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        1847–1868

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        Birth Date
        20 May 1805
        Death Date
        16 December 1877
        Gender
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        William Comish

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        • William and his daughter (Hannah) crossed the Atlantic on the ship Josiah Bradlee in 1850.  They were joined at St. Louis by the rest of the family in 1852.  The Comish family evidently began traveling in the Hindley company, but according to a "Deseret News" article (22 Aug. 1855, 189) they arrived in Salt Lake City with the Livingston and Kinkead freight train. Evidence that they came in 1855 is confirmed in information found in Church financial records. Their surname is spelled "Coomish" on the handwritten and printed Hindley roster.

        John Hindley Company (1855)

        • Age at Departure: 50
        • Head of Household

        Traveled with

        • Elizabeth Comish (Age: 50)
        • Jane Helen Comish (Age: 23)
        • William Kegg Comish (Age: 22)
        • Elizabeth Comish (Age: 18)
        • John Comish (Age: 16)
        • Eleanor Comish (Age: 14)
        • Robert Nephi Comish (Age: 12)

        Sources

        • 1870 Utah Census.
        • “1st Company of 50 report, 1855.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1853-1855. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 36)
        • England Marriages, 1538-1973.
        • Find a Grave (Website)
        • "Immigration List," Deseret News, 12 September 1855, 214.
        • Isle of Man, Births and Baptisms, 1607-1910.