• Christian and his five children arrived in New York on 11 June 1866 via the ship The Caroline. Although overland company records only list Christian, as head of household, the notation that he purchased six adult food rations indicates that his children were with him for that part of the journey as well.

Daniel Thompson Company (1866)

• Age at Departure: 46
• Head of Household

Sources

• “Captain Daniel Thompson, memoranda book (2), 1866,” in Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts 1862-1868.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 360.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America