Susanna, born in Birmingham, and living with her parents at the time of their conversion to the Latter-day Saint faith, experienced the voyage to the United States as a young woman. Susanna was baptized into and confirmed as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.(1) When she boarded the Enoch Train with her family, she was only sixteen years of age. Accounts of travelling on the Enoch Train generally speak of it as a pleasant journey, although not without seasickness, some death and hunger. Dancing and singing were common pastimes. The people were also full of faith. They met for prayers and heard their members and leaders speak to them.(2) As a young woman, Susanna may have experienced both the high and the low of this voyage.
In addition to the general excitement that seems to have been felt by the saints aboard the ship, it is likely that a personally significant occurrence also happened aboard the ship. A man by the name of George Brazier was also aboard the ship. This may have been the George Brazier that she later married.(3)
(1) “Record of Members 1844-1857,” Bristol Road Branch England British Mission, page 11-12, FHL film
(2) Brigham Young University, Mormon Migration Database, search for Enoch Train, lib.byu.edu/mormonmigration
(3) Emigration Records from Liverpool Office of the British Mission,Enoch Train, FHL Film 25691
