Brief Life History of Ellen Cordelia
When Ellen Cordelia Shurtliff was born on 14 March 1849, in Springville, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Luman Andros Shurtliff, was 42 and her mother, Altamira Gaylord, was 32. She married William George Lamoreaux on 10 January 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Weber, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 22 December 1879, in Riverside, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Ellen Shirtliff in household of Haskell Shirtliff, "United States Census, 1860"
- Cordelia Ellen Shurtliff, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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World Events (8)
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Shircliff .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Ellen Cordelia Shurtliff
Ellen Cordelia Shurtliff was born on the 14 of March 1849 in Springville, Pottawatamie, Iowa. She was the second child and first daughter born to Luman Andrus Shurtliff and Altamira Gaylord Shurtliff …
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