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1847–1868

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Birth Date
27 December 1839
Death Date
12 January 1923
Gender
Female
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Zillah Mathias

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  • The Mathias family sailed to America in 1849 on the ship Buena Vista.

    Her obituary confirms that she arrived in the Valley in 1852.

William Morgan Company (1852)

  • Age at Departure: 12

Traveled with

  • Thomas Mathias (Age: 44)
  • Margaret Mathias (Age: 40)
  • Jonah Mathias (Age: 8)
  • Ephraim Smith Mathias (Age: 2)

Sources

  • 13th Company of 50 report, 1852 September 25, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
  • 1850 Iowa Census, Pottawattamie County.
  • "Aged Resident of Brigham City Dead," Salt Lake Tribune, 13 January 1923, 8.
  • "Death of an Early Pioneer," Box Elder News 16 January 1923, [1].
  • Find a Grave (Website)