Emilie's Story
Birth: May 2nd, 1860 | female | in New York City, New York
Death: July 15th, 1860 | Infant | East of Laramie, Wyoming KWVG-YR3
Memorial: Stone 9 | center column | 9th name
Emilie’s parents were James Henry Blackner and Jane Allen, both from England.
After arriving in America from England, Emilie was born in New York. She was the 5th of 13 children born into the family. The Blackner family joined the John Smith Company to travel west to the Salt Lake Valley. On the company roster, she is listed as “Emma”. The company began their journey on June 22.
After traveling to Florence, Nebraska, whooping cough disease broke out in the company.
Two month old Emilie came down with the disease and passed away.
She is buried along the Mormon Trail East of Laramie, Wyoming, somewhere between Ash Hollow and Scott's Bluff.
From the Transcript for "The Immigration," Deseret News, 15 August 1860:
“There had been three deaths in the company before arriving at Laramie. William Glover, aged 80, died on the 1st, John [Cartwright] Cherrington the 10th, and Emma Blackner on the 15th of July. The last two were children not a year old.”