Charles Law Photograph or Not?

For decades a blurry, poor quality photograph has been circulated in the Law family purporting to be a representation of Charles Law (1832-1862). For decades I accepted it as actually being Charles Law. Then about 10 years ago doubts concerning this identification began to fester when a colleague pointed out that the hairline, broadened nose, and general appearance was not that of a man who died at age 29, but rather that of someone upwards of 50 years of age. Here is the photo with which many of Charles' descendants are familiar:

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I now believe that this photograph is of Simon Price (1808-1890), Isaac Brough Law's father-in-law.

The photograph below depicts Susan Juchau (Price) Law and her daughter, Cora (Law) Wilhelmsen. Also in the photograph are portraits of Isaac Brough Law (Susan's husband), Mary Lousia Stanners Price (Susan's grandmother), and Simon Price (Susan's grandfather).

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Cropping the Simon Price portrait from the larger photograph above and enlarging and straightening it resulted in the following photo:

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Finally, I took this photo and cropped it down to the head, straightened it and removed the slight tint resulting in the following portrait:


Placing this photo side-by-side with the photo of Charles Law it becomes apparent that it is the same photograph:

















My conclusion is that we have no photograph of Charles Law (1832-1862). If we could locate the portrait depicted in the photograph of Susan (Price) Law and Cora (Law) Wilhelmsen we could undoubtedly obtain a much better copy of this photo of Simon Price.

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Charles Law - Arrival in Boston, Massachusetts

Charles Law came to the United States on the ship George Washington, a clipper ship built in Boston in 1851. As part of the Williams & Guion Line, Train's Line, and Warren & Thayer's line, this ship made many trips between Liverpool and Boston. In 1857 the ship carried 817 Mormons immigrants from Liverpool to Boston in just 23 days.

The ship set sail on on March 28 from Liverpool when Josiah Cummings was captain. The Mormon immigrants were under the leadership of James P. Park and his counselors Jesse B. Martin and Charles R. Dana. Amos Musser served as secretary for the ship, recording events of the journey. The ship arrived in Boston Harbor on April 20, 1857, but it wasn't until April 23rd that the passengers were allowed to disembark.

The passenger list of those arriving in Boston show Charles Law, age 25, a merchant, as the 9th person listed on this page from the record.

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Source: United States. Department of the Treasury. Bureau of Customs.
"Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving in Boston, 1820-1891; with index, 1848-1891";
FHL 419943.

Isaac Brough Law basic documents needed

Does anyone know who has the following original documents (or even a good photocopy) that we could scan and share with everyone in the family?

Isaac Brough Law - Death Certificate (12 Jun 1910, Bear Lake County, Idaho)
Susan Juchau Price Law - Death Certificate (18 Jun 1939, Bear Lake County, Idaho)
Isaac & Susan's marriage certificate (17 Sep 1885, Cache County, Utah)

These basic documents would make great additions to this research blog or to our MyFamily.com Law and Price family websites.

Isaac Brough Law in the 1870 Census

Isaac is found with his siblings, mother, and step-father, John Humphries in Paris, Rich county, Utah in the 1870 census. At the time this census was taken, it was believed that Paris (and all the other LDS Bear Lake settlements) was in Utah. Shortly thereafter it was determined by surveyors that these were actually in Idaho.

Residence number 6 lists the following individuals:

Name of Person	Age	Sex	Color	Occupation	Birthplace
[Humphries], Hannah	39	F	W	Keeping house	England
[Humphries], Hannah M	12	F	W	At home	Utah
[Humphries], Frederick W	10	M	W	At home	Utah
[Humphries], Isaac	8	M	W	At home	Utah
[Humphries], Sarah E	5	F	W	At home	Utah
[Humphries], Marshal J	3	M	W	At home	Utah
[Humphries], George A	3/12	M	W	At home	Utah

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Image from Ancestry.com

Bocock Sisters Wanted!

Here is an interesting item from the Salt Lake Tribune (6 Jul 1887). The Bocock sisters apparently inherited something (presumably a small amount of money) and the Solicitors in England took out this article in the Salt Lake Tribune in an attempt to locate them 20 years after they had immigrated to the United States.

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Does anyone know the outcome of this? What was inherited and from whom did they inherit it?

Martha Parkinson Law - Christening and Burial Records

The record of Martha Parkinson's marriage to Isaac Law (1730-1819) appeared in the previous post. Now let's examine Martha's christening and burial records.

Martha was christened in the chapelry of Hunslet in the parish of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

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This brief entry in the Sheffield parish registers, listing christenings in Hunslet indicates "Martha d. of Wm Parkinson 25" The 25 refers to the day of the Month, which was October of 1734 which details appears elsewhere on the page.

Martha Parkinson was born and christened in the parish of Sheffield but was later married to Isaac in his parish, the Parish of Felkirk. This is where she spent the remainder of her life. The burial record which follows shows her burial date of 28 Jan 1798 in the Felkirk Parish (she is the second entry in the list).

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