"He was a good, moral man, a kind husband and an affectionate parent."Deseret Evening News, 19 November 1892

Born

14 June 1814 at Clackmannan, Scotland, to Gibson Condie and Jean Russell.

Married

Cecelia Sharp (9 April 1812 to 17 June 1892) in 1844, the widow of Nathaniel Sharp.

Baptized

15 May 1848, after Elder William Gibson preached at Clackmannan. Cecelia was baptized 27 August 1848.

Emigrated

Sailed from Liverpool aboard the Zetland on 29 January 1849, reaching New Orleans on 2 April 1849.

Lost at sea

Their son Nathaniel Sharp Condie sickened and died during the crossing and was buried at sea.

St. Louis

Worked the coal mines roughly two years to pay for the rest of the journey. Daughter Ellen was born there.

Crossed the plains

Left in the spring of 1850 with the ox team company led by Cecelia's brother, John Sharp. About 1,300 miles in roughly three months.

Settled

Sixth Ward, Salt Lake City, where he lived the rest of his life.

Died

19 November 1892 at Salt Lake City, aged 78, five months after Cecelia. Funeral in the Sixth Ward meetinghouse.

Descendant

President Thomas S. Monson was their great grandson, through his mother Gladys Condie Monson.

A note on the year he arrived. His 1892 death notice says he reached Salt Lake in September 1849. The family histories written by his grandson Thomas A. Condie, and the sketch read in 1958, both describe two years of work in St. Louis and an ox team departure in the spring of 1850. The 1850 arrival is the better attested of the two, so it is the one used here.

Sources. Thomas A. Condie, "History of Gibson and Cecelia Sharp Condie" (1937, unpublished) · "Sketch of the Life of Gibson Condie", read 19 December 1958 · Reminiscences and diary of Gibson Condie, Liverpool to New Orleans aboard the Zetland · Deseret Evening News death notice, 19 November 1892 · United States census, Utah, household 408 · headstone photograph · Thomas S. Monson, "Be of Good Cheer", General Conference, April 2009.