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Gill Surnames

Brown- Northumberland, Eng.>Durham,Eng.

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George Brown b. 16 Jun 1787 Alnwick, Northumberland, England
m. 8 Aug 1820 Long Houghton, Northumberland, England to:
Barbara Weddell b. 23 Dec 1801 Long Houghton, Northumberland, England

Children:
a. Thomas Brown
b. George Brown m. Elizabeth Wakefield
c. Elizabeth Brown m. William Gill
d. Robert Brown m. Frances Coulson
e. Alice Brown m. William Hall
f. John Brown
g. William Brown
h. Barbara Brown m. Charles Cornwall
i. Sarah Brown m. John Hall

Notes on this family:
George Brown was a shoemaker. After living for a time in Alnwick, he moved his family to Durham County. His daughter, Elizabeth, married William Gill and came to America in 1862.

Gerber-Bern, Switz.>Utah

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Samuel Gerber b. 17 Aug 1828 Oberoenz, Bern, Switzerland
m. 17 Nov 1854 to:
Barbara Knecht b. 4 Feb 1828 Gsteigwiler, Bern, Switzerland

Children:
a. Jakob Gerber
b. Anna Gerber m. Heinrich Good
c. Elisbeth Gerber m. John Blaser
d. Anna Elisabeth Gerber m. Heinrich Bader
e. Maria Gerber m. Adolph Ludwig Hasler
f. Magdalena Gerber m. Edward Burkhalter
g. Karolina Gerber m. (1) Jakob Kern and (2) John Neuenswander
h. Friedrich Gerber m. (1) Karolina Maria Maudri and (2) Marie Heinzler

Notes on this family:
After many generations in Switzerland, members of this family came to America in the years after 1900. Some had become members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and desired to come for that reason. Others sought a better life in America. Coming to America was not easy. In one case, two children were sent alone to live with relatives who had arrived earlier. When enough money was earned to send more, the mother and another child came. After more work and saving, the father came. The process took two years.

Gill-Northumberland, Eng.>Utah>Idaho

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William Gill b. 18 Apr 1816 Gosforth, Northumberland, England
m. (1) 3 Jul 1837 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England (2) 26 Jan 1852 Whickham, Durham, England to:
(1) Mary Chicken Fairley b. 5 Mar 1819 Benwell, Northumberland, England
(2) Elizabeth Brown b. 5 Dec 1826 Alnwick, Northumberland, England

Children, 1^st marriage:
a. Mary Gill m. Benjamin Porter
b. Ann Gill
c. Dorothy Gill m. Francis Sharp
d. John Gill
e. Jane Gill
f. Thomas Gill
g. William Gill
h. James Gill
i. Isaac Jacob Gill
j. Mark Gill

Children, 2^nd marriage, after death of Mary C. Fairley Gill:
k. Barbara Gill
l. Elizabeth Gill m. Christian Johan Jensen
m. Thomas Brown Gill m. Melna Elizabeth Baumann
n. George Gill
o. Hannah Robson Gill m. Nels Nelson
p. Francis William Gill m. Lydia Marion Goodsell
q. Eliza Snow Gill m. Lars Martineus Rasmussen
r. Joseph Smith Brown Gill m. Veroka Jane Goodsell

Notes on this family:
The earliest known Gill family in our line resided in Cumrew, Cumberland, England in 1666. Members of this family also lived at Alston, Cumberland, England and Marley Hill, Durham, England. The trade of most members of the family was the mining of lead and coal. William Gill (above) was a joiner and cabinet maker. In 1861 William and Elizabeth Gill joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. By 1862 they had sold all they owned, traveled to Liverpool and boarded a sailing ship, the William Tapscott to journey to America. After a 45 day trip against a headwind and short on rations, they landed at Castle Gardens, N.Y. There they took a chartered train made out of renovated cattle cars to St. Joseph, Missouri. (The best trains of the day were being used in the Civil War.) Up the Missouri River on a boat they went until they arrived at Florence, Nebraska. After a few weeks of preparation, they placed their meager belongings in a covered wagon, and walked, with over 400 others, along the Mormon Trail the 1100 miles to Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1867 they helped settle the Southern Idaho town of Weston. Four generations of the Gill family lived and died there.

Goodsell-Sussex, Eng.>Utah

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Alfred Goodsell b. 5 Jan 1851 Hastings, Sussex, England
m. (1) 25 Jul 1870 Newton, Cache, Utah and (2) 29 May 1889 to:
(1) Hannah Christina Jensen b. 24 Aug 1853 Monge, Vejby, Fredriksborg, Denmark
(2) Julia Ann Louisa Jensen b. 25 Jun 1871 Amager, Copenhagen, Denmark

Children 1^st marriage:
a. Charles Edward Goodsell
b. Lydia Marion Goodsell m. Francis William Gill
c. Frances Hannah Goodsell m. Peter Adolph Nielsen
d. Alfred Stephen Goodsell
e. John Hans Goodsell
f. Veroka Jane Goodsell m. Joseph Smith Brown Gill
g. Albert Eugene Goodsell m. Annie Melissa Hoopes
h. Joseph Franklin Goodsell m. Olive Emeline Hoopes
i. Clarence Edmond Goodsell m. (1) Cora Belle Adams and (2) Jane Jones

Children of 2^nd marriage after death of Hannah Christina Jensen Goodsell:
j. Leonard Lawrence Goodsell m. (1) Margaret Asenath Hansen and (2) Olive Ivy Knowles
k. Alfred Walter Goodsell m. Edna May Henrikson
l. Ruth Louisa Goodsell m. Wilford Hans Hansen
m. Grover William Goodsell m. Maud Christina Thompson
n. Betsey Josephine Goodsell m. George William Stone

Notes on this family:
Alfred Goodsell came to America at the age of 13 with some neighbors. Along with 863 other members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, he boarded the packet ship Hudson in June of 1864. During the trip to America, nine people died and three children were born. As they neared New York, the Southern Warship, Alabama, came alongside to determine what kind of freight was aboard. When the sailors found out the majority of the passengers were Latter-Day Saints, threats were made that the ship would be sunk. Much to the relief of the people, nothing was done to them.

After arriving at Castle Gardens, New York, Alfred followed the same route as the Gill family two years before traveling, most of the way by a worn out train, through Canada to Detroit and on to Florence, Nebraska (near today's Omaha). He walked alongside a wagon train all the way to Utah. Of the original group, 52 died along the way. He arrived on November 2, 1864 after five months of his journey. Most of Alfred's adult life was spent in Newton, Utah, a small town in Cache Valley near Logan. He became a teacher and a director of community plays. Many of his descendants live around Newton, Utah today.

Jensen-Fredriksborg, Den.>Utah>Idaho

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Hans Jensen b. 6 Aug 1825 Vejby, Fredriksborg, Denmark
m.
Maren Larsen b. 29 Jul 1830 Monge, Fredriksborg, Denmark

Children:
a. Hannah Christina Jensen m. Alfred Goodsell
b. Lars Peter Jensen
c. Andrew Larsen Jensen m. Christine Olsen
d. Anna Maria Jensen m. John Jenkins

Notes on this family:
This couple split up in early 1863. Hans decided to go search for gold in Australia. Along with some of her relatives, Maren joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and prepared to make the move to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. She had become pregnant prior to Hans leaving for the gold fields. So, with her three young children ages 10, 6 and 2, with one on the way she left Denmark for America. She boarded the John J. Boyd, a sailing ship, for her trip to America. Her trip, like so many of other members of her faith, was long and arduous. Upon arriving at Florence, Nebraska, she joined a wagon train. Though in her last months of pregnancy, she walked most of the 1100 miles to Utah all the while carrying two year old Andrew on her back. While on the trail, in what is now Wyoming, she gave birth to Anna Maria. She was allowed to ride in a wagon for three days before again taking up the long walk. This time she carried two year old Andrew on her back and the babe in her arms the rest of the way to Salt Lake Valley. All of her family survived the ordeal. She was a true "pioneer" in every sense of the word.

Kern-Zurich, Switz.>Utah>Idaho

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Heinrich Kern b. 20 Jun 1827 Bulach, Zurich, Switzerland
m. 8 May 1858
Margaretha Schaub b. 8 Apr 1835 Oberglatt, Zurich, Switzerland

Children:
a. Barbara Kern
b. Anna Kern
c. Reinhold Kern m. Amalia Elisabetha Wagen
d. Jakob Kern m. Karolina Anna Gerber
e. Anna Regula Kern
f. Elisa Kern
g. Maria Elise Kern m. Albert Hoeppli
h. Louisa Kern m. Emer Martin Harris

Notes on this family:
The Kerns joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Switzerland. They came to America at the turn of the century settling in Cache Valley in Northern Utah and Southern Idaho.

While in Switzerland, Heinrich Kern was a rope maker, a skill handed down from his ancestors.

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