• He sailed to America in 1851 on the ship Ellen."

Joshua Grant Freight Train (1851)

• Age at Departure: 20

Sources

• Andrew Jenson, "Thomson, George," Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, Volume 3 (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Andrew Jenson History Company, 1971), 265-66.
• Find a Grave
• "Obituary," The Journal, 20 July 1918, p. 5.
• "Registry of Names of Persons Residing in the Various Wards as to Bishops' Reports, Great Salt Lake City, Dec. 28th, A.D. 1852" in Key to Migration Sources, Great Britain and North America: A Manual for Students Attending the Second Annual Priesthood Genealogical Research Seminar, June 19-23, 1967 (Provo: Brigham Young University Division of Continuing Education, 1967), edited by Norman Edgar Wright. 
• "Richmond," The Journal, 20 July 1918, p. 5.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America