• The family sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Horizon. Their travel to Utah in 1856 is confirmed by the obituary of James.

   

Edward Martin Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 4

Sources

• Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 6. 
• Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 7. 
• James G. Bleak journal, 1854 February-1860 February.
• Josiah Rogerson, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 27 October 1907, 21.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 30 November 1856, 66.
• "Obituary.  James G. Bleak," Washington County News, 7 February 1918, 1.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 230
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America