• The family’s journey to America on the ship Athenia in 1862 and their travel to Utah with the 1862 John Murdock Company is confirmed by the obituary of Bertha.

  In some sources, his given name is listed as "Jens." 

John Riggs Murdock Company (1862)

• Age at Departure: 7

Sources

• 1880 Utah Census.
• European Mission emigration records, Scandinavian Mission, 1852-1920.
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger C, p. 182.
• "Pioneer Woman Funeral Service in Hyrum Friday," The Journal, 14 April 1927, p. 8.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America