Robert Major and Harriet Hulbert - my Great Great Grandparents

[From FamilySearch, contributed by Pat Larter]
Robert Major was born on December 4,1804 in Southampton, Hampshire, England. He was christened on January 15, 1805 in the same place. On August 1, 1831 he and Harriet Hulbert were married by Rev. Thomas Mears at All Saints Church in Southampton, Hampshire, England. They had six children, three daughters and three sons. Robert worked as a Custom Officer at the Port of Southampton. His son, William, said that his father was a queen's house officer. In 1849 Harriet and Robert heard the gospel, were converted, and were baptized in Southampton. Their son, William, joined the church when he turned eight, but none of his brothers and sisters ever did. One week later on July 15, 1849 Robert died from a cholera epidemic in Southampton, Hampshire, England. He was buried in Southampton, Hampshire, England.

Harriet Hulbert Major

HARRIET HULBERT

Harriet was born on January 5, 1811 in Wigham, Hampshire, England. She married Robert Major on August l, 1831 in Southampton, Hants, England. In 1849 they heard the gospel and were baptized in Southampton on July 12 1849 by Elder Stenhouse. They were living at Winchester Terrace at the time. A week after she joined the church she lost her husband to a cholera epidemic. After she joined the church all her people turned against her.

  During her life Harriet not only married Robert Major, but she also married Charles Linney and Mr. Fowler. On June 1, 1863 she, Mr. Linney, and her son, William left England for the Salt Lake Valley. It took them eight weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean. They traveled aboard the Hameson (another record shows the name Amazon) and landed in New York in the middle of the Civil War. They left New York in a box car, huddled like a bunch of sheep. They arrived at Florence (Winter Quarters), Nebraska the later part of July. Then traveled overland by a Mr. Fowler. Her husband, Mr. Linney, died while crossing the plains. They reached the Salt Lake Valley on October 2, 1863, after four months of severe traveling. In 1870 she, listed as Harriet Fowler, was living in Weber River Valley. She died on January 19,1881 in Hooper, Weber, Utah.