• Orphan William traveled from England on the ship, Hudson in 1864 with his grandmother, Mary Tokelove Chesson and his orphaned cousin, Emma Billings. 

  The Billings/Chesson family traveled in an independent company comprising ten wagons that stayed close to the Hyde company for protection.

Company Unknown (1864)

• Age at Departure: 12

Sources

• 1861, England Census.
• 1870 Utah Census.