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1847–1868

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Birth Date
2 January 1834
Death Date
18 November 1911
Gender
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Everett Clark Van Orden

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  • Everett initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in the Heber C. Kimball Company in 1848. However, he later participated as one of the rescuers that were sent out in the winter of 1856 to assist the members of the Church stranded in Wyoming.

    1900 Census verifies birth month and year.

Heber C. Kimball Company (1848)

  • Age at Departure: 14

Traveled with

  • John Milton Bernhisel (Age: 49)
  • Julia Ann Bernhisel (Age: 42)
  • Elizabeth Bernhisel (Age: 18)
  • Sarah Louisa Van Orden (Age: 11)
  • Marie Antoinette Van Orden (Age: 10)
  • John Milton Bernhisel (Age: 1)

Rescue Companies (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 22

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census.
  • 1900 Utah Census, Cache County.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • "Names of Persons Who Volunteer to Go as Teamsters" in Offerings for the assistance of the P. E. F. immigrants, 1856 October in Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.
  • Norton Jacob reminiscence and journal, 1844 May-1852 January, 110-115.