daughter of David Mustard and Margaret Kay, pioneers September 3, 1852, Abraham O. Smoot company). She was born March 9, 1842.
Their children:
Mary Ellen born September 10, 1859, married Preston Thomas December 31, 1876;
George born January 31, 1862, married Sarah .1. Clifford November 9, 1884;
William R. born February 9, 1864, married Rosa A. Clifford November 2, 1897;
Margaret Kay born July 3, 1866, married William Smith October 25, 1883;
James born August 31, 1868, died March 21, 1870;
Lizzie born March 3, 1870, died September 15, 1887;
Eliza born June 19, 1874, married Charles Johnson August 24, 1892;
Mary born October 29, 1877, married Alma Johnson January 17, 1899;
David born October 2, 1882, married Elizabeth Cole January 18, 1905;
Edmund born September 22, 1884, died August 4, 1887.
Family resided in Smithfield, Utah, and Treasureton, Idaho.
High Priest.
Sources:
Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah photographs, page 516
Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, page 1147
"England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4YH-7SH : 3 December 2014), George Sant, 29 Dec 1833, Christening; citing item 3 p 108, Middlewich, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,736,869.
"Utah, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1847-1868," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KL71-DK3: 12 December 2014), George Sant, excerpted from Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Pioneers Books, 1913).
https://familysearch.org/tree/person/KWNF-NVJ/details?spouse=KWNF-NVV
George Sant travelled from Liverpool to New Orleans on the Ship Clara Wheeler on a voyage that began the 27th of November 1854 and arrived on 12 Jan 1855. He is listed on the passenger list as being a 21 year old male with the occupation of “waterman.”
In the Spring of 1859 he moved to Hamilton's Fort where he made adobe bricks. He could make 5,000 bricks a week.
Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, Vol. IV, pp. 2695-2696
International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers
George James Sant, Sr's Timeline
1833 |
December 15, 1833
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Middlewich, Cheshire, England (United Kingdom)
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December 29, 1833
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St. Michael And All Angels, Middlewich, Cheshire, England
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1859 |
September 10, 1859
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Hamiltons Fort, Iron County, Utah, United States
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1862 |
January 31, 1862
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Smithfield, Cache, UT, USA
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1864 |
February 9, 1864
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Smithfield, Cache, Utah, USA
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1866 |
July 3, 1866
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Smithfield, Cache, Utah, USA
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1868 |
August 30, 1868
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Smithfield, Cache, Utah Territory
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1870 |
March 3, 1870
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Smithfield, Cache, Utah Territory
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