Ellen Sanders Kimball

April 11, 1823–November 27, 1871

1 Born Aagaata Ystensdatter Bake Sondrason at Tinn, Telemark, Norway; daughter of Aase Olsdatter Romersen Bakka and Ysten Sondreson. 2 Immigrated to the United States, circa 1837. 3 Baptized in Illinois, 1842. 4 Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, 1844. 5 Married Heber C. Kimball as a plural wife, 1846; five children. 6 One of only three women to migrate to the Salt Lake Valley with the Brigham Young pioneer company, 1847. 7 Lived at Salt Lake City and in the Bear River Valley, Rich County, Utah Territory. 8 Died at Salt Lake City. 9 (See Document 4.28)

Footnotes

  1. [1] Sources differ on whether her birth year was 1823 or 1824, but family genealogy and cemetery records indicate 1823. Heber C. Kimball Family Association , Heber C. Kimball and Ellen Sanders, vol. 3 of Heber C. Kimball Family History ([n.p.]: Heber C. Kimball Family Association 1992), 1–2. “Utah Death Registers, 1847–1966,” p. 82–83 (1871), Ellen Kimball; database and images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Nov. 2014); citing series 21866, from Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Utah State Archives and Records Service, Salt Lake City, UT. Find a Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com, accessed Nov. 2014), memorial no. 65768, Ellen Sanders Kimball; Kimball-Whitney Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT. “Utah’s Three Pioneer Women,” Deseret News, Oct. 1, 1901, 11.
  2. [2] Heber C. Kimball Family Association, Heber C. Kimball and Ellen Sanders, 3:1 and Family Group Record MRIN 228 (1992). “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Nov. 2014), Ellen (Aagaat) Sanders KWV9-HFZ .
  3. [3] Heber C. Kimball Family Association, Heber C. Kimball and Ellen Sanders, 3:1–2. “Utah’s Three Pioneer Women,” 11.
  4. [4] “Family Tree,” database, Ellen (Aagaat) Sanders.
  5. [5] H.T.K. [Hannah Tapfield King], “Obituary,” Deseret News, Jan. 3, 1872, 8. Heber C. Kimball Family Association, Heber C. Kimball and Ellen Sanders, 3:1–2.
  6. [6] Heber C. Kimball Family Association, Heber C. Kimball and Ellen Sanders, 3:1–2. “Family Tree,” database, Ellen (Aagaat) Sanders.
  7. [7] Heber C. Kimball Family Association, Heber C. Kimball and Ellen Sanders, 3:2. “Utah’s Three Pioneer Women,” 11.
  8. [8] Heber C. Kimball Family Association, Heber C. Kimball and Ellen Sanders, 3:3. “Utah’s Three Pioneer Women,” 11. 1860 U.S. census, Great Salt Lake City Ward 18, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, p. 272, Ellen G. [ sic ] Kimball; from NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1313. 1870 U.S. census, Kimballsville, Rich Co., Utah Territory, p. 411A, Ellen Kemball [ sic ]; from NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1611; U.S. census database and images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Oct. 2014).
  9. [9] “Utah Death Registers, 1847–1966,” database, Ellen Kimball. “Obituary,” 8. “Utah’s Three Pioneer Women,” 11.