• The family sailed to America in 1853 on the ship Elvira Owen.

  Her surname is shown as "Burchell" on the 1860 Utah census, and as "Birchnell" on the 1870 Utah census.

Joseph W. Young Company (1853)

• Age at Departure: 27

Sources

• 1860 Utah Census.
• 1870 Utah Census.
• “Joseph W. Young Company report, 1853 September 22.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1853-1855. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 34)
• Wilkey, Ann Gregory to Dear Children, n.d.