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1847–1868

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Birth Date
13 July 1823
Death Date
17 July 1903
Gender
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Hopkin Mathews

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  • The Hopkin family sailed to America in 1856 on the ship S. Curling.              

    His birth and death dates are confirmed by the inscription on his gravestone.

Edward Bunker Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 32
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Margaret Mathews (Age: 34)
  • Elizabeth Mathews (Age: 11)
  • Mary Mathews (Age: 9)
  • Margaret Mathews (Age: 7)
  • Joan Mathews (Age: 4)
  • Alma Morris Mathews (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Hopkin Mathews, Biographical sketches, 1891-2013. 
  • "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2 October 1856, 9.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Find, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger A, p. 293.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 186.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America