• Traveling alone, Mary arrived in New York on 5 July 1866 via the ship American Congress, using her maiden name. The ship manifest lists her as a "spinster," but she was actually a widow, and she traveled alone.

  She was rebaptized in the Salt Lake City 13th Ward on 30 November 1866, where her birth date is recorded. After her arrival she married John Rider. 

  Her son and parents followed her to the Valley in 1874. 

Daniel Thompson Company (1866)

• Age at Departure: 20

Sources

• 1870 Utah Census.
• 1900 Utah Census.
• “Captain Daniel Thompson, memorandum book 1, 1866.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts 1862-1868.
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
• Thirteenth Ward, Record of Members (CR 375 8, Reel 4792)
• Utah Death Certificates.