Thomas' Story
Birth: January 1st, 1861 | male | in Stockton, Durham, England
Death: October ??, 1863 | 2 years old | on the Mormon Trail,
Memorial: Stone 13 | right column
Thomas Winsby is the third of four children born to Thomas Winsby and Jane Taylor from England.
The family immigrated to America, sailing on the ship “Cynosure.” After arriving in America, they traveled to Nebraska and joined an “unknown company” to journey to the Great Salt Lake Valley. With other members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Company began the trek on August 7, 1863.
Exhaustive travel conditions, disease, injury, lack of food and medicine, premature birth, and extreme weather were some of the greatest threats to pioneers. Along the way, 2-year-old Thomas Winsby passed away of undocumented causes. He is buried along the Mormon Trail.