Evelina Shelton

Brief Life History of Evelina

When Evelina Shelton was born on 18 April 1847, in Southampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada, her father, Charles Shelton, was 22 and her mother, Rebecca Ann Dow, was 19. She died on 29 June 1854, in Grasshopper Township, Atchison, Kansas, United States, at the age of 7, and was buried in Union, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Shelton
1824–1885
Rebecca Ann Dow
1828–1854
James Alfred Shelton
1845–1927
Evelina Shelton
1847–1854
Charles Edwin Shelton
1848–1854
David Booth Shelton
1850–1854
William Slason Shelton
1852–1854
Willard Orson Shelton
1853–1854

Sources (5)

  • Birth & Death - Evelina Shelton 1847-1854
  • Evelina Shelton, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Evelina Shelton, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"

World Events (4)

1849

Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *renamed Salt Lake in 1868

1849

Historical Names: 1849: South Cottonwood or Little Cottonwood 1853: Fort Union 1854: Union

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868

Name Meaning

English (Nottinghamshire): habitational name primarily from Shelton (Nottinghamshire), but also from Shelton (Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, and Staffordshire). The placenames all derive from Old English scelf ‘rock, ledge, shelf’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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