• 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

Sources

• 13th Company of 50 report, 1852 September 25.
• 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)