Elizabeth (Topham) Shurtliff (1833 - 1918)

Born 10 Jun 1833 in Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire, England

Wife of Vincent Shurtleff — married 4 Dec 1850 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Died 19 Apr 1918 at age 84 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA

Biography

She was born in Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire on 10 June 1833, parents John Topham and Jane Thornton.^[1]

They were living in Eaton Socon in 1841 - John Topham 40; Jane Topham 35; John Topham 15; William Topham 14; Hannah Topham 12; Farah Topham 9; Elizabeth Topham 7; Joseph Topham 5; Jane Topham 3; Thomas Topham 1. All born in Bedfordshire.^[2]

She emigrated to Utah in 1845.

She was living in Great Salt Lake county, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory in 1850 - John Topham, 21 Butcher b England; Elizabeth Topham 17 b England^[3]

Vincent Shurtleff m. (3) in Salt Lake City, Dec. 4, 1850, Elizabeth Topham, b. in Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire, Eng., June 10, 1833. ^[4]

She was living in Utah age 47 in 1880. Also in the household was John Topham 80 born England, probably her father.^[5]

She died on 19 April 1918 at Ogden, Weber, Utah .^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3Z-RLTB : 23 February 2018), Elizabeth Topham, from 1839 to 1846; citing Residence, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, from 1839 to 1846, Citing BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, Provo, Utah.
2. ↑ 1841 census of England and Wales
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCS6-T25 : 4 April 2020), Elizabeth Topham in household of John Topham, Great Salt Lake county, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States; citing family 383, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ pg 247 Shurtleff, Benjamin (compiler). Descendants Of William Shurtleff Of Plymouth And Marshfield, Massachusetts Volume I. Revere, Massachusetts: MCMXII (1912).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNSK-L3W : accessed 8 March 2015), Elizabeth Shurtliff in household of Vincent Shurtliff, Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district 55, sheet 245C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1337; FHL microfilm 1,255,337.
6. ↑ "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3Z-RLTB : 23 February 2018), Elizabeth Topham, from 1839 to 1846; citing Residence, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, from 1839 to 1846, Citing BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, Provo, Utah.