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6 February 1832
Death Date
13 February 1911
Gender
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William Joseph Killpack

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  • William immigrated to America in 1853 on the ship International.  The ship manifest shows his name as "William J. Killpack."

    He was rebaptized in Salt Lake City on 1 April 1852, but his name is recorded in the Salt Lake Stake Record of Members as "W. Jesse Kellpack," and his birth date is shown as 6 February 1832, born in Dunton, England.

Jacob Gates Company (1853)

  • Age at Departure: 21

Traveled with

  • James Kilpack (Age: 22)

Sources

  • 1856 Utah Census.
  • 1860 Utah Census.
  • 1900 Utah Census.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Jacob Gates Company report, 1853 September 11, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
  • Lever, W. H. History of Sanpete and Emery Counties, Utah: With Sketches of Cities, Towns, and Villages; Chronology of Important Events; Records of Indian Wars; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens (Salt Lake City: Tribune Job Printing Co, 1898), 142
  • Salt Lake Stake, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
  • Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.
  • "William Killpack Called," Manti Messenger, 17 February 1911, 8.