Abigail Evans

Brief Life History of Abigail

When Abigail Evans was born on 27 January 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, David Evans, was 41 and her mother, Barbara Ann Ewell, was 24. She married Ole Ellingson on 1 November 1861, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 13 September 1932, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ole Ellingson
1831–1903
Abigail Evans
1846–1932
Marriage: 1 November 1861
Abigail Ann Ellingson
1863–1894
Ole Ellingson
1864–1932
Amelia Ellingson
1866–1890
David Elling Ellingson
1867–1897
Emma Ellingson
1869–1906
Sarah Ellingson
1871–1952
Abraham Ellingson
1873–1873
Canute Ellingson
1875–1914
George Alma Ellingson
1877–1900
Berg Ellingson
1881–1954
Christie Ellingson
1883–1973
Barbara Lenora Ellingson
1889–1935

Sources (77)

  • Abigail Evans in household of Davd Evans, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Abigail Evans - birth: 27 January 1846; Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
  • Abigail Ellingson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1848 · Fire Destroys the Temple

On October 9, 1848, an arsonists fire claimed everything but the outer walls of the Nauvoo Temple since the structure was made out of limestone and wood. It was meant to discourage the Saints that had fled to never come back.

1863

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

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

Welsh: derivative of Evan , from Efan, Ifan, medieval forms of Ieuan (from Latin Johannes, the source of English John), dating from c. 1500, with the post-medieval patronymic suffix -s. Welsh Sion was a separate borrowing of English John, and Evan (Ieuan) and Sion developed as independent names.

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

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Biography of Abigail Evans Ellingson By Christie Ellingson Peterson

Abigail Evans Ellingson was the third child in a family of fifteen. The parents were David and Barbara Ann Ewell Evans. She crossed the plains with her family arriving in Salt Lake Valley September …

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