|
Head
of Family |
Remarks |
People |
Deaths |
| Antonio |
From New Mexico, cattle herder. |
1 |
1 |
| Breen, Patrick |
From Iowa, farmer, recent (1844) immigrant
from Ireland. |
9 |
0 |
| Burger, Karl |
From Germany, teamster for Keseberg family. |
1 |
1 |
| Denton, John |
From England, gunsmith, age 28, teamster for
George Donner. |
1 |
1 |
| Dolan, Patrick |
From Iowa, born in Dublin, friend of Patrick
Breen. |
1 |
1 |
| Donner, George |
From Illinois, wealthy farmer, age 62. |
7 |
2 |
| Donner, Jacob |
From Illinois, wealthy farmer, brother of
George, age 65. |
7 |
6 |
| Eddy, William H. |
From Illinois, age 28. |
4 |
3 |
| Elliott, Milt |
From Springfield, Illinois, age 28, teamster
for Reed family. |
1 |
0 |
| Fosdick, Jay |
Son-in-law of Franklin Graves |
2 |
1 |
| Foster, William M. |
Son-in-law of Lavinia Murphy |
3 |
1 |
| Graves, Franklin W. |
From Illinois. |
10 |
4 |
| Halloran, Luke |
From Missouri, invalid traveling with George
Donner family. |
1 |
1 |
| Hardkoop, _____ |
From Ohio, born in Belgium, traveling with
Keseberg family. |
1 |
1 |
| Herron, Walter |
Teamster for Reed family, age 25. |
1 |
0 |
| Hook, Solomon. |
Son of Elizabeth Donner by previous husband,
age 14. |
1 |
0 |
| Hook, William |
Brother of Solomon Hook, age 12. |
1 |
1 |
| James, Noah |
Teamster for the Donners, age 20. |
1 |
0 |
| Keseberg, Lewis |
From Germany. |
4 |
2 |
| McCutchen, William |
From Missouri. |
3 |
1 |
| Murphy, Lavinia |
From Tennessee, widow, age 50. |
6 |
3 |
| Pike, William M. |
Son-in-law of Lavinia Murphy |
4 |
2 |
| Reed, James F. |
From Illinois, wealthy furniture manufacturer,
age 46. |
6 |
0 |
| Reinhardt, Joseph |
From Germany, partner of Spitzer. |
1 |
1 |
| Shoemaker, Samuel |
Teamster for the Donners, age 25. |
1 |
1 |
| Smith, James |
Teamster for Reed family, age 25. |
1 |
1 |
| Snyder, John |
Teamster for Graves family, killed by James
Reed. |
1 |
1 |
| Spitzer, Augustus |
From Germany, partner of Reinhardt. |
1 |
1 |
| Stanton, Charles T. |
From Chicago. |
1 |
1 |
| Trubode, Jean Baptiste |
From New Mexico, teamster for George Donner
family. |
1 |
0 |
| Williams, Baylis |
Hired man for Reed family, age 24. |
1 |
1 |
| Williams, Eliza |
Hired woman for Reed family, age 25, sister of
Baylis Williams. |
1 |
0 |
| Wolfinger, _____ |
From Germany, husband and wife, first names
unknown. |
2 |
1 |
| |
Totals |
87 |
40 |
|
