Eliza Ponton

Evidence from emigration and genealogical records proves she traveled to Utah in 1857. She sailed to America in 1857 on the ship George Washington, and was married in Utah in October of that same year. This proves that she traveled to Utah in 1857. Her surname is spelled "Pointon" on the ship manifest. Her obituary in the "Deseret Evening News" gives an incorrect year (1856) for coming, but states she came with a handcart company which could be possible. There were two handcart companies in 1857. If she came in a handcart company, she may have been in the Israel Evans company with other British emigrants.