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1847–1868

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Birth Date
23 December 1804
Death Date
19 June 1880
Gender
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Abraham Rivers

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  • Abraham, his wife Hannah, daughter Ann and granddaughter Selina came form England in 1866 on the ship American Congress.

    The Deseret News record indicates he was traveling with his wife and daughter, but the handwritten record also indicates that his granddaughter Selena was also traveling with them.

John D. Holladay Company (1866)

  • Age at Departure: 61
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Hannah Rivers (Age: 57)
  • Ann Rivers (Age: 27)
  • Selena Rivers (Age: 6)

Sources

  • Captain John D. Holladay, accounts, 1866.
  • “Captain John D. Holladay, receipts, 1866.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts 1862-1868.
  • Charles Neal, Life sketch, reel 15, box 21, fd. 9, item 10
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • "Passenger List," Deseret News, 19 September 1866, 333.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 337.
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
  • White, Thomas H., "Biography of Thomas Henry White: Written, In Part, by Himself, Finished by His Daughter, Lucy Agness Pace."