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1847–1868

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Birth Date
2 August 1830
Death Date
21 February 1917
Gender
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George Meldrum

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  • He was a captain of ten. The book, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, incorrectly states that he traveled to Utah in the Edward Martin and Daniel Tyler Handcart Company.

Daniel Robison Company (1860)

  • Age at Departure: 29
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Jean Meldrum (Age: 35)
  • John Barcley Meldrum (Age: 11)
  • David Meldrum (Age: 8)
  • James Lowe Meldrum (Age: 6)
  • George Meldrum (Age: 4)
  • William Barclay Meldrum (Age: 1)

Sources

  • “Emigration list for Spring, 1860.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1856-1862, p. 7-10. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 56)
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913), 1031.
  • "George Meldrum, 86, Provo Pioneer, Dies," Salt Lake Tribune, 22 February 1917, 3.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1860, 13, 14.
  • "Local News: Names of Emigrants," The Mountaineer, 18 August 1860, 206.
  • Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Volume 1.
  • New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
  • "The Immigration," Deseret News, 15 August 1860, 189.