Alice Pilling

Brief Life History of Alice

When Alice Pilling was born on 25 November 1820, in Waddington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Pilling, was 24 and her mother, Peggy Bank, was 21. She married John Ellison on 3 February 1841, in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. 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 St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1850. She died on 5 November 1886, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Ellison
1818–1903
Alice Pilling
1820–1886
Marriage: 3 February 1841
Margaret Jane Ellison
1842–1925
Martha Ellison
1853–
Eliza E Ellison
1858–
John Ammon Ellison
1845–1847
David Samuel Ellison
1848–1849
Ephraim Peter Ellison
1850–1939
Matthew Thomas Ellison
1853–1929
Susannah Ellen Ellison
1855–1938
Elijah Edward Ellison
1857–1903
Mary Alice Ellison
1859–1935
Sarah Ann Dinah Ellison
1862–1863
Joseph Heber Ellison
1864–1956

Sources (42)

  • Alice Ellison, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Alice Pilling, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" (Christening Date: 10 Dec 1820)
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 about Alice Pilling, (Marriage Year: 1841)

World Events (8)

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): habitational name from a place so called, which takes its name from the River Pilling. The etymology of the river name is uncertain, but is perhaps associated with Old English pyll ‘tidal creek’.

English (Lancashire): topographic name for someone who lived by a creek or stream (Old English pyll ‘tidal creek’), or by a stake, a derivative of Pill + the Middle English suffix -ing.

English (Lancashire): perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Piling, a pet form of Old English Pīl (from pīl ‘stake’, perhaps a short form of an Old English name such as Pīlheard), + the Old English hypocoristic suffix -ing.

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

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Biography of John Ellison

(From Susannah Ellison Robins – Daughter, updated from an article titled, “St. Louis and the Nauvoo Exodus: The Experience of the John Ellison Family” by William G. Hartley) John Ellison was born …

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