• Edward and his wife and their 4 children came from England on the ship Caravan in 1856.

  His travel to Utah is confirmed by his daughter's obituary.

Israel Evans Company (1857)

• Age at Departure: 41
• Head of Household

Sources

• 1851 England and Wales Census.
• 1860 Utah Census.
• 1870 Utah Census.
• 1880 Utah Census.
• 1900 Utah Census.
• England Marriages, 1538-1973.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913).
• Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 6. 
• Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 7. 
• "Mrs. Elizabeth Batchelor," Deseret News , 20 Jan. 1939, 19.
• "Nephi Old Folks Entertained," Salt Lake Herald, 4 March 1900, 5. 
• "Nephi.  Old Folks' Annual Reunion in Second Ward,"  Deseret Evening News, 3 March 1900, 7.
• Utah Applications Indian war Service Medals, 1905-1912