Clara Haynes (2)
Henry Haynes and Martha Phillips were married on 5 February 1855 in St Luke’s Church in the Parish of St Luke’s, Bilston, in the County of Stafford. They had 14 children:
Noah Haynes, born 27 July 1855, Priesfield, Staffs; died 4 October 1927, Salt Lake City, Utah
Joseph Haynes, born 21 December 1856, Priestfield, Staffs
Heber Jedediah Haynes, born 15 May 1858, Priesfield, Staffs;
Emma Haynes, born 15 November 1859, Priestfield, Staffs; died 5 February 1861, Priestfield, Staffs
Hyrum Henry Haynes, born April 1861, Priestfield, Staffs; died 30 December 1862, Priestfield, Staffs
Richard Parley Haynes, born 23 November 1862, Priestfield, Staffs
Eliza Emma Haynes, born 20 July 1864, Wolverhampton, Staffs; died 24 November 1920, Salt Lake City, Utah
Clara Haynes, born 2 June 1866, Priestfield, Staffs; died 26 March 1943, Sheffield
Hyrum Haynes born 7 March 1869, Wolverhampton; died 21 November 1953, Las Vegas, Nevada
Agnes Haynes, born 17 May 1871, Priestfield, Staffs; died 23 October 1934, Eureka, Juab, Utah
Lorenzo Haynes, born 30 September 1874, Priesfield, Staffs
Orson Haynes, born 8 July 1876, Priestfield, Staffs; died 14 May 1909, Nephi, Juab, Utah
Caroline Haynes, born 9 August 1879, Priestfield, Staffs
Edith Kirton Haynes, born 4 June 1883, Priestfield, Staffs; died 21 November 1969
We noticed that Henry was not listed on the 1881 census record. Martha was shown as the head of the family, but not as a widow, which suggested Henry was still alive, but elsewhere. We were unable to find Martha on the 1891 census, and we wondered if, in view of the records we had found on the IGI, whether Henry had emigrated to America, and Martha had followed him shortly after.
We decided to order the birth certificate for the Clara Haynes listed on the IGI, born in 1866, and as the American information listed seemed to suggest a link with Utah, we wondered if there was a connection with the Church of the Latter Day Saints (LDS), and we arranged to visit the Family History Centre at the LDS church on Victoria Road in Macclesfield.
As a result of our visit, we found out that Henry Haynes emigrated to America, leaving England on 23 October 1880, sailing on the 'Wisconsin', departing from Liverpool, and arriving in New York on 3 November 1880. He was one of 258 LDS emigrants who were going to America to build up the strength of the Church and build the new Zion. Henry had been baptised into the Church of the Latter Day Saints on 17 December 1856.
