• The family sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Horizon.

Edward Martin Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 29
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1900 Utah Census.
• Albert Jones notes, circa 1906.
• "Death of John Jaques." Salt Lake Tribune, 2 June 1900, p. 2.
• Elizabeth H. Kingsford autobiographical sketch, undated.
• Find a Grave
• Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 7. 
• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• Jaques, J[ohn]., [Letter], Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 18 Apr. 1857, 254-55.
• Jaques, John, [Minutes of meeting at Devil's Gate, 9 November 1856], in John Jaques, Collection, 1846-1920.
• Jones, Albert, Address, Handcart Veterans Association, 4 Oct. 1906. Handcart Veterans Association, Scrapbook, 1906-1914, fd 1.
• Joseph Beecroft, Journals 1844-1882, Volume 6, 1856 March-1859 April.
• Josiah Rogerson, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 24 November 1907.
• Josiah Rogerson, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 27 October 1907, 21.
• Josiah Rogerson, "Strong Men, Brave Women and Sturdy Children Crossed the Wilderness Afoot," Salt Lake Tribune, 4 January 1914.
•   Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 30 November 1856, 7, 60.
• Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Volume 1.
• Patience L. Archer reminiscences, undated, 57-92.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 260.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• Stella Jaques Bell, Life History and Writings of John Jaques: Including a Diary of the Martin Handcart Company (Rexburg, Idaho: Ricks College Press, 1978), 118-22, 129, 134-37, 140-41, 143-44, 150.  
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