• She came with her mother, Vina Hollister. Upon arrival to Utah, she married Thomas Patten. Joanna and her mother were both located in the Patten household in 1860, according to census records. Her birth date and death date come from her death certificate.

Robert Wimmer Company (1852)

• Age at Departure: 16

Sources

• "15th Company," Deseret News [Weekly], 18 September 1852, 2.
• "15th Company of 50 report, 1852 June 23" In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1850-1852. (MS 1234 5, Box 1, Fd. 18)
• 1850 Iowa Census, Pottawattamie County.
• 1860 Utah Census.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1852, 100.
• Utah Death Certificates.