• Alexander initially traveled to Utah in 1852. However, in 1862, he worked as an out-and-back teamster in the John R. Murdock train. He also acted as clerk of that company.

  Birth date is confirmed by West Jordan Ward records at the time of a rebaptism on 3 October 1852.

Isaac M. Stewart Company (1852)

• Age at Departure: 20

John Riggs Murdock Company (1861)

• Age at Departure: 29

Sources

• Robertson, Alexander, Autobiography and genealogy of Alexander Robertson . . . 1916.
• Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
• West Jordan Ward, Record of Members.