Daniel D. McAurthur Company (1863)
Departure: August 6, 1863
Arrival: October 3, 1863
Company Information: 500 individuals and 75 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha).
or
Unidentified Company (1863)
Departure: unknown
Arrival: unknown
This story is interesting. My dad used to always tell us a story about his great grandmother who was born along the Mormon trail. She was born under the shade of a rosebush, so they named her Rose. I never believed the story. I thought that he was making it up because it sounded good. He did that alot. Then I found the Holts...
Matthew (34) and Ann Harrison Holt (35) immigrated from England with their two children Ellen Gatherhood Holt (4) and William Matthew Holt (2), along with Matthew's parents Robert (60) and Mary Ann Toms Holt (64), and brother Edward David Holt (29).
On August 31, 1863 Ann Harrison Holt gave birth to a daughter at Chimney Rock, Wyoming - along the trail west. I don't know if she was born under a rosebush or not, but they named her Rosa Ann Holt.
The Mormon Overland Travel Website lists the Holts as traveling with an unknown company in 1863. However, the book, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (pg. 584), lists them as coming with the 1863 Daniel D. McAurthur Company.
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