Brief Life History of Elizabeth Shaw
When Elizabeth Shaw Mcgill was born on 18 February 1840, in Edgehead, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Adam McGill, was 21 and her mother, Isabella Shaw, was 21. She married Alexander Gillespie Adamson on 29 September 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910 and Venice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1920. She died on 28 July 1926, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Pleasant Green Cemetery, Magna, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Elisabeth McGill, "Scotland Census, 1841"
- Elizabeth McGill Adamson, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Elizabeth McGill in entry for Alexander Adamson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: 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
1863
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER Lehi Nephi Hardman Jr. BIRTH 27 Sep 1861 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA DEATH 11 Feb 1863 (aged 1) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA BURIAL Pleasant Green Cemetery Magna, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Show Map PLOT A_19_6_12 MEMORIAL ID 79325258 · View Source
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Ghoill ‘son of the stranger (or lowlander)’ (see Gall 1).
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac (an) G(h)iolla (Irish) or Mac (an) G(h)ille (Scottish) ‘son of the lad’ (i.e. ‘servant’), or a short form of a personal name formed by attaching this element to the name of a saint, in the sense ‘devotee’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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David T. Adamson
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