Brief Life History of Louisa
When Louisa Shelton was born on 22 August 1837, in Southampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada, her father, David Booth Shelton Sr., was 50 and her mother, Bethia Slason, was 35. She married Thomas Lorenzo Obray on 24 June 1854, in Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. She died on 28 June 1854, in At Sea, at the age of 16, and was buried in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
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- Louisa Shelton Obray, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
- Louisa Shelton
Spouse and Children
1821–1899 Male
1837–1854 Female
Parents and Siblings
1787–1861 Male
1802–1845 Female
Siblings (12)
1820–1860 Female
1822–1843 Male
1824–1885 Male
1826–1844 Male
1829–1907 Female
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World Events (1)
1846
Age 9
Name Meaning
English (Nottinghamshire): habitational name primarily from Shelton (Nottinghamshire), but also from Shelton (Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, and Staffordshire). The placenames all derive from Old English scelf ‘rock, ledge, shelf’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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History of Martha Shelton Obray
Written by Martha Price Martha Shelton Obray was born 2 October 1830 at Southampton, New Brunswick, Canada, the daughter of David Booth Shelton and Bethia Slason Shelton. Her father, David Shelton w …
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