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1847–1868

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22 August 1842
Death Date
15 June 1883
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William Smith Grant

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  • William initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in the Brigham Young Company in 1848 as indicated by the 1850 Utah Census and New FamilySearch/Family Tree. 

    At the end of a mission, he traveled home with the Joseph S. Rawlins Company in 1868 as indicated in the Deseret Evening News Article on 20 August 1868.

Brigham Young Company (1848)

  • Age at Departure: 5

Traveled with

  • George Davis Grant (Age: 35)
  • Elizabeth Grant (Age: 32)
  • Thalia Grant (Age: 11)
  • George Wilson Grant (Age: 9)
  • Josephine Grant (Age: 3)
  • Don Carlos Grant (Age: 1)

Joseph S. Rawlins Company (1868)

  • Age at Departure: 25
  • Returning Missionary

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census.
  • "Captain Joseph S. Rawlins, list of passengers, 1868." In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains' accounts 1862-1868. (CR 376 8, Box 2, Folder 7)
  • Early Missionary Database
  • "Elders Arrived," Deseret Evening News, 20 Aug. 1868, 3.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • "First 100, report, 1848 June" in Camp of Israel schedules and reports 1845-1849, Brigham Young's 1848 emigration division.
  • Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Volume 1.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America