Richards, Mary Haskin Parker

From: Guest Post: The Shawl of Mary Haskin Parker Richards

By Maurine, Keepapitchinin, January 21, 2010

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Mary

Mary was born 8 September 1823 in Chaigley, Lancashire, England to John Parker and Ellen Heskin. Most of the Parker family were converted to the LDS Church and were baptized in 1838 when Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, Joseph Fielding, and Willard Richards were proselyting around the River Ribble.

In late 1840, Mary sailed to America with a few friends of her parents, aboard a non church-sponsored ship, Elians, arriving in New York on 26 January 1841. Having lost their money before sailing, they were required to remain in the east where they could find work. By fall of 1843, however, Mary had arrived in Nauvoo, Illinois, where she was reunited with her parents, who had left England before her.

Also in Nauvoo, Mary fell in love with Samuel, whom she wed in the Nauvoo Temple on 29 January 1846.

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