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Ellen Whittaker Lunt

6 June 1830—19 May 19031

Born at Heywood, Lancashire, England; daughter of Rachel Taylor and James Whittaker.2 Baptized in England, 1850.3 Immigrated to the United States aboard the George W. Bourne and migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1851.4 Married Henry Lunt, 1852; two children.5 Lived at Cedar City, Iron County, Utah Territory.6 Appointed secretary in the Cedar City Relief Society, 1868, and president of the Parowan Stake Relief Society, 1879.7 Settled at Colonia Pacheco, Chihuahua, Mexico, circa 1890.8 Died at Corrales, Lopez, Chihuahua; buried at Colonia Pacheco.9 (See Document 2.6)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Patriarchal Blessing Index, 1833–2011, reel 79, vol. 12, p. 427, Ellen Whittaker Lunt (Apr. 15, 1853), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, CHL. Evelyn K. Jones, Henry Lunt: Biography and History of the Development of Southern Utah and Settling of Colonia Pacheco, Mexico ([Cedar City, UT]: the author, 1996), 432. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Nov. 2014), Ellen Whittaker KWVS-8ZH.

  2. 2 Patriarchal blessings, 1853, Ellen Whittaker Lunt. “Family Tree,” database, Ellen Whittaker. “England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Nov. 2014), entry for Ellen Whitaker [sic], July 25, 1830; citing Baptismal Register, 1808–1837, Wesleyan Chapel, Heywood, Lancashire, England; FHL microfilm 560878, item 15.

  3. 3 “Family Tree,” database, Ellen Whittaker.

  4. 4 “Whittaker, Ellen,” George W. Bourne Passengers List, Liverpool to New Orleans, 23 Jan.–20 Mar. 1851, Saints by Sea database, saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu. “Ellen Whittaker,” Church History Biographical Database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Nov. 2023).

  5. 5 “Western States Marriage Index,” database, BYU-Idaho Special Collections and Family History (http://abish.byui.edu/specialcollections/index.cfm, accessed Nov. 2014), Ellen Whittaker and Henry Lunt.Jones, Henry Lunt, 232. “Family Tree,” database, Ellen Whittaker.

  6. 6 1860 U.S. census, Cedar City, Iron Co., Utah Territory, p. 754, Ellen Lunt, from NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 13314; 1880 U.S. census, Cedar City, Iron Co., Utah Territory, p. 368B, Ellen Lunt, from NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1336; U.S. census digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Nov. 2014).

  7. 7 Cedar City Ward Relief Society, Minutes, Mar. 17, 1892, Cedar City Ward Relief Society minute book, 1856–1875 and 1892, Cedar City Ward, Parowan Stake, CHL.

  8. 8 See Jones, Henry Lunt, 345–370.

  9. 9 Jones, Henry Lunt, 432–433. Find a Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com, accessed Apr. 2014), memorial no. 42649545, Ellen Whittaker Lunt; Pacheco (Mormon Colonies) cemetery, Galeana, Morelos, Mexico.