• Birth year confirmed by Sugarhouse Ward records at the time of a rebaptism on 22 April 1866. This record also indicates that he was born in England to James Surridge and Ann Bailaf.

  His obituary indicates that he came to Utah as early as 1855, but the earliest we have record of him is in 1862. His death date is confirmed by obituary.

William H. Dame Freight Train (1862)

• Age at Departure: 33

Sources

• “List of persons in W. H. Dame’s freight train, Ft. Laramie, 1862 September 1.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1856-1862. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 58)
• "Names of Immigrants," Deseret News, 24 September 1862, 2.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger C, p. 545.
• "Salt Lake Sensation," Ogden Standard Examiner , 16 Nov. 1891, 1.
• Sugarhouse Ward, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
• "Surridge," The Saints Herald, 6 March 1918, 246.