Ahmanson, Johan August - (28), b. Sweden His wife and baby traveled in the Hodgett wagon company ![]() |
Allen, William Wilford - (36), b. with Independent Wagons, traveled with Hodgett Company from Ft. Laramie |
Andersen, Christina - (22), b. Denmark Independent Wagons, traveled some with Mortensen family of Willie Company. Her parents died at Mormon Grove, Kansas, before the trek. Married Anders Mortensen of Willie company after trek. ![]() |
Andersen, Niels - (41), b. Denmark ![]() |
Andersen, Mette Hansen (Olsen) (49), wife, Denmark - (49), b. Denmark |
Andersen, (Olsen) Anna - (14), b. daughter of Mette |
Andersen, Anders Nielson - (8), b. |
Anderson, David Patterson - (18), b. England |
Anderson, Maria Kristine Amitzbol - (54), b. Denmark |
Anderson, Johanna Kristine - (29), b. |
Atwood, Millen - (38), b. Connecticut Returning missionary and Sub-captain in the Willie company ![]() ![]() |
Bailey, John - (51), b. England, died November 9, 1856, or soon after the Willie handcart company reached Salt Lake City on that date. ![]() |
Bailey, Elizabeth Haywood Jones - (52), b. England, Elizabeth died October 23/24, 1856, and is buried in the common grave at Rock Creek Hollow, near Atlantic City, Wyoming, with at least 12 other people. ![]() |
Bailey, Mary Elizabeth - (17), b. England Mary Elizabeth sometimes carried her father on her back after he became ill. He died shortly after the Willie handcart company arrived in Salt Lake City Nov. 9, 1856. Ellen Jones, Jacob Jones and Sarah Steed were also with Bailey family. They were Elizabeth Bailey's children from a previous marriage. Jacob did not continue all the way to the Salt Lake Valley. Mary Elizabeth married Sarah's uncle, Thomas Steed. ![]() ![]() |
Bain, May - (22), b. See Marjorie Bain Smith family |
Baker, George Wesley - (18), b. England His family left company at Brushrow Creek, Iowa Links: |
Bayliss, (stillborn) - (0), b. Atlantic Ocean daughter of Hannah Bayliss, born on ship Thornton |
Bird, Mary Ann Fenn - (45), b. England and family ![]() ![]() |
Bird, Ann - (19), b. left company at Homestead, Iowa |
Bird, Sabina - (17), b. left company at Homestead, Iowa |
Bird, Ezra - (15), b. England |
Bird, Martha Ann - (12), b. England ![]() |
Bird, Sarah - (10), b. England ![]() |
Bird, Susannah - (8), b. England |
Bird, William Fred - (5), b. England |
Bodenham, Thomas - (1), b. son of Mary Bodenham, died on ship Thornton |
Booth, Brother - (0), b. from Scotland, friend of James Laird |
Bowles, Edward - (49), b. England and family ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Bowles, Ann Bolton - (54), b. England with husband, Edward Bowles, and two sons, Thomas and Enoch ![]() ![]() |
Bowles, Thomas - (19), b. England Thomas is believed to have carved his name on Independence Rock when the Willie company camped there ![]() ![]() |
Bowles, Enoch - (12), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Boyington, Thomas - (26), b. supply wagon teamster |
Bravandt, Emma - (18), b. Denmark father died at Mormon Grove in 1855 ![]() |
Brazier, George - (21), b. England |
Brazier, John - (19), b. England |
Brittan, Mary Ann Warr - (50), b. England |
Brown, Christina - (26), b. stayed at Ft. Laramie |
Bryant, Ann - (69), b. England died September 26, 1856, between Chimney Rock and Scottsbluff, Nebraska diary of Levi Savage: "Friday 26th Sept 1856. To day we traveled 14 miles, without water. Some of our oxen nearly give out. We camped at Rubadoes olde trading post. When we Stoped at 12 o'clock A.M. Sister Ann Briant, who had been ill some time, but not thought dangerous, was found dead in the wagon, in a Siting posture; appearently asleep. Her age is 70 years next month." |
Burt, Alexander - (19), b. Scotland |
Caldwell, Margaret Ann McFall - (39), b. Ireland married rescuer Nathaniel Bennett ![]() |
Caldwell, Robert John - (16), b. Scotland drove provision wagon ![]() |
Caldwell, Thomas - (14), b. Scotland ![]() ![]() |
Caldwell, Elizabeth - (11), b. Scotland ![]() |
Caldwell, Agnes - (9), b. Scotland Christina McNeil with this family ![]() ![]() |
Campkin, Martha Webb - (35), b. England with Willie company from Florence ![]() ![]() |
Campkin, Wilford George - (8), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Campkin, Francessa (or Frencessa) - (5), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Campkin, Harriet - (4), b. England ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Campkin, Martha Ann - (2), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Campkin, Isaac James, or James Isaac - (7 mos.), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Cantwell, James Sherlock - (42), b. Ireland Independent Wagons, joined Hodgett at Ft. Laramie ![]() |
Cantwell, Elizabeth Cotterell Hamer - (37), b. England ![]() |
Cantwell, Francis Robert - (15), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Cantwell, James - (13), b. England ![]() |
Cantwell, William Hamer - (10), b. England ![]() |
Cantwell, Ellen - (7), b. England ![]() |
Cantwell, Mary Ann - (3), b. St. Louis, Missouri ![]() |
Cantwell, Elizabeth Cotterell - (6 months), b. Missouri ![]() |
Chetwin, Maria - (21), b. |
Chislett, John - (24), b. England married Mary Ann Stockdale of company ![]() ![]() |
Choules, Sarah - (24), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Christensen, Anders - (21), b. originally traveled with Anna Nilson (29) and Christian Christensen (11) of Hodgett Co., on ship Thornton, from Jutland, Denmark |
Christensen, Niels Lars - (27), b. with Independent Wagons |
Cook, Minnie Ann - (35), b. England |
Cooper, Ann Brummel - (36), b. England married Levi Savage of company |
Cooper, Mary Ann - (6), b. England |
Cooper, Adelaide - (4), b. England |
Cooper, Sarah Ann - (2), b. England |
Cox, Theophilus William - (25), b. England He died November 7, Cottonwood Grove, East Canyon Creek. Some records indicate Theophilus was married in 1854 to Cecelia Norris of the company. Some records also indicate that he was engaged to Susannah Stone of the company. |
Crook, Sophia Mason - (65), b. England |
Crook, Eliza - (19), b. England ![]() |
Culley, Benjamin - (60), b. England |
Culley, Elizabeth - (20), b. England |
Culley, Jane Dorothy - (25), b. England |
Cunningham, James - (54), b. Scotland with family ![]() |
Cunningham, Elizabeth N. - (48), b. Scotland ![]() |
Cunningham, Catherine - (17), b. Scotland ![]() |
Cunningham, George - (15), b. Scotland ![]() ![]() |
Cunningham, Elizabeth (Betsy) - (12), b. Scotland ![]() ![]() |
Cunningham, Margaret - (9), b. Scotland ![]() |
Curtis, George - (64), b. England |
Curtis, Rachel - (75), b. died on the ship Thornton |
Dalglish, Margaret - (31), b. Scotland ![]() |
Davenport, Lucinda Melissa - (18), b. Michigan, United States with Siler wagons, left company Oct. 9 at Ft. Laramie, married Stephen Fosdick ![]() |
Dorney, Mary Davis - (64), b. England |
Dorney, Hannah - (25), b. England married rescuer, Joseph Wadley, Nov. 15, 1856 |
Edwick, William - (17), b. returned to Ft. Laramie, Oct. 12 |
Elder, Joseph Benson - (21), b. Indiana, assisted Captain Willie in locating rescuers, also rescuer of Martin company ![]() ![]() |
Empey, Jesse - (31), b. England Died on the plains September 22, 1856 of "scrofula" (company journal) or "ague" (Levi Savage diary) ![]() |
Empey, Mary A. Foulks - (29), b. England |
Empey, William - (9), b. England Died November 7, 1856, near East Canyon Creek, two days before reaching the Salt Lake Valley ![]() |
Empey, James - (6), b. England |
Empey, Mary Ann - (4), b. England |
Empey, Sarah Jane - (9 months), b. England Also spelled Impey |
Evans, Amelia - (18), b. Wales ![]() ![]() |
Findlay, Allen M. (Or Allan) - (26), b. Scotland returning missionary from Bombay, India |
Findlay, Jessie Ireland - (26), b. married on ship |
Findlay, Mary McPherson - (59), b. mother of Allen |
Forbes, Elizabeth Wilkie - (8), b. with Isabelle Wilkie |
Funnel, Elizabeth - (23), b. |
Funnell, Mary Ann Winters - (62), b. |
Gadd, Samuel - (41), b. England with family |
Gadd, Eliza Chapman - (40), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Gadd, Alfred - (20), b. England ![]() |
Gadd, Jane - (17), b. England |
Gadd, William Chapman - (12), b. England |
Gadd, Samuel - (10), b. England |
Gadd, Mary Ann - (8), b. England ![]() |
Gadd, Sarah - (5), b. England |
Gadd, Isaac - (1), b. England twin ![]() |
Gadd, Daniel - (1), b. England twin ![]() |
Gardner, James - (27), b. England with family ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Gardner, Hannah Gubbins - (27), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Gardner, Mary Ann - (6), b. England ![]() |
Gardner, Agnes E. - (5), b. England ![]() |
Gardner, Frederick J. - (3), b. England ![]() |
Gardner, John W. - (1), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Geary, John Thomas - (33), b. England with Independent Wagons, joined Hodgett Company at Ft. Laramie, England ![]() |
Geary, Sophia Fryer - (27), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Geary, Sophia Ann - (3), b. Keokuk campground, Iowa ![]() |
Geary, Echo Workman - (born on trail Dec. 9, 1856), b. Echo Canyon named after Brother Workman, rescuer who assisted ![]() ![]() |
Gibb, James - (67), b. Scotland ![]() |
Gibb, Mary Gordon - (52), b. |
Gillman, Chesterton John - (76), b. England buried Rock Creek ![]() |
Girdlestone, Thomas - (63), b. England Thomas died on October 25, 1856. He is buried near the common grave at Rock Creek Hollow. He is believed to have helped dig that grave the day before he died. |
Girdlestone, Mary Betts - (59), b. England Mary died October 30, 1856, five days after her husband died at Rock Creek Hollow. The Willie company journal recorded: "Thursday, 30th[.] Rolled from Big Sandy to Green River, 11 miles, forded the river and camped on its banks. Many persons were sick & it was late before they were in camp. Bros. Atwood, Woodward & Christiansen staid behind the main body of the camp to urge on the sick & see that none were left behind. Mary Gurdlestone, from Great Melton, Norfolk, England, aged 59 years died in the morning. Joseph Oborn from Bath, Somersetshire, England, aged 43 years died in the evening. A large fire was kindled in the evening, a meeting was held & several of the Brethren addressed the audience." The next day, October 31, ten wagons arrived from Fort Supply and Salt Lake City to assist the Willie company. |
Girdlestone, Emma - (21), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Godfrey, Richard - (21), b. England ![]() |
Greisen, Maren - (26), b. Vensyssel, Jutland, Denmark |
Griffiths, Catherine Mary - (32), b. |
Griffiths, Edward - (25), b. |
Griffiths, Mary Priscilla - (28), b. England ![]() |
Groves, William - (22), b. England |
Gurney, Charles - (39), b. and family |
Gurney, Charlotte - (36), b. |
Gurney, Mary A. - (15), b. |
Gurney, Joseph - (13), b. |
Hailey, William - (67), b. England with wife, died on the trail on September 13. Willie company journal records: "Father William Haley of the Warwickshire Conference in England died this afternoon from general decay of constitution. Sunday 14 Sept. William Haley was buried this morning on our yesterday's camping ground, a grave-board being inscribed with his name, age, and date of death." |
Hailey, Catherine Coles - (63), b. |
Hansen, Maren (or Mary Ann) - (52), b. buried at Florence, her goods distributed to poor; Peter Hansen, (13) and Christian Sorenson (9) traveling with her. |
Hanson, Rasmus - (21), b. "Cassius" on one roster |
Hanson, Nils (or Niels) - (43), b. Denmark Niels and his wife, Anna Catherine, age 42, left the company at Council Bluffs, Iowa. |
Hanson, Anna Catherine - (42), b. wife left the company at Council Bluffs, Iowa |
Hanson, Rasmus Peter - (40), b. Denmark He was with his wife, Anna, also age 40. He died on October 19, 1856. |
Hanson, Anna - (40), b. |
Hanson, Rasmus Peter - (16), b. Denmark Rasmus Peter Hanson was an adopted son with Paul and Lovisa Jacobsen family, He died on November 6, 1856, just three days short of reaching Salt Lake. |
Hardwick, Richard - (63), b. England Richard died on October 21, 1856, somewhere near 6th crossing of Sweetwater. |
Henderson, James - (27), b. Scotland, |
Henderson, Jane Allison McGibbon - (26), b. |
Henderson, James Mitchell - (infant), b. |
Herbert, Ann - (26), b. England mother of Charles, sister of Hannah ![]() ![]() |
Herbert, Charles - (2 yrs., 11 mo.), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Herbert, Hannah - (16), b. England ![]() |
Hill, Emily - (20), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Hill, Julia - (23), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Hill, John - (30), b. England |
Hill, Sarah Dean - (31), b. England |
Hodges, Janetta Layton - (55), b. |
Hodges, Mary Anne - (20), b. England with her mother, Janetta Layton Hodges ![]() |
Hooley (or Holley), Thomas - (20 or 21), b. England |
Howard, Ann - (36), b. England on John Linford’s tent list,. ![]() |
Humphries, George - (45), b. England with family |
Humphries, Harriet Harding - (47), b. England |
Humphries, Edwin - (18), b. England |
Humphries, Ann - (16), b. England |
Humphries, Mary - (14 or 15), b. England married rescuer, Amos Maycock |
Humphries, Elizabeth - (12), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Humphries, Hannah - (9), b. England |
Humphries, Salina - (6), b. England |
Humphries, James - (1), b. England |
Hurren, James - (29), b. England |
Hurren, Eliza Reeder - (26), b. father is David Reeder |
Hurren, Mary - (7), b. England ![]() |
Hurren, Emma - (4), b. England |
Hurren, Sarah - (2), b. England |
Hurren, Selena - (0), b. Iowa City |
Ingra, George - (68), b. England |
Ingra, Elizabeth - (75), b. England |
Jacobson, Paul - (53 or 55), b. from Denmark |
Jacobson, Lovisa (or Luisa) - (53), b. |
Jacobson, Peter - (24 or 29), b. with family |
Jacobson, Anna K. - (32), b. |
Jacobson, Jens Peter - (3), b. |
James, John - (61), b. company journal: "from Whitbourne, Herefordshire, England |
James, William - (38 or 46), b. England |
James, Jane - (41), b. England ![]() ![]() |
James, Sarah - (19), b. England ![]() |
James, Emma Jane - (16), b. England ![]() |
James, Reuben - (13 or 14), b. England ![]() |
James, Mary Ann - (11), b. England ![]() |
James, Martha - (9), b. England ![]() |
James, George - (6), b. England ![]() |
James, John Parley - (5), b. England ![]() |
James, Jane - (8 mo.), b. England |
Jeffry (or Jefferies or Jeffrey), William - (24), b. |
Jensen, Catherine - (18), b. with Peder Mortensen family |
Jensen, Johanna Marie - (21), b. from Vensyssel, with Ole and Maren Mikkelsen |
Jensen, Petrea Caroline - (25), b. Norway joined Willie Co. about Aug 18 |
Jenson, Anders - (47 or 49), b. Denmark |
Jenson, Anna Christensen - (47), b. |
Jenson, Michael - (10), b. Denmark ![]() |
Jenson, Anton - (8), b. Denmark Jenson, Peder C., son, b. 1843, stayed in Denmark |
Jones, Ellen - (6), b. England with John Bailey family |
Jorgensen, Maren (or Maria S.) - (8), b. Denmark Parents Paul & Lovisa Jacobsen |
Jorgensen, Andrew (Anders) - (44), b. Denmark |
Jorgensen, Elizabeth Nielsen - (42), b. Denmark |
Jorgensen, Hans - (12), b. Denmark |
Jorgensen, Maren - (9), b. Denmark ![]() |
Jorgensen, Anna - (6), b. Denmark revived at Rock Creek |
Jorgensen, Jorgen - (3), b. Denmark |
Jorgensen, Christian (or Christen or Christine) - (0), b. |
Jorgensen, Maren (or Maria) S. - (8), b. Denmark with Paul and Lovisa Jacobsen family |
Jost, John A. - (44), b. Halifax, Nova Scoti with Independent Wagons, joined Hodgett at Ft. Laramie |
Jost, Maryann Zwicker, Sr. - (45), b. Canada |
Jost, Catherine Ann, (Kate?) - (15), b. Canada |
Jost, Samuel Edward - (11), b. Lunenburg, Nova Scotia |
Jost, Thomas William - (9), b. Canada |
Jost, Maryann (Minnie?), Jr. - (9), b. Canada |
Jost, Andrew James - (3), b. Canada |
Kay, Margaret - (3), b. daughter of James and Mary Kay, died on ship Thornton, parents did not continue |
Kay (or Key), Rose - (50), b. with family |
Keetch, William Kempton - (44), b. England William Keetch and family traveled with the Willie company from Iowa City to Florence, then dropped out due to sickness in the family and per Captain Willie's advice. His wife died in Florence a few weeks later. His 8-year-old son also died in Florence 2 months later. ![]() |
Keetch, Martha Mae - (10), b. England Martha Mae Keetch (Hollingsworth) continued to Utah later and settled Preston, Idaho. ![]() |
Keetch, Ann Greenwood - (44), b. England The Keetch family stayed in Florence because Ann was ill. She died September 12, 1856, in Florence, one month after the Willie handcart company left there. |
Keetch, Emma - (11), b. England Emma's family remained at Florence in 1856. |
Keetch, Elizabeth - (14), b. England Elizabeth's family remained in Florence in 1856 ![]() |
Keetch, Charles Greenwood - (18), b. England Charles's family remained in Florence in 1856. He continued to Utah in 1861 with the Joseph W. Young wagon company. ![]() |
Keetch, Ann Marie - (1), b. England Ann's mother, Ann Greenwood Keetch, died in Florence, Nebraska Territory, in 1856. The Keetch family did not continue to Utah that year. ![]() |
Keetch, Alfred Greenwood - (16), b. England Alfred's family did not continue from Florence, Nebraska Territory in 1856. ![]() |
Keetch, Jr., William - (8), b. England William's family remained in Florence and did not continue with the Willie handcart company that year. William's mother died September 12, 1856. William died the next month on October 11, 1856. He is buried in Florence. |
Kelley, Barbara - (29), b. |
Kelley, John - (31), b. England with family |
Kelley, Mary Carmichael - (30), b. |
Kelley, John C. - (2), b. England |
Kirby, Honour Watson - (36), b. Norwich, England ![]() |
Kirby, Maria Watson - (14), b. England ![]() |
Kirkpatrick, Elizabeth Ramsey - (31), b. Scotland |
Kirkpatrick, Alexander - (4), b. |
Kirkwood, Margaret Campbell - (47), b. Scotland |
Kirkwood, Robert Campbell - (22), b. Scotland |
Kirkwood, Thomas - (19), b. Scotland |
Kirkwood, James - (11), b. Scotland ![]() |
Kirkwood, Joseph Smith Clements - (4), b. Scotland |
Knutsen, Kersten - (60), b. Denmark |
Laird, James - (30), b. Ireland ![]() ![]() |
Laird, Mary Rennie - (29), b. Scotland ![]() ![]() |
Laird, Joseph Smith - (6), b. Scotland ![]() ![]() |
Laird, Edward - (4), b. Scotland ![]() ![]() |
Laird, Elizabeth - (1), b. Scotland ![]() ![]() |
Langman, Rebecca Cula - (21), b. England ![]() |
Lark, Mary F. - (10), b. |
Larson, Peder - (44), b. Denmark |
Larson, Ane Kirstine - (37), b. |
Larson, Niels Peder - (12), b. |
Larson, Anna Sophie - (10 or 11), b. Denmark |
Larson, Martine - (6), b. Denmark ![]() |
Larson, Lars Julius - (), b. Iowa City |
Lautrup, Mariane Louise - (30), b. with Sophie Petersen |
Leason, Rivinia - (21), b. Illinois with Independent Wagons with Willie company, joined Hodgett company at Ft. Laramie; (later married Andrew Siler of company) |
Leason, William N. - (22 months), b. United States died September 28, 1856 while traveling with widowed mother in Independent wagons with Willie handcart company; Mother left Willie company at Fort Laramie and joined with Hodgetts wagon company for rest of journey |
Ledingham, Mary - (1), b. Iowa City |
Ledingham, William - (30), b. with family, from Scotland |
Ledingham, Catron (or Catherine) - (29 or 32), b. |
Ledingham, Alexander - (6), b. |
Ledingham, William - (5), b. |
Ledingham, Robert McK. - (3), b. |
Lewis, Joseph - (0), b. and family, left company at Florence |
Linford, John - (48), b. England ![]() |
Linford, Maria - (43), b. England |
Linford, George J. - (17), b. England |
Linford, Joseph William - (14), b. England |
Linford, Amasa C. - (11), b. England |
Madsen, Ole - (41), b. Denmark ![]() |
Madsen, Ane Nielsen - (46), b. |
Madsen, Johanna Marie - (15), b. Denmark |
Madsen, Mette Kirstine - (13), b. Denmark |
Madsen, Anna Marie - (10), b. Denmark ![]() |
Madsen, Anders (Andrew - (5 or 6), b. |
Madsen, Peter - (49), b. Jutland, Denmark |
Madsen, Metta Marie Nielson - (45), b. |
Madsen, Peter - (62), b. Denmark ![]() |
Madsen, Petrea - (36), b. |
Marrott, William - (34), b. |
Marsen, Peter - (0), b. with family |
McCulloch, John - (22), b. |
McKay, Joseph - (57), b. Scotland with Andrew Smith ![]() ![]() |
McNeil, Christina - (24), b. Scotland with Margaret Caldwell's family ![]() ![]() |
McNeil, Thomas, Jr. - (34), b. Scotland Family did not continue, came in 1859) |
McNeil, Jennet Reid - (33), b. Scotland |
McNeil, Margaret Reid - (10), b. Scotland |
McNeil, Thomas Reid - (8), b. Scotland |
McNeil, Emily Reid - (6), b. Scotland |
McNeil, John Reid - (3), b. Scotland |
McNeil, James Reid - (1 ½ yr.), b. Scotland |
McNeil, Charles Reid Thornton - (0), b. Thornton |
McPhail, Archibald - (30 or 40), b. Scotland with family ![]() |
McPhail, Jane McKinnon - (36), b. Scotland Archibald was widower when Jane married him. ![]() ![]() |
McPhail, Henrietta - (13), b. Scotland daughter of Archibald ![]() ![]() |
McPhail, Jane (McDonald) - (3), b. Scotland Jane was the daughter of Jane McKinnon McPhail's sister. She was adopted by Jane and Archibald McPhail just prior to leaving Scotland in 1856. ![]() ![]() |
Meadows, Joseph - (32), b. England with wife |
Meadows, Amelia Pendrick - (33), b. |
Millard, Esther - (31 or 33), b. England |
Miller, Mary Ann - (30), b. on John Linford tent list |
Miller, Mercy - (26), b. and son |
Miller, William A.S. - (5), b. |
Mitchell, Euphemia - (23), b. Scotland with Margaret, Bain Smith family, married rescuer, Robert Bain ![]() |
Mortensen, Bodil - (9), b. Denmark with Jens Nielson and Peder Mortensen families ![]() |
Mortensen, Peder - (50), b. Denmark with family ![]() ![]() |
Mortensen, Helena Sanderson - (48), b. Denmark ![]() ![]() |
Mortensen, Anna Kirstine - (24), b. Denmark ![]() ![]() |
Mortensen, Anders Jorgen - (22), b. Denmark ![]() ![]() |
Mortensen, Hans Jorgen - (18), b. Denmark ![]() ![]() |
Mortensen, Lars - (13), b. Denmark ![]() ![]() |
Mortensen, Metta Kirstine - (11), b. Denmark ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Mortensen, Mary - (8), b. Denmark ![]() ![]() |
Mortensen, Caroline - (6), b. Denmark ![]() ![]() |
Moulton, Thomas - (45), b. England with family ![]() ![]() Links: |
Moulton, Sarah Denton - (37), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Moulton, Sarah Elizabeth - (19), b. England daughter of her father's 1st wife ![]() ![]() |
Moulton, Mary Ann - (15), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Moulton, William - (12), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Moulton, Joseph - (10), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Moulton, James Heber - (7), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Moulton, Charlotte - (4), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Moulton, Sophia Elizabeth - (2), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Moulton, Charles Alma - (0), b. Atlantic Ocean born on ship Thornton ![]() ![]() |
Neilsen (Anderson), Helle - (22), b. Denmark with Wicklund family ![]() |
Newman, Mary Ann Williams - (37), b. (husband, John, died Feb. 1856), and children |
Newman, Eliza - (16), b. England |
Newman, William - (14), b. England |
Newman, John Moroni - (12), b. England |
Newman, Mary Ann - (9), b. England |
Newman, Caroline - (7), b. England ![]() |
Newman, Ellen - (5), b. England |
Nichols, John - (66), b. England |
Nielsen, Bertha - (0), b. |
Nielson, Jens - (35), b. Denmark See book "Follow Me To Zion" for more complete chapter on the Nielson family ![]() ![]() |
Nielson, Elsie (or Else) - (26), b. Denmark ![]() |
Nielson, Niels - (5), b. Denmark Bodil Mortensen with Neils' family ![]() |
Nielson, Jens Peter - (), b. (Madsen diary says Jens Nielsen, above, loaned money on ship to Jens Peter Nielson. Mortensen boys speak of lifelong friend, Jens Nielson.) |
Norris, Cecelia - (26), b. England and sister |
Norris, Sarah (Ann) - (26), b. England |
Norris, Henry - (11), b. only on BMR for Thornton |
Oakey, Thomas - (42), b. England see in-depth chapter on Oakey family in "Follow Me To Zion," by Jolene S. Allphin, Andrew D. Olsen, and artwork by Julie Rogers, published by Deseret Book, 2013. (Currently available from Deseret Book only in ebook format) ![]() |
Oakey, Ann Collett - (43), b. England ![]() |
Oakey, Ann - (22), b. England |
Oakey, Charles - (19), b. England ![]() |
Oakey, Jane - (17), b. England |
Oakey, Heber Thomas - (15), b. England ![]() |
Oakey, Lorenzo Moroni - (12), b. England ran away on July 29 in Iowa; incorrectly noted in Willie journals as "Henry Boden" and "Henry Newman;" reunited with family 20 years later; changed his name to Joseph Lorenzo Okee |
Oakey, Rhoda Rebecca - (10), b. England Rhoda died November 9, 1856. The Willie handcart company arrived in the Salt Lake Valley later that day. ![]() |
Oakey, Reuben Hyrum - (8), b. England |
Oakey, Sarah Ann - (4), b. England |
Oborn, Joseph - (45), b. England |
Oborn, Maria Stradling - (45), b. England |
Oborn, John - (12), b. England ![]() |
Oliver, Ann - (23), b. England |
Oliver, James - (33), b. England with PEF wagons ![]() |
Oliver, Charles - (23), b. England with PEF wagons |
Olsen, Ane - (46), b. |
Ore, Abraham - (40 or 42), b. England and wife |
Ore, Eliza - (41 or 42), b. England |
Osborn, Ann Folks - (23 or 24), b. England |
Osborne, Daniel - (30), b. England died Nov 1, 1856, 15 miles west of Green River ![]() |
Osborne, Susannah Rebecca Tillet - (33), b. England died November 5, 1856, in or near Echo Canyon ![]() |
Osborne, Susannah - (10), b. England Her parents and two siblings died. Susannah later married her rescuer, John Saline ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Osborne, Daniel Jr. - (7), b. England died October 19, 1856 ![]() |
Osborne, Sarah Ann - (3), b. England died sometime after the trek in 1857 ![]() |
Osborne, Martha Ann - (1), b. England Martha's parents and two siblings died. ![]() ![]() |
Page, William - (17), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Panting, Elizabeth Crook - (28), b. England and family ![]() ![]() |
Panting, Christopher - (5), b. England ![]() |
Panting, Jane - (1 yr.), b. England ![]() |
Patterson, John S. - (32), b. Scotland |
Peacock, Alfred - (18), b. England left company Oct. 12 |
Pedersen, Sophie Catrine Wilhelmine Klauen - (31), b. Denmark ![]() |
Pedersen, Emma Sophie - (5), b. Denmark ![]() |
Perkins, Mary Ann Clark - (64), b. England (BMR, pg. 130, lists her as "wife" with others whose tickets were c/o "Matthias Cowley, LD Saints Chapel, St. Paul’s Opening, Norwich) |
Petersen, Jens O. - (36), b. Denmark with family ![]() |
Petersen, Ane Jensen - (32), b. Denmark ![]() |
Peterson, Christian Sorensen - (9), b. traveling with another family, father not with him) |
Peterson, Johanna Sophia - (12), b. Denmark |
Peterson, Mette Maria - (10), b. Denmark |
Peterson, Hans Peter - (8), b. Denmark |
Peterson, Christen O. - (5), b. Denmark |
Peterson, Peter O. - (4), b. Denmark |
Peterson, James Christen - (1 yr.), b. Denmark |
Peterson, Peter - (9), b. |
Peterson, Thomas - (7), b. buied at sea |
Peterson, Anna Johanne - (3), b. |
Peterson, Otto August - (1), b. |
Philpot, William - (51), b. England died near today's Split Rock historic site in Wyoming on October 17, 1856. His wife, Eliza, died 5 days later near the base of Rocky Ridge. Their names are both on the Willie Rescue Site monument. ![]() |
Philpot, Eliza Hancock - (36), b. England William Philpot died near today's Split Rock historic site in Wyoming on October 17, 1856. His wife, Eliza, died 5 days later near the base of Rocky Ridge. Their names are both on the Willie Rescue Site monument. ![]() |
Philpot, Julia M. - (13), b. England ![]() |
Philpot, Martha Eliza - (11), b. England ![]() |
Pilgrim, Rebecca - (30), b. England ![]() |
Quinn, Family - (0), b. St. Heliers, Jersey, Channel Islands traveled with Willie company to Missouri River, 3 daughters continued with Martin Company) ![]() |
Rasmussen, Rasmine - (9), b. died on ship Thornton of inflamation of brain, daughter of Morten Rasmussen. |
Read, William M. - (61), b. England ![]() |
Read, Sarah Brimley - (63), b. England |
Read, Joseph - (14), b. England grandson, may be son of Naomi Read |
Reeder, David - (54), b. England with family |
Reeder, Robert - (19), b. England ![]() |
Reeder, Caroline - (17), b. England Caroline's married sister, Eliza Hurren, and family, in company) ![]() |
Reid, James - (40), b. Scotland with family (started with McArthur Handcart Company, joined Willie at Florence) ![]() |
Reid, Elizabeth Cummings - (31), b. Scotland ![]() |
Reid, Elizabeth - (11), b. Scotland ![]() |
Reid, James - (6), b. Scotland ![]() |
Reid, Mary - (3), b. Scotland ![]() |
Reid, John Cummings - (16 months), b. Scotland ![]() |
Richins, Charlotte Priscilla Taylor - (22), b. England |
Richins, Hannah Louiza - (1), b. England Died, July 12-13 at Iowa City |
Richins, Franklin Thornton - (0), b. Iowa City Born July 16 at Iowa City. |
Richins (or Richens), John - (22), b. England |
Roberts, John - (42), b. England, pipe maker, died October 16 near Split Rock and Bitter Cottonwood Creek, from Bristol, England, part of the "Southern Conference Allotment" for the ship Thornton. Willie company journal records: "Thursday 16th. Early this morning sister Ella, wife of Olof Wicklund was delivered of a son. George Curtis, from Norton, Gloucestershire, England, aged 64 years died; Lars Julius Larsen, who was born July 5th, 1856 in camp at Iowa City died. John Roberts from Bristol, Somersetshire, England, aged 42 years died. The camp rolled on, roads hilly & sandy, nooned after travelling about 5 miles; rolled on & camped on the banks of the Sweetwater. Many of our company are failing in health. Feed for the cattle scarce. Came about 11 miles." |
Roberts, Mary Bubb - (44), b. England May have been the wife of John Roberts of the Willie company, although their PEF Bonds are separate and they did not travel in the same hundred. Mary died October 26, 1856, at Reddick Allred's resupply camp near South Pass. Willie company journal records: "Sunday 26th. Morning fine & pleasant. Samuel Wit from Bristol, Somerset, England, aged [blank space] [66] years died; Mary Roberts from Eldersfield, Worcestershire, England, aged 44 years died. The camp rolled on, crossed the "South Pass" & Pacific Creek; travelled down Pacific creek & camped after travelling about 14 miles. Good place to camp for sagewood." |
Rogers, Jemima Brown - (53), b. England ![]() |
Rogers, Elizabeth - (8), b. England ![]() |
Rowley, Ann Jewell - (48), b. England ![]() |
Rowley, Louisa - (18), b. England |
Rowley, Elizabeth - (16), b. England |
Rowley, John - (14), b. England |
Rowley, Samuel - (12), b. England |
Rowley, Richard - (11), b. England |
Rowley, Thomas - (10), b. England |
Rowley, Jane - (7), b. England |
Rowley, Eliza - (28), b. England step-daughter of Ann Jewell |
Sandberg, Jens Truedson - (37), b. Sweden |
Savage, Levi - (36), b. Ohio ![]() |
Showell, Harriet - (31), b. England became grandmother of Elder Neal A. Maxwell) ![]() |
Showell, Ellen C. - (14), b. England ![]() |
Siler, Andrew L. - (36), b. US and company, in charge of 4 Independent Wagons in Willie Company, left Willie at Ft. Laramie to join Hodgett ![]() |
Sister, - (), b. |
Smith, Andrew - (19), b. Scotland with Joseph McKay ![]() ![]() |
Smith, Harriet - (27), b. England left company with Bird sisters on July 20 |
Smith, Marjorie McEwan Bain - (51), b. Scotland Euphemia Mitchell also traveling with this family ![]() ![]() |
Smith, Jane - (17), b. Scotland |
Smith, Mary - (15), b. Scotland |
Smith, Elizabeth (Betsy) - (13), b. Scotland ![]() |
Smith, Alexander J. - (6), b. Scotland |
Smith, William - (47 or 48), b. England |
Smith, Eliza - (40), b. England |
Sorenson, Christian - (9), b. with Maren Hansen, (Scandinavian Mission Records) (Also mentioned in letter from Sarah Moulton to Mark Forscott) |
Stanley, Betsey (or Elizabeth) - (38), b. England |
Steed, Sarah - (20), b. traveling with Bailey family, "lame girl," uncle, Thomas Steed, rescuer, had sent for her |
Stewart, Jane Ann - (32), b. Scotland ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stewart, John - (32), b. Scotland, with family, ready for burial but revived at Rock Creek ![]() ![]() ![]() Links: |
Stewart, Ann Waddel (Waddle, or Waddell) - (31), b. Scotland ![]() ![]() ![]() Links: |
Stewart, John - (7), b. Scotland John died in 1858 at the age of 8 from illness ![]() Links: |
Stewart, Margaret Ann - (2 mos.), b. Scotland ![]() ![]() Links: |
Stewart, Nancy - (), b. had been traveling with Almon Babbitt, joined Willie Co. Aug. 31 as a passenger in James Cantwell’s Independent Wagon, may have stayed at Ft. Laramie, or joined Hodgett wagon company at Ft. Laramie |
Stewart, Thomas - (38), b. with family |
Stewart, Margaret - (44), b. Scotland |
Stewart, William - (12), b. |
Stewart, Ann B. - (10), b. |
Stewart, Thomas - (8), b. |
Stewart, John - (4), b. |
Stockdale, Mary Ann - (18), b. England engaged to John Chislett |
Stone, Susannah - (25), b. England married rescuer, Thomas Lloyd ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Summers, Emma - (27), b. England married rescuer, Anson Call ![]() |
Tait, Anna F. - (31), b. Scotland ![]() |
Tait, Elizabeth Xavier - (22), b. India her husband, William, came with rescuers ![]() |
Tait, Mary Ann - (1), b. Iowa City |
Tassell (or Yassell), Kitty Ann - (38), b. |
Thomas, James - (16), b. Hereford married June 12 on Thornton by James Willie |
Thomas, Mary Somerville - (16), b. Ireland, of Edinburg |
Tite, Elizabeth - (25), b. England fiance, Jesse Tye |
Toffield, Ellen - (43), b. |
Turner, Richard F. - (67), b. England Richard died September 15, 1856, on the trail near the Platte River, about 350 miles west of Florence, Nebraska Territory. Richard was blind. The Willie company journal records: "Monday 15 Sept. Left Camp about 8 a.m. soon after which Father Richard F. Turner of the Worcestershire Conference in England died. He was buried at a bend of the Platte River where we nooned. Journeyed some distance when 3 mounted Indians armed with bows & arrows met us. They represented themselves as of the Tribe called “the Arraphoes” and wished us to camp with their party on the Platte tonight which was not acceded to we being too far from the river. By signs as far as the Brethren could understand them these 3 men represented that some Emigrant Train was attacked by the Sioux Indians 5 days ago, and they thought our train would be attacked also. The Brethren by signs said we had plenty of rifles, powder, lead and caps. The 3 Indians shook their heads. Camped for the night on the open prairie close to a small muddy pool of water scarcely sufficient for cooking purposes. Poor feed. Cattle chained to the waggons for the night. They have had a long & tedious day’s journey and seem quite exhausted though the roads on the whole have been tolerably good. Prest. Willie notified the Saints that the horn would blow in the morning at rise at 3 so as to start at 4." Levi Savage recorded: Platte hills; Monday 15th Sept 18,56: This fore noon we traveled up the botom on good roads. after noon we commenced to ascend the Bluffs. The ascent was sand; it caused very hard puling. as we arose the sumit three Indians came to us. They were |
Vendin, Lars Gudmundsson - (59), b. Sweden (Vendin is also written in some places as Wandelin, Vandelin, Wendin or Wenden) ![]() |
Wall, Frederick - (31 or 34), b. England and wife |
Wall, Maria Wheeler - (30), b. England Maria's parents Edward and Ann Wheeler, and her sister Mary Wheeler, are in the Willie company also. ![]() ![]() |
Wall, Joseph - (17), b. England with sister,name listed incorrectly in Journal History, 11/9/1856, with words "and wife." |
Wall, Sarah Emily - (16), b. England married rescuer, William Cowley ![]() |
Ward, Lucy - (23), b. England married rescuer, James Cole, on Nov. 2, 1856, at Ft. Bridger, stayed at Ft. Bridger and Ft. Supply until spring ![]() |
Waters, John - (64), b. England shoemaker, died October 25, 1856, after leaving Rock Creek, possibly buried at Redick Allred's South Pass Camp. John may have been traveling with John Roberts. John Roberts died October 16, 1856. They were both from Bristol, England, and the "Southern Conference Allotment" for the ship Thornton. Ellen Roberts, age 8, possibly John Roberts' daughter, was signed up to go on the Thornton, but withdrew. John Waters was substituted for Ellen. |
Watson, Andrew - (24), b. Scotland ![]() |
West, Sarah - (23 or 24), b. England |
Wheeler, Edward - (52), b. England with family ![]() |
Wheeler, Ann - (55), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Wheeler, Mary Ann - (24), b. England ![]() ![]() |
Whithorn, Eliza Stallard - (42), b. |
Whithorn, Joseph - (9), b. |
Wicklund, Olof (or Ole) Jacobsen - (30), b. Sweden Ella Nielson or Anderson was traveling with this family. ![]() |
Wicklund, Ella Jonsson - (30), b. Sweden Ella gave birth to a baby boy who survived shortly before the Willie company ran out of provisions, suffered their first snowstorms, and crossed Rocky Ridge in a blizzard. ![]() |
Wicklund, Christina - (8), b. Sweden ![]() ![]() |
Wicklund, Jonas - (5 or 6), b. Sweden ![]() ![]() |
Wicklund, Sarah Jacobine - (3), b. Denmark ![]() ![]() |
Wicklund, Ephramine Josephine - (1), b. Denmark ![]() ![]() |
Wicklund, Jacob - (0), b. Sweetwater born on the trail at a most difficult time ![]() ![]() |
Wilford, William - (0), b. with Independent Wagons, joined Hodgett Company at Ft. Laramie (same person as William Wilford Allen) |
Wilkie, Isabella - (47 or 48), b. Scotland had charge of Elizabeth Forbes, age 8 |
Williams, Mary - (50), b. England from eating green plums and sunstroke |
Williams, Sarah A. - (22), b. England |
Willie, James Gray - (41), b. England returning missionary ![]() |
Witts, Samuel H. - (65 or 67), b. England |
Woodward, William - (23), b. England ![]() |
Young, Thomas - (19), b. England Smoot wagon, joined Willie Company at Florence, traveling with Martha Campkin’s family ![]() ![]() |
All content & copy; 2018 Tell My Story Publishing. All rights reserved.