1837 - Mormon Missionaries were first sent to England
1848 - February 3, 1848 - Amelia was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (20 years old), the same day as her future husband, William Slade.
1849 - Amelia's father (Barnard Lacey) died.
1852 - Married William Slade - June 28, 1852 (she was 24 years old and he was 27 years old ) They lived in the factory town of Crewkerne, and worked as weavers. (William had previously been married to Mary Ann Dean, who had died about 8 months previously (1851). William and Mary Ann had 2 children, Harriet and George. Harriet was about 7 years old at the time of her father's marriage to Amelia. George had lived for only two months, and was deceased.)
1853 - Daughter (Rhoda) born - May 1853 (Amelia was 25 years old at the birth of her first child)
1854 - Daughter (Amelia Eliza) born - October 1854
1856 - Daughter (Martha) born - January 1856
1857 - William traveled to the United States (Pennsylvania) to work and earn money to bring his family from England.
1860 - Amelia and her 3 daughters came to the United States (Pennsylvania). Amelia was 33 years old, her daughters were 7, 6, and 4. The Civil War (1861-1865) was going on during the time that the family was in Pennsylvania.
1861 - Son (William Alfred) born - April 1861
1862 - Son (Edward) born - September 1862
1863 - Husband, William Slade died - October 28, 1863 (He was 38 years old, and Amelia was 36 years old) She was left with 5 children, ages 10, 9, 7, 2, 1, and one on the way.
1864 - Son (Charles) born - March 1864
1864 - August 13-17, 1864 - Amelia and her children traveled by ox-train to Utah
1864 - October - The youngest boys, Edward (2) and Charles (7 months) died of dysentery and were buried on the plains near Green River Wyoming.
1864 - November 2, 1864 - Arrived in Utah, and moved to Littleton (Morgan County), where the first winter was spent with Amelia's younger sister, Mary Ann Criddle, who had emigrated earlier.
1865 - Amelia's daughters were all placed in homes where they worked for their keep. (Rhoda 12, Amelia Eliza 11, Martha 9) Martha never lived with her mother again after she was 9 years old.
1867 - Amelia (39 years old) married Joseph Dean (36 years old) January 5, 1967 (she was his second wife in a polygamous marriage). On this day, she also received her Endowment, and was sealed to her first husband, William Slade, in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City.
1867 - Daughter (Emily Kate) born - September 1867
1868 - Daughter (Catherine) born - December 1868 (Amelia was 41 at the birth of her last child)
1872 - Amelia moved to Salt Lake City with her husband and family so he could work on the Salt Lake Temple as a carpenter.
1872 - Daughter Martha married at age 16 to William Henderson Dickson, she did not move with the family to Salt Lake City.
1888 - Amelia's mother (Precilla Perry) dies in England.
1893 - Salt Lake Temple dedicated (April 6, 1893)
1895 - Joseph Dean died June 30, 1895 at the age of 63. (Amelia was 68 years old)
1914 - Son (William Alfred) died - November 1, 1914 at the age of 53
1923 - Amelia Lacey Slade Dean died on January 12, 1923 at the age of 95.
History of Amelia Lacey Slade Dean
Amelia Lacey Slade, and her husband, William Slade, were both members of the Latter-Day Saints Church (Mormons) when they were married on June 28, 1852. They lived in the little factory town of Crewkerne, in Somersetshire, England. They both worked as weavers to provide for their children, Rhoda, Amelia Eliza, and Martha. Also, they tried to save money to emigrate to Utah. Finally, William borrowed money and traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, where he worked on the estate of a Mr. Sellars, a Quaker gentleman. Three years later, in 1860, he sent money for the passage of his wife and three daughters.
They all settled on the estate, where William did farm labor, with the goal of saving money to travel on to Utah. In the next two years, two sons, Alfred and Edward, were born to the couple. William was kicked by a horse and developed rheumatism so that the work was difficult for him. He struggled on though, until he developed trouble with his heart and kidneys. He died in a Philadelphia hospital on October 28, 1863 at the age of 38.
Amelia was expecting another child, and even though Mr. Sellars had to hire another man to take William's place on the farm, he helped arrange places for the children to live and work. Rhoda made her home with the Sellars' family, Martha went to a family named Leisering, the little boys were placed in an orphan's home, and Eliza went to live and work in the home of Mr. Sellars' daughter, Mrs. Bancroft. Amelia went to a hospital for the birth of the third son, Charles. After the birth, Amelia rented a small room in Philadelphia. Mr. Sellars had papers made "binding out" the older children and urged Amelia to sign them. She begged time to consider his offer and asked that he come back the next day for the signed papers. Amelia's dreams of going to Utah seemed impossible.
That night as she prayed, she asked the Lord for guidance as to what she should do. When she told of this experience in the years that followed, she would tell, "Three times that night, your father appeared in my room and each time he said, 'Don't bind the children.' I was not asleep. I actually saw him."
Mr. Sellars tried to get her to change her mind, and when she refused, he said, "What are you going to do?" Amelia thought of Utah and all it meant to her, and said, "I'm going home."
The family had been attending a branch of the Mormon church in Philadelphia. While Amelia sat in a Sunday meeting a short time afterward, the President of the branch arose and announced that on the following Wednesday a company of emmigrants was leaving for Utah, and that means had been provided for Sister Slade and her children to go with them. Amelia's prayer had been answered. The speakers at the meeting were Orson Pratt and Hyrum Clawson. After the meeting they both came to Amelia. Orson Pratt placed $2.50 in her hand saying, "I'm on my way to England. I have enough money to get me there, and I am sure you need this worse than I do." Brother Clawson gave her $5.00. They spoke words of encouragement and cheer.
There was much hurried preparation to be ready in time. The children had to be gathered from the places they were staying. Some of the sisters of the branch helped with the preparation. Mr. Sellars came to say goodbye. He was never told that "home" meant Utah, not back to England. Soon they were on their way to New York, then by train to a town on the Missiouri River, where they waited for a company of emigrants from England, then traveled by ox-cart to Utah.
It was August of that year, 1864, before the company left. The ox-train was in the charge of Warren Snow, and their particular group was directed by Frank Cundick. As autumn approached, the train was traveling in Wyoming. Many became sick with dysentery. The two youngest boys died, and each was wrapped in half a shawl, and buried in a shallow grave. When thewagon train arrived in Utah, Amelia and her four children traveled to Morgan, Utah, where they lived for the first winter with her sister's family in Littleton. The next spring, the Slades moved out into a tent made of quilts. Later, a Mr. Thurston built a new home and let Amelia and her children live in the small cabin his family had left.
Later, the girls were placed in homes where they worked for their keep. Martha, who went to live with and work for the Billa Dickson family in Richville, said that she never lived with her mother after she was nine years old. The Joseph Dean family also lived in Richville, Morgan County. The Deans and Slades had known each other in England, as they came from the same town of Crewkerne. Joseph's wife, Catherine, suggested a polygamous marriage for her husband and Amelia. Catherine approached Amelia about the matter and the marriage took place January 5, 1867. Two daughters, Emily Kate and Catherine, were born to this union.
Five years later in 1872, Joseph, who was a carpenter, moved his families to Salt Lake City so that he could work on the building of the Salt Lake Temple. He died in 1895. Amelia lived the rest of her life in Salt Lake City. She died January 12, 1923, at the age of ninety-five.
A Deseret News article dated January 15, 1923, describes the funeral services for Amelia. Services were held in Salt Lake City, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emily Calderwood. Among the speakers were Elder John A. Widstoe of the Council of the Twelve, and President Heber J. Grant. Burial was in the Dean plot in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
~ This information copied from the book, Morgan Pioneer History Binds Us Together (2007), as submitted by Barbara D. Whittier (great-grand daughter of Amelia Lacey Slade Dean)
Additional information copied from Joseph Dean's history :
Joseph Dean was offered work on the Salt Lake Temple, so in 1872 he had all his family move to Salt Lake, 60 miles by ox team. His oxen, Buck and Bright, pulled the belongings in two days. He soon bought a lot at 77 Peach Street and began building a two room frame house.
Joseph Dean married another plural wife, Minnie Frost in 1884 (She was 18 years, and he was 53 years). To this union was born Jacob LeRoy Dean, 12 July 1885, at Ogden, Utah. About 1885 they moved to Manassa, Colorado, to escape persecutions on account of polygamy. There he did carpenter work for the farmers and started a new house for his wife and baby, but it was slow in being finished. The floor boards were not yet nailed down. Minnie, who was expecting another baby, was hurrying preparing supper one evening, stepped on a loose board and fell partly through it causing hemorrhage and death, the closest doctor being 12 miles away. Joseph never ceased grieving about her sudden death, and always warned his children to keep close to medical help during pregnancy.
Soon after this, he went to England on a two year mission. When he returned, he gave himself up and served six months in State Prison for plural marriage. Upon his release he did carpenter work and was the Bishop's representative to distribute food, money, and coal to the needy.
Jacob LeRoy (son from his third wife, Minnie Frost) tells how Katie (Amelia's daughter) was once sick unto dying. They sent for her father who was working on the temple block. A crowd had gathered. She was presumed to be dead. He asked all to leave. All left (the room) but Amelia. He administered to Katie and she revived instantly.
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