• James and his brother Lorenzo came from England in 1862 on the ship Manchester.

  Evidence from emigration and church (Perpetual Emigrating Fund) records proves he traveled to Utah in 1862.

John Riggs Murdock Company (1862)

• Age at Departure: 22
• Head of Household

Sources

• Find a Grave
• Joseph W. Young, "Report of the Immigration," Deseret News, 17 September 1862, 93.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger C, p. 429.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.