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2 December 1813
Death Date
27 September 1902
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Richard Ashdown Sr.

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  • Richard, his wife Ann, children William, Richard Jr., Mary Ann and Benjamin came from England in 1861 on the ship Manchester.

    Sources from emigration, newspaper, and church (Perpetual Emigration) records prove that the Ashdown family came to Utah in 1861. 

    From the Life of William Neves by Dinah Alice Neves, his daughter puts them in the 1861 Ira Eldredge Company. Found on Ancestry.

Ira Eldredge Company (1861)

  • Age at Departure: 47
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Ann Ashdown (Age: 39)
  • William Ashdown (Age: 17)
  • Richard Ashdown Jr. (Age: 15)
  • Mary Ann Ashdown (Age: 7)
  • Benjamin James Ashdown (Age: 3)

Sources

  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund Ledger Index, [1992, 2013].
  • "Richard Ashdown Dead", Davis County Clipper , 1902, 10-3.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.