When Ellen Maria Gibbs was born on 9 November 1836, in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, George Duggan Gibbs, was 16 and her mother, Ellen Griffiths Phillips, was 23. She married Lewis Peter Swendsen on 28 December 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States for about 30 years and Boise, Idaho, United States in 1933. She died on 1 October 1933, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1859: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
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English: from the common medieval personal name Gibb (see Gibb ), a pet form of Gilbert , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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