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1847–1868

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Birth Date
8 August 1834
Death Date
25 March 1905
Gender
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William Gurney

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  • Evidence from emigration, church (Perpetual Emigrating Fund), and Church financial records proves he traveled to Utah in 1854.  It is also likely, from information in these records, that he traveled with the William Empey company.

William Empey Company (1854)

  • Age at Departure: 19

Sources

  • "Died," Improvement Era, May 1905, 555-556.
  • Gardner, Hamilton. History of Lehi: Including a Biographical Section (Salt Lake City: The Lehi Pioneer Committee, 1913), 389.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger A, p. 114.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 48.