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1847–1868

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Birth Date
6 April 1812
Death Date
6 May 1895
Gender
Female
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Elizabeth Lewis


Alternate Names

    Elizabeth Jones

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  • She sailed to America with her children in 1849 on the ship Buena Vista.  The ship manifest shows her name as  as "Eliza Lewis."

    Her birth date is confirmed by her obituaries.  In the 1850 Utah census she is shown as "Elizabeth Jones." (She had married Dan Jones at Salt Lake City in December 1849.) In the 1860 Utah census she is listed as "Elizth Lewis." Listed with her on that census are her two children fathered by Dan Jones.  They are listed with the surname of "Lewis."

George A. Smith/Dan Jones Company (1849)

  • Age at Departure: 37
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Thomas D. Lewis (Age: 15)
  • John L. Lewis (Age: 14)
  • Eliza Ann Lewis (Age: 12)
  • Canaan Lewis (Age: 7)
  • Sarah Elizabeth Lewis (Age: 6)
  • Lewis Lewis (Age: 2)

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census.
  • 1860 Utah Census.
  • Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849.
  • "Death of Sister Jones," Deseret Evening News , 6 May 1895, 1
  • "Deaths," Deseret Evening News , 6 May 1895, 5.
  • Isaac Clarke Emigrating Company journal, 1849 July-October.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, Supplement after 31 December 1849, 8H.