Birth Date
    4 September 1835
    Death Date
    8 March 1912
    Gender
    Male

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    William Dewitte Roberts

    • William initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in the Harry Walton/Garden Grove Company in 1851.

      After attempting to earn some money mining and farming in California, William returned to Utah in the Amasa M. Lyman Company of 1855.

      According to the Jensen's Biographical Encyclopedia, William set out in 1859 to find his father, mother, and brothers. He returned to Utah in 1860 with the John Smith Company.

      In 1862, William married Maria Julia Lusk in Missouri and then traveled with her back to Utah in an unknown company.

      "De Witt" is sometimes spelled "Dewitte."

    Harry Walton/Garden Grove Company (1851)

    • Age at Departure: 15

    Amasa M. Lyman Company (1855)

    • Age at Departure: 20

    John Smith Company (1860)

    • Age at Departure: 24

    Company Unknown (1862)

    • Age at Departure: 26
    • Head of Household

    Traveled with

    Rescue Companies (1856)

    • Age at Departure: 21

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