Annice Hubaldina Hodgson

Annice Hubaldina Hodgson and her twin brother John Arkwright Hodgson were born to Henry William Sutcliffe Hodgson and Mary Shaw, both from England, while sailing to America on the ship “Arkwright.”

From a letter written by the captain of the ship to President Brigham Young, Junior: “Dear Brother, - As our sea voyage is now at an end, we write to inform you how we get along [ … ] We number 450 souls: men, women and children, and have been blessed with four births” 23 June 1866 “Sister Hodgson, wife of Henry Hodgson, from Halifax, of twins, on the 23rd of June, a daughter, Annice Hubaldina Hodgson, and a son, John Arkwright Hodgson.”

Once the family arrived in America, they traveled to Nebraska where they, and other members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, joined the Daniel Thompson Company. The company departed on July 24, 1866 bound for the Great Salt Lake Valley.

Disease, injury, lack of food and medicine, prematurity, and weather were some of the greatest threats to pioneers. Four days after the journey began, Annice passed away and buried along the Mormon Trail. Three days later, her brother John Arkwright passed away and buried along the trail going west.