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1847–1868

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Birth Date
25 December 1836
Death Date
13 September 1885
Gender
Male
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Ole Christian Tellessen

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  • The company he traveled with was noted in local church financial records.

William B. Preston Company (1864)

  • Age at Departure: 27

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)
  • "List of Passengers," Deseret News, 17 August 1864, 369.
  • Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Volume 1.
  • New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger C, p. 738.
  • Tellefsen, Ole Christian, Diaries 1852-1885.