Elvira Jane Mecham
Alternate Names
Elvira Jane Bigelow (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1842 March 4 (Born)
Death Date
On 1920 January 4 (Died)
Gender
Female
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Born in Montrose, Lee, Iowa, United States
1842 March 4
Mother
Elvira Derby (1811 - 1886)
Father
Leonidas Moses Worthen Mecham (1804 - 1878)
Date Details
Occurred On 1842 March 4
Traveled in
Appleton M. Harmon Company (1853)
1853 June 15 – October 16 (Age 11)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Moses Moroni Mecham (Age 7)
Leonidas Moses Worthen Mecham (Age 49)
Elvira Derby (Age 41)
Celestia Ann Mecham (Age 4)
John Derby Mecham (Age 3)
Sarah Elvira Mecham (Age 23)
Samuel Mecham (Age 22)
Polly Mecham (Age 20)
Emily Mecham (Age 19)
America Mecham (Age 15)
Martha Mecham (Age 14)
Lucina Mecham (Age 12)
Donna Maria Mecham (Age 1)
Date Details
Started On 1853 June 15
Joined Company
Ended On 1853 October 16
Company Arrived
Married
Moroni Lafayette Bigelow
1863 August 23 (Age 21)
Married
Asa Elijah Bigelow
1872 October 10 (Age 30)
Baptized
1884 August 10 (Age 42)
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1920 January 4 (Age 77)
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Elvira Jane Mecham (1842 - 1920) Profile
Sources
Person
Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940
Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940.
Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946
Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.
Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949
Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949.
Pioneer
Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862
"Appleton M. Harmon Company report, 1853.", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862, Page 1-16.