• Her birth and death dates are confirmed by her obituary. Although her son, James, traveled with the family as far as Iowa City, he left the company before it set out and returned to England (see Preston Guardian, Nov. 29, 1856 and Dec. 6, 1856).

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

Edward Martin Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 52
• Head of Household

Sources

• "A Brief Sketch of the Life of Mary Rogerson." Southern Utonian, 7 September 1888, p. 2.
• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• Josiah Rogerson, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, 17 November 1907, 14.
• 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, 3 November 1907.
• Josiah Rogerson, "Strong Men, Brave Women and Sturdy Children Crossed the Wilderness Afoot," Salt Lake Tribune, 4 January 1914.
• "Obituary," The Southern Utonian , 31 Aug. 1888, [2].
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 254.
• Rogerson, Josiah, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856 [No. 10]," Salt Lake Herald , 8 Dec. 1907.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.