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Jennety Broom
1811 - 1900 (89 years)
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Name Jennety Broom Nickname Janette Born 10 Mar 1811 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 
Gender Female Died 23 Dec 1900 Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States Buried Lehi City Cemetery, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States Person ID I453 Speirs-Taylor Last Modified 28 Oct 2016
Family 1 Alexander Hill Children 1. Mary Hill, b. Abt 1834, Scotland , d. Bef 1841, Scotland (Age ~ 6 years)2. William Brown Hill, b. 19 Oct 1836, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom , d. 22 Sept 1888, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age 51 years)Last Modified 28 Oct 2016 Family ID F1423 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 William Spears, b. 4 May 1793, Scotland, United Kingdom , d. 7 Mar 1847, Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States (Age 53 years) Children 1. Mary Speirs, b. 2 Nov 1846, Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States , d. 7 Nov 1846, Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States (Age 0 years)Last Modified 27 Oct 2014 Family ID F175 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Moses Andrew Vance/Vince, b. 25 Oct 1809, Litchfield, Herkimre, New York, United States , d. 20 Dec 1859, Moroni, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States (Age 50 years) Children 1. Betsy Vance, b. 11 May 1847, d. 6 Aug 1888 (Age 41 years) 2. Rebecca Vince, b. 6 Mar 1853, Lehi, Utah, Utah Territory, United States , d. 19 Jan 1934, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age 80 years)Last Modified 28 Oct 2016 Family ID F1424 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 4 Abel Matthews, b. 19 Apr 1813, Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom , d. 24 Apr 1891, Lehi, Utah, Utah Territory, United States (Age 78 years) Married 1862 Last Modified 28 Oct 2016 Family ID F1425 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 10 Mar 1811 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 
Died - 23 Dec 1900 - Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Photos Jennety Broom, 1811-1900
Jennety had a rough life. She left her husband in England to gather with the LDS Saints in America. She lost three husbands (four counting the one she left) and three children before she died at the age of eighty-four.
Documents 
1841 Scotland Census with Janet and William Hill
Janet is a weaver living with the McGreoger family. Her son William is six years old and she is thirty.
Source:
1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1-151. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Land in Nauvoo, Illinois, Sold by Janet and William Speirs
When the "Mormons" were forced to leave their homes, they had to quickly sale their property or simply leave. The Hancock Eagle, dated 22 May 1846, tells of the circumstances.
Newspaper article from “Uncle Dale’s Readings in Early Mormon History (Newspapers of Illinois and Indiana)
http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/il/miscill3.htm#052246
William and Janet Spears in the LDS Church Membership
William was ordained an elder in the LDS Church. He died at Winter Quarters, Nebraska.
1850 Census of Pottawattamie County, Iowa and the Family of Moses and Jenette Vance
Annotated Records include Moses' birth and death dates, his parents names, and LDS membership information. It lists Moses with his wife Jenette as well as her son William and their daughter Betsy.
Source:
Susan Easton Black, Harvey Bischoff Black, Sarah Allen and Rebecca Allen. Annotated Record of the United States Federal Census Iowa, Pottawattamie County 1850. Private donor.
1851 Iowa State Census and the Household of Moses and Jennetta Vince
Moses A Vince, 42 years old
Jennetta Vince, 37 years old
William Vince (Hill), 15 years old
Betsey Vince, 2 years old
Source:
Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
Jenette (Broom) Vince with the David Wood Company of 1852
Jenette traveled with her husband Moses Andrews Vince and her two children. The oldest, William, is from her first husband in Scotland.
1860 US Federal Census and the Family of Moses and Jenette Vance
Moroni, Sanpete, Utah Territory
Moses A. Vance, 50 years old; born in New York; Joiner
Jennette Vance, 43 years old; born in Scotland
Betsy Vance, 12 years old; born in Missouri
Rebecca Vance, 5 years old; born in Utah
Source:
Year: 1860; Census Place: Moroni, Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1314; Page: 667; Image: 129; Family History Library Film: 805314
The Death Record of Jennety (Broom) Matthews
Jennety was 84 years old, born in Glasgow, Scotland, lived in Utah for 48 years, a widow, and living in Lehi, Utah. She died on 23 Nov 1900.
Source:
Bureau of Vital Statistics. Utah Death Index, 1847-1966. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Utah Department of Health.
Headstones 
The Headstone of Jennety Broom in the Lehi City Cemetery
Jennety (Broom) Hill-Speirs-Vince-Matthews
Birth: Mar. 16, 1820
North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Death: Dec. 23, 1899
Lehi
Utah County
Utah, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 22607995
Jennety Broom was born in Glasgow, Scotland. She married Alexander Hill and bore him two children, William and Mary. Mary died as an infant. She was self supporting, working in the weavers factory. She was baptised into the Mormon church, her husband bitterly opposed. Leaving her husband, she left for America, bringing William with her. In 1846 she along with the other saints were driven out of Nauvoo. In Winter Quarters she married William Speirs and bore him a daughter. Both her husband(William Speirs) and the child died soon after. Jenetty then married Moses Vince and bore him two children, Betsy and Rebecca. Together they came across the plains to Salt Lake with her son William Hill in 1852. Moses died in 1859. In 1862 she married Abel Matthews, a widower, who had come across the plains with his son William. Rebecca Vince , her daughter by Moses Vince, and William Matthews married November 15, 1859
Plot: UK_868