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1847–1868

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Birth Date
6 March 1842
Death Date
25 May 1932
Gender
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Ebenezer Tanner

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  • He sailed to America in 1851 on the Olympus.  His birth and death dates are confirmed by his death certificate and the inscription on his gravestone.

Claudius V. Spencer Company (1853)

  • Age at Departure: 11

Traveled with

  • Thomas Tanner (Age: 45)
  • Ann Tanner (Age: 32)
  • Thomas Tanner (Age: 21)
  • James Mumford Tanner (Age: 19)
  • Elizabeth Ann Tanner (Age: 14)
  • George Benjamin Tanner (Age: 13)
  • Joseph Tanner (Age: 8)
  • Alma Cruse Tanner (Age: 6)
  • Valison Tanner (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • “Claudius V. Spencer Company report, 1853.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1853-1855. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 31)
  • “Early Day Milford Merchant-Stock-Man Dies, Age of 90,” The Milford News, 2 June 1932, 1.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Volume 1.