Gronda Romney, Jr.’s Protection from Seasickness During Atlantic Crossing
Published October 6, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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Millennial Star Research
Gronda Romney, Jr. reports that while he and a company of Elders and Saints were traveling to New York by sea, they suffered greatly from seasickness. Romney, however, remained completely unaffected by the illness and continued to feel hale and hearty throughout the voyage.
In Their Own Words
“I now inform that we arrived in safety, although all the Elders and Saints su a great deal from sea- , I being the only one aboard that his sea legs under him; I was perfectly hale and hearty. — Millennial Star 51:51”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 23 December 1889 (Vol. 51, No. 51). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1889-12-23_51_51 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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