The Children

We Honor

The Children We Honor

A Plea for Your Help

Historians have documented more than 600 children who died along the trail, but we know there are more.Our plea is for you to check your family history and add the names of children, orsubmit stories that we missed to this website, so they can be honored, too.The documented names are listed below.

1847-1850
1851-1852
1852 cont
1853-1854
1855
1856
1856 cont
1857
1859-1860
1861-1862
1862 cont
1863
1863-1865
1866
1867-1868
1868 cont
additional

Submit a Child's Name

We're always looking to add names and stories to the memorial. If you have information about a pioneer child that passed in the trek to Utah, we'd love to hear about it. Click the link below to submit a name and share your story.

Submit a Name →