• More research is needed to identify Matilda's birth and death dates. She was listed as a spinster in the Mormon Migration database. 

William B. Preston Company (1864)

• Age at Departure: 35
• Head of Household

Sources

• “Captain William B. Preston Company (first ox train), manifest, 1864.” Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts, 1862-1868.
• "List of Passengers," Deseret News, 17 August 1864, 369.
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger C, p. 343.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger C, p. 780.