Paul and Susannah Cardon

Paul Cardon (Jean Paul Cardon)

Detailed information about Paul and his ancestors is available at thecardonfamilies.org
Biography.
Biography from the LDS Biographical Encyclopedia.
Fifth Oldest Inhabitant Interviewed, a newspaper article.
He married Magdalene Beus in 1870 (a plural marriage). At age 2, she travelled in the handcart that Susannah pulled to Utah.
Entry from Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p.795 [1]:

Married Susannah Goudin March 16, 1857, at Salt Lake City (daughter of Bartholomew Goudin and Martha Cardon of Prarustin, Italy). She was born July 30, 1833. Their children: Phillip, died; Mary C., m. M. W. Merrill Jr.; Susette C., m. Joel Ricks; Louisa, died; Sarah C., m. Fred Turner; John P., m. Euphemia King; Louis S., m. Rebecca Ballard; Lucy C., m. William Merrill; Joseph E., m. Sophia Wilson; Moses G., m. Myrtle Wood; Ezra B., died. Family home Logan, Utah.

Married Magdalene Beus Dec. 19, 1869, at Salt Lake City (daughter of Michael Beus and Marian Combe of Ogden, Utah, pioneers 1856, Edmund Ellsworth handcart company). She was born July 17, 1853. Their children: Marian M. and James, died; Hyrum M., m. Isabelle Roundy; George David, m. Elizabeth H. Ballantyne; Amanda, m. Silas Ricks; Ernest W., m. Annie Marshall; Violet P., m. E. L. Walker; Katie L. Family home Logan.

President 64th quorum seventies; missionary to Switzerland 1898-1900. First city treasurer and first policeman at Logan. Farmer.

Paul's involvement in the Logan temple is mentioned in Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 14, p.461 [1]:

Temple

Paul Cardon

Another reference to Paul in Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 15, p.467 [1] mentions him starting a knitting factory:

Paul Cardon

A reference to the hotel that Paul and Susannah ran, from Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 16, p.130 [1]:

Logan

Paul Cardon

Susannah Gaudin:

Detailed biography by her granddaughter Rebecca Cardon Hickman Peterson. Since there are negative accounts of people in this history, please remember to be forgiving, especially where we only have one side of the story.
Susannah's journey aboard the John J. Boyd was the most difficult and deadly of all the Mormon emigrant companies that crossed the Atlantic Ocean. Because of severe weather, it took 66 days to travel from Liverpool to New York City when the typical sailing ship could make the trip in about half that time and a steamship in only 13 days. 62 people lost their lives, mostly to disease, the most deaths by far of any Mormon company. The captain of the ship was famously cruel and reportedly slipped off the ship before it entered the New York harbor to avoid arrest for his crimes.
See more details in The Voyage of the John J. Boyd
In addition to her harrowing journey across the Atlantic, Susannah endured a very difficult journey across the plains to Salt Lake City. The first handcart company, led by Edmund Ellsworth, left Ioway City on June 9, 1856. It appears that Susannah joined the company after it arrived at Florence, Nebraska in July and she departed with them on July 20th. The first company suffered greatly from hunger and death. Their story has been overshadowed by that of the well-known Martin and Willie handcart companies, which departed later that same year. 5% of the Ellsworth company died on the trail, compared to 13% of the Willie company and 25% of the Martin company.
Biography.
Another history, from the book Our Pioneer Heritage.
Biography from an unknown author.
Life sketch from Heart Throbs of the West.
Grandmother's Encounter with an Indian, written by Carrie Ricks Salvesen.
Additional information on Susannah can be found in: Burgess-Olsen, Vicky, Sister Saints, Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1978 p. 120-136.
Excerpt about Susannah in The History of a Valley, by Joel E. Ricks, page 203:
Susannah's death certificate from the state of Utah. (2)

The Cardon girls. (1) Top: Lucy (Merrill). Left: Sally (Turner). Right: Susette (Ricks). Bottom: Mary (Merrill).
An excellent web site by Diane Stokoe called Mormon Waldensians contains fascinating details about the Cardons, Susannah and other saints from northern Italy, their conversion to the LDS church, and the history of their people.
Information about the Vaudois people (pronounced Voh-dwah), where Paul Cardon and Susannah Gaudin came from: The Vaudois of the Alpine Valleys.
1860 Utah census showing their family, living with his father Phillipe.
Biography of Martha Mary Cardon, their daughter, from Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 7, p. 390-392.
thecardonfamilies.org has more information about Susannah.

1) Scanned on December 19, 2005 by Matthew Young from Carma (Allen) Mineer's photo albums.
2) From Patti Andreasen on Ancestry.com.