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Jane McKechnie Walton

July 16, 1846–July 24, 1891

1 Born at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; daughter of Jane Bee and John McKechnie. 2 Immigrated to the United States aboard the North Atlantic, 1850. 3 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1852. 4 Married Charles Eugene Walton; three children. 5 Lived at Bluff, San Juan County, Utah Territory; appointed president of the Bluff Ward Relief Society, circa 1880; served as president of the San Juan Stake Relief Society, 1883–1891. 6 Died at Monticello, San Juan County. 7 (See Document 4.21)

Footnotes

  1. [1] “Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” database, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Jan. 2015), Jane Mckechnie; citing Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950, Salt Lake City, UT. “Utah Cemeteries and Burials,” database, Utah Division of State History (https://ushpo.utah.gov/cemetery, accessed May 2023), Jane M. Walton.

  2. [2] “Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” database, Jane Mckechnie. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Jan. 2015), Jane McKechnie KWJJ-LY9.

  3. [3] “Saints by Sea,” database, 1840–1932, Saints by Sea (https://saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu, accessed May 2023), Jane Mckechnie; extracted from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Immigration Index CD (2000).

  4. [4] “Jane McKechnie,” Church History Biographical Database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, available at https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Jan. 2015.

  5. [5] “Family Tree,” database, Jane McKechnie and Charles Eugene Walton KWJJ-LY3.

  6. [6] “Death of Jane M. Walton,” Woman’s Exponent 20, no. 4 (Aug. 15, 1891): 32. San Juan Stake manuscript history and historical reports, 1883–1938, San Juan Stake, CHL. “Organization of the San Juan Stake Relief Society,” San Juan Stake Relief Society, minutes, p. 1, Relief Society minutes and records, 1885–1973, San Juan Stake, CHL.

  7. [7] “Utah Cemeteries and Burials,” database, Jane M. Walton. “Death of Jane M. Walton,” 32.