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        1847–1868

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        Birth Date
        15 December 1814
        Death Date
        16 October 1856
        Gender
        Male
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        John Roberts

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        • He sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Thornton.

        James G. Willie Company (1856)

        • Age at Departure: 41
        • Head of Household
        • Died en Route

        Traveled with

        • Mary Roberts (Age: 44)

        Sources

        • "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
        • James G. Willie Emigrating Company journal, 1856 May-November, 16-53.
        • 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, 2.
        • Marilyn Austin Smith, Faithful Stewards--the Life of James Gray Willie and Elizabeth Ann Pettit, 95-120.
        • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 200.
        • Rogerson, Josiah. "Captain J. G. Willie's Or, the Fourth Handcart Company of 1856 [No. 1]," Salt Lake Herald, 15 December 1907, [5].