Elizabeth Angelina Gollaher

20 February 1841–15 January 1921 (Age 79)
Burton, Adams, Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of Elizabeth Angelina

When Elizabeth Angelina Gollaher was born on 20 February 1841, in Burton, Adams, Illinois, United States, her father, William Culbertson Gollaher Sr., was 34 and her mother, Elizabeth Orton, was 31. She married Robert Hodgson Skelton on 16 January 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1852 and lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Keosauqua, Van Buren, Iowa, United States in 1850. She died on 15 January 1921, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Hodgson Skelton
1824–1895
Elizabeth Angelina Gollaher
1841–1921
Marriage: 16 January 1857
Elizabeth Gollaher Skelton
1858–1943
Adelia Skelton
1859–1924
Robert Skelton Jr
1863–1935
James Patrick Skelton
1865–1908
William Culbertson Skelton
1869–1914
Oren Gollaher Skelton
1872–1923
Thomas Skelton
1874–1874
Pauline Polly Skelton
1875–1902
Mary Lutheria Gollaher Skelton
1878–1935
Alma Skelton
1882–1941
Pamelia Skelton
1884–1979
Olive Skelton
1886–1911

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    16 January 1857Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (12)

    +7 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1842 · Relief Society Organized
    Age 1
    The Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized on March 17, 1842. Emma Smith was the first Relief Society president. It was established as a way to help strengthen and serve other women.
    1846
    Age 5
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1863
    Age 22
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    Irish: variant of Gallagher .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Gallagher

    Story Highlight

    Robert Hodgson Skelton

    Robert Hodgson Skelton and Elizabeth (Eliza) Angeline Gollaher Sketon At the age of twenty years, Robert Skelton the only member of his family to be converted to “Mormonism”, the Restored Gospel of …

    Sources (33)

    • Eliza A Skelton, "United States Census, 1920"
    • Eliza Angeline Gollaher in entry for Robert Skelton and Cora Emily Law, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
    • Eliza Angeline Skelton, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

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