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Elizabeth Silcox Kendall

12 September 1814—30 April 1894

1 Born at Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England; daughter of Patience Bishop and James Silcox. 2 Baptized in England, 1844. 3 Married George Kendall, 1845; five children. 4 Immigrated to the United States aboard the Ellen Maria and migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1853. 5 Settled at Nephi, Juab County, Utah Territory. 6 Appointed counselor to Amelia Goldsbrough at the organization of the Nephi Relief Society, 1868. 7 Died at Nephi. 8 (See Document 3.19)

Footnotes

  1. 1 “England and Wales Christening Records, 1530–1906,” database, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Nov. 2014), entry for Elizabeth Silcock [sic], Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, St. James, 1783–1913, film no. 1279313; from Genealogical Society of Utah, British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd ed. (Salt Lake City: Intellectual Reserve, 2002). “Utah Cemetery Inventory,” database, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Oct. 2014), Elizabeth Kendall; citing Utah State Historical Society, Utah Cemetery Inventory, Salt Lake City, UT.

  2. 2 “England and Wales Christening Records, 1530–1906,” database, Elizabeth Silcock. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Aug. 2014), Elizabeth Silcox KWVQ-KHM. Obituary and cemetery inventory list her birthplace as “City of Balt [Bath], England.” Trowbridge, where Elizabeth Silcox was christened, is a town located eight miles southeast of Bath. “Utah Cemetery Inventory,” database, Elizabeth Kendall. “Deaths,” Deseret Evening News, May 3, 1894, 5.

  3. 3 “Deaths,” 5. “Family Tree,” database, Elizabeth Silcox.

  4. 4 “Family Tree,” database, Elizabeth Silcox and George Kendall KWJ8-QQD.

  5. 5 Elizabeth Kendall gave birth to her third child, George Whitemore Kendall, aboard ship during the voyage. “Kendall, Elizabeth,” Ellen Maria Passengers List, Liverpool to New Orleans, 17 Jan.–6 Mar. 1853, Saints by Sea database, saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu. “Elizabeth Silcock,” Church History Biographical Database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Nov. 2023).

  6. 6 1860 U.S. census, Nephi, Juab Co., Utah Territory, p. 790, Elizabeth Kendell [sic]; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Nov. 2014); from NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1314.

  7. 7 Nephi Ward Relief Society, Minutes, Aug. 10–Sept. 1, 1870, Relief Society minutes and records, 1868–1878, Nephi Ward, Juab Stake, CHL.

  8. 8 “Deaths,” 5. “Utah Cemetery Inventory,” database, Elizabeth Kendall.