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1847–1868

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Birth Date
29 June 1850
Death Date
31 August 1926
Gender
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William John Holt

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  • The Holt family arrived in New York on 6 July 1866 via the ship Arkwright. Though the overland company records only list heads of household, it records that William's mother, Elizabeth, purchased 3 adult food rations, indicating that her children accompanied her on the overland journey as well.

Daniel Thompson Company (1866)

  • Age at Departure: 15

Traveled with

  • Elizabeth Rhodes Holt (Age: 55)
  • Hannah Holt (Age: 14)

Sources

  • “Captain Daniel Thompson, memorandum book 1, 1866.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts 1862-1868.
  • Holt, William J., [Reminiscences], in Jane Jennings Eldredge, "Records and Historical Sketches of Residents of Davis County, Utah," 9 vols. (1916), 4:118.
  • New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886 Ledger B, p. 353.