Elvira Jane Mecham

Brief Life History of Elvira Jane

When Elvira Jane Mecham was born on 4 March 1843, in Montrose, Lee, Iowa, United States, her father, Leonidas Moses Worthen Mecham, was 39 and her mother, Elvira Derby, was 31. She married Moroni Lafayette Bigelow on 23 August 1863, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Gunlock, Washington, Utah, United States in 1880 and Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 4 January 1920, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Asa Elijah Bigelow
1832–1911
Elvira Jane Mecham
1843–1920
Marriage: 10 October 1872
Perry Scipio Bigelow
1873–1921
Moses Willard Bigelow Sr.
1876–1940
Elvira Lillian Bigelow
1877–1952
Asa Elijah Bigelow Jr.
1879–1947
Alice Bigelow
1882–1958

Sources (36)

  • Biglow, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Alvira J Mecham, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Elvira Jane Bigelow, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1845 · Oh My Father

"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Meacham .

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

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Moroni Bigelow

Moroni BIGELOW, son of Nahum (Simeon, John, Joshua, Joshua, John), and Mary (Gibbs) BIGELOW, was born at Grimsby, Mercer, Ilinois on l September 1840. At the age of 3, his parents moved the family to …

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