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1847–1868

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Birth Date
24 February 1826
Death Date
11 March 1911
Gender
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Richard Preator

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  • Traveled with his wife and two children, one of whom died shortly after departure.

Edmund Ellsworth Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 30
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Mary Preator (Age: 31)
  • Mary Salome Preator (Age: 5)
  • Loran Isabella Preator (Age: 2)

Sources

  • Edmund Ellsworth Emigrating Company papers, 1856, Folder contents: (1) Journal, 1856 June-September.
  • "Emigrants for Utah," Deseret News, 6 August 1856, 176.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 6. 
  • Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 7. 
  • John Oakley journal excerpt, 1856 June-August.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 26 September 1856, 26.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger A, p. 252.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 170.
  • Preator, Richard, to Mr Albert Jones, Handcart Veterans Association, 26 August 1907. Handcart Veterans Association, Scrapbook, 1906-1914, fd. 3.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America