• Church History
  • Publications
    • Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days
    • Prophets of the Restoration
    • Global Histories
    • Revelations in Context
    • Women of Conviction
    • Joseph Smith Papers
    • Church Historian's Press
    • More
  • Visit
    • Church History Museum
    • Historic Sites
    • Church History Library
  • Research
    • Church History Catalog
    • Missionary Database
    • Pioneer Database
    • Treasures of the Collection
    • Pioneer Resources
  • Quick Links
    • Church History Library
    • Church History Museum
    • Church Historic Sites
    • Church History Catalog
    • Church Historian’s Press
    • Joseph Smith Papers
    • Missionary Database
    • Pioneer Database

Pioneer Database

1847–1868

Home Companies Switch to Keyword Search
Date Unknown

Date Unknown

Birth Date
2 November 1841
Death Date
30 June 1918
Gender
Female
Family Search logo

View this Person on FamilySearch

Elizabeth Matilda Ewing

Facebook Twitter Print Mail
Find this person in FamilySearch
  • The family surname is spelled "Erving" in the 1850 Utah census.  Her birth and death dates are confirmed by her death certificate and the inscription on her gravestone.

    In some records her given name is listed as "Elizabeth," but it is shown as "Eliza" on her death certificate and gravestone.

Jedediah M. Grant/Joseph B. Noble Company (1847)

  • Age at Departure: 5

Traveled with

  • Samuel Ewing (Age: 57)
  • Esther Ewing (Age: 42)
  • Rachael B. Ewing (Age: 18)
  • William Harvey Ewing (Age: 16)
  • Mary Adeline Ewing (Age: 14)
  • John Jackson Ewing (Age: 12)
  • Samuel Porter Ewing (Age: 8)
  • Anderson Shaffer Ewing (Age: 6)

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census.
  • Ancestry Institution. com--Millennium File.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 21 June 1847, 30.
  • "Pioneer of 1847 is Dead at Provo," Ogden Standard, 2 July 1918, 10.
  • Utah Cemetery Inventory
  • Utah County, Utah Cemetery Index.
  • Utah Death Registers, 1847-1966.
  • "Utah Pioneer of 1847 Died During the Week," Eureka Reporter, 5 July 1918, 6.