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Stephen (Jean Etienne) Malan was born 8 January 1835 in La Tour, Torino, Piedmont, Italy to Jean Daniel Malan (1804-1886) and Pauline Combe (1805-1864) and died 15 August 1925 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of unspecified causes. He married Mahala Billings (1835-) 1863 in Utah. He married Sarah Mary Chestnut (1845-1886) 20 December 1869 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. He married Martha Ann Eubanks (1830-1910) 9 December 1890 in Weber County, Utah.


Jean Etienne Malan was born 8 January 1835 in La Tour, Torino, Piemonte (Regione),Italy to Jean (John) Daniel and Pauline Combe Malan. He was baptized on 22 February 1851 at theage of 16.

His family immigrated to the United States on the ship “Juventa”. The ship weighed 1187 tons, and was built in 1853 at Thomaston, Maine. They had traveled from Piedmont by coach, railway, and steamer to reach Liverpool. After crossing the Atlantic, they traveled byrail to Pittsburgh and by steamboat to Atchison, Kansas. They joined the Charles A. Harper Company. There were 305 individuals and 39 wagons in the company when it began its journey 25 July 1855 from the outfitting post at Mormon Grove, Kansas. The family consisted of John Daniel and Pauline Combe Malan, both 50, Jean Etienne, age 20 Madeleine and Pauline Amelie,both 15, Jeanne Dinah 10, and Bartholomew age 7.

At Grasshopper Creek the company paused to repair an axletree; at the Big Blue River, though a ferryboat was available, Captain Harper tried to save money by fording the stream. The water was deep and the riverbank steep. The men had to“rough lock” the wagon wheels and tug on restraining ropes to keep the vehicles from plunging into the water. Harper went first and his wagon and animals were swept away in the strong current. Another wagon capsized, dumping 22 sacks of precious flour into the Big Blue. Only part of the company got safely across. Captain Harper waited eight days until General William S. Harney and 700 soldiers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas arrived and wanted to use the ferry. Harper was able to swap a wagon for the ferryman’s services to finish the crossing. They were able to collect bushels of wild plums and grapes at the Little Blue. They saw many great herds of buffalo. These later caused stampedes among the emigrants’ cattle. By 23 August they camped on the Platte River just six miles from Fort Kearny. On 3 September the Harper train forded the South Platte. That night it rained hard,making the road very muddy. The oxen were weakening by then. They received word from General Harney that only the day before he had attacked a Sioux village just two miles away.

They had killed over 300 Indians, taken 100 prisoners and a herd of ponies, and then burned the lodges. For three days soldiers guarded the emigrants. Then three of the troopers went with them all the way to Salt Lake. The wagon train stopped at Cedar Creek near Chimney Rock where a thunderstorm blew down tents. The weather was so cold and it also hailed. By 13 September they had made it to Fort Laramie. The Indians stole 150 horses the next day. Captain Harper wrote to Brigham Young asking for “fresh cattle to expedite the journey at the last end”. By 24 September they had crossed the North Platted for the last time. They camped at Willow Creek and repaired a wagon that had “run backwards down a long and steep hill.” At Greasewood Creek they met eastward bound missionaries. Near Independence Rock the Sioux Indians followed alongside the wagon train all day with loaded guns and making many war demonstrations. However they never actually got involved in a skirmish.

Later relief wagons came from Salt Lake. The company camped along the Sweetwater for ten days so the cattle could graze and regain strength. They caught a great number of fish while camped there. Lame oxen were shod and the train crossed Devil’s Backbone, “a very dangerous road for the wagons.” They passed nine dead oxen along the trail.

At both the Little and Big Sandy there was no grass. There was good grass at Green River but more cattle failed at Black’s Fork. The train was at the Muddy River on 16 October, Fort Bridger on the 18th, and the Bear River on the 21st. They had to contend with steep, stony hills and many of the grades required double-teaming. On 21 October Allred’s party passed Harper.

They crossed the Bear, reached the Weber and on the 26 October camped at Big Canyon Grove. They danced and sang, listened to speeches, presented a memorial of thanks to Captain Harper, and voted him a frame and plate glass to be paid for by voluntary contributions. The company crossed Big Mountain on 27 October, having to use ropes to get the wagons down the steep grade and arrived in Salt Lake on 29 October 1855, the last wagon train of the season.

Jean Etienne Malan died 15 August 1926 at age 91 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah and was buried 18 August 1926 in the Ogden City Cemetery,Ogden, Weber,Utah.


Marriages and Family

1st Marriage : Mahala Billings

He married Mahala Billings in 1863 at the age of 28 but divorced her in 1865. There were no children born to this marriage.

2nd Marriage: Sarah Chestnut

He married Sarah Mary Chestnut at the age of 34 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory on 20 December 1869. Sarah Mary was born 20 September 1845 in Missouri. She had married Jefferson Slade in New Harmony, Washington, Utah Territory on 20 November at age 15 and divorced him in 1862. She received her endowments on 13 December 1862 in the Endowment House at age 17. She was 24 years old when she married Jean. They had six children, four girls and two boys. The first four children were born in Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory. They had a stillborn baby girl about 1870. Pauline Amelia Chestnut Malan was born 13 May 1872 and died 17 August 1873; Stephen E. was born 26 June 1874; and Wilford Augustus was born 12 January 1877. The next child, Cora Maud was born 2 March 1880 in Bingham County, Idaho. Their last child Ada Flora Chestnut Malan was born 23 October 1883 and died four days later on 27 October 1883 in Ogden,Weber, Utah Territory. Sarah Mary died 4 July 1886 at age 40 in Ogden, Weber, Utah and was buried 5 July 1886 in the Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah.

3rd Marriage: Martha Ann Andrews

Jean then married Martha Ann Andrews on 17 December 1890 in the Logan Temple, Cache, Utah Territory at age 55. She was born 3 May 1830 in Warren, Georgia to Hartwell Harvey and Adelia Delia Eubanks Andrews. She was 60 when they married. Martha Ann died 9 June 1910 in Ogden, Weber, Utah at age 80 and was buried 12 June 1910 in the Ogden City Cemetery.


Children


Offspring of Stephen (Jean Etienne) Malan and Sarah Mary Chestnut (1845-1886)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Baby Girl Malan (1870-1870)
Pauline Amelia Chestnut Malan (1872-1873)
Stephen Eugene Malan (1874-1931)
Wilford Augustus Malan (1877-1948)
Cora Maud Malan (1880-1934)
Ada Flora Chestnut Malan (1883-1883)



Siblings


Offspring of Jean Daniel Malan (1804-1886) and Pauline Combe (1805-1864)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Jean Daniel Malan (1828-1828)
Mary Catherine Malan (1829-1883)
John Daniel Malan (1832-1912)
Stephen Malan (1835-1926) 8 January 1835 La Tour, Torino, Piedmont, Italy 15 August 1925 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States Mahala Billings (1835-)
Sarah Mary Chestnut (1845-1886)
Martha Ann Eubanks (1830-1910)
Emily Pauline Malan (1839-1926)
Madeleine Malan (1839-1919)
Jean Louis Malan (1842-1842)
Jane Danah Malan (1844-1899)
Bartholomew Malan (1848-1913)


Offspring of Jean Daniel Malan (1804-1886) and Marie Louise Chatelain (1830-1915)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Baby Chatelain Malan (1861-1861)
Henry Louis Malan (1863-1943)
Eliza Lydia Malan (1865-1956)
Albert Eli Malan (1869-1935)
Harriet Lydia Malan (1871-1941)
Charles David Malan (1873-1874)

Residences

Vital Records

While many family history works and FamilySearch refers to him as Jean Etienne, all vital records and gravestones and published accounts set his name as Stephen Malan.

Utah Death Certificate

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Ogden Gravestone

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See Also

  • Jean Malan
  • Malan Family
  • Malan in Piedmont
  • Malan in Salt Lake County, Utah



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