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1847–1868

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Birth Date
7 October 1854
Death Date
1 April 1921
Gender
Female
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Ellen Gibbons Cunningham

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  • The Cunningham family sailed to America in 1863 on the ship Cynosure.

    Evidence from emigration and church (Perpetual Emigrating Fund) records proves that they traveled to Utah in 1863.

    Her surname is "Wheelwright" on her death certificate and gravestone.  Her death certificate confirms her death date, and the inscription on her gravestone confirms her birth and death dates.

Thomas E. Ricks Company (1863)

  • Age at Departure: 8

Traveled with

  • Ellen Cunningham (Age: 39)
  • Robert Burns Cunningham (Age: 35)
  • Robert Burns Cunningham (Age: 35)
  • Thomas Cunningham (Age: 11)
  • Robert Cartwright Cunningham (Age: 6)
  • Margaret Cunningham (Age: 5)
  • Lewis Cartmill Cunningham (Age: 3)
  • Henry Carkwill Cunningham (Age: 1)

Sources

  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
  • Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.