Elizabeth Rochon

Alternate Names
Elizabeth Richardson (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1841 November 3 (Born)
Death Date
On 1891 March 1 (Died)
Gender
Female

Daughter of Jean (Giovanni) Michel Rochon by his first wife. Alternate spelling of surname: "Roshon."

She crossed the Atlantic Ocean with her parents, Jean Michele and Suzanne Rochon, and her siblings, Pierre, Margarita and Michel via the ship John J. Boyd, arriving in New York on 15 February 1856. It is uncertain how many of the children actually made the overland journey. Though two separate promissory notes in her mother's name seem to indicate that 3 of the children survived the journey, most likely Elizabeth, Pierre and Margarite.

Her obituary records her name as "Elizabeth J. Mosong Richardson."

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Born

1841 November 3

Date Details

Occurred On 1841 November 3

Traveled in Edmund Ellsworth Company (1856)

1856 June 9 – September 26 (Age 14) Pioneers in Company

Date Details

Started On 1856 June 9
Joined Company
Ended On 1856 September 26
Company Arrived

Died

1891 March 1 (Age 49)