Elizabeth Murphy McLelland

August 8, 1824–April 12, 1900

1 Born at Monaghan, County Monaghan, Ireland; daughter of Mary Summerville and Patrick Murphy. 2 Moved to Scotland, circa 1820. 3 Married Thomas McLelland, 1842; eleven children. 4 Baptized in Scotland, circa 1842. 5 Immigrated to the United States and settled at Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, 1844. 6 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1848. 7 Settled at Salt Lake City. 8 Appointed president of the Salt Lake City Seventh Ward Relief Society, 1868. 9 Died at Salt Lake City. 10 (See Document 3.3)

Footnotes

  1. [1] “Pioneer Woman Dead,” Deseret News, Apr. 13, 1900, 1. Find a Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com, accessed Apr. 2014), memorial no. 60624899, Elizabeth Murphy McLelland; Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Dec. 2014), Elizabeth “Eliza” Murphy L71X-28K .
  2. [2] Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: Dec. 10, 1845, to Feb. 8, 1846, p. 196 (1846), Elizabeth McLelland, FHL microfilm 962798, item 1, FHL. “Family Tree,” database, Elizabeth Murphy. Historian’s Office Record of Members Index, 1842(?)–1972, reel 9, book no. 15687, p. 7, data card for Elizabeth McLelland, CHL.
  3. [3] Joanne McLelland Allen, “History of Thomas McLelland, 1819–1890,” typescript, n.p., FHL microfilm 1307506, item 51, FHL
  4. [4] “Family Tree,” database, Elizabeth Murphy and Thomas McLelland KWVP-68X . “Pioneer Woman Dead,” 1.
  5. [5] Allen, “History of Thomas McLelland,” n.p. “Pioneer Woman Dead,” 1.
  6. [6] “Pioneer Woman Dead,” 1.
  7. [7] “Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel,” database, 1847–1868, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel (http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels, accessed Dec. 2014), Elizabeth Murphy McLelland.
  8. [8] 1860 U.S. census, Great Salt Lake City Ward 7, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, p. 115, Elizabeth Mcleland [ si c]; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Dec. 2014); from NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1313.
  9. [9] Seventh Ward Relief Society, Minutes, Jan. 4 and 28, 1868, vol. 1, 1848–1869, Relief Society minutes and records, 1848–1922, Seventh Ward, Pioneer Stake, CHL.
  10. [10] “Pioneer Woman Dead,” 1. Find a Grave, memorial no. 60624899.