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1847–1868

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Birth Date
8 June 1828
Death Date
14 November 1892
Gender
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Henry Walsh

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  • Henry Walsh emigrated from England with his family in 1853. They crossed the Atlantic on the ship, Falcon. They arrived in New Orleans on May 18, 1853.  From there they traveled north to Iowa, and joined the Appleton Harmon Company.

    They appear again, crossing the plains, in 1862, with the surname of "Welch" on the Homer Duncan Company roster. They were returning from a trip to England to visit his mother-in-law before she passed away. They sailed on the ship the John J. Boyd and arrived in New York on June 1, 1962.

Appleton M. Harmon Company (1853)

  • Age at Departure: 25
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Ellen Walsh (Age: 24)
  • Mary Ann Walsh (Age: 1)

Homer Duncan Company (1862)

  • Age at Departure: 34
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Ellen Walsh (Age: 7)
  • Rosana Walsh (Age: 4)

Sources

  • “Appleton M. Harmon Company report, 1853.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1853-1855. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 29)
  • Cornelius Bagnall Emigrating Company journal, 1853 March-October.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Joseph W. Young, "Report of the Immigration," Deseret News, 17 September 1862, 93.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger A, p. 10.
  • Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.
  • Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949.