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Name | Mary (Polly) Cochran | |
Born | 30 Sep 1804 | Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States ![]() |
Gender | Female | |
Died | 20 Jun 1871 | Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States ![]() |
Buried | 22 Jun 1871 | Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States ![]() |
Person ID | i211 | Speirs-Taylor |
Last Modified | 12 Oct 2016 |
Father | Robert Cochran, b. 1777, Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States ![]() ![]() | |
Mother | Elizabeth Patterson, b. 18 Feb 1778, Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States ![]() ![]() | |
Married | 18 Apr 1799 | Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States ![]() |
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Family ID | F73 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family | Thomas Speirs, b. 14 Jul 1804, Bolton, East Lothian, Scotland ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||
Married | 1 Dec 1828 | Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States ![]() |
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Family ID | F72 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Photos | ![]() | Thomas and Mary (Cochran) Speirs Married in 1828 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania |
![]() | Mary (Poly) Cochran Speirs Born September 30, 1804 in Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States |
Documents | ![]() | Robert and Elizabeth Cochran Family Birth Record Robert Cochran and Elizabeth his wife family George Cochran born 28 Sep 1799 Elisa Cochran born 28 Apr 1802 Polly Cochran born 30 Sep 1804 |
![]() | 1830 US Census South Ward, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. page 24 Thomas Spires Household 1 male 30-40....37- William (1793) 1 male 20-30....26- Thomas (1804) 1 fem 20-30.....26- Polly Cochran (1804) | |
![]() | 1840 US Census Hancock County, Illinois (probably Nauvoo) William Spears Household 1 male 40-50.....47- William (1793) 1 fem 60-70..........unknown 1 fem 70-80......73- Mary Tait Speirs (1767) George Spears Household 1 male 40-50.....41- George (1799) 1 fem 30-40......37- Sarah Churchfield (1803) 1 male 0-5........4- William (1836) 1 male 0-5...........unknown 1 fem 0-5.........2- Margaret (1838 1 fem 60-70..........unknown Thos Spears Household 1 male 30-40.....36- Thomas (1804) 1 fem 20-30......36- Polly Cochran (1804) 1 fem 10-15......10- Mary (1830) 1 male 5-10.......6- Adam (1834) 1 male 0-5........4- George (1836) 1 male 0-5........3- Henry (1837) 1 male 0-5........2- Orson (1838) | |
![]() | 1850 US Census and the Household of Thomas and Mary Speirs Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory Thomas Spears, 47 years old; blacksmith; born in Scotland Mary Spears, 46 years old; born in Maine Mary Spears, 20 years old; born in Pennsylvania Adam Spears, 17 years old; born in Pennsylvania George Spears, 15 years old; born in Pennsylvania Henry Spears, 13 years old; born in Pennsylvania Orson Spears, 12 years old; born in Pennsylvania William Spears, 9 years old; born in Illinois Source: Year: 1850; Census Place: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory; Roll: M432_919; Page: 73B; Image: 150 | |
![]() | 1860 US Federal Census and the Household of Thomas and Mary Speirs Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory Thomas Speirs, 55 years old; blacksmith; born in Scotland Mary Spears, 55 years old; born in Maine George Spears, 23 years old; farm laborer; born in Pennsylvania Orson Spears, 21 years old; farm laborer; born in Pennsylvania Harrison Spears, 19 years old; blacksmith; born in Illinois Source: Year: 1860; Census Place: Great Salt Lake City Ward 10, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1313; Page: 144; Image: 150; Family History Library Film: 805313 | |
![]() | 1870 US Federal Census and the Households of Thomas and Orson Speirs Salt Lake City Ward 10, Salt Lake, Utah Territory Dwelling 73 Thomas Speirs, 66 years old; blacksmith; born in Scotland Mary Spears, 66 years old; born in Maine Dwelling 75 Orson Speirs, 30 years old; carpenter; born in Pennsylvania Elizabeth Spears, 25 years old; born in England Alice Spears, 5 years old; born in Utah Owen Spears, 3 years old; born in Utah Orson Spears, 4/12 year old; born in Utah Source: Year: 1870; Census Place: Salt Lake City Ward 10, Salt Lake, Utah Territory; Roll: M593_1611; Page: 609A; Image: 360309; Family History Library Film: 553110 | |
![]() | 1871 Utah Death Register for Mary Cochran Speirs Name Mary C Speirs Age 66 Birth Date 1804 Death Date 21 Jun 1871 Death City Salt Lake City Death County Salt Lake Spouse Thomas | |
![]() | Thomas and Mary Speirs's Family in the LDS Church Membership This record shows the membership of Thomas, Mary, and their five children in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints during the early days of the church. Source: Black, Susan Easton, compiler. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1989. Private Donor. | |
![]() | The Family of Thomas and Mary (Cockran) Speirs in the Mormon Migration Thomas and Mary, along with their family, migrated with the Saints to Utah with the Willard Richards Company. They arrived in the Salt Lake valley from 10-19 October 1848. Source: https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/companies/2/willard-richards-company | |
![]() | Thomas Speirs in the Seventy Quorum Membership Thomas was in the Presidency of the twenty-fifth Quorum of the Seventy. Source: Black, Harvey B. Seventy Quorum Membership, 1835–1846: An Annotated Index of Over 3,500 Seventies Organized into the First Thirty-Five Quorums of the Seventy in Kirtland, Ohio, and Nauvoo, Illinois. Provo, Utah: Infobases, Inc., 1996. Private Donor. |
Headstones | ![]() | The Headstones of Thomas Speirs and Mary Cochran Speirs in the Salt Lake City Cemetery Thomas Speirs Birth: Jul. 14, 1801, Scotland Death: Jul. 8, 1877 Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Utah, USA Find A Grave Memorial# 80035382 Mary (Cochran) Speirs Birth: Sep. 30, 1804 Belfast Waldo County Maine, USA Death: Jun. 20, 1871 Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Utah, USA Find A Grave Memorial# 80036535 Plot: Plot: H_10_16_1W |
![]() | The Headstone of Mary (Cochran) Speirs In the Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. Plot: Plot: H_10_16_4W |
Histories | ![]() | Speirs Family Reunion held July 14, 1905 A summary of Thomas and Mary Speirs lives |
![]() | Entry for Thomas and Mary Speirs "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah" by Frank Esshom published 1913 |