• His middle initial is listed as a "V," in the Mormon Migration database. However, it is listed as a "W," in the company manifest, and the "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," collection on Ancestry.com.

  More research is needed to identify Ernest's birth and death dates.

William B. Preston Company (1864)

• Age at Departure: 7

Sources

• “Captain William B. Preston Company (first ox train), manifest, 1864.” Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts, 1862-1868.
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.