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Elizabeth Hathaway

Elizabeth Hathaway

Female 1802 - 1877  (75 years)

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  • Name Elizabeth Hathaway 
    Born 29 Aug 1802  Levonia, Oxford County, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Utah (Utah Territory), USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Census 1850

    Utah Territory

    Samuel Rolfe, 56, joiner. Elizabeth, 49. Both are born in Maine. Value of real estate is $820. Children: Ianthis 24, laborer; Horace, 17, laborer; Samuel, 15; William, 11; Elizabeth M., 8. Ianthis and Horace are born in Maine; William is born in MI; Elizabeth is born in Ill. Next door to John and Lydia Stewart; Gilbert and Eliza Jane Rolfe; James and Nancy Allen.  
    Age: 49 
    Census 19 Jul 1860  Beaver, Beaver, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1860

    Utah, Beaver, Beaver, page 128, 19 Jul 1860, Dwelling 1087, Family 976

    Saml Rolph, head 65. Elizth, wife, 58. Children: Jasper Rolph, son 21; Mary A.E., daughter, 17. His occupation is not recorded. Value of real estate is $200; personal property $500. Both Jasper and Mary attended school within the census year. He was born in New Hampshire, Elizth in Maine, Jasper in Missouri and Mary A.E. in Illinois. Next door to John and Lydia Stewart (daughter); Robert and Jane Gillies.  
    Age: 58 
    Died 22 Oct. 1877  Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Notice, Elizabeth Rolfe, 22 Oct 1877
    Death Notice, Elizabeth Rolfe, 22 Oct 1877
    Obituary 29 Oct 1877  Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Obituary

    At Lehi, October 22, 1877, of old age, Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Rolfe, aged 76 years.

    Deceased joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1832, went through all the persecutions; emigrated to Utah in 1847, and died as she had lived a firm believer in the gospel of Christ. 
    Age: 76 
    Buried Lehi City Cemetery, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Abstracts of Deaths and Marriages Notices in the Deseret News Weekly of Salt Lake City, Utah (1852-1888)
    • Elizabeth was initially buried in the Old Pioneer Cemetery in Lehi at State and Center . In 1876 the cemetery was moved enmass to the Lehi City Cemetery due to the Southern Railroad coming thru and the old Pioneer cemetery was on RR right of way. There is no marker for Elizabeth nor her husband Samuel . They were buried in a common grave among many others . The DUP ( Daughters of Utah Pioneers) erected a monument on the old site. Elizabeath was born in Levonia, Oxford CO. ME
    Elizabeth Hathaway Rolfe (1802 - 1881) - Find A Grave
    Elizabeth Hathaway Rolfe (1802 - 1881) - Find A Grave
    Notes 
    • Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868
      Rolfe, Elizabeth Hathaway

      Birth Date: 29 Aug. 1801
      Death Date: 22 Oct. 1877
      Gender: Female
      Age: 44
      Company: Abraham O. Smoot - George B. Wallace Company (1847)

      Pioneer Information:
      Death date is confirmed by her obituary.

      Sources:
      "Died," Deseret News, 31 Oct. 1877, 621. Source Locations
      George Benjamin Wallace Emigrating Company, Journal 1847 June-Sept. Read Trail Excerpt Source Locations
      Journal History, 21 June 1847, p. 39 Source Locations
      Record of Members Index Source Locations

      1847 Abraham O. Smoot - George B. Wallace Company

      Departure: 18 June 1847
      Arrival in Salt Lake Valley: 25, 26, 29 September 1847

      Company Information:
      223 individuals were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post on the Elkhorn River about 27 miles west of Winter Quarters, Nebraska. [5]
    Person ID I713  clanSoren | FRS101
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2014 

    Father Gilbert Hathaway,   b. Yes, date unknown,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Lydia Tolman,   b. Yes, date unknown,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F263  Group Sheet

    Family Ancestors Samuel Jones Rolfe,   b. 26 Aug 1794, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1869, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 04 Mar 1818  Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family Record ROLFE, SAMUEL JONES (son of Benjamin Rolfe and Mary Sweet of Massachusetts). He was born Aug. 26, 1794, Concord, N. H. Came to Utah September, 1847, A. H. Smoot company.

    Married Elizabeth Hathaway March 4, 1818, Maine. She was born Aug. 29, 1801.

    Their children:
    Gilbert H. b. 1820;
    Benjamin W. b. 1822;
    Tallman H. b. 1824;
    lanthus J. b. 1826;
    Weltha, b. 1328;
    Lydia b. Dec. 26, 1831;
    Horace C. b. Jan. 4, 1834;
    Samuel J. b. Jan. 3, 1836;
    William J. b. Dec 8, 1839;
    Mary Ann b Feb. 6, 1843;
    David L. b. 1846.

    Member high priests quorum; bishop at Winter Quarters, Neb., 1846-47. County treasurer San Bernardinn, Calif. House carpenter and joiner. He died July, 1867, at Lehi, Utah.  [7
    Children 
    +01. Gilbert Hathaway Rolfe,   b. 25 Aug 1818, Rumford, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1911, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    +02. Benjamin William Rolfe,   b. 7 Oct 1822, Rumford, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1882, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     03. Tallman Hathaway Rolfe,   b. 7 Sep 1824, Rumford, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1874  (Age 50 years)
    +04. Ianthus Jerome Rolfe,   b. 8 Sep 1826, Rumford, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1907, Nevada City, Merced, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     05. Wealthy Rolfe,   b. 27 Apr 1829, Rumford, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1832  (Age 3 years)
    +06. Lydia Rolfe,   b. 26 Dec 1831, Rumford, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1912, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    +07. Horace Cowen Rolfe Married: 2x2x ,   b. 4 Jan 1834, Rumford, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 1906, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    +08. Samuel Jones Jr Rolfe,   b. 03 Jan 1836, Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1918  (Age 81 years)
    +09. William Jasper Rolfe,   b. 8 Dec 1837, Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1871, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
    +10. Mary Ann Rolfe,   b. 6 Feb 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1919, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     11. David Lorenzo Rolfe,   b. Apr 1846, Winter Quarters (Florence), Douglas, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1846, Winter Quarters (Florence), Douglas, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2008 
    Family ID F262  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S120] 1850 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: , Utah, Utah Territory; Roll: M432_919; Page: 140 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S111] 1860 United States Federal Census, Bureau of the Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Beaver, Beaver, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1314; Page: 739 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S140] Newspaper Articles, Clippings, On-Line Documents, Published in the Deseret Evening News, 29 Oct 1877 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S157] Findagrave.com, (Findagrave.com), Memorial 10969594 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S96] Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, (http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch) (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S166] The Winter Quarters Project, (http://winterquarters.byu.edu) (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S119] Utah Pioneers and Prominent Men, (Ancestry.com ) (Reliability: 3).