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1847–1868

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Birth Date
4 March 1842
Death Date
4 January 1920
Gender
Female
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Elvira Jane Mecham

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  • She is the daughter of Moses and Elvira Derby Mecham.  Death date is confirmed by her death certificate and Find A Grave website, also her surname is "Bigelow."

Appleton M. Harmon Company (1853)

  • Age at Departure: 11

Traveled with

  • Leonidas Moses Worthen Mecham (Age: 49)
  • Elvira Mecham (Age: 41)
  • Sarah Elvira Burdick (Age: 23)
  • Samuel Mecham (Age: 22)
  • Polly Packer (Age: 20)
  • Emily Haws (Age: 19)
  • America Orser (Age: 15)
  • Martha Mecham (Age: 14)
  • Lucina Mecham (Age: 12)
  • Moses Moroni Mecham (Age: 7)
  • Celestia Ann Mecham (Age: 4)
  • John Derby Mecham (Age: 3)
  • Donna Maria Mecham (Age: 1)

Sources

  • “Appleton M. Harmon Company report, 1853.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1853-1855. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 29)
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940
  • Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.
  • Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949.