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1847–1868

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Birth Date
10 July 1815
Death Date
19 August 1909
Gender
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Edward Lunt

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  • 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

Traveled with

  • Harriet Lunt (Age: 34)
  • Alfred Lunt (Age: 11)
  • Elizabeth Lunt (Age: 8)
  • Shadrick Lunt (Age: 6)
  • Nephi Lunt (Age: 2)

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