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1847–1868

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Birth Date
20 March 1819
Death Date
19 December 1903
Gender
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James Mellor Sr.

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  • The Mellor family crossed the Atlantic on the ship Horizon in 1856.

Edward Martin Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 37
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Mary Ann Mellor (Age: 39)
  • Louisa Clark (Age: 16)
  • Charlotte Elizabeth Mellor (Age: 14)
  • Mary Ann Mellor (Age: 10)
  • James Mellor Jr. (Age: 7)
  • William Charles Mellor (Age: 5)
  • Clara Althera Mellor (Age: 2)
  • Emma Marintha Mellor (Age: 2)

Sources

  • Clark, Louisa Mellor, "History of Louisa Mellor Clark," 3-4. (Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.)
  • Clark, Louisa Mellor, A Record Given at Spring Lake, 1-2.  Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
  • Clark, Louisa Mellor, Reminiscences.  Trail excerpt transcribed from “Pioneer History Collection” available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
  • Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 7. 
  • Historians Office Record of Members (Minnie Margetts file).
  • "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
  • 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, 61.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 252.