Lydia Ardelicia Elinor Gibson
Alternate Names
Lydia Ardelicia Elinor Hunt (Married Name)
Lydia Ardelicia Elenor Hunt (Married Name)
Lydia Ardelicia Elenor Gibson (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
On 1826 July 31 (Born)
Death Date
On 1915 February 16 (Died)
Gender
Female
View in FamilySearch
Attach Source to FamilyTree
FamilySearch login required
Read More
All Events
5
Battalion Activity
1
Pioneer
2
Born
1826 July 31
Date Details
Occurred On 1826 July 31
Joined
Mormon Battalion Camp Followers
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 19)
Members in Company
Traveling Group
Gilbert Hunt
Additional Information
Detached to Pueblo
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1847-1868)
1847 – 1868 (Age 20)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1847
Joined Company
Ended On 1868
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Mormon Battalion Detachments (1847)
1847 May 24 – July 29 (Age 20)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Gilbert Hunt (Age 22)
Date Details
Started On 1847 May 24
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 29
Company Arrived
Died
1915 February 16 (Age 88)
Media
Lydia Ardelicia Elinor Gibson (1826 - 1915) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 Utah Census
1850 Utah Census.
1860 Utah Census
1860 Utah Census.
Salt Lake City, Utah Cemetery Records, 1848-1992
Salt Lake City, Utah Cemetery Records, 1848-1992.
Utah Death Registers, 1847-1966
Utah Death Registers, 1847-1966.
Pioneer
Deseret Evening News
"Mrs. Hunt, Pioneer of 1847, Answers Last Call", Deseret Evening News, (16 March 1915), Page 11.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 247, 342.
Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, 1897
Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, 1897, Vol. 2.
Washington County News
"Dixie Pioneer Called", Washington County News, (18 March 1915), Page 4.
