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1847–1868

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20 May 1844
Death Date
29 January 1920
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William Ashdown

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  • Sources from emigration, newspaper, and church (Perpetual Emigration) records prove that the Ashdown family came to Utah in 1861.  His birth and death dates are confirmed by his death certificate.

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

Ira Eldredge Company (1861)

  • Age at Departure: 17

Traveled with

  • Richard Ashdown Sr. (Age: 47)
  • Ann Ashdown (Age: 39)
  • Richard Ashdown Jr. (Age: 15)
  • Mary Ann Ashdown (Age: 7)
  • Benjamin James Ashdown (Age: 3)

Sources

  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • "Richard Ashdown Dead", Davis County Clipper , 1902, 10-3.
  • Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.