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1847–1868

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Birth Date
About November 1859
Death Date
After 1880
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Selena Rivers

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  • She was traveling with her mother and grandparents. Her death date is uncertain. Last documentation of her living is the 1880 federal census where she is seen living in her step-father's household in Oregon. At that time, she is using the surname of Clawson.

John D. Holladay Company (1866)

  • Age at Departure: 6

Traveled with

  • Abraham Rivers (Age: 61)
  • Hannah Rivers (Age: 57)
  • Ann Rivers (Age: 27)

Sources

  • 1880 Oregon Census.
  • Captain John D. Holladay, accounts, 1866.
  • England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008.
  • England and Wales Census, 1861.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 337.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
  • White, Thomas H., "Biography of Thomas Henry White: Written, In Part, by Himself, Finished by His Daughter, Lucy Agness Pace."