• William came with his wife Julia and son William Jr. from Scotland in 1860 on the ship William Tapscott.

  He served as Captain of the company. He is the brother of Thomas.

William Budge Company (1860)

• Age at Departure: 32
• Company Captain
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1870 Utah Census, Cache County.
• Anthon H. Lund, Scandinavian Jubilee Album (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1900).
• Bodily, Robert, Journal, in Library of Congress, Collection of Mormon diaries [1935-1938], reel 2, item 4, 9-11.
• Budge, Jesse R. S., [Reminiscences], in Our Pioneer Heritage , 20 vols. [1958-77], 4:64-65.
• Budge, William, to Brigham Young, 30 Sept. 1860, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, reel 37, box 27, fd. 9.
• Budge, William, to George Q. Cannon, 3 Aug. 1860, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, reel 37, box 27, fd. 9.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• Johnson, Joel Hills, Reminiscences and journals, 1835-1882, reel 1, fd. 2, 27-33.
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Supplement after 31 December 1860, 49.
• Kidman, Alta Budge, "The Life of William Budge," in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 6:160.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger A, p. 359.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• "The Immigration," Deseret News, 22 August 1860, 197.
• Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.