• The family sailed to America in 1856 on the ship Thornton.

James G. Willie Company (1856)

• Age at Departure: 27
• Head of Household
• Died en Route

Sources

• James G. Willie Emigrating Company journal, 1856 May-November, 16-53.
• Marilyn Austin Smith, Faithful Stewards--the Life of James Gray Willie and Elizabeth Ann Pettit, 95-120.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 208.