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1847–1868

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17 April 1821
Death Date
25 April 1901
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Serge Louis Ballif

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  • He served as the Captain of the Third Ten in the 1854 Campbell Company.  In 1862 he was returning from a mission to Germany and Switzerland having crossed the Atlantic on the ship Windermere.

Robert L. Campbell Company (1854)

  • Age at Departure: 33
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Elise Marie Ballif (Age: 29)
  • Louisa Alexandrine Ballif (Age: 4)
  • Marie Jeanne Ballif (Age: 2)

William H. Dame Freight Train (1862)

  • Age at Departure: 41

Sources

  • “Death of an Old Settler,” Salt Lake Tribune, 27 April 1901, 7.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • “List of persons in W. H. Dame’s freight train, Ft. Laramie, 1862 September 1.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1856-1862. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 58)
  • Marie M. Cardon Guild correspondence, 1898-1913, 1964, Folder contents: (1) Correspondence and autobiographical information, undated, 1964.
  • Robert Campbell company report, 1854 August 22.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
  • “Serge L. Ballif Dead,” Deseret Evening News, 26 April 1901, 2.
  • Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.
  • Utah Death Registers, 1847-1966.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.