Thursday, March 10, 2011

Knowles Family Comes to America

On the 30th of July in 1845 the family of Richard and Sarah Knowles arrive in Boston, Massachusetts. Those on board the ship "Asia" included Richard, his wife Sarah Rostirn, daughter Caroline, son John and his wife Hannah Webb, and son Thomas and his wife Eliza Osborne.

This passenger list, while very helpful actually creates some interesting new questions. First, with the whole family sailing, why didn't daughter Sarah join them? and secondly, why did they sail on this ship when they could have sailed much cheaper on a ship with other members of the church coming to America? There is nothing to indicate they had a lot of money, so this must have been a large financial burden.

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