• She was a widow who it appears traveled with Bengt Thulin's family. She may have been a relative (possibly mother or mother-in-law). Her name was spelled "Weseell" in the Mormon Migration database.

  More research is needed to identity her birth and death dates. 

William B. Preston Company (1864)

• Age at Departure: 59

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. 746.