John Wedge, Sr.

John, his wife, Maria, and his three children emigrated to the United States on the ship Manchester, arriving in New York  on 14 May 1861. First documentation to place them in Utah is the record of John's PEF account being entered into the ledger on 24 September 1861. Birth date is confirmed in the Lehi Ward records upon the date of John's rebaptism on 24 November 1861.