• 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

Sources

• 1856 Utah Census.
• 1860 Utah Census.
• 1900 Utah Census.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• “Jacob Gates Company report, 1853 September 11.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1853-1855. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 28)
• 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, 1848-1917.
• Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.
• "William Killpack Called," Manti Messenger, 17 February 1911, 8.