• Rachel was from England. She traveled with her daughter Mary Matilda. According to 1860 census records, Rachel lived in the household of Alfred Cumming in Utah. Her birth date and death date are confirmed by the inscriptions on her gravestone.

John A. Hunt Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 55
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1860 Utah Census.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• "Immigration to Utah," Deseret News, 15 October 1856, 254.
• “John A. Hunt Company report, 1856.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1856-1862. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 49)
• Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 15 December 1856, 10.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 62.