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1847–1868

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Birth Date
14 April 1839
Death Date
18 January 1908
Gender
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Frederick Wright

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  • Fredrick crossed the Atlantic with his father (James) and siblings (Elias and Ellen) on the ship Argo in 1850.  Elias died at St. Louis in 1852 and James died at the same place in 1853.  At the time of the 1856 Utah Territorial census Frederick was in the Salt Lake City 9th Ward; in 1860 he was living at Lake City (American Fork), Utah County.

Jacob Gates Company (1853)

  • Age at Departure: 14

Traveled with

  • Mary Wright (Age: 55)
  • Sarah Wright (Age: 21)
  • Ellen Wright (Age: 16)
  • Edgar Wright (Age: 11)

Sources

  • 1856 Utah census, Great Salt Lake County.
  • 1860 Utah Census, Utah County.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Jacob Gates Company report, 1853 September 11.
  • Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.