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1847–1868

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Birth Date
5 June 1846
Death Date
27 January 1936
Gender
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Emma Eckersley

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  • Evidence from emigration and church (Perpetual Emigrating Fund) records proves the Eckersley family traveled to Utah in 1863.

    The Wellsville Ward financial records confirm that she was traveling in this company.

John Riggs Murdock Company (1863)

  • Age at Departure: 17

Traveled with

  • Joseph Eckersley (Age: 54)
  • Alice Barlow Eckersley (Age: 47)
  • Sophia Elizabeth Eckersley (Age: 15)
  • Mary Ann Eckersley (Age: 13)
  • Martha Eckersley (Age: 11)
  • Elizabeth Eckersley (Age: 8)
  • Alice Eckersley (Age: 3)

Sources

  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund Ledger Index, [1992, 2013].
  • Stoddard, Emma Eckersley, [Autobiography excerpts], in Mary Ellen Stoddard Smith and Kathryn Stoddard Hunt, Fig Tree in Zion [1982], 7.
  • "Wellsville Ward, Persons Who Emigrated by P.E.F. Belonging to this Ward," Wellsville Ward financial records, 1859-1882, Volume 1:85-90.