Lavenia Elizabeth Hoopes (Yearsley) Allen (1833 - 1885)

Born 1 Sep 1833 in Phoenixville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Rufus Chester Allen — married 26 Jun 1853 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA

Died 4 Jul 1885 at age 51 in Paragonah, Iron, Utah Territory, United States

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Biography

Obituary

DIED, at Paragoonah, Iron County, July 4th, 1885, after a lingering illness of several years, Sister Lavenia H. Allen, daughter of David and Mary Ann Yearsley, born September 1st, 1833, in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in the City of Nauvoo; shared with the Saints in their expulsion [f]rom that place. Was at one time near death’s door with scarlet fever, and was healed through the administration of the Prophet Joseph.

Arrived in Salt Lake Valley in the fall of 1850. Married to Rufus C. Allen, March, 1853. They were called to Dixie - she shared with her husband the trials and hardships of opening up that country, and in the year of 1849 removed to Paragoonah, where she lived and served as Secretary of the Relief Society for three years and a half previous to her death.

We feel it our duty to express our appreciation of her labors, and ever hold her memory dear to us. She was liant in the cause of truth, and her life was worthy of imitation. She was most patient, never complaining in all her years of suffering, willing to pass through all her Heavenly Father placed upon her, with the hope of gaining eternal happiness in the presence of her Redeemer with the sanctified.

We sincerely sympathise with the bereaved husband and relatives of the deceased and pray that the Spirit of the Lord mary rest upon them and enable them to say, “Not our Will, O Lord, but Thine be done.” ELIZA BARTON, President SARAH HORSLEY, Ass’t Sec.” “Women’s Exponent” (Salt Lake City, Utah) 15 Jul 1885 Page 8

GedCom notes

Census

Census:

Date: 1840

Place: Westown, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA^[1]

Census:

Date: 1850

Place: Green River, Weber, Utah Territory^[2]

Census: 1850 US Federal Census

Date: 20 Nov 1850

Place: , Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA^[3]

Immigration

Immigration: Benjamin Hawkins Company to Utah

Date: 9 Sep 1850

Place: Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryYearsley, Lavenia Elizabeth Hoopes CONT CONT Birth Date: 1 Sep. 1833 Death Date: 4 July 1885 Gender: Female Age: 16 Company: Benjamin Hawkins Company (1850) CONT Sources: 1850 Utah Census

Marriage

Husband: Rufus Chester Allen

Wife: Lavenia Elizabeth Hoopes Yearsley

Marriage:

Date: 26 Jun 1853

Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S646 Page: pg. 156 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Note: Westtown, Chester, Pennsylvania Data: Text: David D. Yearsley; 2 males under 5 (1835-40); 1 male 15-20 ( 1820-25); 1 male 30-40 (1800-10); 1 female under 5 (1834-40); 2 female 5-10 (1830-35); 2 females 20-30 (1810-20);
2. ↑ Source: #S646 Page: pg. 161; dn 79/fn 179 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Data: Text: Mary Ann Yearsley Wd. age 40; f; $30; b. Penn Elizabeth Cloward, Wd.; age 19;f; b. Penn Lovinia Yearsley; age 17; f; b. Penn Nathan Yearsley; age 15; m; b. Penn Mary J. Yearsley; age 13; f; b. Penn George H. Yearsley; age 11; m; b. Penn Emma S. Yearsley; age 8; f; b. Penn David Yearsley; age 5; m; b. Ill. Heber C. Yearsley; age 2; m; b. Iowa Benjamin Roberts; age 24; m; b. Penn. Caroline F. Roberts age 1; f; b. Iowa
3. ↑ Source: #S646 Page: Roll: M432_188; Page: 140; Image: 282; dn 1207/fn 1207 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Data: Text: line 15-24 CONT Mary Yearsley; age 40; f; w; b. PA CONT Elizabeth Yearsley; age 19; f; w; b. PA CONT Lavenia Yearsley; age 16; f; w; b. PA; school CONT Jane Yearsley«b»;«/b» age 12; f; w; b. PA; school CONT Nathan Yearsley; age 10; m; w; b. PA; school CONT George Yearsley; age 8; m; w; b. PA; school CONT David Yearsley; age 6; m; w; b. IL; school CONT Emma Yearsley; age 4; f; w; b. IL; school CONT Heber Yearsley; age 2; m; w; b. Iowal school CONT Benjamin Roberts; age 24; m; w; none; b. PA