Elizabeth (Birch) Harker (1830 - 1899)

Born 4 Apr 1830 in Wootton, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of John Fagg — married before 5 Apr 1848 in Kent, England

Wife of Robert Henry Swain — married 11 May 1852 in Folkestone, Kent, England

Wife of Joseph Harker — married 21 Sep 1868 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA

Descendants

Died 23 Nov 1899 at age 69 in Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth (Birch) Harker was born in Wootton, Kent, England.

Elizabeth Birch was born on 4 Apr 1830 in Wootton, Dover, Kent, England to parents William Hogben Henry Birch and Mary Ann Rogers. She was christened on 5 Apr 1830 in Wootton, Kent, England.^[1]

In 1841 she was age 10 and living with her parents and siblings in Swingfield, Kent, England.

She married firstly John Fagg before 1849 in Kent, England.

Children:

1. John Birch 1849-1923^[2]

She was listed as living in the Kent Workhouse during her pregnancy with John.^[3]

After she and John Fagg were divorced, she married secondly Robert Henry Swain on 11 Mar 1852 in Folkestone, Kent, England.^[4]

Children:

1. Emily Ellen 1852-1934^[5]
2. Martha Elizabeth 1855-1935

Elizabeth was baptized in the LDS church on 3 Jun 1861.

She immigrated to America with her children about 1868 and settled in Salt Lake City, Utah.

After she and her husband Robert were divorced, she married thirdly Joseph Harker as his third plural wife on 21 Dec 1868 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

In 1870 she was age 40 and living with her husband Joseph and his two other plural wives and their children in West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah Territory. Her husband was a farmer.^[6]

She died on 23 Nov 1899 in Taylorsville, Utah, at age 69, and was buried in the Elysian Burial Gardens in Millcreek, Salt Lake City, Utah.^[7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JSWT-TYH : 5 February 2023), Elizabeth Birch, 1830.
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWQS-2H1 : 5 February 2023), Elizabeth Birch in entry for John B. Birch, 1849.
3. ↑ "England, Kent, Workhouse Records, 1777-1911," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R5C-KTL?cc=1949802&wc=M62V-D68%3A249446801%2C249466601 : 20 May 2014), Elham Union (Lyminge) > Admissions and discharges 1848-1850 > image 137 of 289; Kent Archives Office, Maidstone.
4. ↑ "England, Kent, Canterbury Parish Registers, 1538-1986," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGNN-1BMM : 18 April 2019), Elizabeth Birch in entry for Robert Henry Swain, 11 Mar 1852; from " Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry Parish Registers Browse, 1538-1913," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d); citing Marriage, Folkestone St Mary and St Eanswythe, Kent, England, United Kingdom, page 125, Citing Canterbury Cathedral Archives, England.
5. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NTG3-HT1 : 4 February 2023), Elizabeth in entry for Emily Ellen Swain, 1852.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCT-LCM : Thu Sep 14 17:56:07 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Harker and Susan Harker, 1870.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135929108/elizabeth-harker: accessed 15 September 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth Birch Harker (4 Apr 1830–23 Nov 1899), Find A Grave: Memorial #135929108, citing Elysian Burial Gardens, Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah.
8. ↑ "Utah, Cemetery Abstracts", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLL6-VRK6 : Thu Aug 03 20:01:18 UTC 2023), Entry for Elizabeth B Harker, 23 Nov 1899.

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