• John, his wife Ann, children Harriet Isabella, John Thomas and Ellen came from England in 1864 on the ship Monarch of the Sea.

  His birth date is confirmed by the death certificate.

John Riggs Murdock Company (1864)

• Age at Departure: 42
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1870 Utah Census, Millard County.
• “Captain John R. Murdock Company (first mule train), manifests, 1864.” Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts, 1862-1868. (CR 376 8, Box 1, Folder 10)
• Find a Grave (Website)
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 26 August 1864, 1B.
• "List of Passengers," Deseret News [Weekly], 10 August 1864, 361.
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
• "Obituary," Millard County Progress, 7 May 1909, 1.
• Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.