
- Birth Date
- 2 January 1845
- Death Date
- 31 March 1893
- Gender
- Male
Erasmus Peter Marquardson
Evidence from emigration, newspaper, and church (Perpetual Emigrating Fund) records proves he traveled to Utah in 1863. His surname is spelled "Marqvartzen" on the ship passenger list.
A few years later, he crossed the plains again as a teamster for the 1866 Daniel Thompson out-and-back company.
John Riggs Murdock Company (1863)
- Age at Departure: 18
Traveled with
Daniel Thompson Company (1866)
- Age at Departure: 21
Sources
- “Captain Daniel Thompson, memoranda book (2), 1866,” in Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts 1862-1868.
- “Captain Daniel Thompson, memorandum book 1, 1866.” In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains’ accounts 1862-1868.
- "Captain Daniel Thompson's (of Fillmore) Company." In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Wards' accounts 1861-1868, Account book 1866 1868.
- "Died," Deseret News [Weekly], 22 Apr. 1893, 576.