Elizabeth Keig

Alternate Names
Elizabeth Kegg (Alternate Name)
Elizabeth Comish (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1805 December 22 (Born)
Death Date
On 1885 November 6 (Died)
Gender
Female

Elizabeth crossed the Atlantic on the ship Kennebec in 1852 with eight children; she and her family do not appear on the Kennebec passenger list as published on the Mormon Migration website but they are on the original ship manifest.  (Her husband (William) and a daughter (Hannah) had emigrated in 1850.) The Comish family evidently began traveling across the plains in the Hindley company, but according to a "Deseret News" article (22 Aug. 1855, 189) they arrived in Salt Lake City with the Livingston and Kinkead freight train. Evidence that they came in 1855 is confirmed in information found in Church financial records. Their surname is spelled "Coomish" on the handwritten and printed Hindley roster.The family's travel is mentioned in her son's obituary.

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Born in Rushen, Isle of Man

1805 December 22
Mother
Jane Moore
Father
Patrick Keig

Date Details

Occurred On 1805 December 22

Married William Comish

1831 February 12 (Age 25)

Baptized

1848 (Age 42)

Traveled in John Hindley Company (1855)

1855 June 7 – September 3 (Age 50) Pioneers in Company

Died in Franklin, Franklin, Idaho, United States

1885 November 6 (Age 79)
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