• Elizabeth crossed the Atlantic with her son Robert and her daughter Mary Ann on the ship Ellen Maria in 1853.  Their surname is spelled "Thimbley" on the ship manifest.  Mary Ann died at Keokuk, Iowa in May 1853.  Elizabeth was re-baptized at Salt Lake City on 10 or 19 November 1853 and is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery in Beaver, Utah under the surname  Ashford. 

Cyrus H. Wheelock Company (1853)

• Age at Departure: 43
• Head of Household

Sources

• C. H. Wheelock Company report, 1853 September 19.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• Salt Lake Stake, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
• Seventh Ward, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
• Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.