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Born: 4 Jul 1838; Chediston, Suffolk, England
Daughter of: Nathaniel WILKINSON and Lydia DAINES
Married: John BLOOMFIELD; 16 Nov 1857; Chanceville, Monmouth, New Jersey
Died: 2 or 6 January 1868; Hyde Park, Cache County, Utah

Descending family line:

3G Grandmother 2G Grandmother G grandfather Grandfather

Harriet WILKINSON (John BLOOMFIELD) Mary E. BLOOMFIELD (Joseph H. JAMES) George Heber JAMES (Sarah L. NELSON) George Heber JAMES (Norma MORRIS)

b. 1839 b. 1863 b. 1883 b. 1910

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Short autobiography

AUTHOR UNLISTED
FROM "PIONEER WOMEN OF FAITH AND FORTITUDE" VOL. I
DAUGHTERS OF UTAH PIONEERS (1998) PG. 295
     Harriet Wilkinson was born July 4, 1838, in Chediston, Suffolk, England, to Nathaniel Wilkinson and Lydia Daines. Harriet was the sixth on nine children.
     When she was 13 years old, missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints came to Chediston. Her mother attended all of their meetings and soon was convinced they represented the true church. The missionaries were invited often to dinner.
     On Nov. 15, 1852, their family was baptized. In 1855, Harriet sailed from England aboard the Emerald Isle and arrived in New York on January 1, 1856. (Her parents and younger siblings came about three years later aboard the William Tapscott.)
     Harriet went from New York to Chanceville, N.J. It was there that Harriet fell in love with John Bloomfield, and they were married.
     In 1859, John, Harriet, and their first daughter, went to Omaha, Neb., to prepare for the long, hard journey to Utah. While there, their daughter Ellen Marie died, and Harriet's father also died, leaving her mother and family.
     In 1860, they crossed the Plains with the Oscar Stoddard handcart company, walking all of the way. They suffered many hardships. They were short on food and water, and they were always afraid of the Indians. They arrived in Salt Lake City on Sept. 24, 1860.
     They went directly to the church offices and inquired about some of Harriet's relatives who had come to Utah earlier. They found they had settled in Hyde Park, Utah, so they traveled on to Hyde Park and arrived there on Oct. 9, 1860. They settled in Hyde Park, where they had three more children. They helped John's parents to come from England to settle in Hyde Park with them.
     Harriet and John were sealed for time and eternity in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City on Nov. 14, 1862.
     When her youngest son was less than two years old, Harriet died, leaving John with three small children to raise. She was only 28.
     About one year later in Salt Lake City, John married a widow named Elizabeth Barton, who also had three small children. The two combined their families and had seven more children together. By 1878 they moved to Sunset, Ariz., and later to Ramah, N.M.
     John died about Jan. 7, 1916, in New Mexico at age 84.

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Short autobiography

BY HARRIET WILKINSON
UNDATED
PROVIDED BY DOUG BLOOMFIELD OF RAMAH, NEW MEXICO
     I am Harriet Wilkinson. My father and mother are Nathaniel Wilkinson and Lydia Daines. They were married on October 26, 1831 at Wissett, Suffolk County, England. Of this union there were born four sons and four daughters, all of whoM were born in England. I was the sixth child. I was born July 4, 1839 at Chediston, Suffolk County, England.
     I was 13 when the Mormon Elders first visited our locality. My mother attended their meetings and said it appeared to her that they were preaching the truth and she invited them home to dinner. She was very good to the Elders, making them welcome in our home.
     In 1855 our family, in company with other Saints from our locality, left our homes to join the Saints in Zion, arriving in New Yolk on New Years Day, 1856. We lived in Chanceville, Monmouth County, New Jersey for three years. It was here that I fell in love with my future husband, John Bloomfield. We were married November 11, 1857. On the 10th of October, 1858 a little girl came to bless our home. We called her Ellen Maria.
     In 1858, my husband John and myself, together with my mother and father, traveled with the Saints westward to Omaha, Nebraska and remained there during the winter of 1859-1860. This winter was to bring great sorrow into our lives. Our baby girl, Ellen Maria, who had only been with us one short year, was called home on the 14th of October, 1859. As if this were not enough sorrow, my dear father passed away the same winter, leaving my mother with my sister Lydia and brother William to care for.
     We remained in Omaha for one year, at which time the whole company began the long journey across the plains. I'll let John tell you of the hardships we went through.
           Click here for John's continuation of joint autobiography.

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John BLOOMFIELD Jr.
John BLOOMFIELD Sr.
Mary Eliza BLOOMFIELD
Lydia DAINES
Harriet WILKINSON

CHILDREN WITH JOHN BLOOMFIELD