Comments on: “There Shall Be a Record Kept Among You”

By: Researcher

Researcher — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:28:47 +0000

Cool! Here's a bit of information on Robert Lang Campbell.

By: Marie Campbell

Marie Campbell — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:09:43 +0000

Robert Lang Campbell is my husband’s 3rd great-grandfather. We have loved sharing the story of his conversion and later life with our four children. We are so grateful to now have access to his missionary journal online, thanks to BYU. Since he was a well known person in Salt Lake City and a church historian his papers seem to be stored in various locations making it a challenge as descendants to find and gain access to them. We are grateful that they are being so well preserved. I plan to send my two kids living in Salt Lake City over to the University of Utah to look at his collection stored there.

By: jayne lea

jayne lea — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:59:32 +0000

I was most interested to see your conversations about Charles Ford (bn. Owlpen, Gloucester 1802, dd. washington county 1864). I am decsended from one of his youngest sisters who remained in England (Syndoniah Ford). My great Aunt told me of Charles when I was a child, although noone knew what had become of him after he left for America. I have since been able to trace that he had made his way to Salt lake City, had may wives and a most interesting life. I have often marvelled that 5 generations on, I have been able to find out what hapened to Syndoniah’s eldest brother yet she must always have wondered. I do know that in the 1830′s,the area of the Cotswolds that they were from suffered a decline thanks to the end of the napoleonic wars and the rising of the northern cotton mills because it killed off the weaving industry which had been the town’s trade since the Elizabthan times at least. Most of the inhabitants emigrated to the US, Australia and Canada overnight to avoid starvation. The Ford’s left without their parents (I was told they had died although this is not proven)to move north to the industrial midlands where work was readily available although in somewhat squalid conditions. The family ebcame involved in the hardeeest and poorest of professions- coal mining. After marrying (Hannah Steventon), Charles left from Wolverhampton and then Liverpool for America and was later joined by his wife and 2 sons in 1839 or so. The rest I think may be well documented. The rest of his brothers and sisters (originally 17 of them were born) remained in the midlands where I was born and bred! Any further info on this most interesting life would be wonderful.

By: Joan Ford

Joan Ford — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:10:58 +0000

You can contact me at joanfordancestors.blogspot.com

By: Preston Ford

Preston Ford — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:08:21 +0000

I am also looking for information on my Great great great grandfather Charles Ford. I’d love to see the information on the CD that Joan Ford put together. Anyway of getting in touch with her?

By: Gloria

Gloria — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:54:08 +0000

I was looking for information on my GG Grandfather Charles Ford w/wife Hannah When I ran across your information. I was searching for the ship he came over on, which I found however I learned he was not a member of the church until sometime after he arrived and later moving to Nauvoo. This is where I would like more information on them, is there time in Nauvoo and their journey to Utah.

By: Joan Ford

Joan Ford — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:52:47 +0000

I am putting together a CD of my husband’s Ford relatives and googled Charles Ford. I found your blog and Anne’s comments. My husband is a direct descendant of Charles Ford thru the first wife Hannah Steventon. I saw that Charles married Katherine Gambrell but since there was no info on her I ignored her. I have Charles Ford history from when he was born in Owlpen, Glous, England Nov 4, 1806 – came to Indiana in 1839, joined the church there in 1843, went to Nauvoo, crossed the plains in 1848 with his family. He died in Washington, Utah in 1964 of lung fever. He was a good man and helped build up the pioneer city of Salt Lake. The Charles Ford who came in 1855 and then went to in Cedar City, Utah for a winter returned to England on a mission and then promptly left the Church saying he only accepted the mission to get back to England. This is from the Millennial Star, Saturday January 17, 1857. He also wrote a letter to Brigham Young August 6, 1856 from New York telling of his travels .

By: Anne (UK)

Anne (UK) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:30:29 +0000

Researcher- google chrome didn’t like that link much- it’s taken me to a book page concerning Utah Schools? certainly Robert Lang Campbell (former child employee of mill, and solicitor’s writing clerk) ended up as Utah Superintendent of Schools, so maybe we have the same guy. Correct time frame. I’ll email you (thanks for the addy, Ardis).

By: Maurine

Maurine — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:39:07 +0000

Re Post #18 to Bruce Crow and Researcher from Ardis. Ardis said it well, but I will clarify. I have found myself in Salt Lake at the archives with only one hour to spare and have tried to be efficient with that small window. I also do a lot of research in bits and pieces.The thing that frustrated me with the women I mentioned in post #12 was that she had never been in the archives before, and she was clearly upset with the person at the desk for not handing over the data she needed. She also wasn’t willing to go through the required interview process by an archivist or to find out what records were actually there which would have given her wonderful history. She was just mad that she couldn’t just get the information she wanted right then.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:00:00 +0000

By the way, the O.H. Riggs listed just below Robert L. Campbell in Researcher’s link is David O. McKay’s father-in-law (who left the LDS church and his plural wives to join the RLDS, and spent the rest of his life in the Midwest).