Ellen Sarah and John Aland
Information submitted by Lenna Jacobson Cook and Smith Aland from the History of Bear Lake Pioneers
Ellen Sarah Harding was born 14 Apr 1811 in Ramsburg England to William Harding and Martha Watts. She married John Sparrow Aland 12 Nov 1832 in Yatton England. He was born 11 Oct 1803 in Corsham England, the son of Mary and Edward Aland. Ellen joined the LDS Church but her husband was not converted. She obtained passage on the ship Golconda and left England 4 Feb 1854 with all her living children. The oldest daughter, Elizabeth, died at St Louis Missouri, while crossing the plains in 1854. The family first settled in Willard Utah and later moved to Bloomington in 1864.
Children of John Aland and Ellen Sarah Harding
1. Elizabeth Aland b-14 Dec 1834 in Batheaston;
d-1854 in St Louis
2. Ann Aland b-10 Apr 1836 in Batheaston; d-11 Oct 1837
3. William Aland b-25 May 1837 in Batheaston England; d-11 Oct 1837
4. Mary Jane Aland b-30 Oct 1838 in Batheaston; d-8 Oct 1925 in Guerneville
California
5. Albert John Aland b-14 Mar 1841 in Batheaston; d-1921
6. Ellen Sarah b-21 Dec 1845 in Batheaston; d-1 July 1846
7. James Orchard Aland b-10 May 1848 in Batheaston; d-16 Oct 1902 in
Bloomington; m-Sarah Ann Holmes
8. Hugh Harding Aland b-13 June 1847 in Batheaston; d-24 Mar 1848
9. Francis Hugh Aland b-11 Feb 1849 in Batheaston; d-17 May 1870 in Bloomington
10. Kate Aland b-18 June 1850 in Batheaston; d-21 June 1850
11. Emily Sarah Aland b-3 Nov 1851 in Batheaston; d-28 Dec 1876 in Bloomington;
m-Samuel Payne
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After settling in Bloomington, her youngest son, Francis, age 21, was killed accidentally while wrestling with another boy on the bank of the canal by the cemetery entrance. Ellen Sarah was an immaculate housekeeper and an excellent homemaker. her small three room house was always in perfect order. In her kitchen was an enclosed well under the floor with a windlass to draw up the water.
John Sparrow Aland died 5 Nov 1875 in Edington England. Ellen Sarah Aland died 18 May 1880 and was buried in the Bloomington Cemetery.