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1847–1868

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Birth Date
6 November 1846
Death Date
21 July 1915
Gender
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Ellen Pucell

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  • The family sailed to America in 1856 on the ship "Horizon."  In some sources her given name is listed as "Nellie."

     

Edward Martin Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 9

Traveled with

  • Margaret Pucell (Age: 54)
  • Samuel Pucell (Age: 51)
  • Eliza Pucell (Age: 25)
  • Margaret Augusta Pucell (Age: 14)
  • Robert Pucell (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 7. 
  • Josiah Rogerson, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 24 November 1907.
  • 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, 70.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 238.