. . . Came from London, England, 1868 on a steamship. Celebrated her birthday on the ocean. Each person was allowed only so many pounds of luggage. Her birthday presents given by her relatives at the dock, had to be thrown overboard. She never knew what her gifts were and it about broke her heart. They were about three weeks on the ocean. They saw many icebergs crossing, and the glare of the sun upon the ice caused many to have a sunstroke. Some of them died after they docked. They went west by way of Niagara Falls. Her mother was ailing when she left England, and was not well enough to go around the boat. Mrs. Barrows, then eight years old, had a great deal of the responsibility of her two year old brother. The food was coarse and poorly served and the mother had [p.70] great difficulty in eating it. One day Mrs. Barrows and her little brother went investigating around the ship. They came to the kitchen and she remembered everything smelled so good as it was cooking. The man in charge saw the children and asked them who they were. It happened that this man had been a very great friend of their father's. Mrs. Barrows told him about their sick mother and that she couldn't eat the food served her. The friend of their father filled her apron with food and took good care to see that the family had good food the rest of the way over. While in the kitchen, Mrs. Barrows saw and tasted the first gelatin she had ever eaten. She remembered what a beautiful red color it was.

Another incident she remembers on the ship was a big barrel or hogshead that contained raw sugar. She thought she would like some of the sugar so she climbed up to help herself. Most of the sugar had been used out, so in she climbed to pick out some nice large lumps. A deck hand spotted her, and came and pretended he was going to throw the barrel, with her inside, overboard. She was badly frightened and pleaded for her safety. She didn't bother the sugar barrel anymore.

On the trip from New York to Kansas City, by train, they had to ride in cattle cars, that had sliding doors, part of the way. The cars didn't have any water in them and the emigrants surely thirsted for water.

The emigrant train started for Utah about the latter part of August 1868.

The Brewer family's destination was Salt Lake City, Utah. The grandparents of Mrs. Barrows, on the mother's side (Mr. and [p.71] Mrs. Spence) were already here. The family had come from England to join the Saints in Utah.

The emigrant train arrived in Salt Lake City sometime the last of September.

The leader of their company was a Mr. Rawlins. . . . [p.72]

BIB: Barrows, Elizabeth Emma Brewer, [Interview], "Utah Pioneer Biographies," vol. 4, pp. 70-72.
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