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1847–1868

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Birth Date
28 February 1808
Death Date
24 October 1856
Gender
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William James

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  • The family sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Thornton.  Their youngest child, Jane James, born 9 September 1855, died during their ocean voyage.

James G. Willie Company (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 48
  • Head of Household
  • Died en Route

Traveled with

  • Jane James (Age: 41)
  • Sarah James (Age: 18)
  • Emma James (Age: 17)
  • Reuben James (Age: 14)
  • Mary Ann James (Age: 11)
  • Martha James (Age: 10)
  • George James (Age: 7)
  • John Parley James (Age: 3)

Sources

  • Dixon, Loleta Wiscombe, [Willie Handcart Company and William James].
  • "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
  • James G. Willie Emigrating Company journal, 1856 May-November, 16-53.
  • Josiah Rogerson, "Captain J. G. Willie's Or, the Fourth Handcart Company of 1856 [No. 1]," Salt Lake Herald, 15 December 1907, 5.
  • 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,  November 1856,  24.
  • Marilyn Austin Smith, Faithful Stewards--the Life of James Gray Willie and Elizabeth Ann Pettit, 95-120.
  • Mary Ann James Dangerfield, Autobiographical sketch, reel 4, box 4, fd. 10, item 1, 2-3.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Find, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger A, p. 293.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 216.