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Esther Maria Bubb Shirley
7 Jul 1835 – 1 Mar 1925
| Birth | 7 Jul 1835 |
| Death | 1 Mar 1925 |
| Cemetery | Fish Haven Cemetery Fish Haven , Bear Lake County , Idaho , USA |
| Added by | cyndi chamberlain on 15 Jun 2005 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9010235 |
Bio
Esther Maria Bubb was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa on July 7, 1835. She was the daughter of George Edward Bubb and Esther Shultz Bubb who came from England in 1830 to help colonize South Africa. She was one of fourteen children. At the age of 9, Esther was sent to live with Mr. and Mrs. Streak in a nearby village. There, years later she met William Henry Shirley, who was her Sunday School teacher. They fell in love and were married in an English church in 1853. In 1855, she and William were baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1857, Esther's sister Martha married William's brother, Thomas. Eventually, Thomas and Martha were also baptized into the church. The two families decided to travel to America to join the other members of their church in the Utah Territory. In March 1859, William and Esther and their baby Thomas, boarded the ship "Alacrity" and sailed for America. They arrived three months later in Boston. They made their way to Council Bluffs, Iowa and joined a Mormon wagon train bound for Great Salt Lake City. They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in September 1859. They lived in the Millcreek area of the Salt Lake Valley and by 1879, settling permanently in the Bear Lake Valley (present day Fish Haven, Idaho.) Between 1856-1876 they had seven sons: George, Thomas, William, Charles, Edgar, James and John. George died as an infant while they were still in South Africa. William, Edgar and John died as infants while they were in the Salt Lake Valley. Her husband William died in 1886, and Esther continued to live in Fish Haven. She lived not far from her sister Martha, and they spent much of their time together, even until Esther's death on March 1, 1925. Esther was 89 years old and outlived all but 2 of her sons (Thomas and Charles.) She was buried in the Fish Haven Cemetery. (Information provided by Find A Grave user MTM.)
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- George William Shirley 1856–1856
- Thomas Shirley 1858–1937
- William Shirley 1863–1863
- Charles Coulson Shirley 1864–1954
- Edgar Shirley 1869–1871
- James Frederick Shirley 1873–1924
- John Shirley 1876–1877
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