• Matilda and her sister Eliza sailed to America in 1864 on the ship Monarch of the Sea.

  Birth and death dates are confirmed by her death certificate.  Her name is "Matilda Betz Boswell" on her death certificate.  She married Abraham Boswell.

John Riggs Murdock Company (1864)

• Age at Departure: 20
• Head of Household

Sources

• Captain John R. Murdock Company (first mule train), manifests, 1864.
• 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.