Almost all the details we have of the West’s life in England comes from Anna West Hand. She was 19 when the West’s left England to come to America in 1855. In 1896, she spoke to her ladies club about “A Day in England”, and wrote down her speech before presenting it on 41 small sheets of paper. Seven of those sheets didn’t survive, but those that did give an interesting account of a day trip with her parents in England. Her account leads through her last big outing with her parents before their trip to America. John West, Jr. took his family to Little Mitton, England in Lancashire, where he was born and raised to see all the areas of his childhood one last time.
-Arrived in the US June 13, 1855 in NEW YORK from Liverpool, England. Rode the ship "William Nelson".


Sources:
-Birth Source: Many, including family bible record.
-Marriage Source: Many
-Death Source: West family to America, 1855


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