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Elijah Fordham


Birth8 March 1798New York City, New York, New York, United States
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     "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elijah Fordham, ID: LYX9-775.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Elijah Fordham, folder "Roll of company number 1, 1845 " (#1), image 8, line 12.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 11.
Death9 September 1879Wellsville, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #9347388.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), ID: KWJF-CFD.
Burial11 September 1879Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #9347388.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), ID: KWJF-CFD.
FatherGeorge Fordham
MotherMary Baker
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   • Jane Ann Fisher
Married23 November 1822New York, New York, New York, United States
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    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 419, citing the Book of Proxy Sealings.

    American Antiquarian Society, U.S. Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 (Worcester, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society), p. 14, Elijah Fordham and Jane Ann Fisher (23 November 1822).
          Children:
               Ann Eliza Fordham
               George Fisher Fordham
               Jane Olivia Fordham


   • Bithiah Fisher
Married12 April 1830New York City, New York, New York, United States
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    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 419, citing the Book of Proxy Sealings.
          Children:
               Bathia Fordham
               Mormon Moriancumer Fordham


   • Anna Bibbins Chaffee
Married30 October 1838Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, United States
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    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 419, citing the Book of Living Sealings.

    Lorraine Cook White, Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002), Ashford Vital Records, p. 61.
          Children:
               Lydia Lovina Fordham
               Amos Pierre Fordham
               Anna Maria Fordham
               Joseph Elijah Fordham
               Mary Louisa Fordham
               William Elijah Fordham
               Emily Adelia Fordham


   • Clarissa Brooks
Married3 February 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 579, citing the Book of Living Sealings.

   • Amelia Brown
Married1 April 1856Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elijah Fordham and Amelia Brown, ID: KWJF-CFD and ID: KWV9-L3M.

   • Jane Marshall McAuslan
Married1 April 1856Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elijah Fordham and Jane Marshall McAuslan, ID: LYX9-775 and ID: LHV7-2V7.

   • Elizabeth Hughes
Married21 March 1856Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 11.
          Children:
               Elizabeth Fordham

Residences Label
• 1840Lee County, Iowa Territory, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusTownship 66, Lee, Iowa TerritoryExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census17th Ward Grt. Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population Census16th Ward Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Edward Hunter CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure29 Jun 1850
       Arrival13 Oct 1850

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