• The Crane family arrived in New York on 5 July 1866 via the ship American Congress. According to the ship roster, eight of their children made the overseas journey with John and Sarah. Though the Thompson company records only list heads of household, it also records that John purchased 8 adult food rations, inferring that the family continued on together for the overland journey as well.

  PEF records also lists specific children, confirming the family stayed together the entire journey.

Daniel Thompson Company (1866)

• Age at Departure: 14

Sources

• 1900 Utah Census, Salt Lake County.
• “Captain Daniel Thompson, memorandum book 1, 1866.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts 1862-1868.
• Crane, Henry, [Autobiography], in Our Pioneer Heritage, 20 vols. [1958-77], 19:409-10.
• Crane, Henry, Transcription of journal. (Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.)
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 348.