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1847–1868

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9 March 1844
Death Date
18 April 1942
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Robert Bodily Jr.

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  • The Bodily family sailed to America in 1860 on the ship Alacrity.

     

William Budge Company (1860)

  • Age at Departure: 16

Traveled with

  • Robert Bodily Sr. (Age: 44)
  • Jane Bodily (Age: 43)
  • William Bodily (Age: 19)
  • James Bodily (Age: 13)
  • Mary Ann Bodily (Age: 11)
  • Edwin Bodily (Age: 8)
  • Joseph Bodily (Age: 6)
  • Jane Elizabeth Bodily (Age: 4)
  • Emma Sarah Bodily (Age: 2)
  • Lucy Matilda Bodily (Age: Infant)

William B. Preston Company (1864)

  • Age at Departure: 20
  • Out-and-Back Teamster

Sources

  • 1900 United States Federal Census.
  • Bodily, Robert, Journal, in Library of Congress, Collection of Mormon diaries [1935-1938], reel 2, item 4, 14-17.
  • Bodily, Robert, Journal, in Library of Congress, Collection of Mormon diaries [1935-1938], reel 2, item 4, 9-11.
  • "Captain William B. Preston, memorandum book, 1864," Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains' accounts 1862-1868.
  • “Captain William B. Preston Company (first ox train), manifest, 1864.” Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts, 1862-1868.
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  • “Freight Manifests, 1864, 1868.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Freight manifests, 1861-1868, p. 12-31. (CR 376 8, Box 1, Folder 4)
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1860, 50.
  • "Robert Bodily Pioneer On Two Continents," Vernal Express, 20 August 1942, 1.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
  • "The Immigration," Deseret News, 22 August 1860, 197.