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1847–1868

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Birth Date
3 January 1837
Death Date
1922
Gender
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Curtis Edwin Bolton Jr.

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  • The Bolton family initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in 1848 with the Brigham Young Company.  The family included: Curtis Edwin and Rebecca Bunker and their children Ann Booth, Emma Smith, and Edwin Young; Curtis Edwin Jr., a son of Curtis Sr.’s from a previous marriage; and Curtis Sr.’s second wife, Ellen Coil Merritt.    Curtis Sr. served as company clerk.

    His year of death is confirmed by the inscription on his gravestone in California.

Brigham Young Company (1848)

  • Age at Departure: 11

Traveled with

  • Rebecca Back Bolton (Age: 38)
  • Curtis Edwin Bolton Sr. (Age: 35)
  • Ellen Coil Bolton (Age: 19)
  • Ann Booth Bolton (Age: 7)
  • Emma Smith Bolton (Age: 6)
  • Edwin Young Bolton (Age: 2)

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census, Salt Lake County.
  • Curtis Edwin Bolton letter to Curtis Bolton, 9 Oct. 1848 in Curtis Edwin Bolton: Pioneer, Missionary, History, Descendants and Ancestors (1968), compiled by Cleo H. Evans, 153q-153r.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • First 100, report, 1848 June.