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1847–1868

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Birth Date
25 March 1855
Death Date
27 March 1933
Gender
Female
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Elizabeth Flitton

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  • The Flitton family crossed the Atlantic to New York on the ship John Bright in 1868 and appear in the records of the Perpetual Emigration Fund.  The on-line index to the 1870 Utah census incorrectly lists their surname as "Letton;" Elizabeth is listed as "Lizzie" and lived in Layton.

Company Unknown (1868)

  • Age at Departure: 12

Traveled with

  • Hannah Flitton (Age: 42)
  • Joseph Flitton (Age: 42)
  • Susan Flitton (Age: 19)
  • Albert Leroy Flitton (Age: 17)
  • Emily Flitton (Age: 11)
  • Thomas Flitton (Age: 10)
  • George Flitton (Age: 8)
  • Julia Anstee Flitton (Age: 7)

Sources

  • 1870 Utah Census, Davis County.
  • 1900 Utah Census, Davis County.
  • "Elizabeth F. Higgs," Salt Lake Tribune , 28 Mar. 1933, 14.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger D, p. 51.