Ship passenger lists
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of handwritten lists. One item is dated 30 June and presents the names of the passengers of the 'Horizon' that left from Liverpool, England, in 1856. The 856 entries include the names, occupations, and ages of the passangers and where they were born. Many of the passangers on the 'Horizon' were Mormon immigrants who migrated to Utah in the ill-fated Martin handcart company later that year. Also included are partial lists of passengers on the ships the 'James Wesmoth' and the 'Admiral'.
Dates
- 1856
Creator
- Horizon (Ship) (Organization)
- Admiral (Ship) (Organization)
- James Wesmoth (Ship) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Ship passenger lists must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
The 'Horizon' was a ship that carried passangers across the Atlantic Ocean.
Extent
3 items (18 pages)
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Title
- Register of Ship passenger lists
- Author
- Andrea Wyss
- Date
- 2011 March 24
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States