Date Unknown
- Birth Date
- 19 June 1849
- Death Date
- 7 May 1903
- Gender
- Female
Emily Reid McNeil
The McNeil family arrived in New York on 14 June 1856 via the ship Thornton. As indicated in Margaret's autobiography, their intent was to travel across the plains with one of the handcart companies that year but their plans changed when they were advised to travel to St. Louis and remain there until the next emigration season. They ended up crossing the plains in 1859. In Utah she married Henry Ballard. Further research is needed to identify the name of the company they traveled with.
Some sources still erroneously indicate that they traveled with a handcart company in 1856 but her brother was born at Genoa, Nance Nebraska in January 1859.
Company Unknown (1859)
- Age at Departure: 9