• Church History
  • Publications
    • Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days
    • Prophets of the Restoration
    • Global Histories
    • Revelations in Context
    • Women of Conviction
    • Joseph Smith Papers
    • Church Historian's Press
    • More
  • Visit
    • Church History Museum
    • Historic Sites
    • Church History Library
  • Research
    • Church History Catalog
    • Missionary Database
    • Pioneer Database
    • Treasures of the Collection
    • Pioneer Resources
  • Quick Links
    • Church History Library
    • Church History Museum
    • Church Historic Sites
    • Church History Catalog
    • Church Historian’s Press
    • Joseph Smith Papers
    • Missionary Database
    • Pioneer Database

Pioneer Database

1847–1868

Home Companies Switch to Keyword Search
Date Unknown

Date Unknown

Birth Date
28 August 1857
Death Date
15 November 1921
Gender
Male
Family Search logo

View this Person on FamilySearch

William Austin

Facebook Twitter Print Mail
Find this person in FamilySearch Find this person in Mormon Migration
  • The Austin family sailed to America in 1868 on the ship Minnesota.

    The obituary of John Austin confirms the family’s travel to Utah in 1868.

    Documented with his family in Lehi by a rebaptism in the Lehi Ward on 4 October 1868.

Joseph S. Rawlins Company (1868)

  • Age at Departure: 10

Traveled with

  • John Austin (Age: 45)
  • Emma Austin (Age: 41)
  • Parley Pratt Austin (Age: 15)
  • Heber Charles Austin (Age: 13)
  • Sarah Emma Austin (Age: 10)
  • Juliet Austin (Age: 8)
  • Annie Marie Austin (Age: 5)
  • Mark Austin (Age: 3)
  • Thomas Herbert Austin (Age: 2)
  • John Ezra Austin (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • 1870 Utah Census, Utah County.
  • "Captain Joseph S. Rawlins, list of passengers, 1868." In Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts 1861-1868, Captains' accounts 1862-1868. (CR 376 8, Box 2, Folder 7)
  • "John Austin. One of Lehi's Pioneers Laid to Rest." Lehi Banner, 21 February 1907, 1.
  • Lehi Ward, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger D, p. 6.
  • Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.