Character Key for Seven Sisters:The Voyage
Eleanor Wise
Protagonist; Age 23; Runs away from an abusive mother to go with the Saints to Zion.
Caroline Cleverly
Age 20; Rich girl disowned by her parents and abandoned by her fiancé for joining the church.
Lavinia Triplett
Age 35; Old maid, plain, prudish, but sings like a nightingale.
Lizzie Cornell
Age 25; Lower class cockney who joins the Church to get to America.
Susannah Watts
Age 18; Crossing with her twin sisters to join her mother and brother who are already in Utah.
Phoebe Watts
Age 10; Twin who wears her braids tied up.
Fanny Watts
Age 10; Twin who lets her braids fall to her "fanny."
Leaders of the Church:
George Q. Cannon
Apostle; President of the European Mission, who makes all the arrangements for the emigration of the Saints and personally sends out each ship.
William Brammal
President of the Company of Saints, with councilors President Richard Palmer and President Edward L. Sloan.
James H. Hart
New York Immigration Agent who receives each ship at NYC and makes arrangements for the overland trip to Florence, Nebraska.
Priesthood Leaders:
John Harvey Tippetts
President over the Seven Sisters' Ward.
Marcus Fielding
Returning missionary from Wales who falls for Susannah.
George Careless
Well-known musician who organizes choirs on the ship.
Elijah Larkin
Former police detective in Cambridge and now the Captain of the Guards.
Captain & Crew:
Captain Henry Hudson
Captain of the Amazon; Not quite sure he likes Mormons.
Titus Holt
Antagonist; Hates Mormons and everyone else.
Griswold
Against Mormons.
Jabez
Against Mormons.
Alfie
Love interest of Lizzie.
Horatio Huntly
Old sailor who becomes friends with the Twins.
Others:
Joseph Smith, Jr
Prophet and founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Brigham Young
Prophet and second president of the Church after Joseph Smith was martyred in Carthage Jail; led Mormons to the Salt Lake Valley
Charles Dickens
Famous British author; comes down to the London Docks on June 4, 1863, to interview and observe Mormon emigrants who are setting sail for America; writes an essay for his monthly serial in The Morning Chronical newspaper, later published under the title: Charles Dickens: The Uncommericial Traveller, Chapter XXII—Bound for the Great Salt Lake
Eleanor Wise
Protagonist; Age 23; Runs away from an abusive mother to go with the Saints to Zion.
Caroline Cleverly
Age 20; Rich girl disowned by her parents and abandoned by her fiancé for joining the church.
Lavinia Triplett
Age 35; Old maid, plain, prudish, but sings like a nightingale.
Lizzie Cornell
Age 25; Lower class cockney who joins the Church to get to America.
Susannah Watts
Age 18; Crossing with her twin sisters to join her mother and brother who are already in Utah.
Phoebe Watts
Age 10; Twin who wears her braids tied up.
Fanny Watts
Age 10; Twin who lets her braids fall to her "fanny."
Leaders of the Church:
George Q. Cannon
Apostle; President of the European Mission, who makes all the arrangements for the emigration of the Saints and personally sends out each ship.
William Brammal
President of the Company of Saints, with councilors President Richard Palmer and President Edward L. Sloan.
James H. Hart
New York Immigration Agent who receives each ship at NYC and makes arrangements for the overland trip to Florence, Nebraska.
Priesthood Leaders:
John Harvey Tippetts
President over the Seven Sisters' Ward.
Marcus Fielding
Returning missionary from Wales who falls for Susannah.
George Careless
Well-known musician who organizes choirs on the ship.
Elijah Larkin
Former police detective in Cambridge and now the Captain of the Guards.
Captain & Crew:
Captain Henry Hudson
Captain of the Amazon; Not quite sure he likes Mormons.
Titus Holt
Antagonist; Hates Mormons and everyone else.
Griswold
Against Mormons.
Jabez
Against Mormons.
Alfie
Love interest of Lizzie.
Horatio Huntly
Old sailor who becomes friends with the Twins.
Others:
Joseph Smith, Jr
Prophet and founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Brigham Young
Prophet and second president of the Church after Joseph Smith was martyred in Carthage Jail; led Mormons to the Salt Lake Valley
Charles Dickens
Famous British author; comes down to the London Docks on June 4, 1863, to interview and observe Mormon emigrants who are setting sail for America; writes an essay for his monthly serial in The Morning Chronical newspaper, later published under the title: Charles Dickens: The Uncommericial Traveller, Chapter XXII—Bound for the Great Salt Lake
