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Elizabeth Mary Richards Maiben

12 April 1821—11 January 1906

1 Born at Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales; daughter of Eleanor Williams and James William Richards. 2 Baptized, 1853. 3 Immigrated to the United States aboard the S. Curling and migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1855. 4 Lived at Salt Lake City. 5 Married John Bray Maiben, as a plural wife, 1855; three children. 6 Appointed teacher in the Salt Lake City Thirteenth Ward Relief Society, 1868. 7 Settled at Manti, Sanpete County, Utah Territory, 1875. 8 Died at Manti; buried at Salt Lake City. 9 (See Document 3.7)

Footnotes

  1. 1 John Bray Maiben, journal, n.d. [ca. 1891], n.p., photocopy in Dorothy Pike Putnam Brown, “John Bray Maiben: Early Mormon Pioneer, 1826–1910,” typescript, 1991, CHL. Find a Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com, accessed Apr. 2014), memorial no. 48661460, Elizabeth Mary Richards Maiben; Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT.

  2. 2 Brown, “John Bray Maiben,” 1–2, 5.

  3. 3 Ibid., 3.

  4. 4 Brown, “John Bray Maiben,” 2. “Richards, Elizabeth,” S. Curling Passengers List, Liverpool to New York, 22 Apr.–22 May 1855, Saints by Sea database, saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu. “Elizabeth Mary Richards,” Church History Biographical Database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Nov. 2023).

  5. 5 Brown, “John Bray Maiben,” 2–3. 1870 U.S. census, Salt Lake City Ward 13, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, p. 641B, Elizabeth Marben [sic]; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Dec. 2014); from NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1611.

  6. 6 Brown, “John Bray Maiben,” 3. “Elizabeth Mary Richards, 1821–1906,” Individual Record, Family Tree database (Ancestor ID: K2HZ-8BQ), FamilySearch, accessed 21 Nov. 2023, familysearch.org.

  7. 7 Thirteenth Ward Relief Society, Minutes, Apr. 18, 1868, vol. 1, 1868–1898, Relief Society minutes and records, 1867–1898, Salt Lake Stake [Ensign Stake], CHL.

  8. 8 Brown, “John Bray Maiben,” 3.

  9. 9 “Utah Death Registers, 1847–1966,” p. 166 (1906), Elizth. [sic] R. Maiben; database and images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Dec. 2014); citing series 21866, from Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Utah State Archives and Records Service, Salt Lake City, UT. Brown, “John Bray Maiben,” 5. Find a Grave, memorial no. 48661460. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed Jan. 5, 2016), Elizabeth Mary Richards K2HZ-8BQ.