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Elvira Derby


Birth6 November 1811Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elvira Derby, ID: KWV9-W5C.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 71, n. 2; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Elvira Derby, ID: KWV9-W5C.
Death28 April 1886Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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Burial1 May 1886Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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FatherJohn Derby
MotherSarah Currier
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   • Leonidas Moses Worthen Mecham
Married8 November 1827Canaan, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Leonias Moses Worthen Meacham and Elvira Derby, ID: KWV9-W5Z and ID: KWV9-W5C.
          Children:
               Leonidas Clinton Mecham
               Sarah Elvira Mecham
               Samuel LeRoy Mecham
               Mormon Mecham
               Polly Mecham
               Emily Mecham
               Americas Mecham
               America Mecham
               Martha Mecham
               Lucina Mecham
               Elvira Jane Mecham
               Moses Moroni Mecham
               William Wallace Mecham
               Celestia Ann Mecham
               John Derby Mecham
               Donna Maria Worthen Mecham
               Marquis Lafayette Mecham

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• 1840Lee County, Iowa Territory, United States
• 1850Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
• 1860Provo Valley, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusTownship 66, Lee, Iowa TerritoryExtractImage
• 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 CensusProvo City and Precinct, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Appleton M. Harmon CompanyView Source
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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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