The passenger list of the “Wisconsin” which left Liverpool 16 May 1885 and arrived New York 27 May 1885 shows Otterley (sic) : James born 1849 (must be Edward), Thirza 1852, Jessie T 1874, Henry G 1875, Eleanor T 1876, Frederick T 1879, Edward C 1881, Frank 1882 and Thirza T 1884. There is an account of this in the notes of Henry. The family was delayed by landing officials until the afternoon of the next day after arriving as two other immigrant ships had arrived before them.
Granter Ottley wrote a history of his father Henry George (1874-1941), who was known as Harry; many of Harry`s friends and in-laws never knew him as anything else. Harry`s father and mother and seven children joined the rest of their family when they were sent money by them in 1885; Harry told of a swing being built by the sailors at the end of a yard-arm, being put on it, and swinging way out over the water. Harry tried to explain his feelings as, at the age of eleven, he saw the beautiful lady standing at the entrance to Ellis Island. His father was a “Pattern Maker” by trade, and had several chests of tools as well as clothes and household items, and Harry and his older sister Jessie had to keep the little ones quiet as they were standing in line in the immigration offices. A long wait to find a dray to get to the railroad station. Another long wait to board a train headed west. Met at Salt Lake City by Harry`s uncle and grandfather, with a wagon and team of horses, and taken to grandfather`s place at South Cottonwood where they lived until Harry`s father found work as a builder (no pattern makers required) and later Harry joined him. They got the contract to build a modern house for George W.Granter, a very successful person in Murray, who had an older daughter Doris…they moved to Sugar House about 1906. Harry and brother Ted formed Ottley Bros.Construction Co. and they moved to Oak City and hired three other brothers, one cousin and some transients, as no locals – no town – though Burtner (now Delta) there later. Took a terrible loss after flume collapsed in flood, but later bought 40 acres land NW Delta, Ted bought 40 acres adjoining to north, and his father Edward the 40 north of that, and this was home for next 20 years.