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1847–1868

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Birth Date
1 September 1818
Death Date
16 November 1857
Gender
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Thomas Evans

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  • He traveled with his mother, Hannah, and his wife and children.  The family sailed to America in 1856 on the ship S. Curling.

    His son, Joseph, born in 1855, was on the ship with the family, but died in Iowa before the company departed for Utah.

Edward Bunker Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 37
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Hannah Evans (Age: 71)
  • Mary Evans (Age: 25)
  • Thomas Evans (Age: 10)
  • Emma Evans (Age: 7)
  • Hyrum Evans (Age: 6)
  • Elizabeth Evans (Age: 3)

Sources

  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Hyde, Elizabeth Lane, "Autobiagraphy [sic] of Elizabeth L. Hyde," Woman's Exponent , 15 Aug. 1896, 29.
  • "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2 October 1856, 10.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger A, p. 296.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 180.