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1847–1868

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Birth Date
12 July 1854
Death Date
13 August 1897
Gender
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Batel Harmon Esklund

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  • Evidence from emigration, Church (Perpetual Emigrating Fund), and newspaper records proves the Esklund family traveled to Utah in 1863. In some sources the surname is spelled "Eskelund."  They sailed to America in 1863 on the ship B. S. Kimball. 

    In some sources the family's surname is spelled "Eskelund."   The ship manifest lists his given name as "Bathel."  

Company Unknown (1863)

  • Age at Departure: 9

Traveled with

  • Lars Petter Esklund (Age: 45)
  • Brita Kajsa Batelsson Esklund (Age: 41)
  • Anna Marie Christena Esklund (Age: 15)
  • Hans Petter Esklund (Age: 12)
  • Catherine Elizabeth Esklund (Age: 6)
  • Emma Johanna Esklund (Age: 3)
  • Louis Cardigad Esklund (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • 1870 Utah Census.
  • 1880 Utah Census.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.