Elizabeth Hester Mitchell

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Hester

When Elizabeth Hester Mitchell was born on 3 May 1859, in Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, South Africa, her father, David Alexander Mitchell II, was 21 and her mother, Christiana Gertrude Cornelia Clignet Frost, was 16. She married William Hugh McClellan, Sr. on 18 May 1875, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 7 June 1911, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Hugh McClellan, Sr.
1852–1902
Elizabeth Hester Mitchell
1859–1911
Marriage: 18 May 1875
Ethel Gertrude McClellan
1877–1878
Almeda Ladell McClellan
1879–1962
William Hugh McClellan Jr
1882–1910
Elizabeth Jane McClellan
1884–1965
Christene Crissie Mcclellan Ellertson
1886–1967
David Mitchell McClellan
1888–1891
James Samuel McClellan
1890–1961
Alfred McClellan
1892–1892
Sarah Arminta McClellan
1894–1936
Learah Deseret McClellan
1896–1896
Nora Marion McClellan
1898–1991

Sources (48)

  • Elizabeth H Mcclellan, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Elizabeth H. Mcclellan, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
  • Elizabeth H McClellan, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1860

Historical Boundaries: 1860: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name Michael . See Michelson .

English and Scottish: nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’.

Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill .

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

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HISTORY OF CHRISTIANNA GERTRUID CORNELIA CLIGNET FROST MITCHELL

Life Story of Christianna G. Frost And David Alexander Mitchell Christianna G. Frost was born September 7, 1842 in Uitenhage, Union of South Africa. She died on March 6, 1896 in Payson, Utah County, …

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