Brief Life History of Ellen Stephenson
When Ellen Stephenson Blackhurst was born on 10 November 1837, in Longton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Blackhurst, was 30 and her mother, Margaret Stephenson, was 33. She married Thomas McLelland on 23 June 1855, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 18 March 1907, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Ellen Blackhurst in household of Wm Blackhurst, "United States Census, 1860"
- Ellen B Mclelland, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Ellen in entry for Edith Blackjurst McLelland, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various minor places called Blackhurst (in Cheshire, Shropshire, Kent) or Blackhurst Farm (Cheshire), derived from Old English blæc ‘black, dark’ + hyrst ‘wooded hill’. Alternatively, it may be a topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) black wooded hill’, with the same etymology.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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