John was a son of Elizabeth Cother and William Tranter of Linton, Herefordshire, England.
John Immigrated from England aboard the sailing vessel, Wellfleet, which departed Liverpool Sunday, 1 June 1856. His place of "origin" was listed as Cheltenham, England.
Listed as members of his party were (ages are approximate): Head of family, William Tranter, 74, occupation Butcher; Elizabeth, 68, Wife; John Tranter, 38, occupation Laborer; Harriet 34, Wife; Thomas 7; and James 5.
Also listed as traveling with this family was John Clutterbuck. He was the grandson of William Tranter, and the son of Sarah Tranter, who had died soon after childbirth in 1841. Her baby girl, Lydia, died about 6 months later, leaving Sarah's husband and 3 year old John alone. He had lived with his grandparents since his mother's and sister's death.
Since these descriptions fit John's father, his mother, John himself, his wife, Harriet Sheen and their sons, Thomas and James, plus the fact that they are all found exactly as listed the same on the roster of the wagon company on which they traveled to Utah, these records document the immigration and migration of this Tranter family.
There were 146 LDS Church members, as well as a large number of Irish and other emigrant passengers aboard the Wellfleet, arriving at the Port of Boston 13 July 1856. It was recorded that about sixty of them went to New York City to find temporary employment until they could depart for the intended trip to the Utah Territory, to join other Saints who had departed earlier. The Tranter families were evidently among those sixty. Source: Millennial Star, Vol. XVIII, pages 377, 521, 542.
It is not known if John's father, William, died in New York during the years that John's obituary indicated they were there, or if he died in Iowa prior to the 1860 US Census taken at Iowa City Township on 25 July 1860. His mother, Elizabeth, is in the John Tranter household, along with John, his wife Harriet and their two sons, Thomas and James in 1860.
By 14 June 1862, John, his mother, wife and sons, Thomas, 14 and James 11, are listed on the wagon train roster of the Lewis Brunson Wagon Company, departing the outfitting post at Florence, (now Omaha) Nebraska, headed west, across the Great Plains. (The surname is misspelled as "Trantor" on the Roster) There were 218 people and 48 wagons in the company. They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley 29 August 1862.
Harriet Sheen's family had already arrived in the Valley, September of 1856, but along the way had lost their mother at Coralville, Iowa, three children on the journey, and their father upon entering the Valley. Evidently the Tranters were very disillusioned upon arrival, finding little comfort in the desert they thought would be Zion.
It is not known how long John's family stayed and if Grandmother Elizabeth journeyed back with them to Iowa.
John Immigrated from England aboard the sailing vessel, Wellfleet, which departed Liverpool Sunday, 1 June 1856. His place of "origin" was listed as Cheltenham, England.
Listed as members of his party were (ages are approximate): Head of family, William Tranter, 74, occupation Butcher; Elizabeth, 68, Wife; John Tranter, 38, occupation Laborer; Harriet 34, Wife; Thomas 7; and James 5.
Also listed as traveling with this family was John Clutterbuck. He was the grandson of William Tranter, and the son of Sarah Tranter, who had died soon after childbirth in 1841. Her baby girl, Lydia, died about 6 months later, leaving Sarah's husband and 3 year old John alone. He had lived with his grandparents since his mother's and sister's death.
Since these descriptions fit John's father, his mother, John himself, his wife, Harriet Sheen and their sons, Thomas and James, plus the fact that they are all found exactly as listed the same on the roster of the wagon company on which they traveled to Utah, these records document the immigration and migration of this Tranter family.
There were 146 LDS Church members, as well as a large number of Irish and other emigrant passengers aboard the Wellfleet, arriving at the Port of Boston 13 July 1856. It was recorded that about sixty of them went to New York City to find temporary employment until they could depart for the intended trip to the Utah Territory, to join other Saints who had departed earlier. The Tranter families were evidently among those sixty. Source: Millennial Star, Vol. XVIII, pages 377, 521, 542.
It is not known if John's father, William, died in New York during the years that John's obituary indicated they were there, or if he died in Iowa prior to the 1860 US Census taken at Iowa City Township on 25 July 1860. His mother, Elizabeth, is in the John Tranter household, along with John, his wife Harriet and their two sons, Thomas and James in 1860.
By 14 June 1862, John, his mother, wife and sons, Thomas, 14 and James 11, are listed on the wagon train roster of the Lewis Brunson Wagon Company, departing the outfitting post at Florence, (now Omaha) Nebraska, headed west, across the Great Plains. (The surname is misspelled as "Trantor" on the Roster) There were 218 people and 48 wagons in the company. They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley 29 August 1862.
Harriet Sheen's family had already arrived in the Valley, September of 1856, but along the way had lost their mother at Coralville, Iowa, three children on the journey, and their father upon entering the Valley. Evidently the Tranters were very disillusioned upon arrival, finding little comfort in the desert they thought would be Zion.
It is not known how long John's family stayed and if Grandmother Elizabeth journeyed back with them to Iowa.
John was a son of Elizabeth Cother and William Tranter of Linton, Herefordshire, England.
John Immigrated from England aboard the sailing vessel, Wellfleet, which departed Liverpool Sunday, 1 June 1856. His place of "origin" was listed as Cheltenham, England.
Listed as members of his party were (ages are approximate): Head of family, William Tranter, 74, occupation Butcher; Elizabeth, 68, Wife; John Tranter, 38, occupation Laborer; Harriet 34, Wife; Thomas 7; and James 5.
Also listed as traveling with this family was John Clutterbuck. He was the grandson of William Tranter, and the son of Sarah Tranter, who had died soon after childbirth in 1841. Her baby girl, Lydia, died about 6 months later, leaving Sarah's husband and 3 year old John alone. He had lived with his grandparents since his mother's and sister's death.
Since these descriptions fit John's father, his mother, John himself, his wife, Harriet Sheen and their sons, Thomas and James, plus the fact that they are all found exactly as listed the same on the roster of the wagon company on which they traveled to Utah, these records document the immigration and migration of this Tranter family.
There were 146 LDS Church members, as well as a large number of Irish and other emigrant passengers aboard the Wellfleet, arriving at the Port of Boston 13 July 1856. It was recorded that about sixty of them went to New York City to find temporary employment until they could depart for the intended trip to the Utah Territory, to join other Saints who had departed earlier. The Tranter families were evidently among those sixty. Source: Millennial Star, Vol. XVIII, pages 377, 521, 542.
It is not known if John's father, William, died in New York during the years that John's obituary indicated they were there, or if he died in Iowa prior to the 1860 US Census taken at Iowa City Township on 25 July 1860. His mother, Elizabeth, is in the John Tranter household, along with John, his wife Harriet and their two sons, Thomas and James in 1860.
By 14 June 1862, John, his mother, wife and sons, Thomas, 14 and James 11, are listed on the wagon train roster of the Lewis Brunson Wagon Company, departing the outfitting post at Florence, (now Omaha) Nebraska, headed west, across the Great Plains. (The surname is misspelled as "Trantor" on the Roster) There were 218 people and 48 wagons in the company. They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley 29 August 1862.
Harriet Sheen's family had already arrived in the Valley, September of 1856, but along the way had lost their mother at Coralville, Iowa, three children on the journey, and their father upon entering the Valley. Evidently the Tranters were very disillusioned upon arrival, finding little comfort in the desert they thought would be Zion.
It is not known how long John's family stayed and if Grandmother Elizabeth journeyed back with them to Iowa.
John Immigrated from England aboard the sailing vessel, Wellfleet, which departed Liverpool Sunday, 1 June 1856. His place of "origin" was listed as Cheltenham, England.
Listed as members of his party were (ages are approximate): Head of family, William Tranter, 74, occupation Butcher; Elizabeth, 68, Wife; John Tranter, 38, occupation Laborer; Harriet 34, Wife; Thomas 7; and James 5.
Also listed as traveling with this family was John Clutterbuck. He was the grandson of William Tranter, and the son of Sarah Tranter, who had died soon after childbirth in 1841. Her baby girl, Lydia, died about 6 months later, leaving Sarah's husband and 3 year old John alone. He had lived with his grandparents since his mother's and sister's death.
Since these descriptions fit John's father, his mother, John himself, his wife, Harriet Sheen and their sons, Thomas and James, plus the fact that they are all found exactly as listed the same on the roster of the wagon company on which they traveled to Utah, these records document the immigration and migration of this Tranter family.
There were 146 LDS Church members, as well as a large number of Irish and other emigrant passengers aboard the Wellfleet, arriving at the Port of Boston 13 July 1856. It was recorded that about sixty of them went to New York City to find temporary employment until they could depart for the intended trip to the Utah Territory, to join other Saints who had departed earlier. The Tranter families were evidently among those sixty. Source: Millennial Star, Vol. XVIII, pages 377, 521, 542.
It is not known if John's father, William, died in New York during the years that John's obituary indicated they were there, or if he died in Iowa prior to the 1860 US Census taken at Iowa City Township on 25 July 1860. His mother, Elizabeth, is in the John Tranter household, along with John, his wife Harriet and their two sons, Thomas and James in 1860.
By 14 June 1862, John, his mother, wife and sons, Thomas, 14 and James 11, are listed on the wagon train roster of the Lewis Brunson Wagon Company, departing the outfitting post at Florence, (now Omaha) Nebraska, headed west, across the Great Plains. (The surname is misspelled as "Trantor" on the Roster) There were 218 people and 48 wagons in the company. They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley 29 August 1862.
Harriet Sheen's family had already arrived in the Valley, September of 1856, but along the way had lost their mother at Coralville, Iowa, three children on the journey, and their father upon entering the Valley. Evidently the Tranters were very disillusioned upon arrival, finding little comfort in the desert they thought would be Zion.
It is not known how long John's family stayed and if Grandmother Elizabeth journeyed back with them to Iowa.
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