Elizabeth Horrocks
Alternate Names
Elizabeth Jackson (Married Name)
Elizabeth Kingsford (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1826 August 5 (Born)
Death Date
On 1908 October 17 (Died)
Gender
Female
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Born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
1826 August 5
Mother
Alice Houghton
Father
Edward Horrocks (1806 - 1865)
Date Details
Occurred On 1826 August 5
Baptized
1840 August 25 (Age 14)
Married
Aaron Jackson Sr.
1848 May 28 (Age 21)
Traveled in
Edward Martin Company (1856)
1856 July 28 – November 30 (Age 29)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Martha Ann Jackson (Age 7)
Mary Elizabeth Jackson (Age 5)
Aaron Jackson, Sr. (Age 32)
Aaron Jackson, Jr. (Age 2)
Date Details
Started On 1856 July 28
Joined Company
Ended On 1856 November 30
Company Arrived
Died in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
1908 October 17 (Age 82)
Media
Elizabeth Horrocks (1826 - 1908) Profile
Sources
Person
Ogden Daily Standard
"Death of a Pioneer Woman", Ogden Daily Standard, (17 October 1908), Page 6.
Salt Lake Herald-Republican
"Death of Mrs. Kingsford", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (18 October 1908), Page 7.
Pioneer
Deseret Evening News
"Handcart Pioneer Dead", Deseret Evening News, (19 October 1908), Page 3.
Elizabeth H. Kingsford autobiographical sketch, undated
Elizabeth H. Kingsford autobiographical sketch, undated.
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Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914
"Scrapbook Part 7", Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, (1907), Page 2-4.
"Scrapbook Part 6, Hand Cart Veterans reported alive", Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, (4 October 1906), Page 1-19.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 30 November 1856, Page 66-68.
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886, Vol. B, Page 250.
Salt Lake Herald-Republican
Josiah Rogerson, "Martin's Handcart Company, 1856", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (17 November 1907), Page 26.
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Utah Pioneer Biographies
"Kingsford, Elizabeth Horrocks Jackson", Utah Pioneer Biographies, 17, Page 92-103.
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