Elizabeth Wilson Nish

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Elizabeth Wilson Nish (Penman)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Fordel, Dalgety, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: after 1855
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
Place of Burial: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Robert Penman and Elspet Elizabeth Penman
Wife of Thomas Nish
Mother of Agnes Hutchison Smith; William Thomas Nish; Robert Nish, Sr; Mary Ellen Lambson; Isabella Russell and 5 others

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About Elizabeth Wilson Nish

As the widow of Thomas Nish (1792-1847), Elizabeth Penman Nish of Scotland and her two daughters, Ellen and Mary, traveled westward in the Richad Ballantyne Company in 1855. 414 individuals and 46 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Mormon Grove, Kansas (Near Atchison). They departed on July 1st and 2nd, 1855.

Elizabeth Penman Nish, re-married William Hunter on February 2, 1856 in Cedar City, Iron County, Utah, and settled there.

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Elizabeth Wilson Nish's Timeline

1801
March 7, 1801
Fordel, Dalgety, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
1822
June 10, 1822
Killhill, Old Monkland, Lanark, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1825
September 25, 1825
Shotts, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1827
November 30, 1827
Bothwell, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1832
July 19, 1832
Old Monkland, Lanark, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1835
July 2, 1835
Bothwell, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1841
August 25, 1841
Bothwell, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1842
August 2, 1842
Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland
1844
August 22, 1844
Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
August 25, 1844
Scotland (United Kingdom)