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Elvira Jane Mecham



Birth4 March 1843Montrose, Lee, Iowa Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Elvira Jane Mecham Bigelow (1843-1920), memorial #39942388.

    Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), database with images, FamilySearch, Elvira Jane Bigelow, 4 January 1920; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, certificate 28, series 81488; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 2229974.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elvira Jane Mecham, ID: LKVB-S13.

    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 274, entry 3481, FHL microfilm #183398.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Elvira Jane Mecham Folder "Companies of 10, schedules, 1848 February" (#66), Image (1), Line (45).

    Salt Lake Herald-Republican, Salt Lake Herald-Republican (Salt Lake City, Utah: Herald-Republican Pub. Co., 1909-1918), "Utah Pioneer Dies At Home In Provo," 6 January 1920, p. 8, column 6.

    Family Search, Intl, Utah Deaths and Burials 1848-1960 (: Family Search), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Elvira Jane Bigelow (4 January 1920); citing Salt Lake County, Probate Court, “Death records of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1848 - Sept. 1950,” image 82, FHL microfilm 7578796.

Death4 January 1920Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Elvira Jane Mecham Bigelow (1843-1920), memorial #39942388.

    Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), database with images, FamilySearch, Elvira Jane Bigelow, 4 January 1920; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, certificate 28, series 81488; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 2229974.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elvira Jane Mecham, ID:LKVB-S13.

    Salt Lake Herald-Republican, Salt Lake Herald-Republican (Salt Lake City, Utah: Herald-Republican Pub. Co., 1909-1918), "Utah Pioneer Dies At Home In Provo," 6 January 1920, p. 8, column 6.

    Family Search, Intl, Utah Deaths and Burials 1848-1960 (: Family Search), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Elvira Jane Bigelow (4 January 1920); citing Salt Lake County, Probate Court, “Death records of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1848 - Sept. 1950,” image 82, FHL microfilm 7578796.

Burial7 January 1920Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Elvira Jane Mecham Bigelow (1843-1920), memorial #39942388.

    Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), database with images, FamilySearch, Elvira Jane Bigelow, 4 January 1920; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, certificate 28, series 81488; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 2229974.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elvira Jane Mecham, ID:LKVB-S13.

    Salt Lake Herald-Republican, Salt Lake Herald-Republican (Salt Lake City, Utah: Herald-Republican Pub. Co., 1909-1918), "Utah Pioneer Dies At Home In Provo," 6 January 1920, p. 8, column 6.

    Family Search, Intl, Utah Deaths and Burials 1848-1960 (: Family Search), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Elvira Jane Bigelow (4 January 1920); citing Salt Lake County, Probate Court, “Death records of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1848 - Sept. 1950,” image 82, FHL microfilm 7578796.

FatherLeonidas Moses Worthen Mecham
MotherElvira Derby

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   • Moroni L Bigelow
Married23 August 1863Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Moroni L Bigelow and Elvira Jane Mecham, ID: KWJJ-LHV and ID: LKVB-S13.

          Children:
               Moroni Lafayette Bigelow
               John Young Bigelow
               Nahum Bigelow
               Estus Leo Bigelow


   • Asa Elijah Bigelow
Married6 July 1888Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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    Brigham Young University-Idaho, Western States Marriage Index (Rexburg, Idaho: Brigham Young University-Idaho Special Collections, 2005), database, BYU Idaho Special Collections & Family History, entry for Asa E. Bigelow and Elvira J. Mecham (6 July 1888); citing Provo, Utah, Utah.

    Utah County Clerks, Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940 (Utah: County Courthouses), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Asa E. Bigelow and Alvira J. Mecham (6 July 1888); citing Utah County, Utah, Probate Court, "Marriage records Mar 1887-Jan 1897," image 97, FHL microfilm 4624274.

          Children:
               Perry Scipio Bigelow
               Moses Willard Bigelow Sr
               Elvira Lillian Bigelow
               Asa Elijah Bigelow Jr.
               Alice Bigelow


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• 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
• 1860Alpine, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Gunlock, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
Provo, Utah, Utah, United States

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• 1850 Population Censusthe District No 21, Pottawattamie, IowaExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusAlpine City, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusProvo City 3d Ward, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusMagotsey Gunlock Precinct, Washington, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusProvo Precinct, Utah, UtahExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Data," database, part of "Church History Biographical Database" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure15 Jun 1853
       Arrival16 Oct 1853


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