• The Wiltshire family emigrated from England in 1848. They sailed on the Sailor Prince, and arrived in New Orleans on 20 November 1848. William Whiltshire, Ellen's father, died in 1850.  Ellen crossed the plains in 1852 with her mother, siblings, Telemachus Rogers, and James Watton.

  Surname is spelled "Wilshire" on the ship passenger list,  "Wilcher" on 1850 Iowa census, "Wilkshire" on company roster, "Willsher" on the 1860 census, and "Wiltshire" on the 1870 census.

   

John Tidwell Company (1852)

• Age at Departure: 8

Sources

• 1850 Iowa Census
• “5th Company of 50 Report, 1852 September 14.” In Brigham Young Office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1850-1852. (CR 1234 5. Box 1, Folder 10)
• Council Point Emigrating Company journal, 1851 November-1852 September.
• Dalton, Francis Harriet Wiltshire, Autobiographical sketch, in Genealogical Charts and Biographical Sketches of Members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake , 26 vols., 11:105.
• "Demise of a Pioneer," Deseret Evening News , 6 Dec. 1906, 3.