• Thomas crossed the Atlantic with his parents on the ship Golconda in 1853. They appear together in the 1860 federal census of Utah and Thomas appears in the records of the Utah Territorial militia in April 1862.  

Joseph W. Young Company (1853)

• Age at Departure: 12

Sources

• 1860 Utah Census, Davis County.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• “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)
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877.
• Utah Death Registers, 1847-1966.