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1847–1868

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Birth Date
22 September 1856
Death Date
6 November 1940
Gender
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John William Heder

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  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund records indicate the Heder family traveled to Utah in 1863. Various sources give different birth years: 1855, 1856 and 1858. 1856 is the most common.

    The family sailed to America in 1863 on the ship B. S. Kimball.

Company Unknown (1863)

  • Age at Departure: 6

Traveled with

  • Christina Nilsson Heder (Age: 48)
  • John Olofson Heder (Age: 36)
  • Erik Gustave Heder (Age: 17)
  • Maria Sophia Heder (Age: 12)

Sources

  • Arizona Death Certificate.
  • Millcreek Ward, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger C, p. 627.
  • Schade, Mary Sophia, Autobiographical sketch, in Genealogical Charts and Biographical Sketches of Members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake , 26 vols., 4:18-19.