Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868

Our Pioneer Ancestors




Joseph Horne Company (1862)
 
Departure: 27 July 1862
Arrival: 1 October 1862

Company Information:
570 individuals and 52 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha)
Here is a list of Trail Excerpts from the Joseph Horne Company (1862)
The Hans and Olive Nelson Family were among the 570 Individuals in this company.




Unidentified Companies (1848)
 
Departure: unknown
Arrival: unknown

Company Information: List of Individuals

Here is a list of Trail Excerpts from the Unidentified Companies (1848)


Evidence from land records proves the Porter family traveled to Utah in 1848

James Buchanan Porter
Elizabeth Slaughterback Porter 
Elizabeth Sophia Porter
George Porter
James Henry Porter
Martha Jane Porter


Thomas C.D. Howell Company (1852)
 
Departure: 7 June 1852
Arrival: 2, 11-12, 27 September 1852

Company Information:
293 individuals plus 10 families and about 65 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs).

Here is a list of Trail Excerpts from the Thomas C.D.Howell Company (1852)

Mary Ann Leslie crossed the plains with her little brother and little sister. They were among the 293 Individuals in this company.
 
Mary Ann Leslie (17)
Helen Leslie (16)
Andrew Franklin Leslie (13)







Unidentified Companies (1854)
 
Departure: unknown
Arrival: unknown
 
Company Information: List of Individuals
Here is a list of Trail Excerpts from the Unidentified Company (1854)

John and Margeret Kay's Family was among the individuals in this company.

John was killed in a Mining Accident and is buried beside their three children in England

Margaret crossed the Ocean and the Plains with her children in 1854

Margaret and her seven children sailed from Liverpool on the ship, John M. Wood, in the Robert Campbell Company, leaving 12 March 1854 and arriving in New Orleans, sailing up the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers to Council Bluffs, Iowa


Evidence from emigration and church records proves the Kay family traveled to Utah in 1854. After sailing to America in 1854, Margaret Kay and her six oldest children received their patriarchal blessing in Utah in February 1855, proving that they had to have traveled to Utah in 1854.

Margeret Battersby Kay (43)
William Kay (21)
John Kay (17)
Thomas Kay (15)
Henry Kay (13)
Martha Kay (11)
James Kay (9)
Margaret Kay (7)


Homer Duncan Company (1862)
 
Departure: 22 July 1862
Arrival: 21-24 September 1862

Company Information:
About 500 individuals were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha).
Here is a List of Trail Excepts from the Homer Duncan Company (1862)

Thomas Partington 65)
Margaret Houghton Partington (53)

William Yates (29)
Mary Partington Yates (21)
Margaret Emily Yates (1)


Homer Duncan Company (1861)
 
Departure: 25 June 1861
Arrival: 13 September 1861

Company Information:
264 individuals and 47 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha).
Here is a  list of Trail Excerpts from the Homer Duncan Company (1861)

Thomas and Margaret Partington's son (Homer Duncan Company 1852)
John Partington (26)
Elizabeth Birchall Partington (26)


Cyrus H. Wheelock Company (1853)
 
Departure: 1-3 June 1853
Arrival: 6-16 October 1853

Company Information:
About 400 individuals and 52 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Keokuk, Iowa. This company included a California company. They crossed the Missouri River on July 11. Here is a list of Trail Excerpts from the Cyrus H. Wheelock Company (1853)

William Edward Kay (22)
Sarah Partington Kay (20)


Jacob F. Secrist/Noah T. Guymon Company (1855)
 
Departure: 13 June 1855
Arrival: 7 September 1855

Company Information:
368 individuals and 58 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Mormon Grove, Kansas (Near Atchison). Jacob F. Secrist died on July 2 and Noah T. Guymon became captain of the company.
Here is a list of Trail Excerpts from the Jacob F. Secrist.Noah T. Guymon Company (1855)
You can also Read a narrative of this company 
.

M. Ellertsen 
Johan Ellertsen (32)
Gertrude Christena Lund Ellertsen (36)
Nickoli Hendrik Peter Ellertsen (9)
Julianna Barbara Ellertsen (7)
Hanne Rosette Ellertsen (5)
Norman Willard Eilertson (Infant) 



John G. Holman Company (1868)
 
Departure: 1 September 1868
Arrival: 25 September 1868

Company Information:
About 650 individuals and 62 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Benton, Wyoming. Read a narrative of this company
Here is a list of Trail Excerpts for the John G. Holman Company (1868)

Curl Ludvig Anderson (32)



William Budge Company (1860)
 
Departure: 20 July 1860
Arrival: 5 October 1860

Company Information:
400 individuals and 55 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha). Here is a list of Trail Excerpts

Jens Nielsen (34)
Ane Margrettie Nielsen (34)












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