HANDCART-L Archives

Archiver > HANDCART > 1999-03 > 0921166536


From: Darline Burke <>
Subject: Re: [HANDCART-L] Willie Handcart Co.
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 08:35:36 -0700


Have you seen the book entitled "Emigrating Journals of the Willie and
Martin Handcart Companies and The Hunt and Hodgett Wagon Trains" by Lynne
Slater Turner? It is a fairly complete list of persons who were on the
handcart companies and those who died and lived. I got mine at Deseret
Book and you could order it online at DeseretBook.com if you don't have a
store near you. It is composed of miscellaneous persons journals of the
trail and gives a very good description of the trek and also tells some
info about the ship that the families came on. Hope this is what you are
looking for. I will be VERY interested in the Monarch of the Sea
transcription.

Darline

At 10:10 PM 3/10/99 EST, wrote:
>Does anyone know of a list of all of those that died in the Willie Handcart
>Co. before getting to Salt Lake? I understand there were 77 people. I have
>contacted Bert Nelson and several others to no avail. Bert says he doesn't
>think anyone has ever compiled a list. Seems like it would be an easy
task if
>you could get a copy of the Willie Journal. I am transcribing all of my
>ancestors ship passenger lists for Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, I have
>4 to do. The Thornton 1856, on which most of the Willie Co. came over is my
>first to transcribe and I would like to note those in the Willie Co. and
those
>that did not make it to Utah. Does anyone have any suggestions? BTW, other
>ships I will be transcribing include Juventa 1855, Monarch of the Seas, 1864
>and Manhattan 1869. Thanks,
>Sheila Jensen Tate
>Production Coordinator
>Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
>http://istg.rootsweb.com
>
>
>

This thread: