• Circumstantial evidence from census, and church records proves that Lydia and her father Younger McCauslin traveled to Utah in 1850.

  Birth date confirmed by Utah Stake City Ward records at the time of a rebaptism on 9 October 1853. Later records are under a married name of Young.

Company Unknown (1850)

• Age at Departure: 16

Sources

• 1850 Utah Census.
• "Another Veteran Gone," Deseret Evening News , 19 July 1899, 2.
• "Death of Mrs. Lydia Young," Salt Lake Tribune , 20 July 1899, 7.
• Provo Utah Central Stake general minutes, 1849-1977, Volume 9, 1849-1858, 1866-1872 (Utah Stake City Branch record of members).