• The company he traveled with was noted in local church financial records.

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

   

James G. Willie Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 26
• Head of Household

Sources

• "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, 9 November 1856, 22.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1848-1886, Ledger B, p. 214.
• Rogerson, Josiah. "Captain J. G. Willie's Or, the Fourth Handcart Company of 1856 [No. 1]," Salt Lake Herald, 15 December 1907, [5].
• Saints By Sea: Latter-Day Saint Immigration to America