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