John Riggs Murdock Company (1861)
Date Unknown
- Type
- Wagon
- Category
- Church Train
- Direction
- Westbound
- Departure
- 4 July 1861
- Departed From
- Florence, Nebraska
- Arrival
- 12 September 1861
- Captain
- John Riggs Murdock
- Number In Company
- 179
This company consisted mostly of Scandinavian Saints from the ship "Monarch of the Sea" when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha).
The company arrived between September 12th-19th.
- Archibald, Robert, Autobiography and journal, 1856-1862, 8.
- Felt, Alma Elizabeth Mineer, [Journal], in An Enduring Legacy , 12 vols. [1978-89], 7:198-200.
- Felt, Alma Elizabeth Mineer, [Journal], in Susan Arrington Madsen, I Walked to Zion [1994], 139.
- Felt, Alma Elizabeth Mineer, Reminiscences, 2-4. Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
- Felt, Alma Elizabeth Mineer, Transcription of journal. Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
- "History and journals of Anders Gustaf Johanneson (Johnson)," 3.
- Martina Thompson, Biographical information relating to Mormon pioneer overland travel database, 2003-2017.
- Meyrick, John, Diary, 2-3, in Life of John and Jamima Hutchensen Meyrick, 1850-1922, MSS SC 1623.
- Murdock, John Riggs, [Reminiscences], in Tanner, J. M., A Biographical Sketch of John Riggs Murdock [1909], 136-40.
- Our Pioneer Heritage, vol. 13, 484-485.
- Solomon, William Henry, Autobiography [ca. 1858-1895], 18-20.
- "The Immigration," Deseret News [Weekly], 11 Sep. 1861, 156.
| Adamson, Alexander | 24 | 23 January 1837 | 25 January 1913 |
| Adamson, Andrew | 21 | 15 November 1839 | 15 September 1916 |
| Adamson, Elizabeth | 14 | 19 November 1846 | 8 February 1928 |
| Adamson, Ellen | 9 | 25 November 1851 | 1 June 1886 |
| Adamson, Ellen | 52 | 6 May 1809 | 30 May 1884 |
| Adamson, John | 49 | 22 January 1812 | 10 June 1902 |
| Adamson, Margaret | 19 | 8 October 1841 | 9 August 1911 |
| Adamson, Mary Ann | 21 | 25 July 1839 | 7 June 1913 |
| Akesson, Anders Hansen | 23 | 18 January 1838 | 13 August 1912 |
| Akesson, Christena Nillsson | 24 | 4 August 1836 | 30 December 1929 |
| Andersen, Anne E. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Andersen, Margrethe | 17 | 22 February 1844 | 30 July 1885 |
| Angus, Henry Orrick | 1 | 10 September 1859 | 9 January 1944 |
| Archibald, Agnes | 21 | 20 December 1839 | 14 August 1884 |
| Archibald, Christena | 50 | 2 June 1811 | 13 January 1902 |
| Archibald, George | 19 | 22 November 1841 | After 1900 |
| Archibald, Jessie | 14 | 25 May 1847 | 21 September 1929 |
| Archibald, Mary | 9 | 12 July 1851 | 9 December 1929 |
| Archibald, Robert | 51 | 13 March 1810 | 7 April 1866 |
| Bertelsen, Kirsten | 22 | 21 January 1839 | 31 December 1916 |
| Bjelke, Carl Gustaf | 37 | 13 December 1823 | 8 December 1909 |
| Bonner, Anna | 1 | 19 December 1859 | 23 December 1942 |
| Bonner, Christina | 8 | 7 September 1852 | 22 April 1930 |
| Bonner, George | 10 | 4 August 1850 | 5 March 1913 |
| Bonner, George | 41 | 14 June 1820 | 5 May 1905 |
| Bonner, Margaret | 3 | 7 October 1857 | 8 April 1899 |
| Bonner, Margaret | 31 | 1 May 1830 | 23 December 1920 |
| Bonner, William | 6 | 19 December 1854 | 18 July 1925 |
| Burnett, Daniel McArthur | 1 | 18 May 1860 | 21 May 1938 |
| Burnett, David | 27 | 27 February 1834 | 15 April 1920 |
| Burnett, Jane | 30 | 14 July 1830 | 8 June 1902 |
| Carlsen, Caroline | 7 | 19 June 1853 | 25 August 1892 |
| Christensen, Magdalena | 30 | 27 October 1830 | 21 January 1910 |
| Christensen, Mette Kirstine | 52 | 4 April 1809 | 18 May 1888 |
| Christenson, Johann | 32 | 16 August 1828 | 8 June 1903 |
| Christiansen, Caroline Wilhelmena | 4 | 7 April 1857 | 17 December 1937 |
| Christiansen, Christian Peter | 22 | 18 August 1838 | 20 July 1918 |
| Christiansen, Kirstine Marie Murman | 23 | 30 May 1838 | 7 June 1867 |
| Clarkson, Mary | 21 | 3 February 1840 | 11 November 1920 |
| Davenport, Samuel | 15 | 18 November 1845 | 18 April 1922 |
| Engberg, Christian Dyring | Infant | 15 January 1861 | unknown |
| Engberg, Conradine Wilhelmine | 2 | 27 September 1858 | unknown |
| Engberg, Marie Petrine | 25 | 1 October 1835 | 20 October 1861 |
| Engberg, Niels Christian Pedersen | 27 | 27 May 1833 | 25 October 1907 |
| Farmer, Edward John | 36 | 20 February 1825 | 30 January 1915 |
| Farmer, Elizabeth Ann | 5 | 28 March 1856 | 1874 |
| Farmer, Elizabeth Eleanor | 21 | 13 November 1839 | 14 February 1889 |
| Farmer, Erastus Grenig | Infant | 29 June 1861 | 31 July 1937 |
| Hall, Hannah | 46 | 5 October 1814 | 16 July 1899 |
| Hall, Hiram | 14 | 2 December 1846 | 13 December 1922 |
| Hall, Mary | 19 | 24 March 1842 | 10 October 1925 |
| Hansen, Hans | 26 | 11 September 1834 | 30 July 1896 |
| Hansen, Johanna Kirstine Jensen | 26 | 2 October 1834 | 7 April 1920 |
| Hjorth, August Adrianus | 14 | 4 March 1847 | 13 June 1935 |
| Hjorth, Peter Herman | 18 | 23 January 1843 | 17 March 1872 |
| Hjorth, William L. | 15 | 17 July 1845 | 19 October 1912 |
| Hostmark, Carolina Wilhelmina Jacobson | 28 | 19 May 1833 | 9 January 1916 |
| Hostmark, Christian Carl William | Infant | 14 February 1861 | 13 June 1916 |
| Hutchison, Annie | 3 | 14 August 1857 | 8 July 1933 |
| Hutchison, Christina | 7 | 29 April 1854 | 18 December 1928 |
| Hutchison, David | 14 | 16 May 1847 | 7 May 1908 |
| Hutchison, David | 44 | 15 September 1816 | 9 August 1889 |
| Hutchison, Jane | 20 | 4 May 1841 | 28 February 1919 |
| Hutchison, Janet | 23 | 25 April 1838 | 26 January 1922 |
| Hutchison, Janet | 47 | 17 March 1814 | 13 March 1895 |
| Hutchison, Jemima Christina | 17 | 25 October 1843 | 21 September 1922 |
| Hutchison, Thomas Crookston | 20 | 24 June 1841 | 18 June 1912 |
| Innes, Charles | 82 | 19 June 1779 | 21 January 1871 |
| Innes, Charles Wheatley Blench | 5 | 17 September 1855 | 22 May 1940 |
| Innes, Emma Idell | 7 | 13 December 1853 | 31 December 1936 |
| Innes, Margaret Jane Louttit | 31 | 17 September 1829 | 19 September 1909 |
| Innes, Mary Jane | 1 | 27 June 1860 | 24 February 1936 |
| Innes, Thomas | 44 | 1 December 1816 | 10 May 1869 |
| Innes, Thomas | 9 | 26 October 1851 | 24 April 1914 |
| Isaacson, Bertha Cathrine Aagesen | 35 | 6 April 1826 | 30 September 1904 |
| Isaacson, Lorenzo | 1 | 18 October 1859 | 10 August 1861 |
| Isaacson, Maren H. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Isaacson, Maria | 4 | 5 March 1857 | 28 February 1941 |
| Isaacson, Mary Ellen | 9 | 21 November 1851 | 1 June 1868 |
| Isaacson, Niels | 44 | 6 January 1817 | 27 December 1909 |
| Isaacson, Petra Annetta | 6 | 21 October 1854 | 6 July 1861 |
| Jensen, James | 13 | 14 July 1847 | 19 May 1915 |
| Johnson, Anders Gustaf | 17 | 17 November 1843 | 3 March 1910 |
| Larsen, Anders | 46 | 23 December 1814 | 23 November 1864 |
| Larsen, Andrea Marie | 9 | 16 August 1851 | 9 April 1885 |
| Larsen, Ane Kerstine | 7 | 14 November 1853 | 30 November 1923 |
| Larsen, Johannes | 16 | 1 May 1845 | 11 August 1919 |
| Larsen, Kirsten | 19 | 22 November 1841 | 13 August 1921 |
| Larsen, Lars | 25 | 17 July 1835 | 6 February 1913 |
| Larsen, Lars Christian | 19 | 28 January 1842 | 11 April 1920 |
| Larsen, Maren Jensen | 49 | 25 June 1812 | 1 October 1901 |
| Larsen, Ness | 18 | 4 May 1843 | 3 July 1932 |
| Meyrick, John | 30 | 17 May 1831 | 22 April 1899 |
| Mineer, Alma Elizabeth | 6 | 1 May 1855 | 29 July 1950 |
| Mineer, Andrew | 44 | 7 September 1816 | 6 March 1889 |
| Mineer, Emiel August | 11 | 11 November 1849 | 6 January 1921 |
| Mineer, Helena Johanna | 13 | 21 July 1847 | 20 January 1938 |
| Mineer, Ingrid | 49 | 3 March 1812 | 19 August 1886 |
| Mineer, Kjersti | 18 | 10 September 1842 | 15 March 1875 |
| Mineer, Sophia | 16 | 17 March 1845 | 1 April 1863 |
| Murdock, Enoch Nephi | 12 | 28 August 1848 | 7 August 1883 |
| Murdock, Ephemia Elspeth | 38 | 26 May 1823 | 6 May 1882 |
| Murdock, Jane | 15 | 26 March 1846 | 27 December 1923 |
| Murdock, John | Infant | 25 July 1861 | 30 April 1928 |
| Murdock, John Riggs | 34 | 13 September 1826 | 12 November 1913 |
| Murdock, Phoebe | 2 | 19 May 1859 | 26 September 1930 |
| Murdock, Robert | 8 | 28 February 1853 | 25 March 1932 |
| Murdock, Robert | 37 | 16 March 1824 | 3 March 1872 |
| Nielson, Rasmus | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Orrick, Betsey Hislop Archibald | 23 | 4 February 1838 | 13 September 1920 |
| Orrick, Christina | 4 | 28 June 1857 | 5 June 1922 |
| Orrick, Robert O. | 1 | About 1860 | unknown |
| Pedersen, Carl Christian | 10 | 29 September 1850 | 1 October 1926 |
| Pedersen, Christian Severin | 7 | 15 September 1853 | 2 November 1919 |
| Pedersen, Christine Christensen | 35 | 8 February 1826 | 26 December 1895 |
| Pedersen, Hanne Lovise | 4 | 7 December 1856 | 1861 |
| Pedersen, Peder Borup | 37 | 15 January 1824 | November 1878 |
| Petersen, Anders | 35 | 23 March 1826 | 4 March 1900 |
| Petersen, Ellen Margaret Kofoed | 37 | 26 December 1823 | 6 April 1898 |
| Petersen, Hans John Alfred | 2 | 28 February 1859 | 23 November 1938 |
| Petersen, Mariah Augusta | 7 | 26 October 1853 | 8 August 1920 |
| Petersen, Peter Martin Julius | 6 | 1 February 1855 | 13 January 1929 |
| Reese, Charles | 31 | 27 May 1830 | 17 September 1904 |
| Reese, Charles Albert | 1 | 16 November 1859 | 24 July 1919 |
| Reese, Sarah | 28 | 15 February 1833 | 3 May 1918 |
| Reese, William Griffiths | 3 | 15 August 1857 | 13 October 1938 |
| Robertson, Alexander | 29 | 11 August 1831 | 6 March 1923 |
| Rosenlof, Anna Maria Rosengren | 25 | 30 August 1835 | 7 September 1875 |
| Rosenlof, Emma Amalia | 1 | 2 January 1860 | 9 November 1861 |
| Rosenlof, John | 3 | 31 August 1857 | 29 September 1922 |
| Rosenlof, Nils | 34 | 18 September 1826 | 2 June 1908 |
| Rosenlof, Olof | 7 | 5 February 1854 | 21 June 1932 |
| Sanders, Elizabeth | 26 | 25 September 1834 | 22 December 1892 |
| Sanders, Fanny | 28 | 13 April 1833 | 10 August 1913 |
| Sanders, Harriet | 20 | ca. 1841 | Unknown |
| Sanders, James | 21 | 11 March 1840 | 22 January 1918 |
| Savage, Joseph | 49 | 23 December 1811 | 20 August 1900 |
| Savage, Joseph Albert | 8 | 22 December 1852 | 12 June 1952 |
| Saxton, John Solomon | 1 | 7 March 1860 | 16 February 1910 |
| Saxton, Matilda | 33 | 5 February 1828 | 29 July 1908 |
| Saxton, Sarah Ellen | 3 | 30 April 1858 | 5 January 1933 |
| Saxton, Solomon | 37 | 21 February 1824 | 19 February 1902 |
| Smith, Emily Ellen | 18 | 25 January 1843 | 19 January 1927 |
| Smith, Sarah Ann | 4 | 9 July 1856 | 17 June 1938 |
| Smith, Thomas | 35 | 19 April 1826 | 1 May 1905 |
| Smith, [Mr.] | Unknown | unknown | unknown |
| Solomon, Elizabeth Emma | 9 | 7 May 1852 | 23 November 1933 |
| Solomon, Elizabeth H. | 30 | ca. 1831 | 2 July 1863 |
| Solomon, Elizabeth Hoskin | 35 | 14 November 1825 | 17 June 1914 |
| Solomon, Hildah Drew | 1 | 27 November 1859 | 14 July 1921 |
| Solomon, James | 29 | 26 September 1831 | 30 January 1910 |
| Solomon, Mary Louisa | 7 | 21 March 1854 | 10 January 1941 |
| Solomon, William Henry | 33 | 6 February 1828 | 28 July 1913 |
| Thompson, Inger Marie | 42 | 17 March 1819 | 21 February 1903 |
| Thompson, Martina | 1 | 25 October 1859 | 26 November 1954 |
| Thompson, Niels | 5 | 24 February 1856 | 27 May 1927 |
| Thompson, Parley | 33 | 24 March 1828 | 8 March 1882 |
| Thompson, Soren | 3 | 5 February 1858 | 30 October 1941 |
| Tollestrup, Karen | 30 | 5 July 1831 | 24 December 1867 |
| Tollestrup, Lena Fredericka | 4 | 23 September 1856 | 6 March 1922 |
| Tollestrup, Niels Christian Christensen | 27 | 23 October 1833 | 4 January 1929 |
| Tollestrup, Yetta Christine Christensen | 6 | 6 July 1854 | 23 December 1933 |
| Turner, Benjamin Godfrey | 5 | 18 August 1855 | 21 April 1918 |
| Turner, David | 7 | 14 November 1853 | 8 May 1929 |
| Turner, David | 42 | 3 June 1819 | 23 December 1887 |
| Turner, John | 12 | 9 July 1848 | 24 July 1874 |
| Turner, Lorenzo | Infant | 11 May 1861 | 7 June 1943 |
| Turner, Martha | 17 | 2 September 1843 | 23 April 1915 |
| Turner, Rose Ann | 9 | 22 March 1852 | 30 March 1916 |
| Turner, Rose Collier | 40 | 16 January 1821 | 18 December 1882 |
| Turner, Susannah | 14 | 3 February 1847 | 15 April 1938 |
| Turner, William Hugh | 16 | 26 May 1845 | 20 October 1924 |
| White, Charles Headly | 5 | 28 May 1856 | 6 October 1929 |
| White, Daniel Boyer | Infant | 14 April 1861 | 28 August 1915 |
| White, Frances Rebecca | 23 | 14 July 1837 | 21 February 1911 |
| White, George | 3 | 11 June 1858 | 14 February 1927 |
| White, John Watson | 25 | 26 September 1835 | 3 April 1911 |
| Wood, Ellen | 52 | 6 May 1809 | 10 March 1865 |
| Wood, Frances | 32 | 28 September 1848 | 8 January 1878 |