• The obituary of his granddaughter, Maria Elizabeth Hess, incorrectly states that her crippled grandfather, Joachim Dietschweiler, crossed the plains by handcart in 1860; actually he traveled with the William Budge Wagon Company of this same year.  His surname is "Dietchwyler" and "Diethelm" on the various rosters.

   

William Budge Company (1860)

• Age at Departure: 66

Sources

• “Emigration list for Spring, 1860.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1856-1862, (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 56).
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.
• "The Immigration," Deseret News, 22 August 1860, 197.