Esther Shaffer
Alternate Names
Esther Ewing (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1804 September 8 (Born)
Death Date
On 1847 August 3 (Died)
Gender
Female
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Born in Little Britain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
1804 September 8
Mother
Mary Anderson
Father
John Shaffer
Married
Samuel Ewing
1828 April 17 (Age 23)
Traveled in
Jedediah M. Grant/Joseph B. Noble Company
1847 June 19 – August 3 (Age 42)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Samuel Porter Ewing (Age 8)
Anderson Shaffer Ewing (Age 6)
Samuel Ewing (Age 57)
Elizabeth Matilda Ewing (Age 5)
Rachael B. Ewing (Age 18)
William Harvey Ewing (Age 16)
Mary Adeline Ewing (Age 14)
John Jackson Ewing (Age 12)
Date Details
On 1847 June 19
Joined Company
On 1847 August 3
Died en Route
Died in Fort Laramie, Laramie, Wyoming, United States
1847 August 3 (Age 42)
Sources
Person
"Utah Pioneer of 1847 Died During the Week," Eureka Reporter
"Utah Pioneer of 1847 Died During the Week," Eureka Reporter, 5 July 1918.
Pioneer
Deseret Weekly
"Pioneer Mrs. Duzette", Deseret Weekly, (17 April 1897), Page 29.
Transcript for "Pioneer Mrs. Duzette," Deseret Weekly, 17 April 1897, 573
Eliza R. Snow journals, 1846-1951
Eliza R. Snow journals, 1846-1951.
Transcript for Eliza R. Snow journals, 1846-1951
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 21 June 1847, Page 30.
Meeks, Priddy, Priddy Meeks Journal [1969?], 13-17
Meeks, Priddy, Priddy Meeks Journal [1969?], 13-17.
Transcript for Meeks, Priddy, Priddy Meeks Journal [1969?], 13-17
Meeks, Priddy, Reminiscences, 1879
Meeks, Priddy, Reminiscences, 1879.
Transcript for Meeks, Priddy, Reminiscences, 1879
Peirce, Hannah Harvey, [Journal], in Earl Harvey Peirce, Robert and Hannah Harvey Peirce, 1847 Pioneers [1990], 51-53
Peirce, Hannah Harvey, [Journal], in Earl Harvey Peirce, Robert and Hannah Harvey Peirce, 1847 Pioneers [1990], 51-53.
Transcript for Peirce, Hannah Harvey, [Journal], in Earl Harvey Peirce, Robert and Hannah Harvey Peirce, 1847 Pioneers [1990], 51-53