Histories

A History of William Goodwin and Mary Ann (Harper) Noble

They left England May 3, 1860, for America on a sailing vessel. The eldest sister wanted to come with them and got on the ship but was taken off by her husband. They were six weeks on the water. When they arrived in New York the William and Mary Ann and younger children stayed there for some time. Two daughters, Lavenia and Henrietta, and one son, "William Aquilla, went on to Florence, Nebraska, where the Saints were then gathering to prepare to cross the plains in the handcart company, but Bishop Edwin Wooley had several wagons loaded with goods that he was taking to Salt Lake for his store and desired the two sisters to go with them and cook for his teamsters, the brother betting the opportunity of driving a team for Joseph W. Young."