Elizabeth Burgess Neslen

Alternate Names
Elizabeth Burgess Neslin (Birth Name)
Elizabeth Burgess Wheelock (Married Name)
Elizabeth Burgess Tucker (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1835 June 4 (Born)
Death Date
On 1926 June 16 (Died)
Gender
Female

The Neslen family consisting of Samuel, his wife, Eunice Burgess Francis, and nine children, initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in the Claudius V. Spencer Company in 1853.  Samuel and Eurnice’s nine children are: Susannah, Samuel Francis, Robert Francis, Esther Francis, Elizabeth Burgess, Eunice, Phebe, William Francis, and Hannah.

Samuel and his family left England, and sailed on the “Golconda” and arrived in New Orleans on 1 April 1853.  Samuel and his family stayed in St. Louis while they prepared for their trip to the Salt Lake Valley.  They then moved to Keokuk, Iowa, then on to Omaha, Nebraska.  Eight months after the Neslen family left their home in England, all eleven of them arrived in the Salt Lake Valley.       

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Born

1835 June 4

Date Details

Occurred On 1835 June 4

Married Cyrus Hubbard Wheelock

1854 April 21 (Age 18)

Married Samuel Starkey Tucker

1871 April 10 (Age 35)

Died

1926 June 16 (Age 91)
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