Elizabeth Worlton

Richard Ballantyne Company (1855) Age at Departure: 27

Traveled with

   Mary Greene (Age: 23)

   Emily Amelia Worlton (Age: 2)

   Emma Ann Worlton (Age: 11)

   Flora Worlton (Age: 4)

   James Cyrus Worlton (Age: Infant)

   John Worlton (Age: 8)

   Martha Worlton (Age: 5)

   James Timbrell Worlton (Age: 34)

Elizabeth Worlton was born Dec 18, 1827, in Somerset, England. She was the daughter of James and Sarah Clare Bourne. She had heard the gospel and been blessed with means to come to Zion with the Saints. She had a very strong character and therefore never yielded to temptation. In 1848 she first heard the Gospel as taught by the Latter Day Saints. She believed and was baptized. The same year she was married to James Timbrell Worlton who was a young Elder in the Church.

They lived in Somerset until 1855. During that time they had three daughters born to them. They now emigrated to Utah to be with the Saints. At that time her health was poor and she felt like she could hardly stand such a long trip. The Elders told her to go and her life would be spared to see Salt Lake. On the earliest day possible they bade farewell to their home and friends.

They sailed on the ship “Sidon”. They arrived by boat in Philadelphia by traveling up the Mongahalia River. Her little boy Cyrus was born and died on the road. When she was able they took a steam boat for St. Louis and from there to Atchison and from there they traveled by ox-teams. They started on July 7th to cross the plains. They had many hardships to endure on the way westward but finally arrived in Salt Lake in September and lived there that winter.

They had a hard time to get bread to eat because the grass-hoppers had destroyed all the grain that season. When they ran completely out of food Timbrell took a set of silverware that they had brought from England and started from house to house and tried to trade them for a small amount of flour but it was so scarce no one had any to spare. At last he went to the home of Heber C. Kimball and kind as he was, he shared with Timbrell. He put the flour in a sack and returned to his family a very happy man. When he reached home he put the flour on the floor and the family joined hands in a circle around the flour and danced for joy.

In the fall of 1856 they moved to West Weber to make their home. They did well until the spring of 1858 when all the people north of Utah County had to move south on account of the U.S. Army that was coming to Utah. They moved to Spanish Fork and lived there a short time then moved to Cedar Valle now Fairfield and lived there two years. They moved to Lehi where they lived for six years.

In 1901 she became very sick and called to all her children. They did everything that could possible be done but to no avail. She grew worse continually until the 17th of the month when she became so feeble she could hardly speak to them. She asked to be administered to that she might regain speech enough to again talk to her children. The Elders did so. She bade those present to kneel around her bed and have faith in the Elder's prayers. When she regained her speech she asked each one of the 15 of her family to come to her bedside by turn. She then commenced with her oldest daughter Martha Bushman, she took her hand and kissed her and blessed her then bade her good-bye. Next she called Flora Hardy then living in Morgan, she thanked Flora for her kindness and blessed her. Next called was Emily Amelia Oborn of Union, she told her the veil between this world and the next was very thin and that she was almost to pass through and that she was leaving behind a clean life, having done everything that had been required of her. She then relapsed into a comma and remained this way for twenty days before passing away. She and her husband were both buried in the Morgan Cemetery.

It was said of her that she ruled by kindness always. She was a very noble woman, and could talk very effectively.

When Elizabeth Bourne’s company arrived in Salt Lake after a long journey across the plains they were welcomed by the Nauvoo Brass band.

1848 Elizabeth Bourne is baptized in England. She say, "I first heard the gospel from a young sister in the church. I went with her to a meeting out of curiosity a time or two. In 1848 I heard the gospel from the Mormon Elders. I believed the gospel and was baptized.