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1847–1868

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Birth Date
25 July 1808
Death Date
2 January 1877
Gender
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William Orton

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  • Husband of Hannah and father of Harriet and William O.  The Ortons crossed the Atlantic on the ship William Tapscott in 1859, then crossed the plains in 1861 with financial assistance from the Perpetual Emigrating Fund.  

Ira Eldredge Company (1861)

  • Age at Departure: 52
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Hannah Orton (Age: 58)
  • Harriet Victoria Orton (Age: 21)
  • William Owen Orton (Age: 16)

Sources

  • 1870 Utah Census, Iron County.
  • "Died," Deseret News [Weekly], 7 Feb. 1877, 16.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Lundgren, Carolyn, e-mail communication, 22 Apr. 2005.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger C, p. 113.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
  • William H. Miles diary, 1861 July-August and 1862 May-July, fd. 2, 8A-8G.