"THE FIRST COMPANY. -- The first company of the season's emigration set sail per S. S. Nevada on the 9th instant, President C. D. Fjeldsted in charge. They numbered in all 319 souls, there being 207 emigrants from Great Britain, 95 from Scandinavia, and 17 returning missionaries. Following are the names of the returning elders: C. D. Fjeldsted, Peter Sundawall, Soren Madsen, John Anderson, A. Amundsen, N. W. Anderson, Charles Weatherston, John Penman, Joseph Graham, William Garner, Henry W. Manning, W. H. Wright, George Croft, David Lewis, W. G. Reese, John Ellis and Thomas Wilson.
It was also the intention of Elder Isaac Green, of the Bristol Conference, to have sailed with this company, but having learned that his wife was on her way to England to visit relatives and attend to some business matters, he concluded to remain.
Two other families of emigrants would also have sailed but for the fact that they were ordered back by the examining physicians. Some of their children had recently been affected with the chicken pox, and they had not entirely recovered from it. It will be well for those intending to emigrate to note this fact, and not attempt to sail while affected with contagious diseases."
MS, 46:15 (Apr. 14,1884), p.234
"Wed. 9. [Apr. 1884] -- The steamship Nevada sailed from Liverpool, England, with 319 Saints, including 17 returning missionaries, in charge of Christian D. Fjeldsted. It arrived in New York harbor April 19th, and the company reached Ogden, Utah, April 27th."
CC, p.114
". . . A large company of Saints emigrated to Utah (the 66th emigrant company from Scandinavia) left Copenhagen, April 4, 1884, per steamer 'Milo.' It consisted of 87 souls, including 5 returning elders, viz., Christian D. Fjeldsted (leader of the company), Peter Sundwall, John Anderson, Soren Madsen and Nils W. Anderson, the latter having been released by the First Presidency on account of the sickness of his wife at home.
On the same day (April 4th) a small company of Saints in charge of Elder Andrew Amundsen (who was now released from his second mission to Scandinavia) left Christiania and went direct to England, where the Norwegians joined the emigrating Saints from Denmark. The 'Milo' arrived at Hull, England, April 7th, in the morning, and the same day the emigrants went by train to Liverpool, where all the Scandinavians, now numbering 95 souls, were joined to a company of 207 British emigrating Saints and 11 more returning missionaries. They all sailed from Liverpool, April 9th, on the steamer 'Nevada,' which arrived in New York on the 19th in the evening. The next day (April
20th) the emigrants were landed at the Castle Garden and on Monday, April 21st, they left New York by train westbound for Utah. On leaving Liverpool the whole company numbered 336 souls, of whom 17 were returning missionaries.
This was the first company of emigrating Saints which arrived in Utah from Europe in 1884; it arrived in Ogden, April 27th, and 85 of the company arrived in Salt Lake
City the following day, after a successful and speedy journey from their native lands. The only mishap occurring on the journey worth mentioning was the fact that a four year old boy from some unknown source got a bottle of whiskey of which he drank quite a quantity. This caused inflammation of the brain which resulted in the death of the child. . . . "
HSM, pp.277-78
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