George and Ann Galbraith
Family of George Galbraith & Ann Wilkie & John Hooper & Eliza Rollings MacKander, 1832-1918 (b. 1812)
Residence: Glasgow, Scotland; Hampshire, England; Bristol, England; Cornwall, England; Davis County, Utah; Weber County, Utah
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Parents' Childhood
George Galbraith was born in 1812 to George and Margaret Galbraith in Glasgow, Scotland, the first of three children.
Ann Wilkie was born in 1813 to William and Margaret Wilkie in Glasgow, eighth in a large family of 12 children.
John Hooper was born in 1815 to John and Ann Hooper in Hampshire, England. His father was unable to work, so John began working on ships and apprenticed as a butcher.
George's brother, William, married Ann's sister, Jane, around 1831.
George and Ann Galbraith
George and Ann married in 1832 and were together for 8 years, until George died. They had 3 children.
| 1832 | Married in Glasgow |
| 1833 | George born |
| 1835 | Margaret born |
| 1838 | William born in Grimsby, England |
| 1838 | Moved to London |
| 1840 | Traveled to Saint Kitts; George died, age 28 |
| 1841 | Lived with William and Jane Galbraith in Jersey |
| 1842 | Moved to Southampton, England |
George was a civil engineer whose government job required frequent moves. Between about 1837 and 1840, he spent time in Belfast, Grimsby, Antwerp, Brussels, London, and Saint Kitts. The family sometimes moved with him or visited.
In late 1840, Ann and the children traveled by ship to Saint Kitts, where George was working. George and Ann contracted yellow fever, and George died in December. On its return journey, the ship took Ann, who was still too ill to walk, and the children back to England.
The family moved to Jersey to live with William and Jane Galbraith during the following year.
Around 1842, Ann moved to Southampton and began working as a stewardess on a steamer (probably ferrying passengers to the Channel Islands and Normandy). George and William, about ages 9 and 4, went to Scotland to live with their Wilkie grandparents, while Margaret, age 6, stayed with her mother.
John and Ann Hooper in England
Ann met John Hooper, who was also working on steamers, and they married in 1844.
| 1844 | Married in Southampton, England |
| 1845 | Jane Wilkie born |
| 1846 | John born |
| 1847 | Moved to Bristol, England |
| 1848 | John died, age 1 |
| 1848 | John Wilkie born |
| 1849 | Moved to Hayle, England |
| c. 1853 | Conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Margaret and new children Jane and John were cared for by their grandmother Hooper while John and Ann worked on steamers.
In 1847, work took the family to Bristol, where ships traveled to Cornwall. George and William Galbraith, ages 13 and 8, joined the family there. Margaret was now 11, Jane was 1, and John was an infant. John died the following year. Another baby, also named John, was born in Bristol.
In 1849, the family moved to Hayle in Cornwall. There, the family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Life in Utah
In 1854, the Hooper family immigrated to the United States, settling in northern Utah.
| 1854 | Immigration to Kaysville, Utah |
| 1855 | George married Mary Ann Keate; Margaret married Henry William Manning |
| 1856 | Joseph Edward born & died |
| 1858 | Moved to Ogden, Utah |
| 1861 | William married Elizabeth Matthews Layton |
| 1861 | Jane married William Blood |
| 1868 | Moved to Hooper, Utah |
| 1873 | John married Elizabeth Anne Douglass |
| 1875 | Ann died, age 62 |
The Hoopers traveled with the Manning family by ship from Liverpool to New Orleans. The Galbraith children were ages 20, 18, and 15; the Hooper children were ages 8 and 5. They were joined by John's mother, Ann, and two orphaned children of John's brother James, Jesse and Eliza Hooper (ages 10 and 8). From New Orleans, they traveled up the Mississippi River to St. Louis, where they purchased 3 wagons and journeyed with the Daniel Cairns Company to the Salt Lake Valley. The wagons were filled with many supplies, and the family mostly walked along the trail. The spring after their arrival, they settled in Kaysville.
In 1858, the Utah War led to the evacuation of Kaysville and other northern Utah cities. Women and children moved temporarily to Utah County, while William and others stayed behind to burn the city if necessary. After the conflict was resolved peacefully, the Hoopers settled in Ogden, and later Hooper.
John and Eliza Hooper
Eliza Low was a widowed English immigrant living in Hooper. She had 5 grown children. John and Eliza married and spent 28 years together.
| 1875 | Married in the Salt Lake Temple |
| 1903 | John died, age 88 |
| 1918 | Eliza died, age 94 |
Descendants
- George and his family spent a few years in Utah, then around 1861 moved to Stockton, California. They later moved to Merced and Fresno.
- Margaret and her family followed John and Ann to Ogden and Hooper.
- William and his wife settled in Kaysville. William married 3 other women. In 1886, he was arrested for polygamy; after his release, the family relocated to Mexico.
- Jane and her family lived in Kaysville.
- John and his family remained in Hooper.
Henry H. Blood, governor of Utah 1933-1941, was a son of Jane Hooper Blood.
References
- Church History Biographical Database entries for Ann Wilkie, John Hooper, George Galbraith, Margaret Galbraith, William Galbraith, Jane Hooper, and John Wilkie Hooper
- Saints by Sea immigration record
