Nathaniel
Ludlow, the ancestor for whom the NLFHA (Nathaniel Ludlow Family
Historical
Association) was named, was nineteen years old when he married Mary Ann Niblett
in
1840. She and
her family were instrumental when, three years later, they both joined the LDS
church.
Nathaniel was the first Ludlow ancestor who
joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Other family
members later followed their example.
Nathaniel
worked as a shepherd and laborer in Avening until 1846 when they moved to
Huddersfield,
Yorks. They
lived in Halifax, Yorks from 1850 until 1878, when they moved to Utah, USA. So
far,
he and his
family have not been located in the 1851 or 1861 censuses of England because
the records
from Yorkshire
are spotty. In the 1871 England Census, Nathaniel is living on St. James Rd. in
Halifax as an
excavator and "beer seller" with his wife and five younger children.
On Sep. 14th,
1878, Nathaniel and Mary Ann, along with two of their sons (Enoch with his
family,
and young Walter),
left England on the ship Wyoming. Eventually, five of their sons (Paul, Enoch,
Moses, Albert
and Walter) all resided in Utah. Their descendants (including Victor L. Ludlow,
the
researcher and
compiler for this family record) have since spread throughout the United
States.
In the 1880 US
Census, Nathaniel is listed as a "farmer" who had been temporarily
disabled 4 months
because of
"rheumatism." Nathaniel worked at various jobs in Benjamin and Utah
County prior to his
death in 1893,
age 72, in Benjamin, Utah.
MISC: Nathaniel
and five of his sons moved to the US. One son, Lorenzo, and two daughters,
Rhoda
Ellen
"Isabella" Ludlow LUTY and Mary Jane Ludlow FRANKS CROWTHER, and
their families
remained in
England. We have regular contact and visits with Lorenzo's descendants but not
yet with
Isabella's or
Mary Jane's posterity.
Two children,
an earlier Rhoda Ellen and George, died young. The eldest son, John, apparently
left
home at an
early age and his marriage, family and death have not yet been established.
19 Sep 2005
LDS BAPTISM:
Nathaniel, performed a "baptism for the dead" for his father John in
the Logan
Temple on 29
May 1888 (ordinance 2919, page 82 BYU Lib film #177,847) Apparently another
baptism was
performed for John on 12 Aug 1957 (where?)
source: http://www.ludlowfamilies.org/PAF/pafn02.htm
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