"THE FIRST COMPANY. -- The Guion S. S. Wisconsin sailed from Liverpool for New York on Saturday, April 11th, having on board 187 'Mormon' passengers all en-route to Utah, the first company of this season's emigration. Of these 75 were from Scandinavia, the rest from the British Isles. There were in the company nineteen returning missionaries. Before starting the company were addressed by Elder C. W. Penrose and President D. H. Wells, and organized with Elder L. P. Lund as president, and Elders Robert Braby and Nels W. Peterson as his counselors. We wish them a pleasant and speedy voyage across the Atlantic."
MS, 47:15 (Apr. 13, 1885), p.234
"Sat. 11. [Apr. 1885] . . . The steamship Wisconsin sailed from Liverpool with 187 'Mormon' passengers, including 19 returning missionaries, in charge of Louis P. Lund; it arrived in New York April 22nd, and the company reached Salt Lake City, on the 28th."
CC, p.119
". . . The emigration of Saints to Zion from Scandinavia in 1885 was not quite as large as the previous year; but we notice the following comparison: The steamship 'Milo' sailed from Copenhagen, April 2, 1885, with 73 Saints on board, including three returning elders, bound for Utah. The returning elders were Niels Petersen, Lars Peter Jensen and Niels C. Christensen. After a pleasant voyage across the North Sea, the company arrived in Hull, England, at 10 p.m. on the 5th. The following day the emigrants were joined by 10 emigrating Saints from Norway, who had left Christiania on the 3rd, under the leadership of Hans Poulsen, and the same day the journey was continued to Liverpool, where the emigrants stopped at a hotel until April 11th, when they sailed from Liverpool on the ship 'Wisconsin,' together with other returning missionaries and emigrants from Great Britain. Elder Louis P. Lund was placed in charge of the company, which arrived in New York April 22nd, and in Salt Lake City, April 28th, 1885. During the voyage across the Atlantic the emigrants encountered stormy weather and also came in close contact with an iceberg. . . ."
HSM, pp.289-90
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