• Son of Ransom and Lucinda Van Leuven. In 1850, the Van Leuven family was living in Missouri, according to census records. By 1860, they were located on the Utah census. His birth and death dates come from a personal, online family history source without any documentation. Further evidence is needed to provide adequate evidence.

  The family's travel to Utah in 1852 is confirmed by the obituary of Eliza Jane.

   

Robert Wimmer Company (1852)

• Age at Departure: 15

Sources

• "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 Missouri Census
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  "Eliza Merril Dies at Tropic," 14 March 1930, p. 1.