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1847–1868

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Birth Date
4 March 1811
Death Date
16 November 1880
Gender
Male
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Knut Olson

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  • His given name was listed as "Knud," on the ship and company manifests.

William B. Preston Company (1864)

  • Age at Departure: 53
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Elna Pehrsson Olson (Age: 47)
  • Anders Olson (Age: 18)
  • James Olson (Age: 16)
  • Niels Olson (Age: 9)
  • Maria Olson (Age: 4)
  • Charles Olson (Age: 2)

Sources

  • “Captain William B. Preston Company (first ox train), manifest, 1864.” Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts, 1862-1868.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913), 1078.
  • "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. 375.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger C, p. 780.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger C, p. 787.