Elizabeth Jardine

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Jardine was born on 25 January 1847, in Baillieston, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Jardine, was 27 and her mother, Isabella Elizabeth Whyte, was 23. She married Charles Shumway on 6 October 1861, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 26 May 1935, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Taylor Cemetery, Taylor, Navajo, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Shumway
1806–1898
Elizabeth Jardine
1847–1935
Marriage: 6 October 1861
Isabell Shumway
1862–1862
Julia Ann Shumway
1864–1924
James Jardine Shumway
1866–1958
Richard Franklin Shumway
1868–1944
Lucretia Shumway
1870–1875
Levens Shumway
1873–1873
Malinda Shumway
1874–1912
William Howard Shumway
1877–1945
Mary Elizabeth Shumway
1879–1963
Ernest Jardine Shumway
1882–1889
Shumway
1885–1885
Lucy Shumway
1885–1885
Louisa Shumway
1885–1885
Shumway
1887–1887
Doris Shumway
1889–1921
Shumway
1892–1892

Sources (35)

  • Elizabeth Shumway, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Elizabeth Jardine Shumway, "Arizona, Deaths, 1870-1951" (image)
  • Elizabeth Jardine, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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

English, Scottish (both of Norman origin), and French: topographic or nickname from Old French jardin ‘garden’, for someone who lived near or worked in a garden. Compare Garden .

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

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Charles Bird Shumway

Born 1863- Died 1951 Found a story by Dale R. Shumway. He talks about Charles Bird Shumway's life and the journey on a cattle drive with his family. He was at Lee's Ferry located on the Colorado Riv …

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