Charles Henry Haderlie, son of John U. Haderlie and Anna Zollinger, was born March 29, 1859 in Oberurdorf, Canton Zurich, Switzerland. At the age of seven years I emigrated with my parents to America. Left Switzerland about May 1, 1866, crossed the Atlantic Ocean on a sailing vessel and while on board of ship my mother gave birth to a baby girl named Carolina.

After a long sea voyage we arrived in New York City and immediately took train for the west. Going through the state of Iowa, an axle broke on the car we were riding in and tipped us over. The car was a box car and contained quite a few emigrants but we suffered no serious injuries. Proceeding westward we arrived at the Missouri River, Winter Quarters, or Florence, Nebraska about the latter part of June, 1866. Upon our arrival, we were surprised to see my Uncle Jacob Zollinger who had come from Utah, having been called by the church authorities to go as a teamster. After resting a few weeks in camp and waiting for the organization of the company going west and give the mules a chance to rest up a little for the trip. We started on our journey. We were fortunate in being assigned to my uncle's outfit, consisting of four mules and one wagon and assigned to Thomas E. Ricks Company. In my uncle's wagon were Father, Mother, Sister, Louisa, Carolina, the baby and myself of our family. He also had another family in his wagon consisting of two aged people, two sisters and a brother with my uncle as driver. There were eleven persons in our wagon. With four heads of mules we left for the overland journey July 15, 1866, everything went well without any serious mishaps except while crossing the Platte River in Nebraska, one of the mules laid down in the water which was over three feet deep and it took considerable time to get him on his feet again. Proceeding on our trip, my little sister Carolina, took seriously ill of fever and ague and died somewhere in the neighborhood of Evingston, [Evanston] Wyoming. A little casket was made out of a mess-box of a wagon and she was laid away in a lonely grave. We arrived in Salt Lake City, Sept. 16, 1866. . .[p.1]

BIB: Haderlie, Charles Henry. Autobiographical sketch (typescript) (Ms 12767), p. 1. (CHL).
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