• In 1853 George traveled with his daughter Elizabeth Waugh McCord and her adopted daughter.  They crossed the Atlantic on the ship International.  In 1856 Waugh was a returning missionary.

  George was rebaptized in Salt Lake City on 5 February 1854.  The Salt Lake Stake Record of Members in which this ordinance was recorded, shows his name as "George Pedan."  The 1856 Utah census shows his name as "George P. Waugh."

Jacob Gates Company (1853)

• Age at Departure: 64
• Head of Household

Edward Martin Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 67

Sources

• 1856 Utah Census.
• Christopher Arthur Emigrating Company journal, 1853 February-October.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• Jacob Gates Company report, 1853 September 11, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
• John W. Southwell autobiographical sketch, 1912 September 28.
• 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.
•  Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 30 November 1856, 7, 75.
• Rogerson, Josiah, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856 [No. 10]," Salt Lake Herald , 8 Dec. 1907.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• Salt Lake Stake Record of Members, 1848-1917.
• Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.