• Gottlieb, his wife Elizabeth, children Godfried, Lissette and Johannes came from Switzerland in 1864 on the ship Hudson.  His wife and children all died on the trail.

  His surname is spelled "Wefenegger" on the roster and his name is "Gottlieb Nieffenegger" on Find A Grave website.

William Hyde Company (1864)

• Age at Departure: 31
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1880 Idaho Census.
• 1900 Idaho Census.
• John T. Gerber journal, Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 26 October 1864, 3-9.
• "List of Immigrants," Deseret News, 19 October 1864, 2.
• Smith, John Lyman, Autobiography and diaries 1846-1895, fd. 5, 1-5.
• Smith, John Lyman, Diary in John Lyman Smith, Papers, 1845-1875, vol. 2, 102-117.