Note 167 — Chapter VI · Descriptive Geography, Ethnology, and Statistics of Utah Territory.
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No. I.—List of Latter-Day Saints’ Emigration, from January 6th, 1851, to May 15th, 1861.
Date of Sailing. Vessel. Captain. No. of Souls.
1851, January 6 Ellen Phillips 466
January 22 G. W. Bourne Williams 281
February 2 Ellen Maria Whitmore 378
March 4 Olympus Wilson 245
1852, January 10 Kennebec Smith 333
February 10 Ellen Maria Whitmore 369
March 6 Rockaway 30
1853, January 17 Ellen Maria Whitmore 332
January 23 Golconda Kerr 321
February 5 Jersey Day 314
February 15 Elvira Owen Owen 345
February 28 International Brown 425
March 26 Falcon Wade 324
April 6 Camillus Day 228
(Miscellaneous) 23
1854, January 22 Benjamin Adams Drummond 6
February 4 Golconda Kerr 464
February 22 Windermere Fairfield 477
March 5 Old England Barstow 45
March 12 John M. Wood Hartley 393
April 4 Germanicus Fales 220
April 8 Marshfield Torrey 366
April 24 Clara Wheeler Nelson 29
(Miscellaneous) 34
November 27 Clara Wheeler Nelson 422
1855, January 6 Rockaway Mills 440
January 7 James Nesmith Goodwin 24
January 9 Neva Brown 13
January 17 Charles Buck Smalley 403
February 3 Isaac Jeans Chipman 16
February 27 Siddons Taylor 430
March 31 Jurenta Watts 573
April 17 Chimborazo Vesper 431
April 22 Samuel Curling Curling 581
April 26 William Stetson Jordan 293
June 29 Cynosure Pray 159
November 30 Emerald Isle Cornish 350
December 12 John J. Boyd Austin 512
1856, February 19 Caravan W. A. Sands 457
March 23 Enoch Train H. P. Rich 534
April 19 S. Curling S. Curling 707
May 4 Thornton Collins 764
May 25 Horizon Reed 856
June 1 Wellfleet Westcott 146
(Miscellaneous Ships) 69
November 17 Columbia Hutchinson 223
1857, March 28 George Washington J. S. Comings 817
April 25 Westmoreland R. R. Decan 544
May 30 Tuscarora Dunlery 547
(Miscellaneous) 50
July 18 Wyoming Brooks 36
1859, April 11 William Tapscott J. B. Bell 725
July 10 Antarctic 30
August 20 Emerald Isle Cornish 54
1860, March 30 Underwriter J. W. Roberts 594
May 11 William Tapscott J. B. Bell 731
(Miscellaneous) 263
1861, April 15 Manchester Trask 379
April 22 Underwriter J. W. Roberts 624
May 15 Monarch of the Sea Gardner 950
Total 21,195
}“Latter-Day Saints’ European Publishing and Emigration Office, “42 Islington, Liverpool.
“The above are the numbers of the Latter-Day Saints who have taken passage on ships chartered at this port by the Church Emigration Agent. Besides these, there are many who engage passages at other offices—not being able to arrange their affairs to go when we have ships chartered—whose numbers we do not have. The bulk of our emigration, for the past few years, has left here in the spring. This is the only time we have ships chartered. The scattering few who go over in the summer and autumn, with the intention of remaining in the United States until another spring, we do not keep any account of. Geo. Q. Cannon.”
No. II.—General Summary of Emigration, from Nov. 30th, 1855, to July 6th, 1856. (It was discontinued in 1858, owing to troubles with the U. S. Government.)
Ship. Captain. President of Company. Date of Sailing. Port of Dis- embarkation. P. E. Fund. Ordi- nary. Totals.
Emerald Isle G. P. Cornish P. C. Merrill Nov. 30, 1855 New York ... 350 350
John J. Boyd Austin C. Peterson Dec. 12, 1855 New York 34 478 512
Caravan W. A. Sands D. Tyler Feb. 19, 1856 New York ... 457 457
Enoch Train H. P. Rich J. Ferguson Mar. 23, 1856 Boston 431 103 534
S. Curling S. Curling D. Jones April 19, 1856 Boston 428 279 707
Thornton Collins J. G. Willie May 14, 1856 New York 484 280 764
Horizon Reed E. Martin May 25, 1856 Boston 635 221 856
Wellfleet Westcott J. Aubray June 1, 1856 Boston .... 146 146
Miscellaneous Ships (U. S.) .... .... .... .... .... 69 69
Total 2012 2383 4395
Of this number, as the table shows, 2012 are P. E. Fund passengers, of whom 333 were ordered out by their friends in Utah; also 780 members of many years’ standing in the Church have been forwarded to Utah under the P. E. Fund Co.’s arrangements, and 28 are elders returning home from missions. We have not the means of ascertaining definitely, but the approximate numbers of those who started to go through to Utah on their own means is 385, making a total of those who started from here, with the intention of going through to the Valley this season, about 2397, which will leave 1998 who have located for the present in various parts of the United States, in order to obtain means to complete their journey whenever circumstances will permit.
Latter-Day Saints’ Emigration Report, from July 1st, 1857, to June 30, 1860.
Ship. Captain. President of Company. Port of Embark- ation. Date of Sailing. Port of Dis- embark- ation. P. E. Fund. Hand- cart. Team. States. Total.
Wyoming — Brooks Chas. Harman Liverpool July 18, 1857 Philadel. 36 36
Wm. Tapscott J. B. Bell Robt. F. Neslen Liverpool Apr. 11, 1859 N. York 54 196 149 326 725
Antarctic .... Jas. Chaplow Liverpool July 10, 1859 N. York 30 30
Emerald Isle — Cornish Henry Hugg Liverpool Aug. 20, 1859 N. York 54 54
Underwriter J. W. Roberts Jas. D. Ross Liverpool Mar. 30, 1860 N. York 1 140 106 347 594
Wm. Tapscott J. B. Bell Asa Calkin Liverpool May 11, 1860 N. York 17 128 246 340 731
Miscellaneous Ships .... .... .... .... .... 263 263
72 464 501 1396 2433
Of this number, as the table shows, 1037 purposed going through to Utah under P. E. Fund, hand-cart, and team arrangements. But we have good cause to presume that a large number of those who left here with the intention of settling for a short time in the States (and are included in the table under that head) have also gone through to Utah, without settling on the way.
The number of natives of the various countries may be classified as follows: From the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland—English, 1074; Scotch, 126; Welsh, 173; Irish, 12. The total number from the Scandinavian Mission is 762, of which there are 528 Danes, 193 Swedes, and 41 Norwegians. The total number from the Swiss and Italian Mission is 211, of which 209 are from the Swiss Cantons, and 2 from Italy. There are also 2 French, 3 Germans, and 70 elders returning home from missions, making a grand total, as per table, of 2433 souls.
Countries.—The number of natives of the various countries may be classified as follows:
England (Principal counties—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Staffordshire.) 2611
Scotland 367
Wales 667
3645
Ireland 54
America 19
French Mission (Channel Islands) 9
Denmark - Scandinavian - 505
Sweden 67
Norway 46
Swiss Cantons 19
Piedmont, Italy 31
East India Mission 2
Germany 1
750
Total 4395 souls.
The emigration in 1861 is progressing satisfactorily, as the following extract proves:
“A party of Mormonites, consisting of 17 men, 25 women, and 11 children, left London lately by the Northwestern Railway for Liverpool, en route for the Salt Lake settlement. The emigration of Mormonites from Great Britain, particularly from the southern district of Wales, has during the past ten weeks been on a large scale. Their number embraces all classes; one gentleman, an inhabitant of Merthyr, Glamorganshire, having contributed £1000, and joined the ‘brethren,’ 200 of whom, including an old woman upward of eighty years of age, have just left Wales.”
No. III.—Latter-Day Saints’ Emigration, Spring of 1861.
42 Islington, Liverpool, June 29th, 1861.
Per Ship Manchester, Captain Frask.
Males. Females.
English 132 124
Scotch 3 2
Irish 2 0
Welsh 54 57
Danes 5 0
Americans 1 0
197 183
Per Ship Underwriter, Captain Roberts.
Males. Females.
English 234 278
Scotch 32 43
Irish 3 0
Welsh 16 14
Norwegian 1 0
Americans 3 0
289 335
Per Ship Monarch of the Sea, Captain Gardner.
Males. Females.
English 97 105
Scotch 25 27
Irish 2 1
Welsh 17 17
German 1 0
Swiss 40 48
Italian 1 3
French 1 2
Danish 175 210
Norwegian 24 43
Swedish 61 68
Total 444 524
Summary.
Males. Females. Total.
English 463 507 970
Scotch 60 72 132
Irish 7 1 8
Welsh 87 88 175
1285
German 1 0 1
Swiss 40 48 88
Italian 1 3 4
French 1 2 3
Danes 180 210 390
Swedes 61 68 129
Norwegians 25 43 68
Americans 4 0 4
687
930 1042 1972 = 1972